2026 Japan 2nd trip Part 4: DisneySea, Disneyland

Tokyo DisneySea

OCT 20 2026 TUESDAY

We weren't die-hard fans, but we did have jet lag and a 5 year old, so we woke up pretty early and got there around 8am. We found a spot in line and just ate breakfast.

Toy story Mania: Ab: it was really fun for everyone. W was really focused. 100k, 138k. Yw 48.3k, 128k. W 80k! It was really fun. We decided to come back and do it again at the end of the night.

Electric Train: a W must do

Goofy picture at Lost River delta

Flounder's Flying Fish Coaster: W: that was really fun! Can we do it again?! 3 times.

Flounder Rollercoaster

Peter pan

Tinkerbell

Jasmine carpet

Raging Spirits

Journey to the center of the Earth: did child swap. I waited 2.5 hrs while ab and w went to nap. Not worth the wait lol. But at least Ab went without a wait.

 
Sparkling jubilee show: W cried at the end because he wanted it to continue.

 
20k leagues under the sea: A bit scary for W. After the Jaws in ride in Universal, W had been scared of boats. 

Nemo ride: like a simulator ride. It was fun. Said next time he would wear his rain jacket because he got wet. Lol

Sindbad’s journey: w: I liked all of it! It was so tasty (bananas). Really glad they modified the story to be more kid friendly and happy

Repunzel: It's cute, but prob wouldn't wait more than our 30 min for it.

 
Frozen: did single rider at 7:15p and got on in about 10-15min! I can see how people who are a big fan of it would love to see it as it retells the story, but def wouldn't wait 2 hours for it. 

W favorites: Flounder coaster, Toy Story Mania, and the train! 

Toy Story Mania

DISNEYLAND 10/21/26

Adventureland: 
Western River steam train: w: I liked it. Fun! 

Jungle cruise wildlife expeditions: W: I liked it a little bit.

W really enjoyed meeting these characters even though he doesn't know them. Also was a little scared at first.

Westhernland
Big thunder mountain: W: yes I liked it! We rode it again at the end of the day!

Fantasyland
Pooh honey hunt: liked it. Yw: the setting of a really large book in the waiting area was really cool. 

It's a small world: I liked it. W wanted to do it again as our last ride. 

Snow whites adventure: too scary
Beauty and the beast: W: really liked it! It got happier and happier. 

Pinocchio: w liked it. 

Weren't able to lottery for any of the shows. 

Toontown Presented by:

Gadget's Go Coaster: short, w liked it and we went on twice. 

Goofy's Paint 'n' Play House: that was fun!

Mini's House:

Tomorrowland
Star Tours: The Adventures Continue: W: It was a little scary. Why were they fighting? They put all the stuff on the windshield, we cannot see. YW: love star wars...

Fun restaurant in Tomorrowland

Stitch Encounter: W laughed so much even tho we couldn't understand anything. AB and W also got featured at one point! Where AB was putting antler hands on W's head. 

The Happy Ride with Baymax: being whipped around was fun. Surprised how popular this was. Origin in Japan?

Monsters, Inc. Ride & Go Seek!: very fun shining the light and making monsters appear. 

Food is so cute and not too expensive either!

We were so surprised when we first entered around 9a. (Thousands?) of people already camped beside the main Boulevard waiting for the Halloween parade at 1p. And then it was canceled an hour before due to wind. Can't believe all those people waited so long for something that just got cancelled. Maybe that's why the lines weren't bad at the beginning of the day because all these people were just waiting for the parade. 

Also the costumes that people wore were on a whole different level. Totally over the top. It was hard to tell cast members from visitors in costume. And this was adults, not kids. Probably because it was October and Japanese are so good at cosplay and cosmetics.

Best part was getting to do all this with some awesome friends!!! Happy b-day!

10/22/26 Hydrogen Museum

Last Day in Japan we had a little time before our flight and we found this Hydrogen Museum pretty close to us (free), so we ventured there:

Very interactive and we learned so much!

It was very cool for W to be able to use a bicycle to create energy to break apart water into hydrogen (right column) and oxygen (left column).

And then that hydrogen was harnessed in a small syringe and put into a cell to create music or turn on a small fan. Really cool to see how clean hydrogen energy could really work!

They also had the Olympic torches from the 2020 Olympics - which were hydrogen powered!

And that concludes our very memorable 10 year anniversary! <3