Trip Report Shanghai (K)nights (and days) - A Max Trip Report - COMPLETE

amjt660 · Jan 13, 2018

Now about the title
For those who have not heard of the movie here it is

12in12 · Jan 13, 2018

I am so happy you started this trip report!

I can't wait to read about your adventures.
I'm sorry but I know nothing about IPhones so can't help.

Tuvalu · Jan 13, 2018

If you click the Attach Files box, you should get a “Photo Library” option. Click on it and it will bring up your photos. Then click the photos you want to add to your post (each post can have a maximum of 10 photos) and click “Done.” The photos will download to the bottom of the text box.

You can use the Airdrop feature on your phones to transfer pictures from one device to the other.

However this means you must use the phone (or an iPad) to do your trip reporting.

Hope this helps.

LadyBelle · Jan 13, 2018

I’m in for this trip!

dddisney · Jan 13, 2018

Looking forward to reading your report.

TheMouseFan · Jan 13, 2018

Yay! Can't wait to hear about your trip!!

becca_ · Jan 13, 2018

Hope you get the picture issue sorted - I am no good with technology!!

But I'm looking forward to reading all about your trip! :joyfull:

amjt660 · Jan 13, 2018

Tuvalu said:
If you click the Attach Files box, you should get a “Photo Library” option. Click on it and it will bring up your photos. Then click the photos you want to add to your post (each post can have a maximum of 10 photos) and click “Done.” The photos will download to the bottom of the text box.

You can use the Airdrop feature on your phones to transfer pictures from one device to the other.

However this means you must use the phone (or an iPad) to do your trip reporting.

Hope this helps.

Thanks @Tuvalu
I will have to go direct from phone to this report
When I try to get my phone pics to my laptop it only “sees”about 2% of them
I prefer to type on my laptop so I will probably type up a post and then add the pics afterfrom the phone
Twice as much work

If you think I have spelling and grammar errors now you do not want me to use my phone only!!

Max

Tuvalu · Jan 13, 2018

With this new format, it takes me twice as long to compose a post on my iPad. I totally get your frustration.

ajrwdwgirl · Jan 13, 2018

I'm looking forward to this!

Kiwiduck · Jan 14, 2018

amjt660 said:
Thanks @Tuvalu
I will have to go direct from phone to this report
When I try to get my phone pics to my laptop it only “sees”about 2% of them
I prefer to type on my laptop so I will probably type up a post and then add the pics afterfrom the phone
Twice as much work

If you think I have spelling and grammar errors now you do not want me to use my phone only!!

Max

Do you have a macbook? I have only recently discovered that you can airdrop to a mac as well after it took almost two weeks for my photos to get from my iPad to my computer through the cloud. I hate doing trip reports on my iDevices.

amjt660 · Jan 14, 2018

RedNoseMickey said:
I am so happy you started this trip report! I can't wait to read about your adventures.
I'm sorry but I know nothing about IPhones so can't help.

Adventure details to follow (at a slower than usual pace)

LadyBelle said:
I’m in for this trip!

dddisney said:
Looking forward to reading your report.

TheMouseFan said:
Yay! Can't wait to hear about your trip!!

Thank you to all of you for joining in!

becca_ said:
Hope you get the picture issue sorted - I am no good with technology!!

But I'm looking forward to reading all about your trip!

I am usually okay with tech but this one has me stumped how I can see all the pics on the phone but the transfer to the laptop cuts out almost all of them.
Thank you for following

Tuvalu said:
With this new format, it takes me twice as long to compose a post on my iPad. I totally get your frustration.

I am not digging this new format
I tried to copy my Tag All post from my other report and the formatting went haywire.
Not cool

ajrwdwgirl said:
I'm looking forward to this!

I figured you would want to follow along!

Kiwiduck said:
Do you have a macbook? I have only recently discovered that you can airdrop to a mac as well after it took almost two weeks for my photos to get from my iPad to my computer through the cloud. I hate doing trip reports on my iDevices.

I do not have a MacBook or ipad so I am struggling

So if you see a post with just text just give it a few minutes
I will edit it on my phone and attach the pictures.

Max

amjt660 · Jan 14, 2018

Day 1 - Thursday Nov 16
So for those that do not know me I am a resident of Waterloo, Ontario Canada.
A 3 hour drive to Detroit, 2 hours to Buffalo and 1.5 hours to downtown Toronto.

My flight left just after noon so my pickup was around 9am (1 hour drive to Toronto Pearson Airport)
Good news was a direct flight to Shanghai on Air Canada
(and better news was Business Class the whole way - thank you Toyota!!)

After a few movies and attempt at sleep I woke up to see the mountains over Russia.

Flight path was almost over the top of the world.

Landed around 4:30pm local time (13 hour time difference) so the flight worked out to approx. 14 hours.

Immigration at Shanghai was as to be expected (slow)

Travelling to Shanghai can be done without a Travel Visa if you stay in the city for less than 6 days and that you have a connecting flight to a foreign country after staying.
So for me I stayed for about 46 hours and flew to Japan so it worked.
You cannot fly from Canada, stay for 6 days and fly back to Canada.
It works for US, British and quite a few other countries in the world.

So I got in the wrong line, then waited for almost an hour to talk to the person at the window, then they had to check all flight info.
Total time was about 75 min.
In the big picture it was better than spending around 160 Cdn for a visa

Next step : Find a cab to SDL!!

12in12 · Jan 14, 2018

I was wondering if you got a visa, thanks for explaining it.

amjt660 · Jan 14, 2018

RedNoseMickey said:
I was wondering if you got a visa, thanks for explaining it.

This is the information I used to confirm my ability to travel without a visa
It states 72 hours which is the rule for Beijing but Shanghai has opened it up to 144 hours.

Near the bottom it states which countries are able to use this exemption program

1) You must be a Citizens from one of the 45 countries (including Canada) in the 72-hour Transit Visa Exemption Program;
2) You must be a Canadian national / foreign national with a valid Canadian passport / international traveling document, and air ticket for a connecting flight with confirmed date of flight and seat for a third country or region traveling within 72 hours; and
3) You must be flying into and out of the Capital Airport of Beijing, or Pudong or Hongqiao Airports of Shanghai, or others, (see complete list above) to a third country.
This applies to Canadians and the following nationalities: Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, and Switzerland; Russia, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Cyprus, Bulgaria, Romania and Ukraine; United States, Brazil, Mexico, Argentina, and Chile; Australia, and New Zealand; Korea, Japan, Singapore, Brunei, United Arab Emirates, and Qatar.

Hope this helps anyone out there considering a short trip to the main cities in China.

Max

amjt660 · Jan 14, 2018

Day 1 cont'd
So after getting through customs and baggage I found myself a taxi service to get to the hotel
I realized later in the weekend that I overpaid for what I got.
Arrival at my hotel was after dark so I took a view pictures checking into the Toy Story hotel
More pictures will follow as I go through the phone
Since the park only opened in July 2016 the hotel is new and in good shape.
Check in was easy and I headed up to my room.
The theming was great - I was in the Woody section (the other side was Buzz)