14 July, 2023

Tokyo Disneyland

 Wonderful park, worthy of label that many on the net called the best park in the world.




The day is a breeze, starting with around 8am where crowd has gathered at park entrance, in full swings complete with Disney shirts, outfits, Mickey and Minnie head bands, bags, accessories, and etc. Japanese crowds are really lot of fun.

The line quickly moved ans we were so lucky srriving on a cloudy day. And we managed to enter moments beforw 9am its officially opening hour.




Tales of Beauty and the Beast, new attraction. The set is so elaborate, the castle facade is beautiful with statues of gargoyle, griffins, lion figures. Lining up we can see interior of castle with French lanelled items and moving animations to entertain the lining crowds.









Next we move to shows, club mickey beats that is lottery based.

We won on the first show that is 11:45 right after.



We then moved to Space Mountain, high speed roller coaster in the dark. A thrilling ride there is lots of escape pods around the entrt line yhat add to the sense of excitement, thrill, and fear factor. 



Skipping Star tour we then move to Monster Inc, Ride and Seek. A fun ride with flash lights around detailed and colorful Boo and Skully while trying to locate the monster by pointing your flashlight on the eye sign on the helmst. 



Next we move out to Pirates of Caribbean area.




On to a quick show with Stitch at the Enchanted Tiki room. 


The Cinderella castle is decked sith 40th anniversary colorsnas well.

Detailed mosaic of the castle.

At the village, the fountain.

We then head to Philharmagic show.


Then to Pooh’s honey hunt, where the line forms along area that are flagged with beutifully illustrated story book pages.


The ride is in cute honey pots, along richly colored Pooh’s forest and dream scene.




We then head to Toontown where the houses of Mickey, Minnie, Donald (a boat with Daisy headmast!), and Goofy are. 


Donald’s boat


A short outdoor roller coaster at Gadget’s go coaster. (No photo)

A quick bite at Huey, Lewey, doey cafe.



Chinese bun is yummy. Meanwhile we spotted Goofy coming out of City Hall and around golf area.



We then viewed the Harmony in Color parade. So fun!

Then at Roger’s car toon spin where we have to steer the spinning car :)

The sky starts to get dark at this time but even with 2 hours to go before the Night Electric parade, some people have stakes the groudn with mats.

We squeeze in a few rides taking advantage od the thinning crowd seeking dinner.

Big Thunder mountain is the longest roller coaster in the park and a lot of fun.



Peter Pan’s flight we ride a ship sailing over city of London and over the fight with Captain Cook. Classic.

Then Snow White adventure featuring the dwarfs. Our cart is Grumpy’s.






Then it is time for night parade with more than a million lights.



















We squeeze in ride with Haunted Mansion and It’s a Small World int he final hour.
















Crowd

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