Travel: China - Hong Kong

[Rivevae]

flyfree:

Rivevae:

[quote=\"flyfree\"]Dear all,


Which is more worthy going for , DisneyLand or Ocean Park ? If there is only limited time for us to choose only 1 place.

I prefer OceanPark. It has more variety than Disneyland. But do it on a weekday as weekend is very crowded esp it's school's summer holiday right now.

If going to HK during Chinese New Yr period, will it be very crowded cos tonnes of Mainland tourists flooding HK?[/quote]You are rite. These days mainland chinese like to celebrate CNY overseas esp HK. Try to be there a day or 2 b4 CNY then you can avoid majority of the crowd at these parks and also get to experience the flower market and the count down mood at night. On CNY, you can check out the decor and performance in the shopping malls and various chinese temples to feel the local's celebration mood (diff day diff temple). Be prepared you will be in the coldest time of the year during that period.
BTW, OceanPark has added new stuff lately - brand new multi-storey aquarium and a rainforest walk. I like the jellyfish aquarium most. To help you make quicker decision - Oceanpark is like a bit-of-everything amusement park with funfair games, marine life and rare species such as little red panda besides the huge black-&-white ones. HK Disneyland - purely a chilldren amusement park. Always queue and queue (wait very long) and park is too small. But they have great street parade. Other great attractions incl \"Small Small World\", a short 3D Donald Duck show, Lion King show, Buzz light year shooting and the mountain ride. If you hv pre-school children, they'll love it. My 6yo DS has outgrown the disneyland already and doesn't want to go there anymore but not oceanpark which seems to be able to draw him back over and over again (I guess it's because of the marine animals). We live in HK and I used to bring him to these 2 places on alternate month until he turned 5.

[Happy Mama]

verykiasu2010:

I am not promoting SQ - quite fed up with their website woes now...can also try United, Cathay ..

Vk, is SQ website still down? It's been a while huh? I tried changing our flights last month and was still unable to do so. Ended up calling their customer service to do it. The guy had the cheek to tell me that I was supposed to pay a higher admin fee for phone booking... I was pissed, until I heard him continue that it'll be waived because the system was down. I was thinking like, OF COURSE! They should be happy we didn't make noise that the system was down for months.

[verykiasu2010]

Happy Mama:

verykiasu2010:

I am not promoting SQ - quite fed up with their website woes now...can also try United, Cathay ..

Vk, is SQ website still down? It's been a while huh? I tried changing our flights last month and was still unable to do so. Ended up calling their customer service to do it. The guy had the cheek to tell me that I was supposed to pay a higher admin fee for phone booking... I was pissed, until I heard him continue that it'll be waived because the system was down. I was thinking like, OF COURSE! They should be happy we didn't make noise that the system was down for months.

the system is still not functioning fully as it should - they had someone called me now and then to record the problems I faced .....I happened to have many bookings for the next 3 months...but honestly SQ is a waste of time to me now...if not for the million miles in the KF account that still have some use .... provided their website works...

[micollh]

i though http://www.singaporeair.com/ is accessible ? it's down ? is this the correct website that im accessing?

[mambobb]

micollh:

i though http://www.singaporeair.com/ is accessible ? it's down ? is this the correct website that im accessing?

mico,
HSBC is having promo on Cathy to HKG.. u might want to go to the website to have more details.. I heard on radio is $378.. something like this

[micollh]

thanks mambob… let me check it out… i plan to go in Dec, u thk i should book now or one month before? mm… scared book liao later cant go then jialat

[mambobb]

micollh:

thanks mambob.. let me check it out.. i plan to go in Dec, u thk i should book now or one month before? mm.. scared book liao later cant go then jialat

If there is a good promo now, u might want to book now.. its very hard to say whether there is any promo again.

What is the reason of cant go? Buy insurance lor.. now i am reading up the travel claim insurance.. haha.. saw ur post there..

[verykiasu2010]

micollh:

i though http://www.singaporeair.com/ is accessible ? it's down ? is this the correct website that im accessing?

it is the correct website

depends on your luck - after booking your itinerary can disappear or passenger info keyed in lost, or if you are regular user, you find your redemption nominee info missing, or after booking your flight using your KF account, the system prompts you that you do not have frequent flyer info on file.....what a joke

after almost 3 months, the system still cannot do open-jaw booking which previously was okay

like I told the SQ manager, why reinvent the wheel when it is just redecoration of the website they wanted to achieve ?...by the way, another joke is that I chose my title as 'King' and they did respond to me as your majesty King XXX ......

They had another apology letter on ST today - hopeless !! what is the point of apologising when they still cannot resolve existing problems after more than 2 months ...... any of us would have fired the IT guy already

[micollh]

mambobb:

If there is a good promo now, u might want to book now.. its very hard to say whether there is any promo again.

What is the reason of cant go? Buy insurance lor.. now i am reading up the travel claim insurance.. haha.. saw ur post there..

what if kids sick and stuff like that.. maybe i thk too much.. yeah better buy insurance as kids r travelling along. u book few mths before for the hotel ?

[verykiasu2010]

micollh:

mambobb:

If there is a good promo now, u might want to book now.. its very hard to say whether there is any promo again.

What is the reason of cant go? Buy insurance lor.. now i am reading up the travel claim insurance.. haha.. saw ur post there..

what if kids sick and stuff like that.. maybe i thk too much.. yeah better buy insurance as kids r travelling along. u book few mths before for the hotel ?

buy insurance cannot prevent kids from falling sick right ?

better to bring some standby medication for the usual stuff (fever, flu etc), go see your family doc or pd who will able to advise what to bring .....

if your trip is 100% confirmed and 10% no change will happen, then book hotel early will get you better rates

HK hotels are well known for the sea-food pricing strategy