Tokyo Disneyland

Tokyo Disneyland has definitely been one of the most exciting adventures of our summer in Japan, thus far. You can imagine we took a plethora of pictures throughout the day - too many to post. Here is a highlight of our first family Disney experience.

We visited the park on Friday, July 28, during a Honda holiday so Rodney had a much deserved day-off of work.

The forecast leading up to the day had predicted an 80% chance of rain, but we took the chance and to our surprise not one drop the whole day. The hour long trek by train was well worth it. Our first stop was Toontown to explore Mickey’s home and Movie Barn, then a visit to Mickey in person. When we approached Mickey's home, we were deceived by what seemed like a short line. Little did we know it wrapped along side of the house into a snake formation around back. It was roughly an hour wait, but not too bad since Markus napped throughout most of it...thank goodness!

We wondered how Markus would react to the life-size Mickey, but he did pretty good until Mickey reached out to shake Markus' hand.

Inside Mickey's house

Throughout the day, we were entertained by many attractions and shows. Markus thoroughly enjoyed the Disney Dream On Parade, "Moving On", that featured many characters from favourite Disney movies. The make-up and costumes were phenomenal. Markus had a totally different experience with the mini-floats like Goofy's Cool Panic and other water-spraying vehicles. It felt great being caught under the mist of cool water while in the scorching heat. Perhaps we were situated too close for Markus' comfort since he was absolutely traumatized! He was just shocked and caught way off guard. Needless to say, it didn't ruin our day. We explored Cinderella's Castle and watched Mickey's watershow performance. We did get splashed a few times, which again left Markus unhappy, however the music and dancing was very entertaining.

The evening Electrical Parade "Dreamlights", which was said to have over 1 million lights, was spectacular. Markus was in awe of the bright lights although often startled by the blaring music. Mommy had to cover his ears most of the show.

Tokyo Disneyland is a definite must-see if you're in the area. It is nearly impossible to see all the attraction in one day. We are definitely planning to head back to visit Tokyo DisneySea, adjacent to Disneyland. It's is a whole new other theme park we don't want to miss.

Even days after our Disneyland adventure, Markus continues to enjoy reliving his memories by watching our home videos of the parades.