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Tokyo Disney Resort: General Discussion

Think my Tokyo Disney Sea plans are out the window, the day i'm free to go is "Respect for the aged day" which looking at last year was a near sell out day at the park and that's before the new area opened. Assume it would be an intolerable day of 3+ hour queues?
 
I just saw a POV of the Frozen ride, it looks absolutely mindblowing. I can't believe what they've done. Which leads me to 2 questions:

1. Is there any chance they'll be replicating this in Paris?

2. When i'm there in September do i have any chance of getting on it if i'm going last minute?
 
Rob said:
No chance! Paris are getting the version that can be found in Florida. Tokyo always get the best stuff thanks to the Oriental Land Company having a seemingly bottomless pit of money.
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I would think there is a possibility Paris will get somewhere between the 2 versions and not using animated projected faces, they don't seem to have gone down too well and Disney seem to be moving away from them but we will see.
 
Is there any source to the assumptions? Or just based on precedent? Seems weird to open an inferior version years after a superior one.
 
Bowser said:
...Seems weird to open an inferior version years after a superior one.
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It's not actually that uncommon. In both the above cases the ride was designed as a signiture attraction which was both very expensive and not as reliable as the versions that came later. They are still better rides, but copying them doesn't actually make as much of a business case as it might seem.

In this case Tokyo Disney makes a lot more money than Paris. And the investors behind it are happy to spend a lot on their version of this ride because the park can support it.
Walt Disney Studios needs a new headline ride, but it also needs a lot more doing to bring the park up to standard. Therefore getting the older "budget" version which will still have the same appeal from the public makes a lot of sense.
Case in point the Hong Kong ride opened within the last year. They could have easily built the Tokyo version at all 3 parks, but Hong Kong and Paris chose to base theirs on Florida's.
 
The new lands look unbelievable! Really putting the Orlando parks to shame
 
I went to Tokyo Disneyland today. I won't write too much (I will write a trip report about some of the Japanese theme parks within a few weeks), but I thought that Tokyo's Haunted Mansion was far better than Paris' Phantom Manor, and I enjoyed riding the last remaining Splash Mountain. I found Pooh's Hunny Hunt to be slightly overrated.
 
Zeock said:
I went to Tokyo Disneyland today. I won't write too much (I will write a trip report about some of the Japanese theme parks within a few weeks), but I thought that Tokyo's Haunted Mansion was far better than Paris' Phantom Manor, and I enjoyed riding the last remaining Splash Mountain. I found Pooh's Hunny Hunt to be slightly overrated.
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Which parks are you going to @Zeock? Is it just the Disney parks, or are you going to some of the other Japanese parks too?
 
I'm in Japan soon for work, i've already got tickets to USJ as have a day off in Osaka but one of my colleagues has suggested we get Evening Tickets to Disney.

First question is, if we do this which park should we visit? I'm thinking Disney Sea because it's the more unique option.

Second question is with all the horror stories i've seen of these parks, is this going to be a miserable experience? It's going to be 35C, are we basically going to be having a viewing experience of the park and at best 1 ride? I'm fine to pay for Fast Passes but doesn't seem like that's an option in this scenario. I'm looking at now as an example where it's 4pm and the main attractions are all on 2-3 hour queues.

Crowd Calendar says the park is at 50% too o_O
 
With the heat and the limited time you have it's not exactly going to be the ideal visit but with that said, DisneySea is the most incredible park I've ever been to and if you have the chance to do so, simply walking around it would be well worth it. If you go in with the understanding that you're not going to be riding much at all then I'm sure you'll enjoy just seeing the place as it's really one-of-one as far as theme parks go.

Bonus if you like popcorn, though as with everything at DisneySea the queues for that can be quite long as well :D
 
Llama said:
With the heat and the limited time you have it's not exactly going to be the ideal visit but with that said, DisneySea is the most incredible park I've ever been to and if you have the chance to do so, simply walking around it would be well worth it. If you go in with the understanding that you're not going to be riding much at all then I'm sure you'll enjoy just seeing the place as it's really one-of-one as far as theme parks go.

Bonus if you like popcorn, though as with everything at DisneySea the queues for that can be quite long as well :D
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Are there any single rider lines and do they help?
 
Universal Japan is generally worse in terms of feeling overcrowded and queues so if you find you manage with that ok on your previous visit you shouldn’t find visiting Disney any worse. And nicer park experience.

I know a number of people that would happily visit Disney every visit but after awful experiences at universal Japan won’t visit there again.
 
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