1-Day Tokyo Disneyland Itinerary
Our 1-day Tokyo Disneyland touring plan covers our ideal day in the park with attractions ordered to minimize time in line and maximize efficiency. To that end, these are the attractions we would do, the restaurants at which we’d dine, the shows we’d see, and the details we’d try to enjoy. (Updated March 5, 2023.)
In our Tokyo Disney Resort Trip Planning Guide we recommend 2 days at Tokyo Disneyland (TDL) if you have the time, as the park has a really impressive attraction slate (and often, long lines). Accordingly, you’ll have to skip some things if you only have one day at TDL. If you’re visiting Tokyo DisneySea, check out our 1-Day Tokyo DisneySea itinerary.
This Tokyo Disneyland touring plan has been updated following the reopening of Japan’s border to international tourists. Although the parks reopened a while ago and pent-up demand is through the roof, operations are still scaled back for some inexplicable reason. As such, this itinerary is very much tentative and subject to change. We hope to have another update this summer or whenever things get back to normal. With that major caveat out of the way, here’s our 2023 Tokyo Disneyland itinerary…
Tokyo Disneyland is basically “Bizarro Magic Kingdom” and this applies to attractions, too. If you only have a single day at TDL, your time is best spent doing original attractions that are unique to Tokyo Disneyland. Aside from Splash Mountain, any rides you’ve experienced at other Disney theme parks around the world are skippable. You can see the full attraction lineup in our Tokyo Disneyland Attraction Guide post.
This Tokyo Disneyland 1-Day Guide assumes you’re visiting during a weekday at a moderately-crowded time of year. Unless you’ve been to Walt Disney World or Disneyland on New Year’s Eve or some other major holiday, you probably have never seen the kind of crowds the Tokyo parks get on weekends or during busy season. If you visit when it’s busier, you will wait in long lines for everything, including to get into the park. Read When to Visit Tokyo Disneyland in 2023 to prevent yourself from having these issues.
One final note before getting started is that you should consider staying at one of the Disney-branded hotels if your budget allows. See our Hotel Reviews & Rankings at Tokyo Disney Resort for comparisons and recommendations. Staying at the Disney hotels gives you the “Happy 15” perk, which is 15 minutes of early entry into the park.
Once you wake up from wherever it is that you are sleeping, eat breakfast, and then get started on your day…
Arrive Early – If you’re staying at the Tokyo Disneyland Hotel, plan to arrive at the Happy 15 entrance no less than 45 minutes before official park opening. If you’re staying at a non-Disney hotel, you will want to arrive even earlier than that because the regular turnstile lines will be even longer than the Happy 15 line.
On busy days, we try to arrive an hour before park opening (even if you get there that early, you’ll still find other people in front of you in line. If you’re eligible for Happy 15, your first destination is easy: Enchanted Tale of Beauty and the Beast. This is the blockbuster new trackless dark ride inside Beast’s Castle in Fantasyland that seats guests in gigantic tea cups that dance in rhythm to the music from Beauty and the Beast, while showcasing scenes depicting the story of the classic Disney animated film.
Enchanted Tale of Beauty and the Beast also sells Disney Premier Access, which is essentially a paid replacement for FastPass. If this Beauty and the Beast ride is incredibly important to you, consider buying that. (It’s also included via standby in this itinerary.)
Monsters & Pooh/Pan Dash – If you’re not eligible for Happy 15, you should save Enchanted Tale of Beauty and the Beast until later in the day. The vast majority of the early-arriving crowd heads there first, and you’ll be behind all of them. You’ll be wasting valuable time stuck in line behind thousands of other people while wait times are low elsewhere.
Consequently, our strategy for first thing in the morning is running to Monsters, Inc. Ride & Go Seek (use the shortcut through World Bazaar into Tomorrowland on the right) and doing that first. Alternatively, you can proceed directly to Pooh’s Hunny Hunt in Fantasyland and do that first. With that in mind, there are basically two options for starting the day:
Option 1 (Maximize Efficiency):
- Pooh’s Hunny Hunt
- Peter Pan’s Flight
- Splash Mountain
- Big Thunder Mountain Railroad
- Haunted Mansion
- Jungle Cruise
Option 2 (Minimize Backtracking):
- Monsters Inc. Ride & Go Seek
- Space Mountain
- Buzz Lightyear’s Astro Blasters
- Cross through Cinderella Castle’s Central Plaza to Adventureland
- Pirates of the Caribbean
- Jungle Cruise
If you choose the first option, which is what we’d strongly recommend, you will keep bouncing around throughout the day. Tokyo Disneyland is not that large of a park, and if you can handle walking around Japan, you’re probably fine criss-crossing a theme park a few times in a day.
If you choose the second option, you’ll proceed with the lands in clockwise fashion, doing Westernland and Critter Country after finishing up Adventureland, ending the day in Fantasyland. This second approach is actually a surprisingly organic and efficient way to do Tokyo Disneyland (save for Big Thunder and Splash Mountain, which might have long lines when you arrive at those attractions).
Here are some additional notes, plus how to fill out the middle of your day, regardless of the first option you choose…
Splash Mountain Single Rider – Although Splash Mountain is similar to its US cousins, we still highly recommend doing it in Tokyo Disneyland. Critter Country at Tokyo Disneyland was built specifically for Splash Mountain, and the level of detail in this entire area–including in the queue and on the ride itself–is unparalleled.
The other reason we recommend doing it is because there’s a Single Rider line that is relatively unpopular, meaning you can wait about 5-10 minutes for this attraction, even when the posted wait time exceeds 2 hours.
Lunch at Grandma Sara’s – Did you know that Grandma Sara (who is actually an opossum that looks a little too young to be a grandma) has a kitchen in Tokyo Disneyland? Well, she does, and her kitchen is spectacular. This restaurant is inside Splash Mountain and is actually amazing.
The design is the main draw, with the food being pretty good, too. Go here for an early lunch, as this place gets busy at lunchtime. (“Rope dropping” Queen of Hearts Banquet Hall, mentioned below, might be a good alternative.)
Mickey’s Magical Music World Lottery – The popular new stage show in Fantasyland Forest Theatre, Mickey’s Magical Music World utilizes a free lottery system for seating. This is now accomplished via the Tokyo Disney Resort app rather than at a physical in-park location. We recommend picking an afternoon showtime for Mickey’s Magical Music World.
If you win, great. If you don’t, oh well. Mickey’s Magical Music World is good and worth seeing, but it’s not altogether dissimilar from any montage musical at other Disney parks or aboard Disney Cruise Line. It’s not in the same league as Big Band Beat at Tokyo DisneySea, which is an absolute must-see.
Afternoon Shows – When crowds are at their peak in the middle of the afternoon, consider watching one of the park’s less popular shows: Country Bear Jamboree and/or The Enchanted Tiki Room: Stitch Presents “Aloha E Komo Mai!”
The latter is a bit divisive (I like it), while the former is undeniably awesome. If you’re visiting between summer and Christmas, note that you’ll get a seasonal version of Country Bear Jamboree, which is basically like winning the lottery.
Daytime Parade – We really don’t have a ton of attraction recommendations, which may cause you to wonder why Tokyo Disneyland will take so much time: it’s the entertainment. There are (at least) 2 must-see parades, plus other shows and entertainment, all of which eats big chunks of the day.
Disney Harmony in Color! Parade is the new parade for Tokyo Disneyland’s 40th Anniversary. This will start on April 15, 2023 and likely run until April 14, 2028. As with its predecessor, Harmony in Color will likely be incredibly popular, so you’ll want to grab a spot ~45 minutes before parade time. Consult our Tokyo Disneyland Daytime Parade Viewing Tips for recommended locations. (That covers the current parade, but the advice will be the same.)
Dinner with the Queen – So I’m putting the next two items right next to one another, even though they probably won’t work out to be that way unless you’re a pig like we are. You either want to do an early dinner at Queen of Hearts Banquet Hall and snacking throughout the rest of the night, or snacking all afternoon and a late dinner.
Queen of Hearts Banquet Hall–based on Alice in Wonderland–is the most popular restaurant in Tokyo Disneyland, and its lines can be pretty long right around meal time. We’ve had the best luck going here right when it opens or 2-3 pm.
Strategic Snacking – There are some mega E-Ticket attractions at Tokyo Disneyland that you won’t find on any map, and these are the snacks. From the highly-touted popcorn to Tipo Torta (think churros, except actually awesome) to Toy Story Alien Mochi to Squeezers mango drinks to the seafood pizza at Captain Hook’s Galley to the pizza (and bizarrely-awesome show) at Pan Galactic Pizza Port, Tokyo Disneyland has some amazing snack options.
Read our Awesome Tokyo Disneyland Snacks post to get an idea of what other snacks you might want to try throughout the day. A possible alternative to all this snacking is eating at Crystal Palace, a buffet that includes some of the snacks found in the park. This is cost effective, but as Crystal Palace also exists at Walt Disney World, it’s sort of a boring pick.
Ambiance on the Rivers of America – Right around sunset, consider doing the Rivers of America Trifecta: Beaver Brothers Explorer Canoes, Western River Railroad, and Mark Twain Riverboat. The canoes are great with the late afternoon light in your face, Wester River Railroad is stunning at dusk, and by the time you get to the Mark Twain Riverboat, it should be dark.
Every truly patriotic person enjoys a good nighttime cruise aboard the Mark Twain. In fact, I believe Mark Twain said this about nighttime cruises on his namesake ship: “Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society.” Sage words, Mr. Twain.
Night Parades & Shows – You’ll want to get good spots for both the seasonally-changing Cinderella Castle nighttime spectacular (currently nothing) and Dreamlights. Other guests will stake out spots early, but the good news here is that guests in the front “rows” are required to sit and there are no kids on shoulders (it’s prohibited–and enforced), so you’ll be able to see over other guests.
Because of this, you shouldn’t have an issue getting spots 30 minutes before showtime with good visibility. You could theoretically get one spot for both, but with the way they are usually spaced apart during the course of the night, I don’t recommend this.
Sometimes the Cinderella Castle show is being shown twice nightly. While the second show is far less crowded, it also interferes with the best time to do attractions with minimal waits. As such, we recommend seeing the first showing of whatever that might be, and doing attractions immediately after Dreamlights.
Fantasyland Favorites – As soon as Dreamlights passes, you will want to high tail it to the headliner rides you haven’t yet done. On a normal night at Tokyo Disneyland, you’ll have a little less than 2 hours left in the operating day after Dreamlights. Here are potential plans of attack:
- Monsters Inc. Ride & Go Seek
- Space Mountain
- Watch the Happy Ride with Baymax
- Enchanted Tale of Beauty and the Beast
- Ride the Happy Ride with Baymax (if time allows)
- Enchanted Tale of Beauty and the Beast or Pooh’s Hunny Hunt (if time allows)
Option 2:
- Enchanted Tale of Beauty and the Beast
- Pooh’s Hunny Hunt
- Watch or ride the Happy Ride with Baymax
- Enchanted Tale of Beauty and the Beast (if time allows)
Okay, let’s explain the pros/cons & problems of these approaches. First, it’s a race against the clock after Dreamlights ends to your next destination. If you’re not fast and you pick Enchanted Tale of Beauty and the Beast, you’re behind a ton of people with the exact same idea. Either of the Tomorrowland headliners are lower stakes and easier to ride with short lines.
Second, we’ve recently run into problems with Tokyo Disneyland cutting the line for Enchanted Tale of Beauty and the Beast before park closing. It used to be the case that you could get in line until the minute the parks closed. That’s still the case for most attractions, most of the time. But not always. So if Enchanted Tale of Beauty and the Beast is really important, you need to line up for it at least 60 minutes before park closing.
Third, we see little reason to actually ride the Happy Ride with Baymax. The fun of this is the energy of the audience, and that exists whether you’re riding or standing outside the attraction doing the little dance and wave routine. That part is a ton of fun, but the attraction itself is so-so at best, and a long wait for what it is. Don’t miss being part of the fun at the Happy Ride with Baymax…but that fun does not require riding it.
Finally, actually results will vary. Post-reopening, we have had success doing Enchanted Tale of Beauty and the Beast back-to-back-to-back, getting in line the final time less than 5 minutes after park closing, and never waiting more than 15 minutes for it (the final ride was a literal walk-on, with empty tea cups). The very next night, the line was cut ~30 minutes before park closing and the posted wait time was still 45 minutes.
Without question, Enchanted Tale of Beauty and the Beast is the most popular and inconsistent ride in the park, and this holds true even at the end of the night. You may get lucky riding it three consecutive times like we did, but based on subsequent nights at Tokyo Disneyland, it appears that was an outlier.
We have had far more predictable and consistent rules riding Pooh’s Hunny Hunt and other Fantasyland or Tomorrowland attractions at the end of the evening. Regardless of what you do last, take the long route out through Fantasyland Forest and towards Tomorrowland, where the dances lights on Space Mountain and the future is a desolate place.
Slow Stroll Through World Bazaar – World Bazaar closes roughly 30 minutes after park closing, but I would not plan on shopping during that hour. The stores are chaotic, with guests rushing to buy trinkets or cutely-boxed foods for friends and family who didn’t accompany them on the trip. Instead, slowly make your way out, noting the differences between World Bazaar and Main Street. Look at the windows, which honor Imagineers, Disney executives, and Oriental Land Company executives.
Some of these things are going to have to be cut depending upon how much time other things take, but if you’re able to do even half of the things on this 1-Day Tokyo Disneyland Plan, you have knocked out a good chunk of the park’s highlights. Regardless, you’ll have a great time if you follow this itinerary.
Planning a trip to Tokyo Disney Resort? For comprehensive advice, the best place to start is our Tokyo Disneyland & DisneySea Trip Planning Guide! For more specifics, our TDR Hotel Rankings & Reviews page covers accommodations. Our Restaurant Reviews detail where to dine & snack. To save money on tickets or determine which type to buy, read our Tips for Saving Money post. Our What to Pack for Disney post takes a unique look at clever items to take. Venturing elsewhere in Japan? Consult our Ultimate Guide to Kyoto, Japan and City Guide to Tokyo, Japan.
Your Thoughts
Have you done Enchanted Tale of Beauty and the Beast at Tokyo Disneyland? How long did you wait? What was your strategy for knocking out this and other headliner rides? What would you include in your ideal visit to Tokyo Disneyland? Does your day or strategy differ at all from what we’ve shared in this touring plan? If you haven’t visited Tokyo Disneyland yet, what do you plan on doing? Any questions? Share your questions and thoughts in the comments!
I admit that I’m feeling overwhelmed. I just found out that I’m going to Japan for a week for work (March 17-24) and was hoping to add a couple of days to the beginning of my trip to go to Disney because I got married at Disneyworld. But this seems a lot more complicated than planning a trip to Disneyworld and is a lot more fragmented.
I still want to do it and maybe I just need to take a step back and re-read all the great info.
Hi Tom, I did Tokyo Disneyland with husband and 2 young kids today (our first Disneyland)- we just got back to the hotel and are knackered but I felt I had to thank you for such a helpful guide that allowed us to experience ALL of the attractions at a pleasant pace. I followed your guide word-for-word, and by 3pm had done all rides (some twice) with fast passes plus more. We leisurely chose all the remaining rides and shows, inter spaced with snacks and parades. Thanks a million!
Thanks Tom for the time and effort you have put into this blog. The detail you have gone to is exceptional. However, I’m going to suggest you make an addition. Please don’t see this as a criticism, just a suggestion. Your commentary on the rides seems to be based on the assumption that everyone loves rides which contain sensational motion aspects a la Star Tours, Space Mountain, Journey to the center of the earth, Indiana Jones, etc.
Child psychologists will claim that 20% of the population are highly sensitive and my guess is that quite a few of these ‘sensitives’ find the motion-intense rides terrifying in a bad way.
This will read as being over the top but the fact is some kids are not ready for the more extreme rides and some rides which the majority consider ‘awesome’, are simply not suited for 10-20% of people.
We unknowingly made a big mistake by taking our 10yo on Star Tours first up – assuming it would be awesome because we have recently seen all the movies in sequence and all love Star Wars. (BTW I loved it and rode it twice, loved it and was pleasantly surprised that it was different the second time). However, it was way too realistic for our daughter who was quite traumatised by the ride. Not a great way to start off our first DL experience! Consequently, she was on red alert for the rest of the trip and extremely cautious about future rides. After that, we had to check out some of the rides solo first to see if they were appropriate. (And Star Tours is a long way from being the toughest ride!!)
Therefore it would be great if you had a quick reference for the sensitives on the more scary rides. e.g. Star Tours: A realistic, motion intense ride – a lot like actually being inside a spaceship doing battle; Space Mountain: A dark, VERY scary, crazy motion ride; Journey to the center of the earth: Scary, noisy ride with sudden motion; etc.
I realise this is tricky and subjective – I know some kids were freaked out by Haunted Mansion, a ride that my daughter absolutely loved and did 3 times. But to know that there’s no sudden motion in that ride and nothing jumping out at you would help the cautious types to decide. I think adding a short reference (or a scare-o-meter scale) to each ride would make your blog ‘perfect’.
Thanks again for your detailed info – we did have a 3-day blast and will definitely be back.
I’m starting to worry how bad the crowds will be! we went to calafornia a couple of years ago and while we waited in line – we didnt think it was all that bad. Is tokyo going to be crazy? Will be able to get things done without have a strategy?
Golden rules 1. Avoid weekends 2. Avoid Japanese holidays. We did this and yes it was crowded but no issues. Some strategy is a good idea.
Is the Monsters Inc ride in TKDL better than the one in DCA? I’m not sure why but I found that one completely uninspired. Also wondering if Pooh’s Hunny Hunt is a carbon copy of the HKDL attraction. This will really help plan our day! Thanks 🙂
I know this reply is two years after the original question but I figured an answer would help those coming across this question in the future. Monster’s Inc. Ride & Go Seek at Tokyo Disneyland is much better than Monster’s Inc Mike & Sulley To The Rescue at Disney California Adventure. Ride & Go Seek is interactive, where you can point flashlights at various objects to make things happen, such as different characters popping up. Mike & Sulley To The Rescue is a standard ride, where you ride through the sets, with no interactivity. Pooh’s Hunny Hunt is different than all of the other Pooh rides at the various Disney parks. It has a trackless ride technology, where the ride vehicles move through the attraction, seemingly floating along. There’s one scene where the ride vehicles “dance” around each other. Ride & Go Seek and Pooh’s Hunny Hunt are very popular. We were able to get a Fast Pass for R&GS but had to wait at least an hour for Pooh’s Hunny Hunt. Very worth it though!
Hi,
We are going in September this year. Is one day enough? I’m unsure about school holidays etc.
Your blog is super helpful, btw.
Hello! Going to Tokyo Disney in May… Sadly Pooh’s honey hunt is closed for refurb ONLY the week we are there : / I was surprised to read there is no getting a fast pass during happy 15… I thought that was the POINT of happy 15. Has that policy changed perhaps since this originally posted? If no fastpass during this time… and pooh is closed, what is the best strategy for us in that crucial first couple of hours??
This is a wonderful site for my planning! I have been reading again and again and finally writing to ask questions. I am arriving Haneda at 630am in June 2016. I will be travelling with my 2 young sons (4 and 7 years old) and my oldest daughter (18 years old) while my hubby is on a work trip.
My 2 young sons and daughter will go with me on Airport Limousine 7.35am to reach Tokyo Disneyland 8.15am. Hopefully we can get into the park when it opens at 9am. With 2 young boys in tow, what should I for a 1 day visit at Disneyland with the troop? My daughter can look after the boys and queuing while I run for some other FP and re-join them at the queue they are at?
Your whole site is incredibly useful and especially these one day guides! We have 13 days to see as much of Japan as.possible therefore to be honest I’m lucky to be getting one day in each Disney Park! I’m building plans based around the things that are totally different from my home park of Paris .Dining and drinking tips are really helpful, as is the reminder to slow down and enjoy the atmosphere and themeing.
Fantastic plan that I made use of on my recent trip! But as you imply in this itinerary, the new updated Jungle Cruise is now a significant draw. Of the three weekdays when we attended during the supposed “low season” in May, there wasn’t a single moment when the Jungle Cruise wasn’t at least a 35 minute wait, and usually more like 60 or more. The new projection mapping effects are particularly amazing and I reckon it beats Hong Kong Disneyland as the finest version of the Jungle Cruise I’ve seen so far. But it’s hard for me to be sure as the only time I was able to get on was during the evening, and it’s not a particularly well-lit attraction, so I didn’t see very much until we hit the temple with the projections. Personally I would recommend guests try Jungle Curise in the morning rather than in the darkness. My suggestion would be to head to Jungle Cruise immediately after rope drop and then go grab your Pooh’s Hunny Hunt passes straight after. The lines for Hunny Hunt were rarely as long as they were for Jungle Cruise, and Pooh has FastPass whereas Jungle Cruise doesn’t.
This is great and helpful.
But it will be even more helpful if it is aranged in a list before ending the article. Easier to take with us in the actual day.
Tom – I do believe yours is the best fan site (with the most incredible photography) for anyone wishing to visit Disney Parks, and your coverage of Tokyo Disney Resort is unparalleled. We are finally making a pilgrimage to Tokyo in late March 2015, and I have a question about Happy 15 (we’re staying on-site). My plan is to arrive at the gate 30-45 minutes before Happy 15, run to Monsters Inc, then I would run to get Pooh Fastpasses while my family runs to Jungle Cruise and waits for me. Can Monsters be done in those 15 minutes before general opening? Is there a different strategy you would recommend? We are frequent visitors to the US parks, so the only other rides we plan to do are the three Mountains. We’ll spend the rest of the time exploring, eating, shopping, and seeing shows. Thanks for your help!
Keep in mind that you can’t get FastPasses during the Happy 15 (probably should have mentioned that above!). I’d do Jungle Cruise and then quickly head to Monsters FP right after, as the park should be open by that point.
Thanks for the reply! I thought that only Monsters Inc. Ride and Go Seek was open during the Happy 15, and then everything else opens after 15 minutes.
Tom,
My priorities are Pooh and Monsters, I am staying onsite. Would you advise I use the Happy 15 to go over and ride Pooh and then get my Monsters fastpass? Bearing in mind I am not fast…I sprained my knee and tore my medial meniscus this summer…I walk fine just can’t run yet.
Hoping to go in the next year or so. One oddball question: how is Tokyo with special requests for seating? Is that considered rude? In the U.S. we often ask for the last row on Big Thunder Mtn or Splash Mtn (we wait longer until it opens up).
Thanks!
In my experience, the cast members will go out of their way to be accommodating to guests, but you may encounter some problems communicating your request to the cast members in English.
It would probably be worth your while trying to learn how to say “last row” or “back row” in Japanese. Or you could try pointing to the row that you want or, depending upon the right, indicating which row by holding up the corresponding number of fingers (although this could cause confusion if the cast member thinks that you’re saying how many people are in your group). We usually just communicated such requests through pretty complicated and farcical gestures.
How was your experience communicating with the cast members? Were there any who spoke English?
In my experiences, there were very of the front line CM’s who spoke English well. Some knew phrases or words, but nothing more than what they pick up through American pop culture. You are more likely to find bilingual CM’s in places you would expect like guest relations. I never found it to be much of a deal at all. At attractions hand gestures are more than enough to show how many are in your party and they can tell you what row by using their hands. Many will also walk you to the correct place if they see you are a westerner. They also have story papers at many attractions that explain the back-story in English. You can get them at guest relations or sometimes they give them to westerners during the pre show without asking.
Like in much of Japan, restaurants have very realistic plastic representations of the food displayed before you order. If you can’t get your point across to the cashier, you can always point. At places where they provide menus, they usually give you an English menu as soon as you walk in without prompting. Overall the CM’s are absolutely amazing and never had an issue. They constantly use universal hand and body motions to all guests to get their point across.
Thank you! I didn’t know that the Jungle Cruise was now so popular. I’ll have to find time to fit it in on my next visit in September!
Yep, unless it has died down since we were last there, which could be the case.
Greetings from Indonesia!I’ve been reading this blog a little too much since i discovered it,and I’ll go to Tokyo Disney Resort on April as my first disney trip!sadly i only got 1 day for each parks…by the way as me and my little brother are HUGE Star Wars fans,have you seen any Star Wars characters meet amd greet in Tokyo parks?and what is your preffered time to do Star Tours?thanks and have a nice day! 🙂
Perfect timing! We’re going to both Tokyo parks in April! Thanks for writing this.
When in April? We’ll be there 4/8 and 4/9!
Thanks for all the info on Tokyo Disneyland and Tokyo Sea. We are going there in September and your advice has been invaluable. We have been to Disneyland & California Adventure before, but no other Disney parks. That said, what other parts of Tokyo Disney would you recommend to someone who had never been to WDW? We are coming from Australia, so our flights are actually cheaper than if we were going to the US! Again, thanks for all the work you put into your blog, really appreciated. Cheers!
I pretty much go by this same blueprint. Splash Single Rider is a real advantage to get in an extra E-ticket with minimal wait. Jungle Cruise at night is also the way to go in my opinion. It was our last ride of the night and waited about 20 minutes when it was sitting at over an hour most of the day.
I got lucky last visit and won the lottery for Once Upon a Time and was in the front section dead center. I really wish the American parks would go to this free lottery system instead of first come first serve FP or up charge.
Yeah, I know they advertise there being two different versions of Jungle Cruise, but I think they’re substantially similar, with night being slightly better.
Awesome luck on getting the front center for OUAT!
I have been anxiously awaiting this article! We are heading to Tokyo Disney in May and have only one day for Tokyo Disneyland and two days for Tokyo DisneySea. We have been to the US parks many times, so your articles on the international parks are so appreciated. You inspired us to cancel our trip to WDW in May and change it to Tokyo instead. Now, we have plans for Disney Paris in 2016 and hopefully Hong Kong and Shanghai in 2017. I love all your photos (they have helped me convince the rest of the family to get on board). I am addicted to this blog and enjoy all your articles!
Thanks for the kind words! 🙂