English Listening Device for Intl' Parks

[Kingdom WDW]

I'm wondering if there is an Assisted Listening Device (ALD) or some headphones that play the attraction narration in pure English. I read the other thread about the language barrier, but if some narrations are in Japanese, I would assume it would be hard to get the plot of the attractions, especially since they're so well designed.

Or, is the language barrier more like WDW, where it's mainly English but they have Spanish (in this case Japanese) spiels after the English ones?

 

[darthjohnny]

I believe some attractions in the European and Asian countries actually present their narrations (like the Jungle Cruise) in multiple languages.

 

[Expat]

Are you just talking about Tokyo? In Hong Kong, for some things they schedule the attractions in Chinese and English, such as Stitch Encounter which has different language shows during the day.

The Lion King show is in English, with Chinese subtitles on TVs towards the back (plus a little Chinese narration from characters to keep people going), The Golden Mickeys narration is all in Chinese, with songs in English, and English subtitles along the side for the narration. The Jungle River Cruise is trilingual, and you choose your queue to get on a boat that speaks your language. Mickey's Philharmagic is in English (what little dialogue there is), and the announcements for the parade, and any other events are done in three languages (Cantonese, Mandarin and English).