Disney the Fourth: Disney Sea Part II

Warning: If you're not that into Disney, you might just want to scroll though the pictures!

There are two more thrill rides in Disney Sea, both in the Lost River Delta, themed to look like the ancient ruins of a Central American culture. The Indiana Jones Adventure, pretty much the same as the one in California but with some scenery based on the new movie, and Raging Spirits, a roller coaster through the ruins of an ancient burial site, were the last two rides we absolutely had to go on. To get to the Lost River Delta, we went through Mysterious Island, Mermaid Lagoon, and the Arabian Coast areas (park map).


Mermaid Lagoon is completely for kids. There is Ariel's Grotto, like in Disney World, where you can meet the little mermaid, and there is the mermaid castle. You can go inside the castle to an area with lots of little rides for little people, neon colors, and of course, under the sea themed everything. We didn't spend much time here, we just looked around a bit. Again, the scenery is just amazing. You leave the volcanic, steampunk world of Jules Verne and emerge into a colorful world that looks just like the cover of the VHS. The big thing in Tokyo Disney is the popcorn flavors. You can get many different flavors of popcorn, themed to the land they are in. I got salted popcorn here.


Next, you come to Aladdin's world of the Arabian Coast. This area also caters to the little people more than their parents, and has a two story carousel, an adorable ride following the adventures of a rather young and cartoonish Sinbad and his tiger, and a magic lamp theater with stories by Genie. There is also a lovely Arabian marketplace, and some awesome scenery, again, making you feel like you're in Aladdin. There is even a shop where Abu is stealing some fruit! We didn't spend much time here, wanting to get over to the big rides. This area was also the most crowded, with parents and children trying to get on the rides. I like how the areas geared toward the younger crowd are out of the way and together, so if you're trying to enjoy the park without little ones you can hang out in the other areas of the park, but if you have kids, you can go into the straight from the set of a Disney animated feature part of the park.


Lost River Delta. We have finally found it. Time for those last two thrill rides. The Indiana Jones ride was not that thrilling. If you've ever been on the one in California, you know that there are a couple of places where Indy says a few words. Indy talking in Japanese is hilarious. It's really disconcerting to have Indiana Jones, trying to help you get out of the tunnel and not get crushed by the giant ball, open his animatronic mouth and sound totally different. Not Harrison Ford at all. We looked at each other and started laughing. The roller coaster is pretty good. Nothing astounding, but pretty good. As I've said before and I'll say again, great work on the scenery. Also, Tokyo Disney has got to be the largest consumer of dry ice in Japan. This park has steam coming from all different places. Manhole covers in the streets of the NYC section, all different vents in the volcano and Mysterious Island areas, the volcano itself smokes a lot, the roller coaster here, and many other rides and landscape features.


We had dinner in Magellan's in the fortress in Mysterious Island. This was our first experience with the odd way the table service restaurants are here. In Japan, especially for lunch, you order your food in a set, or a menu that is completely fixed. You might have a couple of options, like the fish set or the beef set, but your appetizer, main course, soup, salad, and sometimes even dessert are set. They do the same here, so instead of getting a menu of appetizers, entrees, and everything else, you get your choice of Set 1 or Set 2. The food was very good, the atmosphere was excellent, and the staff was very attentive. Instead of getting a bread basket for the table, servers brought around a basket of breads for you, so when you finished one, you could get another. We got a bottle of wine with our dinner, as alcohol is served in Disney Sea, and it came with a medallion keepsake. Sit down restaurants are more expensive here than in American parks. This restaurant was closest in atmosphere to The Royal Table in Disney World, and I enjoyed it greatly.


We also saw two shows in the park, Mystic Rythms, which was rather astounding, and the night show, BraviSEAmo! Mystic Rythms is in Lost River Delta, and is a show which has water, fire, dancers, acrobats, a moving stage, and is like the best parts of Tarzan and Festival of the Lion King combined and made better. Lee was kind of annoyed I dragged him to wait in line at a show 20 minutes before the doors even opened, but was glad I did in the end. It was really, really good. The dancers are...astounding. The stage had a waterfall and a pool on it, and dancers would dance in the waterfall or dive into the water, then dance along the stage while soaked. I can't believe they didn't slip up or anything - the stage was soaked!

BraviSEAmo! Highlights Clip, not the full show, but better than our filming!

BraviSEAmo! is the night show for the park. It is wonderful. It is about a spirit of fire, a huge dragon, and a spirit of water, a huge water feature, falling in love. Lee hasn't been all that impressed by IllumiNations or any other Disney evening show that we've seen, but he really liked this one. Nothing will ever top IllumiNations for me, because of the other memories, but this is an amazing show. Mickey is the MC for this one, and again, we laughed so hard because it's Mickey, talking in Japanese. Strangest thing ever. We saw a modified version of the performance and the fireworks were canceled due to wind, but it was an excellent day in the park nonetheless!

See our BraviSEAmo filming here: Part 1 Part 2