First-Timers Tips for Tokyo Disney Resort | 318

[00:00:00] Speaker A: Welcome to episode 318 of the TDR now podcast. We're the first english speaking podcast about asian theme parks like Tokyo Disneyland and Universal Studios. And you can find us on our website at TDR Explorer, everywhere on the Internet, on YouTube and Instagram and everywhere. Just type in TDR Explorer. I'm one of your host, Trish. I work as a supporter for the city, for tourism, and I'm part of a team that's trying to get information out in English under discover urayasu on Instagram, if you want to check that out. And my personal account is dreamsweets love, and I am the one going to drop my pen going to sake drinking parties. [00:00:49] Speaker B: I saw that. I saw that on Instagram. [00:00:52] Speaker A: It was a lot of sake. [00:00:54] Speaker B: Oh, boy. [00:00:56] Speaker A: That was quite fun. We can probably talk about that on the bonus episode. And the luxuriously handsome voice you hear right now. Now is that of Chris. Hello. [00:01:06] Speaker B: Hello. Hi. [00:01:07] Speaker A: Hi. [00:01:08] Speaker B: Oh, man, it is hot. It is hot, hot, hot. And I was at the park today and I was insane. [00:01:15] Speaker A: And it was like, record breaking. I mean, it's like, I feel like every other day, it's like record breaking heat. But it was like record breaking heat today, right? [00:01:23] Speaker B: It felt like 38 degrees, 39 degrees, something like that. [00:01:26] Speaker A: It was hot. [00:01:26] Speaker B: It was hot. It was, yeah. Really quickly. I went today because I was recording some videos because, um, taking, well, we're taking a break. Um, but, like, we're recording these episodes ahead of time, so it's going to come out a little bit later. But by the time this comes out, I'll already be on my break. But I was recording videos, so I can go on a break. Just kind of stockpiling everything. Um, so I was there and very hot. I got to Disneysea at nine and I was kind of thought, oh, I don't know, am I going to get into Fantasy Springs? Because, you know, I tell people if the park opens at nine, they always open it early. So you should probably get there, like between 7730, somewhere around there, and then you get a better chance of getting stuff for fantasy springs. Well, I didn't follow my own advice because, well, whatever, I want to sleep in. I went and I got in. I walked. I pretty much walked in right into Disney Sea. I breezed through security, not that there was nobody there. It was just a lot of people were kind of piled forward in the line for security. No one. No one would walk the extra 30 seconds to the further end of the security line and there's practically nobody there. So I just did that. Walked right in and I got in and it was about 09:03 because I kept checking my phone and I was able to get a standby pass for Peter pan right away. And I noticed there was standby pass and Disney premier access available for all the attractions in fantasy springs except for frozen. That was gone. But that's not surprising because that's the one that always goes first because it's the most popular. But I noticed that for the other attractions. So Peter Pan, Rapunzel and fairy Tinkerbell, they lasted well until like 10:00, 1010 30, which is interesting. Well, granted the park wasn't super busy because it's super hot. So that also plays a factor into it too. It was just interesting to see how things are, how long things last. It's just quite interesting. And then I noticed the Disney praxis for Peter Pan lasted until 02:00 p.m. because I was checking quite often. And it lasted until there. I was able to grab a premier access. Oh, I paid for premier access for Rapunzel. That popped up at like 11:00 so it was just very interesting because I've never been able to get anything later in the day. Well, I'd say premier access later in the day. I've been able to get standby pass later in the day, but not premier access. So it's just quite interesting. [00:04:11] Speaker A: It was selling out first before, right? [00:04:14] Speaker B: I. Yeah, usually it was the premiere, like, the premier access will go first and then stand by pass after because premiere access is the paid version. Stand by passes, the not paid version, which I guess we'll talk about in this, in this episode a little bit. [00:04:28] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:04:29] Speaker B: Yeah. Just very interesting how it, how this is all changing and ebbs and flows with, with the crowds and stuff. So I thought I'd share that with people. Does it mean it's getting easier to get in? Uh, perhaps. I mean, right now it's just not a lot of local people are going because it's just so hot. [00:04:54] Speaker A: Like, it's hard to spend all day at the park in the summer. [00:04:58] Speaker B: I left around just before four. [00:05:01] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:05:01] Speaker B: Um, and even then I didn't want to stay that late. It was just so hot. [00:05:05] Speaker A: Mm hmm. [00:05:06] Speaker B: I was just, I was just going from air conditioning to air conditioning. I don't even know if they did the outdoor entertainment at all. They may not have. [00:05:13] Speaker A: I don't think so. I think it's a bit dangerous, probably for the performers. [00:05:17] Speaker B: I did get to meet Chip and Dale and Clarice altogether. I've never had them all together before. They're so, you know, at the front of Disneysea, like the aquasphere. Right. You know, they usually roam around. It's usually like Chippendale by them together, and then Clarice is by herself, and they're all just kind of circling the aquasphere. [00:05:34] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:05:35] Speaker B: And then the other characters as well. But they weren't doing that because, well, it's very hot. Right. So they're not going to be in the direct sunlight. But I saw Chippendale and Clarice were kind of under the, like the arches. Yeah, well, it, like, they weren't under the arches going under the hotel, but, like, the covered areas that were kind of off to the side. [00:05:57] Speaker A: Oh, like where? Like the stores. [00:05:59] Speaker B: Yeah, the stores and the stroller rentals and stuff like that. That's where they were. And I happened to see them and I thought, oh, I've never seen all three of them together. And you get a picture with all three of them with nobody else in it. That never happens. So I quickly jumped in line, and I'm happy I did that because I was the last, like, second last person because they cut it off. [00:06:22] Speaker A: Nice. [00:06:22] Speaker B: And the line wasn't very long either, so I could tell they weren't keeping them out very long, which makes sense because it was already very hot at that point. [00:06:31] Speaker A: Yeah. So I want to be a chipmunk in this weather. [00:06:36] Speaker B: No, definitely not. Yeah. So that was my, my adventure at Disney today. [00:06:43] Speaker A: So nice. [00:06:45] Speaker B: But we're gonna be talking about a fun topic, I guess, kind of stepping back a little bit and talking about tips for first timers, because I know we talk about, like, we talk a lot about different, how to do different things at the parks. Yeah, you kind of need, like, knowledge. Like, you kind of have to know what's going on first. Like, there's, like, prerequisite knowledge a lot of the time. So I know we don't always go back to the basics all the time, so I thought, why don't we go back to the basics a little bit and give tips for first time visitors? Because there's a lot of people coming for the first time, and things have changed a lot in the last few years, even for us. Like, we've had to relearn things, too. [00:07:29] Speaker A: Oh, for sure. It's totally different. And, like, one of the things, because I do check online just to see what people are doing, because I'm out of curiosity, that I think is really interesting, is sometimes people coming from, like, the states, for example, will assume that things are, like, their home park, that it's like, the same system. [00:07:53] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:07:54] Speaker A: So, I mean, be aware it's not. And do research. I mean, you're Disney fans. You're listening to a podcast, so you probably already do research. But, yeah, I mean, I think that's, like, number one, don't assume things will be, like, your home park wherever you live. Right. Whatever country you're in, because they are all slightly different. [00:08:16] Speaker B: That's a really good tip. I didn't even have that in there. [00:08:19] Speaker A: Oh, we added a bonus one. [00:08:20] Speaker B: Yeah, no, that's good. That's a really good, like, umbrella to kind of help understand how things work, because things work very differently at Tokyo Disney. [00:08:31] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:08:31] Speaker B: So just having that, I guess, like, reframing your thinking coming into this, like, things are going to work differently. Like, if you're a pro at Disneyland in California or Walt Disney World or Disneyland Paris or even Shanghai or Hong Kong. Almost none of that applies here. No, almost none of it. [00:08:52] Speaker A: I mean, the only thing that applies, I think, is, like, the weird naming conventions where the names are, like, so, like, ludicrously, like, unnecessarily complicated or not matching what the things actually do, you know, other than that, it's different. [00:09:10] Speaker B: Yeah. And also, too, just so people are aware, like, I guess, like, if we're going back to basics. Basics. Tokyo Disney resort is not run by Disney. It's run by the oriental land company. So that's why a lot of things are done very differently. Very japanese. [00:09:28] Speaker A: Because a very different audience as well. [00:09:30] Speaker B: Yes. The, the culture here is different, just like Japan as, as a whole. Right. Things are done differently. So same thing applies to the parks as well. So it's a good thing to kind of, to keep in mind. So let's just, let's just get into it. We kind of harp on this a lot. Always buy your tickets in advance. [00:09:54] Speaker A: Yeah. There are no, there's no place to buy tickets at the parks. [00:10:01] Speaker B: No. And I know there will be people that will argue about that because I've seen people be able to buy tickets at a Ydez, like, at a ticket counter, but I think those are different circumstances. [00:10:13] Speaker A: It's like if, I think if somebody throws a temper tantrum. [00:10:16] Speaker B: Yeah. So don't be that person. [00:10:19] Speaker A: Please don't. [00:10:19] Speaker B: Just, you don't have to buy them there. Like, well, don't buy them there. They're on sale 60 days in advance, and they don't sell it like they used to because, remember back in the day, like, 20 18, 20 17, 20 16 or even way before that, tickets would sell out. Right. [00:10:38] Speaker A: Mm hmm. Yeah. They don't really sell out that much any. I mean. I mean, lately they haven't sold out at all. Right. Like, since, like. No, like, the pandemic. The midst of the pandemic days. Right. [00:10:49] Speaker B: Yeah. And, like, on occasion, you'll see, like, days where tickets aren't available, but, like, that's not common anymore, so you don't need to panic too much about buying tickets the moment they go on sale. [00:11:03] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:11:04] Speaker B: But 60 days in advance. The best thing to do is try buying it through the Tokyo Disney resort website or the app. Always try the official source first, because if you have issues with, like, anything, it's always good to deal with the company directly. [00:11:18] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:11:20] Speaker B: If you're staying at the Disney hotels, you don't necessarily have to buy your tickets through the app if you don't want to, because you can buy them at the. At the hotel because you're given guaranteed entry. And also you get a physical ticket, which is the only way you can get physical tickets now is buying them at the hotel. [00:11:36] Speaker A: Uh huh. [00:11:38] Speaker B: And then you can scan that into the Tokyo Disney resort app. Um, if you have credit card issues or you don't want to, even want to bother trying to buy stuff with the choke Disney Resort app, third parties like Klook are a good option as well. You can scan those tickets into the app, no problem. So tickets aren't as complicated as they were, I guess, because. Well, and also, we only have one day tickets now. We don't have park offers. We don't have multi day. So. [00:12:06] Speaker A: Sure. Yeah. It's gotten, I guess, simpler. Right? [00:12:13] Speaker B: Yeah. Because before we had a variety of tickets. [00:12:15] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:12:16] Speaker B: As well. [00:12:18] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:12:19] Speaker B: And I didn't write this down, but also, it's worth noting for disability stuff. [00:12:26] Speaker A: Oh, yeah. Check that in advance. Okay. [00:12:29] Speaker B: Yes. So the best, like, this is like, a general rule of thumb. It really depends on the situation. But as long as you have, like, something from your home country, like a doctor's note or something that clearly states, and it doesn't have to be in Japanese as long as it's in, like, English. I guess if you're listening, you're probably in an english speaking country or something. But, like, it could be in English or another language as long as it's clearly states what the disability is. And because you can buy the disability ticket right through the Tokyo Disney Resort app and website, there's no checks or anything that happens at that point. The check happens when you try and go into the park with that ticket. [00:13:12] Speaker A: Right. [00:13:12] Speaker B: Because they will stop you and they will ask for like, a certificate or something, or like a note indicating what your disability is. We won't get into the details of, like, what constitutes, like, what they think or how do I word this? What they consider a disability. [00:13:32] Speaker A: Right. [00:13:34] Speaker B: So it's best to check the Tokyo dismissal website. If you have questions about anything, like, very specific. It's best to contact them directly because they will have the answers. But, yeah, best thing, have it printed out on something that it, like, English is probably the best because it's. It'll be easier to find someone who speaks English than, let's say, Russian, you know, something like that. So keep it. Keep it as simple as you can. But, yeah, that's pretty much it for tickets. Pretty straightforward. The next one is a little convoluted. Like, I had a hard time writing this one to make it easy to understand. [00:14:17] Speaker A: Oh, no. What is the next one? [00:14:21] Speaker B: The Tokyo disin resort app and all the wonderful things that come with it. [00:14:27] Speaker A: I feel like. I feel like, for me, the most frustrating thing about the app now is connectivity issues. [00:14:39] Speaker B: Yeah. That's a big thing because, like, I. [00:14:42] Speaker A: Feel like, like the. I want to say the last time we went, or it could have been like, the time before, like, I wanted to go to a restaurant that sold a particular drink, right. And if I would have had a today guide, I would have opened it up and bam, it's there. Right. You can check it instantaneously with the app. It wouldn't load and it was so annoying. And it took forever. And then when we finally found out the restaurant was closed anyway. But it would have been closed anyway because we. We had like an after five ticket or something. And it closed, like, at four or something like that. But, like, it would have been nice to be able to check it quickly, like, so if there just, like, if the Internet would connect. Well, it wouldn't be an issue, you know? [00:15:20] Speaker B: Yeah. The only for me personally, I guess it kind of depends on everyone and depends on the day, like, how busy the park is too. And also if they're having issues with the app, because that does happen. Like, today, the park wasn't super busy, so I had no problems with the app. There was no errors whatsoever. However, like, if I am at the front of the park, like, waiting to get in, there's almost no way I'm going to get anything to load on the app because there's just so many people. [00:15:48] Speaker A: Oh, no. Yeah. [00:15:50] Speaker B: In that area now, I don't know if it's necessarily an app issue or if it's just like, a network issue in terms of, like, cell towers or. [00:15:59] Speaker A: Combination of both, it might be. [00:16:01] Speaker B: Yeah, it's kind of frustrating, and I don't know what the answer is for that. There's people smarter than I. I feel. [00:16:10] Speaker A: Like just having today guides would solve so much. [00:16:13] Speaker B: Yeah. For basic information. [00:16:15] Speaker A: Yeah, yeah. [00:16:17] Speaker B: Everyone's. Everyone's wanting to get, you know, those standby passes and stuff and whatnot. And also checking, like, just, like, in the general sense, just network connectivity. Everyone's streaming video. Right. Like, people are watching TikToks and reels and. [00:16:32] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:16:33] Speaker B: Stuff that sucks up a lot of bandwidth. This is absolutely a lot more than even. Like, even when the app was introduced back in 2019. Right. Like, things. The way people use their phones has changed even since then, so a lot more video content. So I guess really quickly about, like, the connectivity stuff. There is Wi Fi at the front of both parks, but that's it. Don't rely on that because there's no Wi Fi throughout the rest of the park, so don't rely on that. Make sure you have a pocket Wi Fi or an esimitive on your main device that is using the app. Do not. Do not rely on that Wi Fi because you're in for a bad time. And if you bought your tickets through the app, your tickets will show up in there automatically. And then you can create a group. So if someone else bought their ticket with their app, you can create a group which sends. You can send a link to them, and then it links everyone into the group, and then you can have someone in the group by these services, which we'll talk about, like, premier access and stuff. You can have one person get, like, Disney premier access, and one person gets standby pass for everyone in your group. So. And, like, if you have children, you can scan their tickets into your app, or if they're. If you bought the app again, they'll be in there. You can manage all that for them, like, getting their premier access and standby passes. So you can do everything on just one app for your group if you. If you wish. Like, you don't have to have, like, not everyone in your group needs to have a device, which is nice. And of course, you know what four year old's gonna have an iPhone. Well, I say that there's probably four year olds, but my four year old, if I had a child, would not have an iPhone. [00:18:21] Speaker A: But. [00:18:24] Speaker B: But no judgment. If you bought your child an iPhone, it's totally fine. Anyway, where was I going with this? There's so much to this app. It's kind of. It's a lot. If you have physical tickets, like if you bought a ticket through Klook, which gives you a QR code, or from the Disney hotels, you can scan them into the app. So make sure you do that ahead of time because you can usually do painless as well. It's pretty straightforward. [00:18:51] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:18:52] Speaker B: But I would do that before you get in line in the morning, just in case there's network connectivity issues. [00:18:59] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:19:00] Speaker B: So just do it ahead of time because I think you can scan them in about a day ahead of time, I think, is what you can do. Something like that. [00:19:07] Speaker A: And I have a question. I haven't used the app in English in, like, ages. Is it about the same as the japanese app now? Because I remember it used to be slightly different. [00:19:17] Speaker B: It's pretty much one for one at this point now. [00:19:19] Speaker A: Okay, awesome. [00:19:20] Speaker B: Except online shopping. Oh, it's only in Japanese because they don't ship. Well, they don't ship internationally, so. [00:19:28] Speaker A: Yeah, but people that speak English live in Japan as well, or whatever language it's also in. I don't know what other language it comes in. [00:19:37] Speaker B: Don't know, man. I don't know. [00:19:39] Speaker A: Yeah, that's kind of dumb. [00:19:42] Speaker B: So that's really the only difference at this point. So, yeah, the whole thing is in English, which is good. Okay. So I guess I'll try and go through this as quickly and painlessly as possible because we have a other stuff to get through within the app. You're going to be doing things called the Disney premier access, the standby pass, the 40th anniversary priority pass. I wish it would change that bloody name. Entry request. I wish it would change that bloody name. [00:20:08] Speaker A: Thank you so much. [00:20:10] Speaker B: I know, like, these names just aren't. You can't. [00:20:12] Speaker A: I still don't know what each one is. [00:20:15] Speaker B: I really don't. [00:20:16] Speaker A: I could not tell you what the difference between entry request and 40th anniversary is. Like, I really can't. [00:20:24] Speaker B: And then there's the Disney mobile order, and then, of course, things like you can check wait times, maps. You can even make hotel reservations and restaurant reservations and stuff. [00:20:33] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:20:34] Speaker B: So to use the. You know, the. Basically the skip the line stuff, like a fast pass. [00:20:42] Speaker A: They could have just a fast pass. [00:20:44] Speaker B: Like the FastPass esque stuff is in there, or the lightning lane, whatever you want to. Whatever you want to call it. [00:20:51] Speaker A: Namely. It's also a stupid name. [00:20:53] Speaker B: It is. [00:20:54] Speaker A: It's like Disney. Come on. [00:20:56] Speaker B: Fastpass. But anyway, this stuff is not done in advance. You don't do it in advance at all. It's all done the day of your visit. So. And you have to be in the park. Like, you have to have scanned everybody's tickets into the park to use these. Right. You don't have to do any, like, pre booking or anything like that because you can't. So don't even think about that, because don't worry about it. Just get to the park early. And so first, Disney prior access. Let's start with that one. That's the paid option. So think of it. [00:21:35] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:21:36] Speaker B: Think of it as a paid lightning lane, because I know that's what's in the US. So think of it that way. And you essentially pay to skip the standby queue for specific attractions, and it costs per person. And you can buy it for everyone in your group if you have one person managing it. And the price varies depending on the attraction. The price doesn't change with crowd levels because I think how it works in the US is it depends on the day and the pricing changes. [00:22:06] Speaker A: Don't we have that here, too, though? Like, if it's, like the high season, it's. It's more expensive or. [00:22:10] Speaker B: No, no, it's just a flat rate. [00:22:12] Speaker A: Okay. Okay. [00:22:14] Speaker B: It's not like tickets. [00:22:15] Speaker A: Good to know. Oh, yeah. [00:22:16] Speaker B: It's all just a flat rate. Yeah, it's all. It's all just a flat rate. So I think the most expensive is, like, ¥22,000, maybe something like that. It's 2000, ¥2500. [00:22:28] Speaker A: Okay. [00:22:29] Speaker B: But anyway, so, like, you have, like, this is available for, like, quite a few attractions. We won't go through them all, but, like, the big ones, beating the beast. Splash Mountain. Big thunder Mountain. I was gonna say space Mountain, but no, that's going. That's gone bye bye. Well, actually, it will. [00:22:50] Speaker A: It will be available in the future, probably. [00:22:54] Speaker B: And then, like, the three of the big attractions and fantasy springs at Disney Sea. Toy story mania. Soaring journey to the center of the earth. So these allow you to skip the lines. And you can. Yeah. And you can buy. You can buy, like, after you buy one, you can buy another one after. [00:23:15] Speaker A: 60 minutes if it's available. [00:23:19] Speaker B: If it's available. Correct. The next one is standby pass. Yay. Okay, so really simple. Standby Pass is used for multiple things, but for attractions, it uses it for some attractions, and it doesn't cost anything. It's free. But if there's a standby pass on for an attraction, that means you have to get a standby pass because there's no regular standby line. [00:23:46] Speaker A: Right. [00:23:46] Speaker B: So you won't be able to wait in the line unless you have this pass right now. For the time being, it's mostly for Fantasy springs, which we'll get into in a little bit. But they do turn it on sometimes for attractions, but other attractions. But it's not really all that common anymore. They usually use it now for shops and restaurants. [00:24:05] Speaker A: Oh, my God. Yes, you're right. [00:24:08] Speaker B: Which is usually only for merch release periods. So there's a big merchandise release like Duffy or seasonal stuff like upcoming, I guess would be Halloween. Yeah, Christmas. Um, so if the shops or restaurants have, like, stuff pertaining to those events for the first, like, few days of the release, they might have a standby pass for specific shops and restaurants. [00:24:32] Speaker A: And once it's gone, it's gone. You can't get in after that. [00:24:36] Speaker B: Yeah, and that's for those, like, when they do that, it's for those specific items. Like, the other shops will still be fine and carry normal merchandise. It's just these specific items will be kind of behind that standby pass. [00:24:50] Speaker A: Right. [00:24:52] Speaker B: I know it's confusing. [00:24:54] Speaker A: It's kind of. The worst is the worst. Okay, that's standby. Okay. Standby is the one. The one that gave me PTSD from beauty and the beast. Yes. Okay, I remember that. Okay. [00:25:04] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:25:05] Speaker A: Okay. [00:25:05] Speaker B: They don't use it for beauty and the beast anymore, so you don't need. [00:25:07] Speaker A: To worry about it. No, no. [00:25:08] Speaker B: Yeah, the next one. 40th anniversary priority pass. I wish it would change this bloody name. Just drop the 40th anniversary. We're done. [00:25:16] Speaker A: So stupid. Yeah. Okay. [00:25:18] Speaker B: But this is effectively, just think of it as a digital fast pass. That's the easiest way to think of it. You don't have to pay anything extra for it. [00:25:27] Speaker A: Okay. [00:25:27] Speaker B: And it's for those attractions that don't have Disney premiere access, so. [00:25:34] Speaker A: Or standby. [00:25:37] Speaker B: Or stand by pass. Yeah. So attractions like Monsters, Inc. At Disneyland or Pooh's Honey hunt, they will have the priority pass. They still have the regular standby line, so you can just wait normally if you want to. But they have this other pass, like a digital fastpass, basically, to be able to skip the line. [00:25:58] Speaker A: Okay. [00:25:59] Speaker B: And you can keep getting, like. You can keep getting more, like, as the day goes on, as long as they're available. So you're good. The next one is entry request. [00:26:10] Speaker A: Now, this is for shows I was confusing entry. Okay, so it's for shows I was confusing entry would. Stand by. [00:26:15] Speaker B: Oh, no, no, no. Entry request is specifically for shows only in the park. And this is so you can watch the show and you. And the best way to think of it is a lottery. It's basically what it is. Okay. Let's just call it a lottery because it's easier to understand than entry requests. [00:26:32] Speaker A: But yes, whatever. [00:26:34] Speaker B: Um, you can only do it once a day per show, so if you don't win, that's it. You can't try for you, anything. However, some of the shows will have regular standby for their first showing only. So if you're there early enough and you're keen, you can wait. Just queue up for it. [00:26:55] Speaker A: Does Big Bambi have like the second, I mean, like, big bam beats. Really, like, not really the same as it used to be, but like, the second floor is not open. [00:27:03] Speaker B: No. [00:27:03] Speaker A: Like for. No. Okay. [00:27:04] Speaker B: Not anymore. [00:27:05] Speaker A: Only for the first show. [00:27:06] Speaker B: Yeah, just the first showing. [00:27:08] Speaker A: Okay. [00:27:08] Speaker B: Everything else is entry request and then. So, yeah, that's. Those are the, like, skip the line things. Hopefully I explained them as well as I could. [00:27:20] Speaker A: Or to be able to even get in the line. In the case of standby. [00:27:25] Speaker B: Yes. So really quick recap. Disney pre access. Think of it as a paid lightning lane standby pass. Um, yeah, there's nothing really to correlate it to. If this, if the standby pass is on for an attraction, you need that set. You need to have one to get into the line, otherwise you can't get in the line. And this also applies for some shops and restaurants for certain periods. Typically merch releases. Big merch releases 40th anniversary priority pass. Think of it as a digital fast pass. So it's usually on attractions that do not offer Disney premier access. And the priority pass does not cost anything. Same with standby pass. Doesn't cost anything. Entry request is a lottery for shows. Doesn't cost you anything, just your, your time. [00:28:12] Speaker A: And we should also say, because I know the Disney World one, because we were watching, like, tutorials, like when our friends were going to visit the actual Tokyo Disney app, you don't have to pay because at Disney World, you have to pay to pay for the Fastpass, right? Yes, but you don't have to do that here. [00:28:32] Speaker B: No, it's just one flat fee. [00:28:34] Speaker A: Yeah. For like, whatever attraction. [00:28:38] Speaker B: It's pretty straightforward. Like, it's not as, like, the naming convention is confusing, but I don't. [00:28:44] Speaker A: It's not as bad as the Disney World one. [00:28:46] Speaker B: It's not as convoluted as the Disney world. [00:28:48] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:28:49] Speaker B: No. So as long as you can get your head around the naming and just like, what attractions, use it, you'll be good. [00:28:55] Speaker A: You're fine. Yeah, you're good. [00:28:59] Speaker B: Next Disney mobile order. So this is relatively new, I guess with like, they've started pushing it out to more restaurants now. [00:29:07] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:29:07] Speaker B: Which is nice, because last year it was like a handful. Right. They were just kind of rolling it out. Now, Disney mobile orders, not at all the counter service restaurants, but it's at quite a few of them now. [00:29:18] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:29:19] Speaker B: Pretty straightforward. You get to. You can do your order through the app, and it's all in English, too, and has allergen information and everything, which is nice. And then you select a window that you want to go in to dine, and that's. That's pretty much it. And there's a separate. There's a separate line to pick up your order. So you can go, depending on the restaurant, you can go in, get your seat, then press the I'm here button. Then they'll prepare your order. You pick it up, and then you enjoy. I prefer using it, honestly, because it just. It's so much quicker. [00:29:57] Speaker A: And some restaurants, you can't get into it if you don't do mobile order. Like in fantasy springs. [00:30:03] Speaker B: Yes. It's only fantasy springs, which we'll get to once we get. Well, we have a fantasy Springs section we'll talk about, but. Yeah. [00:30:09] Speaker A: Okay. And mobile order, like. Okay. In case you're like me, that got so confused. I thought it was for takeaway, so I had never used it before because I'm like, oh, we don't need to do takeaway because I want to eat in the restaurant. I want to do the atmosphere. But it's not. It's to order the food for the restaurant, to eat in the restaurant. So it's not for takeaway food. [00:30:33] Speaker B: No, no. Some restaurants, you can. You can have it, like, prepared to be taken out. [00:30:39] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:30:40] Speaker B: If you. If you want. And some snack stands, they've started adding mobile order as well. [00:30:45] Speaker A: Okay. [00:30:46] Speaker B: I think it's to reduce, like, you know, the staking lines that tend to happen. [00:30:49] Speaker A: Oh. [00:30:50] Speaker B: For some of the snack stands, which I don't mind because those lines can kind of get a little unmanageable, like, ridiculous. [00:30:59] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:31:00] Speaker B: A good. A good example is the one in the, you know, it's not the. It's not the demi glazed churro anymore. I think it's just ice cream. But you know that snack cart that is, like, along the walkway into. From Sirius island into the front of mermaid lagoon? Like that walkway. [00:31:18] Speaker A: Yes. [00:31:19] Speaker B: Yeah, that. That always had, like, a long. That snacks that always had a long line. It always snaked. [00:31:25] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:31:25] Speaker B: Right. And just kind of caused congestion in that little narrow walkway. Now, that whole thing is mobile order only. [00:31:33] Speaker A: Okay. [00:31:34] Speaker B: Which is interesting. And, yeah, there was no line, but I saw people walking up and picking up ice cream, so I guess it's working okay. Also, it's good. Like, you don't want people standing outside in the hot sun either. [00:31:46] Speaker A: Yeah, I was about to say that's probably good for summer time. [00:31:50] Speaker B: Yeah, you just, people aren't just out in the sun. Um, and really quickly, too. If for whatever reason, you can't use the app, best of luck to you. But, um, there are ways to, like, you can buy Disney pure access and get all these other passes by going to guest services. So you can pay for Disney pure access in cash, if you prefer. Um, and they get other, these other passes and stuff as well. Um, so just keep that in mind. You can also do that, obviously, mobile order. Well, most restaurants you don't need, they have a regular ordering line, so you just do what you normally would do. Okay. Hopefully. Hopefully. I covered that as succinct as possible. [00:32:37] Speaker A: That was pretty good. Even I understood it. [00:32:40] Speaker B: Okay, good, because. Yeah, that was the hardest one to kind of make it understandable, you know? [00:32:46] Speaker A: I know. Yeah. [00:32:48] Speaker B: I feel like the rest of this stuff is like a cakewalk. [00:32:50] Speaker A: Oh, for sure. [00:32:54] Speaker B: I guess. Next, stay at or near Tokyo Disney resort, because no one wants to make an hour commute to the parks at four in the morning or five in the morning. Worse. [00:33:06] Speaker A: At the end of the day, that's even worse. Carrying your souvenirs. Or if you have, like, little kids and they're passed out, it's. And it's a nightmare. If you have your hotel in, like, shinjuku, it takes, like, a good hour and change to go back and you're tired at the end of the day, don't do it. Don't punish yourself. Yeah. [00:33:26] Speaker B: So of course, if it's within your budget, a Tokyo Disney resort hotel, like a Disney hotel is the way to go. [00:33:35] Speaker A: Stay in the bubble, right? [00:33:36] Speaker B: Yes, stay in that bubble, you get all those benefits. There's also the official hotels, which are also on the resort. At the resort. So there's the Sheraton, there's the Hilton, there's the Myhama one club, and the Okura. Yeah. So there's hotels that are on the monorail loop, which is right at Tokyo Disney. So those are also options. Then there's options that are a little bit further away. Like we recently talked about the Hoshino resort and episode a couple episodes ago, Hyatt. There's also. Yeah, the Hyatt Regency also. [00:34:17] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:34:17] Speaker B: Shino and Asu station. There's the two, the Oriental Hotel and the Brighton Hotel. Brighton. [00:34:23] Speaker A: Absolutely. That's really convenient. Yeah, Brighton. Brighton is the one that's run by OlC, actually. [00:34:29] Speaker B: So there's a lot of, like, non Disney hotel options that are cheaper than Disney hotels. Right. So look around. There are options, but you want to stay at Tokyo Disney Resort or near it just because. Yeah, definitely. Like, it's easier to get there earlier. Like, you don't have to get up as early, you know. And also at the end of the, probably more importantly, at the end of the day, nobody wants to get on a crowded train. [00:34:59] Speaker A: Oh, my gosh. And it's so crowded, you guys. It looks so crowded. We're coming back from Tokyo and looking at the people getting on the train, we're like, ah, thank you. [00:35:12] Speaker B: Yeah. So convenient. Convenience. And also, if you're also looking for convenience, the Disney vacation package is convenient. We did a whole episode on that, so a few episodes ago. So if you're interested in that, go. Go back a few episodes so you can listen to that next one. I guess I should talked about this right after the app, but whatever credit card issues. Oh, that does happen. So this is, this mostly pertains to the app. Not so much inside the park anymore. Thank goodness. [00:35:46] Speaker A: Okay. [00:35:47] Speaker B: Thank goodness. So with within the park itself, using your credit card, you shouldn't have any issues. But a good rule of thumb is have to with you just in case one doesn't work for whatever reason. Like maybe your bank flags it for some odd reason and blocks it, or, you know, something happens and it doesn't work. You don't want to be without a payment method of some sort. Of course, cash is king. It's always going to work. Right? There's no power outages with met with cash. And I forgot we just talked about this in the last episode, too. So we don't need to get too deep into the woods with this. IC cards, transportation cards that's taken pretty much everywhere through the resort. Like in the parks. [00:36:32] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:36:32] Speaker B: Pay with a credit card almost everywhere. And I see cards everywhere now. That wasn't the case, like, five years ago. [00:36:39] Speaker A: No. [00:36:40] Speaker B: Yeah, like before, like, do you remember when the snack cards were cash only? [00:36:45] Speaker A: I do, I do. I still think of them that way. I always forget that you can use the credit card. [00:36:49] Speaker B: Yeah, me too. It feels weird. I'm like, oh, yeah, I don't need to. I don't need cash for this. [00:36:53] Speaker A: I'm like, I'll see that. They're like, scanning a card. I'm like, oh, that's right. You can use card here. [00:36:58] Speaker B: And also you can use Apple Pay and I think Google pay as well. Pretty much any place that has little credit card terminal. Just don't tell them Apple Pay. If you say Apple pay, it'll confuse people. Just say credit card. [00:37:12] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:37:13] Speaker B: Because then they'll, you know, type whatever they need to do on their POS system and then the little pin pad will light up and you don't need to insert a card. You can just tap your phone and that'll work. I did that today and it worked perfectly fine. So cool. But probably the issues you're probably going to run into are in the app itself. So if you try to buy tickets and your card doesn't work, or you might have issues with Disney pure access or even Disney mobile order. Stressful. Really. The only way to know is by trying. Unfortunately, that's the only way you're going to find out if your card works or not. [00:37:55] Speaker A: Are there, like, some international cards that do better than others or. [00:37:59] Speaker B: It seems like it's so up in the air. Okay, it really does. [00:38:04] Speaker A: So annoying. [00:38:05] Speaker B: But there's. But then there's also the issue of if your credit, like, your credit card, will technically work. However, depending on your bank, it might need to send you a text message. [00:38:16] Speaker A: Oh, no. [00:38:18] Speaker B: And of course, if you're traveling abroad, your phone number is likely not going to work. [00:38:23] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:38:23] Speaker B: Um, so there's also that issue as well. So kind of research with your bank. Uh, yeah, because of course, everyone's is different. Right? [00:38:31] Speaker A: Um, yeah. [00:38:32] Speaker B: Like, from myself, my canadian credit card. Um, it has to send me a text message. No, well, I don't have a canadian number anymore. Have it. Send it to my mother's phone number. Um, which is obviously not convenient. Right. I can message my mom when it's four in the morning for her and say, like, hey, I need to buy these green alien Mochi. Don't ask questions, just send me the code. You know, I'm not gonna do that. But I don't do that anymore because I have a japanese credit card. [00:39:03] Speaker A: Yeah, yeah, that's true. [00:39:04] Speaker B: Worry about that. But for everybody else getting a card, like, wise, we've talked about this before. A wise card does work in most cases with the app. I was actually using it today and it works just fine. I know some people have had issues, but it works more often than not, so. And then once you buy your tickets or buy Disney praxis or something with your credit card that works, it's saved in the app. [00:39:32] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:39:32] Speaker B: Then you don't have to keep, keep adding things in. So there's a way to add your credit card ahead of time. But it's kind of, I tried looking and it's so convoluted. Like, you have to go onto the Toki Disney resort website. [00:39:48] Speaker A: Yes. [00:39:48] Speaker B: You cannot do it through the app. It has to be through the website. And there's like this like, maze of menus you have to go through. And it's really irritating that you have. [00:39:58] Speaker A: To do that once you do there. Do it. It's in there, right? [00:40:02] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:40:03] Speaker A: At least. [00:40:05] Speaker B: But, yeah, it will be saved once you actually, like, buy tickets or buy, like, I guess tickets would be the first thing you'd be doing. So buying tickets, it'll be saved in there. And you can use that to pay for digital free access and mobile order. So have a couple credit cards just to try that. So then you're not left panicking, especially with, like, Disney premier access. You don't want to be panicking during that, that time because it's stressful enough, like, yeah, springs and stuff. [00:40:35] Speaker A: So that's no fun. [00:40:37] Speaker B: Yeah. All right, moving on. Make your, make reservations for table service restaurants if you can. [00:40:47] Speaker A: If you can. [00:40:51] Speaker B: So 30 days is the window. So 30 days out is when the restaurant reservations open up. And anyone can make these. Like, you don't have, you don't even have to have a park ticket. You can make a just reservation. You have to log into your account, Disney account. They fill up quickly. [00:41:12] Speaker A: The vacation package prompts you to fill it out. So all the vacation package people take the restaurant reservations and then there's no restaurant reservations. There was never an issue getting into restaurants before. There was always like a standby line that you could wait in, and that's not a thing anymore. And it's a. We don't even try, like, honestly, we, we've just given up on eating at the, at the table service, you know? [00:41:37] Speaker B: So, um. So, yeah, you try the 30 days out and then there's same day reservations in the app at 09:00 a.m. and then you can try for reservations at 10:00 a.m. at the restaurant. That's, uh, generally what you can do. Sometimes they'll let you stand in line, sometimes they won't. It really depends. [00:42:00] Speaker A: Good luck. [00:42:03] Speaker B: So, yeah, a lot of stuff is taken up by the vacation package stuff, which is kind of, kind of sucks, I guess. I never said, like, how far in advance a hotels, Disney hotels open up. Was it six months? Oh, no, it's four or six months, I think. [00:42:22] Speaker A: So. [00:42:23] Speaker B: Look, it up on the website. I shouldn't off throughout my head, but I'm. My brain's fried right now anyway. Arrive early to everything. [00:42:32] Speaker A: Yes. [00:42:33] Speaker B: Just be early. Like, do not arrive just on time. Arrive early for everything. Okay. People here are hardcore. Okay, if you think you're hardcore, I'm gonna tell you right now. You're not. [00:42:45] Speaker A: You're not. [00:42:46] Speaker B: You're not. Like, if you think we're hardcore, we're not. [00:42:50] Speaker A: We're not. [00:42:51] Speaker B: We're like, we're casuals. [00:42:53] Speaker A: We're so casual. [00:42:54] Speaker B: We're casuals compared to how hardcore people are here. People will wait. People will wait. [00:43:02] Speaker A: Oh, for sure. And, like, that's not just for Disney. That's for, like, everything. [00:43:06] Speaker B: Everything. Yeah. It's not just a Disney thing. It's a cultural thing here. People. People will wait for stuff. [00:43:11] Speaker A: Oh, for sure. [00:43:12] Speaker B: You know, when I tell, when you know, I tell you. Oh, you should be in line. You know, if you want to do fantasy spring stuff, you know, get in line. 06:37 a.m. that's good enough. [00:43:22] Speaker A: So early. [00:43:23] Speaker B: That's early. But you know what? There's people that were there at four in the morning. Three in the morning. Like, there's people that were there, like, you're never going to be the first one. I'm just telling you that right now. You're never. [00:43:32] Speaker A: I tried back when, like, the parks were like, you know, they were doing new stuff all the time. We would get there really early. And you're never. No. You might be, like, third in line, but you'll never be first in line. [00:43:45] Speaker B: You'll never be first, I'll tell you that right now. So don't even, like, especially if you're on a vacation you don't want to be doing. [00:43:52] Speaker A: You don't want to. Yeah, early, but never. Never to your detriment. Go. Never go on opening day. Never go on merch release day because you're just punishing yourself at this point. You are on vacation, you know, like, you want to take it easy, so get there early, get whatever reservations you can do in the morning, and then take it easy for the rest of the day. Don't. Don't stress out, you know, it's not worth it. Yeah, it's Disneyland. You're supposed to have fun. You know? [00:44:26] Speaker B: That's true. So, yeah, just getting there early for everything. So by that I mean, so if the park. Did we already talk about this? I can't remember now if the park. So the park, it's been like this for the last four years. I don't think they're going to change anytime soon. The park's open at 09:00 a.m. it's just been kind of like that for the whole time. Like, that's what it says on the website. They open at 09:00 a.m. yeah. Nine times out of ten they open up earlier. [00:44:54] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:44:55] Speaker B: And this is for security reasons because things just get so backed up with people. They just open the park so there's less people waiting at the ticket gates and security lines. [00:45:07] Speaker A: That's why they're thinking of those waits at the ticket gates. The reason why they're opening up earlier. I think they're trying to fix it with like, they have like, new technology that they're introducing, but, like, there is a bottleneck. And I would say also, like, really, really important if you're going for the first time, really take the weather into account because even up until like late September, early October, it is hot, dangerously hot, you know, and there's not a lot of shade coverage. [00:45:37] Speaker B: No. [00:45:38] Speaker A: In that morning line. So keep that in account. If you are getting there early and you're going to be there for hours, make sure you have something to cover yourself. Make sure you also have sunscreen. Make sure you keep hydrated just for your own, you know, safety. [00:45:51] Speaker B: Yeah. Because it's going to zap you. The heat will zap you. Have uv umbrella, please? [00:45:57] Speaker A: Absolutely. [00:45:58] Speaker B: Those are those. I swear by those now. Like, they just, they just work so well just to keep you out of the sun. It's good. So the parks could open for regular guests at 815, 838 45 or even 09:00 a.m. yeah, just it, you don't know, like if you're a regular guest, you don't know ahead of time. They just, it depends on the day. So getting there early, like between 7730 is good enough. I think if you, if you're keen to be there early, like seven, seven three is probably fine. Unless it's like a weekend or like a holiday, then maybe like an hour earlier than that. [00:46:41] Speaker A: But, yeah, anything earlier on the weekends. Don't go on holidays. [00:46:46] Speaker B: Yeah, don't do that. [00:46:46] Speaker A: Don't do it, don't do it. [00:46:48] Speaker B: And then if you're a Disney hotel guest, you get in 15 minutes before everybody else. So the trick here is if you're at a Disney hotel, they tell you when you check in the times that you get to go in. [00:46:59] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:46:59] Speaker B: So you'll, you'll know in advance, like, oh, they're opening at 830 because I get to go in at 815 or they're opening at 815 because I get to go in at eight. [00:47:09] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:47:10] Speaker B: So you will know as a Disney hotel guest what time you get to go in. And as soon as you're in that park, everything. Like, you can start getting Disney premier access for everything, which is great. So yeah, just arrive early and same thing with shows and stuff. Like if you don't want to do Disney premiere access. And for some of the shows like electrical Parade or Harmony in Colorado, show up early to get like a, you know, a decent spot. An hour is probably the most I would recommend. I don't think you need to do anything more than that, honestly. An hour is a good, like, good. I think yeah, is good enough. [00:47:51] Speaker A: Is you can see what it's looking like. It's like how the crowd levels are, you know. [00:47:57] Speaker B: Oh, yeah, yeah, definitely. Like, gauge the situation because there's been times where I kind of rocked up five minutes before and I got a great spot. [00:48:04] Speaker A: Oh, for sure. Yeah. [00:48:05] Speaker B: People just were not waiting for whatever reason. Right. Yeah, it's all situational, which I guess goes on to the next thing. Visit during the week. Yeah, let's just try and visit during the week. [00:48:18] Speaker A: It's just easier. You're on vacation, you don't have to go to work. You know, try to visit during the week, try to avoid holidays, try to avoid weekends. Try to avoid opening days and merch days, merch release days, you know. [00:48:33] Speaker B: So typically Tuesday through Friday is good. Yeah, just avoid Mondays. Just because people use that as like an extended, like, to extend their weekend. Or, like, a lot of the times it has to do with school. Like. [00:48:51] Speaker A: Yeah. Like, like if they have a makeup holiday because they have like sports day or some festival or something, they'll get the Monday off. [00:49:00] Speaker B: Yeah. And then it makes for a very busy park on a Monday, which feels weird. You're like, why is it busy on a Monday? That's why. [00:49:07] Speaker A: Why are all these kids here? [00:49:09] Speaker B: Yeah, most of the time that's what it is. [00:49:11] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:49:11] Speaker B: Or if like a national holiday. [00:49:14] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:49:15] Speaker B: Lands on a weekend, then everyone usually, like, the holiday will moved. Will be moved to like a Monday. [00:49:20] Speaker A: Exactly. [00:49:22] Speaker B: It makes the Monday busy. It might make the Tuesday busy, but definitely the Monday will be busy for sure. So good rule of thumb, Tuesday through Friday, you should be good. Avoid the weekends if possible. Don't worry. Like, if you have to go on the weekend, it's not the end of the world. Just get there earlier. [00:49:38] Speaker A: It's Disneyland. You'll still have fun. You know, I mean, like, you know, you can always have fun at Disneyland, but we're just telling you this to make it easier for you because there's always a way to do it easier, you know? [00:49:48] Speaker B: And we don't want to panic you either. [00:49:50] Speaker A: No, no, no. [00:49:51] Speaker B: I've had people come to me panicked, like, oh, my goodness, I'm going to Saturday. What am I going to do? Just, you'll be fine. [00:49:57] Speaker A: Walk around, get on an attraction that doesn't have a long line, eat some popcorn. You'll still have a good time because it's Disneyland. [00:50:09] Speaker B: We won't. I, like, I won't go into this too, too deeply, but major holidays to avoid New Year's. So December 25, onwards to the first through the first week of January, it's just gonna be busy because everyone's on holidays. Christmas is not a thing here, like, religiously, I guess. Like, it's not like in the west. Like, yes, there's Christmas here, quote unquote. But it's like a dating holiday. It's a dating holiday. It's more just like Halloween in a sense. It's just like, hey, it's a fun holiday. Yeah, it's a fun thing. That's really all it is. [00:50:45] Speaker A: It's like a winter festival, pretty much. [00:50:49] Speaker B: But after, like, December 25 onwards or after December 25, full on New Year's holiday, because that is a family holiday, right. Home, everyone's on vacation. No one's at work. No one's at school. Like, the country literally shuts down. [00:51:03] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:51:04] Speaker B: Like, Disneyland and theme parks are open, but, like, the banks will be closed. City halls are closed. Rest, like, local shops are closed. Some malls are even closed or closed early. Like, a lot of stuff is closed. [00:51:21] Speaker A: Big areas in the city will be open, but, like, mom and pop shops will be closed. [00:51:25] Speaker B: Yeah. So, you know, probably not the best time to visit, but it's nice. [00:51:31] Speaker A: No, it's pretty. It's pretty chill. I like it. [00:51:33] Speaker B: But, like, chill time of year. One of the times where things are kind of calm. [00:51:38] Speaker A: Yeah. Except for I say that I wouldn't call it calm. [00:51:44] Speaker B: Did we do remember what happened January 1, 2025? [00:51:47] Speaker A: Oh, no, no. Yeah, yeah. No, I feel like transportation wise, it's pretty. [00:51:51] Speaker B: Oh, yeah. Transportation wise is a nightmare. [00:51:54] Speaker A: It's madness. Yeah. [00:51:57] Speaker B: Well, anyway, so avoid that time. Also march. Avoid march all month to march. It's busy because all the kids are. Well, like, kids go on spring break at different times of the month, but just march in general, because, like, throughout Japan, there's kids going on holiday in March for a couple weeks. But it's like the. The entire country doesn't take, like, the same week off. It's like every region's a little different, but it's all in March. [00:52:29] Speaker A: But you also have, you also have everybody going out because the weather is nice and everyone is out and about. Like, in general, weather's comfortable. [00:52:41] Speaker B: The weather is comfortable. I'll give you that. So, yeah, it's just gonna be busy. And then we get into the cherry blossom season, March and April. Busy because everyone. It, like, it's usually busy for tourists because everyone wants to come and see it, which is understandable, but it's. It's gonna be busy. Summer's usually busy. Not this summer because it's so hot. [00:53:05] Speaker A: Because it's day tickets. There's no. There's no annual pass. So, like, I mean, like, look, I love Disney. I do not want to be there from morning until night in the middle of summer. Like, I can't, I can't. I'll die. Okay. And I think a lot of people also kind of feel that way because it's pretty dangerously hot lately. Like, and even when we had the annual pass, we wouldn't go all day. We would go in the morning before it got really hot or in the evening when the sun went down. We would never spend the middle of the day there, you know? [00:53:42] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:53:44] Speaker A: In the, like, August, it's probably less crowded, but, man, it's hot. [00:53:50] Speaker B: Hard to say with August because we have Obon week. [00:53:52] Speaker A: Yeah, but it's still hot. [00:53:54] Speaker B: People might go because it's a holiday. Like an actual holiday. So hard to say. Like, just a general rule of thumb, just avoid July and August anyway because it's hot. And it's a typically busy, specifically more in August because of Obon. Obon's a big family holiday. And then. Oh, I guess I miss gold. I skipped over golden week. [00:54:14] Speaker A: Well, the week is weird because sometimes it's not like this golden week. Last. Last one wasn't busy. Everyone said, because, like, it was. [00:54:25] Speaker B: It was split up weird. Yeah, golden up weird because it. Yeah, because golden week. So golden week really quickly. It's a string of holidays at the end of April into May. And just depending on how they fall on the calendar, it could make for a really long golden week or, like, split up golden week. So if golden week ends up being split, then the parks aren't usually too bad. But if they're, like, strung in a way that it makes for, like, a ten day holiday, don't bother. It's busy. So it really does depend. But again, rule of thumb, avoid golden week. [00:55:02] Speaker A: And then alternatively, there's silver week. That's coming up. [00:55:06] Speaker B: Yes. [00:55:07] Speaker A: That's in autumn. Yeah. [00:55:09] Speaker B: Yeah. September, silver week. Again, holidays, it's busy. And then again, really quickly, good times to visit. I mean, January and February, if you don't mind the cold. [00:55:23] Speaker A: That's pretty good. Yeah. [00:55:24] Speaker B: If you don't mind the cold, because it does get cold and get into the minuses, like minus two, minus three. Yeah. I know for Canadians that's not that cold, but the cold here is very humid, so it stings it. Okay. [00:55:38] Speaker A: And it's windy. [00:55:39] Speaker B: And it's windy and it can be very unpleasant at times. However, it can make for very quiet parks. [00:55:45] Speaker A: Yeah, definitely. But unless it's the lunar new year, which you should also avoid. [00:55:54] Speaker B: Yeah. Pay attention to when. I guess that. Yeah, I guess. Yeah, that's a good point. Check when Lunar New Year is go. [00:56:04] Speaker A: In between Lunar New Year and, so, sorry, the end of Japanese New Year and then before Lunar New Year. [00:56:11] Speaker B: Yeah. And for those that don't know, Lunar New Year is the chinese holiday, so Japan doesn't celebrate that. But there's a lot of. A lot of chinese tourists that come. [00:56:21] Speaker A: To Japan, so a lot of neighboring countries do. So. Yeah, it's very crowded. [00:56:26] Speaker B: Makes it crowded. Um, May is usually good. Like, after golden week, that's a quiet, like, quieter time. Weather's nice and it's comfortable. [00:56:34] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:56:35] Speaker B: It's not like, it's hard to say because I guess we're kind of in the. In the upswing of things. Like, it could be. It could be. It could start getting busy again because I know what, leading up to 2020, like, May was game busy because it was, like, not so secret anymore that it was a good time to come. Okay. But, yeah, again, general, the thumb and. Yeah, November and December into December, pretty good, too. Like, the weather's nice, getting cooler. It's nicer. We get the fall foliage. Christmas is starting and stuff. So that's also. [00:57:10] Speaker A: Yeah, I love, I love autumn to visit the parks. That's actually usually when we go. [00:57:15] Speaker B: October is pretty good, but September and October. September can still be hot. October. [00:57:22] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:57:23] Speaker B: But we also have typhoons. [00:57:25] Speaker A: Typhoons, yeah, those are getting bigger and later into the season, so, yeah, so. [00:57:30] Speaker B: You could have some typhoon days. [00:57:32] Speaker A: But look, I stand by. Typhoon days are awesome because the parks empty out and you can ride everything. [00:57:41] Speaker B: And this is when staying on property pays off because transportation will probably shut. [00:57:48] Speaker A: Down or if you stay nearby, like, if you stay in the new part of the city, there'll be bus service, so. Yeah, it's not a big deal. I guess. [00:57:55] Speaker B: Like, the less public transportation you have to rely on to get to your hotel, the better. [00:57:59] Speaker A: Oh, for sure. Yeah. Don't, don't really like the trains during typhoon season. No, but bush. Hmm. Maybe. [00:58:06] Speaker B: Yeah, the trains will. Well, if the train shut down, then the buses are like, jam packed. Same with the taxis. Like, it turns into kind of a nice. [00:58:13] Speaker A: But not hotel buses. [00:58:15] Speaker B: No no no. [00:58:16] Speaker A: Like, like buses going to the station. [00:58:18] Speaker B: Yeah, yeah, yeah. [00:58:19] Speaker A: Like, those are madness. [00:58:20] Speaker B: City buses. Yeah. Not hotel buses. Not so much. No. [00:58:23] Speaker A: Yeah, they're fine. [00:58:24] Speaker B: Hotel shuttles. Uh, next. Okay, fantasy springs. I don't want to talk too much. [00:58:29] Speaker A: About this because I feel like no more fantasy springs. Can't talk about to death. [00:58:33] Speaker B: But really quickly. For first timers, as of now, you cannot just simply walk into fantasy springs. You must have a Disney premier access or standby pass for one attraction to get into the land. Once you get one of those, you will get a return time to go into the land, which correlates with the time of that. You can ride this, the attraction. Once you're inside, you can only ride the attractions that you have premier access or standby pass for. There's no regular standby line for the other attractions, so you could potentially only ride one or two rides. You just have to continuously check the app once you leave. Can't come back in unless you have another pass that has a time to come back in to bypass this like this for regular hotel, regular day gas. Other options include if you get a Disney vacation package that will come with a special ticket that allows you to go in and out of fantasy springs and ride the rides as many times as you like. So that's cool. Or if you're staying at the Fantasy Springs Hotel, you can come and go from the area as much as you want and you have the option to buy that special ticket that allows you to ride everything as many times you want. That is a very short, condensed version. I'm very proud of myself being very good. That's really good. Very concise. Of course, this can change at any moment, but that's how it works currently. And the restaurants inside are currently mobile order only. So to go in the restaurant, you have to have a mobile order. That's just how it is. [01:00:15] Speaker A: Is the shopping the same or. [01:00:16] Speaker B: No, no, the shopping is coming and go as you please now, which is good. [01:00:20] Speaker A: There you go. Nice. [01:00:22] Speaker B: So yeah, things are changing, right? So they might change in the future? Well, I'm sure they will, we just don't know when or to what. And for the vacation package stuff, vacation packages come with the unlimited drink tickets. And those work for the restaurants in fantasy Springs. [01:00:44] Speaker A: I. [01:00:45] Speaker B: So you can go into the restaurant without having to do a mobile order and you can get your drink and you can sit in the restaurant. They just won't let you order food, which is like, welcome to Japan. People that live here understand that sometimes these rules make no bloody sense. Anyway. Cool. I'm happy we got through that quickly. Another tip. One day is not enough. Definitely not. [01:01:15] Speaker A: And again, it depends. Are you Disney people or are you just like casual theme park? You just want to enjoy theme park for a day and you're listening to this podcast. So obviously you're Disney people. So yeah, if you're casual, yeah, it's fine. You know, if you have friends that are coming to Japan, they're like, oh, should I go to Disney? You know, I only have one day. Yeah, it's fine. It's fine. You know, they'll have fun. [01:01:36] Speaker B: Pick one that is, I guess, more. More interest to you, I suppose. [01:01:42] Speaker A: Exactly. [01:01:43] Speaker B: See, or Disneyland. But like, ideally you do one day at each park. Like at the minimum, maybe more. [01:01:51] Speaker A: Yeah. [01:01:51] Speaker B: Yeah. Minimum one day at each park. But ideally three or four days. [01:01:55] Speaker A: Agree? Yeah. [01:01:57] Speaker B: So if you do four days, you can do two days at each park. Three days, you can do two days at one park and one at another. Um, so, yeah, don't try to do it all in one day because it's not going to happen. [01:02:10] Speaker A: This could be stressful too. And you don't want to be stressed out. You're on vacation. [01:02:15] Speaker B: Um, make sure you check the seasonal events calendar and also the ride closures. [01:02:20] Speaker A: Yes, check the ride closures. [01:02:23] Speaker B: Ride closures. So they publish them about six months out, which is nice, um, because sometimes some rides go down for a very long time for lengthy refurbishments. Currently, Sinbad is closed until what, September? Still got another month and it closed back in the spring. [01:02:41] Speaker A: Yeah. And the question I always see relating to this is, well, is there a chance it'll open a little earlier and probably not. I mean, there's always a chance, but if it says the day that it's going to open, it's most likely going to open on the day that it says it's going to. [01:02:58] Speaker B: I've never, ever seen it open early. Ever. [01:03:01] Speaker A: Yeah. [01:03:03] Speaker B: Ever. I've never seen something reopen from refurbishment early. [01:03:07] Speaker A: Exactly. Exactly. Don't bet on it. If that's the schedule, that's the schedule. Just go with what the schedule says. [01:03:15] Speaker B: Yeah. So they're pretty good at saying in advance, like at least six months, every six months, usually, how far out they'll release the refurbishment schedule. [01:03:28] Speaker A: Yeah. [01:03:30] Speaker B: So I know, like, some people like to plan really far in advance, but unfortunately, that's just how the refurbishment schedule works here. So try. Try and be flexible and I guess decide if, like, if it's worth changing your plans if a specific ride is closed. Because I know for a lot of people, like Sinbad was kind of a make or break for people because it was down for so long. [01:03:54] Speaker A: Oh, for sure. Yeah. [01:03:55] Speaker B: Still is still down. But yeah, it's all through the website. You can. You can go and check all that there. And then for. Same. For seasonal calendars. The only problem with the seasonal calendars is they don't release everything as early as they used to. They used to remember when they really used to release everything at the beginning. [01:04:11] Speaker A: The fiscal year because they were different events back then. They don't do that anymore. [01:04:16] Speaker B: Yeah. Like, here's all the dates and everything we're doing. [01:04:19] Speaker A: You already know what they're doing. They're doing Halloween, they're doing something for summer. They're doing something for winter. They don't do different events anymore. And like, they. If they do, they run it to death. Right. So it's gonna repeat. So we already know. So they don't need to tell us in advance. Right. [01:04:35] Speaker B: Yeah. Well, I was more speaking to, like, the specific dates. [01:04:39] Speaker A: Yeah. [01:04:40] Speaker B: Which kind of gets. [01:04:41] Speaker A: Except for Halloween, which has changed dramatically. [01:04:46] Speaker B: Yeah. Sometimes it hurts. [01:04:48] Speaker A: Yeah. [01:04:49] Speaker B: Yeah. Cuz Halloween. Yeah. Halloween would usually start in the beginning of September, but no, but this year it's October 1 now and it's got guest complaints. [01:04:59] Speaker A: Yeah. Because they couldn't run the. The parades because it was too hot for the performers. So. [01:05:05] Speaker B: So. But yeah. Typically Halloween is in September, but it's in October now for a month. Don't know if it's going to be like that going forward. Who knows? I don't know. [01:05:20] Speaker A: I feel like if they get to redesign the costumes, if they make them more like, appropriate for summer, then they could probably open it in September again, because that's my main guess, is that the performers, and there was a lot of guest complaints because the parade was just not running for the entire Halloween, you know? So. [01:05:37] Speaker B: Yeah. And though, like, those costumes were heavy. [01:05:42] Speaker A: They're heavy because they were designed when it was much cooler, you know. [01:05:46] Speaker B: Yes. Where's it going with this? [01:05:50] Speaker A: That's another thing. If you are coming for Halloween and you want to dress up for Halloween dress as if you were coming in Florida weather because it's pretty hot. It's pretty hot. Like, in October? Like late October. It might get a bit chillier, but it's. Autumn is hot now, you guys. So if you do want to dress up, keep that in mind. You don't want to wear. And I have seen people wearing costumes that are, like, full fur suit costumes and. Oh, man. Ouch. I can't. [01:06:21] Speaker B: No, no. [01:06:22] Speaker A: Yeah. [01:06:24] Speaker B: And a good rule of thumb with the seasonal events. So on the calendar, it'll say the event starts on whatever date. Usually. What happens, though? Like, that. That's the official date that it starts. Usually what happens is, like, a day or two before they'll start doing what is referred to as a sneak preview. So we'll start running the parade or, like, whatever entertainment that's associated with that event a couple days prior, and food and merchandise will be. Almost always comes out. I know where you're laughing always comes out before the event actually starts. And those dates are kind of released ahead of time. Tell the people why you're laughing. [01:07:06] Speaker A: Because the merch will not be available for the first day. A lot of it. It'll be just gone before the event even starts. Yeah, that's been a trend ahead of time. [01:07:16] Speaker B: That's been a trend lately where certain items are just sold out the first day, and then they don't come back, which sucks. [01:07:22] Speaker A: Or they'll come back, like. Like, maybe late event or something. [01:07:26] Speaker B: But, like, by that point, it's like, why? [01:07:28] Speaker A: You can't plan for that, because you don't even know when they're gonna restock. I feel like Universal Studios is really good at restocking. Like, they'll even restock sometimes the next day. But no Disney. It's. If it's. If it's gone, it's gone. Don't. Yeah, don't expect it, you know? [01:07:49] Speaker B: And then I guess, like, the biggest question, the biggest thing a lot of people always want to know is, like, for Christmas, as soon as Halloween is done, usually, because, like, there's a short turnaround for Christmas. [01:08:04] Speaker A: Yeah. [01:08:04] Speaker B: Christmas decorations usually start going up, like, the day after, typically. So they're gonna switch over pretty quickly. But food and merchandise that might come a little bit later. Again, it just kind of depends. You just kind of have to check the dates for everything. But Christmas firmly ends December 25. After that, it's like it never happened. It's always like that. We go right into New Year's, and. [01:08:29] Speaker A: Because I think the. The other parks do tend to run until like. Like three kings day. I think that's why they tend to like, you know, like the, like about like the 7th, I want to say, of January. Like when the three kings come to visit. [01:08:47] Speaker B: Like, I don't know what three kings are. [01:08:49] Speaker A: It's like. Yeah, it's like, it's like a, like a religious, like a christian thing, but like. Yeah, I think that's why they run it later in the us parks. I don't know about the other parks. If they also do the same, I would imagine in Europe they do as well. [01:09:07] Speaker B: Yeah. Okay. This list is long, so we're not going to go through the whole thing, but things you shouldn't miss at the parks really quickly. Things that I think you should, shouldn't miss or Patricia that you think people shouldn't miss. [01:09:22] Speaker A: Okay. [01:09:25] Speaker B: I know that. I know that. I made the list really long, but we'll kind of, kind of go through it really quickly or like shorten it. Attractions at Disneyland, enchanted Taylor being the beast and Pooh's honey hunt and Monsters, Inc. I think if you only did those three, I think you're pretty good. You'll obviously you should do more. But like, I. Those attractions are great. [01:09:46] Speaker A: I would also say do the retro attractions like Snow White because it's terrifying. [01:09:51] Speaker B: Yeah, we have like all the retro ones, which is nice. And jungle cruise at night. Yeah, ours is lit up very differently. [01:10:02] Speaker A: And do the train because it's super awesome. The steam train. [01:10:05] Speaker B: Yes. Then over at Disneysea. [01:10:08] Speaker A: And the canoes. I lied to also the canoes. Do the canoes, you guys. It's wonderful. [01:10:15] Speaker B: Over at Disney Sea, there's a lot of attractions that you should do. But quickly, of course. All the attractions at Fantasy Springs. Yes. They're all wonderful to them. During to the center of the earth. Shouldn't miss 20,000 leagues. The gondolas, the transit steamliner, the electric railway, Sinbad storybook voyage, Indiana Jones. Nemo frenzy riderhood. Probably disagree with me on that one. [01:10:37] Speaker A: I can skip it, but like, I don't know, it's new to you. So do it. [01:10:40] Speaker B: It's cute. I like it. It's fun. Aquatopia is a good one. Don't skip tower terror. Our queue is different. [01:10:50] Speaker A: Super cool. I like it. [01:10:52] Speaker B: Yes. The ride's a little like. The actual ride itself is tame compared to the other ones, but the theming of it is just like top notch. [01:11:01] Speaker A: I would just like do everything at Disneysea, honestly. [01:11:04] Speaker B: Yeah. You can't really go wrong. Like soaring, soaring, fantastic flight. Our cube knocks everything out of the bloody water. Our pre show knocks everything out of the bloody water. [01:11:13] Speaker A: Yeah, everything. [01:11:14] Speaker B: Like, do it, do it. [01:11:16] Speaker A: That's really cool. [01:11:17] Speaker B: Do it. Entertainment. Entertainment. [01:11:21] Speaker A: I wish this list opinions for this. [01:11:24] Speaker B: I wish, I wish the list was longer. Electrical parade. Don't miss that. 100% emblisi of dreams. [01:11:34] Speaker A: Yes. [01:11:35] Speaker B: Don't miss that. Don't harm me in color is good. [01:11:38] Speaker A: It's good. It's fun. Summertime would be a hard. A hard choice for me because I love. I love a daytime parade. But, man, it's hot. But it's fun. I like it. [01:11:48] Speaker B: Then there's also Mickey's musical magical music world. [01:11:51] Speaker A: I think it's fine. [01:11:54] Speaker B: It's hard for me to recommend big band beat because the version that they. [01:11:57] Speaker A: Have right now is just garbage version. [01:12:00] Speaker B: It makes me sad. [01:12:01] Speaker A: I do not recommend don't go because it just makes me sad for you if you go because it's not what it used to be. There's no live music. It's not big bambi anymore. It's a garbage show right now. Just don't punish yourself. It's depressing. [01:12:19] Speaker B: If you've seen the show before, the old version, then, yeah, you'll be disappointed with it. If you've never seen it before, then you won't know any better, I guess. Lack of a better term. Um, I wouldn't, like, prioritize it. [01:12:32] Speaker A: No. [01:12:33] Speaker B: If you get to it, sure. But set your sight on other things. [01:12:40] Speaker A: Yeah. Don't waste your time. Honestly. [01:12:43] Speaker B: Uh, restaurants. I have a laundry list. Let's, whatever. Um, Magellan's, Disneysea. Magellan's. I always recommend Magellan's restaurant. Di Caneletto, volcania, Casper food court, base camp grill. Did I just list them all out? Like, what's wrong with me? [01:12:58] Speaker A: I mean, they're all. They all have really great theming, you know? [01:13:02] Speaker B: So, like, I removed Miguel's from this because they destroyed that menu, and I'm not happy about it. [01:13:08] Speaker A: Oh, my God. That menu is garbage now. And they don't even have live music anymore, which is like. Yeah, I can't. Yeah, that's true. [01:13:18] Speaker B: All three of the restaurants in fantasy springs are good. Like, go and do those dockside diner. I quite like that. I like the fried chicken. I think it's good. I like the Doria. They do sometimes. [01:13:27] Speaker A: Yeah. [01:13:28] Speaker B: Teddy Roosevelt lounge. [01:13:31] Speaker A: The menu. There's garbage now, though. [01:13:33] Speaker B: You're saying garbage a lot. [01:13:35] Speaker A: I am, because it is. [01:13:37] Speaker B: The menu is not as great as it once was, but the vibe of the place is top. [01:13:41] Speaker A: It's beautiful. Yeah. I love the decorations. [01:13:44] Speaker B: Center street coffee house at Disneyland I quite like. It's cute when they do the special desserts. I think they're fun. They're always really good. [01:13:52] Speaker A: Yeah. [01:13:53] Speaker B: Pan galactic pizza party if you want pizza. Can't go wrong. It's good. I put letter. Letter. Wow. La tavern de Gaston. Someone take my canadian passport away from me. I cannot speak French. I haven't tried the new menu yet because, you know, they changed the menu. [01:14:12] Speaker A: What did they add? [01:14:13] Speaker B: Oh, what did. They took away. [01:14:15] Speaker A: Oh, they took away stuff. Of course they did. [01:14:17] Speaker B: They got rid of the. They got rid of. Well, they replaced the french toast cheese sandwich with air. Oh, this pains me with a hot dog. [01:14:30] Speaker A: A hot dog. [01:14:33] Speaker B: A hot dog. And there's a hot dog and something else. Some other sandwich. Like, there's a hot dog and something else. [01:14:40] Speaker A: Oh, no. All right. [01:14:41] Speaker B: Then they got. And then they got. They got rid of the sausage croissant, which was wonderful. [01:14:51] Speaker A: And they replaced it with. [01:14:53] Speaker B: They replaced with a croque monsieur. [01:14:56] Speaker A: Okay. Croque monsieur is fine, which I haven't. [01:14:58] Speaker B: Tried yet, but it looks. [01:15:01] Speaker A: It looks probably good. [01:15:03] Speaker B: Yeah. But latte verde gas sounds good. [01:15:05] Speaker A: I like that. It's easy to get into. Like, there's never, like, a problem getting into that restaurant and ordering, so. [01:15:12] Speaker B: No, it's pretty easy. Uh, queen of hearts, bangle hall. That's a good one. That one usually has a line, though, so fast, though. Yeah. Grandma Sarah's is always good for a big, hearty meal. Camp woodchuck. The vibes are good. Some of the food's good. The food's kind of hit or miss there. [01:15:32] Speaker A: I always forget that it's there. [01:15:34] Speaker B: It's really tucked, like, in the back. Like, it's really tucked away there. But it's a wonderful restaurant. Hungry bear, want some curry? [01:15:42] Speaker A: Hungry bear. [01:15:44] Speaker B: China voyager, if you want some noodles. [01:15:46] Speaker A: I do like China Voyager a lot of the time. [01:15:50] Speaker B: Great American Waffle company. If you want a good Mickey waffle, to wait for a long time, just wild, like 70 minutes for a waffle is a lot. [01:16:00] Speaker A: I feel like the theming is so good in all these restaurants that no matter where you go, the food obviously changes, but the theming is so interesting to look at, at all of them, you know? [01:16:10] Speaker B: I agree. And I guess I kind of like we're kind of in the home stretch here. We're almost done really quickly. Like, what to do first when you go in the park. Like, things that you should do once you like, moment you get in Disneysea. Soon as you're in, get yourself a Disney prayer access and or stand by pass for something inside fantasy springs. That should be the first thing you do. And then head to journey to the center of the earth and do the standby line for that. And then if you want to, this is optional. You don't have to do this, but it's good to buy, if you want to buy Disney premier access for the leaves he have dreams show to have a spot, do that in the morning because it does sell out. Yeah, but of course, you don't have to do that. It's optional because you can, there's, like, plenty of free places to stand, but if you want, like, a spot that you can show up ten minutes before, that's the way to go. [01:17:07] Speaker A: It's a time game. So, like, you're on vacation, you don't want to wait. Like, use a lot of time waiting for the show. Even though it's worth it. It's worth waiting for. But, and it's a big area you could, you could rock up and probably, if you're tall, get a pretty good view, you know, so it's probably fine. But. But if you want to be sure, it's, it's nice to have. [01:17:29] Speaker B: Yeah. Then at Tokyo Disneyland, first thing you should do is get yourself a 40th anniversary priority pass for Pooh's honey hunt. [01:17:38] Speaker A: Yeah. [01:17:38] Speaker B: Do that first thing. And then while you're doing that, head to beating the beast and get on the standby line, if the standby line is too long by that point, because sometimes it does happen. You can also buy Disney Pier access for beating the beast because the priority pass and the Disney premier access, they're separate. So you can have, you can get one right after the other. They're not tied to each other. And then optional again by Disney prayer access for harmony and color and or electrical parade if you want. [01:18:13] Speaker A: You're forgetting something very important, Chris. At both parks. Accessorizing. You gotta go shopping. You gotta get your ears and your sunglasses or whatever the seasonal item is, like a scarf, you know, you gotta accessorize somewhere in between there. [01:18:28] Speaker B: Yeah, you do. That's true. [01:18:30] Speaker A: Yeah. [01:18:34] Speaker B: Don't worry too much about the language barrier. You'll be fine. You'll be fine. Signs are in English. The app is in English. Like, you'll be fine. The only, like, I guess, like quote unquote issues you'll ever like, you'll come up with a against is not everyone speaks English. I would argue most people don't like japanese people in the cast members don't expect people to speak English, so they'll. [01:19:02] Speaker A: Do their best, though. [01:19:03] Speaker B: Yeah. Very accommodating. If you run into language barriers with communicating, of course, we have technology now, so Google translate or. I prefer depot. For more complexity, things you need to explain. A lot of hand gesturing usually works if it's something simple, making an ex. [01:19:25] Speaker A: With their arms stop whatever you're doing. [01:19:27] Speaker B: Yeah. That means, no, that means stop, don't do it. And if you need to explain something, and, you know, you have to use English, keep it simple. Don't speak to the person as if they're a native english speaker because then that just confuses people. Right. [01:19:43] Speaker A: Oh, can I talk about something? Speaking of, like, don't do that. Somebody was actually just talking about. On social media, like, this week, I think they allow video on all the attractions now. [01:19:55] Speaker B: Pretty much, yeah. [01:19:57] Speaker A: Don't hold your camera above your head. It bothers everybody behind you. So please keep your cameras at head level because I heard a lot of. Not a lot. I heard a complaint about that recently. [01:20:11] Speaker B: Yeah. [01:20:12] Speaker A: So be considerate. Be considerate. You know, I know you're on vacation. You're having fun, but be aware, you. [01:20:17] Speaker B: Know, beware your surroundings and kind of follow what people like. Well, locals do. Not necessarily what other people like. Yeah. Follow what the locals do because most know what they're doing. Yeah. Long story short, don't worry about the language barrier too much. You'll be fine. Trust me, you'll be fine. [01:20:37] Speaker A: You'll be totally fine. [01:20:39] Speaker B: Yeah. And as our bonus tip, remember, enjoy yourself. This is supposed to be fun. [01:20:45] Speaker A: Yes, 100%. It's. It's a theme park. Don't. Don't, um. Don't freak out if you can't do something. Um, you'll. It's fine. It's fine. And enjoy. Okay, look, we. I know we were talking about the must dos, but, like, enjoy the little things. Enjoy the little things, because I think that's so Disney, and it's such a shame if you forget the small things. Running to. Go do attractions, go see the grandma Sarah's garden, go to the penny arcade on main street and play some retro games. Like, don't only do the big ticket things. Enjoy, you know, the Snow White fountain. You know, like, just enjoy the small things as well. [01:21:26] Speaker B: Yeah. I couldn't set it better myself. Oh, this went on longer than I thought. Longer than I thought. But I think we. I think we did a good job as, like, condensing everything into, like, a good. [01:21:42] Speaker A: It's a lot to cover. I think it's good. [01:21:44] Speaker B: Yeah. Okay, well, we should wrap these. Wrap this up. Hey. So thank you. Thank you to some wonderful explorers who are supporting us over on Patreon. Remember, if you want to support the show, head on over to patreon.com tdr now. So a big thank you to ackro Disney girl. Adam, Amanda c. Amy b Amy c. Mama. Explorer. Brenda, Benjamin. I apologize, Brent M. Carrie, Crispy, Claire, Claudia, Dave, David, Baker, Kevin, Harry, Marina, Beth, Eli, Abby, Robinson, and Taylor and. [01:22:15] Speaker A: Jamie, Jose, Kathy, Lee, Marie, Michelle, Murray, Sophie, Spoofy, Thomas K. Alexandra, Lizzie, Amy, and Andy, Dana, Cassandra, Annie, Sonia, WW, Paige, and Tara. [01:22:26] Speaker B: And if you haven't already, make sure you hit that subscribe or follow button on your podcast app of choice so you do not miss any of our newest episodes. And heroes ramble on and on and on and on and on because we tend to do that. And that's okay. That's why you're here. I'm one of your host, Chris. I am the one that is cooking in the sun, but I have sunscreen on, so I'm not getting a sunburn. And Jordy, as always, is the wonderful Patricia. [01:22:50] Speaker A: Oh, my God. I'm the one who am now thinking, like, I don't want to go to Disney in the summer, but I do like doing the canoes in the summer and doing the penny arcade. I kind of want to go to Disney. I don't know. [01:23:03] Speaker B: Just do it. [01:23:04] Speaker A: I'll think about it. You guys, whenever you come, whatever season, whatever day, you're going to have a good time, okay? It's a Disney theme park. Have your Disney smile on and accessorize and have a blast. [01:23:21] Speaker B: All right, explorers, we'll see you in the next one. Bye.