Tokyo Day 6 - 22 Nov 12

Some of the stuff we got for breakfast in the morning from convenient store.

Pancake with cream filling     Rating: 4/5

Bread with egg filling   Rating: 4/5

Baumkuchen    Rating: 2.5/5

Onigiri with beef filling   Rating: 3.5/5

Onigiri   Rating: 1.5/5

Caramel Pudding   Rating: 4/5

Hot Lemon Tea   Rating 3.5/5

Hot Rice Tea   Rating 3.5/5

Also bought some tea to wash the food down.

As we stayed at Hilton Tokyo Bay Hotel, it took us less than 10 minutes to reach Disneyland. Above is the Disneyland Hotel.

While we waited, we had our breakfast sitting down on our blue Disney Mat. The queues here were even longer than that of DisneySea.

When it was about time for us to enter, the Disney Characters came out to welcome us. Things got off to a running start as we followed suit the others in front.

However, we soon ran out of steam but we still managed to snag the Fast Passes for Monster Inc before rushing to ride Winnie The Pooh. The Winnie The Pooh apparently is the only kind in the world whereby the vehicle you are riding is controlled via GPS signals. A really great ride to start the day!

We then took the Jungle River Cruise Ride. This was similar to the one in Hong Kong but there were many more things on display thus making it more enjoyable. However, we could not understand a word of the dialog provided by the Japanese guide. To his credit, he seem to be really enjoying himself narrating in his over the top way.

Terayaki Chicken Leg   Rating: 4/5

Got ourselves a Terayaki Chicken Leg to share and the well marinated fall of the bone meat really brought out the caveman instinct in me!

Our fastpass for Monster Inc was up, so we headed there to ride that. Monster Inc is similar to Buzz Lightyear Astro Blasters where instead of a gun, you are given a torch and your mission is to focus the torchlight onto labels pasted on hard hats. However, disappointed that there were no scoring telling you how you did, unlike Buzz Lightyear Astro Blasters.

Even early in the morning the wait time for Monster Inc was 100 minutes!

The Japanese are very passionate about all things Disney and you will often see people decked out in Disney peripherals and even the men were no no exception!

No, this is not lunch. Just waffles for dessert! We got it from the Waffle Co at one corner of the World Bazaar. While enjoying our waffles, we overhead a tour guide bringing his group along and telling them about the delicious waffles here!

Managed to grab seats to watch the Christmas Parade. Very Christmasy! As with Disney's parade, you will be inundated with colourful dances, beautifully decorated floats and spectacular music!

Chocolate Churros   3.5/5

More food street. This time we tried the Chocolate Churros!

Within Disneyland and DisneySea, you will come across these ducks which seems pretty domesticated.

Splash Mountain which was having some kind of technical problem.

You will be able to find these water fountains in many places. Use these to refill your water bottle.

There were plenty of Christmas decorations around and the above is just in front of the castle, which makes for a nice photo opportunity and what do you know? There is a queue of people in front patiently waiting their turn. I must say, the Japanese people are really orderly.

Followed up with another parade, this time, we watched the Jubilation Parade. Love their parades!

Picture of Walt Disney with his protege which was also another popular place to have your picture taken.

World Bazaar with it's huge Christmas Tree.

A visit to Disneyland is never complete without a picture of the Cinderella Castle.

Group of girls all decked out in pink in front of the castle. Could not help sneak a shot of them. Notice they also have matching Duffy Bear pouches!

Ceasar Salad   680 Yen  Rating: 3.5/5

Flank Steak with Gravy  1410Yen   Rating: 4/5

Assorted Fried Seafood   1180 Yen   Rating: 4/5

By then we were famished, so off we went with the Mad Hatter to none other than Queen of Hearts, which is one of the most beautifully themed restaurant.

After the sumptuous lunch, we passed by It's A Small World and we went to ride it. The queue was pretty fast moving and in no time at all we were boarding the boat and taking a ride through the different countries. I find it similar to the one in Hong Kong but my wife was saying that the Hong Kong version is better.

 

Passed by the Oh Minnie Show and decided to queue for it. Glad we did, my wife love the energetic performance.

Caught the last parade of the night which was the Electrical Parade. This parade was the most crowded of the 3 Parades we watched. Perhaps it's the lights but it was a fantastic parade not to be missed.

We also ended up somewhere in front of the Castle to watch the finale which is the fireworks. Not too shabby but not as long as Hong Kong's. However, it was really cold and I had to resort to jumping up and down to counter the cold!

By then people started streaming out and on the way, we noticed that the shops were really crowded with people doing their last minute shopping.

Fried Rice   Rating: 3.5/5

Tonkatsu Chicken with Rice   Rating: 3.5/5

At the hotel convenience store, we got the above for dinner.