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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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25 Jun 22, 06:12 PM |
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25 Jun 22, 06:15 PM |
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We did Hilton Tokyo Bay and loved it, going back again this trip for the Disney day, then move to another hotel in Tokyo.
We stayed in Shibuya (famous for its scramble / pedestrian crossing) and many things we wanted to go see in Tokyo were 20 / 40 min walks to get to. For the rest we used the trains and were fine. The hotel there was at one end of the train station and could not fault it, staff were lovely and rooms spotless and (important for me in any heat) the room had air con that could freeze a buffalo ! Be aware that the Hilton Tokyo Bay rooms a nice a big / western sized, but once you go into Tokyo itself the rooms tend to be a smidgen... well smaller! If you want to PM me your email or mobile number, I can send you the pics I have of the Hilton at Tokyo Bay, the hotel we had in Shibuya and other places we went to there if you wanted Edited at 06:19 PM. |
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25 Jun 22, 06:17 PM |
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25 Jun 22, 06:22 PM |
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I was mostly scared of the food (not a big fish fan, in my world fish only comes in batter!) and getting around as the language on signs etc.
But once there it was so much choice for food and due to olympics coming, found all signs in at least English language and Japanese. Google maps on your phone made navigation walking etc so easy. |
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25 Jun 22, 07:25 PM |
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Agree with other comments that Tokyo is huge and there isn't a "central" part as such, there are so many areas to visit there! But the train system is excellent and it was really easy to get around Tokyo.
We actually used the Sheraton Tokyo Bay as a base due to the rooms being larger/nicer than what we could get for the same cost in central Tokyo proper, plus I liked being close to Disney. It wasn't too hard to get into central Tokyo using the train system! I think I booked the Sheraton Tokyo Bay over the Hilton Tokyo Bay probably due to it being cheaper or having some newly renovated rooms or similar reasons, but this was way back in 2015! One other possibility to consider regarding Disney Tokyo hotels are the on-site hotels - in particular Disneyland Hotel is right opposite the entrance to Disneyland, and the Hotel MiraCosta is at the entrance to DisneySEA (similar to Disneyland Paris/Disneyland Hotel and DCA/Grand Californian). I honestly really want to stay in MiraCosta at least for a night at some point! I've found out this year that the Google Translate app on my phone is amazing, as I can just point the camera at anything and it will instant auto-translate. I've been testing it out on Japanese on all the random Japanese snacks I buy and it works incredibly well. Even managed to use it to read a Japanese magazine. So that would help a lot with the language barrier in Japan. (I really want to go back to Japan but am still waiting for their borders to properly open up!)
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25 Jun 22, 07:35 PM |
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I booked Hilton as have Gold status in Hilton so get things like free breakfast , but when I looked into differences between the two the only real ones I saw was :
Sheraton had the newly renovated wing this must be 5 years or more ago now. Sheraton had the coin operated laundry room. Hilton had the doctor on staff This was all pre-COVID of course ! |
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26 Jun 22, 11:00 AM |
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How did you use virgin points? I’ve got shed loads of them! I know they don’t fly direct so what was the process for you as that could be something to consider?
Kat
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26 Jun 22, 01:31 PM |
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<links and clicks fingers in overly dramatic way>
Oh Kat11 - welcome to my life for last few years, trying to nab reward seats on ANA with virgin points! Few quick things: Reward seats are limited per flight, one plane might have 1 in each class (First, Business, Economy) and the next flight might have none at all. Very very rare are 2 reward seats being available in same class - but not unknown. So if to do manage to get reward seats you are all but certain to be sat apart in one way or another. Here is the link to info on it on the Virgin web site: flywith.virginatlantic/g...n-airways.html How to nab the seats - see this thread - it might be slightly out of date now given recent events but gives you basic idea: https://www.thedibb.co.uk/forums/sho... php?t=1149065 Perhaps I should try and do a basic guide to it…… The taxes and fees have gone up dramatically on these reward seats, so much that am not sure the value is there to use them to get an economy seat, but still quite the bargain for business and first seats IMHO. Finally for now, ANA have a premium economy seat on their planes but you cannot nab them with virgin points. Edited at 01:36 PM. |
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26 Jun 22, 02:13 PM |
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Thanks for this. Think I’ve probably missed the boat on reward seats then? Sounds like a lot of work to get them even if I were to be on the ball! 😂
Kat
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26 Jun 22, 02:23 PM |
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No I would NOT say you might have missed the boat :-)
With Russian air space being closed (most Euro ANA flights went through Russia) and Japan being closed to tourists - the appearance of reward seats to / from Europe have been a little strange as many flights have not flown at all, or flown reduced number of days a week etc. It could well be that once Japan opens up the reward seats start to appear again. While the US ANA flights have the same entry issues, their flight paths have been effected much less by the Russian airspace issues, and they have seen decent numbers of reward seats released. Hope springs eternal! |
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