Showing posts with label SS Columbia. Show all posts
Showing posts with label SS Columbia. Show all posts

Friday, February 23, 2018

One last trip around Tokyo Disney Resort - Journey to Tokyo Disney Resort - Part 99 - 4/18/16

"We decided to take the Resort Line to Tokyo DisneySea and then take a nice, short walk to our hotel!"


"OMGoodness the egg-o-rail!!!"


"I love trains!"


"We can see other parts of the resort from the Resort Line!"




"Um...is this Gelatina?"


"COLUMBIA!"


"What a beautiful view!"


"Hey! You can see our hotel!"


"We did more than a loop."



Tuesday, July 4, 2017

Journey to Tokyo Disney Resort - Part 19 - A bit of Titanic in Tokyo DisneySea - 4/13/16

"We are still on the SS Columbia and--WHOA! Are we allowed to go here?"



"Hmmm, I don't know..."


"Doesn't this remind you of Titanic?"


"OK, maybe we will look down a LITTLE..."


"Or almost all the way and--WOW!"


"It is the purser's desk!!!"


"And so many flowers!"


"Can I help you, sir? How about you, ma'am?"


Goodbye, S.S. Columbia!


"I love you forever!"

Friday, June 30, 2017

Journey to Tokyo Disney Resort - Part 18 - Inside the SS Columbia! - 4/13/16

"There was almost no one in the S.S. Columbia!"








"This is from the bow. SO PRETTY! But it was too wet so I couldn't sit down."


"Hellooooo Cape Cod!"


"There is more water outside the park...the human said there is so much theming, it still felt like a real part of the park!"




"We were ALL ALONE on the bow for several minutes!!!"








Tuesday, June 27, 2017

Journey to Tokyo Disney Resort - Part 17 - SS Columbia! - 4/13/16

"What a wonderfully gloomy day to visit Tower of Terror!"

"We got Fastpasses.  It was not a busy day; we will only have to wait a little more than an hour to use them. But let's go explore!"


"This buffet would be nice, but it is too early and we are not hungry..."

"We just ended up walking toward..."

"SO PRETTY! The human waited for 3 minutes, not sure if she was even allowed to go on board...but we did!"

Nice view!


Walking on the gangplank was so exciting!


"The human said, 'So many rivets!' She was impressed how much this looks like an old, famous Titanic photo."

I don't know if the Imagineers intended it this way, but it sure looks very much like this famous (?) Titanic photo.


"We're boarding!"

Friday, June 23, 2017

Journey to Tokyo Disney Resort - Part 16 - When the Human Fell in Love - 4/13/16

The human here. Here is when I fell in love...with Tokyo DisneySea.

We got in line for the DisneySea Electric Railway. (The Cast Member out front carefully explained it was a one-way trip, but we were wanting to go to Tower of Terror, so that was no problem!)


I love trolleys, and this one, while fanciful, felt so historic!




And 3...2...1...


Right around 10 AM (6 PM at home!), we started going past what look for all the world like circa 1900s buildings. Who would have thought that Japan would be an amazing place to get a taste of an idealized old-time New York? I was so captivated I only belatedly remembered to take photos for posterity.


And then the S.S. Columbia, ready to steam off at any moment!


From my journal: "Seeing American Waterfront's old buildings and the Columbia from an authentic-feeling electric trolley...that was when wonder and amazement caught me by the heart and held tight the rest of the day."

And then to step off in a piece of 1912 New York City...!


SO BEAUTIFUL!


It's just so perfect.