I went to the Hongkong Disneyland on the 22nd of February with my daughter. This was my first visit to any Disney Park and we were both really excited. Overall the park was beautiful and many a times I was transported to the fairy tale land of my dreams.It may make sense to get a map before hand and decide which rides and places you want to visit beforehand just to chalk out a basic idea of where to go and how best to utilise your time. Though the descriptions were pathetic. They have not been able to give you the sense of each item properly. In fact we would have missed a few if we had gone just by the descriptions and not by our gut feeling. I still have a feeling I did miss out on good things as we were short of time. I went with a tour company and they did not take us early. Pls do not do the evening tour only, you would miss out on so much. If you are spending your money...do it well and enjoy from morning to evening.I would say one thing... the shows were really great but the rides were strictly ok. Most of them did not live up to our expectations.I mean what is a roller coaster ride if it does not make the figure eight and make you go to great heights and drop you down at dizzying speeds. I am a coward of the first order and I was terrified at the thought of the ride but even I could do it without any problem. So in short if your courage and adventure levels are about medium or below,the rides are good but if you are seeking the thrill you would be left feeling a loss. Chances are you would have had better rides in places like Essel World and Imagica in Mumbai. However their firework show which was in the evening was par excellence ..I have never seen something so beautiful. This was being done as this was their 10th Anniversary ...do not know how long they would continueWe took the train at the entrance and got off at the first stop...The Fantasyland and the name says it all...it was a fantasy. What a pleasure to see all your favourite cartoon characters all around you. The castles....the overall ambiance stopped us in mid sentence. It took us some time to catch our breathes and land on earth and decide to go on. We started with the Mickey Philamagic....it was superb. Both of us loved it. The Winnie the pooh adventure too was really fun with all the special effects. This is a kind of a ride which unfolds a story and gives your 4 d experience. Its a Small Wonder again was a similar thing....another not to miss ride show. Mickey and the Wondrous Book had a long queue, we waited for over an hour to see it and once it started we felt all our wait was worth it. However the Allmighty had other plans for us, barely 5 minutes into the riveting show, there was some technical glitch and the show was cancelled. Here I was stunned at the apathy level of the employees manning the show, there was not a word of apology and utter crash attitude in handling all queries about the show.They seriously need a course in Customer Service. We were told cursorily and rather rudely that the show was cancelled and there may be no repeat (the last show was still due). When people come from a distance and are so eager to see something but cannot (and pay money for something) a little politeness goes a long way in making you feel better. When we tried to come back again for the show in a little while, we were not allowed entry saying that the required number of people were already waiting. We tried to explain that we had been waiting for more than an hour and the show started and stopped.....but it fell on deaf ears. To cut a long story short...do see this show, the timings would be written on the board outside and plan accordingly. Right in front of this place (identified as 53 as per the map I have with me)at 3.15 pm you have a parade of all the characters in their costume riding various decorated vehicles.It is awesome. The Fairy tale garden was ok....we wasted a lot of time here as this was the first thing we were seeing. A lot of time went taking pictures with Tinkerbell character but then these are memories.The rides in this area were very kiddish. We did not take most of them other than the Mad hatter Tea cups...this was good.Before I do to the next attractions, let me tell you about the restaurants, there are quite a few options but we did not have time to sit and eat at a luxury place as we wanted to enjoy the park and just fill our stomachs. The Main Street USA has places for sandwiches and other cartoon shapped waffles. We grabbed our buggers in Tomorrow Land. How boring but then that was fast .You have shops all over the place. Merchandise in the shops here were very expensive..you may get better bargains outside in local shops markets. But yes there could be items that you get only here. Its an individual call.The next place we went was Tomorrowland. Our most coveted ride Space Mountain was closed for maintenance. The Orbitron ride was silly...wish we had given this ride a miss. The Autopia was fun for my daughter. A long queue to drive an electric car on a designated path....a must thrill for an underage teen dying to get her hands on daddy's car at the earliest but being prevented due to age restrictions. So if you anyways drive ...you can give it a miss but if you have a child pls sit in the passenger's seat and enjoy the happiness on your child's face. Other places here are not even worth writing about.We enjoyed the Mainstreet USA as we got to see a lot of the park people in the cartoon gear sauntering up and down and you can pose with the characters. The place was throbbing with energy. Art Of Animation did not appeal to us and after spending some time there we came back. We spent some time in Animation Academy, it was fun learning to draw Goofy with certain easy strokes.Our next stop was Adventure land and by then it had become dark. The ride we had wanted to take had closed by then. And just because we wanted to do something in this part as well we went to the Festival of Lion King. I only went as my daughter insisted. Just about three months back we had seen the Broadway musical of Lionking in London and I was convinced this would just be a waste of time after that. How wrong I was !!!! Its one of the best shows that I have seen. In that half an hour they performed and used props and special effects which made it worth the while to compare it to a broadway show. It was mindblowing... and the lead singer....what a God gifted voice she had. You must see this if you go there. Worth every second.Our next stop was Grizzly Gilch. The Runaway Mine car was the ride we took. It was good but did not meet our level of expectation. Maybe I was wrong to think of this as a roller coaster...but if you can let go of expectations...you can enjoy this ride. This was the best ride in the park. The geyser gulch was a way to get me wet by my naughty teen. I narrowly escaped with most parts dry.The next place was Toy Story. The Parachute drop was good. THe RC Racer had my stomach lurching not because of fright but because of the direction of movement. So if you have a weak stomach or have just eaten you may wait a while before going on this one. I am sure my lunch would have on someone ahead of me it it had not got digested so thoroughly.Our last place was the Mysctic point. We only went there as we had some time in our hand before the firework show. I thank all my lucky stars for that. The ride inside the manor was enough to scare the living lights out of you at some point of time or the other. Do it and you would thank me for it. I would not really like to spoil the surprise.We walked back to to the Sleeping Beauty castle to see the firework show at 8.30 pm. There is no need to rush back to get the front seats...the show is up there on the sky so even if you are sitting at the back you can easily see it. The castle looked ethereal and I was transported back to my childhood. We were lucky that it was a clear night and there was no rain during the show. Was told by my friends that their show was interrupted by the rains. Like I have mentioned before it was really spectacular.Overall it was a good experience. It would have been great if the rides too were nice. But if you are going for the first time, it is worth your while to visit it.