down the Easter rabbit hole

Last weekend was epic. There was some pizza. And karaoke. And an amazing sleepover. And porridge in the morning accompanied by Mickey toast before setting off for Tokyo Disneyland. There is a special deal on Disney tickets at the moment for those of us living in Tokyo, so obviously that needed to be taken advantage of.

It was an amaaaaaaaazingly beautiful day at Disney. And a day of many debuts! I took a night cruise through the jungle (first time Jungle Cruisin' in Tokyo). We took a drawing class and learned to draw Mickey. My Mickey is a little crazy in the eyes, but we got to draw on special paper and there was a special folder to put the picture in and we got to keep our special pencils, so it was well worth the ¥500 it cost. Also, it was fun. We went on Roger Rabbit's Car Toon Spin. The only thing I can tell you about that ride: there was a lot of spinning. The queue was really enjoyable though. We ate at the Blue Bayou (looks exactly the same as California, but the menu is different and no mint juleps; still, love). And we went on Pooh's Hunny Hunt which, unlike the drug trip American Pooh ride, is pretty much amazing. The ride technology is all cutting edge and incredible. I'm kind of sad I couldn't be bothered with it before (the line's always long and Fastpasses run out quickly). It's a really enjoyable ride!

For anyone interested in the rest of the rides experienced (so...Mum), we enjoyed some piratey adventures (2x), a haunting experience, a serenade from the children of the world, a mission to save the universe from the Evil Emperor Zurg (not my best performance on that mission, but I still won), and journeys to two mountains (Splash and Space). It was an extremely satisfying day.

The current park overlay is Easter Wonderland. Because, you know, Easter wasn't ages ago or anything and also isn't something most Japanese people couldn't care less about. Anyway, the Tokyo Disney Resort is really into selling desserts that come in a souvenir mug and since, while organizing my kitchen recently, I realized I appear to be collecting them, it was very important for me to acquire an Easter Wonderland mug. There were a couple choices, but the one I really wanted had Alice on and was heart-shaped with a heart-shaped handle. Love. Unfortunately, it was not easily found and it was late when we got around to seriously searching for it. It was finally discovered to be available, not at a kiosk like the other ones, but at the Queen of Hearts Banquet Hall (it's, like, cafeteria-style). So I had to go in, wait in a queue (a super hot queue), and get one thing (panna cotta). And then they made me eat it there; it took longer for the girl to seat us than it did for me to eat. It was all much more complicated than I'd expected! The mug is really great though.

Anyway, love. Disney love.

This weekend has been less epic. Lots of laundry, reading, movies, and Pokémon. It's been nice, in a much more relaxing and much less Disneytastic way than last weekend!