Honeymoon · Hong Kong

Victor & Agitha

26 October — 1 November 2026 · 6 nights

“Set me as a seal upon your heart… for love is strong as death.” — Song of Songs 8:6

Arrive Hong Kong HKG · Mon 26 Oct · 13:55 · CX718 (Jakarta 08:10)
Depart Hong Kong HKG · Sun 1 Nov · 15:50 · CX719 (be at the airport by 13:00, or use the in-town check-in at Kowloon Station)

Arrive & rest

Mon 26 – Tue 27 Oct · 2 nights

Land, settle into the harbour view, and let the first full day be a rest day. Home for the week is The Ritz-Carlton, Hong Kong — floors 102 to 118 of the ICC, above Kowloon Station.

Getting in: Land at 13:55. Easiest with luggage: a red taxi from the airport rank straight to the ICC hotel drop-off (~35 min; about HK$300–350 with the tunnel tolls, cash is safest). Alternative: the Airport Express to Kowloon Station (21 min, lifts everywhere) — the hotel sits above the station. Fares: confirm on arrival.
Day 1 · Mon 26 Oct

Landing on the harbour

Daily Mass18:30 English Mass at the Rosary Church, 125 Chatham Road South, Tsim Sha Tsui — Kowloon's oldest Catholic church (1905), ten minutes by taxi from the hotel. Alternative: 17:30 English Mass at the Catholic Centre chapel, 3/F Grand Building, 15–18 Connaught Road Central.
Plan
  • Immigration and bags, taxi to the hotel; check-in opens at 15:00 — the harbour-view room is the point of the week, so settle in and unpack once.
  • Afternoon nap. The 08:10 flight meant a pre-dawn start; the week begins after the nap.
  • 18:00 taxi to Chatham Road South for the 18:30 Mass — the first Mass of married life in Hong Kong.
  • Dinner in the hotel or in the Elements mall downstairs; home by 20:00, lights out early.
Photo spotSunset over Victoria Harbour from the room (about 17:50) — and the skyline light show from the window around 20:00. Show time: confirm on arrival.
Day 2 · Tue 27 Oct

Rest day, the harbour at your feet

Daily MassConfession 18:00–18:30, then the 18:30 English Mass at the Rosary Church, 125 Chatham Road South, Tsim Sha Tsui — the parish hears confessions before the evening Mass on weekdays, so this is the confession day. Alternative: 17:30 English Mass at the Catholic Centre chapel, Central, with confession there on request.
Plan
  • Sleep in. Late breakfast. Nothing before noon.
  • One gentle outing, your choice: the flat waterfront promenade of the West Kowloon Cultural District next door (M+ or the Palace Museum if the mood takes you), or a Star Ferry crossing to Central and back (a few dollars, Octopus) for the classic view.
  • Afternoon nap or the pool; 17:45 taxi to Chatham Road South for confession and Mass.
  • Dinner around Tsim Sha Tsui or back at the hotel; home by 20:00.
Photo spotThe Star Ferry's open deck with the Island skyline behind; the West Kowloon promenade at golden hour, the ICC (your hotel) rising behind you.

Disneyland

Wed 28 – Thu 29 Oct · 1 night

Agitha's day and a half. Rapunzel first, everything else second. One night at the Hong Kong Disneyland Hotel — the Victorian one with the princess suites and the character breakfast.

Know before you go (researched Sep 2026): you land in Halloween Time (18 Sep – 1 Nov): the villains take over Main Street, all included in the ticket. Your 2-Day tickets live in the Hong Kong Disneyland app — link them before you go. Midweek the park usually runs about 10:30–20:00 and “Momentous”, the castle night show, starts at closing. Rapunzel meets at Fantasy Gardens in Fantasyland: walk-up, no booking, times in the app. Hotel guests get no free early entry in late October (the summer offer ended 27 Sep); a paid Early Park Entry Pass exists if you want the first hour quiet. Taxi from the Ritz-Carlton about 25 minutes. Park hours and the show time for 28–29 Oct are not published yet — check the app the week before.
Day 3 · Wed 28 Oct

Noon Mass, then through the gates

Daily Mass12:00 English Mass at St Joseph's Church, 37 Garden Road, Central — the English-speaking parish, Mass at noon every weekday; fifteen minutes by taxi through the Western Harbour Crossing. Alternative: 08:00 English Mass at the Rosary Church, Tsim Sha Tsui, if an early start suits you better.
Plan
  • Pack a small overnight bag; the big bags stay at the Ritz-Carlton (with the concierge, or in the room if the six-night shape was booked).
  • 11:30 taxi to Garden Road; Mass at noon; a light lunch in Central.
  • ~13:30 taxi to the Disneyland Hotel (~35 min from Central). Check-in is 15:00 — early check-in was requested; the Victorian lobby and the garden maze are the welcome.
  • Park from ~15:30: Main Street, the Castle of Magical Dreams for photos, the castle stage show “Follow Your Dreams” (times in the app), then World of Frozen at dusk — Frozen Ever After, Arendelle by lantern light.
  • Dinner in the park; “Momentous” at closing is the week's one late night. Shuttle bus back to the hotel, collapse happily.
Photo spotThe castle at blue hour; Arendelle village under the lanterns; the hotel's grand staircase on the way to bed.
Day 4 · Thu 29 Oct

Rapunzel

Daily Mass18:30 English Mass at St Peter's Church (Kowloon), 3/F Chi Wo Commercial Building, 20 Saigon Street, Jordan — a small upstairs chapel with an English Mass Tuesday to Friday, ten minutes by taxi from the hotel. Alternative: 18:00 English Mass at St Joseph's, Garden Road, Central (the Rosary Church's 18:30 on Thursdays is in Cantonese).
Plan
  • ~08:30 character breakfast at Enchanted Garden in the hotel (reserved) — Mickey and friends at the table.
  • Gates at opening (check the app): straight to Fantasy Gardens for Rapunzel — the reason for the ticket. Then the Castle of Magical Dreams again in daylight, and the gentle classics: It's a Small World, Mystic Manor, the Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh, Dumbo.
  • Lunch in the park; one more pass through Arendelle if Wednesday was rushed. Leave by 15:00 — the one-drop rule is in force.
  • Taxi back to the Ritz-Carlton (~25 min); check in again or go straight up; rest.
  • 18:10 taxi to Saigon Street for the 18:30 Mass; a light dinner; home by 20:00.
Photo spotWith Rapunzel at Fantasy Gardens (the app shows her times); the castle centreline shot on Main Street; matching ears optional but encouraged.

Our Lady of Fátima

Fri 30 Oct · day trip

The pilgrimage day: one shrine, one Rosary, the sea on both sides. Our Lady of Fátima Church on Cheung Chau is the Diocese of Hong Kong's own pilgrimage shrine — its Jubilee pilgrimage church, where the island's Fátima procession walks every October.

Getting there: taxi to Central Pier 5 (~15 min through the Western Harbour Crossing), then the Sun Ferry. Out: fast ferry 10:45 (35–40 min, HK$32.90, tap Octopus at the gate) — or 09:45 if you are up early; the ordinary ferry at 10:15 is slower (55–60 min, HK$16.70) with an open upper deck. Back: fast ferry 15:45 (arrives ~16:25) or 14:45; ordinary 15:15 or 16:15. The island has no cars — it is a walking place.
Day 5 · Fri 30 Oct

The Rosary at Fátima

Daily Mass17:30 English Mass at the Immaculate Heart of Mary Chapel, Catholic Centre, 3/F Grand Building, 15–18 Connaught Road Central — five minutes' walk from the ferry piers, so the boat back delivers you to Mass (the island church has only a 07:20 Cantonese Mass on weekdays). Alternative: 18:00 English Mass at St Joseph's, Garden Road, ten minutes up the hill by taxi.
Plan
  • Slow breakfast. 10:15 taxi to Central Pier 5; the 10:45 fast ferry; on Cheung Chau by about 11:25.
  • Walk up Church Road to Our Lady of Fátima Church, 1 Church Road — about ten minutes from the pier on a gentle slope. Confirm on arrival: ask at the pier for Church Road.
  • One Rosary together in the church — that is the whole pilgrimage. Light a candle; leave your intentions with her. If the church is closed, the Rosary in the forecourt counts just the same.
  • Lunch on the praya — seafood at the waterfront tables, or a simple café. Wander the harbour front if energy allows; otherwise sit with a coffee and the boats.
  • 15:45 fast ferry back (arrives ~16:25); five minutes' walk to the Catholic Centre; the 17:30 Mass.
  • Taxi home (~15 min); dinner at the hotel; home by 19:30.
Photo spotThe ferry deck leaving Central with the skyline behind; the church façade on Church Road; the praya at lunch, boats and all.

Vigil & home

Sat 31 Oct – Sun 1 Nov

A slow last full day, Our Lady's cathedral in the afternoon, the vigil that counts for Sunday, and a Sunday morning with nothing to hurry for.

Day 6 · Sat 31 Oct

The Cathedral and the vigil

Daily Mass18:00 English vigil Mass at St Joseph's Church, 37 Garden Road, Central — this is Saturday's Mass and it counts for Sunday, the Solemnity of All Saints, so tomorrow morning is free. Alternative: 16:30 English anticipated Mass at the Catholic Centre chapel, 15–18 Connaught Road Central.
Plan
  • Sleep in; late breakfast; the pool or the room and the view. Pack most of the bags in the afternoon.
  • ~16:30 taxi to the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, 16 Caine Road, Mid-Levels (open daily 07:00–19:00) — a quiet Rosary, or a decade, in Our Lady's cathedral, the diocese's mother church.
  • ~17:40 walk down to St Joseph's on Garden Road (about eight minutes downhill, or a three-minute taxi) for the 18:00 vigil.
  • Dinner in Central or back at the hotel; home by 20:00.
Photo spotThe Cathedral nave in the late-afternoon light; the two of you on the St Joseph's steps after the vigil, married a week.
Day 7 · Sun 1 Nov · All Saints

Homeward — nothing to hurry for

NoteSunday's Mass was last night's vigil. This morning is for a slow breakfast and one last look at the harbour.
Plan
  • Check-out by 12:00; leave the hotel by 12:30.
  • Lightest way to the airport: the Airport Express from Kowloon Station beneath the hotel (21 min, lifts all the way). Cathay's in-town check-in at the station lets you drop the bags before boarding the train. In-town check-in hours: confirm on arrival at the hotel desk. Or a red taxi, ~35 min.
  • At HKG by 13:00 for CX719 at 15:50; land Jakarta 19:50. Home as husband and wife.
Photo spotOne last selfie at the gate — day 7 of the rest of your lives.

Packing List

late October

The weather you'll meet

Hong Kong24–28°C, humid, showers possible on a few days; fierce air-conditioning indoors
Cheung ChauSame warmth, breezier on the ferry and the waterfront
DisneylandLong hours on your feet; late-night cool by the castle

What to pack

Core (light beats bulk)

  • Light, breathable clothes for the days; one cardigan or shawl each for air-conditioned churches, malls and the ferry cabin
  • Compact umbrella ×2; sunglasses; sunscreen
  • Comfortable walking shoes for the park and the island, plus one smarter pair
  • Swimwear for the pool with the harbour view

For church

  • Church-appropriate outfits: shoulders and knees covered (a light shawl for Agitha covers every dress code)
  • Chapel veil if Agitha uses one; rosaries; a small daily missal or the app equivalents

Documents & money

  • Passports — Indonesian passport holders enter Hong Kong visa-free for up to 30 days; check the Immigration Department page once before flying
  • E-tickets, hotel confirmations, travel insurance details
  • Some cash in HK$ for taxis; an Octopus card each for the ferry, the Star Ferry and the Airport Express
  • Plug adapter: Hong Kong uses Type G (UK three-pin), 220 V

Photo kit

  • Mini tripod or phone gimbal + bluetooth remote — couple shots without asking strangers
  • Power bank ×2, cables, cloud storage set to auto-upload

Misc

  • eSIM with Hong Kong data (Airalo, Holafly or similar), or a local SIM at the airport
  • Small day-pack; refillable water bottles ×2; medication and basic first-aid
  • Empty space: you will come home with Fátima rosaries and Disney ears

Practical

book-ahead & how-tos

Honeymoon pacing — the house rules

  • One later Mass a day — this trip runs on rest, not alarms. The daily Mass is chosen so mornings breathe.
  • The one-drop rule: either of you can drop one thing from any day, no discussion needed, no guilt.
  • Taxis over MTR stairs — the Airport Express, with its lifts, is the one train you take.
  • Home by about 8pm most nights — the best photos of the trip are the ones taken after a full night's sleep. (“Momentous” on Wednesday is the one happy exception.)

Book-ahead checklist

  • Now: the Ritz-Carlton (Victor, in his own Marriott Bonvoy account — decide the shape: two stays around the Disney night, or six nights kept); the Disneyland Hotel night for Wed 28 Oct; two 2-Day park tickets with Wed 28 as day one; the Enchanted Garden character breakfast for Thu 29 (with the hotel booking, or by phone once it is booked)
  • By mid-October: travel insurance for both, 26 Oct – 1 Nov
  • ~2 weeks out: download the Hong Kong Disneyland app and link the tickets; check park hours and the “Momentous” time for 28–29 Oct; re-verify every Mass time on this page at catholic.org.hk (parish schedules do change); check the Immigration Department page on visa-free entry
  • On arrival: Octopus cards at the airport (the MTR counter or a 7-Eleven in arrivals) and some HK$ cash for taxis

The Cheung Chau ferry (Sun Ferry, Central Pier 5, Mondays to Fridays)

  • Out from Central: fast ferry 09:45 · 10:45 · 11:45 (35–40 min); ordinary ferry 09:00 · 10:15 · 11:15 (55–60 min)
  • Back from Cheung Chau: fast ferry 13:45 · 14:45 · 15:45 · 16:30 · 16:45 · 17:40; ordinary 13:15 · 14:15 · 15:15 · 16:15 · 17:15 · 18:20
  • Fares: fast HK$32.90, ordinary HK$16.70 per adult; tap Octopus at the gate, no booking needed

Money, phones, taxis

  • Currency: HK$. Cards work almost everywhere; taxis often want cash (some take Octopus)
  • Taxis: red taxis serve all of Kowloon and Hong Kong Island and may go to the airport and to Disneyland; blue taxis stay on Lantau. Tunnel tolls are added to the meter
  • Time zone: Hong Kong is UTC+8, one hour ahead of Jakarta
  • Emergency number: 999