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I’ve been to both (HKDL a few times and SDL once, for two days). On paper SDL is the clear winner - much, much bigger, more attractions. But honestly I prefer HKDL. It is beautiful, has an amazing natural setting, is utterly charming, almost cozy, and definitely has that Disney magic. It now...

It would be great if HKDL could use the closure to accelerate construction on the castle, Marvel and Frozen attractions - I'm sure they could do it a lot faster with full access to the site without guests and without noise restrictions. In an ideal world they would get these done ASAP now so...

It’s really interesting to read everyone’s thoughts. A few questions on Smuggler’s Run: Presumably there is a Fastpass line built in, just not currently in use? Does it merge before the Chess Room? Do the single rider and fastpass lines also give you the view out over the Millenium Falcon...

I'll admit I'm a little bummed that it *looks like* the castle will be under construction in April when I visit. The view of the castle in HK is, in my view, one of the prettiest there is in the castle parks. I wonder how they will deal with the view down Main Street. I hope they do something...

The name of the WDSP version is a play on words - "Toquée" means "crazy" but it also (I believe) the name of the tall white chef's hat.

Thanks both for the information!

Apologies if this is already answered somewhere else; I did try searching but to no avail. How early do the Hong Kong and Shanghai parks open, prior to the official opening times? I seem to recall that HKDL opened half an hour early on my last trip, but that was several years ago and I'm not...

I really dislike this idea. Every time one of these little money making schemes comes out it makes me less and less excited for my next trip. Having a two-tier transportation system just doesn't feel right. If it works, they will reallocate more buses and drivers to the paid system from the...

Here's what I would do: - Build a new Magic Kingdom parking lot to the west of Magic Kingdom, with moving walkways linking to the entrance plaza (rather than trams - similar to how they do it at Disneyland Paris). This frees up the TTC (with its existing monorail station) for a new MK-area...

Weak spots - none. Seriously, I can't really think of any. Maybe Mermaid Lagoon but that's only because it is more child-focused so of less interest to me and so I didn't linger there. But I would say that it's definitely up to Disney standards. Definitely arrive early, and allow plenty of...

Infrastructure (or additional animal houses) for the nighttime safaris?

Ah yes, sorry, forgot about Shanghai!

How did you get to three? Where is the third?

True, but given that there's no obvious viewing area with sufficient capacity, I'm envisaging something more along the lines of a water parade with fixed water screens in certain locations. So something less like World of Color or Fantasmic, and more like the Electrical Water Pageant with extra...

And potentially for viewing the water show/parade/thingy and the lighting effects on the Tree of Life.

I find it interesting how small the boats are. They appear to have two rows of 2-3 people each - much smaller than most other gentle boat rides in the Disney parks (It's a Small World, Pirates, Maelstrom, Sinbad etc.). The only exceptions I can think of in Disney are Splash Mountain and...

I hope they have set aside a MASSIVE maintenance budget!

Good point, I hadn't considered how you would transition from Africa to Pandora. That certainly would be a challenge. Perhaps Disney need to buy the rights to District 9. That was a science fiction film with aliens based in Africa...

I would have thought that they would have built a walkway to connect Avatarland and Africa (where the new FOLK will be). I would also be surprised if they built direct access to the land from the Oasis, since Discovery Island is effectively the park's entry retail corridor. Could it be that...

My thoughts: - Avatar Land looks beautiful. I'm sure the E-ticket will be great but I'm more excited about the boat ride. My very first thought when I saw the concept art was that it looked somewhat similar to the concept art for the Fantasyland boat ride being built for Shanghai, where we...