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I haven't been to Anaheim since they added the characters there, so I can't say if it's the same, or if they did the same thing with the music. Some characters were fine and unobtrusive (Pinnochio in Italy, Pan in the UK, Mowgli in India). Others seemed forced. My main point with HKDL, is...

I agree. But it still makes it A confused experience and especially falls flat in China.

Great post. I've been doing business in China for many years. From vendors to JVs to wholly owned factories. I've had to deal with the CCP on numerous occasions. Anyone who thinks that they do not have a very carefully crafted very long term plan to grow their own middle class to buy from...

Interesting clip. I had one of my people here translate it for me. A general puff piece. States opening early next year and with 390 acres, enough land for phase 2 and phase 3. And mingpao.com is a Hong Kong news site. I don't know about anyone else, but that Toy Story hotel is hideously...

A couple of things I forgot in my report on HKDL. No, no one was humming "Hakuna Matata" when leaving festival of the Lion King. For Small World, I forgot to mention how much I enjoy seeing the Dinseyland facade outside and watching the clock chime. Great show. The flip side is how much I...

Oh, absolutely. I agree with you here. I originally jumped into the deep end in this thread because it looked like someone else implied they didn't stock sufficient spare parts. Even if they do, the reasons you cite above are most likely also part of the problem. Especially with finding...

Well, here's a series of random observations that have relevance to things discussed in past Spirited threads. This was probably my 7th or 8th visit to HKDL. First visit was around 2007. When I'm over here, I'm usually all over China, from Shanghai to Tsingtao to Zhuhai to Guangdong. There's...

I'd like to give it a read as well. As someone well versed in both parks, I'd like to see a "lifestylers" view.

Yeah I stopped getting a daily paper long ago. Especially when it came down to a choice of "do I want the left wing morning paper or the right wing afternoon paper." The only thing I get a Sunday paper for is the funnies anyway. ;)

Papers, please... (Do you ever sleep, Dave?)

the English language newspapers in China are a hoot. Obviously written for the expat community with a heavy dose of CCP propaganda thrown in. I can always count on an article about how evil and aggressive Japan is, how China is cracking down on corruption, how the USA is falling behind China...

Oh, of course. The one propaganda rag I didn't read this morning. ;)

Well, absolutely nothing in the local news here in China the past few days regarding this amazing visit, opening the largest Disney store or anything regarding the movie Tomorrowland. Nothing. If they are truly being denied access to the site, that is extremely telling. I built a large JV...

As I'm not employed by TWDC, I have no direct access to their onsite replacement component inventory lists, nor did I claim to. Anecdotally, the number of inoperative effects or limited motion AAs for lengthy periods of time would lead me to believe that they either have no parts, have no...

I'm not thinking with my heart, I'm thinking as a business executive who's run major manufacturing operations for multi billion dollar global companies. One of my operations was a square mile factory not 50 miles from WDW that operated 24/7, 365. It is much more cost effective to keep in stock...

Shanghai was actually amazingly clear this week. Blue sky and a few visible white clouds. Of course it had rained earlier and washed a lot of the pollution out. I have been in Shanghai when you couldn't see about 15 stories on buildings.

Interesting article. I was in Shanghai all week (missed the article as I skipped breakfast yesterday and didn't get my daily dose of Shanghai Daily News). I did take the opportunity with various locals during the week to bring up Shanghai Disneyland and the opening of the new Disney store and...

I made three reservations during our last trip, Bice for a nice sit down formal dinner, Mythos for dinner in the park, and Lombards for the Cinematic Spectacular package. Bice had empty tables while we were there, walk up would probably have been fine. Mythos was giving people a 45 minute to...

I flew my family in to Orlando over Easter week. We booked the airport transfer service through the Uni website when I booked the entire stay. It worked flawlessly. Driver was waiting for us at baggage claim when we landed with a sign with our name on it. They picked us up from Portofino at...

Oh. Okay. All is good then. :cool: (Well, maybe not with POTC)