Family trip to Japan - Tokyo and ski adventure

[Quickstatus]

(3 hours before the parks open

"Opening time" at DR is the time the first ride is available.
Meaning you get into the park before the "opening time".

What this means is that there are 2 Disney workers who hold a rope and start walking to the first ride of the day. Everyone has to stay behind the rope until it arrives at the ride.

We did this at DW. Arrived super early to do this and managed to do the BuzzLight ride 3 times in a row before the main crowds finally arrived.

 

[QF WP]

Time to head back to the hotel, pack and ready ourselves for leaving Tokyo.

For those that want to know more about the monorail, I took some photos on the way home.



The cost. Always have handy ¥1,000 notes, 100¥ and 10¥ coins. We bought one way tickets each time.



The map of the 4 stops on the monorail:



Inside the monorail:



Have to smile at the window design:



The train. The train arrives, announcement made, barrier slides open and everyone gets off first, then the crush to get on. Thankfully it was empty on the way home.



The entry/exits from the platforms. Japanese efficiency.



The night time view of the Sheraton.

 

[markis10]

Reminds me of the HK MTR

 

[QF WP]

The next day was all about exploring places in Tokyo on our various bucket lists. My wife wanted to see the Fish Markets, my daughter the Shibuya Scramble Square. We also wanted to do a dry run of how to get to Tokyo Station and find our Shinkansen train the next day.

So we had a sleep in and actually check out the view from our balcony - we hadn’t done it on the first morning as we wanted to get to DisneySea. We weren’t disappointed with what we saw:



Mt Fuji in the distance



We decided to get the hotel shuttle bus to Maihama Station and get the train to Tokyo.



Whilst waiting, we developed the plan for tomorrow. More on that in later posts.

Firstly however, the shuttle to Maihama:



which has both a Disney monorail stop (called Resort Gateway) and is a stop on the Keiyo line to Tokyo.

But first, here’s the entrance to Tokyo Disney:





But first we were hungry and as my daughter works at Maccas, we wanted to check one out on this trip. We weren’t disappointed all amazed at the selection and that it was cheaper than in Australia. She sent photos of both back to friends from Xmas as:

They still have COVID barriers up between diners



and the service was very quick and cheerful.





So we walked up one level to the Resort Gateway monorail station and then made our way to Maihama Station (about 500m).



The rail network is more complex than anywhere I’ve been in Australia and this map doesn’t show the underground network (more on that later):



So we looked at the ticket issuing machine and thankfully there is an English button:



We hadn’t bought Welcone Suica cards as we hadn’t thought we were going to use the train network as much as we did. A learning for next time. They want cash - so that pocketful of small notes and coins came in handy.

To the right destination:



and platform:



So there we were waiting for the next train. But the boards showed them:



and soon enough, on we got:

 

[kamchatsky]

Great report! We also went to Japan over Christmas and New Year period, and went to Disneysea as well. Your photo brings back memories 2 weeks ago! We stayed close to Tokyo station instead so we are familiar with the Keiyo line to Disneysea!