Why did I wait an hour for The Happy Ride Baybox that’s just a modern version of the scrambler? I’m too tired. My brain isn’t functioning. As much as I would like to see the fabulous Disney fireworks, I’m beyond enjoyment. I wearily make my way on four trains and to bed.
MY DISNEY RIDES
The Enchanted Tale of Beauty and Beast
Mickey’s House and Meet Mickey
“It’s A Small World”
Haunted Mansion
Splash Mountain
Beaver Brothers Explore Canoes
Big Thunder Mountain
Mark Twain Riverboat
Tom Sawyer Island Raft
Monster, Inc. Ride & Go Seek
Star Tours The Adventures Continue
The Happy Ride with Baybox
The Happy Ride with Baybox. Big Splash Mountain. Check out the log ride. I can’t believe we actually padded the canoe. Dusk at Fantasyland
Parents foster the Disney mystique. They dress their wee ones in Disney outfits…Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse, Donald Duck, Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty…Parents even dress themselves in Disney wardrobes. It’s Halloween with the Disney theme on steroid. Everybody is part of the show.
Minnie Mouse dresses.Cinderella and a current Disney rage. Mickey Mouse and Linda (oops no Disney outfit).Mark Twain’s Riverboat.
Frustrated by the Disney Resort App, I’ve snagged a paper map. Listed are the rides with warnings for those that are the most life threatening. Those are the ones which are the most thrilling and have the loudest screams. Those are the rides I want and circle them on the map. I work my way clockwise from Toontown, Fantasyland, Critter Country, Westernland, to Tomorrowland crossing off rides rode. Low tech has its just rewards.
Disney’s life threatening warning.Never pushing. Always orderly. Always Japanese courtesy. Enchanted Tale of Beauty and the Beast. Disney Cast at Enchanted Tale of Beauty and the Beast. Never ending smiles and waves.
“Piss Alley” otherwise known as Nonbei Yokocho “Drunkard’s Alley” but officially as Omide Yokocho “Memory Alley.” Which ever name used, it’s a charming array of bars. It was once the illicit drinking quarters in the post war period. Packed with hostess bars and bars but no toilets, the drinkers gave the alley its reputation. A Rick’s doozy and marvelous.
“Piss Alley.”“Piss Alley.”“Piss Alley.”Not a toilet to be found.
Shibuya Street Crossing is the world’s biggest street crossing with as many as 3,000 people crossing at a time. A Rick’s doozy and marvelous.
One minute video…it takes that long for thousands to cross. Chomping at the bit.They’re off! Shibuya Scramble Square. Danger. People in every direction so much like the New York Marathon.
After being enticed by several handfuls of carrots, the elephant walked smartly into the adjoining room for a blood sample to be taken.
Elephant.Technician pulling the ear through the window.Without prompting, the elephant slipped his ear through this slot easier than I can thread a needle. Tech and elephant.
Tokyo’s Uenomarunouchi Zoological Gardens has twin pandas. I saw the giant brother Xiao Xiao. Lucky timing for me for the twins return to China in 2026.
45 seconds of sheer delight. What eyes!Xiao is agile and strong.Snacking.
Weather: 60-80°/ sun and clouds mixed, winds 10-20 mph
Gone are the days you stood in line to paid cash for a ticket. You stood in line for a ride.
During a 90 minute cue, two Disney Associates helped install features on my the Disney Resort App. I’m in the game!
(1) One Disney Lottery pass to choose between two selected events. No fee, it’s a lottery. Everyone loves a lottery. See how Disney is making you happy. It closes out super fast. This is your first move.
(2) 40th Anniversary Priority Pass a free ride reservation system. Additionally Priority Passes can be made only after the expired time of current Priority Pass. No gluttons allowed.
(3) Disney Premier Pass for fees of 1,500-2,500¥ / $10-$18 per ride for a designated reservation time lets you cue in a shorter priority line.
This charming couple and I met during the cue for The Tower of Horror. They had plenty of time to give me the low down on the best rides. Tower of Horror rapidly sucked you down, turned and twisted into blackness. Harry Potterish horror creatures popped out at you.Focus lower center at 11:00. The Raging Spirit Coaster is doing a complete loop. Feeling faint? Several time the coaster car gets refreshened with a blasted with water mist. The should to waist harness should clue you this ride isn’t for the faint. Minnie Mouse meets Minnie Me.
My TOKYO DisneySea World Rides. Justin, Disney’s greatest fan, are you sharing my excitement???
Weather: 60-80°/ sun and clouds mixed, winds 10-20 mph
Steam rising from a volcano was the first thing I saw approaching DisneySea. I knew Soaring Fantasy Flight would be my perfect debut attraction and worthy of a 90 minute wait. The ride runs like a roller coaster through a volcano dropping, accelerating, twisting until the car pops out of the volcano crater through steam and PLUNGS down faster and faster. Cool.
You can just see a whisp of steam coming from the crater. I rode through that steam. Mediterranean Harbor with volcano in background. Boarding Soaring Fantasy Flight. I got the driver’s seat😊Port Discovery. Riverboat tide was too dame for me
Weather: 60-80°/ sun and clouds mixed, winds 10-20 mph
OVERVIEW
WALK: 8m from Plat Hostel Keikyu Asakusa Station to Tawaramachi Station (G-19) / enter Via 1
TRAIN: 3m, 2 stops from G Ginza Line – Shibuya – Platform 1 to Ueno Station (H-18)
WALK: 4m follow JR Ueno Station District Gate
TRAIN: 10 m, 6 stops from Ueno Station on Hibiya Line – Naka-Meguro – Platform 1 to Hatchōbori Station (H12)
WALK: 4m follow signs for Sakuragawa Park District Gate
TRAIN: 14m, 5 stops from Hatchōbori Station on JE Keiyō Line – Kaihimmakuhari – Platform 1 to Maihama Station Exit via South exit
WALK: 4m from Maihama Station to Resort Gateway Station
TRAIN: 9m, 3 stops from Disney Resort Station on Disney Resort Line to Disneysea Station
WALK: 1m from Disneysea Station to Tokyo DisneySea
1h 10m / 708¥
Riding four trains and transferring to multiple stations is daunting. I spotted four Filipinos women with rabbit ears and you know where they are going. Instead of stalking them, I asked to join them in getting to DisneySea. Ten eyes are better than eight eyes. Lovely ladies who were enthusiastic over seeing Mt. Fugi the day before. (Can I work Mt. Fugi into mt final days?)
Our last train station, Disney Resort. I don’t think the ears are for me. The first eye catcher is a globe with riblets of water washing down to form a fountain.Broadway Theater. I wonder if Cousin Eddie has worked at this venue?20,000 Leagues Under the Sea. Venice, a bridge for Bill.
Linda Scandore 