Tokyo Disneyland

We finally made it to Tokyo Disneyland!  

Because of Covid the only way we could purchase tickets was by paying to also stay a night in the hotel.  I hated spending a ton of money to stay in the Disney hotel only an hour away from our house.  We even had to get two rooms, which is not my favorite.  It really doesn't make sense, but I've been trying for almost a year for a way around it and I couldn't.  Everyone on base, also agrees this is just what we have to do.  I gave in because I really wanted to go now, while they are limiting the number people in the park.  The kids loved running around the hotel and watching Disney shows in Japanese late at night.

Our first ride was the Toy store one.

One really cool thing about going in October is that the Japanese people get really into dressing up.  Not just the kids.  In fact the park is mostly full of adults.  There were families there, but there were way more adult only groups then groups with kids.  I think this clock and candlestick were pretty good.  There were tons of very elaborate and expensive looking costumes.  Calista kept pointing at them and saying who was the real princess.

Penelope, Calista, and Beatrix dressed up.  I loved watching them run around in their costumes.

Before we went the weather said it was going to rain.  We brought our coats and everything, but it never rained.  The weather was actually perfect.  I felt great in a sweater, and Bob thought short sleeves were adequate.

Beatrix absolutely loved the animals in costumes.  In fact she loved the rides as well.  Calista was pretty scared of most rides.  There were lots that Beatrix loved but Calista deemed them too fast and scary.  Calista only seemed to like the slow boat ride type ones.

Its a small world was her favorite.

This guy had so many bears I figured it was worth a picture.

It was really nice that the park wasn't crazy crowded.  We were able to do all the rids.  Space mountain was a favorite and I think the kids said they rode it nine times.  There were a couple 30 minute waits, but the rest were about five.  It really makes a huge difference.  Normally at theme parks we spend hours just waiting in line for a short ride.  We are getting a little spoiled with our wait times.  That is ok, we have been getting all of the theme parks out of our system now.

It was a great day and I'm glad we are fortunate enough to be able to do this for our kids.