Melanie
03-19-2008, 05:15 AM
Return to Tokyo Disney – Day 5 – Disneyland and DisneySea
:sumo:
Cast of Characters:
Mel – 38
James – 38
Josh – 9
Ryan – 8
Kevin – our friend
February 28, 2008:
So even with our reassuring message when we returned the previous night, I was still awoken at the same time, in same manner, as the night before. :bang: Even after another phone call to the desk, I was still listening to the hammering 30 minutes later (I really needed my :fan: from home!), and by this time I was pretty angry. I called again, and the girl tells me that the assistant manager would be at our room in just a few minutes. Huh? Not my idea of fun at 2:30am. My husband meets the manager and some other dude in the hall, who had come with a luggage cart to move us to another room then and there. Not going to happen! Josh was still sleeping through all this (lord only knows how), and although the rest of us were awake, there was no way we were packing everything up and moving at that time of night. They promised the hammering would stop, and finally it did. I was so sick of it all.
In the morning we moved up to the 12th floor, but now we had a bay view (not my choice), although we could now see Mt. Fugi (http://travel.webshots.com/photo/2406754140048685994nDImWq), and our room was actually smaller. I was very disappointed, and nothing was ever said to us the remainder of our stay. sigh We’ve emailed Starwood/Sheraton since we’ve been home, and the general manager of the hotel did say for us to contact him if we visit Tokyo again and he’d upgrade our room. Woopie.
So anyway, on to our day. We were admittedly kind of dragging that morning due to our eventful night, but excited that today we finally got to park hop. We’re park hopper-aholics, so we’d been waiting for this. We started the day very leisurely at the gorgeous Hotel MiraCosta (http://travel.webshots.com/photo/2920680400048685994jyUTtp) just wandering around the lobby (http://travel.webshots.com/photo/2221069370048685994UsCMKB) taking pictures and such. The outside fountain (http://travel.webshots.com/photo/2452203690048685994SoPZlJ) wasn’t on this day, which was kinda disappointing since it’s so pretty. We finally made it to DisneySea right after opening, and again the plan was to get Journey to the Center of the Earth fastpasses.
We noticed early on that crowds were heavier than we’d experienced that week, and this was evidenced by my getting smushed and pushed and squished while trying to get the Journey fastpasses. Yikes! :crowd: I guess that’s what we get for taking our time getting in the park .
We spent the next few hours wandering between the Lost River Delta (with another ride on Raging Spirits (http://travel.webshots.com/photo/2841495960048685994acCSUd), of course), the Arabian Coast (http://travel.webshots.com/photo/2885279880048685994GwubyE) (where we met a furry friend (http://travel.webshots.com/photo/2437930680048685994REbPWo) and a really cool Mickey (http://travel.webshots.com/photo/2365269100048685994EkdpxN)), Mermaid Lagoon (http://travel.webshots.com/photo/2717038260048685994KttVIX) (where sea salt popcorn (http://travel.webshots.com/photo/2084860370048685994HgCOYU) RULES! :popcorn:) and Mysterious Island (http://travel.webshots.com/photo/2432073850048685994WbuWIP). Finding ourselves back out in Mediterranean Harbor, we decided to take the Transit Steamer Line (http://travel.webshots.com/photo/2584753940048685994wjxTDQ) one-way trip to the Lost River Delta. Even though our Journey fastpasses were still a few hours away, we were able to get another fastpass and we decided upon Indy. The boys each got a Mickey or Minnie head popsicle (orange and apple flavored) :bar: and Mr. Kevin got some sea salt ice cream. The grown-ups decided that it tasted like the homemade ice cream we all grew up with. The weather this afternoon was quite nice - in the low 50s and the wind had died down considerably. We were enjoying the little bit of warmth.
We had originally planned on eating at the S.S. Columbia Dining Room for lunch, but when we got there and viewed the menu, we decided it was just too heavy and we weren’t that hungry. We opted instead for the nearby NY Deli (http://travel.webshots.com/photo/2520323640048685994abjxeO) and we really enjoyed our sandwiches, salads and beers. It hit the spot with us all! :eat:
Finally time for our Journey (http://travel.webshots.com/photo/2046639770048685994DkPQhJ) to the Center of the Earth (http://travel.webshots.com/photo/2338264960048685994rmopHW) fastpasses, and having no opposition like the other day from any of the little guys, we had a great time. I sat with Ryan, held his hand and warned him when we reached the creature (or whatever it is???) that we were taking off. Man, I love this ride!
Taking our time, we headed back to the Lost River Delta for our Indy fastpass. It was picture time, and we had it all planned out in honor of our good friends, Mr. Michael and Mr. Bryant. My boys loved all the funny poses Mr. Bryant did on the ride pictures on our trip to Disneyland last summer, and Mr. Michael has his signature way of posing with his arms stretched in the air, so this was totally a tribute to them. Everything went great (and the picture turned out perfect (http://travel.webshots.com/photo/2192180300048685994EqHxJb)), until we were ready to pull into the station. Those of you familiar with the Indy ride in California know that when the ride is over, you usually come to stop while waiting to pull into the station to unload. We had stopped, and Josh was sitting right in front of me, and I leaned up to say something to him. Soon after, we took off and I popped my front teeth on the hand bar and it cracked one of them just a bit towards the bottom. Oh joy. :goof: Thank goodness it wasn’t worse, but of course I worried about it all day. :/
Mission accomplished with the Indy pic, it was time to head to Disneyland! We met a few friends (http://travel.webshots.com/photo/2901183370048685994wkExdh) on the way out (where was Donald???) and paused at the entrance for a few more (http://travel.webshots.com/photo/2148272520048685994FuVGFI) pictures (http://travel.webshots.com/photo/2742495180048685994pTVLaF), then Monorail Purple (http://travel.webshots.com/photo/2161590760048685994cuBeQX) wisked us away. The boys even got to sit up front again.
:sumo:
Cast of Characters:
Mel – 38
James – 38
Josh – 9
Ryan – 8
Kevin – our friend
February 28, 2008:
So even with our reassuring message when we returned the previous night, I was still awoken at the same time, in same manner, as the night before. :bang: Even after another phone call to the desk, I was still listening to the hammering 30 minutes later (I really needed my :fan: from home!), and by this time I was pretty angry. I called again, and the girl tells me that the assistant manager would be at our room in just a few minutes. Huh? Not my idea of fun at 2:30am. My husband meets the manager and some other dude in the hall, who had come with a luggage cart to move us to another room then and there. Not going to happen! Josh was still sleeping through all this (lord only knows how), and although the rest of us were awake, there was no way we were packing everything up and moving at that time of night. They promised the hammering would stop, and finally it did. I was so sick of it all.
In the morning we moved up to the 12th floor, but now we had a bay view (not my choice), although we could now see Mt. Fugi (http://travel.webshots.com/photo/2406754140048685994nDImWq), and our room was actually smaller. I was very disappointed, and nothing was ever said to us the remainder of our stay. sigh We’ve emailed Starwood/Sheraton since we’ve been home, and the general manager of the hotel did say for us to contact him if we visit Tokyo again and he’d upgrade our room. Woopie.
So anyway, on to our day. We were admittedly kind of dragging that morning due to our eventful night, but excited that today we finally got to park hop. We’re park hopper-aholics, so we’d been waiting for this. We started the day very leisurely at the gorgeous Hotel MiraCosta (http://travel.webshots.com/photo/2920680400048685994jyUTtp) just wandering around the lobby (http://travel.webshots.com/photo/2221069370048685994UsCMKB) taking pictures and such. The outside fountain (http://travel.webshots.com/photo/2452203690048685994SoPZlJ) wasn’t on this day, which was kinda disappointing since it’s so pretty. We finally made it to DisneySea right after opening, and again the plan was to get Journey to the Center of the Earth fastpasses.
We noticed early on that crowds were heavier than we’d experienced that week, and this was evidenced by my getting smushed and pushed and squished while trying to get the Journey fastpasses. Yikes! :crowd: I guess that’s what we get for taking our time getting in the park .
We spent the next few hours wandering between the Lost River Delta (with another ride on Raging Spirits (http://travel.webshots.com/photo/2841495960048685994acCSUd), of course), the Arabian Coast (http://travel.webshots.com/photo/2885279880048685994GwubyE) (where we met a furry friend (http://travel.webshots.com/photo/2437930680048685994REbPWo) and a really cool Mickey (http://travel.webshots.com/photo/2365269100048685994EkdpxN)), Mermaid Lagoon (http://travel.webshots.com/photo/2717038260048685994KttVIX) (where sea salt popcorn (http://travel.webshots.com/photo/2084860370048685994HgCOYU) RULES! :popcorn:) and Mysterious Island (http://travel.webshots.com/photo/2432073850048685994WbuWIP). Finding ourselves back out in Mediterranean Harbor, we decided to take the Transit Steamer Line (http://travel.webshots.com/photo/2584753940048685994wjxTDQ) one-way trip to the Lost River Delta. Even though our Journey fastpasses were still a few hours away, we were able to get another fastpass and we decided upon Indy. The boys each got a Mickey or Minnie head popsicle (orange and apple flavored) :bar: and Mr. Kevin got some sea salt ice cream. The grown-ups decided that it tasted like the homemade ice cream we all grew up with. The weather this afternoon was quite nice - in the low 50s and the wind had died down considerably. We were enjoying the little bit of warmth.
We had originally planned on eating at the S.S. Columbia Dining Room for lunch, but when we got there and viewed the menu, we decided it was just too heavy and we weren’t that hungry. We opted instead for the nearby NY Deli (http://travel.webshots.com/photo/2520323640048685994abjxeO) and we really enjoyed our sandwiches, salads and beers. It hit the spot with us all! :eat:
Finally time for our Journey (http://travel.webshots.com/photo/2046639770048685994DkPQhJ) to the Center of the Earth (http://travel.webshots.com/photo/2338264960048685994rmopHW) fastpasses, and having no opposition like the other day from any of the little guys, we had a great time. I sat with Ryan, held his hand and warned him when we reached the creature (or whatever it is???) that we were taking off. Man, I love this ride!
Taking our time, we headed back to the Lost River Delta for our Indy fastpass. It was picture time, and we had it all planned out in honor of our good friends, Mr. Michael and Mr. Bryant. My boys loved all the funny poses Mr. Bryant did on the ride pictures on our trip to Disneyland last summer, and Mr. Michael has his signature way of posing with his arms stretched in the air, so this was totally a tribute to them. Everything went great (and the picture turned out perfect (http://travel.webshots.com/photo/2192180300048685994EqHxJb)), until we were ready to pull into the station. Those of you familiar with the Indy ride in California know that when the ride is over, you usually come to stop while waiting to pull into the station to unload. We had stopped, and Josh was sitting right in front of me, and I leaned up to say something to him. Soon after, we took off and I popped my front teeth on the hand bar and it cracked one of them just a bit towards the bottom. Oh joy. :goof: Thank goodness it wasn’t worse, but of course I worried about it all day. :/
Mission accomplished with the Indy pic, it was time to head to Disneyland! We met a few friends (http://travel.webshots.com/photo/2901183370048685994wkExdh) on the way out (where was Donald???) and paused at the entrance for a few more (http://travel.webshots.com/photo/2148272520048685994FuVGFI) pictures (http://travel.webshots.com/photo/2742495180048685994pTVLaF), then Monorail Purple (http://travel.webshots.com/photo/2161590760048685994cuBeQX) wisked us away. The boys even got to sit up front again.