Paris was better than Japan for sure. But still some places with bad issues. Mostly the restaurants. Walt's was particularly bad. There was one person there that spoke some English, and that was about it. C'mon, it's WALT'S for crying out loud!
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Just letting you know that the Shanghai Disney hotels I managed to book on April 1st actually did get charged from my card. But the tickets I booked in the night of the 28th still didn't. Everything still shows as confirmed on the website. I am not too bothered since it says confirmed and even if there is a problem with the tickets, as on-site hotel guests we should have the guarantee to be able to buy new tickets.
We should brace ourselves for culture shock and language barriers at Shanghai Disneyland. That's part of the experience though .
I hit a LOT if parks in Japan, and Disneyland truly was one of the worst, as far as talking to someone in English. I lucked out and noticed one girl by mansion switched to English as I walked by, and I picked her brain for 5 minutes. Even guest services spoke little English. I was pretty shocked
Similar at Paris, and even more shocking with a Eurostar from London going right to the park daily.
We should brace ourselves for culture shock and language barriers at Shanghai Disneyland. That's part of the experience though .
Our charges went through but I don't see anything when I long into the SDL website. Are any of you seeing your reservations when you log in?
Is the park actually open yet? I've heard people are able to buy their tickets and go already? Is it a soft opening or something?
It won't open for about two months. June 16th I believe.
Super excited, but will feel much better with the comforts of knowing I'd be sharing the experience with similarly-cultured Americans.
I can't believe how quickly tickets for Opening Day sold out, yet there are still tickets left for the 17th, 18th and 19th. I would have expected most people who were attending Opening Day to spend more than one day at the park! I'm expecting the 18th to sell out next, being the first weekend day that the park will be open.
Couple of thoughts: (1) There will be loads of extra Disney staff on the opening day who will use up the park capacity (even though not members of the ticketed public), who will just be there for that one day (e.g. Bob Iger and his entourage). (2) Maybe some people who actually live in Shanghai will have booked just for the opening day itself, for the experience, and will book more days some other time, when all the (inevitable) initial teething problems have been resolved!
Less than 2 months away from DisneyAsia1.0, and wondering if any DISers will be in either TokyoDl (Monday June21st-Wednesday June22nd) or ShDLR (Sunday June26th-Tuesday June28th). Super excited, but will feel much better with the comforts of knowing I'd be sharing the experience with similarly-cultured Americans.