Disneyland!

 

I went to Tokyo Disneyland on September 4th, 2000. At the obscenely early hour of 4:00, Norio picked me up and we drove to Chiba Prefecture, home of Disneyland. On the way we passed through Tokyo, and we (fortunately!) missed rush hour.

Once the park opened (we got there an hour early) we grabbed a quick breakfast, relaxed for a few minutes, and then we headed for the rides! We managed to get on all the roller coasters, the Haunted Mansion, and of course, we went on the happiest cruise in the world. :)

Partway through the day, after Norio had a quick nap, we went to Ikspiari, the new mall next to/associated with Disneyland. I thought it was weird that it had a huge Disney store, but whatever... We had dinner there, and went back just in time for a car-race ride, which was the first time I'd driven on the proper side of the road in ages! ;) Then we watched the Electric Light Parade. This time, it was a special show called Fantillusion, where they parade first the villains (including a HUGE dragon like the one from Sleeping Beauty) and then the heroes from various Disney films. Unfortunately, my pictures didn't turn out so well.

After this, we decided to call it a night. We headed back, though the drive home was much slower, due to the TERRIBLE traffic in Tokyo. It also didn't help that his power windows gave out, and we were stuck with the windows down on a rather chilly drive home!  Unfortunately (or fortunately, depending on your view) I couldn't try driving in Tokyo because Norio's car is a standard... and I didn't want to seriously hurt his car by trying to drive standard "backwards" from what I'm used to. Regardless, a fun time was had by both of us!

Check out my photo albums from this and other trips here.

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