Originally Posted By barryb Hi all, I've posted up all my photos and some more video from my trip to HKDL. To start the ball rolling i've put up footage of the HKDL Hotel (2 videos), Hollywood Hotel (3 videos), Park Promenade and most importantly the full version of Disney In The Stars fireworks show (excellent!!!!) and also the Jungle Cruise with it's twist at the end! I'll be following up these next week with video of each of the lands, Disney On Parade (full and rainy day versions) and more... They can be found as usual at <a href="http://www.barrybedford.com" target="_blank">http://www.barrybedford.com</a> Enjoy! BarryB <a href="http://www.barrybedford.com" target="_blank">http://www.barrybedford.com</a> - Home to over 90 minutes of video and hundreds of photos of Tokyo, Paris and Hong Kong Disney Resorts.
Originally Posted By TDLFAN (pasted from MC) BarryB! Excellent coverage my friend!!! Best coverage I have seen from HKDL on the internet. KUDOS!! You've brought the HKDL experience quite vividly to everyone... You panorama shots are crisp clear and awesome!! **Note to everyone... GO CHECK Barryb's site OUT NOW and know this..spoilers galore so go spoil yourselves.... and Barry is not done yet! I am eagerly looking foward to the "coming soon" treats he's got in store for us. Now..I can go back to HKDL in Nov and enjoy it, not worrying about taking photos or do reports. It would be pointless after BarryB's excellent job covering HKDLR. Hey Barry..question.. Seems the days you were at the park, it was not that crowded... Did you experience any problems with crowd control or witnessed line cutting or peeing in the bushes or too much smoking outside of the smoking areas?? That seem to be some of the things many have complaint about... Any observations you care to share??
Originally Posted By Witches of Morva ORDDU: Your photos of Hong Kong Disneyland certainly ARE the best my sisters and I have seen thus far, barryb, duckling!! Keep them coming. ORWEN: I feel sorry for anyone who doesn't take the time to view those nice pictures. Why, those pictures are better than what the so-called 'professionals' take!! ORGOCH: Sure the heck is!! (Remember the old toad who said he couldn't be bothered by takin' a gander at pictures from 'other fans'--even though he sure expected ev'rybody ta look at HIS?!) Well, if'n he don't take the time ta look THIS time, it's his loss--not nobody else's!!!
Originally Posted By fredddy Thank you very much Barry for those videos. I really wanted to see how the Jungle Cuise looked like. But I must admit I am very disappointed by the ride. First of all, with 6 mintes lenght, it must be the shortest JC ever made. The boat goes way too fast, you don't have the time to see the AA (pesonnaly, I think that all JC go too fast, but with this one, they put te turbo!). Then, there is so many animals missing. Where are the lions, the tiger the monkeys? And look at the elephant pool. There must be only 4 or 5 elephants, where you have at least two dozens of them in the others JC. There is no transition from one scene to the other. Too much open spaces. And the AA are not impressive at all (in the savannah, you hardly see the animal moving). For what is supposed to be the 21 th century version of a 50 years old ride, you could have expected something else. Of course, there is the mini-catastrophe canyon at the end. It looks fun, but nothing revolutionnary. For the only major audio animatronic ride of the park, this JC is a major disappointment...
Originally Posted By TDLFAN Don't go knocking it off based on videos alone. I rode the ride and found it acceptable and much better than I expected concidering the tigh budgets they were given to build this park.
Originally Posted By WorldDisney Maybe if I watch the videos here, it will save me a few hundred dollars and can say 'I been there' to save cash on that sucky park .
Originally Posted By wildghostz thanks you very much!! i have never been to any Disneyland yet! but through your website i can enjoy the Magic at Home!!! THX!!!!!
Originally Posted By barryb Hi all, WOW, thanks for the comments on my photos and video. Really glad you're enjoying them!!! TDLFAN and Witches - part's of this are posted on MC so forgive the duplication. I felt I had the park to myself! I arrived on a tuesday and stayed till Sunday in the Hollywood (you will love staying here!!!). Visited the park on Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday. Very quiet on the weekdays with everything pretty much a walkon so no line cutting or bad behaviour! I did see people smoking around the place but thankfully no peeing!!! The cast members were amazing. Sooooo friendly and courtious. I would have gone mad if I saw anyone being mean or rude to them!!! Saturday we had Typhoon Damrey to content with. High winds and Jungle Cruise, Treehouse, Dumbo, Orbitron and the Train were closed. I got a refund for my trouble however I did spend the time just pottering about the park! Orddu, i'll take your comment as a great honour! Tell Orgoch that I saw one frog! Freddy, I thought the Jungle Cruise was rushed too!!! That boat just shot off aound the attraction!!! I'll be adding the Disney on Parade videos early in the week. I've also got another panaramic shot (which I forgot to put up!) of Town Square from the station looking towards the castle which is beautiful as it shows the mountains in the distance. The 'Land' videos are coming very soon. Almost done editing them. Tomorrowland is amazing at night as they used a lot of neon on the buildings and the music score is cool. If you watch the HKDL Hotel videos you'll see the 3D screen they used in the Crystal Lotus which shoots 3D flames from the bottles and also the Carp Ponds as you enter the restaurant which are screens set in the floor. Lee had photos of this in his first report? When you walk on them ripples appear on the water and the fish will approach your feet and swim around them! You also hear splashes as you walk! Park Promenade is a very nice way to walk to the Park. The music is loud and really sets the tone. The fountain is sooooo cool and does a nice show. I have video of this at night to put up too. Anyway, I'll keep ya posted of the extra bits and feel fee to ask any questions, although there's a lot of experts here on LP!!! ;p Enjoy! BarryB.
Originally Posted By WorldDisney Hey Barryb, I noticed you went to the park on a Saturday. How were the crowds then, was it REALLY busy (but I guess at this park, 15,000 is considered busy )? I'm only asking because I MIGHT go on a Saturday instead of a weekday because I will arrive to Hong Kong on the weekend and might do that first. But, I DON'T want to contend with 2+ hour plus lines and rude people all day, I'll wait for that experience in L.A. with better rides . So, how were Saturday crowds?
Originally Posted By barryb Hi WorldDisney, Typhoon Damrey was blowing in the Saturday I went so it was quiet and I think the locals stayed away. It was me and the spitting mainlanders! Anything that was open was a walkon. I also received a refund for the trouble. The hotel told me it's been busy normal weekends though. BarryB.
Originally Posted By WorldDisney Thanks Barryb, If I go, it looks like I will just stick to the weekdays for the walk ons . Why risk it .
Originally Posted By barryb Hi everyone, I've put the Disney On Parade footage up along with the rainy day (Typhoon) version. I've also added the fountain doing it's 'thang' at night. The additional park pieces are almost done so stay tuned! Enjoy, BarryB. __________________ <a href="http://www.barrybedford.com" target="_blank">http://www.barrybedford.com</a>
Originally Posted By Witches of Morva ORDDU: Thank you again, duckling! ORGOCH: Just one frog, huh? Betcha went 'n ate it yerself, didn't cha?
Originally Posted By barryb Adventureland and Tomorrowland (night and day) videos are now up. Enjoy BarryB. __________________ <a href="http://www.barrybedford.com" target="_blank">http://www.barrybedford.com</a>
Originally Posted By jlghk barryb, The photos of HKDisneyland in your website are so awesome! How could you tell who are HK locals and who are the spitting mainlanders? jlghk
Originally Posted By barryb Wow you guys are busy posting these days! I've been swamped with work but getting back to normal now. This is just a quick note to let you know that I've posted up 3 videos of Fantastyland, 1 for the Castle and 1 for the train stations. The remaining Main Street videos will be up by the end of the week. Enjoy BarryB. <a href="http://www.barrybedford.com" target="_blank">http://www.barrybedford.com</a>
