The T-Files


Sat, 20 Sep 2008

Tokyo DisneySea

Tokyo has not only one, but two Disney theme parks, Tokyo Disneyland and Tokyo DisneySea, and even though they attract a combined 26 millions of visitors a year and are just 11 km away from our apartment (they sit right next to each other, complemented by a couple of Disney resort hotels, shopping malls, cinemas, and venues for musical performances), I have not been there yet. Well, this week Jutta wanted to go, and so I accompanied her to DisneySea (because it has faster and scarier rides). She even made me ride a few of these so-called attractions that I would otherwise have stayed away from. The biggest concern I always have with theme parks are the potentially very long lines. But this was not an issue today: Because the park was not very crowded, probably because there was supposed to be rain, which did not happen, it was sunny all day long, most lines were just ten minutes or less long. You could get into even the top attraction in less than half an hour, or much less if you got a Fast Ticket in advance (assigns you a time slot in which you have to show up).