Thanks for all of your replies re: Tokyo Disney Sea. I wasn’t sure if I’d go or not until I got off the flight this morning, but I was fine, so decided to go! I had so.much.fun! Felt like a little kid again on the rides, just enjoying myself and being in the moment for the day. ]
I had no game plan at all, didn’t even have a ticket or Tokyo Disney app. I took care of both of these things on the 15 min train ride to the park! I took the monorail from the airport to the JR Hamamouto (sp) line, then walked out of Tokyo station to the Tokyo Station Hotel. I was here just before 8, but I wanted to freshen up a bit and lock my passport in my suitcase. I left here around 8:10 and was at the park entrance just after 9. Wow was it busy. Like really, really busy. The security line was huge, but it moved quickly, same with the ticket line. A few people in line helped me get used to the app and showed me how to navigate it (the people here are super helpful).
As soon as I passed through the ticket gate I bought a Priority Passes for Soarin’ and Indiana Jones. I then headed for Journey to the Centre of the Earth. The line time said 80 minutes (I was in line by 9:35), but it took closer to 110 minutes. Headed from there to my Soarin’ PP time, boy does the PP line move quickly. Rode almost immediately and once I had scanned my FP I purchased a PP for Tower of Terror. Then headed to get something to eat (sausage goyza), took food to the line for 20k Leagues Under the Sea (around 45 min wait). By this time it was my time in McDuck shop (you have to get a ticket to get in some of the shops and they limit some of the merch you can buy). After McDucks I rode ToT which I LOVED. Then headed to Indiana Jones which I think was 1 of my favorites. After I rode IJ with my PP I lined up again as a single; it took longer to get through the line, around 20 minutes, but still waaaay shorter than the 120 standby line. Then headed over to Sinbad and rode that. While in line I was refreshing the app and was able to grab another PP for Journey to the Centre of the Earth. Rode that again, then went over to Nemo and waited around a half hour to ride it. Somewhere along the way I stopped for an orange hot chocolate which was delicious. By this time I was able to get into Emporio (which was code only until 5pm) and buy a few very small things. I got to do everything that I wanted to do and rode Journey and Indiana Jones twice. Toy Story is down for a few weeks BOOO —it’s one of my favorite rides. But without it in operation I was able to get almost everything else done.
I tried for lottery tickets for Big Band show and didn’t get any (that’s 0 for 2 — didn’t get them in 2019 either). Oh well. I watched the show on the water for 2 or 3 minutes — super cute ear worm song they’ve come up for the 40th. Will post pics later — too tired now and still have to develop plans for tomorrow.
The only ride that I did without a PP was Journey at the beginning of the day and I knew after waiting that long that I wouldn’t be doing any other standby lines. Soarin’ was at 150 mins from the time I got in the park, Journey was around 110 minutes, Indiana Jones and ToT were both around 120 minutes. Just no.way did I have the patience to wait in line for that long. Once was enough for me, but I got lucky and avoided lines
. I was wondering how I managed the parks in the summer in 2019 and I have no clue. I think the weather was perfect today — around 44 degrees. Not hot, not cold, loved it.
Train back to Tokyo station was super easy (It takes just over 15 mins and costs a whopping $1.50ish). Man is that a huge station, my gosh. It took me a good 10-15 mins to walk from where I got off the train to the exit to the hotel. I did stop somewhere in the station for dinner (shredded chicken with rice which was good) — honestly I was so tired I just wanted to get to my room.