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27 Oct 19, 06:57 PM |
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TRIP REPORT: Highs, Lows & Final Thoughts (Hong Kong, Shanghai & Tokyo)
So that’s it, and thank you for sticking with me if you managed it! This was a whirlwind of a trip, but we ticked off so many bucket list items, made a truck load of memories, and saw so much.
This was our first time visiting Asia, and we will be back. We will 100% visit Hong Kong and Shanghai/China again, but above those, we want to visit more of Japan, plus at least I want to go to Singapore, Bali, and Malaysia. Our favourite Disney Park in the world remains California Adventure, it’s just so ‘us’ but our favourite Castle park is easily Shanghai. It just ticks all of our boxes. Tokyo Disney Resort didn’t really ‘do it’ for us. We think it’s because it is just so over-hyped that our expectations were just set so high. Plus, we just adored Shanghai and it felt like a bit of a time warp heading to Tokyo. We enjoyed our time there, but when we go back to Tokyo in the future, we will just plan 1 day in each park. Hong Kong was also delightful, especially being as quiet as it was, and we will 100% return in the future. The expansions at all of the resorts are very exciting. So, onto our Highs & Lows. HIGHS Naturally, completing the 6 Castles and 12 Parks – massive bucket list achievement and very proud. We have to work hard to pay for our adventures, and this is why we do it. Hong Kong Disneyland Hotel Toy Story Hotel All of my merch – ears, Shellie May bag, Duffy & Friends t-shirt, all my mugs Hong Kong Disneyland & Shanghai Disneyland overall – smooth operations, clean, quiet, the homes of our favourite rids Favourite rides – Antman, Ironman, Mystic Manor, Tron, Pirates in Shanghai Hong Kong Disneyland & Shanghai Disneyland donuts – Duffy, Pooh, Donald, Mickey chocolate covered, Mickey cinnamon Hong Kong & Shanghai ice lollies – Stitch, Lotso, Minnie sweet treat Hong Kong Disneyland meal plan Hong Kong Disneyland character greets – minimal waits Shanghai Disneyland Duffy & Shellie May greet (worth the wait!) Tokyo Joe Carioca greet Mong Kok in Hong Kong Big Buddha in Hong Kong Ming Dynasty architecture in Shanghai Shanghai skyline, especially the Oriental Pearl Tower Harajuku in Tokyo Senso Ji in Tokyo Tsukiji Fish Market in Tokyo Akihabara in Tokyo Pizza steamed buns in Tokoy Pork Donburi at Ikspiari Transport within the cities – clean, easy, cheap, punctual Sheraton in Tokyo – theme park view! Completing the 6 Castles challenge and having visited all 12 Disney Parks in the World Trying so many of the snacks in Tokyo Disneyland – favourites being Alien Mochi, Mike Wazowski Melon Bread, popcorn (especially curry) LOWS Hilton at Gatwick – so dated, we won’t stay here again Paint the Night at Hong Kong Disneyland was not on due to Halloween season (and I don’t like Halloween season, so this was a big loss for me) YuYuan Gardens closed in Shanghai Shanghai Disneyland Resort transport nightmare – the signage needs to be much better VPN being unreliable in China, this was a let down for us Local food – I wanted to try a lot more of this in the cities but we found it really hard to find for some reason. I had hoped to be a bit more ‘spur of the moment’ than we normally are on this trip and that just clearly didn’t work out for us, so I will plan that better next time Chinese & Japanese Gardens that we visited generally were just beautiful – I want to see more of them! Sheraton at Tokyo – dated room and very much unlike the advertised look Tokyo Disneyland – was our least favourite resort, mostly because it needs to step forward like Hong Kong and Shanghai have/are, and it was Edited at 09:56 PM. |
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27 Oct 19, 09:01 PM |
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Amazing trip report. You covered so much ground and made each day so full.
Thanks fo the report. |
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27 Oct 19, 09:11 PM |
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Thank you for this trip report as you know its helped me immensely . Its been a great read
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27 Oct 19, 09:56 PM |
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27 Oct 19, 09:57 PM |
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Thank you so much for reading and for getting in touch! Good luck with your plans and please reach out if I can help in any way!
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27 Oct 19, 11:26 PM |
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Loved reading along with this. Definitely something I hope to do one day. Can’t believe how quickly you’ve managed the whole report!
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28 Oct 19, 07:28 AM |
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Thank you! I just wanted/needed to get it done really. I have trips coming up in December and January and I like to finish one before moving onto another, so now I can get properly planning! Thanks for reading along!
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28 Oct 19, 08:40 AM |
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Sounds like you had an amazing time and you fitted so much in! I can highly recommend Singapore and Bali.
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28 Oct 19, 08:55 PM |
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Wow, amazing trip and report, thanks for sharing
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28 Oct 19, 10:50 PM |
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