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| Birthday at Disneyland! |
Today we went to Shanghai Disney to celebrate my
birthday. We were both a little worn down from all the traveling and touring so
we intentionally took it easy today. We didn’t try to do the park from open to
close. We slept in, went to the park late and came home early but we still had
a great time. We saw the parade, rode some major rides (Pirates of the Caribbean
Battle for the Sunken Treasure, Soaring Over the Horizon), saw a Jack Sparrow
show in Mandarin (it was mostly sword-fighting and stunts so language wasn’t a
big problem), had our dinner at a nice restaurant and just walked around. One
funny thing is that we realized that the last time we were at Disney there was
no Jack Sparrow yet so the Pirates ride was almost completely different even
though they have some nods to the original. The dog with the key in its mouth
is now a skeleton!
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| Mickey in the Parade |
The crowd wasn’t too bad early but it seemed to build
during the day and the Chinese get a bit pushy under certain circumstances like
when the throw the door open and say everyone find a seat. There is nothing
orderly about that, at least in the way we do things. It is a cultural thing
that seems impolite to us but is normal for them.
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| Davy Jones |
Jeanne had gotten me a Birthday Button from the park and
as I walked around a lot of random people wished me Happy Birthday. It was
nice. One of the employees, since we were having trouble with the spotty Disney
Wi-Fi, even hooked us up with a FastPass ride so we were able to ride something
that would have taken a long time under other circumstances.
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| TRON Ride |
The TRON ride in Tomorrowland is shown in the picture. It is the most popular ride at the park and all Fast Past bookings were gone by the time we got there. Maybe next time. We weren't waiting two hours to ride it!
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