More on Disney

OK. I had to rush through our plane trip and first day at Disney. A few additional observations: coach for 20+ hours is not cool. Disney is Disney. The maids in the Hong Kong Disneyland could teach the maids at the Orlando DisneyWorld a few things about making a bed. (For example, how to use a fitted sheet), however, the bus drivers here are much less cheery and chatty than the Orlando bus drivers. John and Allie loved the hotel and the grounds. They had a small playground that Nai-Nai took Allie to one morning, and John walked the grounds between the two hotels.

It's been sunny, and warm in the sun, but quite pleasant in the shade. There's supposed to be a cool front on the way, and you can feel it in the breeze. Unfortunately it's smoggy, and while we *think* there's a Buddha carved in a mountain we can see from our room, we can't quite make it out...

Our second day at Disney, we had a quick breakfast at the little cafe (instead of the yummy and outrageously expensive buffet) and headed over to the park. We rode the merry-go-round, hit the Buzz Lightyear ride/game several more times, saw the Golden Mickeys show (a live show with lots of characters from the movies, only shown at this Disney park), rode the non-bumper cars again. Allie wanted to ride the cars before we left the park for lunch and a nap, but she was was so tired she could barely keep her eyes open. She threw the mother of all tantrums, and we got concerned looks from lots of people. I'd love to know what they were thinking... there were NOT a lot of Caucasian families with Asian children around (I don't think we saw one other family like ours), and they were probably afraid we were trying to kidnap her or something like that. One man looked ready to call Security. Fortunately, she exhausted herself, and was asleep before we got back to the hotel.

She still really hasn't adjusted to the change in time zones. We're hoping she will before Joshua arrives...

She was happy to get her picture taken with several characters. The characters are everywhere in this park, and the lines are so short, it isn't a hassle to get a character photo. While we waited in line for Goofy (to come back from a break), Allie made friends with a little girl who was dressed almost identically to Allie. When Goofy finally came back, the girls had their pictures taken together with him. They were both so excited, and sort of egged each other on in the giggly crazy department. It was pretty funny. They could only understand a few word the other was saying, but they were definitely friends. After we left, Allie told me that she wanted to invite the "the pink girl" (she was wearing a pink top) to her birthday party. : )