觀瀾湖無湖之行（一）觀瀾湖硬石酒店 Shenzhen HARD ROCK

觀瀾湖一向給我的印象是一個湖、一片草地、一群打高爾夫球的外國人⋯⋯原來一切都不一定，是次行程所體驗的完全是另一種感覺。

由福田口岸乘4號線50分鐘車程算是有點遠，不過總算是過關後不用轉車不用找路的簡單旅程。

觀瀾湖站建成了幾年而已，車站內的環境都相當新淨。

去HARD ROCK，C、D、E出口都近，E近一丁點D出口有升降機。

觀瀾湖最受歡迎的兩家酒店，一是觀瀾湖度假酒店，另一家是觀瀾湖硬石（HARD ROCK）酒店。

地圖下方的"HR"便是HARDROCK，上方紅圈的位置是觀瀾湖度假酒店。前者食玩買交通方便，後者位於綠色地帶中。相信要看湖、看草地、打高爾夫、嘆酒店便是住後者好了。

一出地鐵站便到達的Hardrock 位置上比較方便，但住宿體驗上就沒有那種度假的感覺了。

事前發電郵向酒店職員詢問一些兩大兩小早餐的安排。電郵回覆得十分快。而且回覆非常清楚。

簡單來說，購買平台包兩大兩小早餐的住宿套餐，小孩身高在1.2m以上便要補錢。我們把兩天住宿的早餐，即4個大人的早餐quota夾在一天用亦可。

Hard Rock 的搖滾髒話一向有它的特定風格。服務跟設備水平也有一定保證。

房間設備不錯，空間亦大。

浴室跟廁所的格局很不錯，說到唯一缺點便是洗面盆附近沒有垃圾桶。

飽覽觀瀾湖區全景的浴缸（不過其實一個湖都睇唔到。）

酒店對面便是MH Mall 觀瀾新天地。

房間空間大，設備亦保養得不錯。電制也有USB 跟香港三腳配置。

三腳電制右上方有USB插頭。

泳池就普普通通

早啲要游水就要自備泳帽，要不然又要每人花幾十元買一頂。

很大的健身室，廿四小時開放。

跑返轉，然後先去食早餐。

Hard Rock早餐款式多，絕對值得一試。只是對面商場的食店選擇也很多，要另外加錢就未必要考慮。

第三天check out的時候，經過餐廳見到剛剛換上了的萬聖節佈置，佈置的製作相當認真。

我們這次三天兩夜的觀瀾湖旅程，也是以這間酒店為起點。

觀瀾湖無湖之行 - 待續

以下是觀瀾湖無湖之行的其他文章：

（一）觀瀾湖硬石酒店 Shenzhen HARD ROCK 

https://patrickmakblog.blogspot.com/2024/10/shenzhen-hard-rock.html

（二）MH Mall 觀瀾湖新城 

https://patrickmakblog.blogspot.com/2024/10/mh-mall.html

（三）觀瀾海洋世界 

https://patrickmakblog.blogspot.com/2024/11/blog-post.html

（四）卡魯冰雪世界及觀瀾湖生態運動公社 

https://patrickmakblog.blogspot.com/2024/11/blog-post_4.html

（五）反彈蹦床公園 

https://patrickmakblog.blogspot.com/2024/11/blog-post_5.html

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- 壹方城購物中心 - 新春淺行 - 完 -

以下其他北上遊樂分享（包括觀瀾湖、PARTY DAY、朗玩、HOP-DX、笋崗文具批發中心、舟市水產、橫琴宇宙飛船、紅山等等）︰

2024 萬象匯 + SHNEDO + 慢慢生活館按摩

百鴿籠探索之旅 (萬象匯 + SHNEDO + 慢慢生活館按摩)

https://patrickmakblog.blogspot.com/2024/12/shnedo.html

2024 觀瀾湖之行

（一）觀瀾湖硬石酒店 Shenzhen HARD ROCK 

https://patrickmakblog.blogspot.com/2024/10/shenzhen-hard-rock.html

（二）MH Mall 觀瀾湖新城 

https://patrickmakblog.blogspot.com/2024/10/mh-mall.html

（三）觀瀾海洋世界 

https://patrickmakblog.blogspot.com/2024/11/blog-post.html

（四）卡魯冰雪世界及觀瀾湖生態運動公社 

https://patrickmakblog.blogspot.com/2024/11/blog-post_4.html

（五）反彈蹦床公園 

https://patrickmakblog.blogspot.com/2024/11/blog-post_5.html

2024 華強北

與小孩們走進華強北

https://patrickmakblog.blogspot.com/2024/09/blog-post_19.html

再次華強北

https://patrickmakblog.blogspot.com/2024/12/blog-post.html

2024 紅山

2024 悠閒紅山半天遊（上）- 紅山6979商場 / 藏老十酒 / 俄貨集市

https://patrickmakblog.blogspot.com/2024/10/6979.html

2024 悠閒紅山半天遊（下）- 江南足紀．影院足道 / 朱光玉火鍋

https://patrickmakblog.blogspot.com/2024/10/blog-post.html

2024 領展中心城

2024 沐SPA悠享足道之行（上）- 領展虎灸烤肉/卓悅The Rolling瑞士卷

https://patrickmakblog.blogspot.com/2024/06/spa-rolling.html

2024 沐SPA悠享足道之行（下）- 沐SPA悠享足道 / 79號漁船海鮮

https://patrickmakblog.blogspot.com/2024/06/spa-spa-79.html

2024 歡樂海岸 / 海岸城

2024 海岸淺遊（一）一 熱而不鬧的歡樂海岸（鮮潭蒸氣石頭魚）

https://patrickmakblog.blogspot.com/2024/06/blog-post_14.html

2024 海岸淺遊（二）一 爸爸的極限挑戰．探洞工場

https://patrickmakblog.blogspot.com/2024/06/blog-post_88.html

2024 海岸淺遊（三）一 另一個海岸

https://patrickmakblog.blogspot.com/2024/06/blog-post_17.html

2024 萬達廣場 / PARTY DAY

2024 Party Day 萬達廣場（一）交通/收費

https://patrickmakblog.blogspot.com/2024/05/party-day.html

2024 Party Day 萬達廣場（二）PARTY DAY重點項目介紹https://patrickmakblog.blogspot.com/2024/05/party-day_22.html

2024 Party Day 萬達廣場（三）Party以外的萬達廣場

https://patrickmakblog.blogspot.com/2024/05/party-day-party.html

2024 今日酉禾/佳寧娜廣場

2024 母親節北上2024 （今日酉禾/佳寧娜廣場）http://patrickmakblog.blogspot.com/2024/05/2024_13.html?m=0

2024  光華廣場舟市水產

2024 北上快閃之旅 （光華廣場舟市水產自助餐 / 東門 / 福田山娒）

https://patrickmakblog.blogspot.com/2024/04/blog-post_3.html

2024 領展中心城

2024 會展中心（皇庭廣場 / 卓越中心 / 領展中心城 / 高鐵）

https://patrickmakblog.blogspot.com/2024/04/blog-post.html

2024 笋崗文具批發中心 + 笋崗萬象食家

https://patrickmakblog.blogspot.com/2024/03/blog-post_25.html 

2023 壹方天地 + 朗玩

https://patrickmakblog.blogspot.com/2023/12/round-one.html

2023 寶安前海HOP天地 - 「室內潮玩街區HOP-DX 」（4個室內遊樂場體驗比較）

https://patrickmakblog.blogspot.com/2024/05/hop-hop-dx.html

2023 創新坊 + 珠海凱悅酒店 + 橫琴宇宙飛船

https://patrickmakblog.blogspot.com/2023/10/blog-post_27.html

2023 向珠海創新方向出發（四） 一探險快樂（創新坊國家地理探險家中心）

https://patrickmakblog.blogspot.com/2023/10/blog-post_30.html

2016 嘉輝會滿屋世界主題酒店

https://patrickmakblog.blogspot.com/2016/11/blog-post.html

2015 橫琴海洋王國

https://patrickmakblog.blogspot.com/2015/05/2.html 

Universal Studio Japan (Osaka) 8 - Universal Wonderland and Others

 

"It is so Hot....." (This is What the kids said in August 2023)

After coming out of the Wizarding World of Harry Potter, our kids felt tired.

We entered USJ, went directly to Minions Park, then went to Jurassic Park, Super Nintendo World and Harry Potter. We had completed a lap in USJ.

Return to the "Universal Wonderland" next to the main gate. This is an area focusing on Hello Kitty, Cookies Monster, and Snoopy, the ride and attractions are less exciting and children oriented. The queuing time of them was 30 minutes only. Moreover, it is a beautiful area for photo taking and taking rest.

(I would like to experience this Snoopy ride, but I had not enough time to do so.)

In Universal Wonderland, there is a very large indoor playing area. It is a suitable place for children and toddlers.

(A very nice place for taking photos.)

(The cars are for photo only.)

(It is necessary to have drink during Summer. I loved this one which was tasty but not expensive.)

4:20 pm, after a break we watched Jujutsu Kaisen The Real 4D (It is periodic attraction and the theme had been changed to Detective Conan now, so I won't spend time to describe.)

The Show was in Japanese. I think Detective Conan would be the same.

Watched the 4D show, we moved to the last attractions in USJ - Doraemon XR ride. The theme of ride had been changed to Kimetsu no Yaiba in 2024. It is a exciting ride with VR effect. My kids loved this ride even more than Mario Kart and Harry Potter.

I will recommend to experience even though the characters and story has been changed. Undoubtedly it will cause a bit dizzy for me so I arranged to experience this before I left. 

Following the crowd home, our kids keep discussing everything just happened in USJ.

In the early morning, we were too rush and had not paid attention to surroundings. Actually there were many restaurants and shops nearby USJ gate. 

"Let go to Osaka again!" When I planned to have our family tour in 2025, my daughter gave me this suggestion. 

I took out the Petry Piranha and "talked" to it. Watched it shaking head according to the sound, I was looking back this wonderful experience......

Recently, I looked for USJ and found this introduction about top 10 attractions in USJ. A bit similar to what I am thinking.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2H3g2a_r5WE

"Hey Daddy, let plan to USJ again!"

"No, it is too expensive."

In my opinion, even if I have only one day in Osaka, I will consider including USJ in my itinerary. The purely concern is Money. 

The story of my USJ experience had been finished. Thank You for watching!

- USJ Osaka 2023 - The End - 

(Please notice that it is my journey in 2023, I have tried to review the information validity of that when I rewrite this in English. Moreover, my first language is Chinese so it would be great if I can get any feedback about my grammatic and writing mistakes. Thanks for your reading.)

Below are other sharing about USJ, Disney Sea Tokyo and The Making of Harry Potter:

Universal Studio Japan (Osaka) 1 - Basic Information and Some Tips for your journey

https://patrickmakblog.blogspot.com/2024/10/universal-studio-japan-osaka-basic.html

Universal Studio Japan (Osaka) 2 - Preparation with Kids

https://patrickmakblog.blogspot.com/2024/10/universal-studio-japan-osaka-2.html#google_vignette

Universal Studio Japan (Osaka) 3 - Time Entry / Express Pass Experience / Despicable Me: Minion Mayhem

https://patrickmakblog.blogspot.com/2024/10/universal-studio-japan-osaka-3-time.html

Universal Studio Japan (Osaka) 4 - Super Nintendo World

https://patrickmakblog.blogspot.com/2024/10/universal-studio-japan-osaka-4-super.html

Universal Studio Japan (Osaka) 5 -  Kinopio's Café

https://patrickmakblog.blogspot.com/2024/10/universal-studio-japan-osaka-5-kinopios.html

Universal Studio Japan (Osaka) Part 6 - Harry Porter and His Magic Wand

https://patrickmakblog.blogspot.com/2024/10/universal-studio-japan-osaka-part-6.html

Universal Studio Japan (Osaka) Part 7 - Our Forbidden Journey

https://patrickmakblog.blogspot.com/2024/10/universal-studio-japan-osaka-part-7-our.html

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Disney Sea Tokyo 1 - Basic Information and Tips for your journey

https://patrickmakblog.blogspot.com/2024/09/disney-sea-tokyo-basic-information-and.html

Disney Sea Tokyo 2 - Busy First Half with Mobile Phone  (Tower of Terror / Journey to the Center of the Earth / Rapunzel's Lantern Festival) 

https://patrickmakblog.blogspot.com/2024/09/disney-sea-2-busy-first-half-with.html

Dinery Sea Tokyo 3 - Busy Second Half Having fun (Peter Pan / Toy Story Mania) 

https://patrickmakblog.blogspot.com/2024/09/disney-sea-tokyo-3-busy-second-half.html#google_vignette

The Making of Harry Potter (Tokyo)

https://patrickmakblog.blogspot.com/2024/09/you-can-make-magic-making-of-harry.html