TOKYO DISNEYLAND

Yup, that's right. After coming home really late last night, I find out that we are leaving at 7:30am at Osaki station. I didn't sleep very well either because I didn't want to be late. And the food didn't feel good either from the night before.

I found out that it doesn't take that long to get to Osaki station from Totsuka, only about 34 minutes on the Shonan-Shinjuku line. But still at 7am isn't the warmest time of the day either. Hard to get up. But I got there on time and met Nao at the South exit.

We packed ourselves in a mini-van to go to Chiba for Disneyland resort. It was weird because I only knew a few people and every one seemed to be strangers. It was an awkward moment, but it quickly diminished. The guy sitting next to me, Hiroki was the first to try to speak English with me. I recognized one of Nao's friends from when we went to DisneySea, Miyamaru. The driver was Shun and his navigator was Fujiko. (Only putting names so I remember) And Nao's Mom.

It wasn't that long of a drive to get there. It was cold as hell when we stepped out of the car. And I had on 4 layers of clothes. That would be the continual theme for the entire day. Tickets weren't that much, only about 5,100 yen since I got a discount. It's more than the one in Anaheim though. Here's the thing that will amaze you. It's EXACTLY the same as the one in Anaheim. With the exception of a few rides and attractions.

Anaheim Disneyland has Matterhorn, Indiana Jones, and the train goes through the entire park.
Tokyo Disneyland has Winnie the Pooh hunny hunt, Buzz light year shoot-out, and you get a tour of Cinderella's castle. I'm not sure that we have that in Anaheim or not, but I didn't think so. Indiana Jones is at DisneySea though. And they have a crystal palace, not sure there's one in Anaheim. I think it's much bigger than the one in Anaheim too. Cinderella's castle is HUGE. But everything else was exactly the same. Same jokes same everything. Kinda disappointing, but since we went right before Christmas, everything was in Christmas theme. Like the Haunted Mansion was the Nightmare before Christmas. Splash mountain had Christmas themed borders on the pictures and all throughout the park. There were Christmas things everywhere, and all the shows were based off of Christmas songs. I think to a point, they were over doing it, since it's only a commerical holiday here. The one thing I liked about Tokyo Disneyland was the shorter lines. It was rare to see a ride with a wait over 90 minutes. I think actually there was only one ride, but we got a fastpass and came back to it. I'll have pictures on my website soon. All in all it was a very fun day. I think the people that I went with were pretty cool too. I think my Japanese improved a lot too. I understood more than I did before and was better at communicating with everyone. So I'm happy about that.