Tokyo Disneyland

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Cinderella Castle is the icon of Tokyo Disneyland
Tokyo Disneyland
Resort	Tokyo Disney Resort
Opening Day	April 15, 1983
Theme	Magic Kingdom
Website	Tokyo Disney Resort Homepage
Operator	The Oriental Land Company

Tokyo Disneyland (東京ディズニーランド, Tōkyō Dizunīrando^?) is a 115 acre (465,000 m²) theme park at the Tokyo Disney Resort located in Urayasu, Chiba, Japan, near Tokyo. It was the first Disney park to be built outside of the United States and opened April 15, 1983. The park was constructed by Walt Disney Imagineering in the same style as Disneyland in California and Magic Kingdom in Florida. It is owned by The Oriental Land Company, which licenses the theme from The Walt Disney Company. Tokyo Disneyland and its companion park, Tokyo DisneySea, are the only Disney parks not owned by The Walt Disney Company.

There are seven themed areas in the park, each complementing each other yet unique in their style. Made up of the World Bazaar, the four classic Disney lands: Adventureland, Westernland, Fantasyland and Tomorrowland, and two mini lands, Critter Country and Mickey's Toontown, the park is noted for its huge open spaces to accommodate the massive crowds the park receives on even moderate attendance days. In 2007, Tokyo Disneyland hosted approximately 13.9 million guests, ranking it as the third-most visited theme park in the world, behind its American sister parks, Magic Kingdom and Disneyland.^[1].

[edit] Dedication

To all of you who come to this happy place, welcome. Here you will discover enchanted lands of Fantasy and Adventure, Yesterday and Tomorrow. May Tokyo Disneyland be an eternal source of joy, laughter, inspiration, and imagination to the peoples of the world. And may this magical kingdom be an enduring symbol of the spirit of cooperation and friendship between the great nations of Japan and the United States of America.

—E. Cardon Walker, April 15, 1983

[edit] Themed areas

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With only a few exceptions, Tokyo Disneyland for the most part has the same attractions found in Disneyland and Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom.

A floral arrangement depicting Stitch as part of a celebration.

[edit] World Bazaar

Instead of the Main Street, U.S.A. area that exists at all other Disneyland-style parks around the world, Tokyo Disneyland calls its entry corridor "World Bazaar." The most distinctive aspect of World Bazaar is that it has resemblance to The Crystal Palace, built in part to account for the frequent rain and snow in the region.

[edit] Adventureland

Unlike its sister parks, Tokyo Disneyland does not have a railroad encircling it. There is, however, an attraction in Adventureland called the Western River Railroad, but it cannot be used to travel from one area of the park to another; rather it makes a scenic round-trip excursion. Adventureland in Tokyo Disneyland contains a New Orleans section, which makes the version a combination of New Orleans Square and Adventureland in California.

Big Thunder Mountain Railroad

[edit] Westernland

Frontierland is replaced by Westernland, taking a wild west-style appearance similar to Frontierland. Big Thunder Mountain is found here.

[edit] Critter Country

Critter Country is a small area of the park with two main attractions, Splash Mountain and Beaver Brothers Explorer Canoes.

It's a Small World

[edit] Fantasyland

The icon of Tokyo Disneyland, Cinderella Castle is nearly identical to its counterpart at Walt Disney World in Florida.

Also in Fantasyland, one can find The Mickey Mouse Revue, an Audio-Animatronic musical show. This attraction originally debuted at Walt Disney World in 1971; it was later translated into Japanese and moved to Tokyo Disneyland. (The 3-D film Mickey's PhilharMagic now occupies the former Mickey Mouse Revue theater in Florida). The major E-ticket attraction in this land is Pooh's Hunny Hunt, a unique attraction featuring trackless technology and state-of-the-art special effects. Haunted Mansion also makes its home in Fantasyland, yet its exterior is the same Hudson River Gothic design as Walt Disney World's Haunted Mansion in Liberty Square.

[edit] Toontown

Identical to "Mickey's Toontown" in the Disneyland Resort, this area of the park gives the feeling of being in the Disney Character's neighborhood.

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[edit] Tomorrowland

Tomorrowland takes up a more urban look and appears more like a community than a showcase of future technology. The rides include Star Tours and Space Mountain. The entrance part of Tomorrowland resembles the one originally designed for Walt Disney World in every way except the lack of the PeopleMover track, before its remodeling in the early nineties. The area around Space Mountain more resembles Disneyland's Tomorrowland.

[edit] Ticket price

The ticket prices vary from one package to another and these can be found at the company's website ^[2].

[edit] See also

• Tokyo Disneyland attraction and entertainment history
• Tokyo DisneySea

[edit] Notes and references

[edit] External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Tokyo Disneyland

• Tokyo Disney Resort web site in Japanese and English
• Resort Maps in Japanese and English
• Google Maps (satellite image) (Latitude: 35.633 Longitude: 139.882)
• Happy Jappy - Tokyo Tourist Guide including large Disneyland section

Coordinates: 35°37′58″N 139°52′50″E / 35.63278°N 139.88056°E / 35.63278; 139.88056