Again I'm a few days late in posting, but we've been dragging ourselves home from Disneyland so late that I couldn't make it back downstairs to hook into the internet.
Tokyo Disneyland was amazing. I should just stop there because no amount of description will do it justice. I suppose I'll do my best at describing our day and leave it at that.
We got up early and came downstairs to have breakfast then headed out on the shuttle bus to Tokyo Disneyland. We got there about 15 minutes before the park opened and there were huge lines to get in. If anyone has been to Disneyland with my husband Greg you know the kind of schedule that we run. He lives by the motto, get the most for your day. That motto means get there when it opens and stay until it closes. That's what we did and that's what everyone else who went did too. As the gates opened everyone surged forward into the main plaza, all the characters were out greeting children and taking pictures. I didn't really see any characters signing autographs, so I'm not sure if they do that here or not. Gabriella said a quick hello to Pinochio and then we were off to the rest of the park. Our first stop was to get a fast pass to Pooh's Hunny Hunt. It's "the ride" to go to at Tokyo Disneyland. I assume it's fairly new because the fast pass line was huge. It was barely 8:30 and our fastpass time was 10:55. The line itself was 100 minutes at 10 am. While I was in line for Fastpass Greg and Gabriella went on the Rockets as the first ride of the day. Our next stop was Autopia, then we headed into Fantasyland. Small World was our first Fantasyland stop, it was so interesting to hear the song sung in Japanese throughout the whole ride. Next was Pinochio, Dumbo, the tea cups, etc. On a general note all the "dark rides" go much faster than their counterparts at Disneyland in California. Once our fastpass time arrived we rode the Pooh ride. It's so cool!! There is no track, the honey pots run on a magnetized floor, so as you go through the ride you are constantly moving in and out of other honey pots and seeing different sections of the scenery. It's a very unique ride system. Just as a note, by the time we got off the ride the wait time was 180 minutes. All the lines at Tokyo Disneyland were long, really long. They were previewing a monsters inc ride and the weight time was 200 minutes at one point. Even though the lines were long, everyone waited patiently, no one complained and everyone still had a smile on their face.
I should probably mention that it was raining for almost the whole day and that it never got above 40 degrees. We were freezing cold even though all of us were wearing multiple layers of clothing. Most of the ride lines were indoors but walking around between rides or watching parades was uncomfortably cold. Speaking of parades we saw 2 of them. The day parade was a 25th anniversary parade and the night parade was their version of the Electrical Parade. Both parades were stunning they were my favorite parts of the day. The Electrical Parade is outfitted with LED lights which made all the colors more vibrant.
All and all we went on most of the rides at the park. We did miss Splash Mountain, the line never dipped below 90 minutes, even in the pouring rain. We skipped Peter Pan and didn't make it to Monsters INC. I must note that Tokyo Disney closes off their lines at the end of the night. Our last ride was Space Mountain, we waited 70 minutes in line for it and we were done with the ride with 8 minutes before closing time. As we walked out every single attraction was closed, people were all walking out quietly and the stores on Main Street had already started closing their doors. It was a far cry from running into line for something with 1 minute before park closing.
I think that's all for Tokyo Disneyland. Everyone was incredibly polite and friendly. Greg's favorite part of the day was taking Gabriella on the canoes for the first time. He said that she was a really good paddler, so good even the canoe guide complimented her on her skill. Gabriella's favorite part was seeing Marie (the kitten from Aristocats) in the electrical parade. My favorite part was all of it, I'm thrilled to have been able to mark another Disneyland off my list. I also liked my piece of Snow Crab Pizza.
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