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Glad you had fun in China. I’m Chinese and I am really into theme parks. Me and my boyfriend went to every Disney and every Universal all around the world, and for multiple times. I love Disney world in Florida the most(I like avatar flight of passage in animal kingdom), and Beijing Universal the most(we live in Beijing so it’s easy to go there). We love travel and made sure to go to 2-3 new countries each year. The more you travel, the more you can get a better understanding for all the different cultures. People are so nice, no matter where you go. We speak Chinese , English and Japanese, so no language barrier in most countries. To be honest, never trust mainstream media. Go, experience, feel the beauty of the world.

I have been to China 4 times , going again end of 2024, most wonderful place on Earth, safest as well!

My mum has been trying to convince me to visit china. Particuly Shenchen and Mei sien and particuly Mei Sien, because my Great-Grandfather's house is still there that have stood for a few centuries. My Great-grandfather left china in 1897 when he was 15 years old to "Tanah Melayu" then, to day we are called Malaysia in south east asia. Though my ancestors are from Northen china/machuria and have migrated to southern china for about 1500 years. it is an agriculture village, with rice, tea , candied fruits and acording from certain relative, the village used to have these sweet smell in the air, hence the name Mei sien(meaning Beautifull smell). I am considering to visit china soon. Glad to see you enjoy your trip.

I have no interest in ever going overseas, but I watch your guys videos no matter what and can I just say that you’ve taken them to a new level? Visually audibly everything is so amazing. I hope anybody going to China find this video.

Talking about the internet, I have some information for you: you might have already noticed that there are staff selling SIM cards at the airport which are much more expensive than outside of the airport. Those expensive SIM cards are actually not restricted, no firewall. That’s why they are more expensive. Show them your passport and they will do everything else for you, super easy. Btw welcome to my spicy home, Chengdu, if you plan to revisit China. We have pandas there😉

The uniform at every corner isn't policeman. That's a misunderstanding i had before. Actually, they are just security guys.

I recently applied for the Chinese visa in April. The itinerary thing is no longer need, which made the whole thing a lot easier. Also, your passport needs to have more than 1 yr before its expiration date to get the 10 yr visa. Otherwise they will you a 2 time entry within 6 months visa instead. Hope this helps.

I'm so glad you guys are honest and open-minded about your experience. Thanks so much for the tips, I'm so glad you had fun in China, Japan/Asia in general!! Hope you go back one day even if it's just for the food!!

Your videos encouraged and helped my husband take our first international trip to Japan earlier this year... thank you for the information on how to visit China, too! My bucket list of visiting every Disney park is a step closer~

Fantastic videos, what an amazing trip.

I’m going in two weeks. Thank you!!

Just applied for my visa to China and you no longer need you flight itinerary or hotel booking. But it is still a process

Regarding squat toilets, their prevalence is primarily due to hygiene concerns. While most Chinese households have had Western-style toilets for decades, squat toilets still exist in public restrooms. This is largely because people do not trust the cleanliness of public toilets and prefer to avoid skin contact with the facilities. Unlike in Europe, where a fee of about 1 euro is often charged for using public toilets, most public toilets in China are very accessible and almost free. The workers who maintain these facilities are typically not paid enough to keep them as clean as home bathrooms, making squat toilets more acceptable to the public. Additionally, many public toilets in China do provide toilet paper, but the distributor is usually located at the entrance rather than in each cubicle.

We followed your footsteps to Japan and did a lot of what you recommended. We loved it and have definitely caught the Asia bug. Let's see how long it takes us to go to China now. Thanks for all your videos, they're so helpful and fun! Love what you do, and love your love of Disney. We share it.

We will definitely be rewatching this before we plan a trip to China! You two made it look easy but I know a lot of planning would have went into this type of a trip.

Very informative! We’ll eventually make it there, thanks for all the tips.

Looking good, Peter! Losing 50lbs is no small task. Thank you guys for the amazing tips.

Here is a tip. You can enter another nearby country or go to HK/Macao, then re-enter main land China to reset your timer and have another 144 hrs.

I love these videos because i have some hella travel anxiety, but im itching to go to the international parks. Keep em coming!

Kitra, Peter outdid himself on this thumbnail….you look absolutely radiant!! 😊❤

This was great, thanks. I appreciate that you guys included so much info about everyday things that a lot of other travel shows don’t mention. I always worry about every possible thing that may come up, including the bathroom situations.

We went to China in 2019. Got the 10 year visa and going back in October. Anyone who hasn't been there is clueless. We also have friends say to be careful. We felt safer in China than we did in our own city. Thanks for the videos. We are going to take your suggestions .

Thank you so much for making this video, sharing your experiences and being open-minded!!

So loved this entire vlog series. Never really had a desire to go there but watching you guys sort of got me interested in the thought that maybe some day.

This is such a brilliant video!!!!! Thank you so much.

Thank you for sharing all this helpful information with your viewers. I just came back from a trip to China a few days ago and, just like you, I had a very difficult time finding any recent information from Westerners about Shanghai Disneyland before my trip. It seems like all of the information that I found was vastly out of date since almost all of it was from before 2020. I had been to Shanghai Disneyland once before in 2016 when the park was just a few months old but it has changed a bit since then and it was hard to find correct information about those changes. My wife found some information from Chinese visitors to the park on Chinese social media sites but that information was not written in the way that us American Disney fans typically share such park information and tips. (For example, while Chinese fans mentioned what they ate and showed photos of their food, they hardly ever mentioned exactly where they actually bought their food in the park. That was rather frustrating since Shanghai Disneyland is huge and wandering around looking for specific snack items can be exhausting in the summer humidity.) One rule at Shanghai Disneyland that did not exist in 2016 but was strictly enforced on my most recent trip was that they now do not allow camera flashes to be brought into the park. When I went through the security check at the special entrance gate in Disneytown for hotel guests and the security Cast Member searched my camera bag (note that they search all bags there very thoroughly - more so than at any other Disney theme park that I have been to and I have been to them all) and she said that my flash attachment could not be brought into the park. I was shocked because I have never had any problem with taking my flash into any theme/amusement park in the world prior to that. They told me that the flash could blind performers in the parades and shows. They had a procedure for just such a situation though and they told me that I could store my flash in a locker right there at the entrance gate. The problem was that those lockers only took WeChat Pay and my wife only has AliPay on her phone. That also was not a problem. The security Cast Member took down my name and my wife's phone number on a note and put that note and my flash in a ziplock bag. She then put the bag in a locked cabinet there at the gate. I was instructed to get it from that gate later before 9:00 PM. I did exactly that and picked it up later that night with no problems. The interesting thing was that other guests at Shanghai Disneyland used the built-in flashes on their cell phones like crazy on numerous rides during my two days in the park. Several of those guests annoyingly used the flashes on their phones when they were filming Zootopia Hot Pursuit during my ride. They effectively ruined several of that dark ride's lighting effects during my only ride on it. That was annoying. So, Shanghai Disneyland security effectively stopped me from using my flash yet a million other guests were free to use their phones' flashes whenever they wanted to. Oh well...this is China we're talking about and you just follow their rules and do not think too much about them. Losing my flash for the day did not stop me from enjoying my two days in the park and in fact it made my camera bag a little lighter so my shoulders were thankful for not having to take on that extra load. Also, I found out that the park does not allow flashlights to be brought into the park. The guest ahead of me at the security check had a small flashlight in his backpack. It was a Maglite Solitaire, which is a tiny aluminum flashlight powered by one AAA battery. The guest turned it on and showed the Cast Member how dim its bulb was. It looked like the AAA battery in it was pretty much close to dead so the amount of light that it put out was similar to that of a lit match...in a hurricane. The security Cast Member looked at it closely and then, after thinking about it, let the guest take his tiny, dim flashlight into the park. So, just for the record, flashlights of any kind are also a big no-no at Shanghai Disneyland. Note that I read the park rule sign thoroughly on the second day of my visit to Shanghai Disneyland and nowhere on there does it mention that camera flashes and flashlights are not allowed in the park. The sign did specifically mention several things that were not allowed but flashes and flashlights were not in there. This must be a new rule. So, just a heads up to fellow shutterbugs out there that are going to Shanghai Disneyland in the future. Be sure to leave your flash in your hotel room and do not take it into the park. Thank you again for this great video!

This is SUPER helpful! Thank you!

Thanks so much! My spread sheet is complete trip planning has begun.

Such great and useful info! Thanks so much for sharing. I will save this video for the future 👍🏼

I binged the whole China trip series today and it was such enjoyable content. Excellent work and it looked so fun. Hope to do a similar trip someday so this info is definitely helpful. Cheers!

You guys did an awesome job explaining everything❤

You gave lots of good honest answers and information!

Hi have a good day everyone.

Thank you both for this, wonderfull information, and CHIP AND DALE hats again.

Some of the clips from this video are now very popular on Chinese social media😄. Thanks for showing the real China to the western people. As native Shanghainese I watched every video you guys made for the Shanghai portion, very nice! 🎉

I’m rewatching thank you guys so much.Im traveling to Paris in a few months ( unrelated but many of your travel tips still apply).. Thank you so much! Kitra you’re my queeen I feel like we’re the same travel person..lol and Peter you are researching like my son does for his trips! Also congratulations on your weight loss.. Walking to chipotle is working my friend! Just grateful for you two!

Yall are amazing! Thanks for great content and all the information too! Been watching yall like last year and I’m so excited for yalls next adventures!❤

Welcome to China! Love from Shanghai! 🥰

Kitra I don't know if you did something different in this video with your makeup, but you look super pretty in particular here! Thanks for another great video guys, you've made me want to visit China now!

I love this video! ❤❤❤❤ amazing information!!’ This is what I needed after a hard day of work!

I just went to the paper store and saw all the new ornaments covered up so I had to come and comment to tell you I got a peek and they looked sooo cold this year. I can’t wait for you guys to see them and hopefully do a video on them🤞💚💚

Thank you sooo much for all this info. We will definitely watch these all again when we try and plan a trip to China. You guys have really inspired us. Right now we're planning our first ever trip to Tokyo for early next year.

Wow Peter! 50lbs!! That’s amazing! Well done. If you’re comfortable to talk about it, it would be amazing to see a video of you telling us how you did it. That’s honestly incredible 🙌🏽

Can't wait to watch this video fully, but the entire trip helped see what I'll be getting into when I eventually travel to Tokyo and beyond hopefully in a year! Was really good getting this perspective, thank you guys!!! It's been a bun series

So much great info in this video. Thank you for sharing this!

Thank you for all the information such a good video and I loved it. Such a amazing trip

Hi I’m glad you had a great time in China and Hong Kong. 😁The comment you made about the waiters you have to get their attn for service the same thing in Europe. They won’t bother you because not only do they work on a salary and tipping is uncommon it’s not like here in the US where they’re constantly asking you is everything OK? do you need anything? They want you to enjoy your meal uninterrupted. 😊

Wow there are so much to learning about everything but more like such fun…. Thank you for share this with us

One of the best tourist recommendations videos! 👍🏼Not sure if anyone added this in the comments: As of January 1, 2024, US citizens applying for a tourist visa to China no longer need to submit proof of round trip airfare, hotel reservations, itinerary. To get a 10-year visa., your passport has to be valid for one year or more. My friend just got hers without submitting above docs. She did put down where she planed to go in the application form.

I have no plans to go to China, but I feel like each section needs its own video! ❤❤ Great job!

I'm a pragmatic person and I appreciate all the details (including about restrooms) of these types of experience videos to help plan a trip in a region your are not familiar with. I find the most value in how problems were dealt with like your phone plans and what you had to do in a situation like ordering food. How many times have you guys gone out for soup dumplings since you've been back to satisfy that craving?

I agree that Klook is the best way to get tickets for attractions in Japan and China. I also used Klook for South Korea for most, if not all the attractions, tours and transportation. Highly recommend

Your videos to Hong Kong and China were one of the best I’ve ever seen. I’ve been watching it forever because I get to live through you as I can only do once every two years trips or so. Definitely not happy of this, but I did give it a thumbs up All my secrets have been revealed. I’ve gone twice now to Japan flying from Vancouver, British Columbia, and has been substantially less than going to Orlando at a mid or less hotel. And the Google flight is what I’ve been using to amaze my friends that I get them amazing deals, and family members and now all my secrets are out lol You have inspired us and our next trip actually will be going to Paris Disney because we were able to get dirt cheap flights via Google flights but after that and after or during our next Disney cruise, we are definitely going to Hong Kong and China The funniest part is when I watched you go to Tokyo and everything in Tokyo that duplicated me and my wife in the fall of 2019 almost exactly we’re watching video to video to video or like OK we went there. OK we did that that’s scary. Keep up the good work Work

My son and I want to go just for the food!! The street food, the markets, etc....❤

Appreciate your honesty when talking about safety in China.

Fantastic information! So glad you mentioned the toilets❗️ Love Peter's haircut. 😊

You forgot to mention that you don’t have to pay tips in restaurants in China. When dining in America or Canada, I got a feeling that the waitress wanted to get a better tips from me by visiting our table from time to time which I thought it is unnecessary.

I really enjoy your videos and when you travel internationally you help a lot of people plan their trips. I loved your series on Japan and this one on China. I would like to see you do the same with European theme parks like Disneyland Paris and Puy du Fou in France, Efteling in The Netherlands, Tivoli Gardens in Denmark, PortAventura in Spain and of course Harry Potter Studios London. That would be great! Keep up the great work!!!

This was an extremely helpful video guys, thank you!!

Flying San Francisco to Hong Kong... work for 2 hours on laptop, take an Ambien (prescription), change into sweats/pjs, sleep 8 hours, 2 hours more till landing. Jet lag is much worse returning to the US. -Frank

Both of you are lookin great! Lookin like you’ve lost weight. Skin is glowing and healthy. Love it.

Chinese buffets are very rich, with 100 to 800 dishes. Some buffet restaurants also provide free cocktails, red wine, sake and Chinese wine.

Am I planning to ever go to China ? No. Did I watch this entire video ? Yes, of course. Very very good video with lots of detailed information. Thank you for sharing with us! And I hope you guys get to go back again ! ❤

You guys are so charismatic! I've seen you on other people's channel, but I only started watching your channel since Tokyo Disney. Thanks so much for your videos! I truly enjoy them. Amd thanks for the info on going to HK and Shanghai.

Going in september. Very helpfull, thanks!

Hi 👋 well I'm glad you guys came back Safely and I hope you guys are doing well 😊🙏 and that you're having a happy week 😊 and a happy Thursday 😊 and I hope any future trips go well for you guys 🙏 and please remember to stay safe 🙏 okay 👍. Also please remember to take care of yourselves 🙏☺️ and you guys are amazing 🤩 so keep being you cuz your awesome 👍😎🙏. Also your guys videos are always amazing 🤩.

the 144hr transit visa is per stop so you could have done your trip without a full tourist visa. for example, fly in shanghai and say up to 6 days, fly out to hong kong(it counts as a non-chinese transit exit) and stay up to 90 days, then fly to bejing and stay up to 6 days, finally fly to japan then home. but yes if you wanted to take the bullet train from beijing to shanghai, then you would need a tourist visa. if you are into site seeing, there are tons of amazing attractions in china and as you got a glimpse in shanghai, the scale is just different. obviously there are lots of places in beijing so it's too bad you missed the great wall. for that it's easiest to book a tour package where a bus takes you there in the morning and takes you back in the afternoon so you can spend 5-6 hours there(it's about 90 min bus trip each way). of course didi is relatively cheap option also. if you are into nature, zhangjiajie park is pretty amazing so you can research that.

This has been so helpful! I’m doing a similar trip in autumn and your tips will come in so handy. Thanks for sharing!!

You both are so amazing!! The first time I found you both on U-Tube was the video when Gideon’s first opened and you were trying the cookies. You are both so genuine and down to earth . Thank you for being you. Thank you also for all the amazing content you bring us!! 🌸😊

On the 144hr rule, I just used it to do exactly that, we did 3 days in Shanghai then flew to HongKong. It worked no problems but be aware that they will stop you at customs in china (PVG) and pull you aside, you have to fill in a seperate form not the one they give you on the plane, they take your passport away and you must have a copy printed out of the flight stating when you will leave China. The process took about 30 mins, our transfer almost left us at the airport because we took so long 😅

My VPN SAVED ME when I was in China. I tell everyone who asked me, I felt so safe there and I traveled by my self for business

Yessss!!! We 100% needed this video. My husband and I are planning a trip to Hong Kong next year. We've been to Japan but for some reason, China intimidates us more. Lol.

The subway sytems in Chinese cities are extensive, cheap, clean , and on time.

Incredible. Thank you for making this video, so informative. Also, you both are looking great 🩷

It is really helpful with all these detailS🎉

love this, and love shanghai i have been there and lived for 8 yrs an amazing place

Totally fascinating!!! Loved this little recap and educational video. Also I hope you do get to go again and please take us too 😉🧡🖤🧡

We are going to Shanghai/Bejing next year and this video is perfect info

Which month and date did you guys went!? I love all your videos! Started watching because I wanna go USJ so bad 😍

HKDL doesn’t have a Downtown Disney, but they do have a planned space for one. The big wide walkway between the hotels and the park entrance is designed to be lined with shops and restaurants. They also have space for a second park (directly across that walkway from the existing park), and space for about 10 hotels, all of them along the water. It really is an impressively master planned chunk of land. They just haven’t reached the attendance numbers to support it all. You dodged a bullet avoiding the main entrance to SHDL. The security lines are long and slow. Guests bring in food, so there are a lot of big bags that all have to be checked.

Another terrific informative travel tips video to help those that wish to travel to China. I think you could make up a travel guide and sell it easily. Wonderful production on this video, of course. much love.

China a very safety place and the people are very friendly,I love China

Big fan, you & your videos are amazing!Peter looks younger in this one 🤯

Hey guys happy to see you guys back home and what was the best things you guys had fun to do and was the best foods from China and Japan that was good

This is so comprehensive ❤ Great job🎉 I would love to go anywhere, really, including China. My husband has interest in China but is nervous about political climate and doesn’t feel safe going there. I am totally showing him this video 💖

Hoping to see a Paris trip soon. Been binge watching your China and Japan trips the past couple of weeks and definitely involved seeing both countries and the parks there.

Awesome tips, thanks for taking the time to answer all these questions and share your experience traveling to China! I’ve been planning a family trip to Shanghai since before COVID and really want to get out there. Interesting how China does payments primarily via app! Wondering if the US will ever get there! LOL! Again… I say this every time I comment, but you guys are AWESOME and appreciated! Thanks Peter and Kitra! Oh, and I too highly suggest traveler’s insurance! I will never travel w/o it now. ❤Arlene

Wow so much good information for anyone thinking of traveling to Asia 😊

Thanks for Taking Us Along on Your Trip to China. Can't Wait for the Florida Vlogs (I Know What the Vlogs are Cooking, Adamthewoo Reference)

Thank you for this wonderful video of China

Hong Kong is one of my favourite cities for sure. Beautiful. great food,lots to do. Next time do Ocean Park too!

The British also have Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and Germany. They have a special love for China. They usually travel to Thailand, Singapore, China, and Hong Kong.

Many services in China are possible/affordable/profitable largely because of how they live, i.e. highly concentrated in high-rise buildings. They can get all the services and daily necessities just by taking elevators to go to the ground floor. The distances they cover are all close to zero (also close to zero emission)! Is it green and convenient?

Train your body to use the bathroom at the hotel for #2 . Most hotels have western toilets in the rooms. Tourist places live the Forbidden City, Great wall, have traditional Chinese Toilets

I love shanghai disneyland. It is so new and so big!

No one steals because of Chinese education, “giving is more blessed than receiving!” It's not because of cameras.😊

You must visit Shenzhen, Chungqing, Dali, Avatar village , Xiamen Qingdao and more.

This comes at the PEFECT time! Leaving for the asia resorts in September

This is a great idea very informative for novice travelers ❤