Theme Park and Travel Guide

Dining at the Royal Banquet Hall, Hong Kong Disneyland Theme Park food in general is expensive and not very healthy either. I guess as its a captured market and it’s a way for the theme park to add to their profits, you pay more for good food. The best idea is always have a buffet breakfast at your hotel as brunch before you leave the hotel,  so that you are less inclined to require lunch and then only need to worry about tea time. We found a mix of good and bad food experiences at various theme parks. We did resort to bringing our own sandwiches from Subway or a 7-11 shop a lot to save money and have something ‘healthier’ to eat. Below is our summary of what we ate and where. California Adventure Park – Free chocolate is offered sometimes at Ghirardelli Soda Fountain and Chocolate shop and there is free bread at the Boudin Bakery on their tour. The history of the sour dough on the tour is quite interesting too. The Pacific Wharf Café is a great place to eat a good...

Winnie the Pooh Ride, Tokyo Disney l and, where guests line up inside a story book as part of the pre-ride exper ience A lot of people have said to me over the last few years, “Aren’t the lines too long in Disneyland?”, to which I reply, "Well, it depends". Yes, I have seen ride queues 2 hours long. In Shanghai Disneyland, they are reputedly, up to 3 hours long. However, there are a number of ways to get around these lines and I will detail them here. We never waited more than 40 minutes for a ride, and the most common ‘wait’ was about 20 minutes or less. There are signs that list rides in the park and how long the lines are. Also out the front of each ride, there is a sign post, where it indicates that if you stand at X point, it indicates the waiting time is X minutes which is very useful. There are also Disneyland ride phone apps to indicate waiting times, which is good to have a look at in the lead up days before your visit to get an idea on real waiti...