Tokyo Disney planning help

[GrimGrinningGuy]

I tried to compile a VP a couple of times yesterday just to try to get a ballpark price and found it so overwhelming and tedious. (We are DVC with AP'S since 2006 and this Tokyo stuff is just BONKERS!) While in Asia we would also like to visit at least one other of the Asia parks (if not both) if we can figure it all out. The more I think about planning Tokyo the more I think we should skip the VP as it's too stressful and we will have fixed dates.

I did this a few weeks ago also. It took forever to click everything and was super slow, I just wanted to see the total prices to compare. If you want my info I can type it out I printed like 4 pages ha

The new package that stats this week is exactly what I need now though of course. So I haven’t priced that out but I assume it’s the same as the other 3 day one

 

[Mackenzie Click-Mickelson]

If you think planning is too stressful, wait until you go into the parks without a VP.* Keep practicing, you'll get it. Lesser people have, after all. Good luck!

*Yes, it can be done, but it removes 90% of the anxiety when you have that unlimited (I presume) Priority Pass.

I dunno the anxiety of trying to book a package on their website in the fiercest of competition is pretty high. Honestly, in various threads I've seen a lot of people make other people so anxious about touring Disney in Tokyo without a vacation package that it's kinda sad. It can be stressful because it's a different country and set up for their culture and some things do function differently there but that doesn't mean someone has to get a vacation package. Their website is notorious for not being the easiest for navigation. For some people trying to book the exact time they will eat and the exact time they will ride a certain ride can add stress that they didn't really want to deal with and yes it is a really slow and really clunky process known to have issues actually paying for it with an out of the country credit card.

We toured the parks when getting into Fantasy Springs was highly competitive and were still okay. The rest of the parks were fine in touring...honestly..it's okay not to have a vacation package. It works out well enough for tourists willing to purchase DPA since the Asian population is more okay waiting in line. Touring with a vacation package may be just what someone wants but touring without one is okay too.

 

[mathgeek]

Have any of you guys also done the parks in Hong Kong and / or Shanghai? Are they as difficult to figure out as Tokyo is? I have not started any research on them yet until we decide on a cruise. My head is already exploding over Tokyo.

I did all 3 in one trip, but someone else planned it. But I went back to TDR by myself and booked 4 nights hotel only at Ambassador, which had happy entry at the time (which helped a lot in TDS), but since I had just been there 6 months earlier I was fine not getting on everything I'd done the previous trip. I also booked that only 2 months out b/c I'd changed up a trip so I could go for Duffy's 20th.

This summer I'm doing 5 nights at TDR, hopefully booking hotel only at Ambassador again. Then 3 nights at HKDL staying at Explorers. HKDL is a lot more similar to the US parks, so it's easy to navigate. I may go back to Shanghai someday, but only with a travel buddy bc of anxiety getting in and out of the country.