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Hong Kong Disneyland: Other impressions

Jay — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 01:03:41 +0000

I have to say that English was a really useful language during the trip to Hong Kong. All the signs at HK Disneyland had English and all the workers spoke enough for their jobs.

The menus were easy to understand, and the workers often brought out a menu with pictures of the food. All the restaurants had some kind of barbeque, some kind of stir-fry, and some kind of noodles. There was dim sum (yam cha) to be had, and you could get burgers (served with plastic gloves for your use; a first for me to see!), pasta, sandwiches, and other familiar food. I got the impression that they were going out of their way to make sure there was something for just about everyone.

The pin trading at Walt Disney World is the best, but, surprisingly, HK Disneyland’s pin trading was much better than at Disneyland Resort in California! Most of the workers had pins for trading, and were quick to let you have a look. The workers in California, for the most part, didn’t seem to want to be bothered with it, and that included the pin trading stations!

The landscaping at the Autopia in Tomorrowland was cool and included

a peeled banana.

This boy was cute in that despite not being tall enough to drive his own car, he went back to the “You must be this tall to drive” sign at least 10 times. Even his parents got in on it trying to convince the worker that he should have his own…

The castle is much smaller than those of the other parks I know, obviously the result of Eisner’s cost-cutting during construction. Perhaps a makeover is in store…

The Hong Kong Disneyland Hotel was great, and the staff was very friendly and helpful. The design is from the Grand Floridian at WDW, which is based on the Hotel del Coronado in San Diego.

The final shot comes from the exit sign as you leave. All-in-all, it was a great place to visit.

Service Review: Comcast Cable III

Jay — Fri, 16 Feb 2007 13:49:11 +0000

Just like clockwork, Comcast shut off our TV and Internet services here again in South Florida today. Since it happens so often, I will try to get the timing of these outages down to the minute. 7:03 am seems to be the usual shutoff time, as it was here again today. It went back on at 8:04 am. One hour? That may be a new record!

I’m wondering if anyone else around here is fed up with this kind of service? I see some satellite dishes around the area, so I imagine that some have made the change already.

Service Review: Comcast Cable II

Jay — Mon, 12 Feb 2007 21:46:28 +0000

For those of you keeping score at home, the cable/Internet hookup was off from 7:00 am to 9:30 am again today. That’s once in each of the past four weeks that the $122-a-month service has been off here in Davie. … Continue reading →

Service Review: Comcast Cable

Jay — Tue, 06 Feb 2007 20:28:09 +0000

Well, we’re just about fed up with the service at Comcast in South Florida. For some reason, the company does all its maintenance starting at 7:00 am in the morning, just when people want to watch the news for the day, or, as in my case, get to work with the broadband hookup. Two weeks ago, it was off twice for several hours (including a cutoff late on a Saturday night during a movie); last week, it was off for three and half hours. Today, it was off for five and half hours. At $122 a month for TV and broadband, turning off service during the day is highway robbery. Take a lesson from the cable folks in Kumamoto, Japan, Comcast: they do all of their maintenance between 3:00 am and 5:00 am. In the five or so years we used the cable in Kumamoto, there were only a couple of interruptions, and one of those was because we changed computers. My recommendation for people new to the area is to check out the satellite dish options.