eheheh. After all these years i'm still such a kid. I mean i've already been to Disneyland in France and America - How different could Tokyo be anyway? But still i cant resist the rides - almost no ride scares me now - and also, they always make Disneyland so PRETTY. whoawhoa and who doesn't like visiting Agrabah or Mickeys castle??
Tokyo has two worlds: Disneyland and DisneySea. They aren't too much different from each other but i suppose DisneySea has more worlds that are based on water and has more adult rides than Disneyland. To get there you need to take a train to Maihama Station, and from there they are both quite close.
So the first day was Disneyland. The thing about it is that in Tokyo, it is always always very very crowded. We went on a Wednesday which supposedly has the least number of people going but it was still pretty bad.
When we walked in we could already see the huge crowds at the front gate. And gosh it had to be the the HOTTEST day in Tokyo since we've been there - which means lots of melting in the hot sun D= We eventually decided to take on each part of Disneyland in a systematic way and visit each world.
As soon as i walked in i saw the castle!
Anyway so the places are divided into different worlds which are standard with all Disneylands if you haven't been to one. Basically most of the rides aren't straight rollercoasters but they all have a story to it or really nice scenery inside them (which is why i LOVE Disneyland!!) But as for thrill rides/rollercoasters, the only ones that are worth waiting ages for are Splash Mountain, Big Thunder Mountain and Space Mountain. And those were at least an 80 minute wait in long queues.
However in Tokyo Disneyland they have an option to use 'fast track' tickets, which don't cost any more money and are open to all visitors. Basically some rides have fast track machines which allows you to skip the queue for one ride at a certain time. It was kind of confusing but we got the hang of it and it helps with cutting the big lines really well. Its a good system cuz everyone in the park gets a turn to skip queues if they wish to.
Also they have a midday and nighttime parade of Disney Characters for everyone to watch. It goes for about 15 minutes or so. This time of year, the theme is Halloween so everything was decorated with pumpkins and spiders and whatnot, and the parade was no different. They had this really CATCHY song about Halloween, kinda like 'Its a Small World'.
I LOVE the Disney characters! Even like Cinderella and stuff were done by non-asians, they went to alot of trouble to get people that looked like their characters! However when they came up for photos they never stayed there for very long =(
Also another thing about Tokyo Disneyland, is that wearing Minnie mouse ears or Disney accessories is VERY popular!! So if u want to buy that gigantic Minnie bow, do it here and wear it all day, it wont be weird, it's trendy!! =)) (so i got my own in the end ^^)
But yes we stayed until about 8.30 for the night parade and fireworks, which was short but very nice end to a long and exciting day. Disneyland closes at 10pm, so we headed home to beat the rush. Anyway did i mention Disneyland is really pretty, even at night? All the fairylights turn on and (if there wasnt such a crowd) its feels magical. =) i love it..fairytales and all!
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