BagOLaughs
Well I ain't evil, I'm just good looking
- Joined
- May 29, 2015
Hi Everyone,
This trip was over 6 months ago however I love reading other peoples trip reports and I found them very useful before I went so I'm hoping my report can help those who want to go to Tokyo Disneyland.
I prefer photo heavy trip reports so expect that from me.
So let's begin.
Post 1 - Introductions, flight and Tokyo
This trip was myself and my mum. Here we are (i'm on the left, mum on the right):
I believe I inherited my love of Disney from my mum who took me to Disneyland Paris for the first time when I was about 7 years old. However, being the person that I am, I took my mums love for Disney and turned it into an obsession. I'm the one that has subtle (and sometimes not so subtle) Disney home ware /clothing /everything. Everything I own tends to have something Disney on it.
An important thing to note about this visit was I was recovering from a very nasty illness. I'd had shingles about 3 weeks before we departed and if anyone's ever had it, you know it takes a long time to fully recover. It took me 12 weeks to get 100% better. Usually I'm a commando when park touring but this time I had to take things super duper easy.
We left London Heathrow on October 29th 2014 and flew to Haneda with British Airways. I can't tell you about airfares because we got a staff deal so what we paid is not comparative. However we were in Business class (score!)
I forgot to mention I've got a Duffy. He was very much looking forward to our Tokyo trip because I'd promised to get him a "friend". You might know who i'm talking about.
It was a later departure (I think about 7pm UK time arriving around 7am Japanese time in Tokyo).
When we had arrived in Haneda and picked up our luggage we went straight to rent a Mifi thingy. Thanks disneytouristblog for this tip. If you're mega prepared you can rent these in advance and pick them up from the airport which is much cheaper. However we rented one from the airport. Its basically a small device about half the size on a iPhone which transmits a WiFi signal which you can connect multiple devices to. Most devices come with unlimited data and it was great!
We stayed 3 nights in a business hotel a stones throw from Hanzomon subway station. It was a great little hotel, quiet on the night but very accessible to all the touristy stuff via the subway station. (please excuse the mess below)
I don't want to go into too much detail about our visit to Tokyo but we did:
Tip get a passmo card for the subway system. Its a rechargeable card much easier than dealing with paper tickets.
OK next post will be about the Tokyo Disneyland Hotel and our 1st day in Tokyo Disneyland.
This trip was over 6 months ago however I love reading other peoples trip reports and I found them very useful before I went so I'm hoping my report can help those who want to go to Tokyo Disneyland.
I prefer photo heavy trip reports so expect that from me.
So let's begin.
Post 1 - Introductions, flight and Tokyo
This trip was myself and my mum. Here we are (i'm on the left, mum on the right):
I believe I inherited my love of Disney from my mum who took me to Disneyland Paris for the first time when I was about 7 years old. However, being the person that I am, I took my mums love for Disney and turned it into an obsession. I'm the one that has subtle (and sometimes not so subtle) Disney home ware /clothing /everything. Everything I own tends to have something Disney on it.
An important thing to note about this visit was I was recovering from a very nasty illness. I'd had shingles about 3 weeks before we departed and if anyone's ever had it, you know it takes a long time to fully recover. It took me 12 weeks to get 100% better. Usually I'm a commando when park touring but this time I had to take things super duper easy.
We left London Heathrow on October 29th 2014 and flew to Haneda with British Airways. I can't tell you about airfares because we got a staff deal so what we paid is not comparative. However we were in Business class (score!)
I forgot to mention I've got a Duffy. He was very much looking forward to our Tokyo trip because I'd promised to get him a "friend". You might know who i'm talking about.
It was a later departure (I think about 7pm UK time arriving around 7am Japanese time in Tokyo).
When we had arrived in Haneda and picked up our luggage we went straight to rent a Mifi thingy. Thanks disneytouristblog for this tip. If you're mega prepared you can rent these in advance and pick them up from the airport which is much cheaper. However we rented one from the airport. Its basically a small device about half the size on a iPhone which transmits a WiFi signal which you can connect multiple devices to. Most devices come with unlimited data and it was great!
We stayed 3 nights in a business hotel a stones throw from Hanzomon subway station. It was a great little hotel, quiet on the night but very accessible to all the touristy stuff via the subway station. (please excuse the mess below)
I don't want to go into too much detail about our visit to Tokyo but we did:
- Go up the Sky Tree tower - High
- Fish Market - jaw dropping
- Eat Sushi for breakfast - yummy
- Visit a Buddhist Temple - awe inspiring
- Have tea in a cat cafe - bizarre
- Walk through worlds busiest train station Shinjuku - Busy!
- Shopping - too much choice
- Ordered off a Japanese only menu - score
Tip get a passmo card for the subway system. Its a rechargeable card much easier than dealing with paper tickets.
OK next post will be about the Tokyo Disneyland Hotel and our 1st day in Tokyo Disneyland.
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