The Official Fall 2011 China DO Thread
 

Here is your chance to see Shanghai (AKA Paris of the East) with your fellow FlyerTalkers/FlyerTeas!

Thanks to the efforts of bschaff1 and TravellerOnline we have a schedule of events and it looks like things are moving forward to a potentially successful DO :cool:

Thursday November 10

-If anyone is interested a group of us are meeting at the Le Meridien at 0830 to go to Zhujaijiao, an old watertown with many bridges and canals. If you are interested contact lili or post your questions or intent.

Friday November 11

- Agenda: Shanghai Highlights Tour from an Insider's View - Thanks to the generosity of our FlyerTea counterparts they are arranging more of an insider's tour, not a typical Shanghai tour for tourists. Of course they will also include the main tourist sites. Exact start time and meeting location will be forthcoming. See post 229 for agenda and specifics and post 271 for pickup times

- Dinner: Starting 6:30-7:00 PM. Venue: A small Japanese restaurant which does a nice set crab meal. The ultimate delicacy in Shanghai is hairy crab and the crab season is only about 3, 4 months. November is the best time for hairy crab. Normally these hairy crab set meals(nothing hairy in the set) will cost over RMB1000 per person. But this little gem can do it for RMB150. This is the real hidden gem in Shanghai. For those who won't venture into crabs, they can choo
se all-you-can-eat Japanese buffet for RMB158We need a final count of attendees NO LATER THAN 1 November Please advise me and TravellerOnline of your participation. Post #209 reflects those that have signed up for Dinner



Saturday November 12

- China Eastern Tour: China Eastern Airlines has their home hub in Shanghai and we will have the opportunity to tour their commercial pilot training facilities. (http://www.ceaftc.com/CeaftcWeb/Intr...nyInfo_En.aspx). The tour will be approximately 4 hours and we anticipating leaving the Le Meridien at approximately 1330. Please see Post #301 for additional information.

See (Post #153) for a list of attendees on this tour

- Dinner: 7:30 PM, Venue: Di Shui Dong located at 56 Mao Ming South Road, 2nd Floor (by Change Le Road) Shanghai. Comes with some great recommendations, check this link out (http://accidentalepicurean.com/2010/...sion-shanghai/) or do a web search on the name
See (Post #163) for a list of Dinner attendees. Here is a link for printable taxi directions http://www.smartshanghai.com/taxi/2848

Note: Dinner is now set for 1930hrs

- After Dinner Drinks: Pudong, Venue TBD

Sunday November 13

- Late Brunch or Lunch at 1200 (noon) at Jean Georges, 4th Floor, Three on the Bund, #17 Guangdong Lu (near Zhongshan Dong Yi Lu)

- Dinner: Timing is up in the air since I'm sure some people will be leaving this evening

See Post #2 for a list of DO attendees

Attendees for The Official Fall 2011 China DO
 

Here is the list of those that have committed and the maybe's. We are not going to identify a central hotel but it is recommended that you choose one on or near the Bund - this would make herding the cattle much easier :D. If you want to PM me with your hotel and flight arrangements I will build a post for these.

Definitely:
acpccl
bennos +1 (CY Puxi)
bschaff1
chchkiwi (LeMeridien & Westin)
ckpeter
Ellyse (local)
FriendlySkies
frostie +1
fsfguy
gvdIAD (Hilton)
KAndre (Renaissance Shanghai Park)
lili
Mackenzie77 +1 (local)
NewbieRunner (LeMeridien & Westin)
NYC101
rbAA
restlessinRNO (Hilton)
Ryu2 +1
Sabalca
Spaceman +1 (LeMeridien)
TravellerOnline
wijomas
wpyeh (IC Shanghai Puxi)
wrxmom
yul36




Interested:
3LeftTurns
8dimsum
aanswer
Abraxis
alicesantamonica
awc4
bseller
CaseyN2
cawhite
christinasc
Condition One
cyby +1
dedehans
falconea
jan_az
Jerseygirl17
karung99
Lori_Q
meremale
mnredfox
mrbrad
perthite
seacarl
Slipless
taiwaned +1
tmartazu
UA_Flyer
uchuuace
upup&away
usa18dca +1
worldtraveller2
yang1980
zInSocal

The Official Fall 2011 China DO Thread
 

Deleted, please refer to post #1.

Deleted, please refer to post #2.

Reserved for DO (2)

Guess I'll be the first one to put down my preference.

Attendance: Definite
Date Choice: Nov 11-14
# of attendees: 1
Hotel Preference: None
Other Suggested activities: Whatever the group decides

Had a few munites free while do the stress test of StarMegaDo-2:) so here are my preference.

Attendance: Definite
Date Choice: Nov 11-14
# of attendees: 1 for sure (possibly 2 if Mrs Spaceman is willing)
Hotel Preference: Hilton (1st choice), Starwood (2nd)
Other Suggested activities: Whatever the crowd decides

Mort

Put karung99 and +1 as maybe. Love to get back there.

I would suggest not having the Do during any holiday in China, we were trap in one of these holiday and everywhere we go it seem like zoo.

If not mistaken it was May 01 CN labor days, we went to Hangzhou, can't even catch taxi back to our hotel for long time, all restaurant was packed like sardines.

Attendance: Probable
Date Choice: November 11-14
# of attendees: 1
Hotel Preference: Hilton
Other suggested activities: Flexible

Oct 1 is China's National Day, sort of like our July 4th. I think the local folks will have a whole week off. The proposed Oct date is in the later half of the week so it shouldn't be that bad and TravellerOnline said business travel is usually slow during that week and we may get some good hotel deals, so something to think about.

I'll put you down as interested for Nov for now, let me know if things change.

Attendance: Definite
Date choice: November.
# of attendees: 1
Hotel Preference: None

I'm already getting ahead of myself and filling out China visa application. Of course I cant submit it for several months

Attendance: Probable
Date Choice: November 11-14
# of attendees: 1
Hotel Preference: Starwood
Other suggested activities: Flexible

Attendance: Interested
Date Choice: October 7-10
# of attendees: 1
Hotel Preference: Hyatt
Other suggested activities: Flexible

I pretty much have no excuse as I am a short and cheap flight away in Tokyo...might be hard to get a couple weekdays off, but the weekend component should be no problem...

Attendance: Probable
Date Choice: The October 7-10 weekend would be ideal as the 10th is a holiday in Japan
# of attendees: 1
Hotel Preference: Hilton
Other Suggested activities: Having Xiao Long Bao as it is a Shanghai specialty as compared to Dim Sum which is from Hong Kong. I'd also suggest taking the Maglev train instead of a car/van from the airport (greener/faster/more fun!), and somehow working in hanging in the Bund into the equation somewhere (good night life). And of course, would love to visit China Eastern/Shanghai Airlines.

Keep up the good work!

Attendance: Interested
Date Choice: November 11-14
# of attendees: 1
Hotel Preference: Hyatt, Starwood, Intercontinental
Other suggested activities: ???