Tuesday, July 22, 2008

Day One: Saturday

Went to the park today and it's wonderful. It's a little smaller than Disneyland in Anaheim, so it has a quaint feel to it. The castle looks small too (but I thought the same thing about DLR the first time I saw it because WDW's is so big!). The rides are a little different, the parades are different; everything is a little different, but it still feels like Disney. I thought the characters were more easily accessible; it felt like there were more of them roaming around. The F&B is all Chinese (I took pictures!), but all of the signage is in English, Cantonese, and Mandarin (known as Putonghua and is the "official language of China).

The Lion King show was EXCELLENT. It was very different from ours and has these flame-thrower/juggler guys and a women that does air ballet swinging from a wire (similar to the red sash guy in Cirque)! Everyone in the show was Asian, except for the 4 main characters (the Narrator, Simba, Nala, and the evil Uncle-can't remember his name -Skar?) who were of African decent. And boy could they sing!! I'm always so impressed with the talent we have in our Parks!

We got back to the hotel (just in time for happy hour!) and then ate dinner at the pool bar. I had this fabulous Thai beef salad, it was spicy, but really good. We drank a few more glasses of wine (with Andy) and then went to bed.

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