Exciting Hong Kong Disneyland, October 2012

The Mickey Water Works Parade hold a great place in my heart.

You will naturally love it if you get to watch it,

and to my account, the more you'd enjoy it if you're the actual performer.

That's what I shared to the new batch that came in this 2012.

Being first timers, I thought of welcoming them by telling them

the story of how I loved it in the first place.

It was the first parade that I learned when I first started working here in HK Disney.

From 2007, every Summer, it was presented to a lot of guests

combined with different other shows. Namely, the Stitch Summer Dance Bash,

the High School Musical Live Show,

the Cars Show,

and the satellite shows where in each land,

you get to do a meet and greet with different characters such as

the Junior Space Rangers, Minnie doing the hula hoops or blowing

bubbles with Donald and getting a feel of the Polynesian fire knife performances

in Adventureland. Overall, it was the most enjoyable season for me to visit the park.

This year, 2012, it ran again after skipping a year (2011) to give way to

Hong Kong Disneyland's 5th year anniversary.

To celebrate that, the Flights of Fantasy was unleashed to

bring the guests' imagination to greater heights for one whole year.

We did two parades everyday, both FOF and Mickey Waterworks,

for 2 and a half months and I never realized how much I missed

all the summer fun 'til I get to do it again.

Now, we have started Halloween Parade and in addition to

the 2 roles I got, I would be doing the Zombie Waltz.

It's something that I find challenging that I had to ask

the veterans and the original cast for this when it started

about how they did it and what do they think about to give

justice to the role.

Watch out also for the extra shows happening in

Tomorrowland as the Trons and the hiphoppers get it

alive and pumping! The park has a new horror house
called Graves Academy and I believe it was disturbingly worth it to see.
The vampires and the werewolves also will prove to you
what they got as they come to a battle.
You've got to choose your side fast!

Don't miss on the spectacular shows HK Disney got for you this
Halloween season!
See you there!

January 2011

A great sense of fulfillment enwrapped me at the very start of 2011. The 5th year of HK Disneyland was launched together with the Flights of Fantasy Parade where Tinkerbell had transformed the park into a twinkling place of happiness and magic. Everybody had worked so hard for the guests to have an unforgettable experience this 2011. I was always a Disney baby and I never imagined that I would be working for it. And now, being a part of the most beautiful parade... that was way too much! But then again, as the intro of our parade goes, "Let your imagination soar!" This is a thought that I share with my partner in crime here. And that's why Hogan and I love our jobs and we cherish every opportunity that brings us close to the guests. This year, Tinkerbell is in the Pixie Hollow and Tangled's Rapunzel stand beside the castle ready to meet all of you who wanted to visit the park.

The media day which happened last January 21st, had brought a lot of reporters from all over the world including Philippines' Jessica Soho and Corina Sanchez... and they had covered a very good story about the Filipinos who have been working here for 5 years.

Indeed, this energizes all of us here who represents our country. A lot of us aim to be at our best just to be able to earn a living but the underlying strength is from our PASSION AS PERFORMERS. Personally speaking, I love how I see the kids so happy. It's my favorite to see when I perform. I can't thank the Lord enough for this capacity to offer them this kind of entertainment. I'm so lucky that they even go out of their way to see us in the park. Just to see us dance.

And of course, I would like to congratulate our choreographer, Jennifer Lawrence and with Randy's help, she had been promoted to show director. She was patient to all of us. Our shortcomings never stopped her from bringing out the best in us. She believed in our passion and she had molded each and everyone of us in this specific period of time into somebody better. We thank you Jen for everything...