MAK家BLOG: Disney Sea Tokyo 2 - Busy First Half with Mobile Phone (Tower of Terror / Journey to the Center of the Earth / Rapunzel's Lantern Festival)

August 27, 2024 (Sunny) - Tokyo Family Trip Day 4

Although the morning call scheduled today is 5:00 am, compared to going to USJ Osaka, the time can be a bit flexible. I only bought tickets before going to Disney Sea (the total cost of four is about HK$1,500) after all, which is much lower than the prepaid amount of USJ (Spent HK$6,000 to buy express tickets before the trip.)

Of course, I personally don’t like Disney Sea’s arrangement of "haggling" after entering the park.

From Ikebukuro, take the Yurakucho Line to the main station - Shin-Kiba, and then transfer to the Keiyo Line to Maihama. The journey takes about an hour.

Departed at 7:01 am, 30 minutes behind schedule

"Hey Daddy, What is Disney Sea?"

"There is Disneyland and Disney Sea in Tokyo."

"Which one is more interesting?"

"Probably Land.... Then I know what are you going to ask. The answer is because you haven't ever been there. Then I know what is your next question. The answer is - you both have visited Disneyland Tokyo before but you have forgotten."

Disney Sea - Another attraction that I visit after 14 years. I wonder if the employee who helped me find the camera lens cap is still working? (Below link is the experience in Sea during 2010 - In Chinese)

2010重溫 - 重滔覆橋第二天(06/25-part 2) - 向海員們致敬 (Disney Sea 2010 - Tribute to the sailors)

https://patrickmakblog.blogspot.com/2010/07/0625-part-2.html

The train from Maihama Station to Disney Sea costs 300 YEN per person. When I am considering how to buy the train ticket. The kind-hearted Hong Kong person next to me suggested me to buy a one-day ticket for 700 YEN‥‥‥But I didn’t listen to her. "Isn’t it only spent 600 yen for one round trip?"

You don't have to queue up again when you leave so I have bought 2 tickets for each of us.

It was 250 YEN in 2010, but it's only 300 YEN today. With the depreciation of the yen, the fare may be reduced or not increased actually.

(Below link is the experience in Sea during 2010 - In Chinese)

2010重溫 - 重滔覆橋第二天(06/25-part 1) - Land 中之 Sea (Disney Sea 2010 - "Sea" inside the Land)

https://patrickmakblog.blogspot.com/2010/07/0625-part-1-land-sea.html

7:41 AM

We entered the venue around 8:50 am that day. After entering, many tourists stayed at the entrance focusing on their mobile phones, busy for buying DPA, drawing SP, and drawing 40th anniversary pass.

At that time, Frozen SP had almost been distributed, but there was still some DPA in evening period. Looking back at this time, the first priority is to get the Frozen ticket (DPA or SP) first. However, our family watched Youtube before about Frozen, a bit similar to Hong Kong Disneyland one.

We felt that Peter Pan was the most fun of the four attractions in Fantasy Springs so we bought the Peter Pan DPA and get the Rapunzel SP at the same time. (I have made a wrong decision at that time.)

But later I discovered that Peter Pan was indeed the most fun one, but it was also a relatively low-popularity attraction in Fantasy Springs.

(If you want to try all attractions in Fantasy Spring, you can refer to my previous article.)

"Let's go to experience Monster, Inc!"

When I focused on my mobile phone and heard Mrs. Mak's suggestion, I couldn’t help sighing.

"Why don’t even the smarter people prepare for park information?" (Monsters Inc. is belong to Disneyland...)

At this time, in chaos, my family took a phubber to "Tower of Terror".

The children had already been very interested in this drop tower. we took advantage of the opening prime time to participate in this popular attraction. The waiting time is only 20 minutes at that moment.

Having experienced it more than 10 years ago, I was a bit indifferent to this attraction, and I was busy focusing on solving the problem of "Chen Taiman" as I am being stuck in buying DPA!!

I have spent several times to change the apps name from "Chan Tai Man" to "Chan Taiman"

(Surely Chan Tai Man is not my real name. just put as an example.)

I have no idea about what the staff is explaining in Japanese, so I focus on my phone for getting pass.

Then I get the 40th anniversary pass, The attraction I chose was "Indiana Jones Adventure: Temple of the Crystal Skull", which I thought was the most fun among the 40th anniversary options.

The effect of the drop tower is good, and the children have a lot of fun experience it. My son, who is timid, was a little afraid of the ghost effect, but they found the feeling of going up and down from time to time very exciting and kept screaming.

1. Tower of Terror (Mak Rating - in principle the highest mark is 5 stars*)

Fun Level : ****
Exciting Level: *****
Surprising Level: **
Attracting Level: ****

Retry Level: ***

Waiting method/time: 20 minutes

It was 10 minutes to 10:00 am after riding Tower. There was still a little time before our reserved time for Rapunzel. Therefore, we took this opportunity to queue up for another popular attraction - "Journey to the Center of the Earth". 60 minutes - The longest waiting time for our today journey.

This is a roller coaster equipped with sparkles and lighting effects. I personally find quite exciting and definitely worth a try.

2. Journey to the Center of the Earth (Mak Rating - in principle the highest mark is 5 stars*)

Fun Level : ****

Exciting Level: ****

Surprising Level: *****

Attracting Level: ****

Retry Level: ****

Waiting method/time: 60 minutes

After that, we show our Rapunzel SP and enter Fantasy Springs. The waiting time for SP was very short in the morning. We took the SP into Rapunzel and waited for less than 20 minutes before boarding the ship.

I really like the semi-open boat ride, which matches the theme of Tangled, with outdoor towers and indoor sky lanterns blooming all over the ceiling. When traveling with natural light and indoor light, the lighting effect is very rich, but other family members feel hot during outdoor riding and they were not really enjoyable.

Movie - Part 1 Outdoor

Movie - Part 2 Indoor

3. Rapunzel's Lantern Festival (Mak Rating - in principle the highest mark is 5 stars*)

Fun Level : ***

Exciting Level: *

Surprising Level: ****

Attracting Level: *****

Retry Level: ***

Waiting method/time: 20 minutes with SP

After Rapunzel, my mobile alarm ringing and it is the second time to draw SP and 40th anniversary respectively. According to my son's request, I chose "Raging Spirits". When I try to draw SP again, even Tinker Bell is unavailable and only Peter Pan SP was left. I had no choice but to take this first.

As for DPA, I can also buy it again now, but we plan to buy this later if necessary.

(It would be much better if I bought Frozen DPA and pick SP for Peter Pan when I entered the park. Luckily my family doesn't have favored in Frozen so it become irrelevant.)

We would like to have lunch at Royal Banquet of Arendelle in Fantasy Springs, but the available dining time is unavailable until 2:00 pm in the afternoon. We won't prefer to stay in Fantasy Springs for 2 hours so we moved to the mermaid area which in the center of the park. We dined at Sebastian's Calypso Kitchen. It is an indoor restaurants and no need to reserve.

(If you are eager to have lunch in Royal Banquet, it is recommended to have food ordering when you are queueing for another ride. But as I said, we have no special requirement in eating.)

In the same area, we have rode two small attractions - Blowfish Balloon Race and Flounder's Flying Fish Coaster, which waiting time is 15 to 20 minutes repectively.

4. Blowfish Balloon Race (Mak Rating - in principle the highest mark is 5 stars*)

Fun Level : **

Exciting Level: **

Surprising Level: **

Attracting Level: ****

Retry Level: **

Waiting method/time: 20 minutes

5. Flounder's Flying Fish Coaster (Mak Rating - in principle the highest mark is 5 stars*)

Fun Level : **^

Exciting Level: **^

Surprising Level: **

Attracting Level: **

Retry Level: **

Waiting method/time: 15 minutes

At this time, I checked with MY PLAN in my Disney Apps. The SP and DPA matters have all been settled. The left decision is whether buy DPA to experience two attractive attractions - Toy Story Mania or Soaring Fantastic Flight - either one as we have limited budget.

When my daughter ate the macarons (actually she looked for the souvenir only) and everyone recovered. It’s time to set off again and continue our afternoon journey.