Fun time at Tokyo Disneyland

During a trip to Japan last month, I was able to visit Tokyo Disneyland with my friends for some fun time.

As we walked towards the entrance, we saw the train with Mickey windows swiftly passing by.

We started our day by going to the Great American Waffle Company cafe and had Mickey waffles for breakfast.

Mickey waffles are freshly cooked  at the cafe

Cafe staff prepares the waffles. Available flavours are
maple, chocolate and strawberry and custard.

Mickey waffle with strawberry and custard sauce

Mickey waffle with maple sauce

After breakfast, we headed to the Pirates of the Carribean where we took a 15-minute boat ride and peeked into Jack Sparrow’s world. This ride was inspired by the popular Pirates of the Carribean movie which featured Johnny Depp, who played the role of Jack Sparrow.

The ride depicts various scenes from the movie and included moving characters, treasures, skeletons and pirates.

The highlight of the boat ride was when we spotted Jack Sparrow twice.

We also went to Alice’s Tea Party attraction. It is a fun ride that I took with the girls as we went for fast swirls while riding a colourful  tea cup. We had the option to make our cup go faster and change direction as we turned the wheel in the middle of our cup. It is quite a kiddie but fun ride that kids and adults surely enjoy.

After our tea cup ride, we walked around and took the boat ride at It’s A Small World where we got to see various dolls wearing traditional costumes from different countries in Asia, Europe, Central America, Africa and the Islands of South Pacific. This is similar to the one in Disney Hong Kong.

The facade of It's A Small World attraction

Visitors take a boat ride and see dancing and colourful dolls
in different costumes

We were a bit disappointed though when we saw the section featuring the Philippines since there was only one doll wearing a traditional costume included. Hopefully, they improve this in the future since it looks odd versus the other lively displays of dolls representing other countries.

The single doll wearing traditional 
costume which represents the 
Philippines

Our kiddie fun adventure continued as we headed to Mickey's PhilHarmagic to watch the musical film in 3D featuring famous Disney characters such as Donald Duck, Mickey Mouse and many more. The popular Disney songs in the short film certainly brings back happy Disney film memories.

Since I am not fond of riding roller coasters, my travel buddies went to the Splash Mountain ride while I opted to just take a relaxing and scenic cruise on the Mark Twain Riverboat where I got to see various displays that showed scenes on the Rivers of America and took photos using a DSLR camera.

I was able to see deers, and Indian villages during the cruise.

After the cruise, I met up with my travel buddies and we went around the shops. It was pretty cool seeing how the glass sculptures and glass items are made by Disney artisans.

To help one feel cool while walking around the park, a must try is the Disney ice cream snack by Meiji.

The cute Mickey ice cream is one of the popular
choices of visitors

There are quick snacks such as pizza and popcorn being sold in the park too.

Pizza, Disney souvenirs such as cups and Minnie inspired
popcorn container

We were lucky that we also got to see the parade with famous Disney characters.

Alice in Wonderland characters at the parade

Mickey and friends in the parade

We also bumped into Jessie, one of Toy Story movie characters.

Two of my travel buddies posed with Jessie for a photo op

Tokyo Disneyland is simply one of the happiest places to go to when you are in Japan since it  certainly makes everyone feel like a kid.  

Checkout my next blog post on the other theme parks that we were able to visit in Japan. Cheers!