Regretting a missed opportunity!

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This pic popped up on my Facebook memories a few days ago. In many ways, it doesn't seem like 16 years has passed by. In other ways, it has been a lifetime ago!

In October of 2010, I worked for a company that had a joint venture partner in China that I went to visit. We still lived in Kansas and our daughters were at the prime age for Disney parks and we had been to Disney World in Orlando a few times, but none of the other locations.

My trip to China was about 10 days and I loved seeing such a different culture, eating many of the local foods and seeing so many different sights!

On the flip side, 10 days was the longest that I had ever been away from my wife and kids (and probably still is). When I wasn't working, there weren't a lot of people who spoke my language. Free and/or inexpensive communication methods were not as plentiful as they are today. The last couple of days of my China trip also coincided with a family vacation to Disney World.

Since I was flying out of Hong Kong and already a big Disney fan, it only made sense that I make time to visit HK Disney, right? It was such a different experience! You take a subway/train to the man-made island in Hong Kong bay where they built HK Disney. The last leg of the subway is made up of Disney-Themed train cars. It was

I flew out of Hong Kong, had a long layover in LA, and arrived in Orlando to meet my family (who were at Disney World). I had never spent time in LA and was too nervous about traffic to pull the plug on a Disneyland day-trip.

I caught a red-eye from L.A. into Orlando to meet my family at Disney World. Coulda-Woulda-Shoulda? I still don't know!

The park was not crowded at all!

Hong Kong Disneyland's Castle

Definitely NOT Mickey pretzels!



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