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JacksonGriffin#50United States

Where can you go in Shanghai for 3 days with a child?

Here is a detailed 3-day itinerary in Shanghai: Day 1: Arrive at Hongqiao Railway Station at noon, then check in at a homestay on Nanjing East Road. After settling in, start exploring Shanghai. Remaining time on Day 1: Eat Shengjian Bao on Nanjing East Road - M Bean Flagship Store - Lego Flagship Store - Yu Garden - Return to the accommodation. Day 2: Shanghai Planetarium - Yuyuan Road - Dingxi Road - Return to the accommodation - The Bund - Daimaru Department Store to experience the turning elevator - Return to the accommodation. Day 3: Tongji University - Xuhui Academy - Xuhui Catholic Church - Shanghai Center Tower and its surroundings - Yu Garden - Return to the accommodation. Half day on Day 4: Take the subway from the accommodation to Pudong International Airport, then take the Maglev back, and visit the Maglev Science Museum at the same time. Then leave Shanghai by train at noon. Summary: 1. Always walking, so shoes are important. 2. Shanghai's Shengjian Bao is really delicious. The Shengjian Bao next to our accommodation is eaten by local residents, and it's not worse than the popular restaurants. 3. Originally wanted to go to Fudan University Handan Campus, but didn't make a reservation. Went to nearby Tongji University instead, which was also very good. 4. If the weather is bad, you can skip the Shanghai Center Tower. We went there on a cloudy and rainy day, but because we were leaving the next day, we still went up, thinking that maybe the clouds were only halfway up, and at least we could see the scenery above the clouds. But after going up, we couldn't see anything in the white fog. However, we didn't go in vain, we took the fastest elevator in the world. 5. Couldn't make a reservation for the Planetarium online, but you can queue up on the spot on the day. We bought tickets on the spot. 6. The peach gum soup with glutinous rice balls and papaya milk at Tangwu Sugar Water House on Yuyuan Road is really delicious, 28 yuan for a bowl. 7. When traveling with a child, you need to be mentally prepared. Whether you can walk or not, whether the child is interested in the places you go, directly affects the quality of the trip. I discussed with my child about the places we went, so the overall atmosphere of the trip was harmonious. Tips: 1. How to make a reservation to visit Fudan University? Search for 'Fudan Information Office' on WeChat. 2. There are tickets for the Planetarium on the spot, when does the queue start? You can queue up to buy tickets on the spot, the specific time depends on the situation of the day. I tried to grab tickets for several days but didn't get any. But my child is interested in astronomy, so I checked a lot of strategies at the time, saying that you can also queue up to buy tickets on the spot on the day. I wasn't sure, so I called the Planetarium. The staff answered quite tactfully, 'If there are returned tickets, there will be some tickets on the spot, but you need to queue up early.' Our situation on the day was like this: We originally planned to queue up at 8:30 in the morning, but because it was raining and cold in the morning, we were afraid that the child would catch a cold, so we didn't rush and arrived at around 9:20. When we arrived, we started to queue up. Maybe because the weather was bad, there weren't many people in line in front of us. Tickets started to be sold at 9:30, and it took less than 20 minutes for us to enter the venue. We were quite lucky. Transportation: 1. We took the subway from Nanjing East Road Subway Station to Drip Lake Subway Station, and it took less than an hour and a half without taking the direct Line 16 or the big station bus. 2. Drip Lake Subway Station - Planetarium, you can walk, it's quite close. We took a taxi at the time because we were in a hurry to buy tickets and were afraid of delaying time. Queue: There are two queues on the spot, the right queue (near the ticket window) is for buying tickets on the spot, and the other queue is for those who have made reservations online. Many strategies say that there is already a long queue at 8:30 in the morning, but when we arrived at nearly half past nine, there were only about a hundred people in front of us, so it depends on the situation. Our situation on the day was a working day during the winter vacation and the weather was not very good (it was only raining in the morning, and it had stopped raining when we arrived at the Planetarium).
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Posted: Feb 20, 2024
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