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Thursday 9 April – part six: saving the very best until last...
Then it was into Mysterious Island. I’m glad we went round the park this way and left this area until last, as this was the best part. I think if we had seen this first, then the other areas may have been a disappointment. Take a look at these photos and you’ll see what I mean:
Basically, it’s a Jules Verne style land and it’s literally out of this world!
It’s home to a couple of superb attractions too. 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea was one that I knew we had to go on. Essentially, it’s a submarine voyage, but my goodness, it’s very different to anything you’ve ever seen before. They are vintage submarines and it’s very much like going back in time, once you’re on board them. Sadly the only downside is that the whole thing is in Japanese, but you can follow what’s happening fine. Again, this is another must-do at Tokyo DisneySea and I would love to see it exported to other Disney parks.
Something else that I would like to see exported is Journey To The Centre of the Earth. At first, I wasn’t going to go on this, as I had seen the one drop and it did look longer than I thought it would be. However, Mark talked me into it and I’m glad he did, otherwise I would have missed out on a real classic Disney ride. The guidebook said it used the same technology as Test Track and I can see that, as it’s very smooth and very fast. It’s a bit like Splash Mountain, in that you go past some great scenes, before getting fast and one drop and that’s it. It’s very exhilarating and Frank and I had no hesitation in recommending it to both Mark and Donna. While they were on it, we sat there, wondering if they would enjoy it as much as we had. As Frank said “either they’ll love it or they’ll be really ticked off with us.” Fortunately, it was the first reaction when they came out, as you can see here.
Sadly, by this time it was getting late and we had to head back to the room to change before seeing the Cirque du Soleil show Zed that opened here in October. We made our way back through Mediterranean Harbour and with the setting sun, it made for some superb photos.
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I've been away for a few days and just had the pleasure of getting all caught up. Great job Cheryl! The boys were so excited and told everyone "we're on-line!" I didn't realize until I started looking thru all the posts and pictures that Frank & I had the same color shirt on and looked like twins - that wasn't on purpose!
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Donna, you have a lovely Family. The boys look like they were enjoying that Aquatopia ride! That looks like so much fun!
Thanks Kenny, that's very sweet of you to say They had a blast!!!
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Does anyone else think it's weird to have Abu be nearly as tall as Aladin? He looks like a freakishly large monkey.
That is too funny! I hadn't noticed that before you said that - but you're right!
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Thursday 9 April – part six: saving the very best until last..
Something else that I would like to see exported is Journey To The Centre of the Earth. At first, I wasn’t going to go on this, as I had seen the one drop and it did look longer than I thought it would be. However, Mark talked me into it and I’m glad he did, otherwise I would have missed out on a real classic Disney ride. The guidebook said it used the same technology as Test Track and I can see that, as it’s very smooth and very fast. It’s a bit like Splash Mountain, in that you go past some great scenes, before getting fast and one drop and that’s it. It’s very exhilarating and Frank and I had no hesitation in recommending it to both Mark and Donna. While they were on it, we sat there, wondering if they would enjoy it as much as we had. As Frank said “either they’ll love it or they’ll be really ticked off with us.” Fortunately, it was the first reaction when they came out, as you can see here.
That really was the best ride ever!!!
Looking forward to your final installment
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You definitely did save the best for last. What amazing theming and I think those rides would do great in the States - a lot of ideas there that would make great additions (or even an extra park) at WDW.
I love the pictures on the way back to the hotel - I still cannot get over the perfect detail, if someone showed those pictures and you did not know where they were I would definitely think it was a European Coastal Town....
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Beautiful pictures! I, too, was going to say that your last set of pics really did NOT look like they were in a Disney park. Looking forward to reading more!
That would be so cool if you did - I'm seriously thinking maybe I should start a Tokyo Disney PP meet thread in the Backyard forum...
I'm ready to put a ticker in my siggy.
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What a gorgeous other wordly part of the park. And I LOVED 20,000 leagues when I was younger at WDW. I was always totally convinced you went fathoms below the water. I do miss it
And you were right. Gorgeous sunset pictures of the park. I am really enjoying your photography.
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You definitely did save the best for last. What amazing theming and I think those rides would do great in the States - a lot of ideas there that would make great additions (or even an extra park) at WDW.
That's how we felt. There were so many great, unique rides that you could easily create a whole DisneySea in Orlando.
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They had a blast!!!
That is too funny! I hadn't noticed that before you said that - but you're right!
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