SpaceMounatin
Just one of those Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah-Days
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Hey guys. Before you read, you should know I was doing daily trip reports from Japan on GADV.com. This is just the reports from Tokyo Disney Land
11/21/06: Tokyo Disney Sea
So we wake up at 4am, this Jetlag crap is getting really annoying! Anyway, we pack our stuff and leave the Asakusa View Hotel and are on our way to Tokyo Disneyland to stay in the Sheraton Grande Tokyo Bay Hotel. We then head to the monirail across teh street and take it to Tokyo Disney Sea.
Stepping off the monirail, I had a feeling this day was going to be unique. The park was so beautifull, I'm sorry guys, but picture and video's will not do it justice (Speeking of videos, NO POV'S AT TDS! I did get one on Journey To The Center Of The Earth!). We go in and go straight for Tower Of Terror. We see that the line says 70 minutes, so we get a fast pass. The fast pass was for 17:15-18:15. Savannah was upset that it would be so late, so we got in line. Less than 45 minutes later we were in the preshow.
I have to say, the preshow, and story is much better than the Twilight Zone one! The seats are more comfortable than the WDW ToT, and the seat belt is like a car seatbelt. It goes over one shoulder. The ride was cool. Some nice floater. After we got off, we went into the gift shop. I then see my mom and borther run out with my sister, and then Anthony tells me to go with them. MY first thought is, "Great, she had her period!" I get outside and there she is, sitting there, with her legs shut, looking down. I'm like, "Oh yeah, I was right!"
WRONG! She had a very mild siezure. She was freaking out, and asking to go to a hospital, but then she calmed down and said, "Maybe some food will help." We didn't know what happened, if it was motion sickness or a siezure. We ate at a buffet, and took the Disney Sea Electric Train from New York Harbor to Port Discovery. We got off and went to Journey To The Center of the Earth. The line said 30 minutes. It was no more than 20.
The elevator to the station queue was cool. The ride was really cool. It starts off, all nice and pleasant. Than it gets darker and there is a creature that looks like the Alien from The ExtraTERRORestrial Alien Encounter. There were really cool effects, and then, BAM@! You take off into the dark. Higher, and higher you go, and than you blast out of the Volcano and down an insane airtime hill! Than you go up, turn and it's finished. I know it didn't count as a credit, but it was my favorite ride of the day.
We walked through Triton's Kingdom and got our first credit, on a Togo coaster, Flounder's Flying Fish Coaster. Savannah and I got front row, and Anthony got second. It was an okay coaster. It was just for the credit. After that we headed over to our next credit. First, I run and get us all Indiana Jones Adventure Fast Passes.
We head over to Raging Spirits. The line said 60 minutes. And it was, but waited anyway. Anthony and I got the front row. Savannah and my mom got the second. The ride was a bit on the rougher side, but was still fun, and the steem made it a more enjoyable ride.
After Raging Spirits, we went over to Aquatopia. Aquatopia was very interesting. You get on these things thta look like seats on a raft, and they spin. It was fun, and interesting. And you never knew where you were going to go. The fun stopped when we got off.
Savannah had an other siezure. She was so scared. At the time we didn't know what happened, weather it was a siezure or not. (We now realize it was a very slight, small one. I think it might just be an "after shock"). Anthony and I walked them out to the front entrance, and now it was just him and I. We yhan had dinner at the Lost Conitenent. We went over to Journey To The Center Of The Earth, and we rode it again!
After that we went over to Raging Spirits. We waited 15 minutes, and got the front row again. Then we went over to Indiana Jones. This was really well themed, and great too. It was the same layout as Disneyland's Indy, and prop set up, but they were themed abit different. It was alot of fun.
After Indy we took the train over to TOT. It was a good ride, like before. After that we went over to JTTCOE, and saw it had a 5 minute wait. It wsas great, with a massive ammount of airtme. We then went over to Indy, which was a walk on. We then went over to Raging Spirits where we waited 10 minutes for the last row.
I realized something was wrong when we left the station and stopped for a second on the little brreak and slowed down on all the MCBR (You don't usually). We got to the end, and stopped. There were two trains in the station. Onen before us, and two behind us (all on the break run). They than made an annoucment saying the ride was down, and turned off the fog and turned on work lights. It was pretty cool! About 10 minutes later, they restarted it and got us off.
After that we left because we were exhausted (I fell asleep twice while typing this) and worried. So right now I am at the hotel. Hoping we get to Disneyland tomorrow. I thought this would be the best vacation, where nothing can possibly go wrong, and then reality steps in....sigh. Wish me luck!
-Dainan "Tokyo Disneyland tomorrow?" Rafferty
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Hey guys, sorry for the lack of a trip report last night (morning for you guys). I got home and fell asleep, and then threw up a gallon, and I had no energy this morning (still feel like crap), so I'm keeping this trip report short.
11/22/06
I had two anxioty attacks in the morning but that wasn't stopping me. We had breakfast at the hotel, got up and left. We got on the Monorail and took it to Tokyo Disneyland. We first rode Haunted Mansion Holiday Nightmare, which was really cool. Then we rode Peter Pan. Then we rode It's A Small World Holiday (all with no wait by the way, thanks to Savannah's Make-A-Wish pin). Then we rode Pinnoccio. Savannah wasn't feeling well, so mom and her went to first aid.
Anthony and I prevosuly fastpassed for Haunted Manson Holiday Nightmare, so we did it again. (I mus note that the Foyer and Stretching Gallery are darker then HMH at DL). In the Graveyard we got an E-Stop, which was pretty cool. We then fastpassed for Splash Mountain, and went over to Big Thunder Mountain. This is betetr than the one at WDW, more airtime and better theming. We waited an hour.
After that we met back up with my mom and Savannah and rode Pirates Of The Carribean. Which was betetr, and longer than the WDW one. After that Anthony and I ran to Splash and got on. First thing we noticed that was odd, it had a double station. Second thing that was odd, it had a lapbar. Third thing that was odd, it had an airtime hill after one of the drops (does this count as a credit? I think so, but Anthony and I keep fighting about it). Fourth thing that was odd, we stopped at least 13 times during the course. 3 on the last lift hill. We actually stopped hanging over for a few seconds.
Then we met back up with my mom and Savannah, and went on Buzzlightyear. It was pretty fun. I suck at the shooting though, Savannah kicked all of our assess. After that we went over to Grand Speedway and rode that. Than I rode Star Jets (retro Astro Orbitor). After that we went on Whinnie The Pooh's Hunny Hunt. It was really cool, only because it was trackless and you went in any which direction. Savannah started feeling sick, so mom and her went back to the hotel, and Anthony and I were alone AGAIN!
We went over to our last credit, Gadget's Go Coaster. It's a Vekoma Roller Skater but in a mirror image with a longer break run and a chain lift. It was not worth a 25 minute wait, but hey, 97th coaster. After that we waited 45 minutes for Roger Rabbit's Cartoon Spin. It was alot of fun. But Savannah would of not been able to handle it. After that we ran over to Big Thunder, but first we got two popcorns, chocolate and salted (bad idea, you'll find out why).
I almost fell asleep in line for BTM, but it was moving. The ride was good again. Then we went over to Hauted Mansion Holiday Nightmare, again! It said it was a 75 minute wait, and was using all of the overflow queue, but we waited no more than 30 minutes. The ride was good but we were dead tired and went back to the hotel.
I got into the room and crashed on the bed (reason why there was no trip report yesterday) and I woke up an hour later, running to the bathroom and throwing up.
11/23/06
I woke up around 6, not able to move, and didn't get out of bed until 8. I felt like crap. We went to Tokyo Bay Resort (TDL's version of Downtown Disney) and went shopping. I could barely walk, and sat down, while everyone else shopped. We had lunch at the Rainforest cafe and than we went shopping. Except I went out side and sat close to the street. Through the tree's you could here Disneyland. I actually fell asleep sitting on the ledge andd woke up an hour later to the sound of the Steemboat. I was shocked that all my stuff was still with me, and not stolen. Then I realized I was still in Tokyo and not back home!
At 3pm, A Make-A-Wish volunteer came with a Taxi to take us to our new, fancy hotel. Le Meridien Pacific.
-Dainan "I miss Tokyo Disneyland so much. I can't wait to go back!" Rafferty
11/21/06: Tokyo Disney Sea
So we wake up at 4am, this Jetlag crap is getting really annoying! Anyway, we pack our stuff and leave the Asakusa View Hotel and are on our way to Tokyo Disneyland to stay in the Sheraton Grande Tokyo Bay Hotel. We then head to the monirail across teh street and take it to Tokyo Disney Sea.
Stepping off the monirail, I had a feeling this day was going to be unique. The park was so beautifull, I'm sorry guys, but picture and video's will not do it justice (Speeking of videos, NO POV'S AT TDS! I did get one on Journey To The Center Of The Earth!). We go in and go straight for Tower Of Terror. We see that the line says 70 minutes, so we get a fast pass. The fast pass was for 17:15-18:15. Savannah was upset that it would be so late, so we got in line. Less than 45 minutes later we were in the preshow.
I have to say, the preshow, and story is much better than the Twilight Zone one! The seats are more comfortable than the WDW ToT, and the seat belt is like a car seatbelt. It goes over one shoulder. The ride was cool. Some nice floater. After we got off, we went into the gift shop. I then see my mom and borther run out with my sister, and then Anthony tells me to go with them. MY first thought is, "Great, she had her period!" I get outside and there she is, sitting there, with her legs shut, looking down. I'm like, "Oh yeah, I was right!"
WRONG! She had a very mild siezure. She was freaking out, and asking to go to a hospital, but then she calmed down and said, "Maybe some food will help." We didn't know what happened, if it was motion sickness or a siezure. We ate at a buffet, and took the Disney Sea Electric Train from New York Harbor to Port Discovery. We got off and went to Journey To The Center of the Earth. The line said 30 minutes. It was no more than 20.
The elevator to the station queue was cool. The ride was really cool. It starts off, all nice and pleasant. Than it gets darker and there is a creature that looks like the Alien from The ExtraTERRORestrial Alien Encounter. There were really cool effects, and then, BAM@! You take off into the dark. Higher, and higher you go, and than you blast out of the Volcano and down an insane airtime hill! Than you go up, turn and it's finished. I know it didn't count as a credit, but it was my favorite ride of the day.
We walked through Triton's Kingdom and got our first credit, on a Togo coaster, Flounder's Flying Fish Coaster. Savannah and I got front row, and Anthony got second. It was an okay coaster. It was just for the credit. After that we headed over to our next credit. First, I run and get us all Indiana Jones Adventure Fast Passes.
We head over to Raging Spirits. The line said 60 minutes. And it was, but waited anyway. Anthony and I got the front row. Savannah and my mom got the second. The ride was a bit on the rougher side, but was still fun, and the steem made it a more enjoyable ride.
After Raging Spirits, we went over to Aquatopia. Aquatopia was very interesting. You get on these things thta look like seats on a raft, and they spin. It was fun, and interesting. And you never knew where you were going to go. The fun stopped when we got off.
Savannah had an other siezure. She was so scared. At the time we didn't know what happened, weather it was a siezure or not. (We now realize it was a very slight, small one. I think it might just be an "after shock"). Anthony and I walked them out to the front entrance, and now it was just him and I. We yhan had dinner at the Lost Conitenent. We went over to Journey To The Center Of The Earth, and we rode it again!
After that we went over to Raging Spirits. We waited 15 minutes, and got the front row again. Then we went over to Indiana Jones. This was really well themed, and great too. It was the same layout as Disneyland's Indy, and prop set up, but they were themed abit different. It was alot of fun.
After Indy we took the train over to TOT. It was a good ride, like before. After that we went over to JTTCOE, and saw it had a 5 minute wait. It wsas great, with a massive ammount of airtme. We then went over to Indy, which was a walk on. We then went over to Raging Spirits where we waited 10 minutes for the last row.
I realized something was wrong when we left the station and stopped for a second on the little brreak and slowed down on all the MCBR (You don't usually). We got to the end, and stopped. There were two trains in the station. Onen before us, and two behind us (all on the break run). They than made an annoucment saying the ride was down, and turned off the fog and turned on work lights. It was pretty cool! About 10 minutes later, they restarted it and got us off.
After that we left because we were exhausted (I fell asleep twice while typing this) and worried. So right now I am at the hotel. Hoping we get to Disneyland tomorrow. I thought this would be the best vacation, where nothing can possibly go wrong, and then reality steps in....sigh. Wish me luck!
-Dainan "Tokyo Disneyland tomorrow?" Rafferty
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Hey guys, sorry for the lack of a trip report last night (morning for you guys). I got home and fell asleep, and then threw up a gallon, and I had no energy this morning (still feel like crap), so I'm keeping this trip report short.
11/22/06
I had two anxioty attacks in the morning but that wasn't stopping me. We had breakfast at the hotel, got up and left. We got on the Monorail and took it to Tokyo Disneyland. We first rode Haunted Mansion Holiday Nightmare, which was really cool. Then we rode Peter Pan. Then we rode It's A Small World Holiday (all with no wait by the way, thanks to Savannah's Make-A-Wish pin). Then we rode Pinnoccio. Savannah wasn't feeling well, so mom and her went to first aid.
Anthony and I prevosuly fastpassed for Haunted Manson Holiday Nightmare, so we did it again. (I mus note that the Foyer and Stretching Gallery are darker then HMH at DL). In the Graveyard we got an E-Stop, which was pretty cool. We then fastpassed for Splash Mountain, and went over to Big Thunder Mountain. This is betetr than the one at WDW, more airtime and better theming. We waited an hour.
After that we met back up with my mom and Savannah and rode Pirates Of The Carribean. Which was betetr, and longer than the WDW one. After that Anthony and I ran to Splash and got on. First thing we noticed that was odd, it had a double station. Second thing that was odd, it had a lapbar. Third thing that was odd, it had an airtime hill after one of the drops (does this count as a credit? I think so, but Anthony and I keep fighting about it). Fourth thing that was odd, we stopped at least 13 times during the course. 3 on the last lift hill. We actually stopped hanging over for a few seconds.
Then we met back up with my mom and Savannah, and went on Buzzlightyear. It was pretty fun. I suck at the shooting though, Savannah kicked all of our assess. After that we went over to Grand Speedway and rode that. Than I rode Star Jets (retro Astro Orbitor). After that we went on Whinnie The Pooh's Hunny Hunt. It was really cool, only because it was trackless and you went in any which direction. Savannah started feeling sick, so mom and her went back to the hotel, and Anthony and I were alone AGAIN!
We went over to our last credit, Gadget's Go Coaster. It's a Vekoma Roller Skater but in a mirror image with a longer break run and a chain lift. It was not worth a 25 minute wait, but hey, 97th coaster. After that we waited 45 minutes for Roger Rabbit's Cartoon Spin. It was alot of fun. But Savannah would of not been able to handle it. After that we ran over to Big Thunder, but first we got two popcorns, chocolate and salted (bad idea, you'll find out why).
I almost fell asleep in line for BTM, but it was moving. The ride was good again. Then we went over to Hauted Mansion Holiday Nightmare, again! It said it was a 75 minute wait, and was using all of the overflow queue, but we waited no more than 30 minutes. The ride was good but we were dead tired and went back to the hotel.
I got into the room and crashed on the bed (reason why there was no trip report yesterday) and I woke up an hour later, running to the bathroom and throwing up.
11/23/06
I woke up around 6, not able to move, and didn't get out of bed until 8. I felt like crap. We went to Tokyo Bay Resort (TDL's version of Downtown Disney) and went shopping. I could barely walk, and sat down, while everyone else shopped. We had lunch at the Rainforest cafe and than we went shopping. Except I went out side and sat close to the street. Through the tree's you could here Disneyland. I actually fell asleep sitting on the ledge andd woke up an hour later to the sound of the Steemboat. I was shocked that all my stuff was still with me, and not stolen. Then I realized I was still in Tokyo and not back home!
At 3pm, A Make-A-Wish volunteer came with a Taxi to take us to our new, fancy hotel. Le Meridien Pacific.
-Dainan "I miss Tokyo Disneyland so much. I can't wait to go back!" Rafferty
Sorry to hear about your sister's seizures but I hope she had a fantastic holiday regardless! What a great family you have. How do I see the photos mlill referred to? 
