A Hong Kong Disneyland PTR!

[mandyyyrose]

It's been a while since I've ventured around the DisBoards!

I booked our hotel yesterday, so naturally the next step is starting my PTR!

Who

Maybe you followed my last TR about my little visit to Hong Kong. (If not it's linked below). Anyways...I'm Amanda. I'm turning 22 in twelve days. This will be my 2nd visit to Hong Kong Disneyland. I grew up visiting WDW at least once a year, often more than that. I like doing this a little out of the ordinary, so instead of going to California or Florida for spring break, I'm going to Hong Kong!

This time, since travelling alone sucks, I'm taking my older sister. She's never been out of the country, and I'm pretty sure some days she can't stand me, but it's fine. Haha.

When

I kinda gave this away already, but we'll be travelling for my senior year of college spring break! March 10-17, 2017.

Where are we staying?
I get asked this A LOT. Last time I was there, I stayed at this great hotel called the Regal Airport Hotel. If you can't tell from the title, it's located in the airport. Which is also located within 5 minutes of the above-ground-subway-line.

Why?
So this is where it gets weird. Obviously since spring break is a huge travel time, prices in the U.S. skyrocket. I wanted to go to California, but after pricing everything out (plane, tickets in, hotel, food) it came out about the same to California or Hong Kong. Which blew my mind. And eventually there will be a time where I can't just decide to go to Hong Kong 'on a whim' (okay, like 4 months planning) but still. So...off to Hong Kong we go!

Our Planning Process
I'll update this as we go. Right now just space saving.

 

[mandyyyrose]

Initial Planning
As a college student, my grand travel plans are a mix of pinterest and cheap travel booking websites. I guess my main hope for this trip is for it to be better than my last one. When I was in HK previously, I attempted two days at DL and one downtown. Except...I had a panic attack and my one day downtown turned into my one day at the hotel. So hopefully with my big sister by my side I'll be feeling more confident!

I've been stalking airline sites for weeks now. My plan is still to somehow sneak in either a day to Shanghai or to Tokyo during this trip. That's gonna take some more planning, so for now it's to be continued.

What's for sure...

We're flying united.
When I'm flying domestically, hands down Southwest is my favorite. However, Southwest doesn't fly to China, and I don't think I'd trust one of those little planes going across the ocean. So a United 777 it is. We'll leave America on the 10th, and land in Hong Kong on the 11th. The time change is 12 hours exactly.

We're staying at the Regal Airport Hotel.
I'm absolutely a creature of habit. I stayed at the RAH in July, and due to it's convenience/proximity to everything/I can get there without getting lost...that's where we're staying.

We're going to Disney for two days.
We'll be in Hong Kong a little over 5 days (counting time change) so hopefully I'll be forced to do something a little more adventurous than going to a mall and hiding in my hotel room.

That's all I've really got for now! Writing about this is much more fun than studying for finals.