Written in July 2016
Part 7 of our °o° Shanghai Disneyland Diary.
Who's the leader of the club? That's made for you and me! M-I-C-K-E-Y M-O-U-S-E!!! At last! We met Mickey in Shanghai Disneyland! It was a great honour to see you Mickey o Pal! *warm hugs* What's that Mickey? There are more friends coming over? Ok now! Who else we will be meeting later on? Tarzan and Jane, King Louie, Kylo Ren and RD2D! OMG! That's fantastic!! *kayenoughwiththeselamejokes*
INDEX
Not fancy of long words? You can read our short summary here 1|2|3|4 and full index here 5.Hop on the Magic Train and jump to specific parts of the post that you wish to read. by clicking [Choo Choo] ヽ(✪‿✪○)ﾉ.+ﾟ*｡:ﾟ+ before the sub-title.
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Shanghai Disneyland Travelogue Pt.7
[Choo Choo] 20. Meeting Mickey
[Choo Choo] 21. Tarzan Call of the Jungle
[Choo Choo] 22a. Buzz Lightyear
[Choo Choo] 22b. Stargazer Grill
[Choo Choo] 23. Starwars Launch Bay
(For full index list, click here)
20. MEETING MICKEY!
Other than completing our magical passport, we realized we haven't met Mickey Mouse! Gosh, golly gee!! (✱°⌂°✱) Instead of heading to Mickey Mouse right away, we went to have a toilet break and touch up our makeup. *girls* We also bought another Oswald's ears since YeeVon didn't have one and oh, we received 2 PACK OF FREE ICE from the Cast Member/ Aid Center!! What a lifesaver from the heat!
MICKEY MOUSE [10/10]Excited Level: ★★★ | Our Wait Time: appx. 15 mins
Back to Meeting Mickey at Garden of Imagination. We entered an enchanted gallery that exhibits many art collections of Mickey Mouse. (damn he sure has a lot of pictures of himself)
The gallery is also part of the queuing line, entertaining queue because the gallery moves and dances, it wasn't long before our turn to meet Mickey Mouse, where we get our "mouseterpiece" photo! Hot Diggity Dog.
Remember, these are all digital photo frames.
There's lots more where that came from!
Mickey is wearing in Blue instead of his classic Red pants, with a watercolour painted backdrop of the SHDL castle! Love the backdrop srsly! The interaction is quick since he is a very busy Mouse! Unlike other characters, we always feel a little honour to meet Mickey! He is like the King of the park, he even got his own pavilion to himself!
Our picture with Mickey!! Does it look like a mouse-terpiece?
*as you can tell, we look awfully weird, editing can't save the photo*
21. TARZAN CALL OF THE JUNGLE
We decided to escape the summer heat and hide under the trees in Tarzan Call of the Jungle show. On our journey to the jungle, we grab some Donald ice cream, met King Louie and get our passport stamped at Camp Discovery! We always end up at Adventure Isle! HAHA!
Oh, oobee doo! I wanna be like you-ou-u!
Upon entering, we were greeted with a huge cubic cloth with Tarzan logo, the seating was arranged in a u-shape and majority of the middle seats are taken by the early birds.
TARZAN : CALL OF THE JUNGLE [7/10]Entertainment Level: ★★☆ | Our Wait Time: appx. 25 mins
Swing along with Tarzan, Jane and his gorilla friends in this acrobatic version of the story.
With an Asian mix, it’s a show you couldn’t take your eyes off. It was brilliant to use acrobatic since Tarzan is a tree-swinging legend who performs in the air.
Despite the show being in full mandarin, the story was told very clearly and epically with their body language. The movements are big and bold, and their stunts are heart-stopping. Sadly, there isn’t any live singing, but it was still worth the time and heat.
Well, kudos to the cast behind this live performing show and thank you for giving us an incredible act! There is few live performing shows in the park, and we completely forgot about the Pirate stunt for the second time! Many say it is amazing too! Hoping to watch that in the future.
22. TOMORROWLAND : BUZZ LIGHTYEAR, STARGAZER GRILL
It was drizzling once we came out from the live show, it lasted a while, there are no heavy rains like the day before. *Thank God* Our time here in the park has been pretty hectic so far, so we spent the rest of our time leisurely, continue our passport book, “shopping” and do whatever it comes in mind.
Heading left, we walked to Tomorrowland! We passed by Buzz Lightyear Planet Rescue with an only 5-minute queue and immediately went for it. The line went quickly, similar to HKDL. Dashing through the line, we managed to get these blurry shots of the queue. *laughs*
BUZZ LIGHTYEAR PLANET RESCUE [7/10]
Fun Level: ★★☆ | Our Wait Time: appx. 5 mins
A dark 2-rider shooting game through the star command to help Buzz in his battle of defeating Zurg. Grab a laser gun and fire the “Z” targets around you, each targets gets a score so shoots like there’s no tomorrow! Pew! Pew! Pew! ψ( ` ∇ ´ )ψ
Honestly, what makes this ride so much fun is that it’s interactive! Another bonus you get is you could compete with your friends, but don't fight! It’s only a game. The Buzz Lightyear ride all share the same concept with other parks around the world, although some, may have a different way of shooting Zurg, depending on what kind of "technology" used.
We’ve only experienced Hong Kong's version, it “felt” the same but the layout/interior designs are slightly different. A deep analysis is needed to compare which is better, but for now, HK and SHDL were equally fun. *Updates: On March 3, 2017, Disney announced that the ride will be closing and would be replaced with an Ant-Man themed attraction making this to be the second Marvel-themed ride at Hong Kong Disneyland. The ride closed on August 31, 2017. (Source: Wikipedia)*
STARGAZER GRILL [7/10]
Food: 5/10 | Service: 10/10 | Environment: 7/10
It's almost Mandarin and guess what? We haven't had lunch yet (or even breakfast). To fill our tummy, we grab a bite at Stargazer Grill, a futuristic burger joint in Tomorrowland.
Both of us got the same dish, a Barbeque Pork burger (75 yuan ) just because we rarely had the chance to eat it PORK BURGER in Malaysia! I'm sorry Malaysia. The set also came with fries and soft drinks.
The burger is excellent, the only downside was, they used minced pork instead of patty! AAAHHHH! *disappointed* That also explains the low food rating we gave above. Also, we ordered a China brand soft drinks for a change, totally no idea what it is, yet tastes surprisingly good. As for our fries, they are still... salty. Hence, 5/10...
In case you couldn't see what's in the menu above. Stargazer has 5 different burger sets and 2 Kids meal. Basic sets are Cheese Burger (80 yuan), Si Chuan Chicken Burger (75 yuan), Fish Fillet Burger (75 yuan), BBQ Pork Burger (75 yuan) and Crispy Fried Chicken - not a burger (75 yuan)! HAHA!
23. STAR WARS LAUNCH BAY
In completion of our Magical Passport, we went to Star Wars Launch Bay.We gonna be brutally honest and let y'all know we have not watched any Star Wars movie throughout our life. The Launch Bay was rather "hidden" in Tomorrowland, without the magical passport, we doubt we even drop by to this place and be introduced to the world of Star Wars. Luckily we did.
You’ll need to walk behind Buzz Lightyear, follow the only path to find it, the music changes when you are in the "zone." It completely changes the mood and felt like you are in the galaxy far far away ~
STAR WARS LAUNCH BAY [5/10]Fun Level: ★☆☆ | Our Wait Time: appx. 0 mins
May your Force awaken and may the Force be with you always.
The building is similar to Marvel Universel; it's pretty much a showcase of Star Wars characters and props. I think there is no attraction *correct me if we're wrong* Only photo spots and meet and greet. It was pretty informative for a Star Wars newbie like us.
Located just inside Star Wars Launch Bay, You find Imperial Trading Station, a store selling only star wars themed merchandise. You can even create your own Lightsaberssss!!
We met Kylo Ren. (very clueless who he was, but now we do!)
He is speaking in Mandarin and talking about ruling the world or some sort, we played along regardless we understand each other or not.
He does have this strong ego and scary gesture with his hand. Or I could say, he's the only villain we meet in the park. We unleash our inner villain while interacting with him, pretty entertaining and...satisfying.*evil grin* Also, I gotta admit, his voice is darn cool.
On the other side of the launch bay, we met R2D2! Accompanied by the pilot, who does all the interacting. R2D2 is a nice photo opportunity.
Another great thing about StarWars Launch Bay was there are not many people, so you can freely check out all the cool things here at ease! *Also another good place to hide from the rain and heat*
Credits: Buzz Lightyear : FiratsPixels DA || R2D2: j4smini DA
Other Pixels: pixel-soup.tumblr.com ; pixels--galore.tumblr.com || Kaomoji: japaneseemoticons.me
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