Tokyo Disneyland and Disney Sea

Day number two we woke up early and headed to Tokyo Disneyland! It was so fun! Being Christmas Day, it was packed!

It was beautifully decorated for Christmas.

This year Tokyo Disney was celebrating its 25th anniversary, so it was more special and there were 25's on everything!

We have been to Disneyland in California, so it was quite an experience getting on the same rides, but in Japanese! Luckily, John had been to Disney several times growing up, so he had most of the rides memorized and could let me know what was going on! Ha ha!

As you probably know, the Japanese have a very different style than we do in the States. I couldn't help but get a quick picture of this couple dressed in their, uh, family friendly attire.

I had to take a picture of this guy too, for obvious reasons! I still don't quite get why he was wearing it. Hmm...

John hates the Teacups, and I had never been on them, so with a little begging, he agreed to go and took a video. Beware, you may get a little nauseous watching it, but its funny!
I had the chance to meet Mary Poppins and got to see many other characters.

Many of the "A-list" characters were mobbed and had huge lines to take pictures, so I just took a few pictures of my favorites with random children!
Later in the evening, we had some time to kill, so we decided to walk over to the brand new Tokyo Disneyland Hotel. It was opened this summer and was quite stunning.

We had Christmas dinner inside at their buffet restaurant. It was pretty expensive, but it was so much better than standing 30 minutes in line for a funky hot dog and the food was pretty darn good.

At the end of the evening, they had an electrical lights parade. I only got a few pictures, but it was pretty cool!
The next day we hopped on our bus and went to Disney Sea. Disney Sea is not like Sea World, but more of an amusement park. The rides were geared towards a little older crowd with more roller coasters and fast rides.















Here is a short video looking towards the entrance of Disney Sea. Don't mind my dorkiness...

Our favorite ride was the Tower of Terror! We rode this once at Disney California Adventure and loved it.

At the very front of the park, there is a huge globe and at night it is lit up beautifully.

This park was probably our favorite of the two. The architecture was amazing and it was like nothing we had ever seen before!

Stay tuned for the last installment of our 3 part Tokyo series!