I Am Doing This - TDL

I don't really have any tips for the fireworks.

At DisneySea, an alternative viewing location for the fireworks might be on the deck of the cruise liner. Otherwise, I think the "central" viewing areas of the castle and the harbour would work best. I've been reading about obscene crowd levels at Disneyland LA as I'm planning a trip there later this year, but I don't think it's ever that ... chaotic in Tokyo. It may be crowded, but the people are incredible polite. For example, for the Electric Night Time Parade, the first three to four "rows" of people sat on the ground so that the people behind could get a good view. And the ground was cold and wet due to the rain, yet they still sacrificed their warmth and comfort for the benefit of others!
 
BrianL said:
I notice the fireworks program is the same at both parks (Happiness on High) and it seems to be a short program. Any tips regarding it?
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Not to prioritize it? There are many things that TDR does well, but fireworks aren't one of them. (They are set off between TDL and TDS, so you can see them from both parks ... and be equally unimpressed.)
 
Agent 86 said:
We toured Kyoto on foot and with a couple of confusing bus rides.

But, some friends who were much wiser than us hired some bicycles to get around to all of the temples. Kyoto is a very peaceful and quiet town and the locals are so courteous that I don't think you would have any trouble getting around on bikes.
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We just took the subway & trains around Kyoto. It was pretty easy to navigate. We studied the map before leaving the hotel to be sure we knew exactly where we were headed and found our way pretty easily. The worst part for us was that there were very few elevators in subway / train stations which meant we got to haul our stroller (and toddler) up and down and up and down the stairs!

Regarding shows we aren't that into them so we just caught whatever we could. We saw a bit of the castle show, part of the afternoon show in the Mediterranean harbor (can't remember the name) at Disney Sea and waited a few minutes and got to see Big Band Beat. Looking back I wish we had seen more of the shows because they were really well done but we were too excited about attractions and eating... Disney Sea has some great restaurants. I honestly don't even remember seeing fireworks! Guess I wasn't that impressed with them either haha..
 


Everywhere is pretty awesome for eating.

At Disneyland, our favourites are: Grandma Sara's Kitchen, Hungry Bear Restaurant, Queen of Hearts Banquet Hall and Blue Bayou.

At DisneySea, our favourites are: Magellan's, Ristorante di Canaletto, Miguel's El Dorado Cantina (or it might have been the other Mexican themed restaurant in that land), Casbah Food Court and Vulcania Restaurant.

We only do Blue Bayou, Ristorante di Canaletto and Magellan's in Tokyo because of the good exchange rate for the Australian dollar. We couldn't afford to do the top end restaurants in any other Disney theme park.
 
At Disney Sea we really enjoyed Restaurant Sakura... it was awesome.
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We also enjoyed Magellans. Kinda basic (pasta) but the kid's appreciated "normal food" haha.
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We also had our fare share of snacks. These were fun. Little cream filled dumplings.
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At Disneyland we enjoyed Queen of Hearts but it was quite a wait.
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Other than that we had quick service and snacked. Our favorite was popcorn (of course) and waffles!!
 


Awesome. I know the popcorn is supposed to be something special. I must have those green dumplings! All that food looks great.
 
The Japanese LOVE their popcorn. Everybody carries a popcorn bucket, often one that matches their outfit. The flavors are crazy.

We liked Café Portofino and Yucatan Base Camp Grill at Disney Sea. We liked the Queen of Hearts Banquet Hall and the Lucky Nugget Café (which looks like it's closed since we were there.)
 
Anywhere with burgers are so-so, and sometimes the tomato sauce packets are terrible.

The Hungry Bear restaurant does awesome, warm and filling curries, also for snacks Boiler Room Bites has cute, yummy and satisfying Mickey and Minnie shape sweet and savoury buns in Disneyland. In Disneysea Miguel's El Dorado Cantina, does simple yet delicious Mexican food (though it is mild).

In fact go to the http://www.tokyodisneyresort.jp/en/ go to each land/sea and pick restaurants and you can see the menu's in Japanese and if you have an in browser translator like chrome, it'll roughly translate everything for you and most come with pictures.

Hope you have lots of fun!
 
For Kyoto, we stayed at Royal Park Hotel The Kyoto. It's really nice hotel by Nishiki Market and Pontocho. It's a 10-15 min walk to Gion. We booked at japanican.com, which is a JTB company.

Make sure you ride the Shinkansen and buy some snacks on your way. Don't forget to look out the right side if you're going to from Tokyo toKyoto or the left from Kyoto to Tokyo. You'll have an awesome view of Mt. Fuji.

Have fun!
 
I have another general question:

We have 4 days in Tokyo Wednesday - Saturday, 3 of which are for Disney. On Wed and Thu DisneySea closes at 6PM, but TDL is open until 10PM. Is it more advisable to do Wed, Thu, Fri or Thu, Fri, Sat, making Thu my TDL day, so I have the later hours, or will the weekends be so much more crowded so as to not be worth it.

I wish we could just park hop, but I see that is only allowed after two individual park days.

Thanks.
 
BrianL said:
I have another general question:

We have 4 days in Tokyo Wednesday - Saturday, 3 of which are for Disney. On Wed and Thu DisneySea closes at 6PM, but TDL is open until 10PM. Is it more advisable to do Wed, Thu, Fri or Thu, Fri, Sat, making Thu my TDL day, so I have the later hours, or will the weekends be so much more crowded so as to not be worth it.

I wish we could just park hop, but I see that is only allowed after two individual park days.

Thanks.
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The crowd estimates seem to be pretty on point in my experience, so I would use those to help make your choice when they become available. That being said, I have never seen TDL to be anything but crowded. We went last week on a Monday evening, and most wait times were around 90 minutes.

Rather than park-hopping, have you looked into purchasing an "After 6" ticket? You could use that to build your own "park hopper" of sorts, and go to TDL after TDS closes. They are about half the cost of a full day ticket. I will say that Sunday is likely to be the busiest weekend day (many schools in Toyko have classes on Saturday).
 
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Without looking at the crowd calendar, I would do Wednesday, Thursday and Friday to avoid the weekends if possible. As crowded as the parks are during the week, I can only imagine that they would be even more crowded on the weekends.

If you have a three day ticket, you can start with DL until 10pm, do DS the next day until 6pm (you'll probably appreciate the early closing as you'll have more time to rest and recover before the third and final day), then start the next day with DS before finishing in DL until 10pm.
 
We've got 2 1/2 days for the parks. Our first day we are training it back from Osaka. We're doing this first half day at Disneyland. 2nd day Disney Sea, and third day hopping. Will probably start at Disneyland to get straight onto any rides we missed getting there late on the first day, then head back to Disney Sea. We'll play it by ear when we arrive as to the last day.
 
My trip's getting close and all the advice here has been very helpful. It's time for a delicate question though. I have been warned that many Japanese restrooms will lack toilet paper and I was wondering if those who have been there could shed some light on that. Do I really need to carry my own? I am assuming Disney is well covered in such regards but I could be wrong. Do I need a degree in computer science to be able to operate a Japanese toilet? Thanks.
 
That's an odd one. I don't recall any ... "nice" toilets lacking toilet paper (although I'm a guy, so I don't need to use TP each time I visit the bathroom). I vaguely recall a public toilet in the Odaiba train station not having any visible TP, but it was just a passing glance at a cubicle on my way to the urinal so I couldn't say for sure. Every shopping mall, hotel, etc would have TP. Disney definitely has TP.

Personally, I normally carry a small packet of tissues when I'm on holiday for any such issues.

The vast majority of the toilets are pretty standard. Even the technologically advanced ones in hotels (lobby and rooms) are easy to use as the "flush" button is pretty obvious. If you want to try any of the other functions, then be prepared for some trial and error, but you won't do any damage (to the toilet or your derriere) by playing with the different buttons. Just pre-warn any travel companions that they may hear some odd noises from the toilet as different things happen and as the toilet plays different sounds, music, etc.
 
Okay, cool. It sounds like something some of the travel sites like to hype up as this really odd thing but in practice isn't that big of a deal. I'll probably carry a small packet of tissues just in case. Why does the toilet play music?
 
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