The 5 Greatest Disney Rides You Can Solely Expertise in Japan

For theme park lovers, there’s at all times one thing fantastic about experiencing a brand new park. The magic of discovery. The thrill of fresh attractions. And, in the event you’re a Disney fan, it’s much more thrilling just because there aren’t that many parks. Solely six locations on the planet (as of now) have Disney Parks, so any first-time go to is particular—which is exactly what happened to me last month once I went to the Tokyo Disney Resort.

Consisting of two separate theme parks, Tokyo Disneyland and DisneySea, Tokyo Disney has many rides we all know and love right here in the USA. However, as an grownup who not solely frequents Walt Disney World in Orlando, however is a Magic Key holder at Disneyland, these weren’t why I used to be most excited. It was the rides I might solely journey there in Japan that made me get up on the morning time, line up, and pay that little additional to make sure I’d get on.

Under, listed below are the 5 greatest Disney rides you possibly can solely journey in Japan. They’re rides that, I’m pleased to say, made the journey well worth the go to all by themselves.

The Enchanted Story of Magnificence and the Beast – Tokyo Disneyland

Like most Disney parks, Tokyo Disneyland has an enormous, stunning fort on the middle. However this park additionally has a second fort only for its Magnificence and the Beast journey. And, when you journey it, you’ll know why. Sitting in a big teacup, you’re whisked away on a trackless system (like Rise of the Resistance or Ratatouille) via the movie. The journey autos transfer round elaborate, beautiful recreations of scenes from the animated traditional with superior animatronics and all of your favourite songs besides. By the point you get to the top, and Belle and the Beast are dancing collectively within the ballroom, it actually would possibly carry a tear to your eye. Merely among the best Disney rides I’ve ever been on, if not the most effective.

Anna and Elsa’s Frozen Journey – Tokyo DisneySea

At Epcot in Orlando, Florida, there’s a superb boat journey themed round Frozen. In the event you’ve ridden it, think about what that’s like, however thrice longer with much more of the story, songs, and characters. Principally, you journey in a ship via the Frozen film, combining all of the methods Disney Imagineers have provide you with over time—animatronics, projections, units, and so on. However what’s the most effective a part of Frozen? “Let It Go,” proper? Effectively, this journey makes use of three total rooms to take you thru the track, climaxing in some actually epic moments. This isn’t a thrill journey of any sort, however the thrill you get in residing on this world for a couple of minutes makes it extremely particular.

Peter Pan’s By no means Land Journey – Tokyo DisneySea

Once more, the easiest way to contextualize this journey is to match it to different, comparable rides. So think about rides corresponding to Common’s Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey, Transformers: The Trip or The Wonderful Adventures of Spider-Man, wherein you’re in a car on a monitor that goes between elaborate film scenes and massive, sensible units. That’s this journey and, frankly, it’s higher than all of these. It’s an epic retelling of the Peter Pan story with these dynamic applied sciences and, simply while you suppose the story is over, it retains going. It’s a rousing expertise.

Nemo & Associates SeaRider – Tokyo DisneySea

Discovering Nemo has an enormous presence in Disney parks, with rides in each Orlando and Anaheim. However the one in Tokyo is completely different. Suppose Star Excursions, however Discovering Nemo, as you get right into a “ship” (aka, a kind of movie show) which is then shrunken down and whisked all via the ocean. Oh, and it’s 4D, so count on to get slightly moist. It’s not the latest or most revolutionary journey, nevertheless it’s nonetheless actually enjoyable.

Journey to the Middle of the Earth – Tokyo DisneySea

If Journey to the Middle of the Earth was one minute longer, it might be among the best rides on the resort. Because it stands now, it’s too brief to be on that full listing however, in the event you don’t have to attend too lengthy for it, it’s very a lot value a spin. You mainly take a car via a narrative the place you go to the middle of the Earth and, when you encounter an enormous monster, are zipped away in a pseudo curler coaster second, together with a drop that takes you out of the mountain within the middle of the theme park. That half occurs slightly too rapidly nevertheless it’s nonetheless nice, as is all the things earlier than it.

In fact, these usually are not the one Tokyo-only rides you discover in its Disney parks. Aquatopia, a hovercraft journey, is tremendous enjoyable. 20,000 Leagues Beneath the Sea is a calming, stunning journey, with a pleasant nostalgic increase from the variations Disney has lengthy since faraway from its U.S. parks. Plus, there are unique rides based mostly on Tangled, Large Hero 6, Monsters Inc., Winnie the Pooh, and lots of extra. (Full disclosure, we had been unable to journey the Monsters and Pooh rides, so I used to be unable to rank them.)

Principally, if you’re a Disney or theme park fan and you end up in Tokyo, you’ll want to prioritize the rides you possibly can solely do there. Get extra info on Tokyo Disneyland right here and Tokyo DisneySea right here. (And sure, I purchased the journey car figures for as many of those as had been obtainable. Read more here.)

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