M-I-C-K-E-Y M-O-U-S-E

Did you know Mickey Mouse is fluent in Japanese? I didn’t until this year. Yet that is what I have taken from my day at the Japan Disney Resort. After the adventure to make the bus, the ride to Tokyo was uneventful. We arrived at the gates of Disney Resort an hour before the park opened. There was time to change, brush our teeth, and get very confused about what line to stand in. Being an English speaker made a lot of things confusing through out the day.

As we stood in line it was funny to walk these two girls do their hair with a portable curling iron. First on our agenda was food, felt weird eating Mickey pancakes. The only park map we could find was in Japanese, which made exploring and finding rides very hard…we never found Adventureland, and totally missed out on Thunder Mountain. The Haunted Mansion was closed but we did make in on "It’s a Small World" and we didn’t have to listen to the song the whole time. They had changed the ride to be a festive International caroling-thing. I loved the Teacups. Jen was very kind to let me drag her on them!

Best ride of the day was Pooh’s Honey Hunt. You seat in these large honey pots and are taken through a Pooh story. We loved it, even though the narration was in Japanese. There is one room where Tigger sings the "Wonderful thing about Tiggers" and the floor moves so you feel like you are jumping. And there is the dream with the Hefelumps…very well done.

Word Up: Kyu –nine