Our last day at Disney, we went for the park opening and were determined to fully use our park hopper passes in order to see everything we've missed and then some. The morning went well. In the afternoon, the skies decided to open. It rained from around 2 pm and continued for the most part until we left the park in the evening. We got some t-shirts for my family, who wanted shirts, and tried to watch Mythica, the afternoon water show in DisneySea. There's floats and kites and jet skis with songs, dance, and the typical Disney characters in special attire in the lagoon at DisneySea. Sadly, they had to cancel the show midway through due to the monsoon-like conditions.
Of course, being our last day, we decided to stick it out. What's a bit of ra
in? I wound up wearing the hoodie I had purchased for my sisters, and we got the cheap Disney ponchos (as well as a new hoodie, because that one is now mine). First time I've ever bought a poncho in Disney, but it really was necessary! Japan is an umbrella society. Once it began raining, many people brought out umbrellas. I have no clue where they were keeping them, since they for the most part weren't collapsible umbrellas. As the rain was chasing most people away, we figured it was a good time to attack the Monsters Inc. Ride and Seek line. It was 220 minutes, or 3 hours and 40 minutes. We figured that since so many people in line had umbrellas and it was raining the wait wouldn't actually be so long...
...sadly,
2.5 hours later, they dissolved the line because the ride broke down. We did get passes for any major ride we wanted to go on for the day, good for one ride for that day only. We checked back a few times, but the ride was not fixed. It's supposed to be like the Buzz Lightyear ride, except with flashlights instead of lasers. I suppose we will never know. Unless, of course, we go to California, because they have I believe the same ride there, or if people come visit Japan and want to go to Disney here. You should come visit, you know you want to see Tokyo Disney!We spent the rest of our day wandering about and
enjoying the rain. I could have gotten the caramel popcorn, finally, because there was a small line, but I did not feel like it. Lee spent some time stalking the custodial staff. They had giant squeegees for the street, to push the rainwater into the drains so that people could walk through the park safely. Lee was highly amused.We went into shops, and had dinner in a lovely little Italian style place in DisneySea. DisneySea serves alcohol, so we got a half bottle of red wine to go with our pasta dishes and vegetable soup. A nice, warm meal to help us heat back up. This was the only non-reserved dinner we had, and it was pretty good and cheap. I really wanted to catch the parade, but sadly, they cancelled it due to all the rain. I suppose floats composed mainly of lights and electric parts probably shouldn't be operated in heavy rain.
We used our day passes at the Buzz Lightyear ride because at this point, we realized we wouldn't be getting to go on the Monsters Inc. ride. I beat Lee, but only because I had a lucky shot on one of the major targets. The Tokyo version is nearly identical to the Florida one, with one enjoyable exception. The targets you're shooting at are color coded for the different point values, so you know what to go for. The targets also light up nicely when hit. I don't remember if the Florida ones did that, but in Tokyo, once the target is hit it blinks and goes dark for a moment, then lights back up so you can shoot it again. Much easier to tell what targets you've hit and to go for the high value targets.
We went back to DisneySea for dessert to finish off our evening.
I had noticed a gelato place and wanted to get some gelato and hot chocolate before finishing our Disney experience. I got a double scoop of grape and chocolate, Lee got some blood orange which he said tasted like orange Tic-Tacs. It was sprinkling a bit, but we got our desserts and went to watch BraviSEAmo! again, and because of the rainy conditions, they were able to light off all of the pyrotechnics! It was even better, and so amazing. The volcano shoots off fireworks, and the dragon has built-in sparklers; it's just 
awesome! This was pretty much the perfect end to a really good trip to Disney. Then, we stayed for the actual park fireworks, because they were finally able to show them. Because the two parks are so close together, the fireworks are shot off between the parks, behind the MiraCosta hotel in DisneySea and the castle in DisneyLand. They play the same Disney music to accompany the fireworks in both parks. Really quite a let down after the amazing performance of BraviSEAmo!, but at least we got to see them! I'd love to go back again, especially to DisneySea. It was truly breathtaking, and the shows there are simply spectacular. I'm really glad we were able to go.
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