Today we headed to Tokyo Disney Sea. I was the most excited about this park since I knew almost everything was completely different from what we have. We had heard about how crowded the park gets so we made sure to get up early. We got to the gates at 7:45. They didn't open until 9 am so we were one of the first ones there. It was really cold and drizzly and I debated about going back to the hotel to put on jeans but I decided not to.
Right before the gates opened, some of the main characters came out and did a group huddle and ran around. It was cute. The gates opened and Meredith, Cori and I took off running (yes, we ran with everyone) for Tower of Terror. Rebecca doesn't like that ride so she went to get us FastPasses at Journey to the Center of the Earth. The running was crazy but kinda fun. The back story to Tower of Terror was completely different than ours. This one was about some evil Tiki God statue. It was all in Japanese so we only got the gist of the story. I wish we could have understood more.
Then we went to ride Stormrider. This was a simulator ride about going into the worst storm of the century. There is a part where you go through rain and they spray you for several second and you get pretty wet. Then at the end, you crash into the water (in the video) and the screen goes black. We're convinced that meant you died. Of course, we couldn't understand anything to know for sure, but that's what we were left with.
Then we tried our first popcorn of the day--strawberry. It was really good and we would get several refills of this again.
Then we took a picture looking back at the entrance to the park. That's the Mira Costa Hotel. So pretty!
We did 20,00 Leagues Under the Sea next. It was pretty neat. You sit with your party in a little underwater vehicle with a front window and a window on each side. The ride was built like Peter Pan. There were 2 pieces of glass in front of you with water bubbles in between to make it seem like you are underwater.
Then we used our Fastpasses at Journey to the Center of the Earth. It's pretty similar to a Dinosaur-type ride but at the end it speeds up suddenly and shoots you up and down the side of the volcano. Unfortunately, a hot drop of water shot into my eye at the point so I spent the last bit with my eyes closed.
Then we headed to Mermaid Lagoon.
Most of it was inside. This would be perfect to go to if it was raining.
We walked right into the Mermaid Lagoon Theater. The show was really neat. Ariel was suspended in air so she could do flips and there were puppets and such. It was really really neat. Unfortunately, they wouldn't let you take any pictures of the show.
Then we went on The Whirpool which was just like the teacups but you can't spin yourselves. They told us to sit close together in the middle to spin fast.
I had been looking for a cute princess headband since the day before but couldn't find one. In the lagoon I found an Ariel headband with starfish and streamers coming down. I figured that was the closest I was going to find so I got it.
I forgot what was here, but it's pretty (maybe pictures with Duffy?)
Then I found one of the popcorn buckets I had been looking for--the Minnie Princess one! So cute! Throughout the rest of the day we then tried milk tea (okay), cranberry (not my fav), sea salt (pretty good), and black pepper (pretty good too). There were no regular butter, only the salt ones.
Up next...part 2