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

Hello to All
Welcome to my Trip Report to Japan and China!!

As per previous trips to the Orient this is a business trip with a few leisure detours along the way

The trip was from Nov 16 - Dec 9

It will include a visit of Shanghai Disneyland, and two weekend adventures to Hiroshima and Osaka.

I hope you enjoy the ride as much as I did.

Max

PS
I am really struggling with my pictures for this TR. (this is one of many reasons why it has taken my so long to start it)
All pictures are from my iPhone 7 and my work phone (also a 7)
Every since I updated my iOS I cannot extract pictures from it.
I am trying to email them to myself and they are too big to download.
If anyone has advice please send it.

 

[amjt660]

Missed this one in my last post

Back to Buzz - I scored high for me but the ride stopped a couple of times so it is not legit
They had different value targets but they looked similar to each other

Not the best ride pic for sure

Next up was Launch Bay
It was almost empty - tucked away at the back behind Tron it does not get a lot of foot traffic

Met Kylo, Darth and the Droids with almost no wait.

 

[amjt660]

Launch Bay cont’d

Stay cool Han

The Falcon cockpit looked cheap - hoping the WDW and DLR versions are much better

Shopping in the store

My favorite droid (not a meet and greet like HKDL unfortunately)

Next up : TRON!!

 

[ajrwdwgirl]

I like all the pictures so far but meeting C3PO and R2D2 would be really fun.

 

[Matt and Kelly]

Brief TR interruption

How bout them Eagles!!

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HA! Congrats to your Eagles...Here's to history repeating itself next Sunday

#GoPats

 

[amjt660]

Day 2 Tron
So this was my chance to get a glimpse at the future of the Magic Kingdom.

Architecturally speaking they the exterior is impressive

Wait time was high but I did single rider so it was closer to 30 min.

Start of rant:

And this is when it happened.
The thing I had read about and had prepared myself for.
I was standing in this line...

I was looking down at my park map
The person in front of my moved up.
I did not
The person behind me brush past me - making contact with me - and took my spot
In a line with ropes on each side (switchback)
I did not pause long - maybe 30 seconds.

It is the culture I am told - but to me it is still rude
Later in the day at Pirates I literally had to have one hand on the rope and one against the wall to stop a guy from pushing past me.
It is crazy and not a fun experience to have to hold your ground.
I have heard parties locking arms together in lines to stop it from happening.

End of rant

The interior of the queue was cool

Single rider line

Instruction video

 

[amjt660]

I like all the pictures so far but meeting C3PO and R2D2 would be really fun.

C3PO was talking to me in Mandarin but it was still cool

 

[Snayberry]

Tron looks sick!

 

[PacNWTigger]

I'm looking forward to Tron coming to WDW. It will give me yet another excuse to go visit once it's complete! It looks amazing!!

 

[amjt660]

Day 2 Tron cont’d
The loading area

The not so good ride photo

The gift shop

Back outside this is the ride vehicle setup outside to test/trial
As you lean forward you push the handles up and that lowers the back restraint.
The girl is sitting properly - the boy is not leaning in far enough

Shots from the outdoor portion of the ride

 

[Tuvalu]

Are there corkscrews or inversions?

 

[fractal]

Tron coaster looks awesome!

 

[Lyssa]

Thanks for the pictures The Tron coaster looks amazing and I can't wait til it comes to MK, and I just love seeing pictures from Disney Parks around the world and your selfie skills are way better than mine

 

[Swissmiss]

I can't believe I've only just seen your TR Max. At least I made before the end . Love the hotel - I am a big Toy Story fan too. Also love the fountain picture (I think it was at park entrance?).

And yes, you should come back to DLP sometime

 

[amjt660]

Day 2 cont’d
More pics from outside

Final thoughts on the Tron Coaster

It was smooth and fast with big arcing turns and just plain fun ride

No loops or corkscrews - similar to the roller coaster portion of The Mummy ride in Cali.

The ride vehicle body position is a little awkward and I think I tensed up during part of the ride.
The result was minor chest pain.
For that reason I only rode once because I did not want to spoil the rest of my day
I guess my second ride will have to wait for the Flordia version.

This ride will be extremely popular at WDW because of not having upside down it will be available to many guests.

Max

 

[amjt660]

Day 2 cont’d
Some more views of Tomorrow land

Stopped for a quick lunch (burger and fries)

Rotating rocket ride that I passed on.

Lots of room for expansion!!

Marvel Meet and Greet area
It was getting busy so I did a quick walk through only

 

[LadyBelle]

Day 2 cont’d
More pics from outside
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Oh, I’m getting less excited about this....

 

[amjt660]

Tron looks sick!

Total agreement
Great ride and visually stunning outside/queue and ride itself

I'm looking forward to Tron coming to WDW. It will give me yet another excuse to go visit once it's complete! It looks amazing!!

Amazing for sure - but do you really need an excuse to go?

Are there corkscrews or inversions?

No - just smooth and quick

Tron coaster looks awesome!

Totally dude!!

Thanks for the pictures The Tron coaster looks amazing and I can't wait til it comes to MK, and I just love seeing pictures from Disney Parks around the world and your selfie skills are way better than mine

My selfie skills are improving but are not great
I usually am too focused and forget to smile on the first attempt
The one I post are usually attempt 2 or 3!!!

I can't believe I've only just seen your TR Max. At least I made before the end . Love the hotel - I am a big Toy Story fan too. Also love the fountain picture (I think it was at park entrance?).

And yes, you should come back to DLP sometime

Not close to be doing done so you are just fine!!
The fountain is at the front of the park
My pictures are OK - a bright sunny day would make them look a lot better though
No such luck

Oh, I’m getting less excited about this....

No worries - you will be fine!!

Max

 

[newhorizons1]

I definitely plan on venturing to Hong Kong and Shanghai, so I’ll keep your Visa info in mind. We actually plan on traveling to Japan next whenever we do go.

I really like the wallpaper in your Toy Story themed room. An obvious touch but still a nice one!

Great job completing all Disney parks! I just have Shanghai and Hong Kong to go!

I haven’t done much research into the culture of visiting the parks in China, but I have to say the pushing past others in line surprises me. Japan was not like that at all! Paris was, but I expected that.

 

[Matt and Kelly]

Wow!! The tron coaster looks amazing!

 

[blreinsel]

You're making me reconsider my choice of honeymoon destination with this TR. SDL looks AMAZING!!!