Shanghai is inherently more challenging to visit with it being main land China and all that goes with that including language. 

 

Just something to think about. 

11 hours ago, djrappa said:

Shanghai is inherently more challenging to visit with it being main land China and all that goes with that including language. 

 

Just something to think about. 

Thanks - it is something we've thought about - but my brother works in Shanghai for half the year, and has offered us his local guide \ driver \ interpreter for a pretty nice price if we were to take up the offer, which is part of the reason why Shanghai came up on the radar late in the piece...

If you did Shanghai you could also visit Happy Valley, which is on the Metro.

They've got a Dive Machine, an Intamin Megalite, a B&M Family Coaster and a woodie, among other things.

1 hour ago, Gazza said:

If you did Shanghai you could also visit Happy Valley, which is on the Metro.

They've got a Dive Machine, an Intamin Megalite, a B&M Family Coaster and a woodie, among other things.

@AlexB not to be confused with the Happy Valley in Beaudesert. 😎

Your kids would also benefit from seeing other cultures and languages, just saying.

Probably HKDL or USS are the best parks for little kids. It doesn't take long to get there, English is the primary language used (some shows are in Cantonese though, I learned that the hard way), is typically never busy, easy to get around and gives off the Disney/Universal experience enough while being close to home.

Although I'm not exactly sure how a 4 year old would cope with a theme park, or the 7-9 hour flight to get to HK/Singapore. I'm at least a decade off from being a parent but I'd want to say that a child that age typically wouldn't remember doing that. I'd preferably say 6 at minimum, but I'm definitely being somewhat conservative. Somehow I remember things from when I was two but I know my case is an outlier. For this very reason of 'remembering and appreciating' I didn't travel outside of Australia until I was 13-14 years old and my first Disney park was two years after that.

I have memories from age 4 and earlier. We've already made the decision not to take him to the states to do Fl and Ca until he's a bit older, but i'm comfortable he'll enjoy the experience, and remember the trip well enough.

For those people with young families who want to visit a quiet inner city amusement park in Tokyo, here’s my review of one I went to in 2015. It’s near a large temple and one train stop from the Skytree.

http://parks115.blogspot.com/2015/10/hanayashiki-amusement-park.html?m=1