The crowds were out in force during our time at the parks but we were able to find lines to rides that weren't too long and you've got to expect lines when you visit the happiest place on earth, even if it is the Far East version. The ride that surprised me the most was Star Tours, a Star Wars themed ride that always has a very long line in the States. Coryn was able to go on it twice in the space of a half hour, once with me and once with Lisa. You must be 102 cm (I'm not sure what that translates to in English) to ride it and Coryn ended up being 102.5 cm so it worked out well in his favor. He is very into Star Wars right now. I wasn't sure if he was going to enjoy the ride as it is pretty much a roller coaster but he loved it which is why he decided that he wanted to go on it a second time.
I think one of the reasons the parks were so busy this time of year is that the parks were all done up for Halloween. There was a parade three or four times a day that while mostly in Japanese had some English lyrics to it with a theme of Disney villains taking over Halloween. We watched one of the parades but tried to hit rides the rest of time. The lines were a little bit shorter during those times. I just have to say that for all the walking that the boys, especially Coryn did while we were at Disneyland, they were great. They seemed to really enjoy themselves and were real troopers.
When we've asked Coryn what his favorite ride at Disneyland was we've received several different answers. The ones we've heard the most though are probably Pirates (of the Caribbean), Star Tours or Shootin' Lasers (Buzz Lightyear's Astro Blasters), all of which we went on multiple times. Carter seemed to really like the Go-Carts, Astro Blasters but his favorite seemed to be the Jungle Cruise, one of my all time favorites. He really liked seeing all the animals on that one.
Popcorn is a popular snack in Tokyo. You can buy a big collector tub that you can have refilled at a reduced price any time you come to the park. Normally you are able to select from several tubs with any one of a number of popular Disney characters (Lisa got a Pooh one in July) but this time of year they carry a special edition Halloween tub. We saw (and tried) three flavors while we were there, chocolate popcorn, caramel popcorn and of course, the ever popular, soy sauce and butter popcorn.
The most harrowing thing that happened during our time there was around dusk the first night. Let's just say that we had to buy Carter some new pants... sometimes that happens with full diapers.
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That sounds like a fun trip. Interestingly I myself will be goning to Disney World in a couple of weeks with my brother and his family, we got quite the deal. My nephew is also into Star Wars, he's going as a storm trooper this Halloween (odd choice), as a trekkie I feel I need to add some political balance to his sci-fi intake, and am tempted to buy him the dvd set of the campy 1970's animated Trek, but how can that compete with the wood carving looking CG Clone Wars characters.
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