RachelleBeaney
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- Jun 12, 2012
Hello Disney Friends and welcome to my newest trip report.
If you don't know me, I'll introduce myself. My name is Rachelle and I am a 30 year old Disney lover and musician who has now ALMOST been to every Disney and Universal theme park in the world (take that bucket list - and Disneyland Paris, I am coming for you one day!). My husband Jared is my partner in crime, travel buddy and is also a musician (a waayyy better one than me ), photographer and is an all around multi-talented awesome guy! At home we have two beautiful cats and a dog who we miss terribly when we travel!
I'm really excited to write this report because it will cover our recent trip to ALL, yes ALL the Asian Disney and Universal parks, along with some of the wonderful cities and areas in Asia we visited. This includes Universal Studios Singapore, Hong Kong Disneyland, Shanghai Disneyland, Universal Studios Japan and the Tokyo Disney Resort.
If you want to read about the planning for this trip you can find the pre-trip report here. For those of you who are crazy planners like me you may just enjoy reading it. For others it might help if you are planning a trip to these Asian parks! If you hate planning are prefer to go with the flow then I would suggest not reading it !
I really hope this report inspires some of you to make your trip over to the Asian parks. They truly are something special, unique and offer something quite different to the parks in the US. Some of the attractions, being newer and far technologically superior, are well worth the trip to see, as much as I do love the classic attractions. But above and beyond that it's fascinating to see Disney, an American cultural icon, explored in other cultures and adored by other cultures, in other languages and through the eyes of people from completely different cultural backgrounds. I know Asia can be out of the comfort zone for of many of us in the Western World. Still it's history, people and cultures and so worth the unfamiliar feeling, in fact I almost enjoyed it, seeing places so different to places I know and understand.
Another thing I'm really excited to share in this report is all the wonderful photos that my very talented husband Jared (with assistance from me ) took during our trip! Since I can only post 26 pictures in this post I've tried to pick out 26 of my favourites that give you a feel for the wonderful things we did and saw on the trip (trust me, just picking 26 was SO hard!). Don't worry though, I'll post plenty of pictures in the report too so you'll get to see lots more! We love nothing more than taking in these beautiful locations by taking pictures of them, and they really make the best souvenir to take home with you! Anyway, without any more preamble, here are my favourite shots from this trip.
I hope you enjoyed those photos, and I hope you enjoy coming on an Adventure to Asia with me!!
If you don't know me, I'll introduce myself. My name is Rachelle and I am a 30 year old Disney lover and musician who has now ALMOST been to every Disney and Universal theme park in the world (take that bucket list - and Disneyland Paris, I am coming for you one day!). My husband Jared is my partner in crime, travel buddy and is also a musician (a waayyy better one than me ), photographer and is an all around multi-talented awesome guy! At home we have two beautiful cats and a dog who we miss terribly when we travel!
I'm really excited to write this report because it will cover our recent trip to ALL, yes ALL the Asian Disney and Universal parks, along with some of the wonderful cities and areas in Asia we visited. This includes Universal Studios Singapore, Hong Kong Disneyland, Shanghai Disneyland, Universal Studios Japan and the Tokyo Disney Resort.
If you want to read about the planning for this trip you can find the pre-trip report here. For those of you who are crazy planners like me you may just enjoy reading it. For others it might help if you are planning a trip to these Asian parks! If you hate planning are prefer to go with the flow then I would suggest not reading it !
I really hope this report inspires some of you to make your trip over to the Asian parks. They truly are something special, unique and offer something quite different to the parks in the US. Some of the attractions, being newer and far technologically superior, are well worth the trip to see, as much as I do love the classic attractions. But above and beyond that it's fascinating to see Disney, an American cultural icon, explored in other cultures and adored by other cultures, in other languages and through the eyes of people from completely different cultural backgrounds. I know Asia can be out of the comfort zone for of many of us in the Western World. Still it's history, people and cultures and so worth the unfamiliar feeling, in fact I almost enjoyed it, seeing places so different to places I know and understand.
Another thing I'm really excited to share in this report is all the wonderful photos that my very talented husband Jared (with assistance from me ) took during our trip! Since I can only post 26 pictures in this post I've tried to pick out 26 of my favourites that give you a feel for the wonderful things we did and saw on the trip (trust me, just picking 26 was SO hard!). Don't worry though, I'll post plenty of pictures in the report too so you'll get to see lots more! We love nothing more than taking in these beautiful locations by taking pictures of them, and they really make the best souvenir to take home with you! Anyway, without any more preamble, here are my favourite shots from this trip.
I hope you enjoyed those photos, and I hope you enjoy coming on an Adventure to Asia with me!!
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