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Shanghai, Tokyo and Hong Kong Theme Parks Shanghai, Tokyo and Hong Kong Holiday Planning Questions, Suggestions and Tips. |
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19 Jan 19, 01:59 PM |
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Amazing. Glad they had a wonderful time.
Do let us know if they have any must sees or tips!
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21 Jan 19, 07:15 PM |
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Excited about Disney
Join Date: Jun 12
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Great price! and not long to wait either please feel to share any tips and tricks!
Brilliant! I really need to do some proper planning on paper but as I'm studying and working I never get the time , let me know what your plans are. I'm so pleased for them, bet they saw loads in 18 days (although lots more to see!) Would they go back? I can't wait! |
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21 Jan 19, 08:38 PM |
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They would definitely go back, they loved it.
Good Points: Transport was easy to use and very efficient. They used the subway around Tokyo and trains to Kyoto and Nagoya and said it was easy to get around Airbnb worked very well for them and was the most affordable way. They were close to Akihabara area, which they loved and spent ages around the anime shops in this area Tokyo Disney Sea they both loved this, our son wasnt keen on going there but totally loved it. They said it was nice to have a break from the city, and felt a little more westernised which was a nice change The Monkey Sanctuary at Kyoto was great fun, they were nervous about the monkeys bring loose at first but they really enjoyed it Kyoto was a fantastic place to visit but they were a little disappointed with the bamboo forest there Nagoya Castle was somewhere they really enjoyed visiting, their photos from here are beautiful Food, they didnt eat high end food as they couldnt afford this, and they dont like sushi, but they really enjoyed eating at the Japanese cheaper chain type of places and ate lots of ramen and different types of meals which was all tasty Excellent flights with Ana, Lufthansa and Swiss Air. All transfers were smooth and every flight on time Portable WiFi They has this provided from their Airbnb host. It was incredibly useful and meant they didnt get list at all throughout the trip Bad points Lack of being able to speak Japanese. They said this was particularly difficult when ordering food, which is another reason why they didnt eat at many nicer restaurants The subway in London, they landed at London City airport and used the tube to get to Victoria bus station to catch bus back to Wales. They said the tube was crowded, dirty and full of people pushing and grumbling. Such a contrast to the clean, well organised Japanese system They are coming to visit us on the weekend (as they live around 50 miles from us) so if I find out any more tips, or highlights or bad points I will post back on here. I do hope everyone enjoys their trip as much as they did. He said it was the best place they have ever visited in the world, and they have travelled a fair amount |
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21 Jan 19, 10:00 PM |
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Join Date: Sep 15
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Than you DisneyDaffodil. We are not high end food people anyway so thats not a problem. We are going in May and suddenly the holiday seems a lot closer and not something in the distant future. I cant wait! We have still to look into portable WiFi.
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21 Jan 19, 10:43 PM |
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May will be a lovely month to visit. Considering they went in January, the weather was quite good, it was chilly but mainly dry with a few snowflakes in Kyoto too.
They were very lucky to get the portable WiFi free, but they had been considering paying for it. They said it was excellent and really helped them with accessing google maps for getting around |
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22 Jan 19, 12:22 PM |
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As a side note, I can recommend "lingodeer", after using it for a month I am getting to the point of being able to say/ask for different things now and learn the structure of sentences (learning nouns will be the hardest thing of course), understanding the replies will be a different matter!
That also being said, I have an app on my phone called VoiceTra (voicetra.nict.go.jp/en/) which live translates English->Japanese and vice versa. It seems to work quite well for simple sentences but obviously the "other person" might not like speaking towards your phone. Our AirBnb host put us onto the app as that is the one they use with multinational clients (he will be using it and so will we if necessary!) I get to test my Japanese out in 2 weeks as im going to a get-together with a group of friends (one happens to be Japanese)... |
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