Japan - Disney

The first stop on our trip to Japan was the Tokyo Disney Resort.  We loved it! 

You can view a small photo album here:

Japan - Disney Overview

Or one with lots of pictures here:

Japan - Disney Lots of Pics

We spent 1 day at Tokyo Disneyland and 2 days at Tokyo DisneySea.  We stayed at the Sheraton Grande which was a Disney partner hotel, so they had Disney bus service - definitely an asset.

Overall, I have to say that the Tokyo Disney parks are beautiful and so clean that I had a bit of culture shock.  I almost cried I was so happy to be there!

Our day at Disneyland was hot and crowded.  Because it was a weekday in October, we were expecting small crowds, but we were so wrong!  It was like a summer day weekend crowd in Anaheim.  So after passing by several rides because they had 1.5 - 2 hour waits, we changed our game plan, saw some shows and waited until later in the night to ride some of our favorite rides.  We were lucky to get Fastpasses to Pooh's Hunny Hunt - a ride we all loved.  We were able to Fastpass Space Mountain and we went on Big Thunder right at closing time.  Overall, the day turned out to be good, just not what we expected.

We spent the next two days at Disney Sea.  The pictures don't do justice to the beauty of this park.  It is stunning!  The highlights of Disney Sea included our first time on Tower of Terror, which the kids loved and the kids' first time on a loop roller coaster.  They went on Tower of Terror four times, the roller coaster three times and Indiana Jones two times! 

We were sad to leave Disney, but we were moving on to the excitement on downtown Tokyo!
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