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Holidays at the Tokyo Disney Resort: Part 5–Odds and Ends

January 29, 2012 by Jeanine Yamanaka

In case you missed them: PART ONE, PART TWO, PART THREE and PART FOUR So now that we’re more or less finished with the holidays, here are some of the differences I noticed between my last visit of two years ago, and now. The last time I saw the Monsters Inc. attraction at Tokyo Disneyland … Continue reading "Holidays at the Tokyo Disney Resort: Part 5–Odds and Ends"

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Season’s Greetings! Still!

December 31, 2011 by Jeanine Yamanaka

Although I am very fond of the holiday season, I often find myself woefully behind on celebrating it. Often, our household ends up postponing a lot of the actual enjoyment of Christmas things–movies, music, etc.–in lieu of meeting the many cheerful obligations that must needs be met before the actual Christmas Day. I understand many … Continue reading "Season’s Greetings! Still!"

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Holidays at the Tokyo Disney Resort: Part 3–Christmas comes to Tokyo Disneyland

December 27, 2011 by Jeanine Yamanaka

In case you missed: PART ONE and PART TWO At Tokyo Disneyland (TDL,) Christmastime comes in a timely and comprehensive fashion. Even the monorail stations have their own decorations. As with every other Disney Main Street, TDL’s World Bazaar has their tree sparkling and gleaming already, surrounded by eager photographers. TDL’s holiday offerings include a … Continue reading "Holidays at the Tokyo Disney Resort: Part 3–Christmas comes to Tokyo Disneyland"

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Holidays at the Tokyo Disney Resort: Part 2–Happy Anniversary DisneySea!

December 2, 2011 by Jeanine Yamanaka

So the first day in Tokyo DisneySea (TDS,) was the last day of non-holiday programming for the season. Typically the week between the Halloween and the Christmas festivities is pretty dead, but this trip it was fairly packed the whole time–probably because of the 10th Anniversary. Planning Tip #4: Bring money for the monorails. Unlike … Continue reading "Holidays at the Tokyo Disney Resort: Part 2–Happy Anniversary DisneySea!"

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Holidays at the Tokyo Disney Resort: Part 1–Prep and Landing.

November 26, 2011 by Jeanine Yamanaka

Long-time blog readers may remember the one of the last times I paid a visit to the Tokyo Disney Resort, it was Tokyo Disneyland’s 25th Anniversary (those who have an interest to do so, may check out my report from that trip: /blogs/guestblog/tokyo_disney_resort/ ) This year being Tokyo DisneySea’s turn to have their 10th Anniversary, … Continue reading "Holidays at the Tokyo Disney Resort: Part 1–Prep and Landing."

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Country Bear Jamboree – Part One

October 27, 2010 by Jack Spence

Our story about Country Bear Jamboree begins with the 1960 Winter Olympics held in Squaw Valley, California. Walt Disney had been selected as the Chairman of Pageantry and John Hench was chosen to design the Olympic Torch. This first picture is of a plaque attached to one of the official Olympic flagpoles at Squaw Valley. … Continue reading "Country Bear Jamboree – Part One"

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It’s Disney Theme Parks Quiz Time — Answers

July 19, 2010 by Jack Spence

Here are the answers to yesterday’s quiz. I hope you got them all right. This first picture was taken at Hong Kong Disneyland. This fountain is outside of the park in a “crossroads” location. Guests arriving by bus, train, and walking from the hotels meet at this location before entering Hong Kong Disneyland. Long term … Continue reading "It’s Disney Theme Parks Quiz Time — Answers"

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It’s Disney Theme Park Quiz Time – Questions

July 18, 2010 by Jack Spence

It’s time to pull out your thinking caps again. I have another Disney quiz for you. This time, you have to name at which of the eleven Disney Parks the picture was taken. Now I realize that most of you have not been to all of the parks around the world, so I’m going to … Continue reading "It’s Disney Theme Park Quiz Time – Questions"

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Tokyo Disney — A Few More Things

June 14, 2010 by Jack Spence

Two new attractions have opened at Tokyo Disneyland since my detailed description of this park a few years ago. Let’s start with the lesser of the two. The Enchanted Tiki Room: Stitch Presents “Aloha E Komo Mai!” has replaced The Enchanted Tiki Room: “Get the Fever.” The entire show is presented in Japanese. I saw … Continue reading "Tokyo Disney — A Few More Things"

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Disney Steam Trains – Part Four – Tokyo, Paris & Hong Kong

May 14, 2010 by Jack Spence

In this final blog about Disney steam trains I’ll be discussing the Tokyo, Paris, and Hong Kong parks. Tokyo Disneyland The Western River Railroad is unique among its steam train cousins in the other Disney parks in that it doesn’t circle the perimeter of Tokyo Disneyland. You see, if it did, its track length combined … Continue reading "Disney Steam Trains – Part Four – Tokyo, Paris & Hong Kong"

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