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 first two nights is The Ritz-Carlton, Hong Kong — floors 102 to 118 of the ICC, above Kowloon Station. From Thursday, home moves to the Rosewood Hong Kong on the Tsim Sha Tsui waterfront for the last three nights.
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; two nights here, so unpack lightly.
- 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. On Thursday afternoon, home moves to the Rosewood Hong Kong, Victoria Dockside, Tsim Sha Tsui, for the last three nights.
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
- Check out of the Ritz-Carlton before the 11:30 taxi (check-out is 12:00), with a small overnight bag for Disney. The big bags go on to the Rosewood: ask the concierge when you check in on Monday whether they can send them across on Thursday. If not, take them yourselves on the way to Mass — leave the ICC about 10:45 instead, ten minutes to the Rosewood, which holds bags for arriving guests, then through the tunnel to Garden Road for noon. Either way, Thursday's taxi goes straight from Disneyland to the Rosewood. Luggage transfer: confirm at check-in.
- 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 Rosewood (or a twenty-minute walk up Nathan Road). 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 to the Rosewood Hong Kong, Victoria Dockside, 18 Salisbury Road, Tsim Sha Tsui (~25 min, about HK$200–300) — home for the last three nights. Check-in from 15:00: the harbour at your feet and the Island skyline straight across the water. 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. Back in Tsim Sha Tsui, the Avenue of Stars right outside the Rosewood at 20:00 for the Symphony of Lights.
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 (~20 min through the Cross-Harbour Tunnel), then the Sun Ferry. If you feel like the waterfront walk instead, take the
Star Ferry: about ten minutes along the promenade to the Tsim Sha Tsui pier, a ten-minute crossing (a few dollars on Octopus), then five minutes along the piers to Pier 5.
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. 10:10 taxi to Central Pier 5 (~20 min through the Cross-Harbour Tunnel); 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.
- The Star Ferry back to Tsim Sha Tsui — five minutes' walk from the Catholic Centre to the Central pier, boats until 23:30 — and the waterfront walk home; or a taxi through the tunnel (~20 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 infinity pool, or afternoon tea in the Butterfly Room if a table was booked. Pack most of the bags in the afternoon.
- ~16:15 taxi, about 20 minutes through the Cross-Harbour Tunnel, 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 12:15.
- Lightest way to the airport: a ten-minute taxi from the Rosewood to Kowloon Station, where Cathay's in-town check-in takes the bags (open 06:00–15:00; it closes 90 minutes before departure, so by 14:20), then the Airport Express (21 min, lifts all the way). In-town check-in hours: confirm at the hotel desk the night before. Or a red taxi straight to the airport, ~30–40 min, about HK$300–400 with tolls.
- At HKG by about 13:15, bags already checked, for CX719 at 15:50; land Jakarta 19:50. Home as husband and wife.
Photo spotOne last selfie at the gate — day 7 of the rest of your lives.
Packing List
late October
The weather you'll meet
| Hong Kong | 24–28°C, humid, showers possible on a few days; fierce air-conditioning indoors |
| Cheung Chau | Same warmth, breezier on the ferry and the waterfront |
| Disneyland | Long hours on your feet; late-night cool by the castle |
What to pack
Core (light beats bulk)
- Light, breathable clothes for the days; one cardigan or shawl each for air-conditioned churches, malls and the ferry cabin
- Compact umbrella ×2; sunglasses; sunscreen
- Comfortable walking shoes for the park and the island, plus one smarter pair
- Swimwear: both hotels have a pool with a harbour view
For church
- Church-appropriate outfits: shoulders and knees covered (a light shawl for Agitha covers every dress code)
- Chapel veil if Agitha uses one; rosaries; a small daily missal or the app equivalents
Documents & money
- Passports — Indonesian passport holders enter Hong Kong visa-free for up to 30 days; check the Immigration Department page once before flying
- E-tickets, hotel confirmations, travel insurance details
- Some cash in HK$ 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 for Mon 26 – Wed 28 Oct (Victor, in his own Marriott Bonvoy account; the shape is decided); the Rosewood for Thu 29 Oct – Sun 1 Nov on the More Rosewood rate (three nights minimum, the third night free); 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); optional, a Butterfly Room afternoon-tea table at the Rosewood for Saturday, bookable online only
- 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