Disneyland in Japan

Didneydand!

So this winter break I was afforded the opportunity to visit the happiest place in Japan...TOKYO DISNEYLAND! Actually, it wasn't all that happy...unless crowds of people, long lines, and overpriced merchandise makes you happy. Then it's probably one of the happiest places in the universe. I got to enjoy it with Caroline, Noriko (one the Japanese teachers from her company) and her two daughters.

They wouldn't let me in the picture because they thought I was a total boar.

Tokyo Disney was a serious blast from the past. It was a lot like Disneyland in Aneheim was before all of the recent updates. One major surprise was the existance of the Swiss Family Robinson's Tree House! Not the crappy Tarzan's Tree House that Aneheim now has, but the old Swiss Family Robinson's one from my childhood! Woot!

Let's use our heads to guage how big these monsters' anuses are...

Another fun thing was getting to see the anamatronic characters speak and sing in Japanese. Splash Mountain had the whole Zip A Dee Do Da song in Japanese. Cool. Strangely, there was actually a lot of English too. A train on which visitors could ride would announce that it would be leaving in English before it was announced in Japanese. Also, the pirates on the Pirates of the Carribbean ride spoke English too. The voice that narrated the story was in Japanese though.

Gettin' some beaver after splash mountain.

Anyways, our group had a fun time wandering around Disneyland looking at the various sights. It was Caroline's first time going to Disneyland. I think it may have been the first time for all of us to visit Tokyo Disney. It was a wonderful role reversal being the total foreigner in Disneyland. We took lots of pictures of us doing random stuff. All in all, it was quite a fun time.

The maturity really shines through.