Romantic Things to Do at Tokyo Disney Resort | 333

[00:00:01] Speaker A: Welcome to episode 333 of the TDR now podcast. Where the first English speaking podcast about Asian theme parks like Tokyo Disneyland and other fun places like usj. And go to the website and find out. Check us out under TDR Explorer on any platform. I'm one of your hosts, Trish. I am celebrating the romantic season with a cacao negroni and some chocolate. You can find me @Dream SweetLove, on Instagram and on threads and on. I don't use it so much, but on Blue sky you can find me under incatastrophe. And with me, as always, is the romantic and charismatic Chris. Hello. [00:00:52] Speaker B: Hello. Hello. [00:00:54] Speaker A: Hi. How are you doing? [00:00:55] Speaker B: I'm doing okay. I know. Sorry about. We didn't have an episode last week. I wasn't still not feeling 100%, so I just wasn't able to sit at the computer last week all that much. So. Yeah. Yeah. I just hope. I'm hope. I'm kind of hoping I'm at the tail end of what's been going on with me lately. Just health issues are never fun, are they? [00:01:24] Speaker A: No, no, they aren't. [00:01:26] Speaker B: But yeah. I'm Chris, one of the other hosts here and I'm the one that is fiercely trying to finish our guidebook for Tokyo Disney for this year. That's the other thing I've been kind of working on as well. We're almost done with it. [00:01:44] Speaker A: Exciting. [00:01:46] Speaker B: Yeah, there's. We're doing like the finishing touches and some like last minute things to change and whatnot. So. Yeah, it'll be out. It's gonna be out the end of the month. So I think, I think we're good. [00:01:57] Speaker A: Yay. [00:01:58] Speaker B: Yeah, I'm excited. But I thought today we can talk about romantic things at Tokyo Disney. Now I know we missed Valentine's Day, but this is stuff that doesn't really. It's not tied to Valentine's Day. [00:02:14] Speaker A: Yeah. Romance can happen at any time. [00:02:17] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:02:18] Speaker A: And they're still white Date forgets about like white. [00:02:20] Speaker B: Yeah. White Day's next month. Yeah. [00:02:22] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:02:23] Speaker B: So like. Yeah, there's lots. [00:02:24] Speaker A: Or PI Day. [00:02:26] Speaker B: Yeah, that too. [00:02:27] Speaker A: I know because I know a lot of people will have like their, their anniversary, like their wedding anniversary on PI Day because it's never ending. Right. [00:02:37] Speaker B: That's smart. That's funny. That's funny. I like that. Yeah. Yeah. These are like romance like things that are kind of romantic, like spots things like things to do and places to eat. So I thought we can kind of just go over some of these things if you want, like some like, inspiration for like a nice date night or something like that. Because I know we've mentioned before in this on the show, like, date night, like, the big date night really isn't Valentine's Day here. It's Christmas Day. [00:03:15] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:03:16] Speaker B: Yeah. So like Valentine's Day, not so much. It's just more or less just a day that. Is it the. Is it Valentine's Day where the women give men. [00:03:27] Speaker A: Yeah, but, you know, it's changing. I feel like it's really changing. Like, so, yeah, like, traditionally in Japan, women give men chocolate. Excuse me, on Valentine's Day. But I think it's changing. I think a lot of people are giving their friends chocolate, like tomo choco and treating themselves. I've seen a lot of women, you know, talking about that lately and I'm like, yes, yes. I like to see it. So, yes, we should treat ourselves and give chocolate to our friends. I guess kind of close to Galentine's Day in, in North America, right? [00:04:06] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:04:06] Speaker A: So I think the. There's like a little bit of a shift now. And it's not just adult women. Like, I, I love seeing like, the young girls are like, yeah, I'm not giving chocolate to anybody. Maybe my friends that are like, yes, do it. [00:04:20] Speaker B: Yeah. I was reading, I was reading an article about how there's different types of chocolate for different types of like, I guess, relationships. [00:04:28] Speaker A: Yeah. There's like obligation chocolate. [00:04:31] Speaker B: Yeah. And then like. Yeah, I, I should have brought up the article, but I, for. I forgot where I read was. Yeah. There was stuff for like people you work with, like co workers and. [00:04:41] Speaker A: Yes. [00:04:42] Speaker B: And like schoolmates and stuff like that. And then of course, like, you know, your lover, your husband, wife, partner, and then like someone you're dating. And then like, yeah, it's all these different types of chocolates. I guess, like, maybe that's Japan's way of trying to like, like they notice that there's a change happening. So like, oh, how do we continue to capitalize on this? [00:05:04] Speaker A: But there's always been like, obligation chocolate though, right? Like something interesting that I had never noticed before. My son was like, in high school, I guess was he. He gets a lot of chocolate from his kohai or like his underclassmen. And I was like, oh, I guess that's a thing too. Right? Like you give to your. The upperclassmen. [00:05:27] Speaker B: Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. That was actually one of the things I read as well. Very interesting how this all works. [00:05:33] Speaker A: Hey, it's capitalism. [00:05:36] Speaker B: Yeah. That's all it is. [00:05:37] Speaker A: But I love chocolate, so I don't mind it. [00:05:40] Speaker B: I don't really see it. Like, I don't really see a lot of Valentine's Day stuff anyway in the stores. Like, definitely not, like, North America, because, like, here. [00:05:48] Speaker A: Well, I mean, it depends where you go, right? Like, there's like. If you go to, like, the big department stores, like, they'll have, like, throughout the entire, like, early winter season, they'll have, like, the chocolate fair with, like, what's trending in chocolate. And there's, like, a big emphasis on chocolate here, like, compared to other gifts that people would, like, give in other countries. So, like, it's all about the chocolate. [00:06:12] Speaker B: Ah, yeah, yeah, that's true. Because. Yeah, I guess, like, yeah, like, department store kind of places and things like that that specialize or have, like, lots of chocolates would advertise. But I guess, like, when you go to the grocery stores. Not so much. [00:06:26] Speaker A: Yeah. Like, I feel like Aeon is good. Like, the grocery store has, like, for like. Okay, I'll tell you what. You know, it was at the grocery store, they had Ghana. You know, Ghana Chocolate had a collaboration with Pierre Herme. And it was like, super, super good. [00:06:45] Speaker B: Oh, okay. That's cool. [00:06:47] Speaker A: Like, based on different macarons that he makes and. [00:06:52] Speaker B: Sounds really nice. [00:06:53] Speaker A: That was, like, fantastic. And I, like, we. I was just literally talking to, like, like a mom friend of mine yesterday, and I was like, oh. Because she had invited me over, gave me like, a square of, like, the vanilla chocolate. And I'm like, oh, you. You have this. It's sold out everywhere. Where did you find it? And she's like, I. And she stocked up on it because she really liked it. And we were talking about, like, the different flavors because they had, like, Citron and they had, like, the Ispahan and they had the infinite Mont Vani. Right. And we were, like, talking about which was our favorites and how we were kind of a little disappointed with the Ispahan. Even though, like, in real life that's, like, my husband's favorite. But, like, so there was. In the supermarkets, there was a lot of collaborations. I noticed this time around, which were really, really good. [00:07:40] Speaker B: Hmm. I didn't really notice. I haven't really been going anywhere, so. [00:07:44] Speaker A: No, no, no. Yeah. [00:07:46] Speaker B: Yeah. Huh. That's interesting. I like that. That's pretty cool. [00:07:52] Speaker A: It was really cool. I. I hope they do it again because it was so fun. [00:07:59] Speaker B: So when I, like when we're. When I was putting the notes together for the show, I remembered that we went to the Valentine Nights 10 years ago. Now, that was in 2015. Was that like the second last time they did Valentine Nights at DisneySea? [00:08:16] Speaker A: I think one of the last time. I think it might have been. Yeah, one of the last times, like, either, like. I see. I think you were right. The second to last or something like that. [00:08:25] Speaker B: Yeah, I think like maybe 2016, they did it one more time or something. I don't quite remember. So for those that don't know. [00:08:32] Speaker A: I remember. I remember. [00:08:33] Speaker B: Yeah, yeah, it was really lovely. So what they used to do at disneysea, for those that don't know, they used to have a thing called Valentine Nights. And it was a special show that was a separate ticket. Like, it was a separate ticketed show inside DisneySea. It was in the Big Band Beat Theater. It was just a special performance. And didn't you get like a dinner somewhere too? I don't remember. [00:08:57] Speaker A: I think what happened was. So when it first started. So remember Valentine Nights before that, they had in general, like, they had an outdoor show that was free and they had live entertainment, like live musicians walking around playing music. And they would do like at Cape Cod, like a little mini show, I think, like on the rooftop and then like on the little island that they had one year. And then the first night of Valentine Nights. Gosh, I remember it was like maybe like only for like a week or two. And they had like different. Like, they would give you presents each day that you stayed. Like, each day that. Sorry. That you attended. And then if you went to a restaurant, you would get like a glass of sparkling champagne or sparkling wine or something like that. I think they gave you something else, but I don't remember because it was a long time ago. [00:09:49] Speaker B: Yeah, well, I guess, like. Yeah, near the end it was like a. It was just a show in the evening, right? [00:09:55] Speaker A: Yeah, it was. [00:09:57] Speaker B: I don't remember how hard the tickets were to get, but we went and then like, we got like a hardcover book. Like a hardcover book with, like photos from the show and everything. And it was quite nice. I still have the book and it came in a really nice bag. [00:10:12] Speaker A: Oh, that's right. Yeah. Yeah. [00:10:14] Speaker B: I'm sad they don't do that anymore. It was quite nice. [00:10:17] Speaker A: It was a really lovely show. I loved it so much. [00:10:21] Speaker B: But now they don't really do anything for Valentine's Day at all. Like, I don't even think there's merchandise, really. I don't think so. [00:10:26] Speaker A: I think they just have like some collab, like Disney chocolate bars or something like that. [00:10:31] Speaker B: Yeah, it's usually like Godiva. [00:10:33] Speaker A: Yeah, like. [00:10:34] Speaker B: Yeah, yeah, it's Usually, like, it's usually like chocolate themed of some sort. [00:10:40] Speaker A: Yeah. Like, they'll have like some kind of like, like chocolates that you can buy at the park, but that's about it, I think. [00:10:46] Speaker B: Yeah. Well, anyway, that's not happening anymore, so we don't need to talk too much about it, but. [00:10:56] Speaker A: But go online and check it out because it was really lovely. [00:10:59] Speaker B: It was. It was a nice show. So I guess let's start off with like, romantic spots. Like, what are some romantic spots at either park? [00:11:08] Speaker A: Before we go to that, can we talk about the. The one warning for couples is that. [00:11:16] Speaker B: Oh, yes, yes, yes, yes. I know exactly what you're gonna say. [00:11:19] Speaker A: Yeah. It's a famous breakup spot. Like a breakup curse. So watch. Do watch out if you're maybe in a new relationship or not. So, like settled or whatever, I guess, because going to the parks can be a lot of pressure. So. Yeah. Be careful with that. But. Okay. Romance. Let's go. [00:11:45] Speaker B: One of my favorite places is on the top of the SS Columbia. [00:11:49] Speaker A: I love it. It's so pretty. [00:11:51] Speaker B: Yeah, it's so pretty. And if you. If you're there on a good night or good, I guess, good day, you could see both Mount Fuji and Mount Prometheus at the same time, which is kind of cool. [00:12:06] Speaker A: That's true. Yeah. [00:12:08] Speaker B: Yeah. That's like a not so secret. Secret. [00:12:11] Speaker A: I like that you can see the ocean. It like, just feels really nice up there. [00:12:15] Speaker B: Yeah. Like, you can see the real ocean from up top there because, like, anywhere, like, other spots in the park, it's a little tough to see over the wall. But on top of the SS Columbia, you can definitely see. See inside there or seat over. I guess so. Yeah, that's a really nice place. And yeah, like, you just walk up there, just walk onto the ship and you can walk over there. It's pretty. Pretty simple for sure. The New York waterfront. Yeah, yeah, yeah. The New York. I was like, what did I write here? New York waterfront. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. That's also very, like, pretty and like. [00:12:58] Speaker A: Especially at night, you know. [00:13:00] Speaker B: Yeah. With the water, like the dancing water fountains and everything. And it's in front of Tower of Terror, if you want to think that's romantic, which is really nice. Yeah, it's just like a really lovely area. Like, everything's just like the way it's lit at night. It's just very pretty. I really like it in front of the Nautilus. I kind of think is nice. [00:13:24] Speaker A: It's got, like, good mood lighting. [00:13:27] Speaker B: Yeah, it's. It's like, it's. It's not, like. I won't say it's secluded, but it's like, it's down there. So it's not someplace a lot of people go to because it's kind of a small. Like, it's a bridge over the water, basically. [00:13:40] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:13:41] Speaker B: And you're right beside the Nautilus, you know, in Mysterious Island. [00:13:46] Speaker A: So I like the little area behind, you know, like, Mediterranean Harbor. Like, the little back alley is kind of, like, nice and calm and has, like, beautiful flowers. Sometimes, like, depending on the season, there might be, like, you know, like, what is it? Like, the wisteria blooming? Or if you're walking a little bit further out and exiting the alley, you might see, like, grapes and little birds eating the grapes and stuff. That's kind of, like a sweet, like, quiet area, and it's really pretty. [00:14:19] Speaker B: Yeah, that's true. That's also a really nice spot, too. That's by the gondolas, right? [00:14:24] Speaker A: No, no, no, the opposite side. By the. [00:14:27] Speaker B: Oh, yeah. Okay. Yeah, yeah, the opposite. [00:14:29] Speaker A: Yeah, yeah. [00:14:30] Speaker B: That's also for that. Yeah, that's a nice. Nice little area. And that's also the way to, like, avoid the stairs. Like, if you go. [00:14:40] Speaker A: Oh, you know, that's a good point. Yeah. No, because I like that also. Like, if you go, like, there are stairs, like, where the little fountain is, a little bubbling fountain, but you can avoid it. You can go the other way, too. Yeah, so that's true. You could definitely move around without any stairs whatsoever, which is really cool. [00:14:57] Speaker B: Kind of a scenic route under the railway by Steamboat Willie. Yeah, it's kind of like. There's benches and stuff there. Not a lot of people go there because there's not much else there. But you get to see over the water, and you get to see the SS Columbia all lit up and, like, the rest of, like, the New York waterfront, like, the New York buildings and everything. That's really. It's a nice little place to just kind of sit. [00:15:22] Speaker A: For sure. [00:15:24] Speaker B: One time I was there by myself, I was. I think I was doing a video on, like, popcorn, and I was eating popcorn under the. Under the. Under the railroad. And I called myself, like, the popcorn Troll being under the bridge. Another one is Fortress Explorations. [00:15:42] Speaker A: Yeah, this is like my. My number one, because it's not just like, like, kind of, like, really pretty with, like, the flickering lights and everything, but it's, like, a fun activity to do. Like, you can go explore and do, like, different things in the different rooms, like, look at the constellations and like, play with the little boats and. And, like, it's just so, like, I feel like it's. It's something that not a lot of people talk about, which is kind of, like, wild to me. It's, like, one of my favorite places in the park, and I think for, like, a couple's night out, you know, it's. It's great. [00:16:20] Speaker B: Yeah. Fortress exploration is one of those things, like. Yeah. A lot of people overlook it. Don't overlook it. It's. It's. It's great. It's a. It's a wonderful place just to walk around. [00:16:30] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:16:31] Speaker B: Just, like, so many little nooks and crannies and everything. And you can do the Leonardo challenge if you wanted to. [00:16:37] Speaker A: You don't even have to, you know, just enjoy. [00:16:41] Speaker B: Yeah, it's a. It's a fun little place to explore. And. Yeah, there's like. Yeah, like you said, nooks and crannies and stuff. A lot of people actually watch, like, the harbor shows from there, too. [00:16:53] Speaker A: Yeah, my. My son was actually telling me about it. He's like, wow. We were trying to watch the night show from, like, so many different places, and he's like, that's one of the places that they enjoyed. [00:17:05] Speaker B: Yeah. Like, it doesn't get, like. A lot of people go there, but it's because it's not like a spot that is. Was really made for watching. It doesn't get super crowded like, it does, but it doesn't feel as crowded as other spots because it's not as much room. [00:17:21] Speaker A: It's like the other, like, spots are, like, really facing, like, the action that's happening. So if you want, like, a quieter. [00:17:28] Speaker B: Place and you're kind of looking at the back of everything, I guess. But you can see the projection mapping perfectly along the. On the Hotel Miracosta for the Blue Sea Adventure. [00:17:39] Speaker A: That's, like, another reason why that show is so good, because you really could watch it from so many different angles, and it looks good from every angle. Like, you're catching something different no matter where you're watching it from, which is, like, amazing. [00:17:53] Speaker B: It's true. [00:17:54] Speaker A: And I know we're probably going to add that to, like, it's in the activities section, but. Oh, my God, that show. Everything that's, like, super romantic. [00:18:04] Speaker B: Over at Disneyland. I feel like it's not as romantic. Like, there's not, like. Yeah, there's not like, many, like, nooks and crannies. [00:18:16] Speaker A: No, it's about. Disneyland is more like the romantic aspect of it is going and having fun together and do like, like the one place I would probably say. And I'm not sure if this is under. Under. I. I guess I put it under romantic things. The Penny arcade, I think again, kind of like not as. Not as gorgeous as fortress explorations, but like in a simple way. It's just like such simple fun, like getting your fortune told and playing different, like retro games, like arcade games, you know, like you put like. Like the little like. Like, what is it? Like 1920s kind of like style games stuff, like super. Super cute and super fun. And I think that's a really, again, another great activity for. For a romantic outing, you know? [00:19:08] Speaker B: No, I. I agree. It's. It's. It's charming. Right. It's a classic. [00:19:13] Speaker A: It really is. And you're doing stuff together, which is like the whole point. Right. [00:19:19] Speaker B: I like the benches or like seating. I guess it's a ledge. Not really benches, like the ledge that you can sit on that kind of faces the front of the beast's castle, which is kind of nice. You can just sit there and just enjoy the beast's castle in fantasy land because it's so gorgeous. It's very well done. And like, that's as close as you can get to the ride. Really? Like the castle without going in the queue. [00:19:46] Speaker A: Oh, yeah. [00:19:48] Speaker B: Everything else you kind of have to be in the queue for, I guess it kind of goes without saying. Cinderella, Castle, that's kind of a given. [00:19:56] Speaker A: You know, Take like a photo together or something. Yeah, I like the lighting there. Again, all these places 100% better at night. Like the flickering, like the sparkling lights and it's just like. It's just so lovely, you know. [00:20:14] Speaker B: No, I agree. Another place is like in the back of the park by the benches, by Mark. The Mark Twain. [00:20:22] Speaker A: Sure. Yeah. [00:20:24] Speaker B: Especially in the evening time, which is like, you know, the lights. Again, it's all about the lighting. Right. Just very nice and romantic, I think. [00:20:30] Speaker A: You watch like the ship go by. [00:20:33] Speaker B: Mm. It's very nice. [00:20:36] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:20:40] Speaker B: I guess we. We kind of talked a little bit about this already. But like, romantic things to do, I guess. Not just areas. [00:20:47] Speaker A: Yeah. Okay. Excited about it? [00:20:48] Speaker B: Okay, I guess. Yeah. Let's just stick to Disneyland. So you already mentioned the Penny Arcade and like. Yeah. Then the Mark Twain, of course, like getting on the Mark Twain and everything. That's also very nice in the evening. [00:20:59] Speaker A: And I feel like for the daytime, the. The canoes, you got like an activity, you know. [00:21:05] Speaker B: Sure, sure. Beauty and the Beast. The ride itself, like the queue and the ride itself is just very know, be and The Beast. Like everyone knows the story. Be and the Beast. It's a great ride and it's very, you know, romantic and stuff. And it's just, it's. It's worth doing in terms of romantic things, you know. Big Thunder. Why'd I put Big Thunder? Did you put Big Thunder? [00:21:32] Speaker A: I think thrill rides, like when you're on a date, thrill rides are awesome. You're laughing together. You're like having a blast. And Big Thunder. You got the couple seating. Right. Same with Space Mountain. But we don't have Space Mountain right now, so I, I couldn't put that. But I think thrill rides are like some of the best things to do on a date. [00:21:55] Speaker B: That's a good point. I'll give you that. Electrical parade. [00:22:02] Speaker A: I love it. It's so beautiful. [00:22:05] Speaker B: Not much to say. That's one of the top tier parades, Disney parades anywhere. So very nice. And it's always at night, of course, so it's definitely worth. Worth watching. And it's very romantic, very sparkly, very dream lights. Then disneysea. I see you put Tower of Terror. [00:22:28] Speaker A: I did. Again, a thrill ride. You come off the thrill ride and you're laughing and. And you just had like. Your heart rate is up. And I think it's one of the funnest things to do. [00:22:40] Speaker B: Yeah, that's a good point. Rapunzel's Lantern Festival is very romantic. [00:22:48] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:22:49] Speaker B: So beautiful boat rides are, you know, usually pretty romantic boat rides. [00:22:54] Speaker A: Yeah, for sure. [00:22:55] Speaker B: Sinbad. Maybe not. It's not really romantic. It's more just fun. [00:22:59] Speaker A: But it's long, you know? [00:23:00] Speaker B: Yeah. Yeah. You can hold hands. [00:23:03] Speaker A: Oh my gosh. [00:23:05] Speaker B: Blushing. [00:23:06] Speaker A: But soaring is kind of fun too, you know, in that way. It's kind of like. It's got like really like pretty lighting and it's got like that, that bluish, Bluish light when you're doing the. Getting on the edge on the attraction itself before it starts. And it's like really pretty, you know. [00:23:25] Speaker B: That's a good point. Pardon me. [00:23:26] Speaker A: You go all around the world together. [00:23:31] Speaker B: The DisneySea Electric Railway. You get like a beautiful view of the park. [00:23:36] Speaker A: For sure. [00:23:37] Speaker B: It's always very nice. Especially at night. [00:23:40] Speaker A: Especially at night. [00:23:41] Speaker B: Same with the Transit. Steam lighter. Same thing. It's like you get two different perspectives in the park, which is nice. And it's very relaxing. I guess we have two ends of the spectrum here. The thrill rides or the really relaxing rides. [00:23:55] Speaker A: You gotta have a good balance. [00:23:58] Speaker B: And then the Venetian gondolas. [00:24:02] Speaker A: I love it. I love it. Because especially again at night, you're There the lights are sparkling around you. You've got the Mount Prometheus lit up. You have all of Mediterranean harbor like before you. And it's a totally different view of the park that you can't get on land. And it's just so, so lovely. [00:24:27] Speaker B: Yeah, it's one of those like, it's a very quintessential thing to do at disneysea, like regardless, you know, romance or not. But yeah, it's just, it's so lovely. And sometimes you'll see people on their weddings, like when they get married. [00:24:44] Speaker A: Oh yeah, for sure. [00:24:45] Speaker B: They'll be, they'll be getting their pictures taken on the gondolas. I guess that's one thing we didn't put in the notes is like if you hear the bells ringing, if you hear the bells ringing from the Miracosta, that means someone got married. [00:24:58] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:24:59] Speaker B: Like actually got married at the, the wedding venue there. And that's is it is the wedding bell. Is that when the bride and groom come out? [00:25:08] Speaker A: Yeah, yeah, yeah. And everybody's throwing the, the little rice. They, they wrap them up with little. What is it like Mickey Fetty and stuff and they're throwing the rice. Yeah. [00:25:19] Speaker B: And then like they'll be paraded through the park. I think then they go. Because they go to the gondolas. [00:25:24] Speaker A: Yeah. It depends on like the package. Right? [00:25:27] Speaker B: The package that they got. Yeah. How much money they were willing to spend. Disneyland has something similar where they like they'll have them on a carriage that goes in front of the castle. Yeah. I've never actually seen a wedding at Disneyland. I've never been there when I've, when someone has done that. I've only seen a DisneySea. [00:25:47] Speaker A: Yeah, it's one of those things you. [00:25:48] Speaker B: Can'T just kind of have to kind of the time it. Right. [00:25:53] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:25:54] Speaker B: It's usually during the day, but yeah, you can get married at the park or at the. Yeah. At the hotels here. So they have packages for it. If you have the money, you can do it. Not cheap that obviously it doesn't come cheap. [00:26:08] Speaker A: Although compared to overseas and if the exchange rate is in your favor, it actually could be quite affordable compared to an overseas wedding. [00:26:18] Speaker B: You know, I never thought to look this up. Like, how does it, how does it work in terms of like legality? Is it just more of just a ceremony? It's just. [00:26:28] Speaker A: No, it's just a ceremony because. Well, I don't know if you actually can do the paperwork there. Like cuz here you have to do like the, like the, like the family. You have to like you have to like do the actual like paperwork. So I think it's just like the ceremony, isn't it? [00:26:45] Speaker B: Yeah, that, that would make sense. Uhhuh. Because I do know they do allow same sex ceremonies as well. [00:26:54] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:26:54] Speaker B: And that they've been doing that for about a decade now I think. Even though like same sex marriage is not legal in Japan. But not yet. [00:27:03] Speaker A: One day. One day hopefully. [00:27:07] Speaker B: But yeah, ceremony. So like I know people have done it before like that aren't from here, like foreigners have done it before. So it's something that you could potentially do. Yeah, just it's that kind of information beyond their website and stuff. I've never been to one so I can't speak to it. But I, I've read about people like foreign people having ceremonies before. So yeah, I guess, yeah, I guess it wouldn't be, wouldn't be a legal thing because these were people that aren't like both of them were not from Japan. Like they're visiting. So like obviously you're, you're not going to have, be legally married in Japan if you're not a resident. [00:27:54] Speaker A: You can, you can get married anywhere. Yeah, I mean I think my sister in law got married in Norway. She's Japanese. The paperwork you just do here in the country, you know, or wherever country you're from. [00:28:06] Speaker B: Oh yeah, yeah. After I say all that I'm like, yeah, duh. People have destination weddings all the time. Duh. [00:28:14] Speaker A: No, no. But it's true. Like, like it's like there's like so many like like little details that go into it. Right? [00:28:20] Speaker B: Yeah. It's not something I really think about all that often. Let's just be honest, if I'm being honest. So places to eat. [00:28:31] Speaker A: I live. This is kind of interesting. So are we still at Disneyland? [00:28:34] Speaker B: Oh, did we move? No, we moved on from Disneyland. [00:28:37] Speaker A: Oh, okay. [00:28:39] Speaker B: So places to eat. You want to start Disneysea or Disneyland? Disneysea. Disneysea has more in my opinion. [00:28:45] Speaker A: I used to love before the menu change, I used to love going to Teddy Roosevelt Lounge back when it was like you could just walk in and it was really easy to get into and you could like get a cocktail and like a little snack to go with the cocktail or whatever. It was so like really beautiful, like nice lighting. It was quiet, like really relaxing and I used to love to go there. I don't know what it's like right now or if it's easy to get into anymore, but it used to be really cool. [00:29:20] Speaker B: It's not bad getting into it. Like it's like, you can still kind of rock up and get in pretty easily. But yeah, the. The menu change they did in the last few years is not great. Yeah, they kind of like simplified the menu and I'm not a fan of it, but. [00:29:38] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:29:39] Speaker B: And yeah, like, the. The cocktail menu is like. It's been like, pared down and everything. It's not what it once was in terms of, like, the food offerings, but the ambience there is still wonderful. Like, that has not changed. [00:29:52] Speaker A: Yeah, they can't take that away, at least. [00:29:55] Speaker B: No, it is probably one of the comfiest places in the park. [00:29:58] Speaker A: Yeah. It's so relaxing. [00:30:00] Speaker B: So go there. Like, go there, you know, maybe have a drink or something, maybe a snack. But don't like, don't expect to have like a full meal because, like, the food is just kind of like, eh. In my opinion. But yeah, no, that's definitely. It's a good spot, 100%. [00:30:18] Speaker A: And like, the SS Columbia, when they had the live piano player was really great, but I don't think they've done that in years. [00:30:26] Speaker B: No, I. I couldn't tell you the last time I saw it. Yeah. So sad. Probably goes without, like. I guess it's probably not surprising to anyone that's listened to this podcast for a while, but Magellan's 100. [00:30:43] Speaker A: So pretty. [00:30:44] Speaker B: So pretty. The menu is still good. [00:30:46] Speaker A: Wine cellar area. [00:30:47] Speaker B: Yeah, ask for the wine cellar. It's one of those things you can't reserve. You just have to ask and if there's room, they'll put you in there. [00:30:56] Speaker A: Yeah, yeah, it's. [00:30:57] Speaker B: It's a little more secluded. It's quite. It's. It's a nice little experience. We had the whole Magellan's atmosphere. Like, if you. It's inside where the Fortress explorations is. It's part of the same building. Beautiful. It's one of my favorite places. I'm sad that they got rid of the freaking lounge, though. [00:31:20] Speaker A: I will never forgive them for that because that was so great. Like, it was like, let's say you were on a date and it's like a rainy day and you just like, run inside and catch a table and have like a cocktail and then go back out and adventure again. It used to be so delightful and something you could do on a whim. And they had really lovely little like, cake sets or hors d'or sets, and it was like, just really delightful and. And easy. Easy and fun and beautiful, you know? [00:31:53] Speaker B: Yeah. I don't know what they're doing with that space. Like, did they just make it for more tables. For Magellan, I doubt. [00:31:59] Speaker A: I'm guessing. [00:32:00] Speaker B: I don't know. I don't know. I. I haven't been in a while, so. But yeah, the. For Magellan, though, it's a course menu, so it's something like. You kind of have to take slow. Like, it's one of. It's a. It's going to be a slow experience, but in a. In a good way because, like, it's a course menu, so everything comes out, you know, slowly. Yeah. Just. It's like one of those things. Like you just have to do it at least once because it's just such a wonderful experience. [00:32:31] Speaker A: And Di Canaletto. [00:32:33] Speaker B: Yes. I will argue, though, that Restaurant Di Canaletto is maybe a little step above in terms of romance, like a romantic feeling. Just because you can ask to sit outside, of course, weather pending. And you'll be at the canals, like. [00:32:51] Speaker A: If it's just summer day. Yeah, it's perfect. [00:32:55] Speaker B: It's. It's. It's very romantic. And you get a view. You should have a view if you're sitting outside. A view of Mount Prometheus as well. [00:33:04] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:33:05] Speaker B: So it's like you get a really, like. Yeah, it's just like, the ambience is just. You can't beat that. Like, it's a very different feel from Magellan's. Magellan's is very, like, fancy, I guess. Not that Canaletto's not, but like, I guess, like, because Magellan's is like a course menu kind of thing. Right. So everything's very elegant and very, you know, you're kind of in this, like, society. Like society. Right. The SCA kind of headquarter place kind of thing. Right. It's very highly themed. And then Restaurant Di Canaletto, it kind of. It uses the theming from outside the restaurant and its surroundings to help, which is really lovely, I think. I really like. I really love it. [00:33:53] Speaker A: Yeah, that's really cool. [00:33:54] Speaker B: Restaurant Di Canaletto is like a. Is an Italian restaurant. So it's pasta, pizza, things like that, which is really lovely. Another one is Volcania I put on it. [00:34:09] Speaker A: Oh, yeah. [00:34:10] Speaker B: I think it's just like. I don't know, it's moody. It's a moody kind of restaurant because it's kind of dark. It's kind of a nice place to get out of the sun, I guess. [00:34:20] Speaker A: Or out of the weather, like during the daytime, for sure. [00:34:22] Speaker B: Yeah. Yeah. Because it's like. Because you're in a mountain, basically. Right. Like you're in a volcano area. Everything's all drilled in. It's very steampunk esque. Everything's like red velvet. Like, the seats and stuff are red velvet. It's just. [00:34:38] Speaker A: It's just very nice, you know what I would say. And it's right next door, the. The little, the little counter service next to the submarines where you can grab. They used to have like the frozen beer. Like you grab like a beer or whatever and you can just like hang out and you got like that really cool lighting and it's like a really good conversation spot. [00:35:04] Speaker B: Yeah, that's a. That's a good spot too. If you want something like kind of quick, just like grab a. [00:35:10] Speaker A: You can hang out there. [00:35:11] Speaker B: You could be there, grab a frozen beer and whatever. Yeah, yeah. That's where the gyoza dog is too. [00:35:17] Speaker A: That's true. You could like share a gyoza dog. Like, what, what is the. Like the two dogs eating the pasta? [00:35:24] Speaker B: Oh, yeah. Lady and the tramp. [00:35:26] Speaker A: Yeah, lady and the tramp. Yeah. [00:35:29] Speaker B: Another one, arguably, is the snuggly duckling. [00:35:33] Speaker A: Oh, okay, okay. [00:35:35] Speaker B: Snuggly duckling. [00:35:37] Speaker A: Super cute. [00:35:38] Speaker B: Yeah. Because there's one room at the back of the restaurant where it's like Rapunzel kind of got her paintbrush and kind of painted it for herself. Like she just made cute artwork all over it. So, like the first half of it, you know, it's cute and it's fun, but, you know, it's kind of like a pub kind of feel in the back. It's like Rapunzel kind of like, you know, like. Because she has stuff with like Flynn and everything in there. I just think it's really cute. [00:36:06] Speaker A: Oh yeah. [00:36:08] Speaker B: Cute's a good way to describe it for sure. So like a kind of a cutesy, romantic, maybe like a first love kind of kind of vibe, you know, Whereas, like Magellan's, I feel, is just like, oh, you're celebrating your 10th anniversary or. [00:36:26] Speaker A: Something like that, you know, it's not that fancy. [00:36:29] Speaker B: Well, I mean, like, it feels like a little. A little more mature, right? [00:36:32] Speaker A: Oh, yeah, for sure. [00:36:33] Speaker B: Compared to the snuggly duckling I get. Yeah, that's where I was trying to go with that. [00:36:38] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:36:38] Speaker B: So I guess, like, if you're younger, you know, like a teenager, something like that, it's like duckling. That's kind of fun. Or if you're an adult, it's like, oh, let's go to Magellan's. Go to Restaurant D. Canaletto. Let's go to the lounge kind of thing, you know? [00:36:53] Speaker A: Yeah, yeah. [00:36:55] Speaker B: Anywhere else at Disneysea Gosh, you know. [00:36:58] Speaker A: It'S like such a shame. Like, like again, this is like if I could time travel. Cape Cod used to be like really romantic. Especially when they had the live music and they would be singing and walking from table to table. Was. It used to be a really cute date spot. And they, they just got rid of it became Duffy Land, you know. [00:37:22] Speaker B: Yeah. It's just duff, you know. [00:37:24] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:37:24] Speaker B: Oh well. Disneysea or Disneysea Disneyland. Blue Bayou. [00:37:32] Speaker A: That would be my go to at Disneyland. [00:37:34] Speaker B: Definitely. [00:37:35] Speaker A: Yeah. It's always nighttime. You got the ships going by. [00:37:40] Speaker B: Yeah. It's exactly the same as the one at Disneyland in California. Like same, same idea. Right. We look over the Pirates of the Caribbean. [00:37:48] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:37:50] Speaker B: I haven't tried their new menu. [00:37:52] Speaker A: I'm a sucker for that. Always. [00:37:53] Speaker B: Yeah, I haven't tried their new menu because I know they refreshed their menu not that long ago. Oh yeah, I haven't done that yet. The Center Street Coffee House is one. [00:38:04] Speaker A: It's super cute. It's great place for conversation. [00:38:07] Speaker B: Yeah. It's a good, like it's well lit. They have like desserts and like, of course that's where the Baymax curry is. So you know, it's more of like a fun, like a more fun casual kind of date. Right. [00:38:18] Speaker A: 100%. [00:38:19] Speaker B: Whereas like blue Bayou is more like, you know, a little more quote unquote serious, maybe a little more mature kind of vibe, I suppose. And then also ice cream cones. [00:38:32] Speaker A: Yeah. Because what's more romantic than sharing an ice cream together? You know? And like, I think it's really like a cute, like again, very teenagery, very cute, very retro, you know, and really adorable. [00:38:48] Speaker B: Yeah. There's not really many other restaurants I would say like are romantic. Right. Everything else is kind of fun. [00:38:56] Speaker A: Yeah. And I feel like that's part of the joy of Disneyland. It's like you're running from adventure to adventure and you're like grabbing snacks and you're, you know, there's like places where you could have a nice quiet meal, but like it's more about just going out and just having a blast, you know? [00:39:13] Speaker B: Yeah, that's true. The romantic stuff is mostly at Disneyland or sorry, DisneySea. [00:39:19] Speaker A: Yeah. Because DisneySea used to be more adult oriented in general. Right. [00:39:24] Speaker B: Yeah. Hence the Valentine nights that they had. [00:39:26] Speaker A: Exactly. [00:39:27] Speaker B: At DisneySea. Yeah. And then we can't forget the hotels. [00:39:33] Speaker A: Yeah. 100%. [00:39:35] Speaker B: The Bella Vista Lounge at Miracosta. [00:39:38] Speaker A: Great view. [00:39:39] Speaker B: Great view of inside. Inside the park into Disney Sea. You can see the Mediterranean Harbor. So that's also very Lovely. Those tables are hard to get, the ones that are right at the window. [00:39:52] Speaker A: Yeah. And I'm really sad that they took out the actual lounge function from the one lounge that they had. I think that's like a bummer. [00:40:00] Speaker B: It's all just like, reservation type stuff. [00:40:03] Speaker A: No, only. Only now, which is silly because they have two restaurants that are specifically dedicated to course menus and reservations, so it's kind of ridiculous. We used to go there, like when, when we would go on dates at Disneysea, we would go and have the light dinner menu after the parks and have a cocktail and then take a taxi home. And you can't do that anymore. It just doesn't exist, you know? [00:40:26] Speaker B: Yeah. But if you can get a reservation there, like, the view is unmatched. It's. It's. It's gorgeous. It's a gorgeous view. It's very popular during, like, showtimes. Like, people will specifically make reservations for those times, so it's a little tough to do. You kind of have to be on the ball with that. The Dreamers Lounge at the Disneyland Hotel, I like. [00:40:51] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:40:52] Speaker B: Very grand, I suppose, because, you know, the super high ceilings and everything. I like it. It's nice and it's easy to get into. You can just kind of rock up. [00:41:06] Speaker A: Is it easy? [00:41:06] Speaker B: Again, I've been going, okay, yeah, it's easy to rock up and just get a cocktail if you want. They have light meals as well. They actually have a cheeseburger now, which is a little strange, but they have a cheeseburger, which I've yet to try. But I do love the Dreamers Lounge. You don't get to see Disneyland because of the monorail station. So you get to see the monorail station. [00:41:35] Speaker A: Yeah. We used to love. Oceano was really lovely. Not the buffet, the other. The restaurant side was really pretty. [00:41:50] Speaker B: Yeah. Because. [00:41:51] Speaker A: Really quiet and, you know. [00:41:54] Speaker B: Yeah. For the. And the buffet side, if you timed it right, you could watch the show on the. The balcony, which they're doing again, which is nice. [00:42:04] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:42:05] Speaker B: I haven't done that in a while, though. Again, it's one of those things, like, people like. It's popular, like around the Showtime, especially Believe Sea of Dreams. It's popular. [00:42:15] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:42:15] Speaker B: So people will obviously try and book for those kind of times. But yeah, I, I didn't put Hyperion Lounge on here because I don't really find it that romantic. It's kind of like my least favorite of the three. [00:42:27] Speaker A: It's really pretty. It used to be prettier when the lobby wasn't like, cartoon. Ified you know? But the restaurant I like there that we used to go to on dates was Empire Grill. It was really nice. [00:42:40] Speaker B: That's gone. [00:42:41] Speaker A: No, they took it out. They took out the restaurant, Empire Grill. What did they put there? [00:42:46] Speaker B: It's been gone for like a year or more now. [00:42:49] Speaker A: You're kidding me. [00:42:50] Speaker B: How did you not know that? [00:42:51] Speaker A: Because we don't go to Disney anymore. What. What is there? [00:42:57] Speaker B: That's a Chippendale playground. [00:42:59] Speaker A: No, that was the Japanese restaurant. Did they take out both the restaurants? [00:43:03] Speaker B: Yeah, they're both gone. [00:43:04] Speaker A: Oh, my God. [00:43:05] Speaker B: It's just Chef. [00:43:07] Speaker A: Oh, that's such a bummer. [00:43:09] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:43:11] Speaker A: Wow. What are you doing, Olc? It used to always be, like, booked, too. I wonder why they did that. [00:43:20] Speaker B: Maybe trying to make it more family oriented, I guess, because. Yeah, it's like a. It's like a child's playground area with Chippendale is what it is now. It's been that for about a year and a half or two years now. [00:43:34] Speaker A: The Chippendale. No, the Chippendale thing's been there for a while, but I thought it was just the Japanese restaurant that they took out. [00:43:40] Speaker B: Let me double check. I might be wrong. Hold on, I'm pulling this up. [00:43:43] Speaker A: Bummer. Oh, my God. We used to love that. [00:43:45] Speaker B: It was really nice. No, Empire girl's still there. You're right. [00:43:48] Speaker A: Okay, good. I was like, oh, my gosh. [00:43:51] Speaker B: Oh, yeah, you're right. It was the other. The. The Japanese restaurant, California cuisine. [00:43:58] Speaker A: It's like a course menu. Like, it's western style. They have, like, good steak. And I forgot, like, whatever they're doing seasonally, they use a really cute. Really cute menus. [00:44:10] Speaker B: Yeah, it's like, right now it's themed to Vanellope's Sweet Pop World. And then they're gonna do the Donald's Quacky Duck. Duck. Duck City. [00:44:19] Speaker A: Yeah, yeah. [00:44:20] Speaker B: It's all, like, hors d'oeuvres with steaks and stuff. That's cute. [00:44:25] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:44:27] Speaker B: Oh, when did this. This flew under the radar. This is where they have a Twisted Wonderland meal. [00:44:36] Speaker A: Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. [00:44:38] Speaker B: Oh, it's only for a few days. Actually, it started today. February 17th, until the February 23rd. So it's only a couple of days. That's weird. How did that. I guess Twisted. Twisted One line is still pretty popular, isn't it? Yeah, it's not my thing. [00:44:56] Speaker A: I don't know anything about the game. I know it has a lot of characters. [00:45:01] Speaker B: Basically anime guys attractively dressed as different Disney villains. [00:45:08] Speaker A: Yeah, I mean, well, it's done by Yana Toboso, who's really cool, especially the fashion that she draws. But I don't know, A lot of these games seem very involved and I can't. I can't do it. I feel like I'll go down the rabbit hole and I'll never come out again. You know what I mean? Once you start, you know? [00:45:31] Speaker B: Yeah, I. I know what you mean. Like, this is not, like, it's not Disney related, but like the, The Pokemon trading card game is now a mobile game. [00:45:40] Speaker A: Oh. Like, yes, I've. [00:45:42] Speaker B: I've seen. [00:45:43] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:45:43] Speaker B: I did not start it because I. I know, I know once I start that it's. It's. That's all I'll do. [00:45:51] Speaker A: It'll be all consuming. [00:45:53] Speaker B: Yeah. So, like, I'm not. I'm just not even gonna start. [00:45:56] Speaker A: All the kids and like, the teens are into it right now. They're all playing it and I see that they're always playing. I'm like, what are you doing? Put that away. Oh my God. It's like, so funny. But they're like, super into it. Yeah. [00:46:15] Speaker B: Oh, the Empire girl has a precious anniversary plan. [00:46:18] Speaker A: Yeah, no, they do. Really, really lovely dinners there. [00:46:23] Speaker B: Well, geez, we're gonna add this to the list officially, because I first. The second I thought it was closed. [00:46:30] Speaker A: We did. A long time ago. We did like the Cinderella dinner. And we. I still have it. Like, we got. One of the gifts for the dinner was like a teapot. Like a full size teapot. Like a ceramic tea. [00:46:45] Speaker B: I remember them doing that. [00:46:47] Speaker A: Yeah. Like a long time ago. And it was so pretty. And like, I remember. I still remember, like, the dessert plate was like the clock striking midnight and it was like, really lovely. Yeah, I love that. [00:47:02] Speaker B: I haven't been to Empire Grill in so long. I need to go back. [00:47:05] Speaker A: Yeah, that's the thing. It's been so many years, like, since we've gone, you know? [00:47:09] Speaker B: Yeah. Oh, this looks good. Wait, is this fish? [00:47:14] Speaker A: They do have fish. Yeah. You. There's like, they have a ton of options or they used to. I don't know what they. What they're doing now, but. [00:47:21] Speaker B: Okay, you can pick between, like, pork or fish. Okay, cool. Anyway, look, now I'm getting hungry. [00:47:30] Speaker A: Oh, my gosh. [00:47:32] Speaker B: Oh, my goodness. No, no, no, no, no. Okay, good. Well, Empire girl was. Is not closed. It was the other one. [00:47:39] Speaker A: Thank goodness. I would be, like, heartbroken. I'm like, seriously, they took out both the adult, like, the nice, quiet restaurants, you know? [00:47:46] Speaker B: Yeah, no, they just took out the one. [00:47:51] Speaker A: And I feel like I can understand that one because you, you know, it's right next to Tokyo and there's so many good like. [00:48:02] Speaker B: Yeah, yeah. Restaurants trying to be a traditional Japanese restaurant. [00:48:06] Speaker A: Yes. And there's so many. There's so many. So it's like, like. [00:48:10] Speaker B: Yeah, like, you know, if you live in Japan, you're not really going to Disney for a Japanese meal because you can get that anywhere. [00:48:18] Speaker A: Exactly. It's like really, like really gorgeous. You know, like Kaiseki, like menus and stuff is like for half the price. So I can, I can see. Yeah, for the price like you could get something really, really beautiful in the city. So I can, I can see that. And it's I guess the same for course menus here, but it's like more like a casual like, like little, little, like little fancy little course menu. And of course you can go into the city and do like something like similar for you know, like, like fancier. But it's, it's, it's, it's fun to do like a little Disney. Disney style course menu. [00:48:55] Speaker B: You know, little Disney flair. Right? [00:48:58] Speaker A: Yeah, exactly. [00:48:59] Speaker B: That's always fun. Okay. We were like, I was just looking at the. We were just looking at the menus. Right. This has nothing to do with like romance or anything, but as you know, Wicked's finally coming out in Japan. Yes. [00:49:15] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:49:16] Speaker B: So there's like, so now like Japan's gonna go into Wicked mania four months after everyone else in the world. But I saw. I can't remember what hotel it was. I think it was. I want to say it's the Prince Hotel or something. It's one of the like higher end hotels in, in Tokyo. They're doing a collaboration with W. And one of the. They did up one of the hotel rooms. It's like Elphaba and Glinda. [00:49:45] Speaker A: Cute. [00:49:46] Speaker B: It also comes. There's also like you can have a course menu included with your room and it's like an afternoon tea thing and some other stuff and it looks really cool. I was like, oh, that'd be kind of fun. And then I looked at the price and I'm like, oh, maybe not. It was like 130,000 yen for one night. Which is the. How do I convert that? I don't know. Over a thousand dollars a night, like for one night kind of thing. Wasn't that much. I don't know. It was just like. It was a lot. I was like, oh, that's a lot for just an overlay in a hotel room. But sure. But I don't know why I brought that Up. It had nothing to do with romance. But, hey, I just happened to be looking at it the other day. I kind of considered it for half a second. Half. [00:50:40] Speaker A: That's pretty cool, though. [00:50:42] Speaker B: Yes. Oh, another thing, because I know I'll forget next episode again. I can't think. We're kind of done with the Valentine stuff, the romantic stuff. [00:50:54] Speaker A: I don't know that we can think of any other romantic things, so. [00:50:58] Speaker B: No, they. Yeah, I think. I think that's a pretty good list. I just saw for the month of April, so, you know, in April we have the Star wars celebration. It's happening. [00:51:08] Speaker A: Oh, yeah. [00:51:10] Speaker B: XPRI is showing all nine Star wars films. [00:51:14] Speaker A: What? [00:51:16] Speaker B: Over the course of. There's. There's specific dates for all of them, of course. But yeah, for the month of April, they're showing all nine, like, episodes one through nine, starting with Super Cool. And it's. It's. It's the subtitled version, meaning it's going to be like the original English with Japanese subtitles. [00:51:36] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:51:37] Speaker B: Like, I've never seen the older films, like episodes 4, 5 and 6 in movie theaters because I wasn't born yet. [00:51:45] Speaker A: Yeah. Yeah. [00:51:47] Speaker B: Wait, when did the. When did episode six come out? I may have been born. [00:51:51] Speaker A: I think I might have. I think. I think we. We were kids during the last of the original three. Like, the last one that was released. I remember watching the one with the snow, too, as a kid. Which one was that? [00:52:11] Speaker B: I don't remember. I don't remember these. Probably Empire stripe. Empire Strikes Back. I think that'd be episode five. Episode six came out in 1983. I was not born yet. [00:52:23] Speaker A: That would be the one that I would have seen if we did go see it in theaters, but I would have been like a baby, like, super young. [00:52:30] Speaker B: Yeah. Empire Strikes Back was in the 1980. And episode. [00:52:36] Speaker A: I remember watching on, for sure, VHS on the TV. [00:52:39] Speaker B: I remember. I remember watching that stuff on VHS as well, because my mom recorded them. [00:52:43] Speaker A: It was just like. [00:52:44] Speaker B: Yeah, yeah. And I. It's one of those things. Like, I watched a lot of the stuff on VHS that my mom recorded off of tv. And so now when I can't watch these films, like, you know, just like, obviously, like the ones, you know, on streaming or whatever. I know exactly where the. The commercials are. Good. Should have been when I'm watching, like, oh, commercial break. Should have been right here. Oh, like, I remember that kind of thing. It's weird, right? [00:53:12] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:53:13] Speaker B: Weird thing to remember. [00:53:14] Speaker A: Such a strange thing. And like. And like, the thing is too, like, do you remember Because I remember loving it as a kid because it was kind of, like, dark. And I think there was a woman who turned into, like, a crow or something where this kid gets stranded on the Ewok planet and her whole family dies or something. [00:53:32] Speaker B: Oh, my goodness. [00:53:33] Speaker A: And there's, like, a witch, and she can become, like, a crow or something like that. And they have to, like, I don't know, get out or something. Something I get, like, some kind of communication device or so. I don't remember, but I remember I was, like, obsessed with that as a kid. I was like, this is amazing. So it's probably, like, really dumb. [00:53:51] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:53:53] Speaker A: It'S fun. Like a movie night at Xpiari. If you're, you know, around the parks, you're staying at one of the hotels and looking for something to do that could be kind of cool because they do show a lot of movies in other languages that are not Japanese. So you can check out what's. [00:54:07] Speaker B: Yeah, usually if it's. If it's a foreign film, like, it's not AKA not Japanese, it's usually in. Usually. I say usually. Usually in English or, like, the. Its original language. Then it has Japanese subtitles, for sure. But sometimes, like. Usually, like. Like the big blockbusters, they'll show two versions. They'll show the dubbed and the subtitled version. [00:54:33] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:54:34] Speaker B: So, like, right now is what the. The new Captain America film. [00:54:39] Speaker A: And that'll be available in both. And it's kind of cool because, like, the Japanese dub, for example, there's, like, the voice actors. Some voice actors are just really, really popular. So people will go. They'll probably see both. Right. They'll go see the Japanese to see, like, their. Their. Their favorite voice actor doing it. And if they want to see the original, they'll see that as well. You know, which is really cool that you get, like, that option. [00:55:01] Speaker B: Yeah, they usually. Yeah, they usually make a big deal of, like, oh, this famous actor is playing the voice of this character. Like, it's usually a big deal here. And also, they're in March. I'm not sure why they're doing it, like, mid March, but they're playing Rogue One in March. [00:55:19] Speaker A: Oh, wow. Okay, cool. [00:55:21] Speaker B: Which is kind of cool because, you know, this isn't spoilers, because I'm sure most people have watched Rogue One at this point. Have you seen Rogue One? [00:55:28] Speaker A: I did. I actually really liked it. [00:55:30] Speaker B: Oh, it's good. [00:55:31] Speaker A: I really like it, too. [00:55:33] Speaker B: But, you know, like, at the end of Rogue One leads into episode four. [00:55:36] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:55:37] Speaker B: Yeah, I love that. I love. [00:55:39] Speaker A: So cool. [00:55:40] Speaker B: Love that. Like, I. You know, when. When. When that ending hit, I was like, oh, goosebumps. This is so good. Yeah. Yeah. [00:55:49] Speaker A: I really enjoyed it. I know it wasn't for everybody, but I really liked it a lot. [00:55:54] Speaker B: Yeah. Like, I'm not the biggest Star wars person, but I do enjoy it. Like, I will watch it. [00:55:58] Speaker A: That's the same. Like, I. I feel like I'm, like, one of those in between kind of, like, fans. I will go to, like, every movie, but I can't. And I haven't gotten into the TV shows, like, at all. And I heard they're so good, you. [00:56:13] Speaker B: Have to get into them. [00:56:14] Speaker A: I probably should watch it, but. And we have, like, Disney and we. I. I, like, never use it. But, like, I should probably watch it because I've heard so many good things about it. [00:56:23] Speaker B: You know, Start with the Mandalorian. You'll really like that. The last one is Skeleton Crew. It's more of, like, a. [00:56:33] Speaker A: It's more geared. That looks super cute. [00:56:35] Speaker B: It's cute. It's. It's really cute. I think. I think you would like that one. But, yeah, Mandalorian's really good. [00:56:40] Speaker A: Yeah. The kid one. Like, it kind of reminds me of, like, that movie that I was telling you about. Like, you have the kids standing on strand on the planet, and I love that Star wars would also do those kind of things. It feels almost like, you know, like, here they have, like, the Super Sentai and like. Like the. So, like, the Sentai are done by, like, teenagers and Kamen Riders done by adults. But there's always, like, a kid subplot where, like, a kid shows up in the TV show. [00:57:05] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:57:06] Speaker A: And I kind of like that Star wars. And I know, like, probably, like, the serious Star wars fans are like, oh, that's. That ruined Star wars or whatever, but I. I kind of think it's adorable and really fun and kind of lovely that they have, like, these, like. These, like. Like the kids movie or, like, the. Like, the TV show with the. The kids looks really adorable and. Looks really cute and adventurous. [00:57:27] Speaker B: Yeah. Watch it. I think you'll like it. The other one, if you liked Rogue One, you'll like Andor. [00:57:34] Speaker A: Okay. [00:57:35] Speaker B: Because one of the characters from Rogue One is in Andor, and it's the stuff that happens before Rogue One. [00:57:42] Speaker A: Really? Okay. Okay. I gotta watch it. [00:57:47] Speaker B: It's one of those. I don't think in Andor at all. I don't think there's, like, nothing to do with Jedi. It's all just, like, these other characters. [00:57:54] Speaker A: And I'm here for it. I don't need the Jedi to be in the movie. Although I do think the Jedi are super interesting, too. But, like. Yeah, I think that would be really cool, actually. [00:58:07] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:58:07] Speaker A: Okay. [00:58:08] Speaker B: Watch him. [00:58:08] Speaker A: Watch him. And then that's what we're doing. [00:58:11] Speaker B: Watch it and then we'll discuss it. We will discuss. How's that? Go do that. [00:58:16] Speaker A: We should do it for, like, the Star Wars Month. [00:58:18] Speaker B: Oh, that's a good idea. Yeah. [00:58:21] Speaker A: Yeah, that'd be really fun. [00:58:23] Speaker B: Go watch Andor and then maybe the skeleton crew. [00:58:30] Speaker A: Okay. Yeah, Skeleton crew looks super cute. [00:58:33] Speaker B: Yeah, it is. Definitely. Yeah, definitely. Go watch it. Yeah, we kind of turn into a Star wars thing at the end here, but that's okay. Star Wars Celebration is coming. [00:58:42] Speaker A: Romantic. Yeah. You know, you can go on a date wearing, like, cosplay and have fun riding the attraction and stuff like that. [00:58:52] Speaker B: Oh, yeah, they're doing the special Star wars thing here. Star Wars Overlay at Star Tours. The one that's been at the other parks already for how long? That might already be done. I know they're doing that here for. It's going to happen during Star Wars Celebration, which makes sense. [00:59:11] Speaker A: Oh, nice. [00:59:12] Speaker B: I guess, like, Starburst episode one was quite romantic with Padme. [00:59:17] Speaker A: Yeah. Yeah. [00:59:20] Speaker B: I was obsessed with Natalie Portman in that. [00:59:23] Speaker A: Oh, my God, me too. Would pick up the magazines and I'd be like, oh, this outfit looks so cool. And. Oh, this too. She's so beautiful. Yeah, she's amazing. [00:59:38] Speaker B: Wonderful. All right. Anyway, we're going to end up talking about Star wars far too long. We'll do that in a different episode. How's that? [00:59:46] Speaker A: Yeah, yeah, yeah. [00:59:48] Speaker B: All right, explorers, before we go, we want to thank some wonderful explorers that are supporting the show. So if you want to support the show, head on over to patreon.com TDRNow so huge. Thank you to Acro Disney Girl, Adam, Amanda C, Amy B. Amy C. Mama. 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Now I'm thinking I need to go on a date night at Disney. It's so fun and romantic and delightful. You guys, what are your favorite date spots at the Disney parks around the world? Let us know. And let us know about Tokyo Disney Resort as well. Is there any place that you want to try? And until then, keep exploring our explorers. [01:01:22] Speaker B: We'll see you in the next one. Bye.