Journey to Tokyo Disney Resort - Part 12 - 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea - 4/13/16

"Oh my goodness isn't Mysterious Island BEAUTIFUL?!"


The human here. Our official plan was to go to Indiana Jones right away, but 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea was RIGHT THERE, and crowds didn't seem to have materialized...


...so sure!




There was literally no line whatsoever, so I didn't manage to get any photos, but it so was beautiful!

"The human and I LOVED IT SO SO SO MUCH!" 

"I guess I have said Tokyo DisneySea is beautiful a lot, but it really really is!"

"Goofy's Crystal Point! This was supposed to be used for light-up wands and compasses and stuff, but it fits me so well, doesn't it?"

Journey to Tokyo Disney Resort - Part 11 - Entering TokyoDisneySea - 4/13/16

"OH MY GOODNESS WE ARE INSIDE TOKYO DISNEYSEA!!!!!"





"My human and I loved the SS Columbia SO MUCH!"




"MOUNT PROMETHEUS! Isn't this park BEAUTIFUL?!"



"Let's ride Journey to the Center of the Earth."


"SCIENCE!"








"It was pretty fun!"

Journey to Tokyo Disney Resort - Part 10 - To Tokyo DisneySea - 4/13/16

"We woke up nice and early to go to Tokyo DisneySea. YAY JETLAG!!!!!!!!!! Thank you for helping us get up early!!!  And look! Hotel MyStays Maihama had children's books for us to read!"

"The human's breakfast!"

"We can look out our door and see Mount Prometheus. I love it!"

"Tokyo DisneySea had short hours, 8 AM - 6 PM, but we were hoping there would be very low crowds. We left the hotel around 7 AM or so. It was kind of a misty day but the walk was short and nice."

"We made it to bag check at 7:16 AM. Wow!"


"Waiting in line! Whee!"

"There were only about 8 people ahead of us in line!"


"Look at the rain! But do not worry. We all come from a place that is very dry, so we like a little rain."

"My human got out a Spring Voyage leisure sheet she'd ordered from Japan! That's like a vinyl sheet to sit on when you sit on the ground. She had to sing the Spring Voyage song when she took it out. She thinks she was giddy from lack of sleep and excitement. I think she may be a little silly."

I am not! OK maybe some.

About 7:40 AM, they had everyone get up and get closer to the gates. The lines were getting longer, but not even half as bad as I expected. (This was about 7:51.) I started to get cautiously optimistic that crowds may not be that big.


"We are nearly inside!"


Shellie May was SO excited to visit her hometown.

We could just make out the beautiful Wing of Wishes ship display through the gates, which just added to the anticipation...

Journey to Tokyo Disney Resort - Part 9 - Ikspiari - 4/12/16

"It has been a while but this is Shellie May again to talk about our trip to Japan. YAY! And also the human is here... We are picking up from here.

"So we got off at Maihama Station. Happy 15th Anniversary, Tokyo DisneySea!"

"Um...it's a little dark..."



I guess we should have taken an effort to eat somewhere more Japanese, but The Honorable Rat rated Kua Aina very highly and I was so excited to read they had boba tea.




"The human was surprised at how small the drinks were, but thought the food was a perfect size! Even big!"

"Ikspiari is like a mall. The human used to LOVE Mentos so we tried to win some!"

"We got the minimum number...aw. But oh! Isn't this funny?"

"I feel so fancy!"

"DISNEY STORE!"

"The Cast members greeted us a lot, and a UniBearsity bear waved to me! And I waved to them too!"


I took this days before I saw a sign in the very back saying not to take photos of merchandise. Oops. But I love Baymax so I DID buy the Big Hero 6 Tsum Tsum, which came with a bag in it, so I think that it's OK to post!


"I think everything the human bought had Baymax on it....she even managed to ask how much something cost in Japanese! It was a Baymax tissue case and of course she got it. Tee hee."

April is still squarely in Easter time at the Disney Resort.




"Time to start walking back to our hotel."


Tokyo Disney Resort reminds me a bit of Disneyland Anaheim because the "real world" is very close by.



Bon Voyage!




It was so busy inside. At least two CMs were doing nothing but restocking! (I'm not sure I ever bought anything there, even though we stopped by a couple times.) 

Then we doubled back to the New Days convenience store to pick up some breakfast for the next day. (I used my katakana skills to find something called a "cream bun," which is one of my favorite Chinese pastries, I know.) The walk back to the room was only supposed to be about 1 km, but it felt a lot longer...but we made it back! When I opened my bag from New Days, I was shocked to find a straw in the bag, for my milk. So thoughtful!

Duffy's Trip to San Francisco - Part 33 - San Francisco Airport Aviation Museum -

But wait! They have an aviation museum and it's fantastic! It used to be the passenger lobby for the airport in the 1930s. Can you imagine? (And if I recall, this used to be the arrival/departure board! Wow!)

 

"Wheeeee"

All right all right, better work on getting back home now.

But first, a sandwich to nourish us for the flight!

Hey, we just might make it home!  (This was the first flight I've been on where I WANTED every seat to be full, since I knew there were a whole lot of people who hadn't been able to get home yesterday.)

I did splurge on a Vitamin Water; I mostly only buy it at airports, where it's not much more expensive than a regular bottle of water.

But we made it back home! Safe! What a delightful trip!