just curious when the halloween deco & events end and when the christmas deco & events start. hoping to catch TDL and TDS when theres the christmas vibe

Hi,

I've searched thoroughly and found older posts on this topic, but it seems the DAS system has evolved over time. I'm hoping to hear about more recent experiences (within the last 6 months to a year).

We’ll be traveling with our high-functioning, autistic 7-year-old in December. Although she has a diagnosis and has been in therapy for years, I'm still confused about the "official documentation" needed to prove her autism. In the U.S., we don’t have government-issued disability cards, likely due to ADA or privacy reasons. I do have a stack of digitized evaluations and letters from her therapy programs, but that might be overwhelming for a non-native English-speaking staff member and might not be what they're looking for.

I'm also concerned about being rejected for DAS because my child is high-functioning and appears "normal." However, she cannot wait in long lines as she is claustrophobic, will try to leave crowded areas, and sometimes has panic attacks. I don't want to buy the disability and caregiver tickets only to be rejected for DAS at the park and then have to go back to the ticket office to pay the difference, which would waste valuable time on our one-day pass.

We used DAS at Disneyland California, and it was efficient and easy, allowing her to enjoy the park even when it was busy.

Is a doctor’s note acceptable? Would a screenshot from My Health online showing her test results work? Also, could someone clarify what happens once she’s accepted for DAS? Some posts mention a separate waiting area, while others say you can roam the park until your "time is called."

Thanks for any insights!

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i went to disneysea with my boyfriend for our first date!!!!

we arrived at like 10am and immediately queued for 20,000 leagues under the sea (can't lie, pretty underwhelming ride). fate decided to bless me with an immediate, no-stress rapunzel's lantern festival pass on the app the minute i opened my phone to check the maps, so without queuing at an ungodly hour i got the pass to fantasy springs! i couldn't get the frozen or peter pan ones though. we rode every single 'adult' ride, plus the carousel, and skipped the rides in ariel's playground. we did buy a side profile cutout as a souvenir though because it was rather cheap for disney standards. tower of terror was my favourite, we also got a 40th anniversary pass for raging spirits. the queue for soaring and indiana jones was crazy long but they were worth it. i'm pretty sure my boyfriend lost half his soul on the drop of journey to the center of the earth. my boyfriend couldn't get the pass for rapunzel, but by some miracle the staff let both of us in for both fantasy springs and on the ride. our slot was at 7pm, so we thought we would miss the fireworks at 8, but we caught a glimpse of them ending as we walked out. we also got the roast beef popcorn in FS as well as the chicken curry + sea salt monaka in mediterranean harbour and both were pretty good! our feet were dead after the day though. thank you disneysea for giving us the best first date experience ever and thank you luck for being on our side the whole day.

I’m going to Disney Resort today and considering going to DisneySea later.

This might be a long shot but is there anywhere at Tokyo DisneySea that sells the 20000 League Under the Sea Donald Duck plush keychain? Only here for one more day tomorrow

Hey all, I have a 9 hour layover at Haneda on a Saturday. Landing around 3:00 pm and departing Haneda at midnight (12:00) am. I really would like to go to Tokyo Disney or Tokyo Disney Sea during this layover. It is open until 9:00 pm. I realize I would only be sending ~4-5 hours there, which is okay with me! I was wondering if anyone has any experience with a layover at Haneda to Tokyo Disney and if this is a good/bad idea. Any recommendations for how to get their and get back in time are surely welcome! I appreciate any advice or tips you can give me. TIA

https://youtu.be/X0pZLSiM19o

Looking forward to see reports and videos that will be shared here for this epic show.

Hi I'm travelling to Tokyo Disney in 2 weeks and booked the Fantasy Springs 2 Days Package. I'm a Disney noob and travelling with my 4 year old son so booked the package to try and make the trip as easy as possible...

Can you guys let me know if my following plans are feasible/make sense?

I am coming from Kamakura to Disneyland on the first day, so I am planning a late start.

Day 1:

• Check into the Disneyland Hotel around 11AM

• Have lunch somewhere at Disneyland

• I'm basically relying on the fact that we have pre-booked ride times since I won't be able to grab any fast pass on this day (I assume? Can the fast pass for rides be purchased only when you physically enter the park, or can it be done in the morning regardless of where you are? Please note we will not obtain our tickets until we get to the Disneyland hotel and pick up our package stuff).

• I've booked Enchanted Beauty & the Beast at 2PM & Happy Ride with Baymax at 4PM

• Also booked Splash Mountain which doesn't have any time requirement (I assume that this means I can go to the ride anytime? With a short/priority wait).

• I booked 5:50PM dinner at Hokusei Restaurant

• For the Electrical Parade Dreamlights I don't think I have any priority/premier seating (I don't think it comes with this package... correct me if I'm wrong). So I think I just need to find a good seat somewhere. Is there any way to pay for better seating in addition to my package? Just wanna make my trip with my toddler as comfy as possible ^^.

Day 2

• Sherwood Garden breakfast booked at 8:20AM

• Again can I purchase fast pass for other rides before entering the park or right as it opens? Do I need to have already entered the park?

• Then again I might not need it as I think as part of my package I get unlimited priority rides in the Fantasy Springs section, is that right?

• Toy Story Mania booked at 10AM & Tower of Terror (no time requirement).

• Again, I don't think I have any priority seating/premier seating for the Sea of Dreams Parade as part of the FS Package (please correct me if I'm wrong) - is there any way to pay for this?

Please let me know if there's something glaringly wrong with my plan. Like I said I'm a noob at this so sorry if I am saying/doing something dumb!

I’ve looked through Reddit and the interwebs, but cannot find consistent and current info (and I know a lot has changed at TDR over the past 3-4 months).

Hoping that our Disney hotel can transfer our bags to the Sheraton on Hilton.

Nights 1-4: Disneyland OR Ambassador Hotel Night 5: Trip to Kyoto Night 6-10: Sheraton or Hilton Tokyo Bay

Q: when we check out of our Disney hotel, will they ship/send our luggage forward to our hotels for nights 6-10 so we don’t have to lug (hahahaha) them to Kyoto?

The FAQ suggests they’ll ship home, but wasn’t sure if they’ll ship to another proxemic hotel.

TDR Hotel Booking Tips!  Long post warning!

So after practicing literally over 100+ times to get hotel rooms since March 2024, I am finally DONE booking my trip for this upcoming 12/31-1/4.  I’m gonna share what I’ve discovered about the TDR booking system to help everyone else out there so you can hopefully get the room you wanted.  I was shooting for the moon, a Grand Chateau Room on 12/31, managed to get it.  This is applicable to HOTELS ONLY and NOT VPs.  VPs are an entirely DIFFERENT ballgame. If you are going for Ambassador or Celebration, those are not nearly as competitive and this level of strategizing if often not necessary, but on peak days, even those can sell out very quickly.

This can always be YMMV.  I am located in the US on the East Coast on a Fiber optic internet connection, as a reference point, but with these tips I was batting 100% for weekdays and slower weekends.  For busier weekends and holidays I was batting about 85-90%, so the results are highly reproducible.  

The BIGGEST KEY ABOVE ALL is to make absolutely certain you clear the queue to access the website BEFORE 1100AM Japan time.  IF YOU DO NOT, your chances drop exponentially of getting the room you want as all the super competitive rooms (i.e. Fantasy Springs, MiraCosta, Toy Story Hotel) are all gone by 1.5 minutes almost EVERY TIME.  If you haven’t gotten through by 1.5 minutes, there is a very low chance you are getting one of those rooms.  Someitmes they last to 2 min. but those are only on the super slow days.  However, if you don’t get a room initially,  there is still a chance, and we’ll discuss that.  

To make things easier, this next step is optional, but it definitely simplifies the booking process.  Prior to the date your room goes live, already get to the hotel availability screen.  I used the search by price option.  You want to bookmark the screen where it shows all the hotels and rooms that are available.  You also want to go to your address bar, and find the date.  It looks something like this “Date=20250101” and change the date MANUALLY to your date.  You then go ahead and try and go to that page.  It will tell you it’s not a valid date.  That’s OK.  Bookmark that page.  That page is the page you want to go straight to come the day you need to make the reservation.  This saves time when seconds can matter.  The next step is entering the queue.  Since you already bookmarked this page, you can just click this link when you are ready to hit the queue.  No need to go to the website. Just click the link. 

Getting a feel for when to enter the queue, is very important as it can change DRASTICALLY based on the night.  For super slow days, you can enter the queue as late as 1050 and still clear it in time, and on the busiest of days you may need to enter at 1025 to make it in time, so it’s highly variable.  This is something that you will need to experiment with, and then come the day you need to make a reservation, have multiple different browsers open and start entering the queue super early to make sure you have at least one browser at minimum clearing the queue with less than 5-10 minutes remaining.  Not clearing too early is critical because if you clear with more than 15 minutes you will get kicked from the site before the rooms go live.  Also if you don’t click around the site and show activity, you will get kicked pretty fast due to inactivity.  

Bottom line, ideally, you need to clear the queue with about 5 min. remaining.  

I personally ran a two device setup as I could not keep track of refreshing more than that. I had an iPad and my iPhone that I would be using.  I used to use a PC and phone, but that wasn’t that good and we’ll get to that.  

Now you just need to refresh every now and then to let the website know you haven’t gone away and it kicks you.  With about 1-2 min. remaining stop refreshing and get ready to refresh.  For me coming from the US, the sweet spot for me to hit refresh was about .5-.3 seconds prior to 1100.  That’s what worked best for me.  Sometimes I could get in immediately, sometimes it will take several tries.  Sometimes potentially a minute of trying.  You may get an error message.  If you get the red japanese text screen immediately refresh.  If you get the spinning stars hold tight.  Give it some time.  If the prices don’t load in 5-10 seconds try again.  They may load, but from experience you’re better refreshing, than waiting for it to load at that point.  The “when to refresh” part is a real art, and something you get a feel and instinct for when trying many times.

There IS a difference between being on a computer, tablet or phone.  NOT ALL ARE CREATED EQUAL.

Hands down the worst is the computer.   I figured it’d be faster, as less would be on a computer, but I can tell you over time I realized the computer was just not that good.  I was winning on my phone way more often than my computer.  I can get 2-3 refreshes in on my phone well before one set of price ever pop up on my computer.  Then computer consistently gets hung up as it tries to display the prices.  You think you’re almost there, but then it just gets stuck.  Avoid the computer if you can and use a tablet and phone, or even better two phones if you can.

Next worst was the iPad.  The iPad is better than the computer, but still not as good as the phone.  I don’t know why, as they are both mobile devices, but I found the refreshing and getting through was still not as reliable as a phone.  Also the mobile site is much more reliable than the desktop site.  Sometimes tablets default to a desktop site, but make sure your browser is set to mobile site. 

The phone was without a doubt the best.  It was the quickest to load, and I had the highest success over the last several months on the phone hands down.  For whatever reason, it refreshes faster.

In terms of browsers.  To maximize the number of queue entries so I could make sure I had two browsers exiting the queue on time, I was using Chrome and Safari, plus incognito mode on two devices.  So that gives you 8 browsers to play with to clear the queue at the desired time.  I felt that I had slightly better success with Chrome on the refresh, but not significantly so like PC vs phone.

If you aren’t able to get a room before they are all gone, all is not lost.  Between 1130-1138 rooms that were clicked on but not booked and accounts that timed out while booking will be redumped into the system. I never found a consistent time for this, other than it was after 30 min.  There may be a random room here and there that pops up, but there consistently a bigger dump anywhere between 1130-1138.  This happens every 30-40 minutes along with some random rooms that sometimes pop up.  With persistence and quick clicking you can often get a room on the rebound.  Sometimes you’ll click and it’ll say it’s not available after waiting a bit to go to the checkout screen.  This happens quite a bit with rebounds.  So rebounds can be VERY frustrating.  I was successful on the rebound with persistence 98 percent of the time, but it takes EXTREME persistence.

If you still don’t get one after all that, it just comes down to stalking the cancellations.  People cancel ALL the time, you just have to luck out and be at the right place at the right time to pick up the reservation.  

Hope this helps everyone.  This worked for me consistently over the last several months and I got what I wanted.  Good luck!  Feel free to post any questions below. 

I am going to Disney Sea on my own next week, I booked two nights at the Celebration hotel so I'm very excited although nervous since it's my first time going alone. I heard there's a lot of perks to it but I'm still a bit hesitant haha anyway I cannot cancel now but any tips to a solo traveler? I'm mostly hoping to be able to ride everything inside Fantasy Springs, so any advice in regards that would be greatly appreciated and ofcourse words of encouragement! Thank you in advance.

I was able to buy one ticket for 10/31 for Disney Sea at like 2am today, but my friends (and subsequently I) have not been able to purchase more for that same date. We keep getting an error code that "The credit card you have registered cannot be used." But I literally used it successfully earlier today??? Is the site down or something? Is anyone else having this issue?

Is it true that only shareholders can get access to it in TDL?

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Guess it’s probably never returning at this rate.

Hey guys, just wondering if I can bring in an used popcorn bucket (from land or sea) and get the popcorn bucket filling price. Does anyone know?

Super long refurb if true, reminds me of how long Sin bad is.

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Hi. I'm currently at DisneySea and each time I go to the standby passes in the app it says "select not available". Is this a glitch on my phone or does this mean nothing is available throughout the whole park?

I have a $27 charge for the 4 days I stayed at the ambassador. Anyone know why?

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We have plans to go to Disney Sea tomorrow but there are warnings of a Typhoon. Does Disney Tokyo stay open? Is it worth still going?

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hi all, visited disney sea recently with 2 of my friends. it was 3 of us in total. we bought our passes on klook. we reached disney at 6:30 am and there were already bunch of people ahead of us. at 8:30 they let us in and we immediately checked our fantasy springs entry and secured the rapunzel pass, the frozen was already sold out by then. couple of points

• once you purchase a DPA for a ride, you cannot purchase another for until you REDEEM the purchased DPA and that’s the same with 40th priority pass.
• so be sure to put your alarms accordingly.
• keep refreshing the 40th priority pass, we ended up going on raging 2 times because we got the passes.
• ITS VERY VERY HOT, so make sure you take your fans and sunscreens
• the smoking lounge is in arabian coast near casbah food court.

DISNEY SEA RIDES AND FOOD

MEDITERRANEAN HARBOR ◦ gondolier snacks- original cocktail (caramel liquer) ◦ zambini brothers ristorante- alien mochi ,churro ◦ mamma biscotti bakery- mikes melon bread ***** SOARING: FANTASTIC FLIGHT - highly recommended, very long standby lines but we since we got DPA we only waited for 10-15 minutes in the line and there was AC.

MYSTERIOUS ISLAND

20000 LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA - not so thrilling but still a fun ride, it’s definetely not a must try. JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH- it’s a roller coaster, definitely a fun ride, there’s AC while waiting. ◦ nautilus galley- gyoza sausage bun ◦ refresco- sea salt monaka, tiramisu ice cream sandwich

LOST RIVER DELTA

INDIANA JONES - very fun roller coaster ride and it’s new and interesting, there’s AC in the waiting line. RAGING SPIRITS - the only BIG roller coaster in the park, there’s no AC in the waiting line but 40th priority pass is available. went on the ride using it. ◦ Tropic Al’s- mickey ice cream

PORT DISCOVERY ◦ seaside snacks-ukiwah bun (shrimp bun) but they have pork if you have allergies to seafood. ◦ bayside takeout- chilled cool churro (crème brûlée), sushi roll

AMERICAN WATERFRONT ◦ new york deli- alien mochi ◦ high tide treats- tiramisu sandwich ◦ hudson river harvest- crème brûlée churro, tiramisu sandwich

FANTASY SPRINGS rapunzel ride- we got DPA for this

I went today with 7 people, and had incredible luck with a regular ticket, no hotel reservations or paid passes. It is Wednesday and a day with a rain report (but no rain all day). Every ride had under 60 min wait time at all times, and there were many 10 min and 5 min wait times. I was really surprised to enter fantasy springs during the day for frozen, and then again at night for tangled in one day. This is my first time at disney and I had come with the expectation from all of the TikToks that I would not be able to enter unless I lined up at 2 am or booked an expensive hotel. I want to create this post to inform everyone that given the right day these measures are not necessary for an enjoyable disney experience.

We entered the park at 8:30, started lining from 6:30. We immediately grabbed the Frozen for 11:50 and lunch reservation at Ristorante Di Canaletto as soon as we entered. There was so few people in the park. No wait for any food or really wait for anything which was amazing. I ate the mochi, popcorn, ice, everything. When we could grab a second ticket at 10:45 we got the tangled for 7:00pm entry. We basically walked on to many rides and waited very few for others. It’s hard with 7 people because people want to rest a lot but surprisingly we rode 12 rides. After tangled we were about to leave but I checked the ticket thing again and long and behold a 8:15-8:45 ticket was open for frozen so we all went a second time. So make sure you check your ticket thing before you leave! I was so happy because the first time I had been recording on my phone the whole time. It was tiring but I don’t think I have ever had a better experience at any park in my life.

Here was my schedule with 7 people. 7AM to 9PM in the park.

• Journey (10 min wait)
• Raging Spirits (30 min wait)
• Indiana Jones (10 min wait with priority pass)
• Frozen (30 min wait)
• Ristorante Di Canaletto
• Toy Story Mania (50 min wait)
• Tower of Terror (50 min wait)
• DisneySea transit steamer (5 min wait)
• The Whirlpool (10 min wait)
• The blowfish (20 min wait)
• 20000 leagues under the sea (5 min wait)
• Tangled (50 min wait)
• Frozen (10 min wait)

Just received the below email for a booking at the Ambassador hotel. Assuming/hoping this will also apply to the Disneyland Hotel but I have not yet received the same email for upcoming bookings I have there.

“We would like to inform you about the changes regarding one of the guest benefits, “Happy Entry,” for our Disney hotel guests. Please note that effective September 1, guests staying at Disney Ambassador Hotel will also be eligible for “Happy Entry” to enter Tokyo DisneySea. We apologize for this change in the guest benefit after the confirmation of your hotel reservation.”