Hello from our room in Toy Story Hotel
Hi there, g' day everyone!
We have been writing our SHDL summary 3 parts now, and it's going well...I guess. (*^‿^*). This post is the 4th part of our °o° Shanghai Disneyland (SHDL) brief overview/summary where we list down our ten days park itinerary a.k.a our timetable.
We thanked you for reading and following our story this far. The following SHDL post that we will be posting after this will be our SHDL’s travelogue.
We will separate this overview into few parts. (please click the link to read)
A) Preparation before your trip
B) Information before you enter the park
C) Welcome to Shanghai Disneyland!
D) Brief summary of our Adventure
* // DISCLAIMER: All information we share in this blog is based on our personal experiences during our visit to Shanghai Disneyland in June 2016. Information we share might changed / not be accurate during the time of your visit. We advise our reader to use our information as a basic guideline/ for references only. We are not associated with Walt Disney Company and any other entertainment company. All characters are belong to Disney. All photographs (unless otherwise stated) contained on this site are our own, taken by us (fattybunbun.blogspot.com). This means that we reserve the rights to all photos taken and posted by us. The purpose of this blog is to document and share our Disney experience with the readers.//*
Part D: Brief summary of our Adventure (Timetable)
Today post is just a simple itinerary of our 2D1N Disney adventure. Like we said earlier, the following SHDL post that we will be posting after this will be our SHDL’s travelogue, or we like to call it, our Dairy with an even detailed timeline and of course more photos!
DAY 01
- Woke up at 4am, get dressed and proceed to check out our budget hotel in Shanghai.- At 5am, we took a taxi to Shanghai Disney Resort. (Taxi fare : 80 RMB)
- Check in to Toy Story hotel and drop our baggage at the baggage counter.
- We took the free shuttle bus from Toy Story hotel to Shanghai Disneyland.
- The 1st shuttle bus arrives at 7am.
- Had a short walk from the shuttle bus station to SHDL entrance.
- Guests are already queuing in front of the entrance. (Estimate 300 peoples)
- Gates open at 8:30am, we proceed to the security check. (Guest with no bags are allowed to enter 1st)
- Arrive at the ticket counter, we showed our passport and booking reservation.
- The cast member printed our park tickets on the spot.
- Continue a second round of queuing under the clock tower inside the park.
- The park open at 9am. (We're allowed to enter at 8:40am)
Belle in Shanghai Disneyland. She is so beautiful (♡ﾟ▽ﾟ♡)
Activities of the day in chronical orders.
- 8:40am : Adventure Isle & Treasure Cove:
- 1 person get fast passes for Soaring over the Horizon.
- 1 person queue for Pirates of the Caribbean - 8:50am : Treasure Cove:
- Pirates of the Caribbean ride; merchandise store
- Shipwreck Shore - Kids playground
- Meet Captain Jack Sparrow
- Witness a live Pirate play/show around the area
- Bought our Magic Passport at a Merchandise Kiosk - 9:50am : Mickey Avenue:
- Whistle Store Shop & Meet Duffy
- Avenue M Arcade – bought our Disney Ears
- Meet Daisy, Pluto & Goofy
- Sweetheart Confectionery Shop: Meet Minnie
- Deposit our item in the Locker Rentals
- Took a photo with Walt Disney statue in front of the castle - 11:05am : Adventure Isle:
- Happy Circle – Meet Timon
- Fastpass ride: Soaring over the Horizon
- Laughing Monkey Traders – window shopping & magic passport stamp - 12:00pm : Marvel Universe:
- Meet Spiderman, Captain America & took photos
- Learn to draw Marvel Character (Iron Man) in Marvel Comic Academy - 1:10pm : Fantasyland
- Visit Enchanted Storybook castle (1st time)
- Meet Belle
- Grab Peter Pan flight fast passes at guest service
- Lunch at Tangled Tree Tavern
- Watch Frozen : A Sing-Along Celebration
- Fastpass ride: Peterpan Flight
- Meet Captain Hook
- 100-acre woods, Meet Winnie The Pooh - 4:00pm : Tomorrowland
- Watch the 4:30pm Parade
- Rode TRON LIGHTCYCLE POWER RUN !!!
- We were separated with dead phone battery and got… lost……
- 1 waited at locker rentals in Mickey Avenue
- 1 went to Disney downtown
- Reunite at Locker Rentals - 6:10pm : Gardens of Imagination
- Took picture with the castle by Photopass Photographer
- Visit Garden of the Twelve Friends - Chinese Zodiac walls - 6:32pm : Fantasyland
- Alice in the Wonderland maze
- Visit the Enchanted Storybook castle (2nd time)
- Meet RAPUNZEL !!! - 7:00pm : Gardens of Imagination
- 7:30pm, Decide to wait and watch the fireworks here
- 8:30pm, Watch Ignite the Dream fireworks show. - 9:10pm : Mickey Avenue
- Last shopping in Avenue M Arcade shop
- Withdraw our bags from the Locker Rentals.
- We leave Shanghai Disneyland about 9:40pm and took the free shuttle bus back to Toy Story Hotel.
- We Redeem our luggage bag and our Toy Story room key which is very cute!
- Took gazillion of photos of our room, shower and have a good night rest.
- END OF DAY 1! (∪｡∪)｡｡｡zzZ
DAY 02
- Woke up at 5am, got dressed, hair & makeup done and proceed to check out Toy Story hotel.- Drop our baggage at the baggage counter (will return to the hotel at night)
- Stroll around Toy Story hotel, have a closer look at the hotel & took few photos
- Grab the free shuttle bus at 7:30am.
- Arrive at SHDL shuttle bus station and repeat the same procedure from day 1.
- But this time we decide to have one person to get all the bags 1st.
- Person A had all the bags, Peron B will be empty handed.
- Person A with the bag will proceed to security check and will deposit bags.
- Person B with no bags enter the park 1stand head to Tomorrowland.
- For day 2, you'll still need to queue at the ticket counter and scan your ticket you bought on day 1, no passport or reservation needed.
Inside Enchanted Storybook Castle
Activities of the day in chronical orders.
(We seems like going back and forth to many places during Day 2, we’re trying to complete our magic passport)
- 8:36am : Mickey Avenue
- Drop bags at Locker Rental
- Lucky Express merchandise Kiosk to buy Oswald merchandise
- Reunite at Fantasyland - 8:45am : Tomorrowland
- Grab fast passes for TRON: Lightcycle Power Run - 8:51am : Fantasyland
- Visit the Enchanted Storybook Castle (1st time)
- Have a look at the attraction “Once a Upon a time adventure”
- Saw Cinderella
-9:45am, grab another fastpass at the guest service for 7 Dwarfs Mine Train - 10:00am : Tomorrowland
- Fastpass Ride : TRON : Lightcycle Power Run
(Our FP return time is 9:45am-10:45am) - 11:00am : Fantasyland
- Fastpass ride : 7 Dwarfs Mine Train
(Our FP return time is 10:25am - 11:25am) - 11:20am : Adventure Isle
- Bought corn-dogs & drinks at a food kiosk
- Deposit our cameras & bag in the locker next to the ride (free for 3 hours)
- Queue for Roaring Rapids, our longest queue for both days
- Ride Roaring Rapids
- The weather is really hot…. - Mickey Avenue
- Lucky express merchandise kiosk
- First Aid (One of the Cast members took us here to have ice packs cause we’re so hot) - 1:25pm : Gardens of Imagination
- Toilet break & bumped into the Mickey's Storybook Express parade
- Meet Mickey Mouse !! - 2:00 pm : Adventure Isle
- Bought Ice Cream from food Kiosk
- Took photos of the surroundings
- Meet King Louie (The monkey King)
- Camp Discovery (we didn’t try)
- Tarzan : call of the Jungle (to kill the heat) - 3:15pm : Mickey Avenue :
- Whistlestop shop & Meet Duffy
- Bumped into Janitor drawing Mickey on the floor
- Meet Pluto - 3:42pm : Gardens of Imagination
- Took photo with the castle (again) - 4:00pm : Tomorrowland
- Ride Buzz Lightyear Planet Rescue
- Intergalactic Imports shop - window shopping
- Had late lunch in Stargazer Grill
- StarWars Launch Bay - Meet Kylo Ren, RD-D2 & a Pilot - 5:50pm : Fantasyland
- 100 Acre goods shop - window shopping & magic passport
- Ride Voyage to the Crystal Grotto
- Visit Enchanted Storybook castle (2nd time)
- Mickey & Minnie’s Mercantile shop & Be our guest Boutique - window shopping & magic passport - Tomorrowland
- Club Destin – E (Night performance, dance dance & Dance!!)
- Took night photo of Tomorrowland! Super pretty! - 7:30pm : Mickey Avenue
- Wait & watch Fireworks in a closer distance
- Whistle Stop Shop (buy merch., receive badge and final stamp for completing our passport)
- Withdraw our bags from the Locker Rental
- Say goodbye to Shanghai Disneyland with....a....heavy....heart......(ಥ﹏ಥ) - Disney Town
- World of Disney Store – buy merch. for the last time.
- We rushed back to the shuttle bus station to return to Toy Story Hotel.
- Retrieve our baggage and grab a cab in front of the hotel lobby, there's a cab service there.
- Leave Shanghai Disney Resort to Pudong International Airport (Taxi fare: RMB 120)
- Goodbye Shanghai.....(ಥ﹏ಥ)
- END OF DAY 2 !
We flew back from Shanghai to Malaysia at 1:00am, and safely arrive in Malaysia around 7am the next day. It was so hard to say goodbye to Shanghai Disneyland, we have created such wonderful memories in this magical place!
Meeting my fellow dawgie friends.
Before we end this post, we will like to give few short comments on our thoughts of our trip.
A month before our trip to SHDL, we asked few of our Disney Friends in Malaysia if they would like to join us in this adventure, we even said the Hotel was on us! But, the feedbacks we receive from them are: -
"China is the most populated country in the world! The place definitely gonna be pack, you won't able to get nice photos, you won't be able to play any rides, they are such a "overly-friendly" people, they are rude, they will pee & poo everywhere, it's gonna be a disaster."
Complains complains and complains.
We wonder why a "Disney fan" would ever think it that way when they have not been to Shanghai Disneyland yet. Yes, we do understand some of em' (you know who you are) have encountered some rude mainland Chinese and had bad experiences in China/Malaysia and those who are concerns with our safety. I'm not going to lie, we saw photos of the park once the metro was open for the public and we were worried.
Then again, do we feel burdened by this? No, we weren't. In fact, it never was. Disney always holds a special place deep inside of our heart and we wouldn't want to miss this fantastic opportunity!
Despite all the negative comments we receive, we were still very excited to go to Shanghai Disneyland, and we're somewhat relieved that our SHDL experiences went well. Sure we do encounter a few negatives one that we wrote in PART C, but it was not on our nerves and we don't tend to focus so much on the negative side.
It was not our intention (that our pictures prove something to em') but the place was spotless, well organized and filled with friendly cast members! or maybe we're just VERY VERY LUCKY (Oswald is surely lucky, always happy) that we didn't encounter many of the bad behavior they mention above.
The Disney magic was still alive everywhere in the park, and it did not lose its pixie dust!
So, we would like to say to all who thought Shanghai Disneyland is a TERRIBLE place to go; we could proudly say that IT WAS NOT as terrible horrible vegetable as you may have thought!
If you have been to Disneyland in Japan or Hong Kong and love it, why not give Shanghai a try? We do RECOMMEND our friends to visit Shanghai Disneyland, and trust me you gonna' have a magical day there!
Till then.
Signing off,
Fattybunbun 🐾
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