HKDL's truthful declaration

Originally Posted By barboy

So I stopped by and picked up a brochure at the Disney Store in the Hong Kong International airport last night and here's what the front cover read:

"AN EXPERIENCE YOU'VE ALWAYS DREAMED OF. A DAY YOU WON'T FORGET"




So who out there noticed something most interesting about that phrase?
Did you catch the part about "a day"........ as in ONE SINGLE SOLITARY day of fun.


Well at least they are advertising in a candid way. LOL

And Bob, this doesn't mean it's 'open season' again on poor little HKDL, OK.

 

Originally Posted By Mr X

I wouldn't read too much into that.

I doubt they are saying such a line simply in the hopes of convincing people that one day is enough (though it certainly is!).

You could write the same sentiment about any Disney park.

 

Originally Posted By Bob Paris

Yeah because if they were being REALLY turthful it'd read,

"A HALF DAY YOU WON'T FORGET!!!"


And that's me done.


; )

 

Originally Posted By SuperDry

I have an idea. Next time you go through Customs inspection in Hong Kong, when they ask you "Do you have anything to declare?" respond by saying "HKDL is a half-day experience."

 

Originally Posted By barboy

///You could write the same sentiment about any Disney park.///

I just don't see it that way X.
Well I guess you're sort of right in that Disney **could** write that about DCA, Animal Kingdom, Disney Studios or Walt Dis. Studios Paris But why would or should Disney do that when those 4 are part of a 2 or more park destination and they offer the guest more.

Anyway when I read the cover I just had to laugh because HKDL has such a woeful attraction lineup that Disney can not mask or make any illusion about how much time the guest needs there.





///"A HALF DAY YOU WON'T FORGET!!!"///

and

///Next time you go through Customs inspection in Hong Kong, when they ask you "Do you have anything to declare?" respond by saying "HKDL is a half-day experience."///

You two crack me up, LOL!

I can't sleep and even at 3 am I'm having a good laugh.

 

Originally Posted By SuperDry

<<< Well I guess you're sort of right in that Disney **could** write that about DCA, Animal Kingdom, Disney Studios or Walt Dis. Studios Paris But why would or should Disney do that when those 4 are part of a 2 or more park destination and they offer the guest more. >>>

That is of course the key difference that many people seem to overlook.

<<< You two crack me up, LOL! >>>

Glad I could be of service!

 

Originally Posted By WorldDisney

That was alwaays the problem of this crappy park, BECAUSE its the only one, its a real downer. Sure Disney has other half day parks, but at least to at least ONE full day one . Thats what makes it hard to justify going. If you honestly thinks DCA sucks, hey you still got DL, right?? Eitherway you're okay. AK kind of dull before the sun goes down? You got 3 more parks you can hit. WDSP is beyound sucky, no worries DLP is a 5 minute walk.

But this resort lives and dies by that one park alone and its clearly not enough past one single day.

 

Originally Posted By WorldDisney

And I still laughed once when I picked up a brochure from the airport once as well and they actually had a 3 day itenerary. I mean, 3 days??? The 2 day itenerary was a joke (on one day, they actually suggested spending time around the Snow White well as part of your day, like that will take up an hour or something.) Three days was overkill, which included a lot of activities around your hotel.

And you could do easily do most of all those suggestions (most Im not interested in anyway) still in a day for the most part if you cut out all the hotel stuff .

 

Originally Posted By FerretAfros

When I was there, we managed to do everything in the park (though it was pre-Stitch, Autopia, UFO Zone (I know I really missed out on that one), and it's a small world), along with walking to both hotels, spending some time looking around them (probably 15-30 min each), and taking the bus back around to the park. We did several things twice, and I really can't think of anything that we missed out on, other than maybe one of the Main Street Vehicles, but when you've done one, you've done them all. It was a very enjoyable day, but really can't picture people spending two or more days there, unless it was just rediculously crowded.

 

Originally Posted By SuperDry

<<< And I still laughed once when I picked up a brochure from the airport once as well and they actually had a 3 day itenerary. >>>

That's an interesting marketing spin. But truth be told, Disney knows it's only a one-day experience: take note of the fact that it's the only MK that doesn't have a multi-day pass for sale (other than APs). So, they don't even have provisions for you to spend two consecutive days at the park other than just selling you two separate one-day tickets. I think that pretty much tells you the whole story right there.

And, the front-line CMs know it's only a one-day experience. When I tried to buy single-day tickets for two consecutive days, the CM strongly advised me against it, in the nicest possible way of course, and without explicitly coming out and saying that two days is one day too much.

 

Originally Posted By avromark

Don't you know "People watching at hub", takes up half a day, "count the flowers", the remainder

 

Originally Posted By FerretAfros

Hmmm...kind of sad that it takes so much longer to count the flowers that stay still than to count all the people in the park that move around...

(Sorry, I couldn't resist!)

 

Originally Posted By davewasbaloo

>>>WDSP is beyound sucky, no worries DLP is a 5 minute walk.<<<

You wouldn't know. I would rather be in WDSP than 50% of the Florida parks.

 

Originally Posted By Mr X

***Well I guess you're sort of right in that Disney **could** write that about DCA, Animal Kingdom, Disney Studios or Walt Dis. Studios Paris***

Well, no. My POINT was that you could use the platitude "an unforgettable day" for any park, even Epcot, Disneyland etc...

Most people don't put it under a microscope quite as much as we do.

 

Originally Posted By Mr X

***on one day, they actually suggested spending time around the Snow White well as part of your day, like that will take up an hour or something***

Maybe if they put in a Dwarf themed bar or something.

 

Originally Posted By Mr X

***If you honestly thinks DCA sucks, hey you still got DL, right?? Eitherway you're okay. AK kind of dull before the sun goes down? You got 3 more parks you can hit. WDSP is beyound sucky, no worries DLP is a 5 minute walk.***

It just occured to me that Tokyo is the ONLY resort in the world where most people truthfully couldn't point out an "inferior" park in the mix.

That was true of the old 2 park WDW imho, but not since they opened up MGM (I like MGM, don't get me wrong..but it clearly didn't stack up to the Magic Kingdom nor certainly amazing Epcot!).

 

Originally Posted By Mr X

***When I tried to buy single-day tickets for two consecutive days, the CM strongly advised me against it, in the nicest possible way of course, and without explicitly coming out and saying that two days is one day too much.***

Wow. If you'd complained, I'm sure that employee would've been in some hot water!

How exactly did he/she put it? That's really funny!

 

Originally Posted By SuperDry

<<< Wow. If you'd complained, I'm sure that employee would've been in some hot water!

How exactly did he/she put it? That's really funny! >>>

She had this half-amused, half-embarrassed look on her face and turned her eyes away momentarily as she smiled. Does that convey her expression? She came as close as she could to saying "Sir, haven't you heard?" without actually saying that.

What's most interesting about this is that it was on the day after Opening Day. It was at the HKDL Hotel check-in counter, and I had arrived quite early, like 7:30am, and that was to be the first night that they accepted regular guests in the hotel. Based on what I observed, I think I bear the distinction of being the very first guest ever to purchase a park ticket at the HKDL Hotel. And even at that point the CMs knew that one day was more than enough for the park.

 

Originally Posted By davewasbaloo

"but it clearly didn't stack up to the Magic Kingdom"

Well since I consider the MK one of Disney's worst parks anywhere, this is interesting.

 

Originally Posted By Mr X

The Magic Kingdom back then was fine...I think a lot of neglect has occurred since then and I can understand your displeasure, but when it was just the two parks (Epcot and MK), I think the quality was reasonably comparable as well (it's been a long time though..perhaps I just have a rose colored memory).

PLUS, back then they powerwashed the floors, polished the train tracks nightly, had a TON more entertainment (in BOTH parks, particularly when Epcot first opened), and so on.

I suppose you could argue that I'm wrong, and if you did I wouldn't contradict you, but I do believe that the Magic Kingdom problems of today are more due to neglect than anything else (just like how Disneyland was falling apart just 10 years ago or so).

In any case, I do feel that when MGM opened, the Magic Kingdom was a far superior park.

I'll rest my case now on that one. ;p