- Do you want to see what the Manta trains will look like for next year's new coaster at SeaWorld San Diego?
It's on the IAAPA show floor:
- The Orlando theme parks are getting decked out for Christmas. Will the new kid on the block, Legoland Florida, have a Christmas celebration?
Of course. "Christmas Bricktacular" kicks off with a ceremony to light the park's 30-foot Lego Christmas tree, built with 270,000 bricks. Santa will be available for pictures in the botanical gardens and holiday decorations and nightly tree lightings will continue from Dec. 8 - 31. The final day will be Kids' New Year's Eve, with a countdown and fireworks at midnight, Kid Standard Time, which also happens to be 7 pm Eastern.
- Is it true that Tokyo Disneyland still has the old version of Star Tours?
Until next April 1. The park's owners announced today that the park will install the new 3D version of the ride for spring 2013.
While on the topic of Tokyo Disney, I'll be visiting Tokyo next month, on my way back from the Transformers premiere at Universal Studios Singapore. I'll be visiting both Tokyo Disneyland and Tokyo DisneySea, and am taking requests for what you'd like to see reviewed in my trip reports here on Theme Park Insider.
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Robert, as far as what I'd like to see in Tokyo, pretty much every square inch,. Both places look so amazing, you feel like you'll miss some detail if you blink. Any interesting little quiet areas nobody knows, as well as the big E ticket attractions such as Journey to the Center of the Earth, please!
Have a great trip, brother!
Three new areas will be built,
Mystic Point-Coming in 2013
Grizzly Gulch- Coming in 2012
Toy Story Land- Coming in 2012
These areas will include high tech rides including
a half pipe roller coaster(RC Racer, Toy Story Land), a vekoma launched mine train coaster(Big Grizzly Mountain Runaway Mine Cars, Grizzly Gulch)and a high tech Haunted Mansion ride(Mystic Manor, Mystic Point).
I am dying to see you review this upcoming expansion.
In addition to rides at Tokyo Disney Resort, be sure to check out the live entertainment. It is among the best in the world among theme park entertainment, and in some cases (Big Band Beat) the best in the world period.
At TDL, you'll want to see the daytime parade, Jubilation, and Tokyo Disneyland Electrical Parade Dreamlights. If you only have time for one, skip Jubilation but don't miss Dreamlights--the Genie float from Aladdin alone is well worth it.
At TDS, see Big Band Beat, The Legend of Mythica, and Fantasmic. Don't miss any of those--they're all incredible. However, if you want a decent seat for Fantasmic, get there early since it's still relatively new. When I visited in September, I picked a seat at Lido Isle three hours before show time. It was well worth it, and this version is completely unlike the California or Florida versions.
If time and budget permits, you'll also want to see ZED, the Cirque du Soleil show located near the Disney Ambassador Hotel. If you're familiar with La Nouba in Orlando, it's a similar seperate-ticket event. There are show tickets that will get you into the park for only an additional 1000 yen after you've seen the show. Full disclosure: I work for Cirque du Soleil and was part of the opening team of ZED, however it's closing later this year so this is your final opportunity to see it and I highly recommend it.
Aside from entertainment, enjoy as many flavors of popcorn as you have time for. They're themed to the various areas of the park--Hunny Popcorn near Pooh's Hunny Hunt, Sea Salt Popcorn in Mermaid Lagoon, etc.
Try to eat at Magellen's in TDS. Yes there is a secret room behind a bookshelf. It's a really fun experience.
And Pooh's Hunny Hunt is the most incredible ride in the world. Ever. Anywhere. If you want to ride it (and other fantasyland attractions) with little to no wait go after Dreamlights and the fireworks as the families that make these rides so popular tend to leave as soon as the night time entertainment is over.
Have a great trip!
And strawberry popcorn. And everything at DisneySea.
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