Photo TR: tokyo Disney and Bangkok

[aslinterpreterHoly crap you have a HUGE donkey!]

Hello everyone, my wife april and I went back to asia again this year, we try to get out of the US a couple of times a year and this time we chose Thailand and Japan. Most americans stop at tokyo because they dont want to fly the ectra 7 hours to get to thailand, but it is so worth it! we were supposed to go to this theme park called dreamworld, but we slept thru the time we were going to get picked up by the park to go(jet lag really sucks, even after traveling the world several times i cant figure out how to beat it!) I will post a few pics from thailand because it is such an awesome place then also will post some pics from disney.
our flight was kansas city-dallas-tokyo-bangkok total of about 23 hours in the air. our plane was late into tokyo so we had to spend the night there on the way then took singapore airlines, the number one rated airline in the world, into bangkok. if you have never flown on a foreign airline you are really missing out! they are way above most all US carriers.

The thai people are all very welcoming and will always "wai" to you when passing and say sawadee krup which is like good day. we spend a week and half in bangkok then flew to tokyo for disney. we have been to all the US disney parks but this was a first foreign park for us. we hit disneyland the night we arrived and deisney sea then next day. during both days there we saw a total of 3 non japanese people!!!!! they are crazy about disney in japan!!! and the girls wear tight little mini skirts and high heel boots around the park all day!!!!!! plus all the crazy disney hats and gloves.
this was our first time in japan, we had spend a lot of thime in thailand before, but not in japan. I thought that the Thai people were short, but the Japanese are way shorter! I didnt fit into the hotel bathroom and was tto tall to ride raging spirits, I rode it anyway! We can also speak thai a little but not japanses at all so we had a bit harder time there.
disney sea was awesome, and we loved TOT!!!! Journey was also great and maybe my favorite ride at either park. i shot a video of it but have no idea how to get it up onto the site.

We got to TDS about 20 min before it opened and the crowd was already huge! April took my picute and i look like a giant! EVERYONE ran to TOT to get a FP, the line just to get the FP went way down over the bridge! I have never seen anything like it before! when we rode it, there was only a 45 min wait. we really liked the story line and the ride itself.
Even the characters at the park are short, when i got my picture taken with them, they all acted like I was so tall, and then all the japanses people waiting for thier picture woould just laugh!!! it was also weird that the japanese people wanted to take my picture or have thier pic taken with me.
anyway at TDS we rode, TOT, journey, indy, raging spirits, and that was about it i think. there were so many people there as you can tell by the pictures.

it was weird that TDS had a bunch of weird rules about taking pictures, but when the gates finally opened in the moring, everyone RAN full speed to TOT and nobody said a thing. But then I try to take a picture inside a ride and the are signing camera, then make a big X with their arms??? so sprinting is ok, pictures are not!

if you have any questions about our trip feel free to ask1

[SharkTumsSite Admin]

The running thing at Tokyo Disney is one thing that you cannot convey until you see it. People literally sprint and nearly knock each other down once the gates open! For a society that is so polite and nice, it's an odd thing for sure!

Great TR! Very interesting stuff! Thanks for posting.

[GnomeJar-Jar Binks smells like Donkey]

aslinterpreter, how tall are you by the way? Or is it just that the japanese are very short, and as a result structures such as doorways just aren't built as tall as they are in the US?

[Ryan KingText me about my Delorean - (559) 940-3525]

I REALLY Enjoyed this report! It really shows what these countries have to offer besides thier awesome amusement parks. Thats one thing I look forward to when I visit other countries, is to see more of the culture and such like you did!

Awesome!

-Ryan

[restocaWhat would donkeys be like on the moon?]

I have wondered if Togo's coaster trains are designed for smaller people, or if they're just uncomfortable for riders of any height. I've ridden five of them in the US and each time have thought the average Japanese person must be smaller than the average American.

Really enjoyed your interesting photos and narration. I hope you'll share your next adventure as well!

[buttonman700I teach at the school of donkey!]

Great report, thanks for posting.

Out of curiosity, how tall are you? (wanting know sowhen I go I'm not bashing my head into doors!)

[arrowfanmanFire Alarm Boy!]

Great report!

I went to Bangkok this past summer and was there for the kings actual 60th anniversary. I even made it to Dreamland, as well! Where were you?...reminds me of the "weekend market" swap meet we went too.


As for going to TDR...I envy you.

-Jahan

[Blazen_AZNThe Preppy Emo]

I Pretty much hate myself.

I went to tokyo a few years back and didn't know there was such thing as DisneySeas.

Missed an opportunity to go (didn't even bother with the disney land they had, i knew that was there though).

Nice trip report. Asia is an awsome place and i'd love to go back someday. Preferably one when people aren't paranoid about SARS or somthing.

[GutterflowerA zonkey is a cross between a zebra and a donkey.]

Hey
Nice report
I lived in bangkok for a while and love it. its just mad yet everyone is polite and gracious too. its bizzare.

Anyway ive been trying to figure out where that photo of the traffic is taken? From what i can remember it looks like its outside the (HUGE) MBK shopping center where the 2 skytrain lines meet?

I also love the KFC prices over there 95baht is about £1.30 ($2.60) for a meal. which is about 3 times cheaper than over here lol

[aslinterpreterHoly crap you have a HUGE donkey!]

Thanks everyone for the nice comments about the report.

The funny thing is that I am not that tall for here in the US, I am 6'3"!

You are exactly right about the traffic picture! It is at Siam station right by MBK, that was one of our favorite places to shop. I go tmy hair cut in MBK, and it took about any hour becasue half of the time was the scalp, neck, and shoulder massage! All for abuot $8! Then go to eat up on the 6th floor some really good food for about $2 including a Singha!

arrowfanman, we always go to the weekend market to! I have a video of it this year, i have never seen so much different crap being sold in the same place. this guy tried to get me to buy this venemous snake and take it home in an empty pepsi bottle, then when i got to the airport he told me to just put the bottle down my pants and nobody at customs will know i have it! Now, i bought a lot of weird things throughout my years but never a venemous snake in a pepsi bottle!

if you have any more questions let me know!