Camp Quality finally got the opportunity to visit Hong Kong Disneyland last Saturday, 30th September with over 220 campers and companions joining us for this great day out – Having heard so many comments that it would be very busy at the Park with queues lasting more than one hour for each ride, we were expecting the worst with it being on a Saturday, plus the start of the “golden week” thus Camp Quality had warned all campers and companions that it could be a day of long, long queues.

This still did not dampen the spirits of the children and everyone came with the expectations that long lines and bad weather were things to expect for the day!! However, once we reached there, we were all pleasantly surprise and the saying “All good things come to those who wait” certainly apply to us last Saturday or someone must have been watching us from above!

For some strange reason, the park was very quiet last Saturday which meant that we were able to visit all the attractions and rides without much of, more than a ten minute waiting time and what was truly amazing was that the campers and companions were able to frequently re-ride their favourite attractions with virtually no wait!! There were no long queues for photos with the Disney characters (normally unheard of even in weekdays!) to the delight of the children as they queued up to have their favourite photo with the Disney characters.

Admittedly, the Park might be a somewhat smaller than some of its sister parks around the world, but to our campers it was a truly magical place where they got to experience the true feeling of magic, dreams, and hopes that one associates with Disney - Small it may be but it still has the charm of Disney and everyone thoroughly enjoy the aesthetic detail of the Park

Fantasyland had the favourite “Winnie the Pooh” ride (some of our kids went on over 3 times!) which was beautifully animated, other than that, it’s here you will find the big Carousel, Dumbo and the Tea Cups. Mickey’s Philharmonic 3D show as also great fun too!

Tomorrow land was more suited for our older campers and its here you find Space Mountain, Buzz Light-year’s Astro Blasters animated ride and the new Autopia.

Adventure land had the Jungle Cruise and Tarzan’s Tree house; the Tree house had a fantastic view of the park and was the perfect photo opportunity for the kids since everyone came armed with a camera!

Highly recommend to everyone was the two shows which was put on throughout the day at different time slots, The Lion King was excellent and The Golden Mickey show was also very good with Chinese commentary but songs in English – everyone was just amazed at how every performance is perfect.

Since it was also the first day of Disney’s Halloween celebration, many of the characters were also dress up in their Halloween costumes. The kids got to experience a uniquely Disney Halloween atmosphere with a giant Mickey pumpkin at the entrance to the Sleeping Beauty castle with special Halloween-themed festive lighting illuminated in Main Street USA as night falls. A special Halloween night parade was also put on show for the first time to the delight of everyone at the park.

Finally, one worthy mention must be given to Disney for its “Disney in the Stars” fireworks extravaganza - the extraordinary visual effects with wonderful synchronicity with Disney songs were truly amazing that it nearly moved us all to tears!

All in all – A great experience and plenty of fun for everyone - Thank you Mickey and the gang - The Camp Quality children had a blast that day!!

Camp Quality Hong Kong would like to thank everyone at Hong Kong Disneyland for sponsoring and supported this magical event.