Tokyo Disney Resort has two parks, Tokyo DisneySea and Tokyo Disneyland with a fairy tale style, which are different from each other. Tokyo DisneySea is themed with “ocean”, full of ocean, adventure and fantasy elements. In addition to classic Disney animations such as The Little Mermaid and Aladdin, there are also Pixar movie themes such as Finding Nemo. If you like more thrilling facilities, come to Tokyo DisneySea!
Due to the epidemic, Tokyo DisneySea has some changes, and many information before the epidemic is not applicable on the Internet. This Tokyo DisneySea Comprehensive Guide, Piaoer will share the post-epidemic play experience, including how to buy Tokyo DisneySea tickets, how to effectively use the latest Disney Premium Card to play more facilities, Tokyo DisneySea transportation, queue status of each facility and park tour route suggestions, hoping that everyone can also have a pleasant Tokyo DisneySea free tour.
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Tokyo DisneySea V.S. DisneyLand
Tokyo DisneySea and Tokyo Disneyland, how to choose between them? Here is a brief introduction to the features of the two parks:
Tokyo Disney Land
- 【Atmosphere】The dream castle has a fairy tale style
- 【Facilities】Gentle, suitable for all ages, more for small children to play
- 【Parade】Many Disney classic characters, fireworks and lights show are super wonderful
Tokyo DisneySea
- 【Atmosphere】More European Mediterranean scenery, Disney stars can take free photos on the road
- 【Facilities】Exciting and fun, suitable for students who love playing facilities and have plenty of physical strength
- 【Parade】The evening water parade “Believe! ~ Sea of Dreams ~” is very characteristic
- 【Exclusive Limited】The extremely popular Duffy Bear is Disney Ocean Limited!
Navigation of this article
Here is a list of Tokyo DisneySea information you need to do before departure, everyone can click the link to jump to the page you want to see:
- Tokyo DisneySea Transportation
- How to Buy Cheaper Tokyo DisneySea Tickets?
- How to Choose the Entry Date, Refer to Tokyo DisneySea Estimated Number of People
- Use Disney Premier Card to Save Queuing Time
- Must-play Facilities in Tokyo DisneySea
- Introduction of Tokyo DisneySea’s Seven Major Parks
- Actual Play Route Sharing of Tokyo DisneySea
- Stay at Tokyo Disney Hotel for More Fun
【Tokyo DisneySea】Transportation
How to get to Tokyo DisneySea from Tokyo City & Airport?
Although Tokyo Disney Resort is at least 40-60 minutes away from major stations and airports in Tokyo, Tokyo Shinjuku, Ueno, Ikebukuro, Tokyo Station and other major stations, Yokohama, Narita Airport, Haneda Airport can all be reached by JR, subway, and express bus. If you take public transportation, you must first find a way to “JR Maihama Station” next to the entrance and ticket office of Tokyo Disney Resort, and then take the monorail in the park to enjoy Tokyo Disney. The following are the transportation methods from various places in Tokyo:
- Narita Airport to Tokyo Disney (about 60-70 minutes)
From Narita Airport to Tokyo Disney, you can take the “Access Express + JR Musashino Line Direct Transfer JR Keiyo Line” to Maihama Station, or you can choose the “Airport Bus” to go directly to Tokyo Disney Resort and Tokyo DisneySea. - Ueno to Tokyo Disney (about 30-35 minutes)
Ueno is a convenient and inexpensive station choice from Tokyo to Tokyo Disney. You can take the “Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line” to Hatchobori Station and transfer to the JR Keiyo Line to “Maihama Station”. - Shinjuku to Tokyo Disney (about 40-45 minutes)
From Shinjuku to Tokyo Disney, you can take the “JR Saikyo Line Direct Transfer Rinkai Line” to Shin-Kiba Station and transfer to the JR Keiyo Line to “Maihama Station”. - Tiba to Tokyo Disney (about 15-20 minutes)
Tiba is the closest and most playable accommodation option from Tokyo Disney. You can take the “Rinkai Line” to Shin-Kiba Station and transfer to the JR Keiyo Line to “Maihama Station”.
Park Transportation, Monorail & Free Bus
Take the subway to “Maihama Station”, turn left after getting off the station, and you will reach the monorail station of Tokyo Disney Resort. After getting on the monorail, get off at “Tokyo DisneySea” and you will reach the entrance of Tokyo DisneySea. The fare is ¥260/trip and the total journey takes 13 minutes.
Monorail has four stations:
- Resort Station：JR Maihama Station, Disney Ambassador Hotel
- Tokyo Disneyland Station：Tokyo Disneyland, Tokyo Disneyland Hotel
- Beach Station：Tokyo DisneyFriend Hotel
- Tokyo DisneySea Station：Tokyo DisneySea
▼ Get off at Tokyo DisneySea Station and you can see the entrance of the park.
Don’t forget to check in and take a photo at the entrance of the Earth!
【Tokyo DisneySea】How to Buy Tickets Cheaper?
Are Tokyo DisneySea tickets valid for Tokyo DisneyLand?
Tokyo Disney Resort has two parks, “Tokyo DisneySea” and “Tokyo Disneyland”, and the tickets are sold separately, so it is not possible to enter both parks with one ticket on the same day. If you want to play in two parks in one day, you need to buy “Tokyo Disneyland 1-Day Pass” and “Tokyo DisneySea 1-Day Pass” respectively when purchasing tickets online, and when entering the two parks, you need to scan the corresponding ticket QR Code respectively.
Where can I buy tickets for Tokyo DisneySea?
There are many ways to purchase Tokyo Disney tickets, such as “purchasing tickets in advance on the official website”, “purchasing tickets at major travel agencies, JR ticket windows, Japanese convenience stores, and Disney Stores in Japan”, “purchasing tickets from legitimate Chinese online platforms“, “purchasing tickets from local travel agencies in Taiwan or Hong Kong”, and “purchasing tickets on site”.
Disney ticket prices are quite expensive, and there is not much difference in prices on different platforms. I often use Klook myself and accumulate points, which can be used to buy tickets with discounts. I also recommend that you can buy tickets directly on Klook’s Chinese interface, which is easy to pay and pick up.
Online ticketing team can enter the venue directly by presenting the QR Code without re-queuing for tickets: Klook Tokyo Disney Resort 1-Day Pass
Tokyo Disney tickets have “specified date tickets”, which guarantee entry even if the park is subject to entry control on the specified date, but an additional change fee will be charged if the date is changed; the other is “no specified date ticket”, which has the same ticket price as the specified date ticket, but can be entered in any date within 1 year, but if the park is subject to entry control, it cannot be entered in that area.
【Tokyo DisneySea】2023 Ticket Price Reference
Tokyo Disney tickets generally increase in price every year, and everyone mainly buys the current price. Starting in 2021, Tokyo Disney tickets have changed to floating ticket prices, with full tickets divided into four prices of 7,900, 8,400, 8,900 and 9,400 yen according to the peak and off-peak seasons. Children under 3 years old are free to enter the park. The following is the official website adult ticket price for reference in 2023. It is recommended to refer to the ticket purchase website for student tickets and children’s tickets.
- One-day Passport: Full ticket 8,400~9,400 yen
- Early Evening Passport for entry at 3 pm on holidays: Full ticket 6,500~6,800 yen
- Week Night Passport for entry at 5 pm on weekdays: Full ticket 4,500~4,800 yen
Previously, Tokyo Disney sold two-day passports, three-day/four-day magic passports, etc., which are currently suspended and only the above three plans are available.
【Tokyo DisneySea】Opening Hours Vary Daily, Avoid Arriving Too Early!
Tokyo DisneySea opening hours vary from day to day, especially in winter and summer. Remember to check the Tokyo Disney opening hours first to know when to enter and when to play, so that the order of the rides and parades can be arranged properly.
Utilize Disney FastPass to save time queuing
Before the epidemic, Tokyo Disney Resort had a “Disney Fast Pass” to use the amusement facilities without queuing, but there is “no” Tokyo Disney Fast Pass now due to the epidemic factors, replaced by “Disney Primier Access” and “Standby Pass”, both of which need to be operated by downloading the Tokyo Disney APP. However, since the Disney Ocean does not open the reservation standby card for the amusement facilities, the following only introduces “Disney Primier Access”.
Disney Primier Access
Disney Premier Access is a super expensive and powerful experience at Tokyo Disney, which allows you to quickly enter some popular attractions through exclusive channels without queuing. Every time you purchase Disney Premier Access, you can go through the special channel once. The price of each facility is 1500-2000 yen, and you can only queue at the designated time. Because it can only be used once, you need to purchase it again to enter the facility again!
Currently, Disney Premier Access is only available at select popular facilities. The following are available at Tokyo DisneySea. We recommend checking the official website for the items currently available before purchasing a Disney Premier Access card!
- Soaring: Fantasy Flight (2,000 Yen)
- Toy Story Mania! Crazy Game House (2,000 Yen)
- Tower of Terror (1,500 Yen)
- Journey to the Center of the Earth (1,500 Yen)
- Night Parade: Believe! ~Dreams of the Sea~ (2,500 Yen)
Tokyo Disney App Terms of Use – Actual Use Experience Sharing
The Tokyo Disney App can be installed in advance, but you must have a ticket to enter the park to purchase the “Disney Premium Card”. Opening the App outside the park will not show anything.
But when we entered the park and opened the APP, the pages of “Disney Primier Access” and “Standby Pass” were all empty. After asking the staff, we knew that we must scan the QR Code of the ticket we purchased on this page to use it, and we must have two mobile phones, one to scan the QR code of the other with the ticket to use it. This design is super bad, I hope they can improve it in the future, otherwise it is not friendly to single travelers at all!
Another point is that the network writes that it is for positioning you to enter the park to use, but in fact it is to scan the ticket, such as our day to pre-book Disney Ocean facilities in Tokyo Disney Land, the staff said no, because the two park’s reservation facilities function is separated, you must buy Disney Ocean’s ticket After being activated (you have already entered the park that day), the activated ticket can operate the park’s “Disney Primier Access” and “Standby Pass”.
Finally, if you want to purchase the “Disney Primier Access”, you must open the location permission of your mobile phone, otherwise it won’t let you buy it, and you can only view the queue time of the two Tokyo Disney parks through this APP.
Finally, when paying with Disney Primier Access credit card, a text message verification code is required. The solution is to confirm that the mobile phone can receive the text message, otherwise it is necessary to open the function of receiving the text message verification code through the email with the bank.
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【Tokyo DisneySea】Must-Play Facilities
Tokyo DisneySea has 7 parks and more than 25 attractions. Compared to Tokyo Disneyland, DisneySea has more thrilling attractions, such as Soaring: Fantasy in the Sky, Toy Story Mania, Tower of Terror, Raging Spirits, Indiana Jones Adventure: Temple of the Crystal Skullare all popular and fun attractions. The waiting time ranges from half an hour to three hours for the popular attractions, while the less popular attractions only take 5-10 minutes. Here is a list of the must-see attractions for your reference:
- Mediterranean Harbor：Soaring: Fantastic Flight (Most Popular Facility)
- American Waterfront：Toy Story Mania Crazy House (3D Shooting Game), Tower of Terror (Disney’s Most Exciting Free Fall)
- Mysterious Island：Journey to the Center of the Earth (Park’s Fastest Ride)
- Port Discovery：Nemo & Friends SeaRider (Ride a Submarine to Explore the Underwater World)
- Lost River Delta：Raging Spirits (360 Degree Roller Coaster), Indiana Jones Adventure (Special Effects are Amazing)
- Mermaid Lagoon：Mermaid Lagoon Theater (The Little Mermaid Musical)
- Arabian Coast：Lamp Theater (Watch 3D Version of Aladdin)
【Tokyo DisneySea】Introduction to Seven Park Facilities
Mediterranean Ports
▼ Strongly suggest that if you don’t plan to buy Disney Primier Access, go straight to “Soaring: Fantastic Flight” when you enter the park. This is currently the hottest facility, and the queue starts at 120 minutes. I bought the “Disney Primier Access” directly. This facility is also the coolest and most fun facility in all Disney parks, including Tokyo Disney Land, and the level of amazement is no less than the high-tech facilities of Osaka Universal Studios.
▼ Soaring: A Fantastical Voyage, after entering, there will be a character in the painting that talks to you as real as it can be.
▼ Next, after sitting in the facility, the seat will take off like an airplane and soar around the world to see the landmarks. Even after flying around the world, I still feel the whole scene is super spectacular, not scary at all, because it is to appreciate all the scenery from the perspective of a helicopter, which is more shocking than what we see on land. Those interested can first watch the official video online.
▼ The other highlight of the Mediterranean port is the “Venice Gondola Ride”, standing on the bridge and looking at this scene is really a little like the classic scene of Italy Venice, those who have not been to Venice can take the Gondola to experience it.
The boatman will pole and row, passing through bridges one after another, cruising around the river.
American Coastline
The Mediterranean port bay is next to “American Coast”, and the facility with long queues even in the post-epidemic era is “Toy Story Mania Crazy Game House“.
At the entrance of the Toy Story Mania game house is a big Woody.
We arrived at the Toy Story Mania Crazy Game House at 1:00 pm on Monday in April, and the queue time was 90 minutes.
Toy Story Mania is a ride where you sit in a car and put on 3D glasses to explore the world of Toy Story, and then there is a laser gun like the one in the picture below to aim and shoot at targets. Two people in a car compete to get the highest score. Whether the amusement facility is fun or not depends on the individual (watch the video to see how to play). People who like shooting games will love it, but I’m not interested.
▼ Compared to shooting games, I love the “Tower of Terror” next to the Toy Story Mania game house!
▼ Astonishingly, the ancient tower used to have long queues, taking 60 minutes to start. When we came in the afternoon, there was no one, and it only took us 5 minutes to get into the elevator and start screaming.
▼ Upon entering the facility, you will be immersed in the story background, which is a mysterious disappearance in a luxurious hotel in New York City in 1899…
▼ The Free Fall Tower is actually a giant angry god, but it is carried by an elevator and it is completely dark during the process. You don’t know when it will drop. Look at the height of the building’s exterior, you will drop from the top with windows! (Watch the video)
Mysterious Island
Next, come to the center of the park, “Mystery Island”, everyone has to enter the cave and then enter the world under the sea. The scope here is smaller, there are only two facilities, “Journey to the Center of the Earth” and “Undersea 20,000 Miles”.
▼ “Journey to the Center of the Earth” is a sci-fi movie that I love very much. It is the fastest ride in the park and still popular today. We queued for half an hour. Although it is from the center of the earth to the volcano mouth, it feels like a roller coaster. Those who are afraid of heights like me don’t have to be too scared. Its high-speed time is only 1 second, and then it ends (video), the remaining time is just to scare you and make you fear.
▼ After finishing the journey to the center of the earth, if you have time, you can go to the “Undersea Two Thousand Miles” across the street. This facility can also be played by children. It is a concept of entering the fake seabed of Atlantis continent by boat. It takes about 10 minutes to get there.
Small submarine at 20,000 leagues under the sea
Discover Hong Kong
Discovering the facilities in the port are relatively few, the most special one is the “Nemo & Friends Sea World” themed by Pixar’s “Finding Nemo”, which is a mini submarine ride to appreciate the underwater world from Nemo’s perspective, quite suitable for children. I have played it before in California Disney Park, so I didn’t take it again.
Mermaid Reef Lake
My next stop was the “Mermaid Reef Park” in California, located at Disney California Adventure Park. I hadn’t been there before, so I spent more time exploring here.
The Mermaid Reef Lake Park feels like the early buildings of the amusement park, not as exquisite and rich as the new ones, but still can feel the classic style of Walt Disney’s time, and the facilities queue only takes about 10 minutes.
▼ All the facilities in the Mermaid Reef Lake area are gentle, and children can play. This “Rotating Seaweed Cup” is riding a coffee cup and spinning around the seabed with the eddy of the ocean current!
▼ “Pufferfish Balloon Race” is a game where pufferfish in a shell basket are spun in the sky, allowing you to enjoy the underwater world from a high place.
The must-see in Mermaid Reef Lake Area is “King Triton’s Concert“, in other words, it is the Japanese musical of “The Little Mermaid”, and there will be Ariel singing the famous songs from the movie “The Little Mermaid”, such as “Part of Your World” and “Under the Sea”.
Arabian Coast
The Arabian Coast area is also one of the earlier facilities, and since I have been to so many Middle Eastern places (Dubai, Andalucia), I don’t really feel the Arabian vibe here.
The facilities here are also very mild, such as Jasmine Princess Flying Magic Blanket, Desert Merchant Team Carousel, Sinbad Legend Journey, etc.
Mulan Flying Magic Carpet
▼”Lamp Theatre” is a facility in the Arabian Gulf area that is more in line with modern technology, where you can wear 3D glasses to watch giant lamp spirits, but since the 2019 movie “Aladdin” is already so powerful, this facility is a bit outdated.
I feel it’s quite boring, but it’s still worth going to see “The Legend of Zambada” for kids.
Lost River Delta
The facilities of the Lost River Delta are also classic facilities of California Disney Park:
- Indiana Jones Adventure: A classic facility that Disney must play, with the continuous emergence of high-tech facilities now, playing Indiana Jones again is still so exciting, with the ultra-red adventure theme of temples, adventures, jungles, etc. in the 90s as the main axis, riding a jeep to play a simple roller coaster game, along the way Experience the super shaking vibration, shaking and shaking, and the feeling of seeing and shaking the big stones falling are very in place, Piaoer likes it very much. (Video)
- Fury of the Gods: Mine Mountain Cloud Sky Roller Coaster, 360-degree Cloud Sky Roller Coaster, the speed is not very fast, only a small section has 360-degree rotation, when you feel scared it has already ended (Video)
【Tokyo DisneySea® 2024 Latest Attraction Preview】
Tokyo Disney Resort is undergoing the largest-ever expansion of its theme parks and marine parks. Currently, the “cup noodles facility, shops” of Tokyo Disney Land’s Tomorrowland, the “Minnie Fashion Studio” of Toon Town, and the “Beauty and the Beast Area” have all opened. The new park of Disney Marine Expansion, “Fantasy Springs (Fantasy Springs)”, will be available in spring 2024, when you can see the three major theme parks of “Frozen”, “Magical Fantasy” and “Peter Pan’s” Dream Island!
Online ticket booking is super convenient:Klook Tokyo Disney Resort Ticket
Tokyo DisneySea Parade
The Disney Sea has many performances, parades, and greetings, which change every season. It is recommended to check the official information to know what is available when you go (Disney Star Greetings, Parades and Performances). The current fixed performance is “Believe! ~Sea of Dreams~” at Mediterranean Harbor, which is a water-based night laser, fireworks, and light sculpture performance. However, the performers are on large ships in the distance, so there is not much fun interacting with the characters. This facility can be purchased with a “Disney Premium Card”, which allows you to enter without having to queue in advance and even if you arrive late, you can still get a good seat (on the ground, no chairs). We bought the Area 1 stand area, which is the first row on the shore, but this area requires sitting, so we arrived 30 minutes before the performance and were already in the fourth row. We could see it very clearly with our eyes, but if you want to record it, there will still be people in front.
【Tokyo DisneySea】Actual Play Route Sharing
Piao Er chose to come on a weekday in late April, after 12:00 noon to purchase the Disney Primier Access for “Soaring: Fantastic Flight” and “Believe! ~The Sea of Dreams~”, and played 8 attractions and watched a parade. Here is my play route:
13:00 Enter the park → Toy Story (Queue for 90 minutes) → Tower of Terror (No queue) → Expedition Everest (Queue for 30 minutes) → The Little Mermaid (Queue for 10 minutes) → Ariel’s Kingdom (King Triton’s Concert) → Arabian Coast (Lamp Show Theater) → Soaring: Fantastic Flight (Disney VIP Card designated time entry) → 18:30 Watch Believe! ~The Dream of the Sea~
❗️Must-do before entering the park: After the epidemic, Tokyo DisneySea does not actively provide maps, and staff may not have paper maps. It is recommended to download the map from the official website to understand the location of each facility before departure. With the official APP, you can check the waiting time of each facility, the itinerary of the day, and the timetable of performances, so as to formulate your day’s play route.
What to Eat at Tokyo DisneySea?
Basically, the food at Tokyo Disney has never been very good, and even after the epidemic, there has been no improvement. Although Tokyo Disney announced that visitors are not allowed to bring alcoholic beverages, canned drinks and food into the park, in fact, under real implementation, the security department will allow you to bring in non-alcoholic plastic packaged drinks and individually packaged sushi rolls and snacks. There are even water dispensers in the park to fill up water.
But people are at Disney, and they still want to eat something with Disney elements. Here are some food for you to consider:
Fast Food Snacks
- 【US Coast】Daffy Meal, Three-Eyed Monster Mochi, Mickey’s Jumbo Stick
- 【Lost River Delta】Mickey’s Fried Chicken Nuggets
Restaurant
I ate at the restaurant in “Cunton King Undersea Kingdom”, the environment was pretty good, with cute underwater world mural.
Mickey Pizza, not very delicious, but full marks for the shape.
Popcorn
Queueing up when hungry, eating popcorn is the most convenient, Disney has new popcorn buckets every season, Duffy series is of course Disney’s oceanic feature, everyone can refer to popcorn bucket locations to see the style and location of the desired one.
【Tokyo DisneySea Must-Buy Items】
Tokyo DisneySea must-buy is the ocean-limited product “Taffy series products”, dolls, totes, coin purses are very popular, everyone can go to the official exclusive product page to see the latest products. Other things like Minnie hair clips are also recommended.
Staying at Tokyo Disney Hotel for More Fun
If the budget is sufficient, it is recommended to take a plane to Tokyo Disneyland on the first day and stay in a hotel near Tokyo Disneyland. In this way, you don’t have to get up early and take various means of transportation. If you bring children, staying in a Disney hotel will make them less tired of transferring. Tokyo Disney hotels are divided into: Disney hotels (directly operated), friendly hotels (recognized hotels), good partners hotels and hotels outside the park. The closer to the Disneyland, the more expensive the price is. For example, the closest hotel to the Disneyland is Tokyo Disneyland Hotel (Hotel Price & Photos), 70,000 yen per night is a normal price. Here are some selected Disney hotels with different prices, features, ratings, etc. for you to choose from:
More: Hotels near Tokyo Disneyland
Conclusion
Unlike the fairy-tale style of Tokyo Disney Land, Tokyo Disney Sea has a very marine feel. If you like thrilling facilities, there are more games here to lift your spirits. I personally don’t like fairy tales too much, so I think the facilities at Tokyo Disney Sea are more fun!
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