http://www.thingstoexperience.com Mon, 09 Jun 2008 03:27:02 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.thingstoexperience.com/things/adrenaline/visit-disneyland/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=visit-disneyland http://www.thingstoexperience.com/things/adrenaline/visit-disneyland/#comments Fri, 12 Oct 2007 06:49:59 +0000 Experience http://www.thingstoexperience.com/things/adrenaline/visit-disneyland/
If there’s one theme park you must visit in your life, it’s got to be the one that started it all, the original Disneyland in Los Angeles, USA. Disneyland Park located in Anaheim, California, is one of the world’s most popular attractions, with more than 515 million people visiting since it opened to the public on July 17, 1955.

Disneyland was created by Walt Disney, inspired by a dream to create a fun park that both adults and children could enjoy, as well as cater for the many Disney fans wishing to meet some of their favourite Disney characters. His theme park idea snowballed from a small idea into a huge idea that eventually became Disneyland.

Covering 85 acres (34 hectares), Disneyland has eight fantastic themed “lands” of nostalgia, colour and delight to explore. From the charm of Main Street, U.S.A, an early 20th century Midwest town, to Fantasyland, that brings fantasy into a reality, and Tomorrowland, which looks into the future, to the whimsy of Mickey’s Toontown, Disneyland has more than 60 adventures and attractions that appeal to all ages.

Walt Disney’s legacy lives on in the world’s ultimate land of make believe. Disneyland is one theme park you must experience… because when you pass through the gates into Disneyland you “leave today and enter the world of yesterday, tomorrow and fantasy”, and step into the “happiest place on earth”.

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One of the symbols of Hong Kong, the Tian Tian Buddha statue is one of the must-see sights if you’re in Hong Kong. Perched on top of Lantau Island’s Muk Yu Hill watching over the Po Lin Monastery, the statue is one of the largest Buddha’s in Asia. Standing at 34 metres (111 feet) high and weighing a whopping 250 tonnes, the Buddha is so big that on a clear day it is visible 40km (25 miles) from the island of Macau.

If your feeling energetic climb the 268 steps from the Po Lin Monastery to the top, if not, take a cable car to the seated icon of peace, love and karma where you can see the Buddha up close and enjoy the spectacular view that it enjoys 365 days of the year.

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