Shanghai, China | Shanghai Disneyland | Theme Park
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Mysterious Sue
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Yeah its basically a different country (in terms of attitude and culture at least). HK was separated off from the rest of China for around 150 years and absorbed much British culture over that time. It doesn't share the mainland's customs of spitting and defecating in the street (which happens quite a lot and is rather shocking to western eyes). I'm sure they'll get it under control in the usual heavy-handed fashion that we saw during the Beijing Olympics.Pink Panther said:
Hong Kong and China are massively different, but people are REALLY over-exagerating these "problems".
There isn't a "custom" of s**ting in the street; that's just ridiculous. You will, occasionally, see parents letting their kids piss into a flower bed or something, but this idea that people seem to have that people are just popping a squat whenever and wherever they feel like it just not true at all.
Spitting is definitely a thing, and it's gross, but it's not specifically a Chinese thing. This idea that crapping everywhere "happens a lot" is absolute bulls**t. The reason the occasional story makes the news, is because it IS news. Do a search and you'll find lots of examples, but most of them will be from Hong Kong or Taiwanese news sources, who LOVE to paint themselves as better than the mainlanders and complain about they're "ruining" Hong Kong. The reactions from most Chinese people to those stories are equally/more disgusted than everyone else.
The park will be fine. The majority of HKDL's guests are from mainland China, and no, the cleaners aren't having to walk around with pooper scoopers.
Parks in China are also fine. They have toilets in them and everything. I've been to one or two now to know.
Yeah, the Chinese can be loud, obnoxious and EXTREMELY selfish. They'll happily put a camera right in front of your face during a show, for example, or push their way to the front to get a better view of something. They'll ignore signs for the most part. Having said that, actual queueing is less and less of a problem these days, especially in places like theme parks.
It will be crowded and stressful. The park won't be getting pulled to pieces, and you won't be stepping over piles of s**t.
There isn't a "custom" of s**ting in the street; that's just ridiculous. You will, occasionally, see parents letting their kids piss into a flower bed or something, but this idea that people seem to have that people are just popping a squat whenever and wherever they feel like it just not true at all.
Spitting is definitely a thing, and it's gross, but it's not specifically a Chinese thing. This idea that crapping everywhere "happens a lot" is absolute bulls**t. The reason the occasional story makes the news, is because it IS news. Do a search and you'll find lots of examples, but most of them will be from Hong Kong or Taiwanese news sources, who LOVE to paint themselves as better than the mainlanders and complain about they're "ruining" Hong Kong. The reactions from most Chinese people to those stories are equally/more disgusted than everyone else.
The park will be fine. The majority of HKDL's guests are from mainland China, and no, the cleaners aren't having to walk around with pooper scoopers.
Parks in China are also fine. They have toilets in them and everything. I've been to one or two now to know.
Yeah, the Chinese can be loud, obnoxious and EXTREMELY selfish. They'll happily put a camera right in front of your face during a show, for example, or push their way to the front to get a better view of something. They'll ignore signs for the most part. Having said that, actual queueing is less and less of a problem these days, especially in places like theme parks.
It will be crowded and stressful. The park won't be getting pulled to pieces, and you won't be stepping over piles of s**t.
nadroJ
CF Legend
Thank you Gavin, was coming in here to write a similar thing.
I really hate that they've gone for Burton Alice. I think it looks gross and out of place in a Disneyland Park.
And John, I swear to god you're the only person I know who thinks Paris is the best Disney Park XD
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I really hate that they've gone for Burton Alice. I think it looks gross and out of place in a Disneyland Park.
And John, I swear to god you're the only person I know who thinks Paris is the best Disney Park XD
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Pink Cadillac
Giga Poster
Top picks of the day:
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Pink Cadillac
Giga Poster
I can't believe it's even real
Two differences from the usual parks:
Mickey Avenue instead of Main Street
And the Hunny Pot Spin instead of the Mad Tea Party
Two differences from the usual parks:
Mickey Avenue instead of Main Street
And the Hunny Pot Spin instead of the Mad Tea Party
Screaming Coasters
Strata Poster
Tron POV
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Pink Cadillac
Giga Poster
The Tron POV is literally unbelievable. Like I actually can't deal with this being real.
Pink Cadillac
Giga Poster
That wasn't a screen it was a mirror! I only noticed the second time round. The trains lights turn orange for a second and with the mirror it looks like the bikes are approaching/racing. Guests shouldn't notice that their bikes have changed colour because they are too busy looking at the mirror and the other stimuli. Also as the orange bikes are only racing few seconds no one would realise the bikes are mirroring actions of the coaster train. If they were racing for longer would be much more difficult with the mirror technique and the change of colour of the bikes would be noticeable to guests - "why are we on an orange bike all of a sudden". It's very clever and my one of my favourite things about the ride!
nealbie
CF Legend
Yeah, the bit where the ride randomly turns orange for a couple of seconds all so you can see orange wheels in a mirror is turd too.
I'm talking about the bit from 1:19 to 1:22 where a screen shows you racing and then the orange bike crashes and explodes. Those couple of seconds are **** amazing and also a massive slap in the face from Disney. "Oh yeah, we totally did do this, but meh, cba for any more than 3 seconds. Lolz"
I'm talking about the bit from 1:19 to 1:22 where a screen shows you racing and then the orange bike crashes and explodes. Those couple of seconds are **** amazing and also a massive slap in the face from Disney. "Oh yeah, we totally did do this, but meh, cba for any more than 3 seconds. Lolz"
Pink Cadillac
Giga Poster
That bit was good too. Love how it curves under and around the track, but I couldn't really tell what was going on - the screen is a bit grainy (tbf that might be because its not a HQ pov), it goes too fast and it just looks like orange beam doing stuff next to the track for a couple of seconds.