GusIsaFoxhound
Earning My Ears
- Joined
- Apr 20, 2016
Hello all! My day has been and gone this week, so I hope it's of interest to anyone reading it. Remember, it's just my own views, so it's not gospel! DH and I went there on our last day in China- if anyone is interested in our trip, I will put it up on TripAdvisor under 'Nexus Holidays', but I'm into the Disney theme first!
We stayed at the Toy Story Hotel for 2 nights, 18th and 19th. We went there 3 days before and left our large suitcases and just took our overnight luggage while we were elsewhere on the weekend. That was really useful. It also gave us a practice run on using the train to get about- it's really, really easy. The free shuttle bus from the hotel takes you to the Resort/DisneyTown, or the train station. We did 3 train trips, one each on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, the last one to Disney. We were 20 minutes too early for booking in, so we got our park tickets- and I got my photo with Woody and Jessie, out in the courtyard! A bellboy came and found us when our room was ready, and brought all our gear up to the room.
Now, before we came, I'd seen photos of TSH, and felt it a bit over-the-top and much more suited to kids. In fact, the foyer is, to me, but the room, while full-on Toy Story, was really sweet, and I liked being in it. (No way would I convince DH to waste more money staying at the Disney Hotel.) The 2 double beds were comfortable, but a bit small, and the second night we slept in one bed each. The walls seem paper thin, and it sounded like our neighbour was making his own furniture- DH is a light sleeper, so he didn't like this much, but I was ok. We were on the 6th floor, and outside the window we could see the park- and at night, TRON was glowing purple and blue! Got me very excited!!
We caught the shuttle to Disney Town. It was good for us, but we felt a bit sad for the workers who were politely waiting at the doors of the restaurants hoping for customers. The place was almost deserted. Now, the Mid-Autumn Festival had just finished the day before, so perhaps a lot were there then, but if not........ it can't be good for business. We shopped in World of Disney- DH went a little crazy looking for 'Grand Opening' stuff (must think he can make money as collector's items in the future!) and we got magnets, little plush Mickey, Minnie and Pluto, Grand Opening ears, my Minnie- Emperess ears, and a few others. (DH could be right, actually- I've seen the G.O. ears on EBay from USA for about $40!) We had dinner at Wolfgang Puck- a shared meal for 180yuan of pork and rice, crumbed calamari, pepperoni pizza, and cheesecake. I don't like pork, but the calamari was absolutely delicious. It had baby octopus too, and beans, cauliflower and onions. I don't like pizza, either, but DH suggested pulling off the pepperoni and trying it as margharita. Wow, it was great! Then, the cheesecake....mmmmmmmmm!! It came with cream, strawberries and strawberry jus, and the cheesecake itself wasn't really sweet, but creamy and nice! Sorry- a bit over the top for the food description, but after more than a week of Chinese food (which doesn't really agree with me) it was so delicious!
We stayed at the Toy Story Hotel for 2 nights, 18th and 19th. We went there 3 days before and left our large suitcases and just took our overnight luggage while we were elsewhere on the weekend. That was really useful. It also gave us a practice run on using the train to get about- it's really, really easy. The free shuttle bus from the hotel takes you to the Resort/DisneyTown, or the train station. We did 3 train trips, one each on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, the last one to Disney. We were 20 minutes too early for booking in, so we got our park tickets- and I got my photo with Woody and Jessie, out in the courtyard! A bellboy came and found us when our room was ready, and brought all our gear up to the room.
Now, before we came, I'd seen photos of TSH, and felt it a bit over-the-top and much more suited to kids. In fact, the foyer is, to me, but the room, while full-on Toy Story, was really sweet, and I liked being in it. (No way would I convince DH to waste more money staying at the Disney Hotel.) The 2 double beds were comfortable, but a bit small, and the second night we slept in one bed each. The walls seem paper thin, and it sounded like our neighbour was making his own furniture- DH is a light sleeper, so he didn't like this much, but I was ok. We were on the 6th floor, and outside the window we could see the park- and at night, TRON was glowing purple and blue! Got me very excited!!
We caught the shuttle to Disney Town. It was good for us, but we felt a bit sad for the workers who were politely waiting at the doors of the restaurants hoping for customers. The place was almost deserted. Now, the Mid-Autumn Festival had just finished the day before, so perhaps a lot were there then, but if not........ it can't be good for business. We shopped in World of Disney- DH went a little crazy looking for 'Grand Opening' stuff (must think he can make money as collector's items in the future!) and we got magnets, little plush Mickey, Minnie and Pluto, Grand Opening ears, my Minnie- Emperess ears, and a few others. (DH could be right, actually- I've seen the G.O. ears on EBay from USA for about $40!) We had dinner at Wolfgang Puck- a shared meal for 180yuan of pork and rice, crumbed calamari, pepperoni pizza, and cheesecake. I don't like pork, but the calamari was absolutely delicious. It had baby octopus too, and beans, cauliflower and onions. I don't like pizza, either, but DH suggested pulling off the pepperoni and trying it as margharita. Wow, it was great! Then, the cheesecake....mmmmmmmmm!! It came with cream, strawberries and strawberry jus, and the cheesecake itself wasn't really sweet, but creamy and nice! Sorry- a bit over the top for the food description, but after more than a week of Chinese food (which doesn't really agree with me) it was so delicious!