Best Day EvR

Today was the Best day ever! We got to go to Tokyo DisneySea, which is slightly different than Disneyland simply because rather than a theme park built around different “lands”, the park is built around different waterfronts. For example, there is the Mediterranean waterfront (like Venice, Italy). The American Waterfront (New York). The Arabian Waterfront (Aladdin’s palace). The Mermaid Lagoon (the underwater palace from the little mermaid…etc.) Needless to say…it was AMAZING. The detail was so fine, the park was so fun, and the experience was fantastic! To get there, we had to take two trains, which was an experience in itself. Rush hour on the train system in Tokyo is legendary. There are more than a million people that ride the subway each day…and you can see why. People cram them selves into the car, and people walk by and help push them in. When the doors are supposed to close, it doesn’t look like it would even be possible for them to close…yet they squeeze in really well and make it happen. Its insane. You are totally pushed up against everyone else…and all just sweating cause its hot outside! So..even though we were all clean when we left the hotel, we were all wet and sweaty when we got to Disneyland an hour later. It was crazy. Its really impossible to describe…
We started at the Indiana Jones ride. We only had to wait in line for a half hour or so, and we got on. Pretty good huh! And the best part…the ride broke down half way through our ride! So, we got to wait until some fun Japanese girls came and got us and then walked us through the rest of the ride. We got free passes to cut in line as a comp. That was pretty cool. We just hoped that the ride would reopen later in the day.
Next we went to this show that really focused on Japanese culture. It was amazing! They had some really cool acrobatics and it really focused on the Japanese nature spirits. It was kind of inspirational, actually and really fun to watch. Once again, hard to explain. But SO COOL!
They have some weird things here. Curry or Black pepper popcorn…basically every popcorn stand we walk by is a different flavor. Random.
We got lunch as a group and then 5 of us (Joseph, Chad, me, Kristen, and Laura) walked over to the Cirque de Soleil theater to go see the 1 pm show. Man, am I ever glad that we did. It was some of the most mindblowing things I’ve ever seen in my life. If only I could stretch like that. Wow. I would love to go back and see it again. I. Love. Cirque. Shows. That is all.
Back to the park. We wanted to meet back up with everyone, but we couldn’t find them. So, we went and had fun anyway. Tower of Terror (Kristen almost wet her pants and had to hold on for dear life…no…just kidding. That water was from Chip n’ Dales’ spray thing), and a bunch of other fun rides. Such a good day. We watched a few of their shows, which were really well done as well.
Finally, we decided to go on Indy again. 3 times in a row. Gotta love short lines! And TOT one last time. We WERE the last people on the ride. YES.
I love you duffy. (And Shelly Mae of course).
Met up with the group and road home. Man, I was tired. But…after a few minutes of rejuvenation at home, I walked over to Kareoke at the Kareoke lounge! Nothing like unlimited drinks and awesome singing fun in Japan! And squatters for the toilet when all that coke and pepsi finally make it through the system. But I will just leave that mental image for you.
It seriously was so much fun. I love Kareoke…until 3:30 am. Then its just time to go to bed.