AstroDan
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I've recently spent two days in each of the Chinese Disney resorts. Here are some thoughts!
Hong Kong Disneyland
+ Delightful park and easy to navigate
+ Fantastic evening parade "Paint the Night"
+ New 'Iron Man Experience' is great
+ Mystic Manor astounding. Top class.
+ Access to the park is easy
+ Good food at Explorers Club and Corner Cafe
+ Toy Story Land more expansive than Paris
+ Generally a nice park to spend time in
- Lack of E-Ticket attractions. However, this looks set to be addressed
- No Downtown Disney style area
- Long walk to resort hotels
- Lack of fans / air circulationin some queues
- Some queue jumping
- Big Grizzly Mountain is frankly dull
Shanghai Disneyland
+ Fab resort hotel
+ Disneytown area is great
+ Food in the park is delicious
+ Food and beverage prices reasonable
+ Pirates of the Carribbean is fantastic
+ Tron is very cool. Will go great at MK
+ Castle very impressive
- Poor throughputs on some rides, especially Pooh and Soaring resulting in overly long queues
- Chronic lack of rides relative to park popularity
- Litter all over the place
- Guests defecating around the park
- Security everywhere which dampens Disney vibe
- Queue jumping including professional queue jumpers "Scalpers" who are paid to assist guests to skip waiting times
- Sunscreen confiscated on entry in some cases as it is flammable
- Horrid temporary tents used around park for shade. Lack of trees.
- Poor staff communication
- Single Rider queues often closed for no reason
- Fake merchandise on sale in and around park
- Park badly designed. Sightlines not a consideration. Backstage areas and show buildings in full view
- Mickey Avenue is a dumbed down effort compared to Main Street USA
- Metro service to city centre ends within 30 min of park close
To be clear: Shanghai Disneyland is horrible to visit. It is unimaginably unpleasant due to the crowd culture, lack of ride capacity and poor park design.
Hong Kong Disneyland
+ Delightful park and easy to navigate
+ Fantastic evening parade "Paint the Night"
+ New 'Iron Man Experience' is great
+ Mystic Manor astounding. Top class.
+ Access to the park is easy
+ Good food at Explorers Club and Corner Cafe
+ Toy Story Land more expansive than Paris
+ Generally a nice park to spend time in
- Lack of E-Ticket attractions. However, this looks set to be addressed
- No Downtown Disney style area
- Long walk to resort hotels
- Lack of fans / air circulationin some queues
- Some queue jumping
- Big Grizzly Mountain is frankly dull
Shanghai Disneyland
+ Fab resort hotel
+ Disneytown area is great
+ Food in the park is delicious
+ Food and beverage prices reasonable
+ Pirates of the Carribbean is fantastic
+ Tron is very cool. Will go great at MK
+ Castle very impressive
- Poor throughputs on some rides, especially Pooh and Soaring resulting in overly long queues
- Chronic lack of rides relative to park popularity
- Litter all over the place
- Guests defecating around the park
- Security everywhere which dampens Disney vibe
- Queue jumping including professional queue jumpers "Scalpers" who are paid to assist guests to skip waiting times
- Sunscreen confiscated on entry in some cases as it is flammable
- Horrid temporary tents used around park for shade. Lack of trees.
- Poor staff communication
- Single Rider queues often closed for no reason
- Fake merchandise on sale in and around park
- Park badly designed. Sightlines not a consideration. Backstage areas and show buildings in full view
- Mickey Avenue is a dumbed down effort compared to Main Street USA
- Metro service to city centre ends within 30 min of park close
To be clear: Shanghai Disneyland is horrible to visit. It is unimaginably unpleasant due to the crowd culture, lack of ride capacity and poor park design.
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