Hong Kong Disneyland Day One

We woke up in Disneyland and headed downstairs to the snack shop to get breakfast.  I had Winnie the Pooh banana muffins and a box of "Frosties".

This picture proves that I have been to Hong Kong Disneyland.  I am even posing in Hong Kong style.  Go to all the Disney Theme Parks in the world: Check. (until Shanghai opens in 5 years...)

Family photo by the flower Mickey head.

The big Christmas tree on Main Street.

How adorable are these ornaments?  These people need to realize that if they were selling these in the shops in the park they could make millions off my family alone.

Chinese people like to eat food on sticks.  This a stick of donuts, a food that is perfectly edible without a stick through it. 

Mandatory pose infront of the castle shot.  We are pretty cute if I do say so myself.

We ate lunch at the Starlight Diner which was a counter service type restaurant that had assorted burgers.  Pork burger, fish burger, beef burger, two different chicken burgers.  No, they do not seem to know the word, "sandwich".  Olivia got fried chicken, which came with these plastic gloves because Hong Kong people are super clean and don't want to soil their hands with chicken grease.

Ah, let me explain.  In Asia, English words on shirts are super popular.  Not what the words actually mean, just the fact that they are English words.   We have been playing a game of hunting for shirts that have really bad english on them or just don't make sense.  It is the best game.   This one says "HELLO I'M Mr. Right Now" and it is being worn by a woman.  Expect more of these.

Pretty much all of the restaurants have these fake food displays to show you your options.  Not just in Disney, but all of the restaurants.  I've always assumed the pictures in menus at Chinese places in the states were for people who aren't familiar with the dishes so they can know what they are but apparently Chinese people really just need an accurate visual representation of their food before they can make a decision. 

Check out this pillow, it's Mickey's ass.  

ALL OF THE BABIES AND CHILDREN ARE SO FREAKING CUTE HERE YOU GUYS.  I'm not over it yet.  People probably think I'm weird because I keep photographing their children.  But they are just too adorable.

This magical thing is a pizza cone.  It pizza crust shaped like a cone, filled with cheese, sauce and vegetables.  Jealous?

Fashion is super important in Hong Kong.  All of the people obviously put some serious thought into what they are wearing.  The little guy above was even modeling his sweet vest (seriously, he could be in a Baby Gap ad)

Some super absurd Hong Kong fashion.  The bag isn't man bag, though, they all carry their girlfriend's purses.

A Harajuku girl!   I wouldn't want to walk around in the park all day in those shoes.

"Linelli's Mailroom Supplies" with a little >_< faced heart. Seriously, they can't know what any of this stuff says.  

So people in Hong Kong are obsessed with Olivia.  They take pictures of our family all the time (but mostly her).  Pale skin is super desired here which we have an abundance of and Olivia is super tall and skinny and has huge blue eyes.  Basically, she is an anime character.  And they love it.  

We were resting on a bench when this group of ladies came near us and were obviously pretending to take pictures of something behind us, but were totally just taking pictures of us.  We noticed them doing this and after a few minutes they worked up the courage to ask to take pictures with the two of us.  Below are pictures of Olivia and myself with three random Chinese women. 

These women were super friendly and nice.  And at least they asked to take pictures when they saw we noticed.  Not this next guy:

He was standing across the street from looking at his camera like he is above and then randomly taking a few photos, obviously of us (seriously, there was nothing interesting behind us) and then looking back at his camera.  He did this for so long that eventually I got bold and waited to time it so that exactly when he looked through the camera at us I would be staring him down through my camera lens taking a picture of him.

This startled him for all of like two seconds and then he just went right back to what he was doing before.  This guy seriously took pictures of us for a straight 10 minutes.

On Main Street there were some festive elves to take pictures with, complete with pointy ears.  It was too absurd to not partake.  

And that was our first day in Disney.  If you are wondering why I didn't talk about rides at all it's because they are exactly the same as they are in Disneyland and I just wanted to talk about fun unique China things.   Plus we have another whole day in Disneyland tomorrow so there shall be more to mention.