Disneysea Sunday

Its the 25th Anniversary of Disneyland in Tokyo. However, Tokyo Disneysea opened on 4th September 2001. It is located in Urayasu, Chiba prefecture. It is owned by Oriental Land Company, and are the only Disney parks not owned by The Walt Disney Company. Also, they are the only ones running profitably in the world.

This is the main entrance to get to the rest of the park. It is quite large, total area is 176acres of 714,000sqm!

Being Sunday, it was surprisingly uncrowded. And what great weather again!

According to wikipedia, Tokyo DisneySea has become one of the world's most-visited theme parks and one of the most popular Disney Parks in the world. An estimated 12.4 million visitors visited the park in 2007. Tokyo DisneySea was the second theme park to open at the Tokyo Disney Resort and the ninth park of the eleven worldwide Disney theme parks to open. Tokyo DisneySea is also the most expensive theme park ever built, estimated to have cost over $4 billion (in U.S. dollars) to build, although the actual figure has been kept confidential. Tokyo DisneySea recently experienced its 5th Anniversary celebrations, with new attractions and shows, including The Legend of Mythica and the Tower of Terror. (see pic below)

The tower of terror is probably the most exciting ride in the park. It has some freefall in an elevator and an interesting storyline to add the fear element. Highly recommended.

Here's a closer view of the tower. When the elevator reaches the arch and you can see outside, it drops at freefall, apparently due to the curse of Shiriki Utundu wooden statue. You can watch the video clip here...http://www.tokyodisneyresort.co.jp/tds/japanese/7port/waterfront/atrc_tot.html

Live entertainment at the American Waterfront.

The Indiana Jones area or Lost River Delta is also quite fun. The ride is in the Temple of the Crystal Skull. http://www.tokyodisneyresort.co.jp/tds/japanese/7port/lostriver/atrc_indiana.html Interestingly, the fourth movie in the Indiana Jones saga had just been released on 22May worldwide: Indiana Jones in Kingdom of the Crystall Skull

And here's a nice evening view of the Arabian Coast area....

And here's Venice for you...Japan Disney style...