Disney Parks Fans ABANDON Domestic Resorts for Japan! Tokyo Disneyland Advertises to Americans!
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- Опубликовано: 18 май 2024
- Disney Parks Fans ABANDON Domestic Resorts for Japan! Tokyo Disneyland Advertises to Americans!
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We didn't abandon Disney, Disney chose a different audience. Their new audience is a fraction in size of the one they had for 75 years.
Yeah, we didn't abandon them. They abandoned US.
Yeah about 7% of the American population plus the adult Disney democrats
And it's also not willing to put even remotely as much money down as the family based audience they had..
They told us to leave
@@kylefoster2777 Disney had a machine that printed money. They broke it, and they don't want to fix it.
Another huge difference (and benefit) between Disneyland California, vs Disneyland Japan is that in Japan you are surrounded by respectful, civilized human beings.
lol yeah a fist fight won't break out in Tokyo's Toontown like it did in Anaheim.
I don't know about civilized human beings that may be a bit of a stretch
@@animezilla4486There's no one civilized in California
@@animezilla4486The culture does have a strong power in Japan in the way people behave.
Give me a break. People are people, everywhere. I am not impressed by the oriental people!
It's because Japan respects history and for the most part don't follow any stupid DEI bs.
Maybe I don't know about that for sure
@@animezilla4486New government after murdering Shinzo Abe is importing foreigners; locals are not happy
Japan still deals with DEI and ESG, mostly from American companies and ambassadors (Rom Emmanuel tried so hard to make a Tokyo Pride Parade happen and Tokyo was, for the vast majority, completely unamused. Japanese X/Twitter roasted him for it too.)
More and more, I keep seeing manga and manhwa (Korean comics/webtoons) going on radical feminist tirades and it doesn't seem like bad localizer problems. Seems to be less of a thing for shounen manga/manhwa and most reviews don't like it happening in shoujo and josei genres.
@IngenuousSoprano that's why I said for the most part. I'm sure there are some people pushing it and follow it, but it seems smaller compared to the west, unless I'm mistaken.
they dont follow stupid DEI Bs for sure but respect history ? hahahahahahaha , Coming from Someone who has lived in Japan for 20 years now, I can safely say your hollywood image of Japan is just that, a fraud and not the real thing. YOU KNOW NOTHING abaout Japan.
It's crazy to think the only way you can get an Original and Authentic Disney experience is to go to Japan.
Because when your "modern audience" only encompasses about 2% or less of the global population... Your busin ss model has no potential other than complete failure.
It's sad
Yep!
Bingo!
Correction. The 2% that we see Disney appealing to, is in their view a vitally important component of the stakeholders whom they are also trying to appeal to.
The 2% number hides that Disney's modern audience are stakeholders... And Disney prefers to highlight that 2% because otherwise, they'd have to explain why they are trying to appeal to stakeholders with no interest in buying into Disney.
Stakeholders are 'everyone' for whom Disney interacts with, even if it's a molecule of carbon going into the atmosphere, that molecule creates the narrative that everyone on the planet may suffer climate change and so Disney needs to increase it's ESG score regardless of the cost to shareholders because stakeholder interest supercedes other interests.
TLDR: That 2% is driving Disney because the industry has removed itself from the relationship between itself and it's customer/shareholders. Just look at SBI and how it disconnects companies from it's consumers... Homeworld 3 is the current example as the dev's ran a kickstarter and asked the fans what they wanted... Then when an DEI company got involved, they removed the fan and consumer from the equation and pushed DEI while changing the whole dynamic and mythos of the series going forward.
I think they were trying to get ahead of a fad thinking it was going to a whole culture shift, but when the culture wasn't shifting they tried to force it
Fantasy Springs has all the classic Disney charm that US guests have wanted for years!
As an American, this absolutely breaks my heart. Good for you, though, Japan.
The Yen to Dollar exchange rate has never been more generous. Disney is really good in Tokyo. Just go.
I like Disneyland Japan. You don’t have this entitled people. No LGBTQ characters. Very clean.
as someone who lives in Japan and has lived her for 20 years now and have been to Tokyo Disney resort many times, You are nuts to come here for Disney. YES THE PARKS ARE AMAZING but good luck on getting to ride much of anything. The normal Disney Toyko Day will have you waiting 2 hours to get your fast pass ticket, once you get that ticket it says come back in 4 hours , then you run to the next fast pass ticket place to wait another 2 hours just for that to say the same thing, come back in four hours. Its a horrible experience anymore. By far the best experience I have had at Disney over the last 20 years WORLDWIDE was in Shanghai. They still have slow days.. Dont go on a Chinrese holiday, dont go on the weekend and if you do you will wait 5 minutes for a ride on 99 percent of the rides. The max I waited was 20 minutes for POTC but that was the ONLY ride I waited more than 5 minutes. As for Japan thank god there is not Alphabet crap so out in the open at Disney and yes its clean , it is really an amazing park BUT.....their behavior ............ its here and only here that I see massses of JAPANESE people running like a bunch of pigs at rope drop. Only here do I see children hitting the characters while the parents just watch like effin idiots. You dont know too much about the REAL Japan I see.
No LGBTQ stuff at the Disney parks in China, either.
@@rickace132 or paris
As a gay man, I agree with you. But gay people do exist and you can’t just leave them out of existence.
what a weird thing to say.
Japan loves tourists as long as said tourists respect the culture there
they love them so much that now when you go to a restaurant ( as of April 2024 ) you get to pay higher prices that the locals do ! they love you that much
I've been and it's an amazing culture to follow, it's being courteous at all times which is easy to follow. Japan is amazing, very different than the U.S. it's not knocking on the U.S. which I love, it's just different in Japan In a good way.
@@jamarmiller Various countries, including the US, require different prices for foreign tourists compared to locals, including for public transportation, religious sites, museums, mountain admission, golf courses, and historic monuments.
Japan has not implemented such dual-price. In fact, until a recent price change, the Japan Rail Pass, a special pass that allows unlimited rides on JR trains nationwide, was only available to foreign tourists at a significant discount.
Duty-free shopping, which exempts foreign visitors from paying consumption taxes, is widely available at many stores in Japan, including ordinary drug stores and discount stores, while it is only available at international airports in the US.
How much more do universities in the US charge for international students? Three to four times higher than for local students. In Japanese universities, tuition fees are the same for both local and international students.
Japan got it better bc they know how the classic IP’s are traditional despite how bad the Bob Iger company wants to change it their way they can try, but Japan will give them a No which is something they can’t handle being told no.
Really doesn't make any sense
Got that right Kocho
The Japanese cast seems uneasy about this trend because many of the American guests are doing little-to-no advanced planning and don’t understand the local culture. In my course of business, I recently had a long conversation with a TDR CM about this. He shared three major concerns. (1) The American guests are demanding, exhibit poor behavior (like line-cutting), and expect Tokyo to cater to guests demands - which they don’t. (2) The parks are already packed almost every day and can’t support heavy international tourism. (3) Some of the most enthusiastic Pixie Dusters are also politically charged in ways that clash with Japanese society and don’t respond well to the quiet nature of Japanese culture, even in theme parks.
But I’m also one of many Americans who dumped the parks here and only goes to the Tokyo resort now 😎
Foreigners are insanely rude to Japanese and locals can only take so much
I wish loud people(not just Americans) would stop acting like quiet, reserved people are somehow freaks for not laughing it up like brainless drunks.
This is not unique to just Japan, this is a common issue with many Americans that travel abroad having the same lack of civility.
I was lucky to have a year to plan two different visits so planned for a year for each visit and it was great but do not go to another country and be a jerk be respectful of their customs do not be rude or mean and you will have a great experience. My girlfriend was from Japan and both trips were the best I ever have done. Ever. That includes 24 years of military port visits and all the travel I have done as a civilian. The best out of 37 countries I have stayed overnight at. By far. The closest to this kind of visit was Australia but for different reasons.
Why would I go to Disney, when I can go to Universal? Universal would respect me as a customer.
I know we have abandoned Disney America. My family wanted to go to Tokyo this year instead of Florida or California. Tokyo is next month. Hooray Splash Mountain!
Going in June too! 6/4 and 6/5.
This is literally me. I have flown from Orlando to Japan to see what to me are the only real Disney parks left in the world and I'm hoping to again in November. It's worth every mile traveled and every yen I spent.
Note - we get free cast member tickets to Disney world but I refuse to go to there. Between the bureaucracy and genie+ they can keep it
Long live Tokyo Splash Mountain
Japan does it better! Better cars, better movies, and now better theme parks! 😎
You forgotten animation as well
And keeping classic attractions like the original Splash Mountain, don’t forget.
They're not better at everything let's get with no way too much credit
@@animezilla4486 cope harder
@animezilla4486 Funny… and suspicious… coming from someone with both Anime & -zilla in their handle?🤨
I just went to Disneyland Japan last year everything was in order. During the parade everyone follow the designated part, and everything was clean, and the staff are very friendly and helpful. Compared to Disneyland HK and Anaheim I prefer Disneyland Japan.
I wish I had the money to go to Japan. If I did, I'd be interested in Tokyo Disneyland. More than I am in the crumbling US Disney parks.
I'll tell you one thing... It's the smallest out of all the disney lands including Paris. However, despite that, it still retain the MAGIC that you you fell in loved with. Even the nighttime fireworks and the video projection on Cinderella's castle, the footage they play on there is the ORIGINAL footage plus some Johnny Depp Jack Sparrow on top! Man. I blew up when I saw Johnny on there with the Pirates of the Caribbean theme. SO GOOD!
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@@EAprima Hong Kong is smaller I think you are getting your lands mixed up. I live here by the way for 20 years and I am originally from Florida and still have a home there as well as Japan
@@EAprima I think you might be confused. A trivia question in the old Disneyland NES game asked what the largest Disney park is. The answer was Tokyo. Not sure if that’s still true as WDW has expanded a lot, but it was in the 90’s.
@@EAprima The parks in Tokyo Disney resort aren’t the smallest.
Tokyo Disneyland: 115 acres.
Disneyland: 85 acres
Magic Kingdom: 106.3 acres
Tokyo Disney sea is now 211 acres.
The biggest park, Animal Kingdom, is 580 acres but actual guest-accessible area of is around 290 acres.
I went to Tokyo DisneySea in 2006 and it was absolutely incredible. It's an achievement in human creativity.
Sayonara, Iger Land! ⛩️
To bad alot of the Disney greats have left the company and replaced be woke thinking people. Saw an interview with Mark Henn, legendary animator who retired this last December. You would think the 40 minute interview would have been about joyous memories. But he seemed almost depressed about retiring. He seemed to give the impression that he didn't like the direction the company was going so thats why he left. Pretty sad.
That is sad.
When my Dad worked for W.E.D. he said one of his friends there was one of the top Naval architects in the world. The Imagineers had a love of what they did. To the point that their houses were gardened to look like mini Disneyland's. All of that talent is long gone. Now it's, we do this because we want to! Not because we know what we are doing. Or love what we are doing. It shows in the U.S. in all industries in America.
Been to both Disney Tokyo Resort and Disney Sea back in the early 2000s as a teen. My Dad was in the military. I would rather save up for a trip to go back there compared to the Domestic Parks now.
as someone who lives in Japan and has lived her for 20 years now and have been to Tokyo Disney resort many times, You are nuts to come here for Disney. YES THE PARKS ARE AMAZING but good luck on getting to ride much of anything. The normal Disney Toyko Day will have you waiting 2 hours to get your fast pass ticket, once you get that ticket it says come back in 4 hours , then you run to the next fast pass ticket place to wait another 2 hours just for that to say the same thing, come back in four hours. Its a horrible experience anymore. By far the best experience I have had at Disney over the last 20 years WORLDWIDE was in Shanghai. They still have slow days.. Dont go on a Chinrese holiday, dont go on the weekend and if you do you will wait 5 minutes for a ride on 99 percent of the rides. The max I waited was 20 minutes for POTC but that was the ONLY ride I waited more than 5 minutes.
189.37 billion networth.
Ive never seen a decrease happen this quickly. Theyre literally losing a billion dollars per day.
Could be because many have given up on Disney no matter where it's at.
Japan is one of the last few countries not affected by DEI and ESG nonsense. So this makes sense. lol
With the financial industry in the grip of the DEI and ESG mob I wonder how lang that will last. Japanese companies need credit too.
Not just Japan. Any country outside of Europe, Australia, New Zealand, and the Americas are not nearly as affected by DEI as the regions I've mentioned. It is a Western problem.
The issue is the Pipeline of product is ruined By people's rejection of the Pixar/disney stuff 2021- current day. Japan has the classic attraction without raping your phone for nearly 4-9,000 dollars. imagine you spend 9k to be on your for 10hrs micro managing an app with poor wifi and Your meet and greet is a 6ft 4 guy playing Ariel Or Snow white
Funny when Japan does American culture better than corporate America
Bob Iger should really find a mirror somewhere. Apparently he has the shower office. Shouldn't be difficult to find a mirror hopefully.
Well you know what they say about “the enemy within”
America is now full of traitors who hate the country and everything it stands for.
A few years ago, I watched a video from the DisUnplugged (now called DisUnlimited) where the host went to Tokyo Disneyland & DisneySea. He said that the expression of the day the entire time he visited was, "You've got to be kidding me!". He even talked about how a company (OLC) that is not even Disney runs a better Disney park than Disney itself.
Huh? Who’d have thought that little kids dream of magic, princesses, heroes, fantasy, family, fun, escapism, and bewilderment, and having their eyes opened wide in amazement at their favorite movies and characters in real life? Thought they were all dreaming of using the opposite bathroom?
May I suggest you overlooked something. Tokyo Disney is an example of what the parks CAN be if they are allowed to fund themselves, reinvest and not support the other failing departments (failing studios). This maintenance, development and quality shows the funds the parks actually do bring in. While we are on that train of thought, deep dive into what the food and merch cost in Tokyo Disney, you may be surprised. Theme Park Obsession covered this, the food and gifts are shockingly cheap. Its not the exchange its apparently what happens when you only fund your park. Disney does charge $5 for a btl of water. Ask the Oriental land company to teach them how to keep it affordable and maintain a higher caliber than WDW.
OLC beleives is doing it right and every theme park still alive in Japan is amazing!
Disney Land Japan is the only true Disney location and thanks to the super low exchange rate, it is MUCH BETTER for you to spend your $6,075 to fly out to Japan, spend the entire day and night in Disney land and its hotel, spend another day to travel and have fun at Universal Studios OSAKA, after that use the rest of your money to travel around Japan, buy another suitcase to spent spent spent on 2nd hand stuff (because 2nd hand quality is practically 1st hand), and go restaurant hoping!! WHen you've done all that and stuffed your belly with lots of yummy food, go home and spent 3-4 days to recover from your frantic Japan holiday. When you've recovered, start saving your money so you can repeat the process again. THAT's the better way!
Agreed
Round trip to Tokyo is 1137 U.S. dollars from Seattle,
From New York it, 1082 dollars round trip, that's over
So your right ,it's not that much more expensive. 50 dollar less than the West Coast!!!
Definitely planning that.
@@rikspectorwhat are you talking about? I fly every month from Orange County California (where Disneyland is located)to Seattle. It cost me around $300-$400, round trip, non-stop. It’s way cheaper. You can argue, Disneyland Tokyo is a better experience than Anaheim Disneyland. I was just in Japan 🇯🇵 March 2024.
I know Tokyo Disney and Sea on my bucket list to take my daughter, the amount of free items they give you with a vacation packaged…. My jaw dropped
I live in NZ, when i was a kid it was my dream to visit Disneyland when I grew up.
Now I wouldnt even want to go if the entire holiday were free.
I have been showing my wife walk through videos of Tokyo Disneyland and have now convince her of a trip to visit. Our youngest daughter visited Japan so she is in for another visit. Will wait till Fantasy Springs is done.
Disney Sea is the best!
Disney sea in my opinion look great i could see people going there
I've heard nothing but good things about DisneySEA. If you're over there anyway, have a visit for sure. If I remember correctly, it's initially a concept meant for downtown Los Angeles. It ended up getting blocked by local politics and bureaucracy, so Disney dropped it.
My biggest hope is that Japan does not succumb to Iger and retheme Splash Mountain. I would prefer ( as WDW should have done) and make a Tiana specific ride and keep the most popular ride in the WORLD intact. Tiana’s concept has had many story problems using the same track system. First there are no mountains in Louisiana, and what is the purpose of the drop hill in the Tiana ride? In splash it was the representation of being thrown into the briar patch. It seems like they wanted a ride for little girls, yet a lot of little girls can’t ride it due to the height restriction. Just make a new ride. Use the IMAGINE part of IMAGINEERING.
How long until something else ruins Japanese Disneyland?
I asked myself that same question in 2013. I have visited Disneyland Tokyo several times since then, with my last visit being in early 2023. I can happily confirm that everything remains unchanged.
My son and daughter in law have visited Tokyo Disney for the past 2 years. They absolutely love it.
My son went last year and he LOVED it. It was a better experience overall.
🥹God Bless Japan!🎌🥹
There’s no Christians in Japan 🇯🇵
They hate god
I used to live in Tokio, and Disney Tokyo is absolutely beautiful
Not wrong. I’ve only been to Disneyland & I plan to go to Tokyo Disney instead of Disney world first simply because of fantasy springs
When a guest tried to run into the parade. The CM's tackled him & held him down. That is the one incident of Tokyo Disney where CM's don't put up with BS
This isn’t a surprise. Roughly 15 years ago I decided that I just HAD to honeymoon in Japan and visit the Disney parks there because I knew way back then they were better than our parks here in Florida. Well, I got engaged at Disneyland Paris in 2018 and got married in December 2019 and planned our honeymoon for summer 2020 in Japan, but of course Covid had different plans. Still haven’t gone to TDL, but that resorts parks are our bucket list resort to visit.
Everyone who has any true sense of what Disney parks should be know that Tokyo is where the magic truly still lives.
Japan is a leader in robotics, animatronics will be a walk in the park for them.
Tokyo Disney may be at a higher quality. However, the total cost of flying and staying in Japan for average Americans is cost prohibitive. Depending where you live airfare is between $700 to $1500 and at times more to fly to Tokyo. Wealthy Americans with the disposable income will want to do this… maybe.
Average American families will find an already expensive U.S. Disney trip that much more expensive/cost prohibitive going to Japan.
It's wild that the only way we can experience Splash Mountain is traveling all the way to Japan.
I'm sad that the Disneyland from my childhood can only be found overseas now. And that I can't share that with my children as easil.
I can't wait to go to Tokyo Disneyland and Disneysea. If only they'd could figure out how to incorporate The Disney App to recognize the ride you're on and allow you to put on headphones and listen to the dialog for the rides in your language.
Tokyo Disney cheaper than Orlando ? I believe it. With all the price hikes in the last few years genie plus madness and all
My ex-wife grew up loving Disney World and how magical it was. She was in denial for a while, but on her last trip, she came back and said she was done with Disney.
Yeah I saw that AllEars and Wdw news have been over there showing off the Asia parks.
It's not Disney anymore...It's Iger inc. 💸💸💸💸
It's not so much that they love Walt Disney, but rather a culture that all around deeply respects and honors heritage, history and tradition in whatever package it comes in.
I'm not only completely unsurprised by all this news - doing this has been what I've been talking about with all of my friends these past few years! - but I'm especially delighted to see that Tokyo Disneyland is targeting foreigners to come visit!
Walt's dream is NOT dead! 😊
Rides could be Japanese spoken only….I would STILL enjoy myself and STILL feel that magical nostalgia than the present World and/or Land.
We were just talking about traveling to Japan for Disney 250 a night for a Disney hotel and cheaper food
Was there in 2018. The parks are cleaner, employees nicer and helpful. The atmosphere was just great. Just a different culture. I would definitely go back.
My father was from El Salvador, and he took his family to Disneyland every year. "Pirates of the Carribean" was his favorite attraction in the park. I used to love going to POTC at Disneyland, but because of the DEI changes that were made in the attraction, I didn't bother going there the last couple of trips. I may be in the minority, but I never liked the change of the Bride in the Haunted Mansion to Constance, because it gives a splatter film vibe to the Haunted mansion. If I was ever to visit another Disney park, it would be Disney Tokyo, where I could once again experience the attractions I loved growing up.
They got that from Rose Red I think
The irony is not lost on me considering at one point walt didn't want a Disneyland in Japan now they are easily the best Disney parks and have more of his spirit than the US parks
I recently went to DisneySea in April and it was easily the best experience out of the 3 times I've gone to a Disney park (gone to Disney World twice).
The park has the best scenic areas, affordable park pricings, and a calm and quiet atmosphere. The park was packed and there was no yelling or shouting. You're able to walk the park with your thoughts and feel like a kid again.
Edit: I would rather spend MORE money to travel to Japan for DisneySea than go to Disney World in Florida. Personally, even though DisneySea was phenomenal, Universal Studios Japan was better than DisneySea.
If I lived on west coast, this option would be a consideration.
My 39 year old daughter went to Japan Disney & came back so angry at WDW. Said we are being ripped off big time here in U.S. Japan Disney 100,000 times better. Beautiful & pristine. Clean, clean. She said yes it’s cheaper and a way better experience. People were polite. We will be going as a family in 2026. For our family it’s a better fit because my 2 Millennial daughters are DINKS & have good paying jobs. They love both Disney
and Universal. Next year we are visiting & staying at Orlando Universal premier hotel because of what Universal offers so much more than WDW. Universal Epic 👏👏.
So from now on we will travel to Japan to enjoy Japan Disney & Japan Universal. While also enjoying visiting Japan. She did send WDW a constructive critique for them to get it together like Japan Disney.
100% taking the family to Japan this fall. Disneyland is a construction nightmare. Disney World has nothing new to offer. We still get to ride splash mountain, and experience all of Disney Sea, to include fantasy springs 👍🏽
Excellent!
It's a shame you have to go to Japan to experience the REAL Disney but there is no MAGIC in WDW or Disneyland anymore
I wish Disney would do organized trips to their overseas parks. I would love to visit them but I'm hesitant to figure it out on my own as ive never traveled internationally.
Seems like a missed opportunity. They should use their crusies for a unique travel experience to other parks too.
Japan's Disneyland has the sea salt ice cream from Kingdom Hearts.
That doesn't sound appealing at all
I'm so glad that growing up Disney played no conscious part in my life. Here in the Netherlands we had the Donald Duck magazine, and that was mostly it in my exposure to Disney. The cartoons I preferred to watch were Tom & Jerry, Looney Tunes and the Pink Panther. Usually in German because German TV had the good stuff back then. Visiting a Disney theme park was unheard off, as it involved travel to the US, and by the time we got Disneyland Paris there was so much competition in that regard. I do wonder how Disneyland Paris fares. Have they been hit hard with the California bull s h i t too or has managed to evade the worst of the excesses the same way Japan and China have?
If they go to Tokyo Disneyland...they MUST NOT act like some of the typical people attending US disneyland/world. get thrown right out!...possibly fined!
Modern day Disney chose… poorly.
As someone in the UK I've always disregarded the Paris park as not worth the visit, now the US parks have joined them.
Were there a year ago, I would recommend a trip to Japan over California or Florida any day. And right now it is cheaper to travel to Japan than in the US. Plus the cleanliness and omotenashi are something that you don't see in other Disney parks, not at the level of Tokyo Disney and Sea.
Staying on property was the greatest Disney experience I had. Shuttles from the hotel to the gates was a VIP experience.
If Oriental Land Co switched their ride audio to English (instead of Japanese), they’d have waves of US fans heading there to relive the magic that our parks have lost
Probably why they don't change the language, they don't want those Woke Americans coming to their parks.
Unfortunately a lot of over enthusiastic Americans travelling to Japan would risk ruining the whole respect and dignity aspect of which Tokyo is renowned for.
Heck nah I’ll learn Japanese.
Hell no.
Last time I went Disney World, I noticed the park looked dirty, Prices were ridiculous, and I saw a fight break out in the line for the haunted mansion.
This is not surprising. My daughter is planning on bringing me to Tokyo Disney for my 70th birthday in a couple of years. Disney has abandoned us, not the other way around.
And Japan makes top tier Live Action Disney knockoff movies
The article was written by Kat Tenbarge... 'nuf said.
So sad, I have to go to Japan (a ww2 enemy, now friend) to enjoy traditional Americana Disney.
Well, you gotta admit the Tokyo park is amazing. The detail and the theming is bar none.... Poor Disney is being beaten down in the USA..... Next story about Disney will be the break apart and sale of Disney assets..... I want the condo in spaceship earth!!!! Top floor.... Listening to that Disney music loop....... But in all fairness. Look we got TRON... We got the Frankenstein experiment gone wrong aka Tiana's Bayou Adventure. At night it turns into a beautiful disco of color rainbow. its alive!!!!!! have to be careful here because Universal will come suing... Hey that phrase belongs to us!!!!! Frankenstein is Universal not Disney.....
Tokyo Disney itself is having a Special Donald Duck Event something that WDW would not do.
Disney America, take an example of your Tokyo sister parks👍
If American Disney wants their customers back, they need to put their Disney parks and company back the way they were as they were always meant to be, like bring back the old attractions and revert them back to what they originally were.
Social Engineering Imagineers?
do you mean....
Social Imagineers? :D
12:05 they will reach it, no doubt, I've lived in Japan for over 20 years and I go there often and i only go on weekdays during "off peak" seasons. Let me tell you, there is NO-SUCH thing as off peak at TDR. You can only hope for less crazy crowds.
...but yea, there has been cut backs to disney sea because of the Pandemic, we lost an AMAZING little mermaid show, and Mickey's big band beat has been reduced, so it's not so big anymore. I dont see these extras ever returning, like I said, the crowds speak for themselves.
Im from miami fla. and we used to go to disney world and epoct when I was a kid every summer, this was back when Figment's journey into imagination was the best dark ride on the planet. I truly hope the US base parks get their act together.
Anyways, 'll be in fantasy springs hotel for 3 nights in Late sep, cant wait!
10:32
I'm a local fan living in Tokyo. It is not well known to overseas fans, but OLC has been trying to improve crowding levels after the pandemic, and has purposely reduced the number of attendees. That's why park attendance is below pre-pandemic levels. Instead, the cost per customer is rising due to the abolition of annual passports and rising ticket prices. Last year, they recorded the highest sales ever despite keeping the number of visitors down by about 80%. They will continue this measure even after Fantasy Springs opens soon. (Sorry…Google translation)
Have a wonderful trip in Tokyo!🇯🇵
If it wasn’t for the price of airfare, I’d so go there. It looks so much better than DW. Just compare the frozen rides. Tokyos ride makes Epcots look like garbage.
Disneyland and Disneyworld need to do what they've done over in Japan...every bit they can fit in. Fantasy Springs makes me excited about Disney again. The hotel is so beautiful and creative, like Disney USED to be. The only park I want to go to now is in Tokyo because they still have imagination and talent.
Well splash mountain is the #1 ride in the world so I’m not surprised tourists have started going to Tokyo Disneyland!
in this country across our economy, product quality was sacrificed on the altar of corporate profits.
7:00 as a DL CM, I would like to add some information. Disneyland Country Bears had TWO theaters, when the popularity of the original died down, one theater became the Christmas Show while the other became the Vacation Hoedown, and they would flip flop by season. TDL may have the same arrangement, not sure about WDW
Oh,...I'm on the Americans list. I decided to take ALL of my 2024 WDW budget and go to Japan with it. I made my own channel announcement just a few weeks ago. I let my annual pass expire in February and I am somebody that has had an annual pass every single year since 1998!!!. I even kept min through the pandemic! Yep,...it's gone now and Japan is taking 100% of my WDW 2024 money. Yes!...I will ride "Splash Mountain" again in 2024!
Disneyland and other tourist attractions in California are beginning to remind me of the situation that tourists have faced for decades now when traveling to resorts in Mexico and Puerto Rico, where they are warned to avoid areas outside the resort itself because of crime and other unsavory conditions. In order to visit places like museums, theaters, high end stores, and Michelin Star eateries, people often have to wade into areas that are adjacent to homeless encampments full of drug addicted criminals who will burglarize your vehicle as soon as you walk away from it. To wander about after dark in many of these locales is to literally risk your life.
Disney is so lame. I can't imagine going to such a great country like Japan to go to a Disney park.
Last time we were there, members of the same family got so drunk they had a fist fight and cussing at the top of their lungs.
I recall speaking with a person from Japan years ago & she said that Disneyland in Anaheim was still more charming than the larger, newer main Disney park in Tokyo is. However, DisneySea next to Tokyo DL blows Anaheim's 2nd Disney park out of the water. That was way more obvious in 2001, but the differences between the two are still glaring in 2024. The mediocre Calif Adventure of 2001 shows that the Disney Co could be quite creatively inept well before it became political inept. Now it's regrettably inept in both categories.
I was just talking with my wife last week about this exact topic. Neither of us have ever been to disneyworld, despite being promised as kids, so she wants to make sure we can take our own kids, but I've kind of dissuaded her due to the high prices, the terrible politics, loosening standards, etc. However, we'd be more than willing to go to Tokyo disneyland, and even when you include international flights, it would probably be a cheaper trip. Probably the only thing we'd do at disneyworld is animal kingdom, but that's because zoos are a huge part of our relationship.
Just back from Tokyo Disney. Their admission ticket price is lower than half of the price in Disney World. The price is still reasonable, unlike in the US.
You can go to Tokyo for quite a bit less than a trip to either of the NA parks and do way, way more than go to Tokyo Disney. Even if the NA parks did a 180 in quality I'd recommend a trip to Tokyo.