1 00:00:00,480 --> 00:00:03,040 If you're listening to this episode, there's a good chance 2 00:00:03,040 --> 00:00:05,640 you love Disney as much as we do, which leads to one big 3 00:00:05,640 --> 00:00:07,920 question. Why are we sitting here talking 4 00:00:07,920 --> 00:00:10,280 about Disney when we should just be there right now? 5 00:00:10,600 --> 00:00:14,320 Well, yes, but before taking that trip to Disney, why 6 00:00:14,320 --> 00:00:17,480 wouldn't you use a travel agent? That's a good point, and it 7 00:00:17,480 --> 00:00:19,720 couldn't be any easier than booking a trip through our 8 00:00:19,720 --> 00:00:22,160 friend Ashley from Adventure Awaits by Ashley. 9 00:00:22,400 --> 00:00:26,040 Exactly, Ashley does all the work, so we just have to show up 10 00:00:26,040 --> 00:00:28,320 and have fun. From park tickets to dining 11 00:00:28,320 --> 00:00:31,960 reservations, Disneyland, Walt Disney World, she does it all. 12 00:00:32,200 --> 00:00:34,800 Even cruises. 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And this is the wonderful thing 40 00:01:52,200 --> 00:01:55,160 about Disney Podcast. Because Disney's a wonderful 41 00:01:55,160 --> 00:01:57,680 thing. Come on down, stop on by, hop a 42 00:01:57,680 --> 00:02:01,480 carpet and fly with us as we discuss the parks, treats, and 43 00:02:01,480 --> 00:02:04,360 all things Disney with new episodes every wonderful 44 00:02:04,360 --> 00:02:19,480 Wednesday. What's up, dinglehoppers? 45 00:02:19,720 --> 00:02:23,120 It's wonderful. Wednesday, it's Jake Ashley. 46 00:02:23,240 --> 00:02:28,160 We're back with another amazing episode because we've got a big 47 00:02:28,160 --> 00:02:30,960 adventure coming up that we wanted to tell you guys about. 48 00:02:31,040 --> 00:02:34,840 Yeah. It's gonna be crazy, and this 49 00:02:34,840 --> 00:02:38,960 trip is only two weeks away. It's kind of scary. 50 00:02:38,960 --> 00:02:41,320 We're freaking out a little bit, but it's OK. 51 00:02:41,400 --> 00:02:44,520 It's gonna be amazing, but before we get into what is 52 00:02:44,520 --> 00:02:48,760 ahead, let's talk a little bit about what just happened over 53 00:02:48,760 --> 00:02:52,520 the last couple weeks because we're now into May. 54 00:02:53,080 --> 00:02:57,280 It is Star Wars season for those who celebrate, which should be 55 00:02:57,280 --> 00:02:59,560 everyone because Star Wars is amazing. 56 00:03:00,320 --> 00:03:05,960 So again, Season of the Force is here, but we just finished our 57 00:03:05,960 --> 00:03:07,120 10K giveaway. We. 58 00:03:07,440 --> 00:03:10,400 Did. And we just wanted to say thank 59 00:03:10,400 --> 00:03:13,520 you to everybody again for helping us reach 10,000 60 00:03:13,520 --> 00:03:17,880 followers on Instagram, but even more so like thank you guys for 61 00:03:17,880 --> 00:03:21,960 just supporting us so much. Yeah, it it really, it really 62 00:03:21,960 --> 00:03:24,120 does mean a lot. And I know we've said this 63 00:03:24,120 --> 00:03:27,840 before, like we would still be doing this regardless of how 64 00:03:27,840 --> 00:03:30,600 many people listen to the podcast or followed us on our 65 00:03:30,600 --> 00:03:33,280 socials. But it really does mean a lot to 66 00:03:33,280 --> 00:03:37,360 us that you like our stuff, you engage with us, you on the 67 00:03:37,360 --> 00:03:39,600 podcast, you send us your top ten lists. 68 00:03:39,600 --> 00:03:42,760 Like we really, really appreciate all your support. 69 00:03:42,880 --> 00:03:47,040 We do and we had a very special comment that I wanted to share. 70 00:03:47,520 --> 00:03:50,920 This was from Daisy and Buddy Boob on Instagram. 71 00:03:52,680 --> 00:03:56,520 But just someone who has been following us for a little while 72 00:03:57,400 --> 00:04:01,160 shared one of our reels to her story and we just said, you 73 00:04:01,160 --> 00:04:04,360 know, thanks for sharing. And this is what she sent back. 74 00:04:05,200 --> 00:04:07,920 I love you guys. Can't wait to see you hit 75 00:04:07,920 --> 00:04:12,440 20K50KA100K. Times are tough for so many. 76 00:04:12,520 --> 00:04:14,680 I truly appreciate the joy you bring. 77 00:04:15,160 --> 00:04:17,920 Thank you for the work you do, it really helps. 78 00:04:19,839 --> 00:04:26,040 OK, like so pulling back the curtain just a little bit, you 79 00:04:26,040 --> 00:04:28,880 talked about even if nobody was really listening or following, 80 00:04:28,880 --> 00:04:30,800 we would still do this. And that's absolutely true 81 00:04:30,800 --> 00:04:33,520 because it's just something that we really enjoy doing as a 82 00:04:33,520 --> 00:04:36,280 couple. But one thing that we always 83 00:04:36,880 --> 00:04:40,960 keep very forefront in everything that we do is we 84 00:04:40,960 --> 00:04:45,520 really have tried to build this channel and this content around 85 00:04:46,200 --> 00:04:49,280 just bringing people joy because we know the world is a crazy 86 00:04:49,280 --> 00:04:52,960 place. And if we can bring somebody a 87 00:04:52,960 --> 00:04:56,760 smile or just help give them that little bit of Pixie dust in 88 00:04:56,760 --> 00:04:59,480 their day, then that's what we're here for. 89 00:04:59,480 --> 00:05:03,880 And I'm just really glad that, you know, that comes across. 90 00:05:03,920 --> 00:05:09,360 And so anyway, thank you so much for that sweet comment. 91 00:05:09,400 --> 00:05:12,880 And we want to send you something from the podcast just 92 00:05:12,880 --> 00:05:16,240 as a thank you because, you know, this stuff matters to us 93 00:05:16,240 --> 00:05:18,240 too. And it just came. 94 00:05:18,360 --> 00:05:21,360 It's just the right day when we needed a little, a little 95 00:05:21,360 --> 00:05:23,040 something. So thank you for the message. 96 00:05:23,040 --> 00:05:26,880 But to all of you guys out there who are listening, that's what 97 00:05:26,880 --> 00:05:28,360 we do it for. We do it for you, too. 98 00:05:28,600 --> 00:05:30,280 Yeah. So anyway, love. 99 00:05:30,880 --> 00:05:32,080 It. Great message. 100 00:05:32,080 --> 00:05:35,800 Great. All right, so with that, maybe 101 00:05:35,800 --> 00:05:38,880 we need to just start this episode from the beginning. 102 00:05:38,880 --> 00:05:42,160 What? What do you mean? 103 00:05:42,160 --> 00:05:44,920 I have a special opening just for this. 104 00:05:45,520 --> 00:05:48,320 OK. Konichiwa Dinglehoppers. 105 00:05:48,320 --> 00:05:51,680 Oh my God, what? That is how you say hello in 106 00:05:51,680 --> 00:05:57,080 Japanese because your friends are going to Tokyo in a. 107 00:05:58,240 --> 00:06:00,960 Little more than two weeks. I know it's nuts. 108 00:06:00,960 --> 00:06:03,960 We're doing it. This is castle #4. 109 00:06:03,960 --> 00:06:06,640 I know. Which is amazing out of 6. 110 00:06:07,120 --> 00:06:09,680 For now. For now, we're getting there, 111 00:06:09,960 --> 00:06:14,400 but this is it feels a little more overwhelming than when we 112 00:06:14,400 --> 00:06:16,600 went to Paris. Absolutely, yeah. 113 00:06:16,600 --> 00:06:20,120 And I think it's, you know, I had been to Europe before, so I 114 00:06:20,120 --> 00:06:23,320 hadn't been to France before. But going to Disneyland Paris, I 115 00:06:23,320 --> 00:06:26,840 don't know. It felt, it felt OK. 116 00:06:27,080 --> 00:06:29,800 This was definitely, definitely overwhelming. 117 00:06:30,080 --> 00:06:32,280 Well, and we want to talk about that in this episode. 118 00:06:32,280 --> 00:06:34,560 We want to talk to you guys a little bit about what we've done 119 00:06:34,560 --> 00:06:38,520 so far, what we've encountered, how we've gone about preparing 120 00:06:38,520 --> 00:06:41,240 for this. I will say before we get too far 121 00:06:41,240 --> 00:06:46,240 into this, thankfully we have my cousin Katie and Marcus who have 122 00:06:46,240 --> 00:06:48,920 been to Tokyo. They went last year. 123 00:06:49,280 --> 00:06:52,280 They have been super, super helpful in guiding us through 124 00:06:52,280 --> 00:06:55,400 this. Also, our friend Haley, our VIP 125 00:06:55,440 --> 00:06:59,280 tour guide, is actually going to Tokyo a week before I was going. 126 00:06:59,280 --> 00:07:02,880 To say she's probably there right now or leaving very, very 127 00:07:02,880 --> 00:07:03,600 soon. Yeah. 128 00:07:03,800 --> 00:07:06,360 And so we've exchanged notes with her as well. 129 00:07:06,360 --> 00:07:08,160 So I think that's been super helpful. 130 00:07:08,160 --> 00:07:14,160 But let's get into how this even came about, why we're going, and 131 00:07:14,160 --> 00:07:16,640 what we've found along the way so far. 132 00:07:16,840 --> 00:07:20,240 Yeah, yeah. So our oldest, he's a senior, 133 00:07:20,360 --> 00:07:22,840 he's graduating. Which is crazy, I know. 134 00:07:23,480 --> 00:07:27,400 And we wanted to take him on a senior trip and we told him you 135 00:07:27,400 --> 00:07:30,640 could pick anywhere in the world, maybe not like Australia, 136 00:07:30,640 --> 00:07:33,120 'cause that is a bit much. I don't. 137 00:07:33,120 --> 00:07:36,360 Wanna go to Australia? So do I, but I was like, if you 138 00:07:36,360 --> 00:07:39,640 could go anywhere in the world for a senior trip, like, we'll 139 00:07:39,640 --> 00:07:41,440 take you there. And he picked Tokyo. 140 00:07:41,560 --> 00:07:44,200 He did, yeah. He's really big into robotics, 141 00:07:44,200 --> 00:07:47,760 technology, all those types of things, and so this really made 142 00:07:47,760 --> 00:07:51,920 a lot of sense for him. But we being great parents that 143 00:07:51,920 --> 00:07:55,960 we are, we're like, guess what? There's a Disneyland there. 144 00:07:56,400 --> 00:07:58,880 And I think we he was like, OK, twist my arm. 145 00:07:58,880 --> 00:08:01,400 And we were like, OK, twist our arms to go to Tokyo. 146 00:08:01,400 --> 00:08:03,480 Like it was just the perfect fit. 147 00:08:03,800 --> 00:08:08,160 Right, so let's talk a little bit about the overview of Tokyo 148 00:08:08,160 --> 00:08:12,600 Disneyland because as we've talked about in history episodes 149 00:08:12,600 --> 00:08:16,680 previously, like the Japanese wanted a Disneyland and they 150 00:08:16,680 --> 00:08:20,280 wanted it to be almost identical to the original Disneyland in 151 00:08:20,280 --> 00:08:24,120 California. Yeah, so, so there are two parks 152 00:08:24,120 --> 00:08:26,680 in Tokyo. So you have Tokyo Disneyland and 153 00:08:26,680 --> 00:08:31,120 Tokyo Disney Sea now. Tokyo Disneyland, the parks, the 154 00:08:31,120 --> 00:08:33,880 attractions. To your point, they wanted it 155 00:08:33,960 --> 00:08:35,679 almost exactly like Magic Kingdom. 156 00:08:35,760 --> 00:08:37,919 Yeah, like the original Disneyland. 157 00:08:37,919 --> 00:08:40,000 I mean, the the layout's about the same. 158 00:08:40,000 --> 00:08:43,679 A lot of the the attractions, the rides and stuff all look 159 00:08:43,679 --> 00:08:47,480 pretty identical to California. Yeah, yeah. 160 00:08:47,800 --> 00:08:51,880 So you have probably seen reels, like, if you're not sure, you're 161 00:08:51,880 --> 00:08:53,800 like, OK, have I seen Tokyo Disneyland? 162 00:08:54,080 --> 00:08:58,120 So there's a ride enchanted, the Enchanted Tale of Beauty and the 163 00:08:58,120 --> 00:09:00,600 Beast. And this is where you're sitting 164 00:09:00,600 --> 00:09:03,800 in the teacup and you go through the story like I'm sure that you 165 00:09:03,800 --> 00:09:09,320 have seen reels about this ride. Yeah, because this might be one 166 00:09:09,320 --> 00:09:13,800 of the most incredible, mind blowing tricks that the 167 00:09:13,800 --> 00:09:15,240 Imagineers have ever come up with. 168 00:09:15,760 --> 00:09:18,960 I mean, this is iconic and famous, and that's probably the 169 00:09:18,960 --> 00:09:21,920 attraction that Tokyo Disneyland is most known for. 170 00:09:22,200 --> 00:09:26,440 That one and the Baymax ride. I'm sure if you have seen videos 171 00:09:26,440 --> 00:09:29,360 of the Baymax ride, there's a couple different songs. 172 00:09:29,360 --> 00:09:32,320 All of the cast members and people do dances to each of the 173 00:09:32,320 --> 00:09:34,280 songs. If you haven't seen it, go to 174 00:09:34,280 --> 00:09:36,320 Instagram, TikTok, you can search it. 175 00:09:36,440 --> 00:09:38,920 It's awesome. And then they also have the 176 00:09:38,920 --> 00:09:43,280 newly opened Fantasy Springs. And this features the new Peter 177 00:09:43,280 --> 00:09:48,920 Pan ride, the new Rapunzel's Lantern Festival ride, which so 178 00:09:48,920 --> 00:09:50,520 excited. For I'm going to cry. 179 00:09:50,520 --> 00:09:52,920 I'm going to bawl my eyes out. I'm sure you will. 180 00:09:53,680 --> 00:09:57,080 I I've heard the rumors that it's kind of a short ride. 181 00:09:57,600 --> 00:10:00,040 I don't care. I am here for it. 182 00:10:00,360 --> 00:10:03,880 I love me some Rapunzel and I will cry. 183 00:10:04,360 --> 00:10:08,360 But most recently you had the crows that I'm sure you've 184 00:10:08,360 --> 00:10:10,240 probably seen videos of that too. 185 00:10:10,240 --> 00:10:12,880 So within the last two weeks. Or so. 186 00:10:12,880 --> 00:10:16,200 Don't worry girl, I am coming. I will defend your honor. 187 00:10:16,200 --> 00:10:17,720 I will beat away those crows. The. 188 00:10:17,760 --> 00:10:21,120 Crows tried to make a nest in Rapunzel's hair in her tower. 189 00:10:21,120 --> 00:10:25,640 Or her magic hair, right? Sorry crows, why don't you go 190 00:10:25,640 --> 00:10:28,600 find someone else's happy ending to ruin? 191 00:10:28,880 --> 00:10:32,880 But then when they put some little things up to protect our 192 00:10:32,880 --> 00:10:36,760 girl, what did they do? They attacked Maximus. 193 00:10:36,760 --> 00:10:37,840 They. Went after Maximus. 194 00:10:37,960 --> 00:10:40,240 What is up with these Japanese crows? 195 00:10:40,240 --> 00:10:43,240 Yeah, don't worry, your boy's on the case. 196 00:10:43,600 --> 00:10:45,800 I will take matters into my own hands if I must. 197 00:10:46,520 --> 00:10:49,800 Yeah, anyway, so, so, yeah, so that those are kind of the 198 00:10:49,800 --> 00:10:52,240 famous rides over there in Tokyo. 199 00:10:52,600 --> 00:10:56,160 But right now, Tokyo Disney Sea, they are actually actually 200 00:10:56,160 --> 00:11:00,360 celebrating their Sparkling Jubilee, which is their 25th 201 00:11:00,360 --> 00:11:01,800 anniversary. I know. 202 00:11:01,800 --> 00:11:03,680 Talk about great timing. Right. 203 00:11:03,760 --> 00:11:07,920 But when we were kind of like working with our son to to 204 00:11:07,920 --> 00:11:11,320 choose where to go and then we were like leaning towards Japan 205 00:11:11,320 --> 00:11:15,400 when we saw that it's the 25th like that kind of like sealed 206 00:11:15,400 --> 00:11:19,560 the dill, we got to go. Yeah, and then also, while we 207 00:11:19,560 --> 00:11:24,560 were there, Tokyo Disneyland is going to have a paw. 208 00:11:24,560 --> 00:11:28,040 Palooza Vanellope's sweet pop world. 209 00:11:28,880 --> 00:11:31,240 I don't even know what that is, but I'm here for. 210 00:11:31,240 --> 00:11:35,280 It basically it's just a bunch of new menu items, colorful 211 00:11:35,280 --> 00:11:37,800 decorations. They have some merchandise of 212 00:11:37,800 --> 00:11:41,560 Vanellope and Wreck It Ralph. But we don't like food or 213 00:11:41,560 --> 00:11:44,080 snacks. What are we going to do? 214 00:11:44,080 --> 00:11:44,960 Look. Your face. 215 00:11:45,360 --> 00:11:48,080 Now we're in trouble, gang. We know it, we've already 216 00:11:48,080 --> 00:11:51,200 accepted it. But again, we're here for the 217 00:11:51,200 --> 00:11:52,800 people. We will do our best. 218 00:11:52,800 --> 00:11:57,360 I will find a way to dig deep and just fit more delicious 219 00:11:57,360 --> 00:12:00,360 things into my body for you. I'll do it for you. 220 00:12:00,920 --> 00:12:03,120 For the dinglehoppers. For the dinglehoppers, I'm a man 221 00:12:03,120 --> 00:12:04,640 of the people. Yeah. 222 00:12:05,360 --> 00:12:10,160 So that's kind of a very brief overview of just the park and 223 00:12:10,160 --> 00:12:14,160 what there is to offer. Yeah, which is a lot. 224 00:12:14,320 --> 00:12:15,640 And. And again, we've heard some 225 00:12:15,640 --> 00:12:18,600 amazing things. And, you know, bringing up my 226 00:12:18,600 --> 00:12:22,400 cousin Katie again, she has said that this is her favorite Disney 227 00:12:22,400 --> 00:12:24,440 park. Now I know, which is saying a 228 00:12:24,440 --> 00:12:25,920 lot. That is a high bar. 229 00:12:25,920 --> 00:12:27,160 That's high praise. I know. 230 00:12:27,760 --> 00:12:31,880 So we will see, like we will report back on that. 231 00:12:32,440 --> 00:12:35,720 But with that being said, let's talk about what we've planned so 232 00:12:35,720 --> 00:12:39,760 far for our trip. Yeah, so unlike Disneyland 233 00:12:39,760 --> 00:12:42,880 Paris, we booked everything ourselves for Tokyo. 234 00:12:42,920 --> 00:12:47,000 Well, we had to because Disneyland Paris is operated by 235 00:12:47,400 --> 00:12:50,480 the Walt Disney Company, which makes a lot of things much 236 00:12:50,480 --> 00:12:53,800 easier. Tokyo Disneyland is operated by 237 00:12:53,800 --> 00:12:54,960 the Japanese. Yeah. 238 00:12:55,280 --> 00:12:59,000 And you can tell just even in the website, there's a lot of 239 00:12:59,000 --> 00:13:02,600 things that were just very difficult to navigate. 240 00:13:02,600 --> 00:13:06,600 Now, it's not impossible, it's just it's not what we were used 241 00:13:06,640 --> 00:13:08,400 to. Yeah, Disneyland Paris was easy. 242 00:13:08,400 --> 00:13:10,400 We went through a travel agent. It was easy. 243 00:13:10,400 --> 00:13:13,680 This, yes, the website to your point was not great. 244 00:13:14,120 --> 00:13:17,160 So while we were trying to buy tickets, while we're trying to 245 00:13:17,160 --> 00:13:20,600 book our hotels, the website is crashing. 246 00:13:20,680 --> 00:13:24,040 Or you get all the way to the end and you're like, OK, I have 247 00:13:24,040 --> 00:13:27,960 my tickets, I have my hotel. You go to log into your My 248 00:13:27,960 --> 00:13:30,200 Disney account and then it crashes. 249 00:13:30,200 --> 00:13:32,040 And then you have to start back at the beginning. 250 00:13:32,160 --> 00:13:33,720 Yeah. And maybe this was just our 251 00:13:33,720 --> 00:13:37,560 experience, but this was multiple times that it would 252 00:13:37,560 --> 00:13:40,160 crash. So this is what I will say. 253 00:13:40,720 --> 00:13:45,640 We found luck opening a private window or an Incognito browser, 254 00:13:45,760 --> 00:13:49,560 Yeah, and just starting fresh. And then the very first thing 255 00:13:49,560 --> 00:13:52,520 you do once you get to the web page, go ahead and login 256 00:13:52,520 --> 00:13:55,440 upfront. Yes, if you do that, it did 257 00:13:55,440 --> 00:13:56,920 help. I'm not saying that it worked 258 00:13:56,920 --> 00:13:59,840 every time, yeah, but it did help a lot. 259 00:13:59,840 --> 00:14:04,920 So again, maybe just try on an open regular browser and 260 00:14:04,920 --> 00:14:07,640 navigate your way through it, kind of see where you need to go 261 00:14:08,200 --> 00:14:11,640 and then close it. Open a private window, start 262 00:14:11,640 --> 00:14:14,800 over, login first thing and then get there. 263 00:14:14,880 --> 00:14:18,120 And so does that make sense? Kind of do your exploring first, 264 00:14:18,400 --> 00:14:21,160 but when you're ready to get down to business, open up a new 265 00:14:21,160 --> 00:14:23,280 private window, correct. And that helped. 266 00:14:23,400 --> 00:14:27,240 Yeah, Yep. So we didn't know exactly how 267 00:14:27,240 --> 00:14:30,600 many days we were going to go because we're only in Tokyo for 268 00:14:30,600 --> 00:14:32,240 about a week and 1/2. Right. 269 00:14:32,720 --> 00:14:35,600 But we decided on three days, yeah. 270 00:14:35,840 --> 00:14:39,600 So we're gonna do 2 days in Tokyo Disneyland and one day in 271 00:14:39,600 --> 00:14:42,560 Tokyo Disney Sea. And that's kind of because, 272 00:14:42,560 --> 00:14:43,840 again, like, we're Disney adults. 273 00:14:44,160 --> 00:14:48,080 We don't know if we're ever gonna get back to Tokyo. 274 00:14:48,080 --> 00:14:51,600 No, I mean, again, I as we've dug into this, there's so much 275 00:14:51,600 --> 00:14:54,560 to do in Japan. As much as we wanted to explore 276 00:14:54,560 --> 00:14:58,000 a lot more, like we're kind of focusing a lot of our time just 277 00:14:58,120 --> 00:15:00,360 more around Tokyo. And we'd love to get back and go 278 00:15:00,360 --> 00:15:04,640 to Kyoto or Hiroshima or some of these other places, but for this 279 00:15:04,640 --> 00:15:07,240 trip is going to be more Tokyo focused. 280 00:15:07,240 --> 00:15:10,040 And again, we don't know when we'll be back again. 281 00:15:10,040 --> 00:15:14,400 So while we're here, let's make the most of it and make time to 282 00:15:14,400 --> 00:15:16,080 do everything that we wanted to do. 283 00:15:16,600 --> 00:15:19,440 And as we looked at the two parks, we felt, and we've also 284 00:15:19,440 --> 00:15:23,000 been told that Disneyland is where you want to spend a second 285 00:15:23,000 --> 00:15:24,960 day. Yeah, so that's what we went 286 00:15:24,960 --> 00:15:26,360 with. Yep, Yep. 287 00:15:26,360 --> 00:15:30,000 So you can book your park tickets exactly 2 months in 288 00:15:30,000 --> 00:15:34,440 advance and they go on sale 2 months in advance at 2:00 PM 289 00:15:34,640 --> 00:15:38,320 Japan time. Which just seems so random, but 290 00:15:38,320 --> 00:15:41,680 2:00 PM Japan time makes it a little bit easier for us over 291 00:15:41,680 --> 00:15:43,560 here in the United. States yeah, 'cause it was 11:00 292 00:15:43,560 --> 00:15:46,520 PM for us, right? So yeah, it was easier. 293 00:15:48,000 --> 00:15:51,640 And then here's the thing, though, with the tickets, and 294 00:15:51,640 --> 00:15:54,920 again, this was my experience. If you've done it differently, 295 00:15:54,920 --> 00:15:56,600 please let us know so we can tell. 296 00:15:56,800 --> 00:16:00,320 Something tell us because we could not figure this out. 297 00:16:00,440 --> 00:16:03,040 No. So we had to check out 298 00:16:03,520 --> 00:16:07,760 separately every single day. There is no like add to cart and 299 00:16:07,760 --> 00:16:12,240 continue shopping it's. A separate transaction for each 300 00:16:12,240 --> 00:16:15,800 individual park day ticket. For each park day ticket, which 301 00:16:15,800 --> 00:16:19,120 was annoying because the website kept crashing and I was like I 302 00:16:19,120 --> 00:16:21,840 can't, I can't do this. And again, we don't know if 303 00:16:21,840 --> 00:16:26,520 maybe they're like they're ticket packages of three day or 304 00:16:26,520 --> 00:16:29,200 two day or whatever, if they even have them or if they did, 305 00:16:29,200 --> 00:16:30,560 maybe they were sold out. I don't know. 306 00:16:30,560 --> 00:16:34,560 But like, the only way we could figure it out is to do 1 307 00:16:34,640 --> 00:16:38,160 individual day at a time, 1 transaction each. 308 00:16:38,520 --> 00:16:42,560 So three times we had to check out and it was just kind of 309 00:16:42,560 --> 00:16:44,760 interesting. But our tickets, they were about 310 00:16:44,760 --> 00:16:48,880 $60.00 each per day. So thankfully, because our son 311 00:16:48,880 --> 00:16:51,760 is not yet 18, he's considered a junior. 312 00:16:51,760 --> 00:16:54,400 So his tickets were fifty U.S. dollars. 313 00:16:54,400 --> 00:16:59,080 So I mean, again, that part alone, we feel like we're 314 00:16:59,080 --> 00:17:01,800 winning. Well, yeah, cuz we can't even go 315 00:17:01,840 --> 00:17:06,359 to Disney World with our whole family for one day for the price 316 00:17:06,359 --> 00:17:09,400 that we got for three days in Japan. 317 00:17:09,920 --> 00:17:13,000 Yeah, No, we love it. I mean, again, the flights over 318 00:17:13,000 --> 00:17:15,280 there, you just had to, we had to be very patient. 319 00:17:15,280 --> 00:17:17,760 We had to watch with flight trackers, but like that's kind 320 00:17:17,760 --> 00:17:19,800 of the most expensive part of our trip. 321 00:17:19,920 --> 00:17:24,240 Yeah, once we get there arc tickets alone, I'm like, OK, 322 00:17:24,359 --> 00:17:26,240 yeah. And even as we've looked at some 323 00:17:26,240 --> 00:17:28,560 of the merch that's over there and other things. 324 00:17:28,640 --> 00:17:31,320 Yeah, ears are like $12.00. I know. 325 00:17:31,560 --> 00:17:33,920 Going to have to buy a whole nother suitcase just for the 326 00:17:33,920 --> 00:17:35,440 merch. Singing our song. 327 00:17:35,600 --> 00:17:38,400 Singing our song. But let's talk about where we're 328 00:17:38,400 --> 00:17:41,760 staying, because this, again, was another adventure. 329 00:17:42,040 --> 00:17:45,800 Yes. So we at the end of the day, we 330 00:17:45,800 --> 00:17:48,360 decided we're staying at the Tokyo Disneyland Hotel. 331 00:17:49,360 --> 00:17:53,600 But why are we doing that? So, OK, so we had kind of had it 332 00:17:53,600 --> 00:17:55,800 narrowed down. We knew that we wanted to stay 333 00:17:55,800 --> 00:18:00,520 at one of three places, either the Disneyland Hotel, the Toy 334 00:18:00,520 --> 00:18:04,000 Story Hotel or the new Fantasy Springs. 335 00:18:04,360 --> 00:18:07,560 And I do feel like this is one thing that the website did very 336 00:18:07,560 --> 00:18:11,800 well was to talk about each individual hotel and kind of how 337 00:18:11,800 --> 00:18:13,760 they fit and compare it to each other. 338 00:18:13,760 --> 00:18:16,600 I thought that was really helpful, great descriptions. 339 00:18:16,600 --> 00:18:19,520 That part was really good. Well, and even each hotel would 340 00:18:19,520 --> 00:18:22,400 break it down because there's different character rooms, 341 00:18:22,400 --> 00:18:25,520 there's different levels. So the website really, I agree, 342 00:18:25,720 --> 00:18:29,880 was great at breaking down what you got in each room and the 343 00:18:29,880 --> 00:18:31,760 theme. Yeah, in each room. 344 00:18:31,760 --> 00:18:34,280 That part was good. So again, we narrowed it down to 345 00:18:34,280 --> 00:18:36,560 these three. Here's where our preferred stays 346 00:18:36,560 --> 00:18:40,160 are and again, based on price and and other things were like, 347 00:18:40,160 --> 00:18:44,040 hey, because we really did want to try and experience as many of 348 00:18:44,040 --> 00:18:46,640 the hotels as we could while we were there, you know, for 349 00:18:46,640 --> 00:18:51,000 research purposes. But that's when we kind of ran 350 00:18:51,000 --> 00:18:52,800 into a headache. Yeah. 351 00:18:52,880 --> 00:18:57,920 So we were trying to decide what hotels we wanted to stay at 352 00:18:57,920 --> 00:19:02,440 which day and we'll kind of get into why we wanted to switch 353 00:19:02,440 --> 00:19:05,800 hotels later when it when we get to early entry. 354 00:19:05,800 --> 00:19:07,760 But we're getting ahead of ourselves. 355 00:19:08,240 --> 00:19:12,840 So we decided that we wanted to do the Disneyland Hotel and then 356 00:19:12,840 --> 00:19:16,440 maybe a night at Toy Story. So we tried to figure out, okay, 357 00:19:16,440 --> 00:19:18,480 what day could we stay at Toy Story? 358 00:19:18,480 --> 00:19:21,240 Because Toy Story didn't have a ton of options, but the 359 00:19:21,240 --> 00:19:25,200 Disneyland Hotel did. You would check one minute there 360 00:19:25,200 --> 00:19:27,280 was a room for Toy Story available. 361 00:19:27,280 --> 00:19:29,560 You would refresh it, then it was gone. 362 00:19:29,760 --> 00:19:31,960 You would wait 5 minutes, it's back. 363 00:19:31,960 --> 00:19:34,400 But then you would go to click on reserve and then it would 364 00:19:34,400 --> 00:19:37,000 say, oh, the site cannot be reached. 365 00:19:37,000 --> 00:19:39,200 And then it would refresh and it would be gone. 366 00:19:39,360 --> 00:19:41,800 So this is just very real talk, guys. 367 00:19:41,800 --> 00:19:44,680 Like this site itself is probably the biggest headache 368 00:19:44,680 --> 00:19:48,720 that we've run into thus far. And again, even tonight we were 369 00:19:48,720 --> 00:19:51,920 trying to look at some other options like, you know, even 370 00:19:51,920 --> 00:19:54,360 though we weren't going to the parks, we thought about staying 371 00:19:54,360 --> 00:19:58,400 at a Disney Resort hotel while we were there just doing our 372 00:19:58,400 --> 00:20:02,560 other sightseeing in Tokyo. And it just, it really does 373 00:20:02,560 --> 00:20:07,120 change by the minute or change by the refresh or, you know, 374 00:20:07,120 --> 00:20:10,840 even when you submit it, you know, put in the dates, put in 375 00:20:10,840 --> 00:20:13,000 the people, we happen to choose the wrong night. 376 00:20:13,000 --> 00:20:16,480 So we just adjust the night. And then all of a sudden we're 377 00:20:16,480 --> 00:20:19,240 looking at all different rooms, sometimes different rates, which 378 00:20:19,240 --> 00:20:21,400 the rates I can get, you know, from one day to another. 379 00:20:21,560 --> 00:20:24,680 Weekend rate might be higher but I just don't understand how 380 00:20:24,680 --> 00:20:27,600 rooms were available and then they would disappear and then 381 00:20:27,600 --> 00:20:28,800 he'd come back. Yeah. 382 00:20:29,240 --> 00:20:34,240 And again, to to be honest, the site does crash or become 383 00:20:34,240 --> 00:20:37,840 unavailable quite often and that part is really frustrating and 384 00:20:37,840 --> 00:20:40,160 hard. So at the end of the day, we 385 00:20:40,160 --> 00:20:43,400 just landed on staying three nights at the Disneyland Hotel, 386 00:20:43,400 --> 00:20:46,280 which we are very, very happy. Yeah, twist my arm. 387 00:20:46,320 --> 00:20:47,080 Right. Yeah. 388 00:20:47,560 --> 00:20:52,360 So, yeah, we're excited. So we did have to pay a deposit 389 00:20:52,360 --> 00:20:57,120 for that and then the rest of the payment we can pay once we 390 00:20:57,120 --> 00:20:58,840 get there. Yeah, which I appreciate it. 391 00:20:58,840 --> 00:21:01,040 I thought that was nice. And again, we are really, really 392 00:21:01,040 --> 00:21:02,840 excited to stay at the Disneyland Hotel. 393 00:21:03,680 --> 00:21:06,840 Part of that was, you know what, we're able to make it work. 394 00:21:06,840 --> 00:21:10,360 Let's just do it. But the other part was we we 395 00:21:10,360 --> 00:21:12,880 just don't want to fight the website anymore. 396 00:21:12,880 --> 00:21:15,480 We don't want to have to try and move around. 397 00:21:15,480 --> 00:21:19,240 And again, there was a purpose to why we were trying to jump 398 00:21:19,240 --> 00:21:21,520 and and resort hop through our stay. 399 00:21:21,520 --> 00:21:24,640 But in the end, I'm very happy that we get to stay there. 400 00:21:24,640 --> 00:21:28,240 I think it'll be great so. And we are staying in one of the 401 00:21:28,240 --> 00:21:32,120 non themed rooms which lowers our cost a little bit. 402 00:21:32,120 --> 00:21:35,400 So Toy Story is kind of your equivalent of like your All 403 00:21:35,400 --> 00:21:36,200 Stars. It's kind. 404 00:21:36,200 --> 00:21:38,600 Of on the. Yep, it's kind of on the lower 405 00:21:38,600 --> 00:21:41,320 end. The Disneyland hotel now if you 406 00:21:41,320 --> 00:21:44,480 want to go, they have Beauty and the Beast themed rooms. 407 00:21:44,880 --> 00:21:46,960 Those rooms are a lot more expensive. 408 00:21:46,960 --> 00:21:48,240 Oh. They're beautiful though. 409 00:21:48,280 --> 00:21:51,040 Oh they are, but we are just staying three nights in just a 410 00:21:51,040 --> 00:21:53,080 standard. Yeah, which is OK. 411 00:21:53,320 --> 00:21:55,760 Yeah. But this is where, again, 412 00:21:56,320 --> 00:22:00,240 another kind of wrinkle to the planning is now that we've got 413 00:22:00,240 --> 00:22:04,080 our park tickets, now that we've got our resort hotel, there's 414 00:22:04,080 --> 00:22:07,120 also something called vacation packages. 415 00:22:07,560 --> 00:22:10,080 Yeah. So I had done my research and 416 00:22:10,080 --> 00:22:13,880 looked into vacation packages before we booked our tickets and 417 00:22:13,880 --> 00:22:17,320 our hotel. So they have two and three day 418 00:22:17,320 --> 00:22:21,960 packages that will include your hotel, your park ticket and your 419 00:22:21,960 --> 00:22:26,000 attraction, some of your fast passes and it could also include 420 00:22:26,000 --> 00:22:27,920 some of your dining as well. Right. 421 00:22:27,920 --> 00:22:30,840 Which again, sounds great, because if you can put it all 422 00:22:30,840 --> 00:22:35,600 together, why wouldn't you? And it's great because So what I 423 00:22:35,600 --> 00:22:40,120 did was I took a three day package and I pretended to check 424 00:22:40,120 --> 00:22:41,680 out. I was like, I want to see 425 00:22:41,680 --> 00:22:45,080 exactly how this works. So you picked your room, you 426 00:22:45,080 --> 00:22:47,880 picked your park tickets, which days you wanted to go to which 427 00:22:47,880 --> 00:22:49,880 park. And then essentially you brought 428 00:22:49,880 --> 00:22:54,760 up a calendar and it said, you know, you have three attractions 429 00:22:54,760 --> 00:22:58,680 that you can book right now. What time do you want them? 430 00:22:59,120 --> 00:23:03,320 OK, you have the option to book a dining experience. 431 00:23:03,320 --> 00:23:05,400 So you want to go, they have a Crystal Palace. 432 00:23:05,800 --> 00:23:08,400 I want to go to the Crystal Palace at this time. 433 00:23:08,720 --> 00:23:11,920 But the problem is as soon as you start booking all of your 434 00:23:11,920 --> 00:23:15,920 attractions, all of your dining, that's not included in the 435 00:23:15,920 --> 00:23:20,480 vacation package. The ability to book it early is 436 00:23:20,480 --> 00:23:24,280 a great plus, but you have to pay extra for it. 437 00:23:24,280 --> 00:23:27,640 Like it's not included in the package because at one point I 438 00:23:27,640 --> 00:23:29,600 was like, why is my price changing so much? 439 00:23:29,600 --> 00:23:32,720 And I'm like, oh, because I'm trying to book all of this extra 440 00:23:32,720 --> 00:23:35,160 dining that I realized is not included. 441 00:23:35,520 --> 00:23:40,440 So I would say if you are kind of new just to Disney in general 442 00:23:40,440 --> 00:23:43,760 or you know, you want some convenience, I mean, I can see 443 00:23:43,760 --> 00:23:47,680 why the vacation package might help a little bit, but at the 444 00:23:47,680 --> 00:23:50,880 same time it did end up being more expensive and. 445 00:23:51,200 --> 00:23:54,160 I did the math. I did the math to make sure OK 446 00:23:54,200 --> 00:23:57,960 based on the vacation package, even if I go ahead book all of 447 00:23:57,960 --> 00:24:01,600 the the passes that we wanted. Maybe if I only did one 448 00:24:01,600 --> 00:24:06,440 restaurant it was almost $1000 more expensive to book the 449 00:24:06,440 --> 00:24:09,320 package than if I just booked everything myself. 450 00:24:09,680 --> 00:24:11,920 Yeah. So I was like, I'm going to save 451 00:24:11,920 --> 00:24:15,120 myself some money. So again, I mean this this took 452 00:24:15,120 --> 00:24:18,960 us multiple nights, multiple times going to the website and 453 00:24:18,960 --> 00:24:22,360 kind of figuring it out. But you know, if you have the 454 00:24:22,360 --> 00:24:26,600 patience to do so, it is worth the time to just figure out what 455 00:24:26,600 --> 00:24:31,040 you want to do and then kind of do it a la carte as opposed to 456 00:24:31,360 --> 00:24:33,680 with a vacation package. Yeah, yeah. 457 00:24:33,680 --> 00:24:36,280 And they have different types of vacation packages because they 458 00:24:36,320 --> 00:24:40,520 also have an unlimited vacation package where you can ride those 459 00:24:40,520 --> 00:24:42,680 attractions as many times as you want. 460 00:24:43,240 --> 00:24:46,200 Those sell out almost immediately, and you can book a 461 00:24:46,200 --> 00:24:48,800 vacation package four months in advance. 462 00:24:49,200 --> 00:24:51,520 We were not on top of it at that point. 463 00:24:51,520 --> 00:24:55,280 So we were not able to even attempt to book that when those 464 00:24:55,280 --> 00:24:58,280 were completely sold out by the time we had done our research 465 00:24:58,280 --> 00:25:02,240 and got into these, which I think would have been nice to be 466 00:25:02,240 --> 00:25:05,000 able to ride the rides as many times as we wanted. 467 00:25:05,440 --> 00:25:06,800 But I also want to enjoy the food. 468 00:25:06,800 --> 00:25:09,800 I want to do other things. I don't just want to go to ride 469 00:25:10,240 --> 00:25:14,240 attractions all day so. Well, let's talk about the park 470 00:25:14,240 --> 00:25:17,200 for a minute because again, one of the things that we're very 471 00:25:17,200 --> 00:25:21,240 excited about for not just Disney but Japan in general is 472 00:25:21,240 --> 00:25:23,520 the dining options, the food and everything else. 473 00:25:23,920 --> 00:25:27,360 And the park is no exception. I know people talk a lot about 474 00:25:27,360 --> 00:25:29,600 Tokyo and all the amazing food it offers. 475 00:25:30,320 --> 00:25:35,920 There are so many awesome options to eat in Tokyo 476 00:25:35,920 --> 00:25:40,600 Disneyland, and I mean, it's almost overwhelming to be able 477 00:25:40,600 --> 00:25:42,680 to figure out what we're going to eat and what we're going to 478 00:25:42,680 --> 00:25:44,200 do. Not because it's like, oh, this 479 00:25:44,200 --> 00:25:46,480 food's different. It's just there's so much. 480 00:25:46,840 --> 00:25:51,040 Yeah, it's going to be crazy. So how did we go about 481 00:25:51,520 --> 00:25:53,000 navigating that? Yeah. 482 00:25:53,000 --> 00:25:57,760 So as I mentioned above, the you if you book a vacation package, 483 00:25:57,760 --> 00:25:59,920 you have the ability to book dining. 484 00:26:00,600 --> 00:26:04,200 That is actually the only way, Not the only way, but that is 485 00:26:04,200 --> 00:26:07,800 the main way that you can book dining ahead of time is through 486 00:26:07,800 --> 00:26:11,520 a vacation package. If you are not booking a 487 00:26:11,520 --> 00:26:15,280 vacation package, you can still book on the Tokyo Disney 488 00:26:15,280 --> 00:26:18,400 website, except it is all in Japanese. 489 00:26:18,400 --> 00:26:21,320 They do not have an English version. 490 00:26:21,520 --> 00:26:24,120 Which we cannot figure out guys, we looked. 491 00:26:24,920 --> 00:26:28,640 There's and I even googled it. No, there is not an English 492 00:26:28,640 --> 00:26:30,760 version. So if you were again, but I'm 493 00:26:30,760 --> 00:26:33,160 just going to use Crystal Palace as an example because I was 494 00:26:33,160 --> 00:26:35,040 like, oh, that might be fun to go to. 495 00:26:35,360 --> 00:26:39,160 So I want to try to make a reservation and it's all in 496 00:26:39,160 --> 00:26:41,880 Japanese. Like there is no English version 497 00:26:41,880 --> 00:26:44,920 of the website. And I did read that if you are 498 00:26:44,920 --> 00:26:49,320 staying on property you can call your hotel and they will help 499 00:26:49,320 --> 00:26:51,280 you book it. Or e-mail them. 500 00:26:51,280 --> 00:26:54,360 Just contact them in general. Yeah. 501 00:26:54,480 --> 00:26:58,840 But those are your two main ways to book your dining is either 502 00:26:58,840 --> 00:27:01,200 through the package or you have to call through your hotel. 503 00:27:01,440 --> 00:27:04,000 And with this dining, we're talking about sit down 504 00:27:04,040 --> 00:27:07,760 restaurants with a reservation and again, like booking for 505 00:27:07,760 --> 00:27:11,160 these is available one month before your dining date and 506 00:27:11,160 --> 00:27:14,280 that's done at 10 AM Japan time. Yeah. 507 00:27:14,560 --> 00:27:18,200 So again, kind of kind of something you have to navigate. 508 00:27:18,200 --> 00:27:20,440 That's a little tricky. Yeah. 509 00:27:20,440 --> 00:27:23,400 So we will pretty much be mobile ordering all of our food. 510 00:27:24,400 --> 00:27:27,040 We will be snacking. Yeah, all of the things. 511 00:27:27,840 --> 00:27:30,640 And I think we'll still check it out and see if there's something 512 00:27:30,640 --> 00:27:33,960 that, you know, does peak our fancy that we're able to, you 513 00:27:33,960 --> 00:27:36,520 know, just walk up to day of or or look. 514 00:27:36,520 --> 00:27:39,800 But again, from what we were able to gather, a lot of these 515 00:27:39,800 --> 00:27:43,480 reservations go pretty quickly. And so there just is not a lot 516 00:27:43,480 --> 00:27:46,720 available. So if you're looking into a trip 517 00:27:46,760 --> 00:27:51,240 and you like no, I really want to dine at this restaurant, 518 00:27:51,720 --> 00:27:55,560 which is a sit down experience, maybe the vacation package is 519 00:27:55,560 --> 00:27:56,720 the way to go. Exactly. 520 00:27:56,920 --> 00:28:00,360 Yeah, but that's not for us. We want the flexibility. 521 00:28:00,600 --> 00:28:05,160 So we're excited to try Churros. OK, time out, time out. 522 00:28:06,040 --> 00:28:08,000 Yes, we're excited for the churros. 523 00:28:08,000 --> 00:28:12,200 I will say that cousin Katie has warned me to lower my 524 00:28:12,200 --> 00:28:16,680 expectations that these are not the same churros which, again, 525 00:28:16,680 --> 00:28:21,080 we experienced in Paris. In Paris though, those churros 526 00:28:21,080 --> 00:28:24,240 were really bad. They were, they were. 527 00:28:24,280 --> 00:28:27,200 Hoping these will be better. We hope, one can hope. 528 00:28:27,640 --> 00:28:31,320 But again, it's OK. I'm not hating on anyone's 529 00:28:31,320 --> 00:28:34,160 churros. I'll just again continue to 530 00:28:34,160 --> 00:28:36,840 acknowledge that Disneyland's churros are the best of all the 531 00:28:36,840 --> 00:28:39,880 churros. And we'll go to Disneyland soon 532 00:28:39,880 --> 00:28:42,840 and and cleanse the palate. But we're excited to try them. 533 00:28:43,560 --> 00:28:47,680 But not only that, they've got different flavors of popcorn. 534 00:28:48,120 --> 00:28:52,160 They've got the famous alien mochi which looks really good, 535 00:28:52,240 --> 00:28:57,280 sparkling Jubilee treats, which I don't know, it's just it's 536 00:28:57,280 --> 00:29:00,000 going to be, it's going to be awesome, a grind in the best 537 00:29:00,000 --> 00:29:01,520 way. Yeah, yeah. 538 00:29:01,520 --> 00:29:04,520 So we're very excited for food. But it's not just the food, 539 00:29:04,560 --> 00:29:07,840 we're excited for some of the other attractions as well. 540 00:29:08,240 --> 00:29:12,040 And the top of my list, it's not Beauty and the Beast. 541 00:29:12,160 --> 00:29:15,800 It's not even Tangled. I'm going on Splash Mountain. 542 00:29:16,320 --> 00:29:19,120 The OG splash mountain is there. The OG. 543 00:29:19,200 --> 00:29:22,960 And I'm just going to sit there and bathe in the life giving 544 00:29:22,960 --> 00:29:26,800 waters of Splash Mountain. Let it wash over my soul and 545 00:29:26,800 --> 00:29:29,240 take me back to my laughing place. 546 00:29:30,080 --> 00:29:32,640 OK. What I said, what I said. 547 00:29:32,640 --> 00:29:35,120 You might cry. I will cry, you might cry. 548 00:29:35,240 --> 00:29:40,160 I will wash my tears into those waters so that I may become a 549 00:29:40,200 --> 00:29:42,840 part of it. As it becomes a part of me. 550 00:29:43,280 --> 00:29:46,480 I will go down with my mouth open, hoping that little flecks 551 00:29:46,480 --> 00:29:48,280 of that water will fall into my mouth. 552 00:29:49,000 --> 00:29:53,280 Moving on, OK, they have a Monsters Inc ride and Go Seek 553 00:29:53,280 --> 00:29:56,200 which is an interactive dark ride I'm excited to try. 554 00:29:56,200 --> 00:29:59,680 That that sounds super cool. They have Pooh's Honey Hut, 555 00:30:00,320 --> 00:30:04,840 which is essentially you sit in a honey pot, kind of like 556 00:30:04,840 --> 00:30:06,720 Runaway Railway. You have four people in the 557 00:30:06,720 --> 00:30:09,480 front, four people in the back. So excited for that one. 558 00:30:09,480 --> 00:30:11,440 Of course they have Haunted Mansion. 559 00:30:11,560 --> 00:30:14,920 Of course they have Haunted Mansion, Justin, We will 560 00:30:14,920 --> 00:30:18,120 investigate and we will report back to our ghost host. 561 00:30:18,760 --> 00:30:22,320 But honestly, one of the things I'm really excited for is they 562 00:30:22,320 --> 00:30:25,800 have It's a small world, yeah, but Groot is in it. 563 00:30:26,080 --> 00:30:30,800 What like Groot is throughout the entire It's a small world. 564 00:30:30,920 --> 00:30:33,040 I'm here for it. I think that sounds amazing. 565 00:30:33,040 --> 00:30:33,600 I'm. Excited. 566 00:30:33,800 --> 00:30:37,720 It's gonna be awesome, yeah. So all of those are Disneyland. 567 00:30:37,720 --> 00:30:42,760 So moving over to Tokyo Disney Sea, so they have Soaring 568 00:30:42,760 --> 00:30:44,600 Fantastic Flight, which is Soren. 569 00:30:44,760 --> 00:30:48,280 OK, so excited for that one. They have Toy Story Mania, yes, 570 00:30:48,280 --> 00:30:51,720 excited for that again. Rapunzel's Lantern Festival and 571 00:30:51,720 --> 00:30:55,080 the new Peter Pan ride. Yeah, I honestly haven't read a 572 00:30:55,080 --> 00:30:58,120 lot about these. Like I know what they are, but 573 00:30:58,120 --> 00:31:00,120 I've tried not to like dig in too much. 574 00:31:00,120 --> 00:31:02,360 I just kind of want to experience it. 575 00:31:02,800 --> 00:31:06,000 Yeah, I can't do that. Things things find me on social 576 00:31:06,000 --> 00:31:09,080 media. Well, I think it's going to be 577 00:31:09,080 --> 00:31:11,960 awesome. Though with that said, there are 578 00:31:11,960 --> 00:31:16,920 a couple key things that are not going to be open that I am more 579 00:31:16,920 --> 00:31:19,240 than a little sad about. I know. 580 00:31:19,240 --> 00:31:24,600 So this trip, really, this was the only time that this worked 581 00:31:24,600 --> 00:31:26,880 for us. Unfortunately, just due to other 582 00:31:26,880 --> 00:31:31,040 summer plans and other things going on in our lives, the end 583 00:31:31,040 --> 00:31:32,440 of May was the only time that worked. 584 00:31:33,360 --> 00:31:37,960 That being said, there are four key rides that will not be open 585 00:31:37,960 --> 00:31:40,680 when we are there. I mean it, it couldn't possibly 586 00:31:40,680 --> 00:31:43,120 be Pirates of the Caribbean. Yeah. 587 00:31:43,400 --> 00:31:46,360 Oh well. Well, that's my favorite ride. 588 00:31:46,360 --> 00:31:48,560 But of course, your favorite ride will be open Big Thunder 589 00:31:48,560 --> 00:31:49,920 Mountain. No, that's close to. 590 00:31:50,320 --> 00:31:56,080 Oh yeah, what the beef? Yeah, I'm just so sad. 591 00:31:56,080 --> 00:31:59,560 So again, did we ever decide what we're calling Cousin Josh 592 00:31:59,560 --> 00:32:01,040 now? Is he still Cousin Josh? 593 00:32:01,320 --> 00:32:04,360 No, we really didn't. King, Josh, Daddy Josh, whatever 594 00:32:04,360 --> 00:32:08,080 we're calling you now. If you could just magically open 595 00:32:08,080 --> 00:32:11,000 these up in the next two weeks for us, that would be amazing. 596 00:32:11,440 --> 00:32:12,600 Honestly. But here's the thing. 597 00:32:12,600 --> 00:32:15,600 So like Pirates and Big Thunder Mountain, from what we've heard, 598 00:32:16,040 --> 00:32:18,360 they're identical copies to what we have here. 599 00:32:19,080 --> 00:32:23,640 Fine. So those like I am upset, but 600 00:32:23,640 --> 00:32:28,040 the one that I am most upset about is Anna and Elsa's frozen 601 00:32:28,040 --> 00:32:31,800 journey will not be open when we are there. 602 00:32:31,800 --> 00:32:34,200 I know and I'm. That one hurts. 603 00:32:34,560 --> 00:32:38,640 No, that one. That one hurts, but again, that 604 00:32:38,640 --> 00:32:42,600 is the nature of it. Just these rides, they need to, 605 00:32:42,920 --> 00:32:45,600 you know, just have some maintenance done. 606 00:32:45,600 --> 00:32:49,200 We get it. If we ever go back, we will make 607 00:32:49,200 --> 00:32:52,000 sure that that ride is open before we go again. 608 00:32:52,600 --> 00:32:55,440 But then there's also Indiana Jones Adventure Temple of the 609 00:32:55,440 --> 00:32:57,920 Crystal Skull. Yeah, that won't be open either. 610 00:32:58,320 --> 00:33:00,440 Yeah. But that's OK. 611 00:33:00,680 --> 00:33:01,920 It's OK. We're still there. 612 00:33:01,920 --> 00:33:02,960 We're. Still going? 613 00:33:03,000 --> 00:33:04,640 Yeah, it's going to be amazing. Yeah. 614 00:33:05,200 --> 00:33:10,520 Let's talk about entertainment. I I don't know I'm. 615 00:33:10,920 --> 00:33:15,200 What are you worried about? Because going to Disneyland 616 00:33:15,200 --> 00:33:19,600 Paris and seeing their entertainment, my expectations 617 00:33:19,600 --> 00:33:24,160 are very high for Tokyo and I'm afraid that it's not going to 618 00:33:24,160 --> 00:33:24,680 live up. To what? 619 00:33:24,680 --> 00:33:26,480 But it's Paris I. Know. 620 00:33:27,240 --> 00:33:30,240 That's to be expected. And also, again, we do get 621 00:33:30,240 --> 00:33:34,320 spoiled like with the shows and the parades and and all the 622 00:33:34,320 --> 00:33:36,720 things that we have here in Disneyland and Disney World. 623 00:33:36,720 --> 00:33:42,600 So, yeah, we kind of like we, we, we ate well, we started at 624 00:33:42,600 --> 00:33:45,680 the top. And now we just need to accept 625 00:33:45,680 --> 00:33:49,200 that maybe these might be not quite up to the same standard, 626 00:33:49,200 --> 00:33:50,400 and that's OK. Yeah. 627 00:33:51,160 --> 00:33:55,240 But at Disney Sea, you've got believe Sea of Dreams. 628 00:33:55,640 --> 00:33:57,960 So there's boats that go across the waterway like that. 629 00:33:57,960 --> 00:33:59,880 Looks cool. Yeah, I am excited for that one. 630 00:33:59,960 --> 00:34:03,240 They have the Sparkling Jubilee, their 25th anniversary, going. 631 00:34:03,240 --> 00:34:04,840 Yeah. So I am excited to see the 632 00:34:04,840 --> 00:34:07,160 decorations and the little show that they have there. 633 00:34:07,160 --> 00:34:09,120 OK, well what about in Disneyland? 634 00:34:09,120 --> 00:34:12,639 You've got Disney Harmony and Color, which is a fun daytime 635 00:34:12,639 --> 00:34:15,840 parade. You've got, you know, the Tokyo 636 00:34:15,840 --> 00:34:19,199 Disneyland Electrical Parade. I am really excited, OK? 637 00:34:19,440 --> 00:34:22,320 I mean it's not good gonna be paint the night, but like, it'll 638 00:34:22,320 --> 00:34:24,639 be awesome. They have Reach for the Stars, 639 00:34:24,639 --> 00:34:27,679 which is like this 25 minute long nighttime show. 640 00:34:27,840 --> 00:34:29,199 Yeah, that's our castle projection. 641 00:34:29,199 --> 00:34:31,760 Yeah, we love nighttime shows. Yeah, that'll be cool. 642 00:34:31,760 --> 00:34:33,800 It will be cool. Yeah, and I don't know, we might 643 00:34:33,800 --> 00:34:35,639 get lucky. And they may even have like, 644 00:34:35,639 --> 00:34:38,719 that one daytime parade where they just, like, annihilate the 645 00:34:38,719 --> 00:34:42,320 crowd with water cannons. I OK, so we have heard that they 646 00:34:42,600 --> 00:34:44,920 they've done that, but I don't think it's going to be that. 647 00:34:45,280 --> 00:34:46,639 Warm. Oh, it might be. 648 00:34:46,639 --> 00:34:50,000 We can hope so. Again, like they do some fun 649 00:34:50,000 --> 00:34:50,800 things. They do. 650 00:34:50,800 --> 00:34:53,480 They do. Let's go in with open hearts and 651 00:34:53,480 --> 00:34:54,679 open minds. Yes. 652 00:34:55,239 --> 00:34:56,440 It'll be great. Yeah. 653 00:34:57,640 --> 00:35:00,480 So I think the other thing that we need to talk about and I had 654 00:35:00,480 --> 00:35:04,600 mentioned earlier is their version of fast passes because 655 00:35:04,600 --> 00:35:05,720 they do have them. They. 656 00:35:05,720 --> 00:35:08,720 Do you? First off, you have to have the 657 00:35:08,720 --> 00:35:11,240 Tokyo Disneyland app downloaded on your phone. 658 00:35:11,280 --> 00:35:14,800 But anymore, we all know that we're all Disney veterans. 659 00:35:14,800 --> 00:35:18,400 We know that you have to go through the app for all of your 660 00:35:18,400 --> 00:35:21,880 ride reservations, of course, for mobile ordering because no 661 00:35:21,880 --> 00:35:23,440 one stands in line for food. Yeah. 662 00:35:23,440 --> 00:35:26,920 No one stands in line for food. Friends, download the app. 663 00:35:27,040 --> 00:35:29,520 OK, just download the app. Yeah, download the app. 664 00:35:29,600 --> 00:35:31,480 Yep. And then you want to make sure 665 00:35:31,480 --> 00:35:34,360 that your party is linked together. 666 00:35:34,600 --> 00:35:37,560 Now, because we bought our tickets through the Disneyland 667 00:35:37,560 --> 00:35:40,400 app, we haven't linked our tickets to the app yet. 668 00:35:40,400 --> 00:35:43,240 But we have heard that because we bought them through the 669 00:35:43,240 --> 00:35:46,120 Disney site, our party should automatically be linked 670 00:35:46,120 --> 00:35:48,960 together. But if you're buying, yeah, if 671 00:35:48,960 --> 00:35:52,160 you're buying from a third party, they might not be. 672 00:35:53,160 --> 00:35:56,880 If not, as the kids would say, we are cooked fam, I'll. 673 00:35:57,760 --> 00:35:59,680 Get it figured out. We'll get it figured out. 674 00:35:59,680 --> 00:36:00,920 We're just going to figure it out. 675 00:36:00,920 --> 00:36:05,680 So again, in a few weeks when we revisit our trip and tell you 676 00:36:05,680 --> 00:36:08,800 about it, assuming we make it back alive, then we'll tell you 677 00:36:08,800 --> 00:36:10,520 how it went. You might just live on Splash 678 00:36:10,560 --> 00:36:12,600 Mountain forever. Honestly, I might. 679 00:36:12,720 --> 00:36:15,760 I'm going to be keeping my eyes open to see if there's anywhere 680 00:36:15,760 --> 00:36:20,480 I could just duck out of the log and and just kind of set up camp 681 00:36:20,480 --> 00:36:22,360 for myself. I think I could survive there 682 00:36:22,360 --> 00:36:27,400 for quite some time very well. OK, anyway, back to this. 683 00:36:27,400 --> 00:36:31,400 So they have two versions of their fast passes. 684 00:36:31,880 --> 00:36:35,600 The first they call their Disney Premier Access, which is DAP. 685 00:36:35,920 --> 00:36:38,600 Wait, hold on, wouldn't it be DPA? 686 00:36:39,560 --> 00:36:41,680 It would be. Maybe that was a typo on my end. 687 00:36:42,000 --> 00:36:45,640 Or it could just be a translation from a Japanese to 688 00:36:45,640 --> 00:36:48,880 English. To be determined OK, so this is 689 00:36:48,880 --> 00:36:53,560 where you will select a ride for a fee, so you have to pay for 690 00:36:53,560 --> 00:36:57,280 it. OK, so you can book one every 60 691 00:36:57,280 --> 00:37:01,480 minutes or after your admission time. 692 00:37:02,080 --> 00:37:06,200 So unlike the US, when you book a lightning lane, you have to 693 00:37:06,200 --> 00:37:09,600 scan into the ride before you can book another one. 694 00:37:10,160 --> 00:37:12,960 This one. If your time was for 9/10 at 695 00:37:12,960 --> 00:37:16,200 9:10, you can book another one. You don't actually have to scan 696 00:37:16,200 --> 00:37:20,000 into the ride. So similarly to here, just 697 00:37:20,000 --> 00:37:22,800 because your time is at 910 doesn't mean you have to go 698 00:37:22,800 --> 00:37:24,520 right at 9:00. Correct, you have like an half. 699 00:37:24,600 --> 00:37:25,560 A window? Yep. 700 00:37:25,880 --> 00:37:28,960 Okay, okay, so we'll be setting timers. 701 00:37:29,040 --> 00:37:31,720 We will be setting timers, yes. Love that. 702 00:37:31,880 --> 00:37:36,160 Yep, and then so you can purchase your first one as soon 703 00:37:36,160 --> 00:37:39,040 as you walk into the park. So as soon as you scan in, very 704 00:37:39,040 --> 00:37:41,960 similar to here. And then you can purchase one 705 00:37:41,960 --> 00:37:45,760 ride and one show at a time because similar to Paris, there 706 00:37:45,760 --> 00:37:48,840 are reserved areas that you can watch entertainment. 707 00:37:49,160 --> 00:37:52,640 Which is different for us guys like here in the US, like we're 708 00:37:52,640 --> 00:37:55,520 not used to that. Yeah, But that is something that 709 00:37:55,520 --> 00:37:58,520 happened, like you said in Paris and and again, like it's just 710 00:37:58,520 --> 00:38:00,440 different. But I appreciated it knowing 711 00:38:00,440 --> 00:38:02,760 that you had a dedicated spot to sit. 712 00:38:03,080 --> 00:38:06,280 It was kind of nice. Yeah, then your second option is 713 00:38:06,280 --> 00:38:09,080 your 40th anniversary priority pass. 714 00:38:09,080 --> 00:38:12,240 Hold on, I thought we were at the 25th anniversary. 715 00:38:12,280 --> 00:38:15,080 No. So it was the 40th for Tokyo, 716 00:38:15,360 --> 00:38:21,000 and then they kept this. Yeah, the 25th anniversary is 717 00:38:21,160 --> 00:38:24,320 Disneysea. Now it's making sense. 718 00:38:25,240 --> 00:38:28,520 So this is where it's free to use. 719 00:38:28,760 --> 00:38:33,240 However, your time slot is selected for you, whereas the 720 00:38:33,240 --> 00:38:36,200 first one, you get to select a time, maybe you don't want it 721 00:38:36,200 --> 00:38:39,520 until the afternoon, right? You get to select that and this 722 00:38:39,520 --> 00:38:41,200 one's free. They're like, hey, you're 723 00:38:41,200 --> 00:38:43,760 getting it at 2:00 PM and you don't have a choice. 724 00:38:44,000 --> 00:38:47,880 You cannot edit the time slot. So you get what you get and you 725 00:38:47,880 --> 00:38:49,280 don't throw a fit. Correct. 726 00:38:49,520 --> 00:38:52,800 That's wild, gang. I don't what are we going to do? 727 00:38:52,960 --> 00:38:56,320 Because I mean, again, like we're adventurers, but just 728 00:38:56,320 --> 00:38:59,640 leaving it up to chance like that makes me a little nervous. 729 00:38:59,800 --> 00:39:02,640 Well, and then your free one again, so you can book after 730 00:39:02,640 --> 00:39:04,840 your return time. So again, if your time was at 731 00:39:04,840 --> 00:39:09,120 9:10, you can book another one at 9:10 or you have to wait two 732 00:39:09,120 --> 00:39:12,680 hours. Two hours as opposed to one. 733 00:39:13,520 --> 00:39:16,560 Oh, so that's how they get you? Yeah, interesting. 734 00:39:16,840 --> 00:39:19,640 Yep. So last thing I think we need to 735 00:39:19,640 --> 00:39:24,200 talk about, OK is they call it happy entry, which essentially 736 00:39:24,200 --> 00:39:27,200 is the early entry for Disney World. 737 00:39:27,320 --> 00:39:30,400 Right, right. This is where you will get into 738 00:39:30,400 --> 00:39:33,960 the parks if you were staying on Disney property and it has to be 739 00:39:33,960 --> 00:39:36,720 one of the Disneyland hotels, right? 740 00:39:37,240 --> 00:39:39,720 You get into the park 15 minutes early. 741 00:39:40,000 --> 00:39:41,880 Wait, that's it. Yes. 742 00:39:41,880 --> 00:39:45,840 Not like an hour. Nope, not 30 minutes. 15 minutes 743 00:39:45,840 --> 00:39:49,640 early. However, this is so crucial 744 00:39:50,040 --> 00:39:54,680 because that 15 minutes like the Enchanted Tale of Beauty and the 745 00:39:54,680 --> 00:39:57,680 Beast. Yeah, I have heard that that 746 00:39:57,680 --> 00:40:01,840 ride those passes will sell out within 5 minutes of the park 747 00:40:01,840 --> 00:40:03,800 opening. OK. 748 00:40:04,240 --> 00:40:08,680 So staying on property and getting into the park 15 minutes 749 00:40:09,520 --> 00:40:14,320 early allows you to book your pass before the regular public 750 00:40:14,320 --> 00:40:18,040 even gets into the park. You know, I was feeling a little 751 00:40:18,040 --> 00:40:20,320 nervous and overwhelmed before and going through this. 752 00:40:20,320 --> 00:40:24,320 Now in this episode, I'm like, maybe I wasn't nervous enough. 753 00:40:24,520 --> 00:40:27,960 Don't worry, we got this. But that's like a key thing 754 00:40:27,960 --> 00:40:31,360 because Can you imagine going all the way over there getting 755 00:40:31,360 --> 00:40:35,520 super pumped to see Beauty and the Beast and then be like, oh, 756 00:40:35,520 --> 00:40:38,400 I'm a little jet lagged. We'll just get into the park. 757 00:40:38,600 --> 00:40:42,080 Like, you know, an hour later, no, wrong, wrong. 758 00:40:42,240 --> 00:40:46,280 You're done. Yep, which is why we gave 759 00:40:46,280 --> 00:40:49,680 ourselves a day in between. From the point we land to the 760 00:40:49,680 --> 00:40:53,040 point that we start Disney, we gave ourselves a day. 761 00:40:53,160 --> 00:40:57,360 Yeah, because we want to be as acclimated as we can be so we 762 00:40:57,360 --> 00:41:00,080 can make the most of this. I mean, this is not the only 763 00:41:00,080 --> 00:41:04,440 reason we're going to Japan, but again, you know, this is a big 764 00:41:04,440 --> 00:41:06,920 deal and we want to make sure that we can do as much as we 765 00:41:06,920 --> 00:41:08,960 can. And if you didn't know that, 766 00:41:09,600 --> 00:41:12,560 that could be a game changer and not a good way. 767 00:41:12,600 --> 00:41:17,200 Yep, but even with happy entry I have heard that people will line 768 00:41:17,200 --> 00:41:20,160 up an hour before you can get into the park. 769 00:41:20,440 --> 00:41:22,120 Oh. OK. 770 00:41:22,720 --> 00:41:26,080 If you don't have happy entry, if you're staying off property, 771 00:41:26,880 --> 00:41:30,360 I have heard that you almost need to get in line 2 hours 772 00:41:30,440 --> 00:41:35,000 before the park even opens because people in Japan that's 773 00:41:35,000 --> 00:41:36,680 what they do. That's just what they do. 774 00:41:36,680 --> 00:41:38,680 Park opens at 9:00. They are there at 7:00. 775 00:41:38,880 --> 00:41:41,320 All right, gang, So that's what we got to do. 776 00:41:41,920 --> 00:41:43,840 But here's the snag. What? 777 00:41:45,280 --> 00:41:48,840 Happy entry. Depending on what hotel you are 778 00:41:48,840 --> 00:41:52,640 staying at will depend on if you can get into that park early. 779 00:41:53,600 --> 00:41:56,600 So for example, we're staying at the Disneyland Hotel. 780 00:41:56,800 --> 00:41:59,800 Yeah, we have happy entry into Tokyo Disneyland. 781 00:41:59,840 --> 00:42:02,200 Sure. We do not have happy entry into 782 00:42:02,200 --> 00:42:03,680 Tokyo Disney Sea. What? 783 00:42:04,520 --> 00:42:08,480 So we will have to get up early and essentially because we can't 784 00:42:08,480 --> 00:42:11,360 go into that special entrance, we have to use the main 785 00:42:11,360 --> 00:42:13,560 entrance. So we are going to have to get 786 00:42:13,560 --> 00:42:16,440 in line an hour and a half before the park open. 787 00:42:16,960 --> 00:42:20,520 Coconuts. OK, so I knew this was the case. 788 00:42:20,520 --> 00:42:23,480 It just gasp. What? 789 00:42:24,000 --> 00:42:27,560 No, because it's just it is. It is what it is. 790 00:42:27,800 --> 00:42:31,080 Yep, and that's another reason why we had looked at staying at 791 00:42:31,080 --> 00:42:33,640 Fantasy Springs that day, because we're like we could 792 00:42:33,720 --> 00:42:35,400 have. We have the happy entry then 793 00:42:35,400 --> 00:42:38,840 from Fantasy Springs Hotel into Tokyo Disney Sea. 794 00:42:39,480 --> 00:42:44,680 However, I was not willing to pay $2000 a night for a room at 795 00:42:44,680 --> 00:42:47,160 the new Fantasy Springs Resort. Yeah. 796 00:42:47,480 --> 00:42:53,720 So 2 hours in line it is. Unhappy entry for us. 797 00:42:54,400 --> 00:42:56,560 Right. But that's all right, it's OK. 798 00:42:56,560 --> 00:42:59,200 Why? Because let's talk about 799 00:42:59,200 --> 00:43:02,480 shopping and the merch. Yeah. 800 00:43:03,480 --> 00:43:06,240 What are some things before we get into what they do have, what 801 00:43:06,240 --> 00:43:09,400 are some things that they don't really have because there are 802 00:43:09,400 --> 00:43:12,560 some things that are different, like for example, lounge flies. 803 00:43:13,200 --> 00:43:14,720 Yeah, they don't have lounge flies. 804 00:43:14,720 --> 00:43:16,480 Like that's not, that's not a thing. 805 00:43:16,480 --> 00:43:19,200 Like, I don't, I debated. I'm like, do I even take one? 806 00:43:19,200 --> 00:43:21,400 Like that's not a thing. I think you do. 807 00:43:22,000 --> 00:43:24,400 But yeah, it is something that like they just don't have the 808 00:43:24,400 --> 00:43:26,120 little backpacks like we do here. 809 00:43:26,960 --> 00:43:30,960 When we went to Disneyland Paris, we noticed that a lot of 810 00:43:30,960 --> 00:43:34,560 the people in the parks were wearing kind of generic ears. 811 00:43:35,760 --> 00:43:40,520 Most of the women had the the standard black with red bow and 812 00:43:40,520 --> 00:43:43,080 polka dot mini ears. There wasn't a lot of variety. 813 00:43:43,080 --> 00:43:44,600 If they were wearing ears at all. 814 00:43:44,760 --> 00:43:47,600 Right. So, you know, what kind of 815 00:43:47,600 --> 00:43:49,920 variety are we going to see? I don't know. 816 00:43:49,920 --> 00:43:51,960 So there's going to be some things that are a little 817 00:43:51,960 --> 00:43:55,160 different. But that being said, stuff is 818 00:43:55,160 --> 00:43:56,560 much cheaper. Yeah. 819 00:43:56,800 --> 00:44:00,760 And with the anniversary, there's a lot available. 820 00:44:01,200 --> 00:44:04,240 And what is it that they're known for in Japan? 821 00:44:04,840 --> 00:44:08,520 The popcorn buckets, the. Popcorn buckets. 822 00:44:09,040 --> 00:44:13,320 So your girl will probably come home with a popcorn bucket. 823 00:44:13,920 --> 00:44:18,320 And not just any popcorn bucket. The Peter Pan popcorn bucket. 824 00:44:18,320 --> 00:44:21,120 I know as much as the Beauty and the Beast one. 825 00:44:21,120 --> 00:44:23,160 If you haven't seen it, Google it. 826 00:44:23,440 --> 00:44:26,240 Gorgeous. But you know me, I'm a Peter Pan 827 00:44:26,280 --> 00:44:28,760 person. I know, but this is one of those 828 00:44:28,760 --> 00:44:31,360 things that Japan is known for. And I do think it's really, 829 00:44:31,360 --> 00:44:34,680 really cool that the international parks, all of them 830 00:44:34,680 --> 00:44:36,120 kind of have a thing. Yeah. 831 00:44:36,280 --> 00:44:40,680 You know, like Hong Kong, it's the pins in Japan, and Tokyo, 832 00:44:40,920 --> 00:44:42,920 it's the popcorn buckets. Yeah. 833 00:44:43,160 --> 00:44:45,520 And they have a lot of varieties of popcorn. 834 00:44:46,040 --> 00:44:49,360 So we're going to check it out and it's going to be great. 835 00:44:49,800 --> 00:44:53,080 But also, I mean, again, let's see what kind of ears they have 836 00:44:53,080 --> 00:44:56,240 because they do have them. So hopefully there's some fun 837 00:44:56,240 --> 00:44:59,080 things there. But again, like the sparkling 838 00:44:59,080 --> 00:45:03,720 Jubilee, this just started. Yeah, it started like 2 months 839 00:45:03,760 --> 00:45:05,640 ago, so it's still relatively new. 840 00:45:05,760 --> 00:45:09,680 Yeah, and apparently you need a virtual queue. 841 00:45:10,720 --> 00:45:12,920 So I don't even think it was two months ago. 842 00:45:12,920 --> 00:45:15,520 I think it was only about a month ago that the Jubilee 843 00:45:15,520 --> 00:45:18,880 started. But I had read that some of the 844 00:45:18,880 --> 00:45:22,600 stores have a virtual queue because of all of the new merch 845 00:45:22,600 --> 00:45:25,360 that is going on. So once we get into the park 846 00:45:25,360 --> 00:45:27,760 that is something that we will have to look at is getting a 847 00:45:27,760 --> 00:45:31,920 pass just to go shopping. Yeah, I don't know. 848 00:45:32,040 --> 00:45:35,360 It's, it's one of those if if you guys are listening and 849 00:45:35,360 --> 00:45:38,000 you're like, no, I, I love Disney. 850 00:45:38,000 --> 00:45:40,720 Maybe I don't go a ton, but I just, I love Disney. 851 00:45:40,720 --> 00:45:45,080 I'd love to go to Tokyo someday. This is where, especially in 852 00:45:45,080 --> 00:45:49,120 this digital age, you kind of just need to get a feel for what 853 00:45:49,120 --> 00:45:52,000 Disney is. Know how to use the app, know 854 00:45:52,000 --> 00:45:55,160 how to book lightning lanes, know how to get into virtual 855 00:45:55,160 --> 00:45:59,720 queues, all those things because going overseas like you just you 856 00:45:59,720 --> 00:46:00,960 want to make the most of your time. 857 00:46:00,960 --> 00:46:03,520 And the last thing that we would want is for anybody to be 858 00:46:03,520 --> 00:46:06,600 blindsided by, you know, things are just different here. 859 00:46:06,600 --> 00:46:10,160 So we have spent a lot of time not just because of this 860 00:46:10,160 --> 00:46:13,080 episode, but because we really need to understand for 861 00:46:13,080 --> 00:46:16,160 ourselves, going for the first time, what are we getting 862 00:46:16,160 --> 00:46:18,640 ourselves into? What do we need to be prepared 863 00:46:18,640 --> 00:46:20,400 for? Yeah, all of that. 864 00:46:20,400 --> 00:46:24,040 So hopefully this is helpful for you. 865 00:46:24,280 --> 00:46:27,520 Hopefully you guys have, you know, been able to pick up on a 866 00:46:27,520 --> 00:46:30,760 few things, but is there something that we missed? 867 00:46:30,920 --> 00:46:34,960 If there is, please let us know. Yeah, Let us know what we 868 00:46:34,960 --> 00:46:37,960 missed, if you have any tips or tricks, if you've been there 869 00:46:37,960 --> 00:46:41,120 before or you know somebody that's been there, or maybe you 870 00:46:41,120 --> 00:46:44,200 have a real saved that you're like one day when I get to 871 00:46:44,200 --> 00:46:46,640 Tokyo, I want to do this like let us know. 872 00:46:46,960 --> 00:46:49,120 Yeah. And we've been trying and we do 873 00:46:49,120 --> 00:46:52,640 this often, like I know Katie and Marcus do the same thing 874 00:46:52,640 --> 00:46:55,760 before they go somewhere, you know, you start following those 875 00:46:55,760 --> 00:46:59,440 reels on Instagram or looking for that content because again, 876 00:46:59,440 --> 00:47:03,800 there are so many things you can learn just by watching TikTok, 877 00:47:03,800 --> 00:47:06,280 watching Instagram, YouTube, other things like that. 878 00:47:06,280 --> 00:47:10,720 So that's been really helpful. And as we're preparing to go, we 879 00:47:10,720 --> 00:47:13,840 would also love to know from you what kind of content would you 880 00:47:13,840 --> 00:47:15,320 like us to make while we're there. 881 00:47:15,400 --> 00:47:17,360 Yeah. What would you like to see? 882 00:47:18,440 --> 00:47:21,960 Let us know, because again, we're there for you guys. 883 00:47:21,960 --> 00:47:25,640 We want to help showcase what this park has to offer. 884 00:47:25,640 --> 00:47:27,520 And if there's something specific that you're looking 885 00:47:27,520 --> 00:47:32,080 for, let us know and we'll do our best to find it and film it 886 00:47:32,080 --> 00:47:38,280 and try it and whatever else. But I mean, again, I, I do, I, I 887 00:47:38,280 --> 00:47:41,960 do have a lot of of things I'm a little nervous about. 888 00:47:41,960 --> 00:47:44,000 But at the same time, that's part of the adventure. 889 00:47:44,920 --> 00:47:48,200 But most importantly, we wanted to do this with our son. 890 00:47:48,200 --> 00:47:51,600 It's his first trip out of the country besides, you know, the 891 00:47:51,600 --> 00:47:53,320 Bahamas on a Disney cruise. Yeah. 892 00:47:53,520 --> 00:47:56,200 Right. You know, it's this is the one 893 00:47:56,240 --> 00:47:59,480 of the most amazing things about this world is the diversity and 894 00:47:59,480 --> 00:48:01,840 cultures and seeing a different place and getting to know 895 00:48:01,840 --> 00:48:04,560 different people. And it's really fun to be able 896 00:48:04,560 --> 00:48:08,320 to go experience that in the Disney bubble, but also to be 897 00:48:08,320 --> 00:48:12,280 able to go explore Tokyo and and see this other part of the world 898 00:48:12,280 --> 00:48:15,080 that neither of us have ever been to Asia before. 899 00:48:15,080 --> 00:48:16,840 So it's going to be a great adventure. 900 00:48:16,880 --> 00:48:18,040 But oh. Me new. 901 00:48:18,600 --> 00:48:22,080 We're here for it and you know that after it's all said and 902 00:48:22,080 --> 00:48:25,760 done, we will report back and it's going to be epic. 903 00:48:25,760 --> 00:48:28,400 It will be. 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