Tokyo: Episode Two Tokyo Disneyland

To get to Tokyo Disneyland, wherever you are, head towards Tokyo Station (東京駅). There, you look for the Keiyo Line (京葉線) and hop onto the train. You won't miss the Disneyland stop lah. Tokyo Station is VERY huge. After we alighted from the train coming from Shinjuku, we had to walk nearly 1 km!!! before we reached the Keiyo Line platform.

In front of Cinderella's Castle.

Another pic with the castle. I must say that I didn't take many pics (surprise surprise) though it was a beautiful sunny day. Most of the time, we were queuing up for rides, lol. Last year at Universal Studios in Osaka, Ewan didn't meet the height requirement for some rides. This year, can. So we didn't waste time on shows (we don't understand anyway) and attacked ALL the roller-coaster rides ;-) I must say I enjoyed the rides very much as a family. Don't need for the adults to take turns to go on the ride or stay with the kid(s), which was very much our experience in the past.

Lunch time. What is Disneyland without Mickey Mouse ;-) We didn't catch Mickey Mouse or any of the other characters walking around and posing for pictures. Not that we miss them lah. Wait, i think we saw Peter Pan but he didn't catch my fancy, hahahaha

Hercules wannabe

Have have, we saw Mickey Mouse. That was the end of the parade. Ya, we saw only the END of the parade. And that was enroute to another ride, lol

Long queue for these racing cars. Had we known that Hiromi (Chin Boo's wife) would be introducing us to something far more exciting at another theme park, we wouldn't be in the line ;-)

Ewan having fun driving. I was beside him. Contributing my foot.

Cos his was not long enough to reach the accelerator, lol.

The significant other would not pass up any opportunity to shoot. Even when it costs Y200 for 10 bullets. Here you see him proudly holding his prize,a badge. His score - 10/10. The boys' scores were similar to each other's - zero, wahahahaha

We watched the night parade while eating our dinner. Very nice but it was getting cold in the night. The kids were not too enthu, the significant other dozed off after dinner. Me? taking pics loh. Here are some of my favourite characters. No, no princess or prince charming, lol. (Although their gowns were beautifully lit up.) Presenting the Chesire Cat...

Monsters Inc

Aliens from Toy Story. ("You saved our lives. We thank you eternally." Remember that from Toy Story? Coincidentally, we caught Toy Story 1 & 2 at the hotel some nights later)

One last shot before we called it a day.

A night of surprises. We met papa's colleague and his wife and 2 kids when we were heading out. Their boy is one year younger than Ewan and they became fast friends during the train ride back to the hotel (ya, same hotel). Then at Tokyo Station, the significant other met his friend and wife on the escalator. He has not seen his secondary school friend for YEARS!! They managed a brief chat before parting for different railway lines.

When we were back at our room (it was about 11pm!), we had another surprise. The message lamp on the phone was flashing. The concierge delivered a bag of goodies from Chin Boo to us, so sweet of him. Here you see Ewan eating the strawberries the next morning...

We were to eat many more strawberries throughout the trip. So red so sweet so delicious.

So that's Episode Two for you. I'm now reliving the same tiredness I felt after a whole day at Disneyland, lol. Nite ;-)