Originally Posted by
moondog
I took a taxi from PVG to that area last month, and the trip was shockingly fast (40 minutes!). A taxi from the Maglev terminus at Longyang road takes longer than 40 minutes; plus, you need to deal with attempted extortion from the taxi drivers there (this issue is often talked about here; if you are smart and aggressive, it honestly isn't an issue at all, but we've seen many reports of visitors being screwed over royally).
The Maglev is definitely worth trying for tourism value alone, but slotting it into your trip back to the airport (perhaps with other activities in Pudong first) is how I would play it.
Thanks, after reading what has been posted here I think I will simply take a taxi from PVG to my hotel. Reason for entertained Maglev for when I arrived at PVG is that my departing flight from Shanghai is out of SHA (Hongquiao), not PVG. When arriving at Shanghai will be only time I will be at PVG. By any case I will take a taxi from PVG. If I have some time to kill while I am at Shanghai then I may try out Maglev.