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- Making my way toward Fantasyland by way of the Enchanted Storybook Castle.
- The viewing area from this side (this is the right side when looking at the castle.
- Approaching the castle.
- There is a set of walkways that lead through the middle.
- Looking into the Royal Banquet Hall Entrance.
- Ringing the center of the castle are four murals. Starting with Brave.
- Frozen
- Princess and the Frog
- And wrapping up with Tangled.
- Looking up in the center. The windows are for the castle walk through.. I will visit that on a later day.
- The back side of the castle.
- Looking down at the Alice in Wonderland Maze.
- Decided to visit the maze next.
- Along the walkways are displays that tell the Alice in Wonderland story.
- Realized that was just the queue I walked through, time to actually enter the attraction.
- A choice of paths.
- Yep these kids were kicking the door which caused a sound effect of dogs barking and the parents were filming away..
- A cave to pass under the walkway I was on earlier.
- The Queen of Hearts garden is on this side.
- Several photo ops along the various paths.
- Up there is where I was taking pictures from earlier of the maze.
- A map of the maze to help you out.
- Some nice views of the castle as the sun began to set.
- The final scene is the Mad Tea Party
- Looks like a meet and greet location.
- A Magic Passport station. There were several of these around the park. You could purchase the passport then have it stamped and collect a prize.
- Looking back at the castle.
- I ventured to the last portion of the park.. the back of Fantasyland which featured the Seven Dwarfs Mine Train (same attraction as Walt Disney World).
- Wait times were long.
- Even single rider was long.
- There was an extended queue set up.
- A cast member with a wait time sign at the end.. it says 120 minutes.
- A mine train racing by.
- The mine exit at the top of the hill.
- A short video clip of the Seven Dwarfs Mine Train racing by.
- Next to the Mine Train is a small Winnie the Pooh area with two attractions, meet and greet and gift shop.
- Here is the gift shop
- The fence reminded me of Toontown.
- The second attraction in the area is the Hunny Pot Spin (replacing the Mad Tea Party here).
- Wait times were always 30 min or more so skipped it.
- A look at some of the snacks available in the area.
- The Tangled Tree Tavern is located between Winnie the Pooh and the Frozen theater in the back corner of Fantasyland.
- It was closed this evening so a look at the board out front.
- Another park area like I saw in Treasure Cove.
- Approaching the Frozen Sing Along. I skipped this since I did not want to sing along in Mandarin (nor English).
- More snacks.
- Leaving Fantasyland.
- Glancing toward Toy Story Land to see if they were letting anyone in... no regular guests.
- The parade route light and sound towers in Tomorrowland.
- Tomorrowland trashcans.
- Decided to sit and take a break in Tomorrowland then ventured down the path to the Star Wars Launch Bay.
- Noticed drinking fountains along the way.
- They were not in service though. But thought it was interesting signage and instructions.
- A listing of what awaits me.
- The entrance to the building.
- Heading inside.
- BB-8 was right in the walkway.
- Some costumes and props in display cases.
- The place was a ghost town. 0 min wait for the Millennium falcon cockpit.
- Another display.
- R2 was out at one of the Meet and Greets
- Since no one was around he talked to me a bit
- The sign said 5 minutes for Darth Vader but that was wrong.. he was just out a moment ago trying to recruit guests to visit him.
- Kylo Ren was doing the same.
- The Millennium Falcon cockpit we saw the sign for earlier.
- We kept an eye on the Buzz Lightyear sign and when it dropped below 30 we decided to give it a go.
- There was a about 5 minutes of queue outside then we headed inside.
- Hard to tell in this picture but there was someone walking around the queue trying to sell things (a guest selling knock offs.. he ignored us since I later found out they mostly accept WeChat Payments and they know westerners do not have that usually)
- The total wait time was about 20 minutes only.
- No pictures from the ride.. I was looking around and shooting.. thought I received a good score for a first time through an attraction.
- You exit through Intergalactic Imports.
- Looking toward the castle from the upper level of Tomorrowland.
- Tron as the sun was setting behind it.
- My first close up look at the Tron coaster.
- A 105 minute wait at 5:25pm
- A photo op and test bikes out front.
- Lockers are provided for riders
- The sea of people is the standby queue.
- A clip of the TRON Lightcycle Power Run passing by first at regular speed then slow motion.
- A look at the design center.
- The Castle from Tomorrowland
- Club Destin-E was about to start on the Pepsie E-Stage.
- Turns out it was just a DJ and kids dancing.
- Passing by Toy Story Land on my way to Fantasyland to use my one FastPass of the day for Peter Pan.
- Near Peter Pan.
- The wait was 50 minutes. I realized I was early so decided to go get a bite to eat.
- The wait was over an hour so no grotto voyage today.
- Fantasyland drinking fountains.. never saw anyone use one.
- Decided to visit Pinocchios Village Kitchen for dinner.
- It was a scramble style location. Too many people for pictures so here are the menus.
- Some of the Pizza choices.
- We opted for Pizzas and figured out how to use our season pass Wechat coupon even.
- A look around one of the dining rooms. It was crowded.
- They had some rooms closed already.
- Back to Peter Pan at 6:30pm to use our Fastpass.
- Scan points look the same.. but the cast members get your picture on their screen to verify identity.
- The lights taking effect as it was past sunset now.
- Walked over to Treasure Cove and decided to get in line for Pirates. It was just before 7pm.
- No pictures from onboard as I wanted to enjoy it on a first pass.
- Made my way back to the Gardens of Imagination to find a spot for Ignite the Dream. It was about 10 minutes before showtime so choice were limited.
- Found this spot near the Carousel.
- A very large crowd going back to Mickey Avenue behind me.
- At show time my view quickly disappeared..
- I quickly learned the game and everyone kept moving around for position so I did too and got an ok view after several minutes.
- After the show joined the masses leaving. Since we were nearer the back it was relatively easy.
- Looking back at the crowd heading my way as I exited.
- We opted to take the ferry. No one was heading that way.
- Stopped in the room then went up to check out the nightly story time at 9:10pm. A cast member had gathered the kids and was reading to them.
- Mickey Mouse Arrives for the finale and some good night photos.
- This ends a busy first full day in Shanghai. Tomorrow we head to the city for some sightseeing.