“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 (at the airport with the bags by about 13:15; you check them in there)
Where you sleep
Mon 26 OctThe Ritz-Carlton, Hong Kong
Tue 27 OctThe Ritz-Carlton, Hong Kong
Wed 28 OctHong Kong Disneyland Hotel
Thu 29 OctRosewood Hong Kong
Fri 30 OctRosewood Hong Kong
Sat 31 OctRosewood Hong Kong
Sun 1 NovYour own bed · CX719 15:50
Arrive & rest
Mon 26 – Tue 27 Oct · 2 nights
Land, settle into the harbour view, and let the first day be a rest day. Tuesday is Agitha's city day, after an early Mass in Our Lady's cathedral. 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.
Victoria Harbour at blue hour from sky100 on the ICC's 100th floor, two floors below the hotel — Tsim Sha Tsui lit up below, the Island skyline across the water. The harbour-view room looks out over this same water. Photo: Diego Delso · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
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
Tonight you sleep atThe Ritz-Carlton, Hong Kong — ICC, West Kowloon · night 1 of 2 · map
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.The Rosary Church on Chatham Road South, lit up at dusk, Our Lady in the niche above the door — about how you will find it when the taxi drops you for the 18:30 Mass. Photo: Crisco 1492 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
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 lit skyline from the window around 20:00. The Symphony of Lights show has been suspended since 9 Sep 2026 until further notice; ask at the hotel whether it is back.
Day 2 · Tue 27 Oct
Morning Mass at the Cathedral, then the city
Tonight you sleep atThe Ritz-Carlton, Hong Kong — ICC, West Kowloon · night 2 of 2 · check out Wed by 12:00 · map
Daily Mass07:00 English Mass at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, 16 Caine Road, Mid-Levels — Our Lady's cathedral, the diocese's mother church, and Agitha's choice for the week's one early morning. Weekday Masses are 07:00 in English, 07:45 and 18:00 in Cantonese; the doors are open 07:00–19:00. Leave the ICC by 06:30: about 20 minutes by taxi through the tunnel. Then confession 18:00–18:30 at the Rosary Church, 125 Chatham Road South, Tsim Sha Tsui — the parish hears confessions before the evening Mass on weekdays, so this stays the confession day. The morning Mass was today's Mass; no second Mass after confession.The Cathedral nave on Caine Road, white arches all the way to the crucifix above the altar — where Tuesday begins, at the 07:00 Mass. Photo: Hiroki Ogawa · CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Plan
06:30 taxi from the hotel to Caine Road for the 07:00 Mass.
Breakfast after Mass from Agitha's list below: Lin Heung Lau in Sheung Wan serves morning dim sum (a ten-minute taxi from Caine Road; confirm its hours), and Yat Lok's roast goose on Stanley Street, a ten-minute walk downhill, opens at 10:00 for an early lunch.
Back to the hotel for a rest in the middle of the day. The early start earns it.
An afternoon in Mong Kok or Causeway Bay, picked from the list.
17:45 taxi to Chatham Road South for confession.
Dinner around Tsim Sha Tsui; home by 20:00. The one-drop rule holds: any of it can go.
Agitha's listPlaces to pick from, not a timetable — for this afternoon, and for the free hours on Friday and Saturday too. The one-drop rule and home by 20:00 apply here as everywhere.
Food
Lin Heung Lau 蓮香樓 — the old dim sum teahouse. It left Wellington Street in spring 2026 for Tung Ning Building, 249–253 Des Voeux Road Central, Sheung Wan; its Tsim Sha Tsui house at 25 Kimberley Road is open round the clock. Sheung Wan opening: confirm before you go.
Chukfo Taipan Restaurant 竺扶大班燒味 — Wan Chai, Shop 3, G/F, Wah Yan Court, 2–3 Triangle Street. Roast meats, 09:30–20:30; the suckling pig sells out early.
Café&Meal MUJI — Tsim Sha Tsui, Mira Place B1, 132 Nathan Road, 11:00–21:30. The Lee Theatre café in Causeway Bay has closed; Windsor House, 311 Gloucester Road, is the Causeway Bay option.
Mong Kok: Sneakers Street (Fa Yuen Street); DS Groceries 大生生活超市, Sun Mong House, 50–56 Mong Kok Road, daily from 09:00 to about 22:00–23:00 — the snack and oleh-oleh shop, also on Austin Road in Tsim Sha Tsui and next to Citygate; Lung Fung 龍豐, cosmetics and pharmacy at discount prices, at Gala Place, 56 Dundas Street, and 13–15 Sai Yeung Choi Street South (also 20 Carnarvon Road, Tsim Sha Tsui), Mon–Thu 09:30–23:00, Fri–Sun 09:30–23:30; and the Ladies' Market on Tung Choi Street.
Causeway Bay — the big shopping streets on the Island side.
Muze Pens 名筆館 — fountain pens, inks and papers, the shop that carried on from the old Pen Museum: G/F, 236 Tai Nan Street, Sham Shui Po, about ten minutes by taxi north of Mong Kok. Mon–Sat 11:00–19:00 (some listings say 20:00), Sun 11:00–18:00; check their Instagram for that week.
Walk
Avenue of Stars — the Tsim Sha Tsui waterfront right outside the Rosewood, the harbour walk for any evening. The Symphony of Lights show has been suspended since 9 Sep 2026 until further notice; check locally whether it is back.
Photo spotThe Cathedral steps in the early light after Mass; the Star Ferry's open deck with the Island skyline behind, if you cross that way.A Star Ferry, the Solar Star, crossing in the late-afternoon light with the Wan Chai skyline behind — the same green-and-white boat you take across to Central. Photo: Bernard Spragg. NZ from Christchurch, New Zealand · CC0 · Wikimedia Commons
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.
The Castle of Magical Dreams by day — the first sight down Main Street, and the stage for “Momentous” at closing. Photo: Castleofmagicaldreams2020 · CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped · Wikimedia Commons
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
Tonight you sleep atHong Kong Disneyland Hotel — Lantau · the one Disney night · you checked out of the Ritz-Carlton this morning · map
The Disneyland Hotel's Victorian lobby — the chandelier and the tall arched windows that welcome you on Wednesday afternoon. Photo: Wpcpey · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
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.Arendelle by day: the lighthouse, the fjord and the steep Nordic roofs. On Wednesday you reach it at dusk, with the lanterns coming on. Photo: Tombus20032000 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Day 4 · Thu 29 Oct
Rapunzel
Tonight you sleep atRosewood Hong Kong — Victoria Dockside, Tsim Sha Tsui · night 1 of 3 · you checked out of the Disneyland Hotel and moved here this afternoon · map
The Island skyline lit at night from the Tsim Sha Tsui waterfront, the Rosewood's side of the harbour, during a Symphony of Lights show (suspended since September 2026): the skyline your room looks across at, and the view from the promenade right outside. Photo: wandering_angel (Flickr user) · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
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 for the lit skyline (the Symphony of Lights show is suspended since September 2026; ask whether it is back).
The Rosary in the city
Fri 30 Oct · free day and the Rosary
Agitha's shape for Friday: a free morning and afternoon, then one Rosary together at the Immaculate Heart of Mary Chapel in the Catholic Centre, Central, before its 17:30 English Mass. The pilgrimage stays in the city; the Rosary is the whole of it.
Getting there: a taxi from the Rosewood to the Grand Building, 15–18 Connaught Road Central (~20 min through the Cross-Harbour Tunnel). Or 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' walk from the Central pier. The chapel is on the 3/F, with lifts.
Day 5 · Fri 30 Oct
The Rosary at the Immaculate Heart of Mary
Tonight you sleep atRosewood Hong Kong — Victoria Dockside, Tsim Sha Tsui · night 2 of 3 · map
Daily Mass17:30 English Mass at the Immaculate Heart of Mary Chapel, Catholic Centre, 3/F Grand Building, 15–18 Connaught Road Central — the Rosary first, then Mass in the same chapel. Alternative: 18:00 English Mass at St Joseph's, Garden Road, ten minutes up the hill by taxi.
Plan
Slow breakfast.
The day's outing, if you want one: Citygate Outlets, 18–20 Tat Tung Road, Tung Chung (open 10:00–22:00). A red taxi from the Rosewood about 10:30, 35–45 minutes, roughly HK$250–280. Shop and have lunch there: the Disney outlet is on L5, DS Groceries is next door in Fu Tung Plaza, there are lockers if the bags get heavy, and passport holders get a free HK$100 tourist e-voucher in the TAIKOO+ app. Taxi back about 14:30. Taxi fare: an estimate.
Or the pool, or nothing at all — the one-drop rule is in force. Anything left on Agitha's list fits here too.
Rest at the hotel before Central.
~16:15 taxi to the Catholic Centre (~20 min), or the Star Ferry at about 16:00 and five minutes' walk.
16:45 at the chapel: one Rosary together before Mass — that is the whole pilgrimage. Light a candle; leave your intentions with Our Lady. Then 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 Star Ferry deck at golden hour, the skyline behind; the two of you in the chapel after Mass, once it has emptied.
Vigil & home
Sat 31 Oct – Sun 1 Nov
A slow last full day, the vigil that counts for Sunday, and the packing done in the evening so that Sunday is unhurried.
Day 6 · Sat 31 Oct
Free day, then the vigil
Tonight you sleep atRosewood Hong Kong — Victoria Dockside, Tsim Sha Tsui · night 3 of 3 · check out Sun by 12:00 · map
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.St Joseph's on Garden Road, pale blue and white with its curving tower and cross — the vigil tonight, and Wednesday's noon Mass before Disneyland. Photo: Lord Jaraxxus · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Plan
Sleep in; late breakfast. The day is yours until late afternoon: the infinity pool, afternoon tea in the Butterfly Room if a table was booked, or anything left on Agitha's list.
~17:20 taxi, about 20 minutes through the Cross-Harbour Tunnel, to St Joseph's on Garden Road for the 18:00 vigil.
Dinner in Central or back at the hotel; home by 20:00.
Pack most of the bags this evening, so tomorrow is not rushed.
Photo spotThe 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
TonightYour own bed. Check out of the Rosewood by 12:00; CX719 at 15:50.
NoteSunday's Mass was last night's vigil. This morning is breakfast with Conan Shek and one last look at the harbour.
Plan
Breakfast with Conan — time and place to fix with him, near the hotel; back by about 11:00.
The last of the packing at midday. Check-out by 12:00; leave the hotel by 12:15.
The bags come with you: this flight is checked in at the airport. A red taxi straight from the Rosewood, ~30–40 min, about HK$300–400 with tolls; or a ten-minute taxi to Kowloon Station and the Airport Express (21 min, lifts all the way), bags and all.
At HKG by about 13:15; check the bags in at the Cathay counters for CX719 at 15:50; land Jakarta 19:50. Home as husband and wife.
Photo spotOne last selfie at the gate — day 7 of the rest of your lives.Morning light over the harbour from the Kowloon side, Two IFC across the water — your one last look before the airport. Photo: Ziko van Dijk · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Packing List
late October
The weather you'll meet
Hong Kong
24–28°C, humid, showers possible on a few days; fierce air-conditioning indoors
Disneyland
Long hours on your feet; late-night cool by the castle
What to pack
Core (light beats bulk)
Light, breathable clothes for the days; one cardigan or shawl each for air-conditioned churches, malls and taxis
Compact umbrella ×2; sunglasses; sunscreen
Comfortable walking shoes for the park and the city, plus one smarter pair
Swimwear: both hotels have a pool with a harbour view
For church
Church-appropriate outfits: shoulders and knees covered (a light shawl for Agitha covers every dress code)
Chapel veil if Agitha uses one; rosaries; a small daily missal or the app equivalents
Documents & money
Passports — Indonesian passport holders enter Hong Kong visa-free for up to 30 days; check the Immigration Department page once before flying
E-tickets, hotel confirmations, travel insurance details
Some cash in HK$ for taxis; an Octopus card each for the 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 Disney ears and a few bags from Mong Kok
Practical
book-ahead & how-tos
Honeymoon pacing — the house rules
One Mass a day, usually a later one: this trip runs on rest, not alarms. Tuesday's 07:00 at the Cathedral is Agitha's one early morning.
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
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
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