We visited Shanghai Disneyland in a midweek day in December. It is a low season in China, and Shanghai Disneyland offers a discount of a RMB 100 food voucher if you purchase the ticket online or via app at least one day prior. The entrance ticket is 475 RMB, which is quite reasonable considering the number of major attractions hosted at Shanghai Disneyland.
We arrived the park at 8:30, around park opening time. However, we learnt that if you planned to make the rope drop, you probably will need to arrive 1hr before the parking opening. The reason is that there is a very long walk and queue line between the taxi/hotel shuttle drop off parking lot and the actual park entrance. You also need to pass both security and park entrance, which slows down the queue.
As we are visiting during the low season, the queue length for the attraction of the park is quite reasonable. The attraction with the longest queue is the Seven Dwarfs Mine Train, at 75 minutes. The other rides are as follows: Tron at 30 minutes, Soaring over the horizon at 30 minutes, Rex’s Racer at 30 minutes, Many Adventure of Winnie the Pooh at 20 minutes, Peter Pan’s flight at 20 minutes, Voyage to the Crystal Grotto at 20 minutes, Pirates of the Caribbean Battle for the Sunken Treasure at 20 minues, Zootopia: Hot Pursuit at 30 minutes. The wait is pretty bearable, without the pricey Disney Premier Access pass. Considering the size of the Shanghai Disneyland park, it has quite a good number of headline attractions to keep the visitor entertained.
Overall, we find the Disneyland experience pleasant, and the staffs are friendly and hard working. We have watched the parade, and find that the cast members on the parade work pretty hard to engage the audience.
As our ticket includes a 100 RMB food voucher, we dined at the Disneyland Resort. Overall, the price and the quality of the food is reasonable considering that we were at Disneyland. The redemption procedure of the food voucher is a bit complicated. You have to first scan the ticket with Disney WeChat app or Disney app, and then redeem the voucher at the restaurant. Many restaurant ordering stations fail to process the voucher, and you have to go to a special human assistance station to process the voucher and the order. Though the human assistant is quite helpful to assist us with the food order.
Due to the poor air quality during our visit, the Shanghai Disneyland cancel all fireworks for the evening show. That is a disappoint for the visitors.