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[pink glitter]

Originally Posted by erniebert1

We stayed at the Royal Plaza Hotel in Mong Kok. The hotel is on top of the local MTR station and next to a 200 store shopping centre. You are close to the markets and street food vendors and 3 stops away from the the ferry boats and best place to watch the light show. Also liked the free phone they give you with unlimited calls and Internet. If you wanted to stay on the island we also stayed at hotel Jen which was situated in a more authentic part of hong kong but still only 50 yards from the MTR

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I've just looked at the Royal Plaza and it looks like the bathroom isn't private I.e. It's a huge glass window! I've seen a lot of hotels in HK like that and as I have a 15 and 10 year old that wouldn't be suitable 😔. Was your room like that please?

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Originally Posted by pink glitter

I've just looked at the Royal Plaza and it looks like the bathroom isn't private I.e. It's a huge glass window! I've seen a lot of hotels in HK like that and as I have a 15 and 10 year old that wouldn't be suitable 😔. Was your room like that please?

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It does look a bit miss leading by the pictures on the website but I can promise you there is a blind that can be brought down to make it 100% private. One thing I loved was how well they looked after us on our last day. Checkout was 12pm but our flight home wasn't until 11.40pm that night and the last thing we wanted to do was be stuck with our luggage all day. They kindly kept our luggage for us locked away so we could spend the day sightseeing etc.. When we came back, they let us have entry into the health club so we could have a shower and get changed before catching the free bus to Kowloon station to start our journey home.

[pink glitter]

Originally Posted by erniebert1

It does look a bit miss leading by the pictures on the website but I can promise you there is a blind that can be brought down to make it 100% private. One thing I loved was how well they looked after us on our last day. Checkout was 12pm but our flight home wasn't until 11.40pm that night and the last thing we wanted to do was be stuck with our luggage all day. They kindly kept our luggage for us locked away so we could spend the day sightseeing etc.. When we came back, they let us have entry into the health club so we could have a shower and get changed before catching the free bus to Kowloon station to start our journey home.

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Phew! Thanks for clarifying that! It sounds a very friendly place 😀 There are so many hotels it's difficult to choose which one!

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Originally Posted by pink glitter

Phew! Thanks for clarifying that! It sounds a very friendly place 😀 There are so many hotels it's difficult to choose which one!

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It took us a while to choose our hotels there really are so many to look at. My biggest tip would be to look at the MTR map and choose somewhere that is close to the red line of the MTR. For me all the best places to visit and see are close to most of the stations of that line. Will make it nice and easy to get about efficiently and easily

[pink glitter]

Originally Posted by erniebert1

It took us a while to choose our hotels there really are so many to look at. My biggest tip would be to look at the MTR map and choose somewhere that is close to the red line of the MTR. For me all the best places to visit and see are close to most of the stations of that line. Will make it nice and easy to get about efficiently and easily

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Fab, great tip, thank you 👍

[Silvercat]

Originally Posted by pink glitter

Hi there, do you mind me asking who you booked your trip with please? We're looking at going in October next year but haven't really got a clue where to start!

Thanks in advance xx

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Hi - so sorry, I didn't realise you had asked me a question! We booked it all ourselves, I booked the flights with The Flight Centre as we were going from Birmingham to Japan, Japan to Hong Kong, and then Hong Kong to Singapore; all hotels were Sheratons as I had signed up for their free loyalty system which gave me free Wi-Fi in each hotel, except for Hong Kong Disneyland where I booked directly with HKD themselves, and got 3 nights at the Hollywood Hotel and 2-day tickets.

I had to make up a spreadsheet with what dates we were going to be in each country/hotel, as it was a very complicated holiday! I think the best place to start is to decide on your dates and destinations, and take it from there.

Sorry I didn't spot this earlier! Hope it helps.

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Originally Posted by Silvercat

Hi - so sorry, I didn't realise you had asked me a question! We booked it all ourselves, I booked the flights with The Flight Centre as we were going from Birmingham to Japan, Japan to Hong Kong, and then Hong Kong to Singapore; all hotels were Sheratons as I had signed up for their free loyalty system which gave me free Wi-Fi in each hotel, except for Hong Kong Disneyland where I booked directly with HKD themselves, and got 3 nights at the Hollywood Hotel and 2-day tickets.

I had to make up a spreadsheet with what dates we were going to be in each country/hotel, as it was a very complicated holiday! I think the best place to start is to decide on your dates and destinations, and take it from there.

Sorry I didn't spot this earlier! Hope it helps.

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It certainly does thank you. That sounds an epic trip, I wish my budget would stretch to that!

Am just trying to figure out if we can afford a detour to China to hold a baby panda 😜

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Originally Posted by pink glitter

It certainly does thank you. That sounds an epic trip, I wish my budget would stretch to that!

Am just trying to figure out if we can afford a detour to China to hold a baby panda 😜

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we just did the panda last month before Disney - it was good but pretty expensive and over with VERY quickly!

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Originally Posted by dee slack

we just did the panda last month before Disney - it was good but pretty expensive and over with VERY quickly!

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OMG Really, you lucky thing. Was that the Chegdu panda research centre? I so want to do it ❤️

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Originally Posted by pink glitter

OMG Really, you lucky thing. Was that the Chegdu panda research centre? I so want to do it ❤️

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we stayed in Chengdu and went to the facility about an hour away as we were told it's less busy and you can sit with a young panda
It was over £200 each and lasted only about 20 SECONDS! Glad we did it tho'

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