Japan – Day 8

Today was a day which we had all been anxiously looked forward to. We are going to DisneySea! Months before the trip, we had prepared Julian for this trip by introducing him to Disney cartoons with the main characters like Mickey, Donald and Goofy. 

Julian was still sound asleep when we woke up early and prepared for our day in Tokyo Disney Sea.

  

When we were all ready, we pulled Julian up from bed and got him dressed up and washed up for the day!

 

A morning view of Tokyo Tower from our hotel lift lobby at 15th floor.

 

The benefit of staying in a Disney Good Neighbour Hotel was the free shuttle bus ride to and from DisneyLand and DisneySea.  Having booked the 9:20am shuttle bus on the day we checked into the hotel, we only had to bring our shuttle bus tickets with us to board the bus.  The ride to DisneySea was about 1 hour and our tired little boy went back to sleep on the way there.

 

Stopping by DisneyLand first before heading to DisneySea.

 

Welcome to DisneySea…

 

and finally, we arrived!

   

Julian was still half-awake at this time.

 

We got 2 adult tickets at 5800JPY (S$75) each while it was free for Julian.  Our little boy was still half-awake at this time.

  

But once we approached the ticket gantries, the sight of the attractions and the disney music got Julian wide awake immediately!  He was suddenly so excited!

 

Once we were in, we saw a group of kids training to keep the park spick-and-span.  It was so entertaining to see these kids of varying ages working together.

    

Practical lessons on cleaning up the fun way!

    

Standing at the Mediterranean Harbor with the Mysterious Island in the background.

  

The Venetian Gondolas was a ride we wanted to take but each time we went to queue, it was temporarily closed in preparation for a show… hmm.

 

Vintage car rides.

 

Walking to the American Waterfront to catch ”Over the Waves”, our first show of the day.

 

The show was held outdoors and hence, sitting under the bright summer sun was a rather hot and sweaty experience.  However, we thoroughly enjoyed the catchy melodies and nifty footwork even though the show was in Japanese.  :-)

     

After the ”Over the Waves” show, we went “sailing” around DisneySea on the DisneySea Transit Steamer Line.  It was a nice ride as we could see many attractions from the river of DisneySea.

  

As we walked towards the next attraction, we caught sight of the ”Chip n Dale Cool Service” sailing down the DisneySea waters.  This was a summer attraction with Chip and Dale dancing onboard a ferry to the loud disney music.  Everyone along the river banks and on the bridges stopped to watch the performance.  Then suddenly, the ferry started spraying jets of water at everyone along the river banks and on the bridges!  It came really fast and even as we quickly retreated, we were wet with Julian getting most of the “cool service”.  It was a really entertaining experience!

  

Summer flowers in DisneySea.

 

DisneySea Electric Railway overhead!

 

Julian has been very fascinated with trains recently and this was certainly one of his favourites… a ride on the DisneySea Electric Railway train!

  

Little girls in kimonos… in the hot summer weather.  But they look really cute in them!

 

Ju watching kids playing at the fountain outside the Tower of Terror.

  

While we were on our way hunting for lunch, we saw a rather long queue outside the theatre for the “Big Band Beat” show.  It was 45 minutes to the show but with a queue already forming, we thought it must be good.  So we decided to postpone lunch and joined the queue.  We were glad we did because having joined in the queue early, we managed to get really good seats in the large theatre.  The show was very much like a broadway musical and we thoroughly enjoyed the music, singing and stage performance.  In fact, we felt that if there was only one show we could catch, this was the one that would make our tickets worth.

 

After the show, we had lunch at Restaurant Sakura.  Being in Japan and wanting to eat Japanese food, this was the place to eat because it was the only Japanese restaurant… haha.

 

Julian was hungry and couldn’t wait for lunch to be served, so he had his appertiser first… his favourite “Nak Nak”.

 

Lunch Time!  We had Tonkatsu, Udon and…

 

Anmitsu with Ice Cream for dessert!

 

After lunch, we managed to catch Pinocchio and Jiminy Cricket.

  

Beautiful glow from the flowers in Disneysea during Summer time!

 

While Julian was having his nap in his stroller and we were waiting for the Mystic Rhythms show to start at the Lost River Delta, it was a time for Joan and I to relax and take a stroll around the area instead of taking any rides.  So we decided to get frozen mangoes to enjoy and cool ourselves in the hot summer heat.  The sweet sour taste was really refreshing!

  

The crowd before the Mystic Rhythms show started.

 

It was a nice display of rhythmic dance.  But with the whole family rather tired in a setting so comfortable with the cool air and hypnotizing rhythms, we all fell asleep at some parts of the show… heh heh.  Look at Julian still yawning after the show.

 

A view of Mount Prometheus.

 

Julian checking out the toys!  Well, more like us trying out the toys on Julian… heh heh.  Julian loved it anyway!

 

Evening time at the Mediterranean Harbor.  Throughout the day, we spotted many people carrying a nice yellow Chip n Dale container of pop corns but each time we approached them to ask where they bought it, they would say “DisneyLand”.  So we gave up trying to look for the yellow Chip n Dale container and tried settling for a nice alternative instead.  But every time we spotted a booth selling pop corns, we either didn’t like the container or the flavour of the pop corn (e.g. black pepper pop corn).  By evening time, we gave up trying to find a nice container of pop corns for Julian.  Hopefully, Disneyland would still have nice pop corn containers the next time we visit… hmm.

   

I had a busy time taking photos for this group of Japanese kids with their disposable cameras.  When I finally finished, I couldn’t resist taking a photo of them with my camera as well.  :-)

 

The night scene before leaving DisneySea, which was celebrating the 25th Anniversary of Tokyo Disney Resort.  We all had a great time and thoroughly enjoyed ourselves.  Although this was not the first time Joan and I visited a Disney theme park, it was our most enjoyable one even though we couldn’t ride on the most popular rides due to height restrictions for Julian.  We told ourselves that we would be back again one day and visit both DisneyLand and DisneySea.  :-)

 

After we took the Disney shuttle bus back to our hotel, we headed down to this restaurant at Shinagawa Station for dinner.

 

And this was what we had to cap off the wonderful day… Ramen, Gyoza, Fried Rice and Unadon.  As usual, it was a very satisfying meal!

Tomorrow, we shall head to the Imperial Palace and Ginza!

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