The biggest mistake I made was paying for the tickets right away when I reserved instead of putting a 24 hour hold on them. I'm so accustomed to having to purchase tickets at time of booking for US carriers that I didn't pay much attention to the hold option. Had I done this, I could have easily rebooked when I realized my mistake. Lesson learned for next time.

We'll make the best of it. We will still have three days in HK, but it means we'll be checking out Universal Studios Holloywood in LA instead of visiting Ocean Park in HK.