Moondog,
Thank you for being so helpful, although I am now a little confused where to stay.
I am having a reward flight to Shanghai with Virgin, and I wanted to visit for a couple of days because way back in 1967 I visited Shanghai when I worked on a ship, yes in the Chairman Mao days. If I remember correctly we were only allowed to visit a couple of places in Shanghai in those days.
I love ships and the sea and I want to stay somewhere in Shanghai which has a great view of the river and all the different types of vessels etc. For my evening activities it doesn't matter if they are a little quiet as I am also visiting, HKG, BKK and Pattaya !!!
So I'll have a quiet visit to SHA, visit a few places and sip a cocktail or two and watch the world go by from my room.
Rgds