On Tuesday we woke up ready to go to DisneySea for the day, but after we saw it was supposed to rain we decided to wait until Harper’s “actual” birthday the next day. And it worked out even better than we could have expected! We had the best weather that day and the crowds were super minimal (for Tokyo Disney anyways!)
As soon as we stepped on Disney “property” it was like none another. We were so fortunate because they had just put up the Christmas decorations a few days prior and neither Marcus or I had been to Disney during the Christmas season. I had heard that DisneySea was built after Disneyland Tokyo, and basically it was built without a budget. The two parks sit right next to each other but we headed out to DisneySea for the day since it’s truly one of a kind, and on any Disney Fanatics "bucket list."
As soon as we stepped on Disney “property” it was like none another. We were so fortunate because they had just put up the Christmas decorations a few days prior and neither Marcus or I had been to Disney during the Christmas season. I had heard that DisneySea was built after Disneyland Tokyo, and basically it was built without a budget. The two parks sit right next to each other but we headed out to DisneySea for the day since it’s truly one of a kind, and on any Disney Fanatics "bucket list."
We headed right to the rides and took advantage of the rider swap, and I couldn’t believe it when instead of letting the second rider into the “FastPass” line, they literally took me to the front of the ride! It was as close to feeling like a Disney celebrity that we’ll probably ever get! We rode all our favorite rides, and while Marcus was on Tower of Terror (we joked that we had to come all the way to Tokyo just to ride the Tower of Terror again!) we saw the Rescuers’, Bernard and Bernice. There was a small crowd around them and Harper’s face just lit up! Bernice saw Harper first, and she bypassed everyone in line and came straight over to Harper. I wasn’t even ready with my camera because I thought we had another 5 min or so! Harper was freaking out, and giving them a million hugs and kisses on their noses. It was one of the cutest moments of MY life just watching her meet Disney characters for the first time.
We then went and got her her “Birthday sticker” and when they asked me to write it, I thought, I wrote that clear enough… Well the girl took it and wrote down “Hanpan” instead of “Harper.” We all got a good laugh and Harper go to be “Hanpan” for the day. We then headed to see Minnie Mouse in the hour long wait! Luckily, I stood in line and Marcus took Harper out to meet the monkey’s from the Jungle Book. They were pretty funny, and Harper came back full of stories about them. When it was our turn to meet Minnie, Harper ran up to her and took off her own Minnie ears and gave them to her. It was so sweet. We were instructed only ONE picture, and when we looked at what we got we couldn’t believe it when Harper had the BIGGEST smile we had ever seen her give. It was a birthday miracle, let me tell you!
We then took Harper to the Little Mermaid’s castle and rode rides in there and it was one of the prettiest rooms I’ve ever seen. It really did feel like we were “Under the Sea.” Even the soap was magical when Marcus used it he pulled up his hand and it was in the shape of Mickey Mouse.
We then went and got her her “Birthday sticker” and when they asked me to write it, I thought, I wrote that clear enough… Well the girl took it and wrote down “Hanpan” instead of “Harper.” We all got a good laugh and Harper go to be “Hanpan” for the day. We then headed to see Minnie Mouse in the hour long wait! Luckily, I stood in line and Marcus took Harper out to meet the monkey’s from the Jungle Book. They were pretty funny, and Harper came back full of stories about them. When it was our turn to meet Minnie, Harper ran up to her and took off her own Minnie ears and gave them to her. It was so sweet. We were instructed only ONE picture, and when we looked at what we got we couldn’t believe it when Harper had the BIGGEST smile we had ever seen her give. It was a birthday miracle, let me tell you!
We then took Harper to the Little Mermaid’s castle and rode rides in there and it was one of the prettiest rooms I’ve ever seen. It really did feel like we were “Under the Sea.” Even the soap was magical when Marcus used it he pulled up his hand and it was in the shape of Mickey Mouse.
Having only seen Minnie Mouse, I was worried about Harper not seeing Mickey. Every day they have a lottery system for a show at DisneySea where you put in your ticket and it’ll tell you if you won passes to see it or not-people wait in line for HOURS just to try to get in the standby line for the show. Most people don’t get chosen so I had very low expectations. As I put my ticket in to see if we had won, the worker had to help me because it was in Japanese! I had no idea I had won until he started jumping up and down and was excited for me! After that I literally felt like I HAD won the lottery-at least the Disney won anyways.
So Harper got to see, Minnie, again, Mickey, Daisy Duck, and Goofy. It was awesome, and she kept calling Mickey “Boy Minnie.” For the rest of the day we stopped at almost every food cart to try what they had, rode all our favorite rides, and even dragged Harper on a few that she was juuuust tall enough for. We tried to keep pushing until 10pm because we had Fast Passes for Marcus’ favorite, Toy Story Mania. So we went into the gift shop to get a special “Duffy Bear” which is Mickey’s bear and only sold in Tokyo Disney, for Elle. When we looked at the price tag we almost chocked! But we decided for Elle, it was worth it. So we got one and headed to the checkout and Harper said, where’s mine? Well it WAS her birthday, and she’s got those cute, big eyes just pleading. She had done so good that day that I looked at Marcus what to do and he had already turned around and went and got a second. So now we have TWO Mickey bears, haha. The things you’ll do for your kids at Disneyland…
After that Harper fell fast asleep on Toy Story Mania, and Marcus and I got to play by ourselves. We are SO competitive on that game and had big bets as to who’d win. Well, the scores flashed on the screen and wouldn’t you guess it-WE TIED! Whaaaat!? Almost impossible to do that I’m sure. Well, we decided there couldn’t be a better ending to the day!
That is, until we walked out and even though it was 60 degrees, it was SNOWING. Tokyo sure knows how to pull out ALL the stops! It was one of our top days we’ve ever had at Disneyland.
So Harper got to see, Minnie, again, Mickey, Daisy Duck, and Goofy. It was awesome, and she kept calling Mickey “Boy Minnie.” For the rest of the day we stopped at almost every food cart to try what they had, rode all our favorite rides, and even dragged Harper on a few that she was juuuust tall enough for. We tried to keep pushing until 10pm because we had Fast Passes for Marcus’ favorite, Toy Story Mania. So we went into the gift shop to get a special “Duffy Bear” which is Mickey’s bear and only sold in Tokyo Disney, for Elle. When we looked at the price tag we almost chocked! But we decided for Elle, it was worth it. So we got one and headed to the checkout and Harper said, where’s mine? Well it WAS her birthday, and she’s got those cute, big eyes just pleading. She had done so good that day that I looked at Marcus what to do and he had already turned around and went and got a second. So now we have TWO Mickey bears, haha. The things you’ll do for your kids at Disneyland…
After that Harper fell fast asleep on Toy Story Mania, and Marcus and I got to play by ourselves. We are SO competitive on that game and had big bets as to who’d win. Well, the scores flashed on the screen and wouldn’t you guess it-WE TIED! Whaaaat!? Almost impossible to do that I’m sure. Well, we decided there couldn’t be a better ending to the day!
That is, until we walked out and even though it was 60 degrees, it was SNOWING. Tokyo sure knows how to pull out ALL the stops! It was one of our top days we’ve ever had at Disneyland.
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