We’re on the bottom in Japan to preview the rides, eating places, retail and resort at Fantasy Springs, Disney’s blockbuster new land themed to Frozen, Tangled, and Peter Pan. So let’s head inside Tokyo DisneySea, the place creativeness and journey set sail, to take a look at the $2 billion eighth port-of-call!
On the in-park entrance to Fantasy Springs, nestled between Misplaced River Delta and Arabian Coast, company will first be welcomed to this world of fantasy by an entry archway adorned with magical springs representing Disney characters equivalent to Anna, Elsa, Rapunzel and Peter Pan. There’s one other entrance to Fantasy Springs through the land’s eponymous new luxurious lodge, which is situated close to Bayside Station.
Inside Fantasy Springs, there are three distinct areas. In Frozen Kingdom, with its lovely views of the dominion of Arendelle, company can expertise the Anna and Elsa’s Frozen Journey attraction. Towering over Rapunzel’s Forest is a tower, actually, the place company can expertise the Rapunzel’s Lantern Competition attraction.
Peter Pan’s By no means Land provides spectacular surroundings, together with Captain Hook’s pirate ship and the enduring Cranium Rock that company might recall from the Disney Animation movie Peter Pan. On the Peter Pan’s By no means Land Journey attraction, company be part of Peter Pan and his pals as they encounter Captain Hook and fly over By no means Land. Final however not least is the Fairy Tinker Bell’s Busy Buggies attraction in Pixie Hole, the fairy valley the place Tinker Bell lives, which welcomes company at fairy measurement to benefit from the altering seasons.
All through all three areas of Fantasy Springs, company may also take pleasure in new eating places, buying and extra, every with their very own distinctive charms that deliver to life the worlds from the movies. There’s additionally the aforementioned Tokyo DisneySea Fantasy Springs Lodge, which is the sixth Disney lodge in Japan. (See All the things You Have to Know About Fantasy Springs at Tokyo DisneySea for all the specifics in regards to the port-of-call.)
We’ll be taking you inside all of this over the following few days and weeks!
We’re already at Tokyo Disney Resort, and have been sharing our journey from airport to arrival on social media. (The Pleasant Airport Limousine isn’t, in truth, a limousine. It’s a bus. But it surely is very pleasant!) We’ll have extra from the parks and accommodations at Tokyo Disney Resort, particularly Fantasy Springs, within the subsequent a number of days.
Since we’re not notably energetic on Instagram–and on condition that a few of these posts disappear after 24 hours–we thought it could be sensible to present you a heads as much as look out for pictures, movies, and tales on my Instagram (@tom_bricker) and the Disney Vacationer Weblog Fb web page.
Right here’s an instance:
Whereas I’d far favor to submit stay updates right here on the weblog, that simply isn’t life like. We’ve tried doing that earlier than, and between really experiencing the brand new providing and taking pictures & video and updating the web site…it was simply an excessive amount of. Now add a child into the combination, and it’d be downright unimaginable.
We wish to be current to take pleasure in and absolutely admire the expertise whereas additionally capturing and sharing it. We additionally don’t wish to overpromise and underdeliver. Sharing on social media is the a lot simpler possibility, particularly since we are able to extra shortly do it from our telephones real-time, or with a slight delay throughout middle-of-the-night feeding classes…and that’ll be the center of the day for many of you, so it nonetheless works!
If you happen to’re not on Instagram or Fb, the excellent news is that we’ll have weblog posts about Fantasy Springs beginning this weekend or early subsequent week. These will characteristic first look pictures and video from the previews, together with first impressions and I don’t know what else. Beginning subsequent month, we are going to additionally be placing collectively *spoiler-free* planning posts with must know information and recommendation so you may correctly put together for Fantasy Springs.
Within the curiosity of full disclosure and transparency, the primary wave of protection comes from the Fantasy Springs media occasion as invited company of Oriental Land Firm and Disney. Following that, the following Fantasy Springs planning and evaluate posts will come through our firsthand experiences as paying company throughout precise operations with actual crowds (and the whole lot else) as soon as the brand new port-of-call opens to most people. (Nicely, hopefully we additionally get a shot at comfortable openings, however the window for these could be very slim.) We purchased a trip package deal and can be testing that in addition to common tickets, Standby Cross vs. Premier Entry, and much more.
We’re actually, actually excited to expertise Fantasy Springs and are virtually as excited to share it with you all!
Introducing new Disney followers to the Tokyo parks is one among our passions, and has been this weblog’s largest level of pleasure since 2013. After all, we love sharing the ins and outs of Walt Disney World and Disneyland–however for probably the most half, these are journeys you all had been going to make anyway. At finest, we (hopefully!) helped make them higher.
Now we have really impressed many readers to go to Japan within the first place, so it simply isn’t the identical. Readers have advised us that they had been intimidated by worldwide journey or Japan wasn’t on their radar, however they took the plunge after listening to our “pitch” and had the journey of a lifetime. There are few issues extra rewarding than the messages that begin out, ‘I had by no means deliberate on going to Tokyo Disney Resort…however it was the perfect journey.’
We’ve gotten various of these over the past decade-plus, they usually’re truthfully what fuels the Tokyo Disney Resort content material right here. After all, that comes with a variety of stress. If we’re convincing somebody to spend the time and money to journey midway world wide, we would like these assets to be unbelievable to make sure they don’t have anything wanting a stellar expertise.
It’s very a lot a ardour mission to share our two favourite parks on this planet with extra Disney diehards, and persuade you all to make the leap! (It’s additionally extremely humbling and rewarding that you simply all belief us sufficient to take these journeys on our suggestions, within the first place.)
After all, we’re additionally over the moon to share our favourite parks with our new favourite particular person. We’ve been sharing our experiences from Child Bricker’s First Go to to Walt Disney World, which was basically a ‘costume rehearsal’ for this journey to Japan. I’m not precisely positive how properly a 3 hour time change readies an toddler for a 16 hour distinction, however I assume we’ll discover out! (Thus far, so shockingly good. I’m truthfully ready for the opposite shoe to drop.)
Actually, although, that Walt Disney World journey was about making ready us, the brand new dad and mom, for touring with a child after establishing over a decade of touring as a pair and growing an actual cadence collectively. Moderately than a little bit of trial by hearth with child’s first journey being a global flight to Japan, we wished to take some unknowns and uncertainty off the desk. And naturally, we actually wished to see one among our favourite locations on this planet, Walt Disney World, via her eyes for the primary time.
Now we get the possibility to see one other one among our favourite locations via her eyes for the primary time in Japan. (Really, not only one–a number of of our favourite locations on this planet are in Japan.)
To not get too sentimental or something, however we nonetheless vividly recall visiting Tokyo Disney Resort about one month after building had began in Summer season 2019. Calling that “building” would in all probability be a charitable time period, because it was actually extra like parking zone clearing.
Our subsequent go to was that Christmas (when the above picture was taken from our room at Hilton Tokyo Bay), and it was much more thrilling. Issues had been actually taking form and it was beginning to really feel actual. Day-after-day whereas strolling in entrance of the location entry level, Sarah would say ‘ohayou gozaimasu‘ to the development employee on guard, who would enthusiastically (shockingly so!) say the identical in response to her.
It was an thrilling time. The Fantasyland growth was wrapping up at Tokyo Disneyland, and we may see Beast’s Fort and different completed particulars. We couldn’t wait to return for the Tokyo 2020 Summer season Olympics and expertise the whole lot that may be new then, and once more with Fantasy Springs solely one other couple years later. None of that occurred for apparent causes.
After being on pins and needles ready for Japan’s reopening, we had been in a position to return in late 2022 simply after the nation reopened. It was a bittersweet homecoming. We deliberate to return once more final 12 months however cancelled these plans for the perfect motive ever–discovering out we had been anticipating a child lady! And now a little bit over one 12 months after that cancelled journey, we get to take her to Japan for the primary time!
Fantasy Springs holds particular significance to us. That Christmas 2019 journey to Japan was the final one we took earlier than the world shut down; that Christmas 2022 journey was the primary huge one we took after issues reopened; that is the primary worldwide journey we’re taking with our child. In between all that there have been a variety of challenges and heartbreak to beat. And now the best type of happiness we’ve ever felt, as our hearts are fuller than we ever knew attainable.
For us, this actually looks like a full circle second, closing one chapter as we’ve began one other. It’s tough to completely articulate, however the level is that that is significant for each the substance of the factor (we’re actually excited for Fantasy Springs!) and the symbolism of it.
We’re trying ahead to experiencing Fantasy Springs as a household, and we’re additionally excited to take you alongside for the journey. That is the biggest-budget addition to an present Disney theme park ever–right here’s hoping it has the wow-factor we’ve come to anticipate from Imagineering and Tokyo Disney Resort, elevating the bar on what’s attainable at a theme park but once more!
Planning a visit to Tokyo Disney Resort? For complete recommendation, the perfect place to start out is our Tokyo Disneyland & DisneySea Journey Planning Information! For extra specifics, our TDR Lodge Rankings & Opinions web page covers lodging. Our Restaurant Opinions element the place to dine & snack. To economize on tickets or decide which sort to purchase, learn our Ideas for Saving Cash submit. Our What to Pack for Disney submit takes a singular have a look at intelligent gadgets to take. Venturing elsewhere in Japan? Seek the advice of our Final Information to Kyoto, Japan and Metropolis Information to Tokyo, Japan.
YOUR THOUGHTS
Something you wish to see coated throughout our days in Fantasy Springs? Questioning how any features of visiting work? Interested by crowds or the rest? What do you consider the Peter Pan’s By no means Land, Rapunzel’s Forest, and Frozen Kingdom? Excited for this blockbuster addition to Tokyo DisneySea, or do you not care? Want the home parks would construct lands and sights like this? Do you agree or disagree with our evaluation? Any questions? Listening to your suggestions—even whenever you disagree with us—is each attention-grabbing to us and useful to different readers, so please share your ideas beneath within the feedback!
