Japan Day #3 - Disneysea

We went to the other Disney park, Disneysea. We had a map that showed it right behind Disneyland. Easy-peasy. We get to Disneyland and ask someone how to get the Disneysea. And thus began our Death March.* As has been pointed out, repeatedly, our Japanese is nonexistent. Our understanding of English spoken by Japanese natives is pretty close to nonexistent. We asked for directions on how to get to the entrance of Disneysea and were sent the longest way possible. Holy.moly. We walked for about an hour. It was hot. We could see the park, but there is only one entrance and it was not where we were.

At the end of the day, we left the entrance and headed out the way we thought we should go and found that we were incredibly close when we asked for directions. Even more frustrating. But, it was lovely and scenic and we got some exercise. Bright side!

A very long walk

 Finally we made it to the park and there was a giant globe and approximately a million people. This park was far more crowded, being a weekend and all.

This is not really a review of Disneysea, just a family documentation, so I won't go into all that is Disneysea. Google it or something. 

Family pic

The Mermaid Lagoon was AWESOME! I realize I overuse the word awesome, but this really was awesome. It is indoors and completely underwater themed. I think we visited three separate times.

 King Triton greets you at the entrance.

Mermaid Lagoon!

 I could not capture the awesomeness. Look for some pictures. Or go visit.

 They do a Little Mermaid show. It is a cirque de soleil kind of show. Acrobatic dancers and whatnot. The talking is all in Japanese, but the singing is in English. Oh, and Ursula is in English. I am not sure what to think of this...

 There is also a playground. They had all sorts of things to climb on and play with. Hazel was the first person we saw successfully climb this, she earned a round of applause and "oooohhhh" from the crowd. Which meant she had to do it many more times.

Snail rider

 They also had Ariel's cavern. With her whozits and whatsits galore. If you watched this movie a million times, or even just once, you would appreciate the completeness and attention to details.

 Prince Eric was kind of jerk, however.

Crawling around in the Jellyfish Cavern

We love Japan!

Geoff and Camel see eye to eye on many issues

Even Sinbad looks Japanese

A "parade" on the water. It was out of control. 

Jasmine's Magic Carpet

Not an employee

The only princess we met (or saw) was Jasmine. Too bad Hazel didn't have her costume on today! Jasmine, randomly, was imported straight from Texas, or the South. She spoke even less Japanese than we did. Hazel loved her. They had an awesome conversation, in English. Jasmine was fantastic and kind and totally made the trip.

Look into my eyes

Jasmine pose

aaahhhhhh.....

Oh, we are so cute

 Random story: We try to remember to take a ninja with us when we travel. My awesome friend makes them, see here. So, we had Flora with us on this trip. All around Disneysea were these little fold down seats that you could put your Duffy Bear on a take a picture. I had never heard of Duffy before, and neither had Hazel. But, man, Duffy was everywhere. And his girlfriend. Hazel wanted one like crazy. But, they were stupid expensive. Disney+Japan+Bad Exchange Rate+Hazel already owns a million stuffed toys=Didn't get one. Every once in a while (even after we returned home) she would sigh and say, "I wish I had a bear...." Then I made her promise to stop if I took her to Build-a-Bear and got a new outfit. DONE!

Duffy Photo Spot

Penultimate ride of the night was the Aladdin carousel. We were all exhausted by this point, and some of us were beyond tired, into the punchy stage.

 Oh, I meant pouty stage.

I don't have a picture but the last ride was a coaster. Fish coaster, I believe. The following picture is probably from standing in line. Hazel was so tired by this point that she was asleep while we were waiting. She woke up briefly while we were loading and then FELL ASLEEP on the roller coaster. It wasn't a big one but still. Best.sleeper.ever.

No smoking, fish!

*No Wilde vacation is complete without a Death March.