Day 1
Travel day
We had heard all sorts of things about taxis from the
airport, so we booked Mr Orange. Nothing better than a car service that is
there to greet you on exit with a sign that has your name on it. We used them
to depart as well. Brilliant service. Worth the money for the piece of mind.
Arrive toy story hotel
Find play area, launch pad, cute lobby. Lotso store and Sunny Side Market and cafe. Ate at cafe for buffet dinner. 20% off for people
staying at the hotel. Traditional Chinese food, we were a bit worried when we
got in about whether we would find much vegetarian food, and it turned out
better than we expected! Lots of opportunities for all of us to enjoy our food.
Super early night, massive day tomorrow!
Toy story hotel
This hotels theming is 100! So much attention to detail.
Service is amazing, if a cast member doesn’t understand you, they seamlessly
grab someone who can. The play room wasn’t quite as awesome as expected, and
the launchpad too, but I’m sure that on a hot and humid day it would provide
relief! There are meet and greet opportunities with no lines, the kids loved
meeting Woody and Jessie while we finalised our park tickets.
Rooms are clean, well themed, comfortable, only downside
is there are only 6 Disney movies on the TV, and none were family favourites
(was shocked to find that you couldn’t watch a Toy Story movie in the Toy Story
hotel). We did need an iron, I tried google translate but they didn’t
understand, my husband googled a picture of an iron and one was brought up to
our room. Download google translate, for translating words, especially for checking the written word, was awesome for ingredients!
Don’t buy your park tickets before you arrive, they give
you extra hour in the parks in the morning, and a free fast pass for the day if
you buy tickets on site as a guest at the hotel (have an idea of what you want
to ride and what time, pick afternoons as they are usually all gone before
then). They do charge children by height and age, so my 10yo daughters park
tickets were adult prices!
We ate dinner at the Sunny Side cafe, we were all
incredibly tired, and it didn’t occur to us that it would be Chinese buffet,
which is obvious in retrospect! The kids seemed like they wouldn’t be eating
much at all, and same for us being vegetarians. Surprisingly there was more
than expected for us, and by the second time going back, the kids were trying
different foods. If you stay in the hotel it’s 20% off. Their Bok Choy was
amazing, as was the tofu and coriander salad. My meat eating daughter loved the
braised pork belly, and the freshly made dumplings were good too. I was happy
to eat a plate of veggies after 20 hours of travel and plane food.
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