Traveler Description
Mickey Mouse lives on in Tokyo's version of the famed magic kingdom. This resort comes complete with hotels, thrill rides and all the familiar Disney characters.

Address: 1-1 Maihama
Phone: 81-45-683-3777

http://www.tokyodisneyresort.co.jp/index_e.html

Traveler Reviews

Fun for all ages! Simply amazing!
Reviewed by aussietravellers60 on Aug 22, 2010


Tokyo Disneyland was the main focus of our trip to Japan. From the Gold Coast, Australia, home of Sea World, Movie World and Dreamworld, we were keen to visit Disneyland and find out for ourselves what it's like to be in the 'happiest kingdom of them all'. From Narita airport, the express bus (air-conditioned and comfy) it took just about an hour to arrive at Disney main gates. The first thing you see is the amazing Disneyland Hotel, and a huge area for the entrance of the park, gardens, walkways, monorail lines above, and the bus terminal constantly busy. Stepping from the bus the cameras were out again to take in as much as we could before we even got to the ticket booths! After making our way to the ticket booth and paying 5100y each for a senior passport entry, another long walk up to Disney Main Street, as you approach it, you can see Cinderella Castle in the distance and just how wonderful this place is. We came across Winnie The Pooh greeting visitors and playing up to the crowd before getting to Main Street, which is fully covered, and gift and souvenir and food shops on both sides of the street. A very big crowd even in this area, and the gift shops were busy but we strolled in and out of them all without any trouble...TIP: best to do your souvenir shopping before the 'Jubilation' parade, we found after the parade it was almost impossible to get into the shops as the crowds from the parade are all assembled close to Main Street and directly go to the shops after the parade. You have everything you expect from Disney around the park: Fantasyland - Peter Pan's flight, Snow White's adventures, Pinocchios Daring Journey, the amazing Castle carousel and Haunted Mansion. Tomorrowland - Monsters Inc, Space Mountain, Buzz Lightyears AeroBlasters and Grand Circuit Raceway. Adventure Land - Pirates Of The Carribean, Jungle Cruise, Western River Railroad. Toontown - Roger Rabbit's Car Toon Spin,Minnie's House, Chip 'n' Dale's Treehouse. Donald's Boat, Goofy's Bouncehouse and Toon Park. Westernland - Mark Twain Riverboat, Big Thunder Mountain, Country Bear Theatre. Critter Country - Splash Mountain, Beaver Brothers Explorer Canoes. My wife and I are 'mature' and weren't looking to go on rides, so the long lines did not bother us. We enjoyed checking out the gift and souvenir shops. Very hot and humid, but found the cold drinks reasonable, and spending yen is not like spending 'dollars'! There are also mobile carts with popcorn etc around various locations of the park. As soon as you see a long queue it's worth finding out what it's for, you really don't want to miss something special. Despite the hot conditions we managed to get around almost all of the park, Tomorrowland area we did not see much of, however, the summer splash musical ,'Cool The Heat' performed on the forecourt of Cinderella Castle with lots of water into crowds was fun and well done. Slightly damp, but felt good after the show, I wondered why people around me had their camera's wrapped in plastic and had towels over them!! I soon found out why! Didn't expect so much water! This is Disney's summer promotion and not an all year round show. Well suited to the hot conditions. The crowd started sitting in all sorts of place's along the pathways, we asked why? for the 'Jubilation' parade!...at 4pm...they were taking their seats at 3pm! It was good they sat on the ground, every one had good views, and those like us working three cameras!!at same time...did not get any heads, or distractions. Very well organised as is all of Disneyland, even the cleaners looked like they enjoyed their jobs, as they probably would. The parade came and went in about 20 minutes...and was amazing, the floats unbeleivable and the stars were all there, dancers, and great music. The park is open till late and has some night shows as well. After a busy and entertaining day it was time to head of towards the bus terminal to connect with our bus back to Narita (where we were staying at the International Garden Hotel) at 6.05pm, pay at the airport when you arrive 2400y pp...this is the last bus to go back to Narita each day...but there's always the trains that run continuously from Maihama station, depending where you need to go of course! Pros: the heat...nothing much you can do about that! 39d celsius in Tokyo is hot. Not being able to get Disney baseball caps for souvenirs or even T shirts with TDL, and to try and get envelopes with Disney on for sending postcards (which were all cartoon only and none with Disneyland itself on them)..was impossible, no one understood, and everything I thought was a pack of envelopes...was something else! We are already planning a return trip, we just loved it, loved Japan, the people, the cleanliness and our memories of Disneyland and Disney Sea, which is the other Disney park. Two seperate Disney parks, both very different in approach, Disney Sea offers a trip through different continents, has an amazing Chip 'n' Dale water show, cool service "Deluxe' features Minnie and Goofy. DisneySea sells the same souvenirs as Disneyland. Places to sit and relax and eat. Try the pastries store to your right just inside the main entrance...heaven! Take the monrail, thats a cool experience. Park guides are available in English and most signs are easy to read. Overall, fantastic Disney, fabulous parks, and maybe better than anything anywhere in the world. Compared to the Gold Coast theme parks, while they are very excellent in their own way, nothing compares to Disney.

best experiance!!!
Reviewed by ay12 on Aug 18, 2010


we loved disneyland and disney sea!!! so we spending 5 days for both theme park while we are in japan. and we love it every minute of it. great food great ride and great overall experience. disneyland is more appealing to the younger children since a lot of the rides is very suitable for children. make sure when you come not the day when students come with their schools to avoid long wait. and take fast pass when ever you can. my fav ride is indiana jones and my brother 8 years old and my husband is the buzz light year my mom is the space mountain. and you must watch the parade when we come is Easter parade which is so fun!!! best food is on tommorowland i think they have great pizza and the chicken buns is really tasty. oh yeah there's special dinner show at night , we go to the goofy one and is really great show even though the food is just so so , we got the best seats since we reserve 1 month ahead( you should reserve at least 1 day before). my suggestion is to stay at tokyo disneyland hotel or miracosta to get the best experience so you don't need to worried about subway time and if you are tired you can rest at the hotel and went back again at the same day. my suggestion is to take at least 2 days for both park. this is the place that i will definitely come back for more !!!

Plan ahead, be organised and have an amazing day at the happiest place on earth
Reviewed by smit0847 on Aug 9, 2010


This was the first Disneyland I have been to. As we had heard good things about the night parade we decided to get there around noon and stay right until close. We went on a hot Thursday in mid-July and did not find it very busy. I think the heat kept some locals away but being from australia we are used to doing things outside in hot weather. My main advice for anyone is to PLAN AHEAD. Get a map either before you get there or as you are on the disney train and prioritise your day. Pick 3 or 4 popular rides you really, really want to go on and arrange your day around these. The most important thing about the fast passes is you want to get as many as you can (aim for 3 or 4) so make sure you collect your next fast pass the minute it is available and THEN go on a ride. For example, if your fast pass for a ride allows you to enter it between 2pm and 3pm, and your next fast pass will be available at 2.10pm, make sure at 2.10pm you are collecting your next fast pass and THEN go to your fast pass ride for your previous fast pass. Trust me, fast passes will save you loads of time. Space Mountain was by far the best ride I went on all day - absolutely terrifying. We used a fast pass for Space Mountain and then immediately lined up in the general queue to go on it again it was that good. The general queue mid afternoon was only a 30 minute wait. If it is hot weather and you plan on being there all day its important to stop and have a proper rest. We did this during the 4pm parade, sat in the shade and just waited then watched for an hour. A great way to build up some energy for the rest of the day. You are not going to be able to see and do everything hence planning and only picking the essential things. Mix your day up with popular big rides (by use of fast passes) and then going on smaller, quicker rides while you wait to use fast passes. Keep in mind that the entire park basically stops for the parades so if you are not interested in these its a good time to gop on a ride as there will be far less people. I guess we were lucky with the crowds - the Star Wars and Pirates of the Carribean ride did not have any queues at all. The highlight of the day was undoubtebly the night-time parade. I wont give too much away but as a 26 year old I thought it was incredible - MUCH better than the daytime parade. Again, the park stops for it so plan your fast passes around it. Splash Mountain was great fun to go on at night. It was a fantastic day out, yes there are thousands of people and its a fair distance from tokyo but plan your day, dont be foolish and go on a weekend and you will be able to do everything you want. The staff are fantastic and it really the happiest place in the world.

Still the happiest place in the world
Reviewed by rabbitloverHk on Jul 25, 2010


I took my family to Tokyo Disneyland during the second week of July 2010. After reading the reviews here I noted the fact that most of the people who did not enjoy themselves at Tokyo Disneyland went on the wrong days when the park was packed with people and they had to queue for hours for the rides. Therefore I took all the necessary precautions to avoid the crowds - we went on weekdays (Tuesday and Wednesday), avoided the Japanese school holidays and went during the off peak season. The result was we were still met with some big crowds but the queues were manageable. In fact, we were surprised that some of the major rides like Pirates of the Carribean, the Haunted Mansion and Star Tours had no lines at all and we were able to go again and again. The longest we had to wait was about 30 minutes for Monsters Inc. We wanted to get the fastpass for this but they were gone by the time we got there at 1pm. Evidently this is a new attraction and all the Japanese wanted to see it. We decided to wait it out and it was worth it (a must do). We also waited about 20 minutes for the roller coaster at Big Thunder Mountain and then we used the fastpass twice to cut the queues.We also used the fastpass twice for Buzz Lightyear. All the other rides did not have much of a queue. I would say that if you go during a day with relatively low traffic and make judicious use of the fastpass then you can avoid the crowds and have a great time. We had originally planned to spend 2 days at Disneysea and one day at Disneyland. However, the kids loved Disneyland so much more than Disneysea that we had to spend a second days at Disneyland instead. There was just so much to do for the kids and it cannot all be done in one day. The only letdown was the shows at Disneyland do not have the same Broadway style quality as the ones at Hong Kong Disneyland, where we have been many times. However the entire park is so much bigger, more exciting and prettier than Hong Kong Disneyland. This was definitely the highlight of our trip to Tokyo.

Great amusement park!
Reviewed by kfran255068 on Jun 29, 2010


Been to California's DisneyLand before, but I think I liked Tokyo's a lot better! Everyone got into the spirit of things wearing the various hats and ears and little coin purses. They also had an Easter/Spring theme going on whilst we were there, which was very cool as all the gardens, statues and archways were all "prettied up" with flowers and bright colours. It was very busy on the day that we went, even though it was a Tuesday I think, but we got some of the Fast Passes and still managed to do a few cool rides. I was very impressed with the animatronics on the likes of the Pirates of the Caribbean/Haunted Mansion, etc. rides. They are quite different to what we have back home and VERY realistic! Got there at about 11am though and there was no queue to purchase tickets at all. Big big lines and crowds at the end of the day to do your shopping, so it's perhaps a better idea to do your shopping earlier in the day. Sales assistants are constantly re-stocking items as you browse so keep an eye on them if there's something that you might want!