Who is going soon?

[SuzyM]

Originally Posted by Ben1993

Not 'soon' (I wish!) but we are pretty set for February now. Found some great priced flights under £400 each from our local airport BHX so snapped them up after longing for a trip to Tokyo for about 10 years.

It's a bit of a whirlwind trip with 4 nights in Tokyo and 4 nights at Disney, but it had to be kept short as I'll be missing a week of Uni for it in Feb. We'll be back to Japan to explore Kyoto, Osaka etc. In the future I'm sure.

We did 5 nights in Hong Kong after Thailand last year and it was amazing, easily our favourite place we have visited so far. Hong Kong Disneyland is wonderful too, Mystic Manor and Grizzly are both in my all time top 5 attractions!

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Wow those flight prices are amazing - ours were a tad dearer than that (more than double! ) but we are going in peak summer hols.
Yes I can't wait for both country's Disney parks - but equally looking forward just to soak in the culture and experience of these amazing places - not been to either before.

Suzy

[SuzyM]

Originally Posted by BrightlyBob

Me, me, me - I'm going soon!

Online checkin in 48 hours, take-off in 96 hours!

Huge plans including Shanghai Disney (obviously) in the Toy Story hotel then Shanghai, then to Xian in an overnight Sleeper cabin. From Xian it's then onto Beijing for 5 more nights. We're there for a total of 16 days (inc arrival day in morning and leaving day in evening).

As a family we love Disney and all the planning but China is on a totally different level. See my detailed plans here:
https://www.thedibb.co.uk/forums/sho... php?t=1027809

We are all mega excited and can't wait! And our visa arrived yesterday, so that's great!

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Wow wow - you are going very soon! Have fun! Yes I have found planning this trip very different from our Florida ones. I'm trying not to get too worried about quantity of rides/attractions and just go to savour some of the atmosphere and differences etc.

Have a brilliant time - we look forward to you reporting back!

Suzy

[SuzyM]

Originally Posted by Ourdaybydesign

We aren't long back from Hong Kong so no trips planned for us. I would really love to do Japan next year though so will be interested to hear all about your trip. Was looking at similar options with a week in Tokyo then a week in Osaka / Kyoto area. We would also need to go in July / August.

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Yes I will definitely report back and will be writing some sort of trip report. I'm not a pro at this like others but I definitely want to document this trip as it is very different to our usual ones and we are not likely to be going back in the near future - so I will definitely be feeding back when I return.

Suzy

[SuzyM]

Originally Posted by Ourdaybydesign

We loved HK & HK Disneyland too. So much to see and do in the city. We had a night at the new explorers hotel at Disneyland which was amazing. Mystic manor was so well done and we loved the night parade. Our last day there it was so wet it was really quiet and we got to meet loads of characters too.

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I'm hoping it won't be too busy for us too - though we are going in peak summer hols. I just think it will be nice after the crazy wait times in the Tokyo parks to be able to have smaller queues! The hotel sounds great - we are just at a hotel in Kowloon so travelling in by metro - but I have been told it is pretty straightforward :-)

Suzy

[SuzyM]

Originally Posted by Puddle5

Have a fantastic time to all still due to go. We had a fantastic time in HK... Just Shanghai and Tokyo to go now!

Looking forward to all the trip reports!

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Thank you! I can't believe it is nearly here - I am slightly nervous of the culture shock and potential language barrier but super excited as I think I will love Japan and the people and culture etc :-)

Suzy

[Ourdaybydesign]

Originally Posted by SuzyM

I'm hoping it won't be too busy for us too - though we are going in peak summer hols. I just think it will be nice after the crazy wait times in the Tokyo parks to be able to have smaller queues! The hotel sounds great - we are just at a hotel in Kowloon so travelling in by metro - but I have been told it is pretty straightforward :-)

Suzy

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Yes its really easy on the MTR; we did it one day from our hotel in Kowloon too and didn't take long at all. We were staying in Jordan but walked up to Yau Ma Tei to get on the red line then changed to the orange line at Lai King then to the disney resort line at Sunny Bay. The trains on the disney line are fab.

We were there a full week so got octopus cards which were great. You pay a deposit of 50HKD but get 41 back when you return the card.

[Ben1993]

Originally Posted by SuzyM

Wow those flight prices are amazing - ours were a tad dearer than that (more than double! ) but we are going in peak summer hols.
Yes I can't wait for both country's Disney parks - but equally looking forward just to soak in the culture and experience of these amazing places - not been to either before.

Suzy

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I know, Ideally April for cherry blossom season or end of May would have been my chosen time for our first trip, but I saw those flight prices with KLM and knew I couldn't pass them up.

HK is really fantastic, everything is so foreign yet so fimiliar due to the British colonial past. The metro is incredibly simple and we found practically no language barriers at all.

[MissVincent]

Does March count as soon? So excited!

[kevin_cambs_uk]

Originally Posted by SuzyM

All sounds great - your trip report and your advice on the trains really helped with my planning - so thank you for that!

Suzy

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I am
Glad it's of some help

[sweety_pie_747]

Not that soon but i'm off in March to do Shanghai, Tokyo and HK disney parks. I'm doing all the Disney parks in a year (March to March)