Japan Trip 2013 - Tokyo Disney Sea Part 1

Summing up my Tokyo series would be a visit to the world's famous DisneySea which can be only found in Tokyo, Japan. In other parts of the world there are only Disneylands, which makes this theme park visit even more so special. 

Before coming to Japan, I've reserved my tickets on the DisneySea website so that I did not have endure a long queue to get my tickets.The whole process was pretty straight forward and all you need is a credit card. You don't have to pay immediately while reserving. It can be done on the day you visit itself. However if you did not turn up then they will charge your card.

To get to DisneySea, you first have to board the train towards Maihama station. The crowd leading to this station is really packed so be prepared to squeeze your way in. Once I reached, I then headed to the Tokyo Disney Resort Centre located  on the 1st Floor of Ikspiari to redeem my tickets. Do note that it only opens at 8.30 a.m so I had to wait under the hot summer sun for awhile before being able to get my tickets lol.

The ticket costs ¥6, 200 for an adult. I would say it's extremely worth it for the sheer size and attractions offered by the whole theme park. Generally the food and shopping inside is also quite reasonable compared to Sunway Lagoon, Genting Highlands and Universal Studios Singapore.

To get to the actual park itself, you would have to board a monorail in, which costs ¥290 per entry, regardless of which station you drop off. This was really, really expensive for a 2 stop journey.

Entrance of the monorail. PASMO card can be used

The first thing that we did was to store our luggages in the lockers. There are a lot of lockers for rental on offer here ranging from different sizes. Rental fee is only ¥700 for the biggest luggage locker! Quite cheap. Since this period (31/8) is considered a low season since the Japanese high school students' summer holidays have just ended, numerous storage spaces are still available. During winter & spring the competition may be much higher though.

The lockers can easily fit huge luggages like the ones here.

Upon settling all our heavy luggages we then finally proceeded to the main entrance of the DisneySea theme park. :)


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