Tokyo Disney planning help

[SPINster]

Yeah the hotel sizes worry me, paired with the not knowing if you can get even one room. As for the language barrier, my oldest daughter is fluent in Korean and has been learning Japanese so we’ll be leaning on her a lot. I told her we’ll pay for her and her spouses trips if she lets us use her as our interpreter lol.

Western brands like Hilton tend to have bigger rooms (and bigger beds). Also there are "family style" hotel brands like Mimaru that are lower price but sleep more people. They even have a little kitchenette, large table, etc in them that make them more apartment style.

If you want to do a ryokan experience (which I recommend!) usually they have rooms that fit four people.

As far as the language barrier, the various translation apps are a lifesaver! Many restaurants we went to, the servers would speak into the app to help us. Google maps works really well, even tells you the exit number to use for every train station (each door is numbered, with clear signage, so once you get the hang of it you can really save yourself a lot of walking).

 

[jimmymc]

I'd recommend three days minimum, two in DisneySea and one in Disneyland. For a longer trip, I would probably make the 4th day Disneyland and 5th DisneySea. Five days is the max I would do on a three week Japan trip.

There are basic food options, like pizza, burgers, and chicken nuggets. Most quick service restaurants have small menus, like 2-3 entrees and 1-2 sides. So you might find yourself visiting the same restaurants multiple times a day.

Tokyo vacation packages are interesting and very different than the US ones. They will normally include your hotel stay, park tickets, skip the line passes, character/show passes, and breakfast at the hotel. But these packages are limited to 3 days, 2 nights. If you want to stay on-property longer, you need to book hotel rooms or multiple packages back to back, which can be difficult. You can also just book a hotel room and purchase tickets, then add on the skip the line passes later.

I don't personally know any, but there are definitely travel agents who specialize in TDL. With this large of a group and a longer trip, it might be worth paying one to make sure you get what you want. Rooms sell out quickly, so trying to book multiple of them with identical packages on the TDL English website sounds really tough.