Family Travelogue: Getting Around Japan: from Ochanamizu to Tokyo Disneyland/ Family Travelogue 15 March 2016

Happiness is here! Tokyo Disneyland

To continue our Japan trip 2016, we were at Tokyo Disneyland on the 3rd day, 15 March 2016. Somehow I felt the family was not complete. We were in Disneyland, we were supposed to be with the whole family. It was only me, the mommy and the youngest who was on this trip.

One of my dreams is to visit with my family all the Disneyland Parks in the world. We had our first visit in Hong Kong and we've been there for several times since it is the nearest in Singapore and Philippines. Our next was in Paris in 2013, both the Disneyland Resort Park and the Walt Disney Studio. We visited the Tokyo DisneySea in March 2014. We plan to visit the two Disney theme parks at Anaheim this December 2016. Yet to plan in Florida and the soon to be opened in Shanghai.

We did focus taking photos of the park's attractions and took videos of the parades. Apparently, we had enough of our faces. The park is very big and we wanted to capture as many as we can in a single day.

We had stayed at Hotel MyStays Ochanamizu. Awajicho station is one of the nearest, five minutes walk from our hotel. Tokyo station is two stops from Awajicho taking the Tokyo Metro Marunouchi Line bound to Ogikubo. JR Musashino Line starts at Tokyo station, Maihama station is 6 stops from the origin. Maihama station is the Disneyland station. Hyperdia offers various routes to Maihama from your origin. The route below was the fastest available at that time from our place.

Route1

Take time: 40 Minutes Transfer: 1 Times Distance: 14.2 km
Total:¥ 390(TicketFare:¥ 390 Seat Fee:¥ 0) Commuting ticket(1mon:¥ 12,760 3mon:¥ 36,370 6mon:¥ 65,040)

Time	Route		Fare	Seat Fee	UsefulLink
Time	Route		Fare	Seat Fee	UsefulLink
08:01		AWAJICHO Station timetable \| Add to favorite			Map Hotel Rent-a-car Restaurant
[3 Min]		Tokyo Metro Marunouchi Line for OGIKUBO Train timetable \| Interval timetable	¥170
08:04 08:25		TOKYO [ Departure track No.2 ] Station timetable \| Add to favorite			Map Hotel Rent-a-car Restaurant
[16 Min]		JR Musashino Line for FUCHUHOMMACHI Train timetable \| Interval timetable	¥220
08:41		MAIHAMA Add to favorite

Tokyo Metro Marunouchi Line IKEBUKURO - OGIKUBO

Station	Arrival time	Departure Time	Track No.	Distance
IKEBUKURO		07:48		0.0km
SHIN-OTSUKA	07:51	07:51		1.8km
MYOGADANI	07:53	07:53		3.0km
KORAKUEN	07:55	07:56		4.8km
HONGO-SANCHOME	07:57	07:58		5.6km
OCHANOMIZU	07:59	07:59		6.4km
AWAJICHO	08:01	08:01		7.2km
OTEMACHI(TOKYO)	08:03	08:03		8.1km
TOKYO	08:04	08:05		8.7km
GINZA	08:07	08:07		9.8km
KASUMIGASEKI(TOKYO)	08:09	08:09		10.8km
KOKKAI-GIJIDOMAE	08:11	08:11		11.5km
AKASAKA-MITSUKE	08:13	08:14		12.4km
YOTSUYA	08:16	08:16		13.7km
YOTSUYA-SANCHOME	08:18	08:19		14.7km
SHINJUKU-GYOEMMAE	08:20	08:20		15.6km
SHINJUKU-SANCHOME	08:22	08:22		16.3km
SHINJUKU(JR)	08:23	08:24		16.6km
NISHI-SHINJUKU	08:25	08:26		17.4km
NAKANO-SAKAUE	08:27	08:28		18.5km
SHIN-NAKANO	08:29	08:30		19.6km
HIGASHI-KOENJI	08:31	08:32		20.6km
SHIN-KOENJI	08:33	08:33		21.5km
MINAMI-ASAGAYA	08:35	08:35		22.7km
OGIKUBO	08:38			24.2km
Business day：Sat & Holiday

JR Musashino Line TOKYO - NISHI-FUNABASHI

Station	Arrival time	Departure Time	Track No.	Distance
TOKYO		08:25	2	0.0km
HATCHOBORI(TOKYO)	08:27	08:27		1.2km
ETCHUJIMA	08:29	08:29		2.8km
SHIOMI(TOKYO)	08:32	08:32		5.4km
SHIN-KIBA	08:35	08:35		7.4km
KASAIRINKAIKOEN	08:39	08:39		10.6km
MAIHAMA	08:41	08:41		12.7km
SHIN-URAYASU	08:45	08:45		16.1km
ICHIKAWASHIOHAMA	08:48	08:48		18.2km
NISHI-FUNABASHI	08:54			24.1km
Business day：Sat & Holiday

Tokyo Station

Shared Platform for Keiyo Line and Musashino Line

many platforms in Tokyo are shared, make sure to board the correct train line

Maihama station

We planned to be at the Resort at 8:30am. We were so tired from the previous day's activities, we extended our sleep and arrived Disneyland at 9:20. There are two disney theme parks in Tokyo. Exiting the Maihama station, to the left would lead you to Tokyo DisneySea by the disney monorail. On the right is the way to Tokyo Disneyland. Latter's main gate is adjacent to Maihama station, likewise, the Disneyland station for monorail. We had visited Tokyo DisneySea in 2014 together with tthe daddy and the eldest . This trip, the two were left in Singapore while mommy and the youngest were enjoying in Japan.

This place is certified to be the busiest among the busiest. I wonder why both parks are always packed with students even on school days.

Bon Voyage, Tokyo Disneyland, Japan

Bon Voyage is a souvenir shop located between Maihama station and the gateway to Tokyo Disneyland. It is open one hour longer than the theme parks, from 7:30 am to 11pm. Most of the visitors, especially the kids, buy disney gear in this shop before entering the park. This shop has more disney merchandise to offer compare to other disney shops in Japan.

My daughter forgot her disney head gear, we bought one inside. I brought the one I used in 2014 at Tokyo DisneySea.

I purchased tickets online before we flew to Japan. We still queue though for bag checking and for park entrance.

Gateway to Tokyo Disneyland

This place is extremely crowded. We managed to get two fastpass only. By 2:30pm, most of the FP were all taken. Queue for popular rides could take two to three hours.

Hello Mickey! at Tokyo Disneyland

Ana and Elsa at the entrance of the Park

Themed Areas:

World Bazaar
Tomorrowland
Toontown
Critter Country
Westernland
Fantasyland
Adventureland

WORLD BAZAAR

Tokyo Disneyland entrance

World Bazaar, Tokyo Disneyland, Japan

World Bazaar consists of two streets sheltered by canopy. Main Street is the corridor from the main entrance towards the Cinderella Castle. The Center street intersects with Main Street: to the right leads to Tomorrowland and to the left leads to Adventureland. World Bazaar is the primary shopping area of the park.

TOMORROWLAND

Tomorrowland

Fastpass ticketing

As soon as we entered the park, we went straight to the Fastpass Ticketing for Star Tours and got a return time of 11:40. It was 9:30am when we got our Star Tours FP, we could go for another FP after 11:30am. We went around, enjoyed the place and took some photos. Before we went inside the Star Tour, we went to the Fastpass Ticketing for Space Mountain with a return time at 3:30pm.

Monsters, Inc. Ride & Go Seek!

Star Tours: The Adventure Continue at Tomorrowland, Tokyo Disneyland, Japan

Star tours warning sign

Star Tours boarding area, Tokyo Disneyland

inside Star Tours, Tomorrowland attracton, Tokyo Disneyland, Japan

Star Tours: The Adventure Continue is one of the major attractions at Tomorrowland, Tokyo Disneyland. Experiencing the classic Star Wars in 3D. And to feel like one of the passengers to the next adventure. This attraction is a motion simulator based on the series of Star Wars films. To fully enjoy the journey, I kept my photography gadgets... sorry!

Stitch Encounter

Space Mountain

Star Jet

features also at Tomorrowland, Buzz Lightyear's Astro Blasters (no photo taken)

Grand Circuit Raceway, Tokyo Disneyland

TOON TOWN

Toon Town, Tokyo Disneyland, Japan

Toon Town is one of the themed areas at Tokyo Disneyland based from the movie, Who framed Roger Rabbit?

Toon Town

Toon Park

Roger Rabbit's Car Toon Spin

Gadget's Go Coaster

Donald's Boat

Chip 'n Dale's Tree House

Goofy's Paint n' Play House

features also at Toontown, Minnie House (no photo taken)

After the Star Tours adventure, we had our lunch at the nearest we had found that could fill us for the next hours. We ended up at Tomorrowland Terrace that offers mickey-shaped burgers. Nothing special...same as the other theme parks: pricey and crowded.

My daughter tried to reserve seats (by lottery) for the shows: Once Upon a Time and One Man's Dream II- The Magic Lives On. Epic fail both for our tickets :(. She tried to get FP for the Big Thunder Mountain and Monsters Inc... as early as 1:30pm all FP schedules till evening were taken. Standby queue at 120 minutes and more.

We joined the guests sitting on the ground and wait for the Day time parade: Happiness is Here.