Day 8, Part 2 – First day at Tokyo Disneyland (continued)

Oddly, we don’t seem to have many pictures from this afternoon. We went to Tom Sawyer Island, which has more things than DL or WDW. DD liked climbing up and down the red rock mountain play structure. Then to Adventureland, where we went to Swiss Family Treehouse, Enchanted Tiki House with Stitch (the Japanese pronunciation of Sti-i-chi is so cute), and Jungle Cruise. The line for Jungle Cruise was a little long (about 30 minutes), but the temple sequence was something new for us and very cool. It’s not at DL and I guess we didn’t go on the Jungle Cruise when we went to WDW last time. After our trip I read that there’s even more effects at night – I guess we need to go back again. :)

Sometime in between those things, DS and I used our Fastpasses for Big Thunder Mountain…

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…and DD and DH had dessert.

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DH also got the curry popcorn that we smelled all day but the line was always long. Yum…my favorite. popcorn:: The other flavors we had during our visit were caramel, honey, and milk chocolate. The caramel and chocolate popcorn weren’t coated in caramel or chocolate like back home, just flavored and not super sweet. My favorite sweet flavor was honey because it smells exactly like honey, ah so fragrant.

We went to Hungry Bear for dinner and DH asked me to just get one large portion of the katsu (fried pork cutlet) curry to share. He said he wasn’t all that hungry and he’d have to finish the kids’ meals anyways. WELL – did he regret that decision, because it was DELICIOUS! It was so good the only photo I have is an unsightly half eaten one. We thought about ordering another portion, but then with eating part of the kids’ food it would have been too much. He never asked me to share anything else at TDR again. :laughing:

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We then went to wait for the nighttime parade and sat here:

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Again, the view was good since everyone in front is sitting. By this point, I had bought a cute Easter “leisure sheet” (i.e. plastic mat). It comes in a pouch with the same theme and was 600 yen. It’s pretty small though, big enough for 2 adults -maybe- if you sit side by side with your feet off.

After the parade, we rushed to use our Fastpasses for Monsters, Inc. It was cute, but with all the hype, I think I was expecting something…more…. Maybe I need to go on it a few more times to appreciate. :) We then found a spot to see the projection show Once Upon a Time (sorry bad picture):

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I think it’s a lot harder to find a sitting spot for this. Our spot wasn’t bad for an adult, but we did have to carry the kids. :( The show was awesome though – magical. :) Wish I’d won that darned lottery!

After the show, we had enough time for Star Tours (same as DL and WDW except in Japanese of course). DS really likes this ride and went on it 3 times during our trip. Plus we went on Grand Circuit Raceway (seemed pretty identical to Autopia in DL)…

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…before heading out and a last shot of the Easter decorations near the entrance.

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