Day Three, Part one, Tokyo DisneySea

We decided to spend our day back at DisneySea picking up the last few attractions we missed on our first day and re-experiencing the ones we really enjoyed. 

A remarkably good night’s sleep gave us plenty of energy to jump right in so we raced to the back of the park to fastpass Toy Story Mania and then jump on Tower of Terror. 

Tower of Terror

Unlike the DCA and Orlando Tower of Terrors where it’s a Twilight Zone Themed story, TokyoSea TOT has a different tale: Harrison Hightower III’s is a collector of odd antiquities who has bizarrely disappeared and you are on a tour of his mansion. The tour starts with a guide telling you about an evil statue/idol thingy that Hightower has received as a gift. There’s a great scene in a room with a stained glass window of Hightower holding the statue, and, next to the window on a pedestal sits the 3′ tall statue. The lights dim, the window comes to life and the statue does too, in a really creepy way. Special effects lighting and the statue has disappeared. (This was a really cool illusion. I mean really cool.) You are then led through what is kind of like a big basement stuffed with antiquities until you are split off in to one of 8 different tours. The first time we rode this we were put in the “tour” that was full of portraits where a large portrait opens to reveal the entrance to the actual ride. (Everything I’ve mentioned so far has been part of the cue.) The second time we rode we were taken to the weapons “tour” where a case full of swords, maces and other antique weaponry opens to reveal the entrance to the ride. The ride itself is similar to the DCA ride in the fact that you on on an elevator but instead of the elevator taking you on a journey to the Twilight Zone the evil statue is the one jerking you around by making the elevator rise and drop.

We both loved the different take on the Tokyo version!

Toy Story Mania was very similar to the DCA ride except the cue theming was much better and the ride takes place completely under Andy’s bed where the toys have set up a carnival. Better theming but same ride overall. 

It’s difficult to describe how perfectly laid out this park is. It is designed in such a way that you almost always have a spectacular view of something. Here’s some pictures that hopefully illustrate this. 

Inside the volcano (Mysterious Island)

Various locations around DisneySea

The rest of our morning was spent repeating our favorite rides. By this point we had a better sense of the park layout and could easily navigate without referring to the map. After repeats of Journey to the Center of the Earth, 20,000 Leagues, Tower of Terror and Sinbad we were ready for lunch and a nap.

Fried rice, spring rolls and fried chicken with a soy vinegar sauce. The drink is Kirin Lemon soda, which I love. Imagine 7up with not nearly all the sweetness and more of a lemon kick. Delicious. 

Nap time. (Here’s a video of us strolling through parts of The American Waterfront port of call, a mashup of Turn of the century New York, Long Beach and Cape Cod.)​

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