in amongst all the shopping and eating we found ourselves with a ‘spare’ day towards the end of our trip – and disneyland just a short train ride away. what to do? we went to disneyland of course!! we got rained on, we queued for ages, we walked our feet to the bone (no seriously, i got the worst mega-blister ever – i think i could see bone).
i was interested to compare tokyo disneyland to the original disneyland in california, and it was largely the same – but different. it was bizarro world disneyland, where just about everything has a slight twist (the haunted mansion takes on a whole new threatening tone when the voice over is in intelligible japanese)! one of the best ‘twists’ though was the ‘small world’ ride. the ride itself was the same, but the exterior and the ‘load in’ were different – might i go so far as to say… better? take a virtual tour through the queuing area and admire the mary blair-inspired murals that set the tone for ‘the happiest cruise’ that ever sailed…
8 Responses to “tokyo disneyland’s it’s a small world”
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even your header font is awesome!
Oh I love it!
It was pretty sweet.
I love It’s A Small World – so cheesy, so hilarious in the way it stereotypes the world! I’ve only ever been to the Hong Kong Disneyland (infamous for being only slightly bigger than my Nana’s backyard…), the exterior looks pretty similar to the one in Japan but the graphics in this one look AMAZING! And just look at the completely tripped out elephant in your last photo, hoolie doolie!
Adorable!
fabulous! love it so much! even though it is a slow(long) ride in california, i just adore every inch of the ride. so fun and the design rocks my socks. this Japan version is rad, too. xo
you know my love for this ride….i love the idea of the creepy Haunted Mansion with surreal japanese voice over!!!
how can we get you to come here againnnnnnnnnn. (I know, i’m a broken record!)
xo
Love seeing a different countries aspect on disney, it looks so fun. I wish I could go and see it in real life.