Venetian Area

Last Sunday, my partner and I decided to buy an annual pass before the price increase in September. Besides, it was a beautiful summer day and the 5th anniversary festivities have started, so it makes it a no-brainer for me. The night before I didn't get much sleep and I was really tired so I sat on a bench in the shade. While sitting, I realized what a beautiful building there was in front of me and I just had to take a snapshot of it. This building is found in the Venetian area of Mediterranean Harbor and houses a beautiful table-service restaurant that serves Italian food. You can choose from the menu ala carte or decide on the special menu. I always prefer to order from the ala carte menu and share a bottle of wine with my friends. It's a great way to spend a couple of hours at lunch.

This is also the place where you can board one of the gondolas and take a leisurely ride around the area and into the harbor itself. I personally have only ridden the gondolas once as there is usually a very long line. Maybe when my mother visits next spring, I'll take her on a ride. I usually take my mother on a vacation at least once a year. We've been to Hong Kong, Bangkok, Indonesia, Paris and London. I hope to take her to Italy one day but until then, Disney Sea's version of Italy will have to do. I'm hoping the weather would be nice this weekend as I plan on going this coming Sunday.

Cape Cod

Living in the center of Tokyo gets to be hectic and stressful. Cape Cod is a section in the American Waterfront area of Disney Sea. There are no attractions here. Just a counter service restaurant, a shop and a character show. There is very little traffic here and that's one of the reasons why I love this place. I come here to "get away" from all the hustle and bustle of the other areas of the park. One day I will come here with a book and sit myself on one of the benches near the waterfront. Just thinking of this puts a smile on my face.

Tokyo Disney Resort

Hi everyone. This is the very first post to my Tokyo Disney Resort blog. I still remember my first visit to a Disney park when I was 13. My mother and father took me to the original Disneyland park in California and I remember going on Pirates of the Caribbean thinking the audio animatronics were real people. I really thought the Haunted Mansion was haunted and I thought that the cast members were from another era. We left after seeing New Orleans Square and Tomorrowland because my parents told me that was all there was to Disneyland. They must have been tired but we were there for just over 3 hours. After that visit, my next visit to a Disney park was at Tokyo Disneyland. I was shocked at the place being so big! There was just so many things to do and see. However what really got me interested in the entire Disney thing was my friend pointing out all the small details that makes a Disney park so special. I just couldn't get enough of it. Funny thing is that the older I got, the more interested I became in the parks.

I swear that everyone I know asks me where I took the picture above. They actually think it's somewhere in America. It's a place called Cape Cod at Tokyo Disney Sea, one of the most amazing theme parks in the world. I just purchased an annual pass to Disney Sea so this is a perfect time to start blogging my way in cyberspace!