My Fun Dining at Chef Mickey Restaurant, Hong Kong Disneyland

Entrance to the Restaurant

Chef Mickey Restaurant Price list  as of March 2014

During our one night stay in Disney’s Hollywood Hotel, Joy and I grabbed the opportunity to dine at Chef Mickey Restaurant. We had a sinful dinner & breakfast…and yes… it was both buffet *insert blushing icon*

I see ears everywhere, from a chair design, ceiling lamp, wall , even pastries and desserts are Mickey shaped!! I am totally stunned when I got inside the restaurant.

Cute Mickey Dining Designs

This place is highly recommended to those who are Mickey lovers like me. You can also take a nice picture with Chef Mickey who roams around the dining area.

Me & Chef Mickey!!

Me & Joy during buffet breakfast

Cute Mickey shaped waffles!! Kids are going crazy with these!

Starting my buffet breakfast w/ these

Talking about food variety, they did a great job on this one, both for breakfast & dinner buffet, food never runs out. Pastries & desserts are the best I’ve ever had, it was baked well & not too sweet. Come take a look on the pictures and enjoy 🙂

Me & Joy during dinner buffet

Cold Cuts & nice Mickey wall tiles

Table Set-up

Fresh Seafood..FTW!

They are so YUMMY!

Sushi Corner

 

My Two-Day Magical Experience at Hong Kong Disneyland Park

The Happiest Place on Earth

Dreams do come true..And yes, my dream to visit Disneyland and meet my favorite cartoon character Mickey Mouse finally happened. This is the highlight of my Hong Kong vacation and I enjoyed every minute of it. It’s our 4th day and we saved the best for last. Actually, we started our Disneyland trip on day 3 after we check in at Disney’s Hotel.
Using our 2 day pass, we watched the spectacular fireworks display held inside the Disney Theme Park every 8:00pm. It is easy to get to the park because of the hotel’s shuttle service, but when we reached the park, we have to do a looooong walk before we reached the main entrance. Gladly, it was a nice and cool weather that day.

Lots of Balloons!

It’s already 4:00 pm and there’s still a lot of tourist inside Disneyland, everyone seems to enjoy the place, some wandering around, shopping, taking pictures and lots of people piling up for park rides. I was eager to try some of the ride but waiting time is normally 20-45 minutes so that’s kinda waste of time. It’s our lucky day! I spotted the gazebo where I can have a photo opportunity with the Disney Characters like Minnie Mouse, Mickey Mouse, Winnie The Pooh, Goofy and Pluto. I get to hug Mickey, that moment was unforgettable! I’m like a happiest kid on earth during that time. I know it sounds crazy but it’s true! LOL

Michelle finally meet Mickey Mouse

Me & Mickey

Me & Minnie Mouse

With Goofy!

With Pluto, Mickey’s Pal

Winnie The Pooh

It started to get dark around 6:00pm and we took a break from the long line and walking, we sat down nearby the castle facing the Main St. and looked for a spot to watch the fireworks. We could’ve walked more if we

Variety of snacks and refreshments is pricey inside the park. Mickey Shaped Waffles costs $50 HKD & a bag bucket of caramel popcorn is $98 HKD. We chose not to buy some foods that night since we are getting ourselves ready for a buffet dinner at Chef Mickey 😀

Here is the clip of the Disneyland Fireworks display, the total duration is 15 minutes and I just took the last portion of it 🙂

 

Park closes after the fireworks display so everyone is heading out. We went back to the hotel and had a buffet in Chef Mickey Restaurant. After getting full, we’re back in our room watched TV until we flaked and get ready for another busy Disneyland day. We woke up 6:30 am and we were so organized with our activity, we had breakfast, went back to the park to watch the parade at 3:00 pm and try out the Mickey train. I’m glad that our flight back to Manila is in the evening, we had the whole day to spend in the park and enjoy.

with one of the band member

Parade time! Happens every 3:00 P.M. Hong Kong local time

Pretty Tinkerbell

 Before I planned this Hong Kong Disneyland vacation, my friends who have visited here been telling me to try out the MTR Disneyland Resort Line located at the park which has access to other cities of Hong Kong. Of course I will not let the chance slip away! and yes the train is sooo cuteeee! Here are the photos I took during my short trip from Disneyland park to Sunny Bay & return. The Singe Journey ticket is $6.50 HKD only.

MTR Station at night

Entrance to the station

Adult Single Journey Ticket from Disney to Sunny Bay cost $6.50 HKD

Everywhere has ears!

Cute Mickey Train!

while inside the train

Self Service Ticket Vending Machine

 

Hong Kong Disneyland

Lantau Island, Hong Kong

+852 3550 3369

A Happy Day in Disney’s Hollywood Hotel

Disney’s Hollywood Hotel Sign

Free Disneyland Shuttle Bus

This is the most awaited day for me, we spent 1 night at Disney’s Hollywood Hotel and I got so excited see it! Before I planned this trip, I did some research which is the best deal I could get to stay in this hotel. I’ve checked the Hong Kong Disneyland official site it costs an arm and a leg!! Until Joy & I went to Travel Tour Expo 2014 held last February 14-16 at SMX Convention Center MOA and found an affordable package including 1 night accommodation in Disney’s Hollywood Hotel. Thanks to Wintrex Travel Corporation for this great deal.

Traveling abroad can sometimes be challenging especially if you are going to countries that does not use English as their primary language, but I appreciate the effort of some people who tried their best to communicate with us. The shuttle bus is supposed to pick us up in The Emperor Hotel and bring us to Disney’s Hollywood Hotel on March 20th. Jackie said the driver should send a message to the hotel front desk what time they will arrive, the midnight when we got back to the hotel from our Macau trip, I approached a guy in front desk if there is any message left for me, he said none. When we woke up in the morning at 8:00 am, we still haven’t receive any communication from the driver so we went down the street for breakfast and decide to pack our things when we get back. To my surprise, the receptionist handed me a piece of note from the driver that he was waiting for us from 9:00 am to 9:20 am but we weren’t there and he said we should make our own travel arrangement going to the next hotel we will staying. I was totally annoyed that morning and had an argument with Jackie on the phone. How could you blame the tourists if they were never informed what time the driver will arrive in the first place? Of course we will follow the schedule if we should’ve known the time they will pick us up right? I told her that I will not pay for our cab nor ride a subway going to Disney, that will not happen, there is no point of arguing, I want a resolution and we flew two hours to get to HK to have fun and not stress out myself. Finally, she told me to get a cab and ask for the receipt and they will reimburse it once they sent us to the airport the next day. So she really waited for me to get angry before she thought of a way! Ann’s Travel Services Corp, get your act together and provide the service that we’ve paid for.

Main Entrance of Hotel

Cute Mickey Mirror Wall Design

Hotel’s Front Desk with Friendly Staffs

Disney’s Celebrity Gift Store

After that stressful moment we finally reached Hong Kong Disneyland in Lantau Island around 12:30 pm and it costs us $269 HKD from Emperor to here + annoying morning my travel agent gave. Disneyland Resort have free shuttle service that will drive you within Disney vicinity. The route is from the theme park to the Disneyland Hotel & Disney’s Hollywood Hotel. Hong Kong Disneyland has 2 hotels and we chose the Hollywood Hotel, less cheaper & more Mickey designs. I started having a good mood when we arrived at the hotel lobby, there are lots of kids running around though but that’s expected 🙂 The check in time is 3:00 pm, check out is 11:00 am but you can ask for late check out until 12:00 pm at no cost. We left our things to the luggage station of the hotel and started to take some photos. Every inch of this hotel is so Mickey Mouse inspired, even the mirrors & bench has ears! hahaha OMG it’s cute!!! Please see photos and judge yourself how nice it is. For a Mickey fan like me, staying in this hotel is like a paradise for me! take note, I haven’t seen our room yet, we were just seeing the hotel exterior but I can’t get enough of it!

More Mickey cute Designs at the back of the Hotel

Cute Mickey Mouse Bench

Convenient Luggage Station for the Guests

Pool Entrance

Brrrrr! So cold!

Swimming time!

Hotel’s Piano Pool

Elegant Mickey Design along Hotel Hallway

Hotel Lobby

Mickey Classic Posters along hallway

We had quick lunch at Hollywood & Dine Restaurant, they mostly serve snacks for kids and some rice meals but small portion. Look what I ordered? when I’m telling to the cashier what I menu I want she said “this is for kids, you sure this is enough for you?” LOL this is literally a Kiddie Meal! hahahaha!

Cute Dining inside the Hotel, like a theater snack store

Meat Bolognese w/ Mixed Fruits & Steamed Veggies & OJ…Kiddie Meal 😛

Finally, we were able to check in, got our key card and our room is in 9th floor. The guest rooms elevator has Mickey button!! soooo cute! And there is one thing that made me so surprised, when we get it to the elevator, Mickey’s giggly little voice will greet you and mentioned the floor where we supposed to get off. It really made me smile! Their front desk always gives a personalized and warm greeting whenever you call them if you need something. I also asked for a wake up call by 6:00 am and they set it for me, when the phone rings, it’s Mickey’s voice who will greet you “Good Morning Pal!, time to wake up and rise & shine!”, no matter how sleepy I am, it woke me up and smiled after hearing the automated wake up call. That was awesome and really made my day

 

Cute elevator button design

I can imagine how nice our room will be! And I did not get disappointed!! I lost count how many times I said the word “WOW” when I get in to the hotel premises. Take a look of our Garden View Room of Disney’s Hollywood Hotel 🙂 I hope you will like it as much as I did. I love the color combination they used and this is not just for kids, I bet even adults who will stay here would love it too! 🙂

Garden View Room

Selfie inside our beautiful room

Had a goodnight sleep 🙂

Nice Pool View from our room

Mickey Abstract design of my bed linens

Excited for our Disneyland Park tour! 🙂

Inserts & Postcards that you can send to your friends 🙂

Room Amenities

Bathroom Amenities..soooo cute!

Cute Mickey Bedroom Slippers

Nice & Clean Bathroom

The room has great AC, clean bathroom and spacious, it has 2 comfortable double beds and can accommodate at least 2 adults & 2 kids, perfect for family whose going on Disneyland trip. And their cable TV has English channels! 😀 I’m done taking pictures of the room and I jumped on the like a kid! hahaha! but I can’t be lazy, so I took a quick shower and go to Disneyland to watch the fireworks display. I am going to create a separate blog posts that will discuss more about my Hong Kong Disneyland trip so watch out for it 🙂

Hotel Facade at night 🙂

I am all smiles while I’m writing this blog entry, my Disney experience still lingers in my mind and it always bring happy thoughts in me. Such a great memory that I’ll keep and be able to share this stories to my future kids 🙂

 

Disney’s Hollywood Hotel

Hong Kong Disneyland Resort

Lantau Island Hong Kong

+852 3510-5000