Once again Tokyo Disney Sea has proven beyond any doubt that it is the far superior Tokyo Disney theme park. If you have only one day to experience Disney in Tokyo, do not even think about going to Disneyland. Do Disney Sea. If you have 2 days for Disney in Tokyo, seriously consider doing Tokyo Disney Sea twice. Many people consider it to be the best Disney theme park in the world, and every time I leave, I can see that this opinion could very well be a...

Each time we visit Tokyo Disney, we split our time evenly between Disneyland and Disney Sea. Each of the previous times we've said that Disneyland was good, but left something to be desired. Today was no different. The next 2 days are going to be exhausting. Leaving Disney until the last few days of the trip is probably insane, but that's how the schedule lines up on this trip. The alarms (yes plural, for the sake of redundancy) sounded abruptly at 6am. We...

I've now been to the city of Matsumoto twice, and I'm a very big fan of the city. On the last trip, I left the city after a day trip from Nagano really impressed, asserting that it would be a great place to spend more time in. A night stopover there has only reinforced this opinion. It is a very picturesque city, surrounded by alpine mountain ranges. But the city itself just feels relaxed. The people never seem to be in too much of a hurry. There is not masses ...

After Tokyo Disneyland yesterday, with it's short hours, massive crowds, long wait times, and general lack of characters, I expected Tokyo Disneysea to be much of the same today. I am glad to report that I was very, very mistaken. Today was, without a doubt, the best theme park day I've ever had. The day started out with disappointingly perfect weather, which immediately bought back the dread of massive crowds and stupid wait times. I was secretly hoping for a...

We weren't in a great hurry today, because as we found out last night, Disneyland is only open incredibly short trading hours during winter. The park opens at 10am, and is closed by 7pm. We made our way downstairs at around 8:30am to the Palm Terrace Hotel's buffet breakfast. Customers purchase a ticket from a vending machine just outside the door to the restaurant for some reason, and inside is a buffet breakfast of eggs, mini hamburgers, corn, a variety of di...