Back with more pics!
So we left off with the park just out of sight, so I figure that's where I'll start off. I know, I'm mean.
So I'll backtrace a bit to the walkway into Disneyland. One of the more awesome things I saw was the train to DisneySea. It takes you all around the 'Island' of the Disneyparks, over vast expanses of parking lot.
and once you pass that, you enter thier version of the World of Disney store, it isn't exactly huge, but it had a lot of stuff in it. It was actually one of the only places in the whole park that I say actual toys. Most of the giftshops contain food like noodles and candies, cakes, hats (no mickey ears! only plush character themed hats) and duffy. Lots of stationary as well, which I never use and don't need. xD
But there was this really cool passport outside the shop, so we grabbed some pictures.
And then onward, ever onward!
Can you tell what season it was?
Halloween in Tokyo! Spooky music and cool pumpkins. I even took pictures of the garbage cans, which are further down the road. Here is the garden in front of the park entrance:
Our walk through main street was a quick one. Main Street in TDL is a covered and slightly enclosed area and it was always PACKED. We were rushing a bit towards the nearest exit, which led to Tomorrowland. Before we made it out, Breanne got to see her first glimps of a Disney marching band.
And then we turned around to see who else but Mickey mouse! We learned very quickly that there is NO order to meeting characters. The parents push and shove other parents out of the way, crowding around the characters and forcing the kids into the arms of the character. ):
It was nearly impossible to even see Mickey, but I braved the crowd to try and take a good shot.
After that I basically saw no other characters. I don't know why, but they don't seem to appear very often. On our way into Tomorrowland, the Fairy Godmother came up and walked beside my dad for a bit, followed by a huge crowd of parents and children. She was wearing a creepy mask and wasn't a face character. 0_0
There wasn't much to do in Tomorrowland since Space Mountain had a huge (120 minute) line at around 11am! So we walked on to Star Tours, which I had never ridden before since it was always closed in CA. It was officially Breanne's first Disney Ride! xD
After that we rode Autopia, which was SO BAD compared to DL. I'm not even joking, it was no fun at all. No offroading or cute crossing signs or anything. Really short too. :/ I will be skipping this when we come back...
After that, we found our way back to the front of the park to finally see the castle, which I think is my favorite castle. It was huge and awesome!
In front of it was a giant courtyard surrounded by four towers that looked like they contained lights and such for shows.
Also it had started raining. It was warm though. It would be totally dry, and then 30 minutes later torrential rains, and then suddenly dry for another 30 minutes.
Here's my whale...
Some of the signwork in Fantasyland.
Parts of Fantasyland were under construction, but we were still able to do some rides. We did Snow White, Pinocchio, and Peter Pan's Flight. Strangely enough, there were no stars in PPF, and those have always been my favorite part of that ride...
We left the Haunted mansion (yeah, it's in Fantasyland here...) until later because that line was up to 60 minutes. It looks the same as the WDW one.
Instead we looked around some more. One of my favorite things was the Queen of Hearts Banquet hall, even though we didn't eat there. I feel that it improved the overall visual feel of Fantasyland.
By now we were hungry, so we started looking for some munchies. I can't remember the name of the place we ate at, but it served.... interesting flavors of pizza. I bought the seafood pizza since I love fish to bits, and I swear it had a bit of everything in the ocean on it. It was sooooo good.
and after lunch.... is in the next post!
I hope I've just been remembering right.
So we left off with the park just out of sight, so I figure that's where I'll start off. I know, I'm mean.
So I'll backtrace a bit to the walkway into Disneyland. One of the more awesome things I saw was the train to DisneySea. It takes you all around the 'Island' of the Disneyparks, over vast expanses of parking lot.
and once you pass that, you enter thier version of the World of Disney store, it isn't exactly huge, but it had a lot of stuff in it. It was actually one of the only places in the whole park that I say actual toys. Most of the giftshops contain food like noodles and candies, cakes, hats (no mickey ears! only plush character themed hats) and duffy. Lots of stationary as well, which I never use and don't need. xD
But there was this really cool passport outside the shop, so we grabbed some pictures.
And then onward, ever onward!
Can you tell what season it was?
Halloween in Tokyo! Spooky music and cool pumpkins. I even took pictures of the garbage cans, which are further down the road. Here is the garden in front of the park entrance:
Our walk through main street was a quick one. Main Street in TDL is a covered and slightly enclosed area and it was always PACKED. We were rushing a bit towards the nearest exit, which led to Tomorrowland. Before we made it out, Breanne got to see her first glimps of a Disney marching band.
And then we turned around to see who else but Mickey mouse! We learned very quickly that there is NO order to meeting characters. The parents push and shove other parents out of the way, crowding around the characters and forcing the kids into the arms of the character. ):
It was nearly impossible to even see Mickey, but I braved the crowd to try and take a good shot.
After that I basically saw no other characters. I don't know why, but they don't seem to appear very often. On our way into Tomorrowland, the Fairy Godmother came up and walked beside my dad for a bit, followed by a huge crowd of parents and children. She was wearing a creepy mask and wasn't a face character. 0_0
There wasn't much to do in Tomorrowland since Space Mountain had a huge (120 minute) line at around 11am! So we walked on to Star Tours, which I had never ridden before since it was always closed in CA. It was officially Breanne's first Disney Ride! xD
After that we rode Autopia, which was SO BAD compared to DL. I'm not even joking, it was no fun at all. No offroading or cute crossing signs or anything. Really short too. :/ I will be skipping this when we come back...
After that, we found our way back to the front of the park to finally see the castle, which I think is my favorite castle. It was huge and awesome!
In front of it was a giant courtyard surrounded by four towers that looked like they contained lights and such for shows.
Also it had started raining. It was warm though. It would be totally dry, and then 30 minutes later torrential rains, and then suddenly dry for another 30 minutes.
Here's my whale...
Some of the signwork in Fantasyland.
Parts of Fantasyland were under construction, but we were still able to do some rides. We did Snow White, Pinocchio, and Peter Pan's Flight. Strangely enough, there were no stars in PPF, and those have always been my favorite part of that ride...
We left the Haunted mansion (yeah, it's in Fantasyland here...) until later because that line was up to 60 minutes. It looks the same as the WDW one.
Instead we looked around some more. One of my favorite things was the Queen of Hearts Banquet hall, even though we didn't eat there. I feel that it improved the overall visual feel of Fantasyland.
By now we were hungry, so we started looking for some munchies. I can't remember the name of the place we ate at, but it served.... interesting flavors of pizza. I bought the seafood pizza since I love fish to bits, and I swear it had a bit of everything in the ocean on it. It was sooooo good.
and after lunch.... is in the next post!
I hope I've just been remembering right.
