Back from our first time
What: I booked a Disney Vacation plan in February for my daughter and myself. Two nights at Fantasy Springs. Added a 3rd night at the OG Disneyland hotel at a later date. Bummer to move, but it's just the limitation of the package.
Frist, we went to Disney Sea on a Wednesday night on a 5pm-9pm ticket. We stayed maybe 3 hours, got our marbles a bit, had a few snacks, but rode nothing because the lines were insane.
On Thursday, we went to Disneyland on Happy Entry. We trammed over maybe...8am? security was easy and joined the Happy Entry hoard in the light rain. Used the combined LL-style app passes right upon entry and filled out the remaining rides that we needed. Got to Pirates first, right around 8:50am on standby. Maybe 20 people there, ride commenced at 9am sharp. Loved it! much like Disneyland in SoCal. I'll spare you the other rides, but we did pretty much every major attraction. Beauty and the Beast FTW! The light rain lasted a while, but it wasn't cold. We were super happy with our experience that day!
On Friday, Disney Sea on Happy Entry. Entry even quicker due to the Fantasy Springs entrance. Nice! It was a sunny day, not a cloud. We rode Rapunzel (really cool) at around 8:50am on standby, did Raging Spirits on standby no wait (kinda weak ride) twice (daughter wanted to do it again, 5 min wait), then made our 10am Frozen pass. Frozen was awesome, what a cool concept backward and forward. Loved it! As we started leaving Fantasy Springs, the massive amount of people from Disney Sea main entrance were infiltrating. It was insane, and already heating up. The sheer amount of umbrellas, rain or shine, is much like the sheer amount of strollers in SoCal. Just trying not to get my eyes poked out way too often by people checking their phones. We went on all the bigger attractions with the exception of Soaring. It just wouldn't show up on the purchasable pass even EARLY on, and the standby was minimum 120 mins and maxed out quite higher. The Japanese are VERY patient! Americans...nope. Rat race.
Tower of Terror...disappointment. I was hoping it would be like old SoCal Tower, but just went by so quick. The safety check lasted twice as long as the ride. It was the only time I was annoyed by an employee in the 2 days there. She just wouldn't stop talking and everyone was like what is going on, looking at each other. But employees in general...excellent and way more happy than in the USA lol.
Disney Sea was the end of 10 days in Japan for us, so between the hotter weather and the MASSIVE crowds and insane wait times...we left early afternoon, went back to the hotel lobby and had a chill meal there and both were happy :)
So for us, Disneyland was the highlight 100%. All the ride coordination paid off that day. Disney Sea ...yep newer and crowded just like SoCal Disneyland. But some of the areas are very open air like Disney World, so you roast when the sun bears down, thus thousands of umbrellas as far as the eye can see. Nowhere to hide but some random seating areas that are nice.
I think that's it! Hit me up with any questions. This post brought to you by the LL.