Hong Kong International Airport to Hong Kong Disneyland
About 12 km from HKG, still on Lantau; the cheapest way is the S1 bus to Tung Chung then two MTR lines, while a blue Lantau taxi goes straight there.
Hong Kong Disneyland sits on the north-east tip of Lantau at Penny's Bay, with its castle park, two resort hotels and the dedicated Disneyland Resort MTR line.
Every way to get there
Our verdict: for Hong Kong Disneyland, a private transfer is the easiest door-to-door option (from โฌ50).
What it costs for your group
The bus is charged per person, while a taxi or private transfer is one price for the whole car โ so the more of you there are, the better door-to-door value looks.
| Group | Private transfer | Best value |
|---|---|---|
| Solo ยท 1 traveller | โฌ50 | Private transfer |
| Couple ยท 2 travellers | โฌ50 | Private transfer |
| Family of 4 ยท 4 travellers | โฌ50 | Private transfer |
Which option should you choose?
| If your priority isโฆ | Our pick | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Lowest price | Cheapest fare | From โฌ9.5, though slower with a change in the city. |
| Speed & comfort | Private transfer | Door-to-door, fixed price, a driver waiting for you. |
| A group of 3โ4 | Transfer or taxi | One flat fare splits cheaper than several bus tickets. |
| A late-night arrival | Transfer or taxi | Both run 24/7 when buses and the tram have stopped. |
By transport mode
Metro
Total about HK$18-20 (~โฌ2). Two changes but well under โฌ3, and the themed Disneyland Resort train is part of the fun for kids.
Where to catch it: Take the S1 from the Ground Transportation Centre to Tung Chung Station, then the Tung Chung line one stop to Sunny Bay and change to the Disneyland Resort line.
Best for budget travellers near a stationTaxi
Roughly HK$100-140 (~โฌ12-16) straight to the park or resort hotel entrance. The quickest door-to-door option and reasonable split between a few people.
Where to catch it: Blue-taxi rank at the airport; because Disneyland is on Lantau, the blue fleet serves it directly (red cabs cannot).
Best for small groups in a hurryPrivate transfer
Fixed at ~HK$430-600. The no-transfer comfort is the selling point when the young ones are fading and the park is the first stop.
Where to catch it: A booked car waits at Arrivals and rolls your luggage and tired children straight to the hotel lobby without a single change.
Best for families, groups & late arrivalsHong Kong Disneyland & Hong Kong in photos
Buying tickets in Hong Kong
The simplest option is an Octopus card, a tap-to-pay card for the Airport Express, MTR, buses and shops; buy one at the airport (standard or a Tourist Octopus), or use Octopus on your phone. For the Airport Express itself you can also buy a Single or Smart ticket, or just tap a contactless Visa/Mastercard at the gate ("Ride First, Pay Later" charges the fare afterwards). If you plan several MTR days, the Airport Express Travel Pass bundles one or two Airport Express trips with three days of unlimited MTR.
Taxi scams & safety in Hong Kong
Hong Kong is low-scam for transport. The Airport Express and buses are fixed-fare, and red/green taxis at the official rank run on meter with a posted toll and luggage surcharge, so insist on the meter. Uber operates here for upfront pricing. Decline anyone inside the terminal offering a private car or a "cheaper" ride; use the marked taxi queue or Airport Express only, and confirm your red (urban) versus green (New Territories) taxi matches your destination.
Step-free access in Hong Kong
The Airport Express is accessible and quick, with one detail worth knowing about the platform edge.
- Airport Express reaches central Hong Kong in about 24 minutes, and every train has a designated wheelchair space. The station and service are wheelchair accessible.
- Carriages sit level with the platform, but there is a small gap that can catch some wheelchairs and mobility scooters. Station staff will bring a ramp to bridge it โ ask rather than attempt it.
- Hong Kong International has full special-needs facilities in the terminal, including mobility assistance on request.
Getting from HKG to Hong Kong Disneyland
Here is the strange thing about getting from Hong Kong airport to Disneyland: you are almost there already. The park sits at Penny's Bay on the north-east tip of Lantau, the same island as the runway, about 12 km away. On a clear road that is roughly 20 minutes in a car. So the distance is not the problem. The problem is that the cheap way there asks a family with a loaded buggy and two children who have run out of patience to change trains twice. Once you know that, the decision more or less makes itself, and it depends less on money than on how much lifting you have the energy for.
The two-change train route, and why kids either love it or lose it
The budget path is truly cheap. You take the S1 bus from the Ground Transportation Centre to Tung Chung Station, ride the Tung Chung line one stop to Sunny Bay, then cross the platform to the dedicated Disneyland Resort line for the final short hop. The whole chain runs about HK$18-20, which is somewhere near โฌ2, and that is the entire fare for the family per person, not a headline price with extras bolted on. The S1 comes every ten minutes or so; the trains run every four to ten minutes.
What you give up is in the plural: two changes. Off the bus, drag the bags into Tung Chung, find the platform, ride one stop, then haul everything across at Sunny Bay onto a second line. With no luggage and older children it is easy and even fun, because the Disneyland Resort train is themed, with Mickey-shaped windows and Disney figures inside, so the ride becomes the first ride of the trip. With a stroller, three suitcases and a toddler who fell asleep on descent, that second transfer is exactly the moment the whole plan wobbles.
The blue taxi trick: red cabs can't come here
This is the detail most first-time visitors miss. Hong Kong taxis are colour-coded by territory, and the red urban cabs that queue up for the city are not allowed to serve Lantau. Disneyland is on Lantau. So you want the blue Lantau taxi rank, and because the park is on their patch, the blue fleet drives straight to the castle park or the door of the resort hotel with no changes at all. Expect roughly HK$100-140, call it โฌ12-16, for the whole car.
Do the sums with a family and the taxi stops looking like a splurge. Split between two adults and a couple of children it is only a few euros more than the same group buying separate train fares, and it buys the 18-minute door run instead of the bus-plus-two-trains relay. If you have any bags at all and everyone is fading, the blue taxi is the sensible default rather than the indulgence. Just make sure you walk to the blue rank, not the red one, or you will be politely turned away.
When the park is your very first stop, before check-in
A lot of Disneyland-bound families land and go straight to the resort, sometimes even before their hotel room is ready. That is the scenario where a pre-booked car earns its keep. Welcome Pickups and Klook both sell fixed transfers where a driver waits at Arrivals, takes the bags, and rolls the tired children right to the hotel lobby without a single line to stand in or platform to find. It is fixed at around HK$430-600, roughly โฌ50-70, and the number does not move whether you land on time or two hours late.
The reason to book it is not speed, since the blue taxi covers the same distance in the same 18 minutes. The reason is the zero-effort handover at the exact moment you have the least energy to spare: no rank to locate, no fare to negotiate half-asleep, a known car seat if you asked for one, and one confirmed price for the whole group. When the little ones have hit their limit and the park is the first thing on the itinerary, that removed friction is what you are paying for.
Pick by how much you're carrying, not by the map
Since everything here is short, let the luggage and the ages of your children choose for you. Travelling light, with school-age kids who would be thrilled by a Mickey-windowed train? Take the S1 and the two-line ride for โฌ2 and let the journey be part of the day. Carrying real bags with small children in tow? Walk to the blue Lantau taxi rank and go straight to the door for about โฌ12-16 the whole car. Want it all arranged before you fly, with someone meeting you at Arrivals and the price locked? Book the transfer for โฌ50-70 and step off the plane into a waiting seat. There is no wrong answer over 12 km, only the one that matches how much you feel like carrying.
