London to Shanghai then cruise from Shanghai to Japan

June, you have an answer in your identical post below this one :)

Hi I have the exact same query as you?did u get a definitive answer that we qualify under the visa waiver?

Unfortunately, somebody is deleting valuable posts :(

I have already answered the question and I will repeat it here.

This itinerary is eligible for 144 hour visa free transit with just two conditions that have to be fulfilled:

- The flight from London to Shanghai is not allowed to have any additional landing within mainland China and in Japan
- The cruise is not allowed to have its first port of call, immediately after Shanghai, in mainland China port

If the above mentioned conditions are fulfilled, you are definitely eligible for 144 hour visa free transit.

Now a message to the moderators or anyone in charge of this thread: Please, stop deleting valuable posts because I will not participate any more in answering the questions that are deleted within a day or even less for no reason. Trust me, you will lose a person who has answered hundreds of posts just as a voluntary activity. Please, don't do that.