The Happiest Place in the World

The Happiest Place in the World - isn't that how the Disneylands of the world are publicized? A place where you enter the world of tomorrow, yesterday, adventure and fantasy; leaving behind the present?? I guess whoever thought of the tagline was right!!

I got a chance to witness the magic and fantastical land of Walt Disney's imagination, when I set foot inside the Hongkong Disneyland.

Smaller as compared to its' American cousins, this place offers the same magic nevertheless! You enter through Main street USA, where you are welcomed by what America must have looked like in the early 1800s.

                 (This is the entrance of the HK Disneyland....and this is also the entrance to Main Street USA!)

Walk in and you will walk into a whole new world - truly a world where you forget about every single worry, and unleash the child within you! Atleast I did!! It was after a long time, that I was excited about a short train ride...one that takes you around the park. The ride is also a good way to decide where you want to head next!

As you walk through the guarded gates of Snow White's castle, you really do feel like that you are entering a world of fantasy and fairly tales. It is all that you had ever imagined when you read the stories of Cinderella and Rapunzel....perhaps a little bit more!

I mean where else can you see your dad, trying to play Prince Arthur? My dad was more than willing to pose for the camera, while holding the proverbial "sword-in-the-rock"!

                                          
Or see both your parents smile happily standing inside a make belief Astronaut's Suit? Don't believe me?? Looks at this picture then!

(Yup! My parents are all set to take a trip to Saturn!!)

Disneyland is perhaps the only place where you could do so much, in one single day.....you could witness your favorite movie in a live performance:

                    

Get your photos clicked with your favorite cartoon characters:

  

or save an alien planet from falling down!!

One trip to the Hongkong Disneyland has given me memories to last a lifetime...........unfortunately it has also given me the bug............now I want to see the American versions of this theme park as well!!