Thursday, November 18, 2010

Spot the “Disney”


“Disney” in the modern society of Hong Kong

-Ocean Park
-Hong Kong Disneyland
-Hong Kong Wine and Dine Festival
-Hong Kong Shopping Festival


Ocean Park

Ocean Park has been themed themselves like an educational animal and marine life theme park where the whole concept of the theme itself are made up of animals and marine lifes.

The Ride

I personally visited Ocean Park in 2009. I personally visited the place and like it a lot as it is not just fun but an eye opener for me and also tourists who visit there. The rides are all theme in a way that people who visited the place which learn something about animals or the marine life.


One of the rides was "The Eagle", a fun and exciting ride that I took. I was imaging myself like an Eagle when I took the ride. It is a form of education to me when I personally can image how an eagle would react and also knowing it behaviour. It is something that I really did take away from this ride.


The Dining Restaurant and Souvenir Store
Bay View Restaurant
was one of the restaurant I visit in Ocean Park.You can indulge in the oceanic ambience at the Bay view Restaurant. Dine amidst a variety of sea jellies swimming in their aquariums. The open kitchen offers over 30 seasonal dishes, including a range of appetisers, entrees, and desserts for you to "create your own meal" by mixing and matching whatever you fancy. It is special to me when it is theme in a way of the whole concept of the Ocean Park itself when even the service staff wore like the theme of the bay view restaurant when they clothing are watery blue in colour to match with the marine land bay view restaurant theme.


                                    













Panda Exhibits Hall and Water Park


The Ocean Park is mainly focus on animals exhibits and one of the famous exhibits hall was the Panda, where attracted a lot of tourists to the world to see these panda as they are once the symbolic animal for  Beijing Olympic held on 2008.

                                     

Also, the ocean park also have water park around the park to fulfill the whole concept of the theme park itself where is caters to marine theme. Therefore, water park are not to be missed.


Souvenir Store




 The store sold a lot of animals toys such as fishes and also penguin. The whole place was filled with animals and mostly was catered to animal lovers.


The Environment



                                                 

Animal mascots were seemed in the place itself and also the environment of the whole theme park was filled with animated theme of animals and marine lifes.



Overall: I spot " Ocean Park" as a disney spot because it is themed as a educational theme park spot where people who love excitement, animal lovers and leisure families. This is a place where it has created as an attraction that has brought in a lot of crowd around the world since opening . Every part of the theme park itself has become a disneyization spot where they followed the whole theme park concept which is providing a educational trip for animals and marine lifes lovers. Hence, understanding its characteristic of these animals in a different manner. I analysis it through the facilities it has, the surrounding and even the crew staff in the ocean park and that is what I found from my research. I confirmed it as one of my "Disney " spot.

Hong Kong Disneyland

Hong Kong Disneyland has themed themselves as a place of fantasy world where it is themed in the western style of fairytale story featuring all disney production known as Walt Disney picture. 

   
                           


The Environment

The most obvious theme that it has come be seemed is the environment. Mascot were also seemed in this particular place. The whole environment of the building were structured in a way that it is some house of these cartoon characters like castles for Mickey.It is very fantasy in a way.

                                      

                                     

Also, there were parade held around the place to beef up the whole environment of the place. Like the Disney Parade featuring main characters like Mickey and Minnie mouse and etc.

                                      



The Disneyland train

 
                              
               

Even the train that link Disneyland to the main MRT line of Hong Kong was designed in a way that it suit the theme of Disneyland.






Dining and Accommodations

  

What was so special is this particular Chinese restaurant called the Crystal Lotus at Hong Kong DisneyLand Hotel itself. Feast on specially created Disney Dim Sum, like "Chicken Little" Steamed Lotus Seed Puree Bun, Little Green Men Pork and Vegetable Bun and Mickey's Seafood Glutinous Pancake.The dishes are created in the form of a theme and it is very famous among all
ages.

Also, the hotel itself has themed themselves on Disneyland concept when the room are designed in a way that it look like some fantasy castle that you would image to live in. Even the shampoo are designed based the concept of Disney.



                                     



Overall: I spot Hong Kong Disneyland as a Disney spot is because it is themed as a concept of cartoon characteristic.Everything related inside the Disneyland are filled with disney theme inside. It is a very popular around the region where people fly into Hong Kong just to visit this particular place. The variety of this place has make it very successful. One of the reason is because it caters to the tourist needs to source for fairytale experience that only can be experience in such places.

Food and Shopping Paradise

Hong Kong has known to be a shopping and eating paradise. There are world class dishes and over thousands of the merchandise where it is known as the shopping paradise. Namely two festival was created to meet this theme of " Shopping and Food Paradise ".

 

-Hong Kong Shopping Festival




- Hong Kong Wine and Dine Festival


Overall : I have spot this two festival as also a disney spot as Hong Kong itself is a modern society. They are themed as " Shopping and Food Paradise ". When we talk about Hong Kong, we will always feature them as Shopping and Food Paradise. It is being disney in a way that their culture and lifestyles are being commodities into a symbol of their country. However, it could be a good way and a bad way.

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