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Jrb1979

Jrb1979

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Henry Mystic said:
The only difference is that people in Asia aren’t white.

Language has never been an issue anywhere for me. International cities like Paris are obviously going to have a lot more English speakers than a small French town where no one does, but it’s really not that hard to use Google Translate or pointing your fingers to what you want for menus or Google Maps for directions.

Japan, South Korea, China, etc. are even safer than Europe for tourists in terms of crime which is already much safer than America. Perception is reality for people, as pre-existing beliefs is what people generally filter new information through rather than using evidence to inform their beliefs.

It would change a lot of people’s perception of the world if people actually experienced more of it.
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As great as the Asian Disney parks are, Europe has some of the best theme parks in the world.

Europa Park, Efteling, and Port Aventura are amazing but many seem to ignore them.
 
TrainsOfDisney

TrainsOfDisney

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i will say, there are extra steps when you travel internationally- it’s not just the time of the flight. Just buying a passport for your entire family is an expense and a process.
 
Jrb1979

Jrb1979

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TrainsOfDisney said:
i will say, there are extra steps when you travel internationally- it’s not just the time of the flight. Just buying a passport for your entire family is an expense and a process.
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IMO most Americans should have passports. I think airlines should require Passports as proof of ID to travel anywhere
 
CaptainAmerica

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Disone said:
Hi. This last part of your statement sort of confirms Henry's point that Americans are willing to fly to Europe and to Hawaii but not to Asia.

I'm curious as to why You, with clearly an extensive travel history, are a hard pass on ever going to Japan? Ever! Just curious.
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I don't like urban tourism, as a general rule, and Japan is almost entirely urbanized. I like castles and mountains and beaches and countryside and forests and hiking and ancient ruins. That's not to say that Japan doesn't have some of these things, but for the most part when you visit Japan you're visiting for the cities. Once my kids are older, we're going to go to Botswana or Tanzania for a safari, which is infinitely more interesting to me than Michelin star restaurants in Tokyo.
 
Jrb1979

Jrb1979

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CaptainAmerica said:
I don't like urban tourism, as a general rule, and Japan is almost entirely urbanized. I like castles and mountains and beaches and countryside and forests and hiking and ancient ruins. That's not to say that Japan doesn't have some of these things, but for the most part when you visit Japan you're visiting for the cities. Once my kids are older, we're going to go to Botswana or Tanzania for a safari, which is infinitely more interesting to me than Michelin star restaurants in Tokyo.
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As the previous poster said, other than Disney I take it you aren't in to theme parks at all.
 
JD80

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Fido Chuckwagon

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Jrb1979 said:
In the grand scheme of things no it doesn't. I will say it feels like many here dismiss other theme parks or won't visit them.
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I've visited lots of parks. My general experience is none of them hold a candle to Disney, or even present day Universal. In general I've found:
1. The food is almost always a lot worse;
2. Park ops are usually nightmarishly worse; and
3. The attractions, with a few exceptions, are not as good (especially when comparing dark rides).
 
Jrb1979

Jrb1979

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Fido Chuckwagon said:
I've visited lots of parks. My general experience is none of them hold a candle to Disney, or even present day Universal. In general I've found:
1. The food is almost always a lot worse;
2. Park ops are usually nightmarishly worse; and
3. The attractions, with a few exceptions, are not as good (especially when comparing dark rides).
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When comparing dark rides it makes sense. If you want thrills, Disney isn't that good.
 
TrainsOfDisney

TrainsOfDisney

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Fido Chuckwagon said:
I've visited lots of parks. My general experience is none of them hold a candle to Disney, or even present day Universal. In general I've found:
1. The food is almost always a lot worse;
2. Park ops are usually nightmarishly worse; and
3. The attractions, with a few exceptions, are not as good (especially when comparing dark rides).
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The Herschend Parks are really good - I like Knotts as well.

I think Herschend comes pretty close to Disney quality - sometimes even exceeds them with Halloween and Christmas festivals.
 
Tha Realest

Tha Realest

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Henry Mystic said:
Tell me you haven't been to Japan without telling me you haven't been to Japan.

https://www.lonelyplanet.com/stories/japans-most-spectacular-natural-wonders/

Plus this is a theme park forum right? And a country with literally the best parks in the world isn’t worth visiting?

If you’re not interested in going no one is going to force you but you keep coming up with bizarre reasons.
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I’ve visited Europe twice now with my wife, and plan to take my kids at some point in the next 4-6 years. Our US travel has been heavily weighted towards theme park travel, but it’s not even on the agenda for our European trips.
 
Jrb1979

Jrb1979

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Tha Realest said:
I’ve visited Europe twice now with my wife, and plan to take my kids at some point in the next 4-6 years. Our US travel has been heavily weighted towards theme park travel, but it’s not even on the agenda for our European trips.
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Why not? They may not have the IP but those parks are every bit as good as Disney if not better
 
Sirwalterraleigh

Sirwalterraleigh

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Jrb1979 said:
IMO most Americans should have passports. I think airlines should require Passports as proof of ID to travel anywhere
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It’s about a $500 investment for four…and you have to get kids every 5 years up until 16
TrainsOfDisney said:
I have one but I disagree 100% - you shouldn’t need anything to travel within your own country
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Agree…but a uniform id system is long overdue

Actings like states have any real home

(Gonna be like that, huh?)


Passports make it easy…how many years have this bumbled this Real ID stuff?
 
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TrainsOfDisney

TrainsOfDisney

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CaptainAmerica said:
I don't like urban tourism, as a general rule, and Japan is almost entirely urbanized. I like castles and mountains and beaches and countryside and forests and hiking and ancient ruins. That's not to say that Japan doesn't have some of these things, but for the most part when you visit Japan you're visiting for the cities.
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That’s not true at all. Japan has one of the worlds most famous mountains and has many hikes through temples, and ancient gardens.

If you follow Tom Bricker (and everyone should!) you’ll see that their trips to Japan are filled with many destinations other than Disney Tokyo
 

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