We spent a whole weekend in Tokyo at the beginning of December. It was the first Tokyo Comic Con and thought that might as well experience it once in our lives. Also, our son Ciarán is a huge comic fan (as is his father) it was definitely something special for them. And we wanted to also go to the Tokyo Disneyland...
I had booked the hotel quite well in advance and I have to say that the hotel prices were ridiculous.. We decided to stay near Disneyland so we definitely paid for the privilege.. But on the good side, it was near to Makuhari Messi, the exhibition centre where the Comic Con was held, so it saved us a lot of hassle and time.
Tokyo Comic Con was a good experience, although a bit confusing and felt extremely disorganised at times. You could see that it was the first time such an event was held here in Japan... I had prepaid an autograph session with Stanley Lee so that our son could get his autograph. But by the time we got there things got really messy and nobody seemed to know what time these sessions would be held... My husband and our son queued for an hour or so to be told that the first session was over. Then they were told that the next session was going to be around 4pm or 7pm... But that although we had paid for the autograph session in advance, they couldn't guarantee the autograph... What.... Thank goodness the man himself decided to come and do an extra signature session between sessions, cutting our waiting and queuing time to only 3 hours. So thank you Stan Lee <3. Our son is chuffed with his autographed piece, so it was definitely worth it. We also got to see some other cool stuff.
Tokyo Disneyland and Tokyo DisneySea were both amazing - although I think we all preferred the DisneySea as it had better rides :). We spent three days there and you definitely need more than one day as the area is so large and the queuing takes so much of the time that one day just wouldn't do it. Some of the most popular rides had a queuing time of 120-150 minutes... Not something that we were used to before this. However what made it all bearable was how the Japanese queue - they do it so politely and efficiently that there was never a moment where you felt someone was pushing in or taking advantage and as we have been to Euro Disney we can tell you firsthand how bad it can feel when there is a constant need to stop people pushing in and pushing and shoving in general.
We had bought the three day magical passes which meant we couldn't go in and out of the resorts - ie. we needed to choose which resort we would spend the first and the second day. So during the first day in DisneySea we were a bit lost as we didn't have any idea how the Fastpass system worked and where everything was. The second day we were a bit wiser, so we were able to enjoy the Disneyland side a bit more. But the night before the third day, which we had decided to spend at DisneySea, I took my A-game on. Out came the maps of the resort and we strategised our day - where to go first to get the Fastpass etc.... And to be honest, it was that day that we enjoyed the most as we had a plan. We knew how everything worked and were able to make the most out of the Fastpass system. So definitely would recommend anyone going to the Tokyo Disneyland to take time to plan and familiarise oneself with the area. We got to do all the big rides with minimal queuing time - The Tower of Terror, Temple of the Crystal Skull, Raging Spirits and Journey to the Centre of the Earth. Our favourite one was definitely the Journey to the Centre of the Earth!
Having fun for three days is tiring :)...
I had booked the hotel quite well in advance and I have to say that the hotel prices were ridiculous.. We decided to stay near Disneyland so we definitely paid for the privilege.. But on the good side, it was near to Makuhari Messi, the exhibition centre where the Comic Con was held, so it saved us a lot of hassle and time.
Tokyo Comic Con was a good experience, although a bit confusing and felt extremely disorganised at times. You could see that it was the first time such an event was held here in Japan... I had prepaid an autograph session with Stanley Lee so that our son could get his autograph. But by the time we got there things got really messy and nobody seemed to know what time these sessions would be held... My husband and our son queued for an hour or so to be told that the first session was over. Then they were told that the next session was going to be around 4pm or 7pm... But that although we had paid for the autograph session in advance, they couldn't guarantee the autograph... What.... Thank goodness the man himself decided to come and do an extra signature session between sessions, cutting our waiting and queuing time to only 3 hours. So thank you Stan Lee <3. Our son is chuffed with his autographed piece, so it was definitely worth it. We also got to see some other cool stuff.
Tokyo Disneyland and Tokyo DisneySea were both amazing - although I think we all preferred the DisneySea as it had better rides :). We spent three days there and you definitely need more than one day as the area is so large and the queuing takes so much of the time that one day just wouldn't do it. Some of the most popular rides had a queuing time of 120-150 minutes... Not something that we were used to before this. However what made it all bearable was how the Japanese queue - they do it so politely and efficiently that there was never a moment where you felt someone was pushing in or taking advantage and as we have been to Euro Disney we can tell you firsthand how bad it can feel when there is a constant need to stop people pushing in and pushing and shoving in general.
We had bought the three day magical passes which meant we couldn't go in and out of the resorts - ie. we needed to choose which resort we would spend the first and the second day. So during the first day in DisneySea we were a bit lost as we didn't have any idea how the Fastpass system worked and where everything was. The second day we were a bit wiser, so we were able to enjoy the Disneyland side a bit more. But the night before the third day, which we had decided to spend at DisneySea, I took my A-game on. Out came the maps of the resort and we strategised our day - where to go first to get the Fastpass etc.... And to be honest, it was that day that we enjoyed the most as we had a plan. We knew how everything worked and were able to make the most out of the Fastpass system. So definitely would recommend anyone going to the Tokyo Disneyland to take time to plan and familiarise oneself with the area. We got to do all the big rides with minimal queuing time - The Tower of Terror, Temple of the Crystal Skull, Raging Spirits and Journey to the Centre of the Earth. Our favourite one was definitely the Journey to the Centre of the Earth!
Having fun for three days is tiring :)...
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