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[chezp]

Originally Posted by HiddenMinnie68

Sorry we were late! Glad you were able to partake in that waffle though

It's cool - I'm just glad we caught up later!

[chezp]

Originally Posted by Kenny

I don't know... did you see the glint in Mark's eye as he attacked that footlong?...
I wonder if it was "all beef" or "pork-let"?
I'm just sayin'!!

Too funny!

[chezp]

Originally Posted by DisneyLuv

Another great update with some great pics! I almost feel like I was there! And I agree with Kenny, I also am very surprised to see most if not all the signs in English (I am guessing the castmembers were all English-speaking as well including the tour guide?)

A lot of them were but not all of them. That's where the odd bit of Japanese came in handy to tell them how many people there were in your party, for example.

[duck addict]

That caramel popcorn looks better than the curry popcorn

Lots of nice merchandise... but did you find any new eeyores

[dsteiny23]

More great pics!!! That is a beautiful park! What's up with the caramel popcorn...how boring . New Orleans square is just beautiful. I've never been to DL is it like that there as well? And how cute the "Chip" cup. I love it.

[lauriep]

Wonderful photos. In every other report I've read about Tokyo Disney the crowds are omnipresent and it always looks like touring would be very difficult. Were the crowds light for you because of the time of year? Day of the week?

[KMB733]

Sounds like you are enjoying your day! That waffle looked

[chezp]

Originally Posted by duck addict

That caramel popcorn looks better than the curry popcorn

Lots of nice merchandise... but did you find any new eeyores

Glad to see you're asking the important questions. Sadly no I didn't.

[chezp]

Originally Posted by dsteiny23

More great pics!!! That is a beautiful park! What's up with the caramel popcorn...how boring . New Orleans square is just beautiful. I've never been to DL is it like that there as well? And how cute the "Chip" cup. I love it.

It is like that in Disneyland.

[chezp]

Originally Posted by lauriep

Wonderful photos. In every other report I've read about Tokyo Disney the crowds are omnipresent and it always looks like touring would be very difficult. Were the crowds light for you because of the time of year? Day of the week?

I think a bit of both. It's like every other park in the world. You need to plan your visit. Had we gone a week or so earlier, the Japanese schools would have been out and, by all accounts, it would have been nuts there. However, the schools went back at the start of the week we visited and I also knew that visiting midweek would be a lot quieter than going at a weekend. Everything I'd read suggested this would be a very quiet time to visit - and so it proved to be.

[chezp]

Wednesday 8 April – part five: a tight squeeze in the Haunted Mansion

Full again, it was off again and we stopped for a photo with another of the mosaics, as the lines had shortened considerably by now.



It must have been around here that we went for a restroom break and the reason I say that is that I found an interesting photo in my collection. I had thought for a while that, if I went to a restroom and no-one else was in there and I just happened to have my camera around my neck, I would have to get a photo of the unique toilet facilities they have for women. Well, here was my chance:



Yep, that’s what it looks like – nice, huh?

Then we wandered over to Snow White’s Grotto, getting some photos on the way:



This was our second meeting point with Donna and her family and we made it and found them fine. We stood there chatting for ages. Like all good PassPorter meets, it was as if we had known each other forever.

Finally, we headed towards Fantasyland, as we hadn’t made it there yet. This did seem to be where more of the crowds were, so we spent a bit of time browsing the area.



I wanted to go on the Haunted Mansion – yes, its in Fantasyland here, which is a bit freaky, especially as it towers over Dumbo. Very surreal!



We went with Frank, while Donna had the kids. Their youngest wasn’t at all well sadly. We ended up squeezing into one car, which was quite a tight squeeze. This Haunted Mansion was much better than any others we’ve seen and had some nifty effects I’ve not seen anywhere else, particularly with the library and the books moving.



When we came out, we spotted a couple of characters. It was lovely, the way they dealt with the characters here. They would just appear and, although there are handlers around, they’re a way off and there’s no official line as such, but because the Japanese are such a polite society, this works. I can’t ever imagine this working in other parks, especially not Disneyland Paris.



We headed towards Critter Country, which here, is right next door to Fantasyland, so Donna could get a couple of Fastpasses for Splash Mountain.



Then it was back into Fantasyland, which has some lovely theming:



Our next stop was the Mickey Mouse Revue. This used to be at Walt Disney World and was shipped over here in its entirety in 1983, when this park opened. Sadly, this will close for good in about six weeks time. (It has already closed now you read this), so I was keen to check it out. I didn’t know much about it, except that it was full of audio-animatronic characters, the most Disney had ever attempted when it opened at Walt Disney World, as Pirates of the Caribbean hadn’t opened at that point.



After a tour through Mickey’s history in Japan, we went in. It’s a musical show with all the numbers in Japanese, including Bibbidi Bobbidi Boo, which was very surreal and made us all laugh! It’s filled with audio-animatronic characters you know and love. That’s the best way to explain it and it was really cute. I think it’s a great shame they’re closing it and, as Mark said, it would be good to see it back in America.



Once out of there, Frank took their oldest to Toontown, as he wanted to ride Gadget’s Go Coaster, while Donna and her youngest headed with us to It’s a Small World, which we just have to go on, despite Mark’s protests! It was fine and we thought a bit shorter than the other ones at the other parks.



Next: look who’s in the parade!

[lauriep]

Originally Posted by chezp

I think a bit of both. It's like every other park in the world. You need to plan your visit. Had we gone a week or so earlier, the Japanese schools would have been out and, by all accounts, it would have been nuts there. However, the schools went back at the start of the week we visited and I also knew that visiting midweek would be a lot quieter than going at a weekend. Everything I'd read suggested this would be a very quiet time to visit - and so it proved to be.

Thanks for the info. Good planning! For some reason I was under the impression that the Tokyo park was just always mobbed, with long, long lines for everything--rides, snack carts, restrooms.

[Big Baloo]

Everything looks all shiny and spiffy and soooo pretty in your photos. Glad to see that the weather was cooperating. Any new maganet (I mean magnet) purchases yet?

[Mauimouse]

That toilet facility looks well interesting to say the least.

Love the pictures again, they are fabulous, some of the pictures of the castle actually makes you think that you are in Florida.

[Colexis Mom]

Great pictures!! The show looks cute!! And what an interesting bathroom!!