Visitors Guide to Hong Kong Disneyland

Readers' Pick

1. Mystic Manor ★ ★ ★
   Trackless dark ride through the home of Lord Henry Mystic, a member of the Society of Explorers and Adventurers. Located in Mystic Point.
   

Other attractions throughout Hong Kong Disneyland include:

Main Street USA

• Momentous: Nighttime spectacular on and around the Castle of Magical Dreams. 🎦 Video
• Friendtastic!: The largest parade in Hong Kong Disneyland's history features 11 floats for 11 different groups of Disney friends.
• Animation Academy: Learn to draw Disney characters in this guided step-drawing class.
• Hong Kong Disneyland Railroad

Tomorrowland

• Ant-Man and The Wasp: Nano Battle! An interactive dark ride themed to the Marvel Avengers. 🎦 Video
• Hyperspace Mountain: A "Star Wars" overlay of Tomorrowland's Space Mountain indoor roller coaster. Height requirement: 40 inches
• Iron Man Experience: Marvel-themed 3D motion-base theater show where you and Iron Man save Hong Kong from Hydra. Height requirement: 40 inches
• Orbitron: Spinner ride

Fantasyland

• Cinderella Carousel
• Dumbo the Flying Elephant
• Fairy Tale Forest: Walk-through
• Fantasy Gardens: Walk-through and character meeting
• It's a Small World: Classic indoor boat ride. 🎦 Video
• Mad Hatter Tea Cups: Spinner ride
• The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh: Dark ride
• Mickey and the Wondrous Book: Live musical revue

World of Frozen

• Frozen Ever After: Indoor boat ride. 🎦 Video
• Wandering Oaken's Sliding Sleighs: A custom Vekoma Junior Coaster, themed to a mountain sleigh ride. Height requirement: 38 inches. 🎦 Video
• Playhouse in the Woods: An interactive theater installation with Anna, Elsa, and Olaf. 🎦 Video

Toy Story Land

• RC Racer: Intamin surfrider halfpipe coaster
• Slinky Dog Spin: Caterpillar ride
• Toy Soldier Parachute Drop

Adventureland

• Festival of the Lion King: Live musical. 🎦 Video
• Jungle River Cruise: Narrated boat ride
• Moana - A Homecoming Celebration: Live stage show
• Rafts to Tarzan's Treehouse: Short boat ride
• Tarzan's Treehouse: Walk through

Grizzly Gulch

• Big Grizzly Mountain Runaway Mine Cars: A 3,609-foot, 35-mph Vekoma custom mine train coaster. Height requirement: 44 inches. 🎦 Video

Table service

Main Street USA

• Corner Cafe: American cuisine in two-course set menus, with family-style sides and kids meals
• Plaza Inn: Cantonese cuisine

Mystic Point

• Explorers Club Restaurant: Semi-buffet, with choice of entree

Adventureland

• River View Cafe

Counter service

Main Street

• Main Street Bakery
• Market House: Starbucks

Tomorrowland

• Comet Cafe: Noodles and bowl
• Starliner Diner: Burgers and fried chicken combos

Fantasyland

• Clopin's Festival of Foods: Noodles and wok combos
• Royal Banquet Hall: Multiple internationally-themed stations serving combo meals

World of Frozen

• Golden Crocus Inn: Lamb, chicken, salmon, and pasta combo meals

Adventureland

• Wayfinders' Table: Asian chicken, beef, seafood and vegetarian meals

Or head over to the Crystal Lotus at the nearby Hong Kong Disneyland Hotel for the Disney Dim Sum - steamed buns in the shape of Disney characters.

Disney dim sum. Photo by Robert Niles

Hong Kong Disneyland is located on the eastern edge of Lantau Island, conveniently located about eight miles from Hong Kong International Airport. Download the Uber or Octopus app prior to arrival and use that to book a taxi or UberX to the resort for the most convenient access. From elsewhere in the city, take the MTR to Sunny Bay station and transfer to the Disneyland Resort line.

Hong Kong Disneyland will feel like a throwback to Walt Disney World visitors. Paper tickets. No need for advance dining reservations. There is a paid "Lightning Lane"-style line-skipping system called Priority Access, but it's not often used and not really needed to enjoy the park's attractions. Note that if you buy an undated ticket to the park, you will need to make a park reservation to use it.

Disney's on-site hotel guests get 15 minutes of early access to the park. Note that Grizzly Gulch, Mystic Point, and Toy Story Land open 30 minutes after the rest of the park.

The characters meets typically are, by far, the longest waits in the park. Hong Kong Disneyland can, at times, seem more like the set of endless influencer photo shoots than a theme park, with all the people in cosplay posing for each other. If that's not your scene, you will get to enjoy relatively short wait times for the actual rides in Hong Kong Disneyland.

That said, an upcharge early entry pass can be helpful in getting you early access to World of Frozen. Discount tickets are available, including ones with the Early Park Entry option.

Otherwise, use your first moments in the park to buy a freshly-made Mickey waffle on Main Street, then head over to Big Grizzly Mountain, followed by Mystic Manor. Unless you have little kids who must do Toy Story, skip that and head next to World of Frozen.

Use the Hong Kong Disneyland app to find showtimes for the Festival of The Lion King show, as well as Mickey and the Wondrous Book, if you are interested in that Disney Cruise Line-style "Disney's greatest hits" production. And we also recommend - as always, where it is offered - a trip to Animation Academy to draw your own Disney character. Here, you'll find it often is Duffy, whose character friends dominate almost every retail location in the park.

Pick up the rest of the park's attractions at your convenience, but plan to claim a space on the hub 30-60 minutes early for Momentous, which is an excellent nighttime spectacular.