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An alien, a chicken and a teddy bear walk into a bar \u2026 Ok, it\u2019s a Chinese Restaurant and the punch line isn\u2019t very funny. Chicken Little is about to lose his head. He\u2019ll never know what\u2019s coming. One minute, he\u2019s sitting in a bamboo steamer basket, the next he\u2019s lunch.<\/p>\n

Where is this place where cute and cuddly characters are served up for supper? Disneyland of course. The character dim sum lunch at the Crystal Lotus Restaurant, one of several eateries inside Hong Kong Disneyland Hotel<\/a>, takes dim sum to another level.<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t expect plain old pork buns and wonton soup. The Aliens are filled with pork and vegetable, Duffy the Disney bear’s insides are red bean paste and Chicken Little holds an eggy lotus seed custard that goes down a treat.<\/p>\n

At 311 acres, Hong Kong Disneyland is the smallest Disney resort. Compared to Anaheim\u2019s Walt Disney World Resort at a whopping 25000 acres, it’s tiny. But it makes up for its size in originality. Inside the park, Festival of Foods serves up almost too cute to eat Little Pigs BBQ pork buns and big bowls of noodle soup.<\/p>\n

Forget hot dogs and french fries – Mickey Mouse shaped waffles, turkey drumsticks and rice on a stick are sold from street carts and the rolled up pizza slices in Toy Story Land seem to be hot property.<\/p>\n

Hong Kong Disneyland doesn\u2019t always stray too far from the pack \u2013 we clamber aboard the spinning tea cups, join the chorus for It\u2019s a Small World and shoot through the stars on the Space Mountain roller coaster.
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\nThe resort’s small size is actually a boon if you\u2019ve just got the day \u2013 you can easily make your way through a few of the rides in Tomorrowland, cruise over to Tarzan\u2019s tree house in Adventureland and catch the parade on Main Street. The queues for some of the more popular lines can be long, so book your\u00a0Disneyland Park Tickets<\/a>\u00a0online and arrive early.<\/p>\n

If you\u2019re not staying at the resort, the trip out to Disneyland on Lantau Island from the Hong Kong CBD is easy. Hop on the Tung Chung MTR train line to Sunny Bay. It\u2019s the second last stop and you’ll change onto Disneyland’s very own line (you can’t miss the Mickey Mouse ears all over the platform). Most of Expedia\u2019s Aussie travellers spend 3-4 days in Hong Kong, it\u2019s a great stopover on the way to Europe and a trip to Disneyland is a break for the whole family from shopping, high rises and hotels. Check out the Expedia\u00a0Hong Kong Travel Guide<\/a>\u00a0for more ideas on how to make the most of your stay.<\/p>\n

Words and images by Lisa Perkovic<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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