Tokyo DisneyRain

I went to DisneySea last Monday, and it was kind of incredible. It was raining, so no one was there. We got one FastPass, but getting more proved unnecessary. The longest wait time we got in line for was 40 minutes, but I don't think we actually waited that long for it, and for the most part wait times were 5 or 10 minutes, especially as the day wore on and people got sick of the rain and went home. We basically just walked onto Indiana Jones later in the day. It was amazing.

Just like at Disneyland three weeks ago, it was a day of debuts! We spent a lot more time in American Waterfront and Mermaid Lagoon than usual. In American Waterfront, we enjoyed the usual Tower of Terror and also went to Turtle Talk (which featured the most amazing cast member - her energy! her voice! her general incredibleness!) and Big Band Beat (it's a big band revue that occasionally features Disney characters to remind you where you are). In Mermaid Lagoon we went on Flounder's Flying Fish Coaster (a debut for others, but not for me). We spent quite a while in the Triton's Kingdom part of the area, which is the indoor bit where all the super kiddie rides are. We went on three of them: Jumpin' Jellyfish, Blowfish Balloon Race, and The Whirlpool. We also watched the Ariel show which is in a technologically amazing theatre and which I kind of adored. The last debut of the day was BraviSEAmo!, which is the night time show in Mediterranean Harbor. Unfortunately, it was presented in abbreviated form because of the weather, but at least I finally saw some of it.

Other non-debut rides were Sinbad's Storybook Voyage, Indiana Jones (3x, and one time Indy was wandering around the queue area - epic excitement!), Raging Spirits (riding a roller coaster in the rain was a debut though), and 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea. Unfortunately, Journey to the Center of the Earth was closed; if it had been open, with wait times how they were, we probably would have gone on approximately a million times. Alas.

Food was consumed at Cape Cod Cook-Off in American Waterfront (lunch + orange dessert in souvenir mug, although not a souvenir mug of the current overlay, Spring Carnival), Mamma Biscotti's Bakery in Mediterranean Harbor (orange pastry and orange biscotti), Tropic Al's in Lost River Delta (honey lemon churro), and Vulcania in Mysterious Island (Chinese dinner in a volcanic cavern + Mango mousse). Typing this out, I see there were more sweets than I realized at the time. Most of them orange.

I managed to restrain myself on the souvenir front and only purchased the souvenir cup, snacks to share at work, and the picture from our first Indy ride.

The only negative aspect of the visit was that my feet were wet all day which was kind of horrible. They might actually never be the same again. But that was a small price to pay for a really lovely, albeit rainy, day at the Sea!

This weekend featured a welcome/farewell party for new and leaving co-workers on Saturday night. Izakaya + karaoke + another izakaya = going to bed at nearly 7 am. I somehow managed to get out of bed yesterday in time to go to my student's piano performance. It was lovely! Then to Azabu-juban for my current favorite dinner, a vegetarian burrito from Frijioles. Then home where I attempted to stay awake but completely failed and fell asleep at 9:45. Slept for 11 hours and am feeling much more with it today than I was yesterday! Might venture Harajuku-way for some Forever 21 and bubble tea.