I was not able to convince Jason to go to the Tokyo Disney Resort while we were in Japan :( He was too Disney’d out! How is that possible I ask?! A Disney cruise, then a couple days at Disneyland and California Adventure are too much??!!!! He’s crazy I say, crazy! There is never too much in my opinion! ha ha! Fortunately, we did visit Disney last year when we were in Japan with my mom, so I can still tell you all about it!
First, a little bit of history (I’ll make it short and interesting). Tokyo Disney opened in 1983, and was the first Disney park outside of the US. This park is owned and operated by the Oriental Land Company with a license from the Walt Disney Company who was not ready for the international scene at the time. I was curious as to how a country the size of Japan could support a Disney, but Japan has a population of approximately 127 million with 35 million of them living in Tokyo (the US has 313 million, while Canada is about 35 million). The Japanese are also VERY enthusiastic about Disney to the point where a lot of adults will adorn themselves with Disney paraphernalia (it is super cute), thus a perfect combination to make it a success!
Say "cheese!"
Tokyo’s Disney Resort is comprised of two parks, Disneyland and DisneySea. Disneyland in general is the same around the world. I opted to go to the DisneySea side as it is the only one in the world and boy, was it amazing! This is the park that really made Jason say, “hey, I get the Disney thing!”. There is not a lot of english information on the park, I could only find one book. Get the book if you are going to visit for a few days, otherwise save your money.
Do NOT miss the Legend of Mythica show!
Very good theme park food...with service!
Following is my review that I wrote for Tripadvisor.com following our visit (user name moovstr):
Title - Love, Love, Love it!
Date - April 23, 2012
http://www.tripadvisor.com/ShowUserReviews-g298162-d320639-r128490823-Tokyo_DisneySea-Urayasu_Chiba_Prefecture_Kanto.html
In short, we would highly recommend it!
~Christine
Other information:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokyo_Disney_Resort
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan
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