One of the biggest expenses for visiting Tokyo Disney Resort is the cost of airfare to get to Tokyo. Unless you live in Japan already, you’ll need to be on the hunt for a flight to Japan – and, depending on where you live, that can be pricey. Here at TDR Explorer, we want to help you make sure you are getting the most for your money. That’s why we’ve started to keep our eyes peeled for seat sales and other airfare discounts to Japan from several destinations. For our first post in this series, we thought we’d look at…
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Just because you’re travelling abroad to Japan doesn’t mean you have to put your mobile phone on airplane mode and hope for free WiFi access to check your mail, share your favourite moments from Tokyo Disneyland and Tokyo DisneySea, or use Google Maps to find your way around Tokyo. The ways that you can stay connected while in Japan has grown over the last few years, ensuring no loss of communication access. We’ve waded through the various options and have come up with recommendations for visitors to Tokyo Disney Resort!
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The newest Disney resort in over a decade will open its gates on June 16, 2016 in Shanghai, China. News reports have given us a glimpse at some of the amazing magical features Shanghai Disneyland Park will contain, and for die-hard Disney Parks fans, visiting this new resort is a must do! While Hong Kong, Tokyo, Paris, Anaheim and Florida are all relatively easy to use for many world travellers because of minimal visa restrictions for visiting the countries where they’re located, Shanghai Disney Resort is unique. With only a few exceptions, most visitors to China will need to apply for…
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Visitors to Tokyo Disneyland in 2016 will visit the worlds featured in the upcoming film Star Wars : The Force Awakens when a special edition of Star Tours : The Adventure Continues debuts in February. From February 2 to September 7, 2016, every ride of the popular Star Tours attraction will feature journeys to lands featured in the newest instalment of the venerable Star Wars franchise, which opens in theatres worldwide (including Japan) later this month. After September 7, these new scenes will be added into the mix of adventures which could randomly appear during the attraction. In addition to…
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Aside from accommodations, the other expense which many people need to consider when visiting Tokyo Disney Resort is the price of getting to Japan. That first glance you take at the price of a roundtrip flight might leave a lump in your throat. Actually following through to click the “confirm” button to purchase your trip might be scarier than that first drop on Space Mountain! I don’t profess to be the most cost-savvy flyer in the sky (there are some people for whom stepping on a plane paying as little as possible – or even nothing at all – is a game), but over…
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Not long after Walt Disney opened Disneyland in 1955, the orange groves which surrounded the theme park quickly filled in with motor hotels owned by keen entrepreneurs hoping to make a buck off of Southern California’s hottest new attraction. Today, the park is boxed in on all sides by restaurants and hotels servicing a huge tourism market which comes to enjoy the Anaheim resort. By comparison, while Tokyo Disney Resort has a number of Partner and Good Neighbour hotels, not all of them are in close walking distance to Tokyo Disneyland and Tokyo DisneySea. And with the Disney-owned hotels on-resort…
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The TDR Explorer team descended on the Tokyo Disney Resort on Saturday to cover day two of the 2015 D23 Expo Japan. It’s the event for the biggest of Disney fans, with the opportunity to purchase special merchandise, attend special sessions and shows, and to check out some unique exhibits on topics from animation to park design. We will have a full report in the next day about everything we loved about the D23 Expo Japan – and a bonus episode of our TDR Now podcast recorded live from the event. But for now, here is the story of our day…
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The whimsy and magic of Tokyo Disney Resort is breaking free of the park gates and out into Tokyo with a special photo exhibit set to debut in Roppongi this November. “Imagining the Magic” will feature 90 photos and works of art from and inspired-by Tokyo Disney Resort. Many of the images have been featured on the resort’s official blog over the course of the last year, and was produced by a number of photographers and artists. A book featuring these beautiful photos of Tokyo Disney Resort was released earlier this year in the parks. You can purchase this beautifully…