Tokyo Disney Resort

This castle at Tokyo Disneyland is a near aesthetic clone of Cinderella Castle in Magic Kingdom Park, the main difference being a slightly different brick pattern and subtle color changes. Instead of a restaurant inside the castle, Tokyo’s version features Cinderella’s Fairy Tale Hall, a walk-through attraction telling the story of the 1950 animated classic film through dioramas and displays. A representation of the Disney family coat of arms can be found on the center balcony on the castle’s Fantasyland facing side. The official Coat of Arms consists of three gold fleur-de-lis on a red fess (representing purity), a crest with a red lion passant-guardant (representing bravery or courage), and the motto Vincit qui patitur meaning: He conquers who endures. The emblem used on the castle is a custom design featuring the lion symbol. A similar emblem can be found on its clone castle in Magic Kingdom Park and on Sleeping Beauty Castle in Disneyland. Be sure to take a look at the other iconic Disney Parks castles: Sleeping Beauty Castle (Disneyland Park) Sleeping Beauty Castle (Disneyland Paris) Castle of Magical Dreams Cinderella Castle (Magic Kingdom) Enchanted Storybook Castle This location is mentioned in our blog post: A Photo Tour Of […]

The Partners statue is an iconic statue of Walt and Mickey located in front of Cinderella Castle in Tokyo Disneyland. Designed by Disney Legend Blaine Gibson, it’s one of five identical statues located around the world. Discover all of them and learn more in our blog post: Partners: The History, Details, and Insight Into Walt & Mickey’s Most Famous Statue. Official Information: TokyoDisneyResort.jp

Rainforest Cafe is a chain of rainforest themed restaurants owned by Landry’s, Inc., the same company that operates T-Rex Cafe and Yak & Yeti. Rainforest Cafe is synonymous with Disney as you can find four restaurants at Disney Resorts around the world: one in Disney Springs, one just outside Disney’s Animal Kingdom, one in Disneyland Village, and one here in Tokyo Disney’s Ikspiari. Visitor Information: Rainforest Cafe

S.S. Columbia is a recreation of an early 20th-century grand ocean liner drawing design inspiration from the Queen Mary (a real steam-ship now moored as a hotel in Long Beach, California) and similar White Star Line ships of the time period. The ship resides in the New York Harbor section of the American Waterfront part of Tokyo DisneySea and houses two restaurants (S.S. Columbia Dining Room and The Teddy Roosevelt Lounge) and one attraction (Turtle Talk). Official Information: TokyoDisneyland.com

Soaring: Fantastic Flight is a family attraction which gives the sensation of hang-gliding across 12 different world-famous landmarks. The ride is based on Soarin’ Over California, an innovative attraction which debuted in 2001 in Disney California Adventure. On June 16, 2016, Shanghai Disneyland opened with a revamped version of this ride called Soaring Over the Horizon featuring a unique ending. The next day, both Disney California Adventure’s version and Epcot’s version were updated to the new film and given the new name Soarin’ Around the World. Each version of this ride contains an exclusive fireworks finale scene. This version of Soarin’ made its way to Tokyo DisneySea on July 23, 2019. Its ride film is identical to the others, with the removal of the Eiffel Tower scene in favor of an extended flyover finale of Tokyo’s skyline featuring the iconic Tokyo Tower. Ride Details Replacing the Eiffel Tower with Tokyo Tower is ironic since the design of the Tokyo version is based heavily on the famous Parisian structure. Composer Bruce Broughton created the score for this ride based on Jerry Goldsmith’s original score for Soarin’ Over California. Mr. Broughton has a history with Disney as he is also responsible for the […]

In 1987, the original version of Star Tours opened in Disneyland’s Tomorrowland. The motion simulator ride based on the Star Wars franchise featured Captain Rex, a droid that attempted to fly guests to the planet Endor. In 2011, Disney debuted an updated version of this ride: Star Tours – The Adventures Continue. The new ride uses advanced 3D technology, randomly chosen alternate scenes, and frequent updates with new characters and locations as new Star Wars films come out. The new version also exists at other Disney Parks around the world: Disney’s Hollywood Studios, Disneyland Park, and Disneyland Paris. Queue Details A video screen displays advertisements from across the galaxy in the first queue room. One of these ads is for ILM: Interstellar Lightspeed Manufacturing. ILM is a nod to Industrial Light and Magic, a company formed by George Lucas to create the unique special effects for Star Wars. ILM has gone on to become a leader in the industry and is now owned by Disney. This hidden detail is exclusive to Star Tours Tokyo. Captain Rex can still be found in the new version, this time labeled as HHG-RX. The droid is in the queue hitchhiking with two other droids, a […]

The Hotel MiraCosta is a hotel in Tokyo Disney Resort that sits at the entrance to DisneySea, giving guests direct access to the unique theme park’s Mediterranean Harbor area. The hotel is designed to resemble an Italian port town, taking architectural and design elements from both Portofino and Venice, as evidenced from the DisneySea facing portions. Official Information: TokyoDisneyResort.jp

DisneySea’s Venetian Gondolas attraction takes guests, 16 at a time, on a romantic, 12-minute journey through the park’s recreation of Venice’s famed canals. The gondolier may sing to you as you wind your way through Mediterranean Harbor and past the Hotel MiraCosta. Official Information: TokyoDisneyResort.jp