Yes – we did it! And boy oh boy it was worth it.
Here the two of us are in the super packed train, full of excitement and anticipation..
As we walked out of Maihama train station, roughly 30 minutes from Shinjuku where we are staying, we found our first Welcome sign – and got even more excited (as expressed by Jesse’s grin!)
We were soon to discover that Tokyo Disney Land, unlike any other theme park we have ever visited, is a true theme park – with 6 themes that aren’t half-assedly done or forgotten.. in every corner of the park there was life, hustle and bustle, decorations, lovely scenery.. the staff were always in character which just adds to the magic.. It truly is magical. And to think I was going to skip this because it ‘doesnt have thrill rides.’
The thrill rides aren’t extremely high dropping roller coasters that fly at record speeds – but a handful of them are still quite thrilling, and at the very least they were all entertaining. Tokyo Disney Land is probably closest in style to Movie World.
There were quite a few rides where we sat in a boat/car/flying ship and just moved slowly through the attraction looking at the displays and listening to the music, with a random slope of speed.. There were two rollercoasters which were absolutely fucking mad, although they didn’t have upside down or amazing altitude.
Oh, and what was truly amazing, was how incredibly long the lines are – BUT – unlike any other theme park, they move quite quickly.. the turnaround time is amazing. There’s one rollercoaster that got 16 people off a coaster, and then 16 more people back on the coaster in less than 20 seconds! The 500 metre queue doesn’t feel like it takes as long when you’re constantly shuffling forward. 
We had a buffet lunch. lol.
Enough typing and more photos! We met Piglet as we entered and Jesse ended up pushing in front of the kids and grabbing a photo – unfortunately the sun is really unfortunately positioned – nonetheless, here is a photo of Jesse and Piglet!
We started by going on the log ride. Funnest log ride ever, not so much for the huge drop at the end, but for the adventure leading up to it. We found a photo of a squirrel with his nutsack hanging out as we were entering
We entered a ‘lottery’ in the morning to get tickets to a show, One Man’s Dream 2, and we ‘won’.. anyway, we got front row seats. It was, by far, without a doubt, the gayest show I have ever seen. It was like a scene from a Disney movie and I’m so not even kidding, cheesey as hell.. not to mention they spoke and sang Japanese – but it was fun and entertaining also 
This monkey almost cracked me up – I guess I just expected her to speak English, she was at the start of the show and started talking incredibly excitedly in Japanese.
I got some snaps of one of the parades
This was followed by the Jungle Cruise, where we sailed through the Jungle and discovered unknown civilisations and animals in their natural habitat.. the entertainer driving the boat was apparently very funny – all of the people on the boat who understood Japanese were laughing. (Everyone except us – they could have been paying out the two whitefolk aboard for all we knew)
A lovely staff member (or ‘cast member’ as they are known ) offered to take a photo of us with a life-sized Lego Buzz Lightyear – woohoo. PS the Buzz Lightyear ride is totally tits! You sit in a little buggy which slowly moves around a track, while you have to shoot targets with the gun attached to your buggy.. It is so much fun.. omg.
Here is Jesse looking incredibly handsome in the incredibly popular Disney character beanies
We then enjoyed the evening parade, Dream Lights.
After Dream Lights we were prepped for the Fireworks display, behind the well-known Disney Castle. Isn’t it beautiful.
Souvenir-wise, Jesse got a Mickey clock and I got a Mickey hat – which I love – so much.
No comments:
Post a Comment