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Yes, we do have 4 Disney days in Tokyo - 2 days for each park.
I now have most stuff finalised, we are staying in 6 different hotels over the 3 weeks, 3 in the first week alone! I have hotels booked for the Disney bit of Tokyo (offsite), the main bit of Tokyo, and the Hiroshima bit. Then 3 nights at the Disney Hollywood Hotel in Hong Kong, followed by another 3 nights at a cheaper one in Kowloon (Sheraton). And I also have the one in Singapore booked.
So all that is left now is to think about transportation from airports to hotels.
This is a very complicated trip!
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Congrats on sorting the details! I loved Singapore when I was there. I recommend visiting "Little India", a primarily Tamil enclave. It's very very India. Neat places to visit are the giant gold jewelry shops, and of course the little eateries that serve your food onto banana leaves instead of plates.
Another place we visited was an area known for cloth. DH got an amazing Malasian batik shirt while we were there.
Congrats on sorting the details! I loved Singapore when I was there. I recommend visiting "Little India", a primarily Tamil enclave. It's very very India. Neat places to visit are the giant gold jewelry shops, and of course the little eateries that serve your food onto banana leaves instead of plates.
Another place we visited was an area known for cloth. DH got an amazing Malasian batik shirt while we were there.
My DH lived and worked in Singapore for over a year about 17 years ago, (before we met), and we have visited it together on a couple of occasions since, so we are familiar with Little India - it is an amazing place, the temples are absolutely stunning and welcome anyone who wants to go in just for a look around!
We also know the clothing area well too, we have both had beautiful clothing hand made for us before - I have the most beautiful red satin jacket and black skirt, which fit like a dream, and were shockingly cheap to have made too.
We are really excited now!
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Just seeing this now. Awesome! How are the plans coming along?
Any experience with Hong Kong?
Trip plans haven't really moved on since I last posted, we have most stuff in place now and our partners-in-crime for the Japan portion have been busy going to WDW, so we left them to it for a couple of weeks! I think my dad is most impressed that we are going to Hiroshima, but we are most excited about the new-to-us Disney parks. I can't wait to get there!
We have no experience of either Japan or Hong Kong, only Singapore. So the first two weeks will be a learning curve/adventure for us!
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Your trip sounds amazing! I would love to travel to Asia someday, I can't wait to read your TR!
Thank you! I will definitely write a trip report for the whole trip, as we are hoping to go to Universal in Singapore, and revisit the amazing zoo and Night Safari there, plus they have a new River Cruise portion where there are PANDAS!!
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Trip plans haven't really moved on since I last posted, we have most stuff in place now and our partners-in-crime for the Japan portion have been busy going to WDW, so we left them to it for a couple of weeks! I think my dad is most impressed that we are going to Hiroshima, but we are most excited about the new-to-us Disney parks. I can't wait to get there!
Oh I cannot recommend Hiroshima enough. I think Mark was like "why are we going there?" beforehand and he absolutely loved the peace there. It's a place unlike any other we've ever visited.
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We have no experience of either Japan or Hong Kong, only Singapore. So the first two weeks will be a learning curve/adventure for us!
Thank you! I will definitely write a trip report for the whole trip, as we are hoping to go to Universal in Singapore, and revisit the amazing zoo and Night Safari there, plus they have a new River Cruise portion where there are PANDAS!!
Ooh... very interesting. Singapore is on my "one day" list (along with a lot of other places ) and that sounds fascinating.
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