Your judgement towards how good or bad a park is is now based on a well-rounded package: the experience itself. Instead of embellishing every single corner and element in the park with Disney references and symbols, the park pays homage and respect to experiences that general adults can truly appreciate in the outside world in the best way it can afford. Children will still have plenty of things to do. Nevertheless, Tokyo DisneySea is one of those few theme parks around the world where adults and children can have equally great time when they pay a visit together.
Be it the rides, the food, the shows, nor simply the enjoyment, Tokyo DisneySea seems to have plenty of things to offer to all types of demographics. Most of the rides here are original and unique, exclusively made for the park. Occasionally, the rides are copied from other Disney parks, but even then Tokyo DisneySea take those rides a notch up further by investing massive budget in putting elaborate theming to ensure that they meet the quality standard that is expected from the park; that they blend perfectly with the surrounding themed area.
On the day of my visit, people were literally sprinting like Usain Bolt to the back of the park. Located at the Port Discovery area, the attraction was opened on May 12, , only 3 days prior to my visit. The attraction experience begins with a pre-show presentation explaining the backstory of the ride. The Marine Life Institute uses this element to shrink the fish-shaped submarine that the guests are about to board so that they can swim with the fishes: you guessed it, Nemo and friends themselves.
I remember how the ride that it replaced, StormRider , was a much wilder and intense experience. But is it worth queueing minutes for? I say no. Following my first ride of the day, I walked to the back-most portion of the park, Lost River Delta, which possesses one of the premier rides of the park, Indiana Jones Adventure: Temple of the Crystal Skull. Housed in an Inca pyramid structure that spreads along the area, the attraction surely brings about a huge first impression to the visitors.
Just like its sister ride at Disneyland in Anaheim, CA — whose exterior is far more down to earth — this version of Indiana Jones also has an exquisitely detailed queue. After meandering in and out of the temple a couple of times, guests finally enter the core of the temple into a seemingly Inca ritual room with a lot of human skulls scattered on the floor below. On the ceiling, visitors can enjoy or be frightened by the mural painting that seems to give warning to the guests of the danger waiting for them.
Oh no! What are we gonna do!? While similar in execution, this version of this ride carries notable differences to the original version located in Anaheim, CA. If you have time, go take another spin on this ride. This will cut your wait time significantly. Tucked right next to Indiana Jones Adventure is a small roller coaster with a degree vertical loop called Raging Spirits.
A roller coaster that tells the story of an excavation site gone awfully wrong after the displacement of artefacts here and there, Raging Spirits takes the guests into the middle of a battle between the God of Water and God of Fire. With a top speed of merely above 37 mph, Raging Spirits is definitely not an intense roller coaster. Thanks for its rather small size, Raging Spirits is a perfect roller coaster for those who would like to go on their first inverting roller coaster.
Raging Spirits is one of those roller coasters that give significantly different experience during the day and at night. After the sun goes down, the effects come into full play. Special lighting, fire effects, mist, and advanced lighting make the ride a more well-rounded and exciting ride. If you have time, try riding both during the day and at night! To save time, once again ask for Single Riders line access to cut waiting time to minimum. Guests board one of the 4-passenger capsule, wear their 3-D glasses, and attempt to obtain the highest scores possible as they transition from one carnival game to another.
Guests are taken to multiple carnival games, from ring toss to dart throw, that take place on the screens in front of the riders. Each game lasts approximately one minute long. Guests aim and shoot by pulling on the round-shaped knob in front of them.
This is an attraction that can be enjoyed by both adults and children alike. Unlike its sister rides at the U. The ride even has its own mini-land within the American Waterfront area. I mean… check these out. If you want to ride Toy Story Mania, either ride it first thing in the morning or obtain FastPass tickets for it. Back in , American Waterfront was a relatively dead area due to lack of highlight attractions. We already talked about the first one Toy Story Mania.
The second ride is located right next to Toy Story Mania: soaring feet up into the sky, it is the one and only… Tower of Terror. In this version, rather than taking a journey into the fifth dimension, guests take a tour of the long-abandoned Hotel Hightower in New York City. The pre-show of the ride proves to be my personal highlight of this ride. After a brief introduction to the storyline done through a model gramophone, the story takes a dark turn when Mr.
Hightower himself appeared and told the story through a hypnotic stained glass screen. Then comes the effect that blows literally everyone in the room: the cursed, so-called Shiriki Utundu statue that was displayed in the room suddenly disappears. No trace whatsoever. Guests then proceed to the artefacts room, which is also the boarding area to the main ride itself. Once on the ride itself, the experience is practically very similar to that of the Anaheim version. The show scenes, however, were replaced by two different ones: one showing how Shiriki Utundu sent Harrison Hightower into his doom on that fateful night and another one with a mirror showing the cursed idol absorbing the souls of the riders.
The elevator that the guests are on board on now goes into full up-and-down mode. The experience is far less intense compared to the Anaheim, CA version, which was a major disappointment.
While riders still experienced zero and negative G-forces throughout the ride, the drops feel considerably tamer thanks to the more elaborate restraints used on this version.
While this Tower of Terror wins in terms of backstory and theming, it loses big time in the ride experience itself, considerably tamer MUCH tamer to its Paris and Anaheim counterparts.
By the time I finished Tower of Terror, it was still around am. Having read reviews that Big Band Beat is a show not to be missed at the park, I entered the lottery and… I lost. Fortunately, on the day of my visit, the show had a single non-lottery show at pm. When I arrived at the entrance of the ride, I was immediately puzzled by how empty the queue was: it was a literal 5-minute wait. Is this ride that unpopular?
With its orchestral composition and gleeful vibe, one will simply be unable to resist humming along the tune after the ride. Really, this tune is going to get stuck in your head for a long, long time. Once the door opened, I ran a little to get the best possible seat in the middle orchestra section, giving me a fully symmetric view of the stage. I was so excited. Having heard so many fantastic reviews of it, I was expected to be blown away.
From the tap dancers to the big band ensemble, from the vocalists to the Disney characters — even the Mickey Mouse in this show can legit drum! Whether you win the lottery or not, Big Band Beat is a must-see show at the park. If I can give this show a Inspired by a novel of the same name penned by a French author named Jules Verne, the ride has impressed many theme park enthusiasts for its immersion and perfect execution of the ride system.
I remember of how short this ride is in reality; of how the ride starts merely as a stroll going through the magical subterranean world with beautiful sight of a crystal cave and mesmerising alien underworld complete with weird creatures here and there. Unfortunately, the ride took a wrong turn after a tunnel collapsed and now the vehicle had to pass dangerous area: the cave of lightning and the grand finale… the encounter with the giant centipede monster.
From here, the vehicle then blasted upwards at a speed in excess of 45 mph and went through a foot drop before going back to the station. And oh boy, did it still impress me. This ride was still at its top-notch state even after 14 years. From the pre-show terravator ride that seemingly takes guests deep down into the core of the Earth to the different show scenes that the riders go through, Journey to the Center of the Earth is the manifestation of what Walt Disney Imagineering can truly do if not constrained by bureaucracy and budget matters.
For what it lacks in length and duration, Journey to the Center of the Earth makes up for in completely immersive attraction experience from start to finish.
From the queue to the exit point, from the terravator ride to the grand finale full of special effects utilising fire, thunder, and strobe light effects. This was a nice savory alternative to the usual sweet dough churros.
Lost River Delta looks like an archaeological site in a tropical rainforest of Central America in the s. This is very similar to the ride in Disneyland in California. Regardless, the Tokyo version was a lot of fun! Multiple cars left only partially-filled while Dan and I still waited.
Even so, I still recommend the Single Rider line because the wait is still considerably shorter. Dan intended to ride the roller coaster, Raging Spirits. He eventually gave up waiting and came to find me in Mermaid Lagoon.
Unlike the other ports, Mermaid Lagoon is almost completely indoors. The entire thing feels like actually being underwater with cool mood lighting and colorful decor. I had the seafood pizza, and Dan ate the sausage pizza. The dialogue is all in Japanese, but the songs are in English. Ariel really is awesome.
No rides. The main attraction is the chance to meet Duffy and friends, a uniquely Japanese set of furry characters. Dan and I rarely choose to wait in line to meet characters, so we skipped this. New York is a very Disney-fied vision of New York set during the s. It was a great way to see the park. Tower of Terror was our first FastPass of the day.
I loved walking through the queue which weaves through a hotel lobby. Normally Toy Story Mania! We skipped Toy Story Mania! The queue was amazing. The ride is a 3D dark ride that involves hitting targets for points. I was pretty terrible at hitting the targets, but Dan racked up an impressively high score. This is a restaurant and bar inside the SS Columbia, a recreation of a 20th-century steam-powered ocean liner. Dan ended up ordering a Samuel Adams beer to stick with the American theme while I ordered my favorite cocktail, a kir royale.
Mine was about yen. Those prices are ridiculously good for alcohol, especially in a Disney theme park. The drinks were fun, but the theming was the best. Imagine the most stereotypical manly-man, outdoorsy American-themed bar possible. Add a touch of whimsy, portraits of Teddy Roosevelt, and museum displays. That is the Teddy Roosevelt Lounge. It has two main rides, both of which Dan and I tried. Everything is in Japanese, without subtitles, but the animation is fun even without understanding the storyline.
Aquatopia is a way cooler ride, with a more reasonable wait time. Arabian Coast features four attractions:. Dan and I greatly enjoyed creating our own over-the-top narration throughout the ride.
Dan and I liked this ride so much that we wanted to ride it a second time, but we ran out of energy later in the evening. Dan and I had dinner at Casbah Food Court. Plus Casbah Food Court has multiple dining rooms and outdoor seating, so it was easy to find a table.
Dan and I split the curry sampler, rice, and naan. It was good, especially for theme park food, and it only cost about yen. Mediterranean Harbor is the entrance to Tokyo DisneySea. Dan and I had hoped to ride the Venetian Gondolas, but sadly they were closed down when we checked out the ride.
Dan enjoyed a snack break for matcha gelato at Gondolier Snacks. During our visit to Tokyo DisneySea, we hit the end of the Easter celebration and the beginning of the 35th anniversary celebration.
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