I like traveling! Since I already featured the “touristy” things you can do in Disneyland. I decided that my last post should be about other things you can do in Disneyland! Can we saw the road less taken? naks! pakak!

I love photos… hahah! Isn’t it obvious? haha! But it’s really fun to dress up. And see how your style evolves per trip and thru the years. So take some outfit shots! Honestly, it can be a bit embarrassing sometimes when people are looking at you. But enjoy it! Different scenery for different outfits pakak!

With so much shops inside the park… it’s a shopper’s dream! Buy trinklets to be displayed in your house. I always make sure to grab something small that I display in the house. I got a small keychain wherein i took out the chain and displayed in the house! It preserves the memory of the trip also because everytime you see it, it will remind you of the time and fun you had!Make sure to stay til night. The magic of Disneyland changes at night. It looks like another world!

Take videos! Not just photos!

Take photos of installations and displays! Disney has a lot of cute ones!

Check out different stores!

This is V’s fave shop! Even if you forget your cam, you can head here!

With social networks and all, share your experience with friends!

Watch the fireworks! A must see!

Stay near the sleeping Beauty castle so you can hear the sounds with the music!

Back in the hotel, explore your surroundings!

I wanted to swim but got back so late from the park! Plan you sked properly so you can check out hotel amenities!

Kid at heart! Games always make me happy!

Candy treats!

Try out new cuisines!

And new snacks! WHo knows you might discover something you like!

They have installations around hotel grounds!

Take photos!

Check out Hollywood hotels HOLLYWOOD SIGN!

Enjoy! I had some ice cream while walking around! YUM! 

The pool! What’s great about this pool is that sometimes Disney characters can swim with you! 

Night shots rock!

Buy your friends and family momentos!

They have a lot fo different restos from the park to the 2 hotels. Try out everything!

Crystal Lotus a Chinese Resto in Disney Hotel

Feel free to ask your concierge or front desk of different amenities you can try out!

Take people shots! This kid is so cute!

I played a game with V, who can take the most photos of different characters. It’s so fun to compare photos after!

A maxim’s resto inside the park!

Here are some of the dishes that they serve

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Last but not the least, enjoy your in-room facilities!

I love their attention to details!

You will also enjoy dining in their other restaurants such as:

Corner Cafe

This restaurant is located at the Main Street.

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The food choices that they offer are mostly western cuisine.

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Enchanted Garden

This Victorian inspired restaurant is inside the Disneyland Hotel and early reservation is required because it is usually fully booked.

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Mickey Pancakes and Mickey Waffles!

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Walt’s Cafe

This 1950′s themed restaurant is also located at the Disneyland Hotel.

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Mickey Fruits! =)

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I suggest that you visit Hong Kong Disneyland soon ’cause they have a lot to offer this year!

Much Love,

D

Ok, hirap na hirap nako magsort ng photos. haha! We had 5 cameras with us. Walang kawala! haha! Ayun kaya super tagality din magpost. Before day 2 lemme chika you about the parties.

Some people go to Coachella not for the festivals, parties lang talaga. Sabay sabay at madaming ganap! So minsan hard choice talaga, gora ba sa party or festival? We opted to check out 4 of the pinakbonggels na party. All the parties are rsvp or by invite. Minsan undiclosed locations pa. So buti nalang may friendshipeys kami to get us invites. Also since most of the parties puno ng celeb, medyo chukiedees magphotos. haha! May mga official photogs with celebs to do that kasi baka masita. hahaha! So chikahin nyo nalang at friendshipin. haha!

This is the Plunge party by Redbull in La Quinta. So isang tumbling lang sa place namin.

Bongga ng may pa games sila!

The best way to enjoy Disneyland is to have a plan! I even suggest at LEAST a minimum of one day since you want to see and experience everything at your own pace.

Technically, you can also have it cheaper if you avail of the 2 day pass so I suggest you book that so you can experience most if not all of the rides! You can check the updated price here: http://park.hongkongdisneyland.com/hkdl/en_US/ticketsAndReservations/overview?name=2DayTicketPage

So ok, lemme share to you my game plan! There are 6 main areas in Disneyland. The Mainstreet USA, Tommorowland, Toy Story land, Fantasyland, Adventureland, and Grizzly Gulch.

So let’s do my experience by area. Upon entering, make sure to get a map! Always better to have a map with you so you can easily locate the rides and attractions. There are 2 kinds, Chinese and English so be sure to grab the right one. The first thing you will see is the cityhall. For big groups, i suggest you use this as a meeting point

THE MAINSTREET USA

For me, the main attraction here are the shops! Each shop has a different motiff, from candies, souvenirs, cameras. So make sure to check out each one! Each of them sell different items!
WINDOW SHOPPING! My fave sport! haha!

Secure a spot! Check out the little Princesses!

Make sure to bring a camera with good zoom!

Tinkerbell!

The Princesses float!

Mickey’s group! I love Donald! Looks like V! haha!

Hmmnn..idea for Halloween costume! I want!

The floats are really a must see! Each float is different and all may pasabog!

Some swinging action!

Who’s your fave Disney Princess? I like BELLE!

TIGGER!!

Chipmunk! I had to take a photo, for the longest time. V called me chipmunk coz of my lisp and speedtalking. haha! Waleynangayon!

Also, try the railroad in the mainstreet and the cars they have!

D + V

After the mainstreet, you can check out the GRIZZLY GULCH! If you like Rollercoasters, this is your area!

Very Miner chuchuangganap here! Cuteness! Pasokang boots!

Cute kid! haha! Best in kodakan moment!

The Big Grizzly Mountain Runaway Mine Cars is a train-themed roller coaster attraction in the Grizzly Gulch section. The attraction features Audio-Animatronic bears, a backwards section, and a launch sequence. It is the third roller coaster in a Disney park with a backwards section on it.

The mountain is the centerpiece of the themed area and a town from the gold rush days of the 1840s and 1850s has been built around the mountain.

Next up is FANTASYLAND! Quite a lot of attractions for the young ones and young at heart here! They have the Mad Hatter Tea Cups, Cinderella Carousel, Snow White’s grotto, Dumbo the flying elephant and of course SLEEPING BEAUTY’s CASTLE! I really love the nights shot of the castle… exactly like in my memory when i was younger!

You can try the PHILHARMAGIC attraction in a 3d adventure!

Never too old for the carousel!

But what i really enjoyed was the Golden Mickeys! Think the Oscars! All star casting! I don;t want to spoil it for you but just had to post photos!

I think i memorized all the songs of Beauty and the Beast, I can still sing all of it up to now!

Ariel is also part of the production!

Humps action! so funny!

Silence in the theatre! haha!

Of course! Last but not the least..everyone’sfave! IT’S A SMALL WORLD!

After that you can head to ADVENTURELAND! Very jungle angpegaloo! Try TARZAN’S TREEHOUSE!

But pls make sure to go on the JUNGLE RIVER CRUISE! Must see!

Very Safari ang peg! I lovet!

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My Tarzan! haha!

In the same area, a must see is the FESTIVAL of the LION KING. We missed the show time but gives us a reason to come back! I watched it with Tim Yap a few years ago. Pakaksya! Full production!

Now, for their newest attraction.. TOY STORY LAND! If you’ve been to Disneyland before you have a reason to come back! Super cute area!

You feel like a miniature toy when you enter the area! Toy soldiers all over the place!

Excited to try the rides!

I really wanted to try this out but it was under maintenance when we visited! Will be back for sure!

So we tried this instead! TOY SOLDIER PARACHUTE DROP!

V in his element! haha!

Aside from the picture perfect area, you can try out their mini roller coaster and their slinky dog spin!

Just as we were leaving the area.. LOOKIE! A new world will be coming soon!

The last world is Tommorowland. I suggest you do this at night before the fireworks or after. I like the lights of this place. Unfortunately, we didn’t take much photos because we rode the rollercoaster! hard to take photos, our hands were busy holding the rails! haha!

Be sure to try out SPACE MOUNTAIN and BUZZ LIGHT YEAR Astro blaster! Both my fave! Astroblaster is fun to ride with friends!

Before the fireworks we enjoyed the lights and shops of Mainstreet again! Go close to Sleeping Beauty’s Castle for the best view of the fireworks!

Tweeting the fireworks!

We have more post on DISNEYLAND coming up!

Much love,

D

Commercial break from our coachella trip!

I think it’s fair to say that all little girls and beckies wanted to be a princess at one point. For me, hanggang ngayon I still want to be a Princess. Haha! If you ask V about my biggest palusot when i’m asking him to pass the remote or turn on the aircon… kahit masmalapit ako… It would have to be “Because I’m a Princess” (Gayahin nyo narin if bet nyo!)

This will be a 3 part travel blog on Hong Kong and Disneyland! The one part would be how to get to HK and where to stay, another part would be about Disney and it’s new rides and area, last part would be about what to do, food to eat, things to buy! Oh d ba? Complete package!

So first of all, tayong mga noypi, Hk is the favorite travel spot. Because it takes about 1.5-2 hours trip lang and we have a lot of budget airfare na ganap! I remember going to HK a lot when I was younger because my mom had a stall in greenhills! haha! So tag along ang drama ko when she buys supplies. But even though we would go to HK often, the top on my list would still be Disneyland. My family had to go to Japan, para lang maavail ko ang Disney… ang problem, lamigin at tamad akong bata so hindi ko din naexplore because we went it was pretty cold and wit ko bet maglakad!

So when finally Disneyland opened in HK! I was so happy and lucky na yung modelling agency ko in HK booked me for a job for the launch! After that I think I was able to visit 2 more times.. One with Tim Yap and V, and another for my inaanak’s bday special!

It’s been a good 3 years or more since I last visited the park so ang bongga nung nasight ko may bagong ganap! But bago dyan, turuan ko muna kayo ng best way to get to HK and Disney!

From Manila, ang dali gumetlak ng flights to HK. Una, you don’t need a visa. Passport lang keri na! And ang daming budget flights! Pwede nyo sya i search ditich!

I like using Skyscanner.net to search for flights. But do try the airlines own sites too, kasi andun ang promos!

Maraming airlines flies to HK. Wag nyo na kunin yung may stop over ha! haha! Pinahaba nyo lang ang ganap nyo. (Ps. don’t mind the prices beside, iba yung napindot ko..haha!)

Upon arrival, you can go use the airport express to TSING YI STOP. Mga HK 60.00 per person yun and you’ll be there in about 20 minutes! From airport, you can see 1st stop kayo!

Then from there you can take the MTR to sunny bay and DISNEY RESORT! The train of Disney is super cute too!

Details from TRAVEL Hong Kong site.

But is family size at go large ang barkada nyo, it might be cheaper to take a taxi which will cost about HK110.00 for a group of 3 but may bayad extra ang luggage ha at HK5.00 to HK10.00 each. We took a cab!

Or you can also take the bus, pwedeng pwede din yun! HK55.00 naman per person yun. Pero may change na magaganap pa.

Upon arrival in DISNEYLAND! You will have options to go straight to the park. Or to go to your hotel. Disneyland has 2 hotels in their Resort. Free shuttles yan! Just look for the sign… (sabay kanta I SAW THE SIGN…choz!)

We’ll go to the park in the second post. The first post is about the hotel! We stayed in DISNEY’S HOLLYWOOD HOTEL!

Find the hidden MIckey… este duck (clue.. katabi ko.. haha!)

Fine, isang photo for V… then akin na lahat! choz!

The reception area. Super cute and the waiting time is not long!

Couple shot! Basta may mirror, laban!

This was our home for 3 days! Art deco type of design and ang cute, feeling mo movie star ka from the 50s! LABAN! Or feelingera lang ako? haha!

 Check out our view from our room! Cuteness! Poolside!

I love how everything is so well thought of! I brought this home! hahaha! Deadma sa uhaw! choz!

They have a buffet dinner in the ground floor and a bar resto! I also saw some barbeque set up by the pool area. This is the buffet area!

The souvenir shop! Bongga sya kasi parang blast from the past! Although i was looking for some life size dolls for my inaanaks. Maybe inside the park!

This is what i ended up getting! CUTENESS! Bigay ko kay Tessa toh, she’d love it!

I picked the biggest bow from here! hehe!

After going to the park (which i will discuss on blog 2), i got a bit hungry. They have a dinner, fastfood thing in the hotel too! Look at me trying to balance the tray! haha!

After the meal, tinodo namin and played like kids in the arcade! Young at hearts will never get bored in Disney Hollywood hotel!

Night shot! We walked around the pool area too! But i will discuss that more on blog post 3… mga iba ibang pwedeng avail sa Disney!

Will blog about the park, the other hotel and food sunod! Abangan!

Much love,

D

Unless private plane ka ata, you really have to drive to Palm Springs. So when you get to LA, the first thing you should do is rent a car. Avail nyo mga flash promo sa net. So reserve in advance. You can use your pinoy driver’s license for it. And like us striaght form airport, they have a free shuttle papunta sa rent-a-car. Masmura talaga sya then cab! Mahal ang patak ng metro dun!

Gusto ko yung very Pinoy magpaphoto sa mga nakapark na carru! Natawa nga ako sabi ko, feeling macho ka. Tignan mo, may handicap sa rear view mirror! Daig ka ni Lola!

Driving to Coachella, you will see this. About 2.5 hours drive from LA to ENcino/Palm Springs. SO kuha kayo GPS system, mahirap mawala dito..dirediretso! haha!

Eto yung scary experience namin going home! First time ko sa dust storm!

Parang any monument, lalabas na si TRANSFORMERS!

Another option if may time kayo is to do this to your car. CARPOOLCHELLA. Yearly they pick a winner, then lifetime VIP passes ata. D ako sure, basta may paandar na libreng something! You can check here!

Bitinin ko muna kayo.. may LA pa bago Coachella! haha! Chronological kasi eh! Maguguluhan ako. haha! Eh magulo na nga ako!

Street art ! Take photos!

We visited the Grove. Ayan, ako na ang reyna ng sampling. haha!

At nang hiram na naman ako ng jacket kay V. Perfect sakin ang “BIGYAN NG JACKET” haha! Super lamigin, tapos lakas loob mag shorts!

Ayan na ha! palapit na palapit na ang coachella posts! Haha!

COACHELLA 2013 from v.basa on Vimeo.

ENJOY!

Much love,

D

 This is it, Pansit! Last post for Mexico dahil hinaharass nyo na ako sa Coachella! haha! Since betty mae nyo naman pala ang mga history lessons kong kabaklaan, will be uploading past trips also. With matching lessons! Oh d ba? But before that.. mukha ko muna! haha!

Majinetey! haha!Mukha ni V!And ang dala naming iguana.. si Milan! choz!

After the tour, they will bring you to a resort near Tulum. Tulum is about an hour and a half away from the hotel strip so lunch will be somewhere closer after the tour.

May beach ganap and pool din. Ang bongga dito, ang all inclusive..applicable until here!

Although hindi sya super beach talaga. Medyo lang. haha! Kasi parang breakwater tapos nilagyan lang ng tampusaw area.

Malakas kasi ang alon, unless sirena kayo.. baka d din maenjoy.

Red flag means dangerous to swim. Natuto na ako from my Africa trip. Haha! Ingat sa mga flag.. haha! (In case you are wondering eto yun…http://www.divinemlee.com/megaafrica/)

Yes, pati nongga and foodash, all inclusive. I think na-arrange na ng hardrock tours yun when you visit applicable ang tag nyo. But wag iattempt ng magisa. I think only for tour groups.

Perfect sunday! choz! Perfect day to swim!

Perfect day daw, nasa silong naman ako. Haha! Nag avail din ako ng shwimminng. Natakot lang ako masunog. Nag ka blisters ako dati and chenes degree burns sa kaka-tan. Haha! Ingat nako ulit. Ayoko na magmukhang inaagnas!

Si kuya waley takot!

Eto ang kalakas ng loob, nagbikini after lumafez ng sangkatutak na buffet-lya!I love this Tomato.PH Jacket! Bagay sa Mexico!

Mahaba na naman toh.. so READ MORE!