{"id":10125,"date":"2017-03-14T16:19:57","date_gmt":"2017-03-14T15:19:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dailydisneyland.com\/?p=10125"},"modified":"2017-03-14T16:19:57","modified_gmt":"2017-03-14T15:19:57","slug":"journee-a-tokyo-disney-sea-partie-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/guide-disneyland.com\/index.php\/2017\/03\/14\/journee-a-tokyo-disney-sea-partie-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Une Journ\u00e9e \u00e0 Tokyo Disney Sea (partie 1)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Bonjour amis fans de Disney\u00a0!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Je pense qu\u2019on sera tous d\u2019accord pour dire que l\u2019imagination des collaborateurs de la Walt Disney Company ne cessera jamais de nous \u00e9tonner. En effet, de nombreux parcs Disney (trop peu \u00e0 mon humble avis) existent un peu partout sur le globe et beaucoup de personnes peu inform\u00e9s vous diront qu\u2019ils se ressemblent tous mais il n\u2019en est rien\u00a0!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Parfois les concepteurs des parcs Disney, les<em> \u00ab\u00a0imagenieurs\u00a0\u00bb<\/em> de leur petit nom, ont un \u00e9clair de g\u00e9nie et nous sortent une v\u00e9ritable p\u00e9pite qui nous ferrai presque nous d\u00e9placer \u00e0 l\u2019autre bout du monde rien que pour la toucher du doigt. Je pense notamment \u00e0 l\u2019attraction Space Mountain de notre parc parisien qui demeure pour moi la meilleure du monde (Esp\u00e9rons que HyperSpace Mountain soit \u00e0 la hauteur\u00a0!), ou bien encore l\u2019attraction Tron du nouveau-n\u00e9 Shanghai Disneyland en Chine sur lequel j\u2019ai d\u00e9j\u00e0 \u00e9cris un article que vous pouvez retrouver <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailydisneyland.com\/journee-a-shanghai-disneyland-racontee-details-destination\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">juste ici<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Aujourd\u2019hui, c\u2019est justement pour vous parler d\u2019une de ces p\u00e9pites des concepteurs Disney que j\u2019\u00e9cris cet article. Vous \u00eates pr\u00eats pour un voyage de 9700 kilom\u00e8tres ? Alors direction Tokyo Disney Sea\u00a0!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailydisneyland.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/tokyo-mud-bath-bar-mudbath0716.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10126\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-10126\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dailydisneyland.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/tokyo-mud-bath-bar-mudbath0716-1024x640.jpg\" alt=\"tokyo-mud-bath-bar-mudbath0716\" width=\"1024\" height=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">C\u2019est au cours du m\u00eame road trip entre amis qui nous a d\u00e9j\u00e0 men\u00e9s \u00e0 Shanghai Disneyland, que nous atteignons notre destination finale\u00a0: Tokyo. Evidemment, il y a beaucoup de choses \u00e0 voir en ville mais en tant que grands fans de l\u2019univers Disney, nous avons particuli\u00e8rement h\u00e2te de visiter le parc local. C\u2019est donc plein d\u2019entrain et dans un m\u00e9tro plus que bond\u00e9 que nous nous dirigeons vers le resort.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Nous passons notre premi\u00e8re journ\u00e9e dans le parc Disney \u00ab\u00a0classique\u00a0\u00bb, le premier qui f\u00fbt construit en dehors des Etats-Unis soit dit en passant. Je ne vais pas le d\u00e9tailler plus que \u00e7a ici, sachez juste que c\u2019est un excellent parc, tr\u00e8s bien tenu et ou la magie fonctionne \u00e0 merveille.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailydisneyland.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_1558.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10127\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-10127\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dailydisneyland.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_1558-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_1558\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Assez blablat\u00e9\u00a0! Passons au vif du sujet\u00a0: le fameux parc Disney Sea\u00a0! J\u2019ai eu la chance d\u2019y mettre les pieds en pleine c\u00e9l\u00e9bration de leur 15i\u00e9me anniversaire et franchement heureusement que c\u2019\u00e9tait \u00e9crit partout car le parc \u00e0 l\u2019air tellement neuf et en bon \u00e9tat qu\u2019on ne lui donnerai jamais 15 ans\u00a0!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">D\u00e8s les premiers pas, je suis rest\u00e9 scotch\u00e9 par les d\u00e9cors \u00e0 couper le souffle\u2026 sommes-nous vraiment encore \u00e0 Tokyo\u00a0? La ville la plus peupl\u00e9es du monde\u00a0? Car avec ce gigantesque lac et ce volcan en fond (et si on oublie la temp\u00e9rature glaciale) on se croirai directement t\u00e9l\u00e9port\u00e9s \u00e0 Hawa\u00ef\u00a0!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailydisneyland.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/5249992793_a8b92ff5cd_b.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10128\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-10128\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dailydisneyland.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/5249992793_a8b92ff5cd_b-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Tokyo DisneySea, Tokyo Disney Resort, Japan. Tue August 17th, 2010 Another re-edit :) Visit our site Disney Character Central for tons more Disney and Character pictures!\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailydisneyland.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/27077631464_2f757885b8_k.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10129\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-10129\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dailydisneyland.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/27077631464_2f757885b8_k-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"27077631464_2f757885b8_k\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Disney Sea est un parc sur le th\u00e8me de l\u2019oc\u00e9an et de la d\u00e9couverte. Il est divis\u00e9 en 7 lands qui sont finalement des ports repr\u00e9sentants les sept oc\u00e9ans. Il s\u2019agit d\u2019un parc unique au monde ou vous trouverez bon nombre d\u2019attractions introuvables ailleurs.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Parlons tout d\u2019abord de la star du lieu, l\u2019\u00e9l\u00e9ment qui saute aux yeux d\u00e8s l\u2019entr\u00e9e du parc, je parle bien s\u00fbr du volcan.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Je peux vous assurer que notre Big Thunder Mountain parisienne peu aller se rhabiller\u00a0! Le volcan est gigantesque, et tr\u00f4ne fi\u00e8rement au centre du parc. De puissantes machines \u00e0 fum\u00e9e \u00e0 son sommet donnent parfaitement l\u2019illusion d\u2019une activit\u00e9 inqui\u00e9tante, et si vous entendez un grondement en sa provenance, h\u00e2tez-vous d\u2019atteindre l\u2019abri le plus proche\u00a0! En effet, plusieurs fois par jour il entrera en \u00ab\u00a0\u00e9ruption\u00a0\u00bb\u00a0: la musique dans les lands aux alentours cesse, ne laissant la place qu\u2019\u00e0 de impressionnants bruits d\u2019explosions qui pr\u00e9c\u00e8dent des flammes sortant f\u00e9rocement de la caldeira du volcan. Je vous certifie que c\u2019est impressionnant la premi\u00e8re fois, et d\u2019autant plus la nuit.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailydisneyland.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/image12-15.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10130\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-10130\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dailydisneyland.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/image12-15-1024x623.jpg\" alt=\"image12-15\" width=\"1024\" height=\"623\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Juste derri\u00e8re ce mont quelque peu grincheux se cache un land qui m\u2019a laiss\u00e9 sans voix\u00a0: Mysterious Island.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Un Nautilus \u00e0 moiti\u00e9 immerg\u00e9\u00a0? Un grand N, initiale du capitaine N\u00e9mo sur la place centrale\u00a0? Ainsi qu\u2019une d\u00e9coration \u00e0 base de vitraux et d\u2019\u00e9l\u00e9ments de ferronnerie inspir\u00e9s steampunk\u00a0? Il ne fait aucun doute que nous sommes dans un land d\u00e9di\u00e9 \u00e0 Jules Verne\u00a0! \u00d4 joie\u00a0! Personnellement j\u2019adore l\u2019univers de cet auteur et c\u2019est une des raisons principales du succ\u00e8s de Discoveryland \u00e0 Disneyland Paris \u00e0 mon avis. Les d\u00e9cors de Mysterious Island sont vraiment superbes\u00a0: on peut y croiser des machines de forage sur les flancs du volcan ou bien des geysers sur le lac, ici encore, le d\u00e9paysement est bien pr\u00e9sent. C\u2019est au milieu de cet \u00e9merveillement de nous nous dirigeons vers l\u2019attraction principale du lieu, dont on peut apercevoir une chute au c\u0153ur de la montagne\u00a0: Voyage au centre de la Terre. Malheureusement nous ne repartiront qu\u2019avec un fast pass pour la fin de l\u2019apr\u00e8s-midi, le parc \u00e9tant compl\u00e8tement satur\u00e9 (vacances de fin d\u2019ann\u00e9e japonaise oblige). On se rabat sur l\u2019autre attraction du land\u00a0: 20\u00a0000 lieues sous les mers.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailydisneyland.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/14131407680_99054f3c87_k.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10131\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-10131\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dailydisneyland.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/14131407680_99054f3c87_k-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"14131407680_99054f3c87_k\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Il s\u2019agit d\u2019une petite ride sympathique ou vous serez enferm\u00e9 dans un mini sous-marin (claustrophobes s\u2019abstenir) qui donne parfaitement l\u2019illusion d\u2019\u00eatre plong\u00e9 dans les abysses. Les petites jauges r\u00e9v\u00e9lant la profondeur et le taux d\u2019oxyg\u00e8ne dans la cabine, ainsi que les d\u00e9cors ext\u00e9rieurs donnent du r\u00e9alisme au voyage que vous allez vivre. N\u2019\u00e9tant moi-m\u00eame pas tr\u00e8s \u00e0 l\u2019aise en milieu sous-marin je peux vous dire que les frissons \u00e9taient au rendez-vous. C\u2019est donc ravi que nous quittons ce land pour le suivant\u00a0: Mediterranean Harbor.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailydisneyland.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/5729271170_c0494e1ca6_b.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10132\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-10132\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dailydisneyland.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/5729271170_c0494e1ca6_b-1024x442.jpg\" alt=\"5729271170_c0494e1ca6_b\" width=\"1024\" height=\"442\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Ce land un peu sp\u00e9cial englobe en r\u00e9alit\u00e9 l\u2019entr\u00e9e du parc ainsi que les alentours du lac central ce qui en fait le land le plus grand du parc et, paradoxalement, celui qui comporte le moins d\u2019attraction. Mais ici, ce ne sont pas tant les attractions que les d\u00e9cors qui sont importants. En effet ceux-ci sont somptueux non seulement de par leur grandeur et leur finesse du d\u00e9tail mais \u00e9galement par leur diversit\u00e9. Il y a plusieurs zones diff\u00e9rentes \u00e0 Mediterranean Harbor\u00a0: pour commencer, l\u2019entr\u00e9e du parc qui est une sorte de grande place centrale cern\u00e9e de boutiques et de restaurants typiques italiens, le tout dans une architecture \u00e9poque renaissance. De chaque c\u00f4t\u00e9 du lac, partent alors deux chemins aux d\u00e9cors typiquement italiens \u00e9galement, permettant tous deux de rejoindre l\u2019autre rive du plan d\u2019eau.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Parlons-en du lac justement\u00a0! Son nom officiel est Porto Paradisio et c\u2019est ici que se d\u00e9rouleront la plupart des spectacles du parc ainsi que la parade ou des bateaux remplacent les chars habituels avec nos personnages favoris.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailydisneyland.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/maxresdefault.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10133\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-10133\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dailydisneyland.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/maxresdefault-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"maxresdefault\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">De l\u2019autre c\u00f4t\u00e9 du lac on peut apercevoir la Forteresse. Il s\u2019agit d\u2019un immense ch\u00e2teau adoss\u00e9 au volcan dans lequel on peut faire un jeu de piste dont vous aller devoir passer \u00e0 c\u00f4t\u00e9 si, tout comme moi, vous n\u2019\u00eates pas familier avec la langue nippone. N\u00e9anmoins, ici encore, les d\u00e9cors sont magnifiques et j\u2019ai eu beaucoup de mal \u00e0 imaginer que le parc a 15 ans, tout a l\u2019air comme neuf\u00a0!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailydisneyland.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_1770.0.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10134\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-10134\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dailydisneyland.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_1770.0-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_1770.0\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Enfin, pour rejoindre un autre land du parc vous franchirez un grand pont, ici encore typiquement italien, ressemblant un peu \u00e0 Venise avec les gondoles qui passent en contrebas. N\u2019oubliez pas de vous arr\u00eater jeter un \u0153il au superbe galion amarr\u00e9 au pied de la forteresse qui est bluffant de r\u00e9alisme.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">C\u2019est apr\u00e8s avoir fait le plein de photos que nous arrivons dans la prochaine zone du parc\u00a0: American Waterfront. Et l\u00e0, c\u2019est la claque.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Voici pr\u00e8s d\u2019une heure que nous \u00e9voluons dans les d\u00e9dales de petites rues typiquement italiennes, \u00e0 respirer l\u2019odeur des pizzas et \u00e0 \u00e9couter les gondoliers chanter que nous voici plong\u00e9s en plein New York des ann\u00e9es 1900\u00a0!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailydisneyland.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/American-WF.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10135\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10135\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dailydisneyland.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/American-WF.jpg\" alt=\"American WF\" width=\"845\" height=\"634\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Le land est divis\u00e9 en deux zones assez diff\u00e9rentes l\u2019une de l\u2019autre. La premi\u00e8re, New York, est absolument incroyable de par son ambiance. C\u2019est au son des vielles musiques des ann\u00e9es 50 que vous allez \u00e9voluer entre de hauts b\u00e2timents repr\u00e9sentant des commerces de l\u2019\u00e9poque, des stands de hot dog old school, et de grands panneaux publicitaires collectors. Instantan\u00e9ment, nos regards sont attir\u00e9s par les deux \u00e9l\u00e9ments qui ressortent du d\u00e9cor ambiant\u00a0: un superbe paquebot pos\u00e9 l\u00e0, dans la baie de Tokyo, ainsi qu\u2019un grand b\u00e2timent myst\u00e9rieux mais \u00e0 l\u2019air n\u00e9anmoins familier\u2026 Allons jeter un coup d\u2019\u0153il au gros bateau pour commencer\u00a0!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailydisneyland.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/DisneySea-24.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10136\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-10136\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dailydisneyland.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/DisneySea-24-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"DisneySea-24\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Il s\u2019agit du S.S. Columbia sur lequel vous pouvez grimpez si vous acceptez de braver le froid et le brise glaciale japonaise. Je ne sais pas s\u2019il s\u2019agit d\u2019un v\u00e9ritable paquebot \u00e0 la retraite ou bien d\u2019un \u00e9l\u00e9ment de d\u00e9cor cr\u00e9e pour le parc mais il est vraiment magnifique et tr\u00e8s r\u00e9aliste. Vous pourrez vous balader sur le pont principal d\u2019o\u00f9 vous aurez une vue imprenable sur ces trois chemin\u00e9es fumantes ainsi que sur Porto Paradisio. Si vous \u00eates curieux, vous trouverez \u00e0 l\u2019int\u00e9rieur du navire deux superbes restaurants mais qui ne sont pas \u00e0 la port\u00e9e de toutes les bourses\u00a0!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Bon, et ce grand b\u00e2timent myst\u00e9rieux alors\u00a0? C\u2019est vrai qu\u2019il me dit quelque chose mais pas moyen de me rappeler\u2026 En se rapprochant nous apercevons le nom\u00a0: HighTower Hotel et c\u2019est en restant quelques secondes devant le panneau que je comprends ce qui nous attends car les lettres <em>Tower of Terror<\/em> venaient d&#8217;appara\u00eetre.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailydisneyland.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/7086141727_6ae8c5eb3e_k.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10137\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-10137\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dailydisneyland.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/7086141727_6ae8c5eb3e_k-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"7086141727_6ae8c5eb3e_k\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Une Tour de la Terreur\u00a0! En voil\u00e0 une heureuse surprise, j\u2019adore cette attraction\u00a0! Mais une fois encore celle-ci est unique au monde\u00a0! De par sa fa\u00e7ade, tout d\u2019abord, mais \u00e9galement par son histoire qui est totalement diff\u00e9rentes de celles des autres parcs. En effet, exit le sc\u00e9nario \u00e0 base de 4\u00e9me dimension et bienvenue dans les myst\u00e8res d\u2019une mal\u00e9diction africaine\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Ici encore, la surprise est totale. Et m\u00eame si le ride en lui-m\u00eame est tr\u00e8s ressemblant \u00e0 celui des autres parcs, l\u2019originalit\u00e9 de la mise en sc\u00e8ne fait vraiment plaisir.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">C\u2019est donc l\u2019estomac encore perch\u00e9 au sommet de la tour que nous nous rendons dans la deuxi\u00e8me partie d\u2019American Waterfront\u00a0: Cape Cod<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Ici encore, vous ne trouverez pas votre bonheur en termes d\u2019attractions \u00e0 sensations mais le d\u00e9paysement est au rendez-vous\u00a0! En effet, nous voici plong\u00e9s dans un petit village c\u00f4tier typique de la Nouvelle Angleterre, alors qu\u2019on \u00e9tait \u00e0 New York quelques secondes auparavant\u00a0! Mais, nom d\u2019un Pluto, comment fait donc Disney pour nous plonger instantan\u00e9ment d\u2019une ambiance \u00e0 une autre comme \u00e7a\u00a0?! Cela m\u2019\u00e9tonnera toujours\u2026<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailydisneyland.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/5536532402_76572622e8_b.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10138\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-10138\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dailydisneyland.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/5536532402_76572622e8_b-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Cutting to the chase: believe the hype. The level of detail throughout is amazing. You'll find none of the blatant corner cutting that characterized early California Adventure. Each area of the park is fully realized and engrossing. Even the areas that are obviously meant to be cheaper to execute, like the kid-focused Mermaid Lagoon, are still lavish. Even better, the parts that are meant to impress do so in spades. At the same time, there's no sense that things were left unfinished as one gets with Disney's Animal Kingdom. Make no mistake, the park is a full day park. Sure it doesn't have the sheer number of attractions that one will find at Disneyland or the Magic Kingdom, but that's hardly surprising considering those parks are building off over 55 years of momentum and refinement while Disney Sea is a spritely 10 years old. If one got lucky and came on the least crowded day and did some militant park opening to closing fastpass strategizing, then it's theoretically possible that one could experience every attraction, but even then you're unlikely to see the various shows (which will soon include Fantasmic), and you'll probably be hurrying by details and rushing through meals. The park is engrossing but tight, never feeling insurmountable yet never feeling small. Side note: that this park chose to add Fantasmic rather than World of Color makes total sense to me now. This park is very much rooted in the distant past and is very story oriented: World of Color's technological spectacle with would have felt odd and out of place here. Conceptually the park is a winner in that it lives up to it name. The park literally is a Disneyland that takes it's thematic inspiration from bodies of water, effectively replacing the &quot;land&quot; with &quot;sea.&quot; In a sense the Disneyland approach to theme parks is to represent idealized times and places, with the choice of which times and places characterizing the park as a whole. The classic Disneyland itself is hard to define in terms of an overall theme, but it somehow hits on a winning formula. Disney Sea takes this same approach but adds the overarching concept of the sea and the various incarnations it takes. In this regard one could argue that Disney Sea is a more conceptually cohesive park than Disneyland itself. I don't know if this cohesion make it better per se, but there's no denying that the message of Disney Sea is probably the strongest and clearest of any Disney Park (Animal Kingdom being a close second). Unlike California Adventure, the theme works throughout the park and you never have to jump through mental hoops to justify the presence of particular area of the park. The sense of purpose is confident and adhesion to this purpose is total. I didn't have a chance to eat much of the food during my not-quite-a-day visit, but I liked what I tried and was intrigued by what I didn't. Quick service meals (read: fast food) at Disneyland\/Magic Kingdom parks range from okay to horrid, but Disney Sea seems to buck this trend in both variety and quality. I had quick service curry for lunch and it ended up being the best curry I ate while in Japan, and Japan is very fond of its curry. The Italian restaurant Ristorante di Canaletto seemed very nice for dinner, but it's hard for me to judge how it compares to other Italian in Japan. The other food options throughout the park certainly looked good, and that didn't even touch on the higher class food found in the hotels, an area where Disney World absolutely shines. It definitely seemed a step above Disneyland's\/Magic Kingdom's less than stellar options and more akin to Epcot's culinary delights. We can't talk food without talking drink: we stopped by one bar in the American Waterfront located in a theme ship and themed after the life of Teddy Roosevelt. The place was opulent in a Club 33 sort of way, the drinks seemed solid and the ambiance perfectly fits the 20s chic style that's so popular in trendier areas right now. This place could make a killing in LA and is much nicer than the club-esque bar called Teddy's Los Angeles. In DisneySea you can go from munching popcorn to refined opulence one after the other. Disney Sea gets it: appeal to everybody and all sensibilities, from playful to refined. The thing that probably struck me the most about Disney Sea was the quality of the rides. Each ride has that full-on Disney quality that you usually only get from specific AAA attractions in the other parks. Even when Disney Sea has a clone of an existing ride, it's better. Their Indiana Jones is more detailed, has more effects, and is just generally more impressive than the one in Anaheim. The Voyage of Sinbad is an almost Small World esque ride in theory, but the execution in terms of detail and technology makes it more akin to Pirates of the Caribbean. Stormrider is a simulator ride, a sort of hybrid of Soarin' and Star Tours, but Stormrider's effects an execution go light years beyond what at least the original Star Tours was doing. Hell, even their carrousel is a double-decker. Things are executed properly at Disney Sea, plain and simple. There's always some little bit that will impress you, especially if you're used to American parks. Everything is executed with 21st century standards. You don't have to tell yourself that a ride is kind of hokey but it's okay because it's a 1955 original: at Disney Sea the rides aren't hokey, and nothing feels like it was built in 1955. Disney Sea manages to feel as engrossing and &quot;Disney&quot; as Disneyland, but a Disneyland that doesn't rely on nostalgia to gloss over its weaker moments. Disney Sea is something Walt would build if he were alive today, not something he would build back in the 50s. The park's not perfect of course, there's still the odd quickie ride you can tell was put in because it was cheaper than something else, but even those rides seem to have leaps and bounds more care and wonder than their equivalents in other parks. At Walt Disney World you get a Dumbo Spinner for the umpteenth time, but at Disney Sea you get Aquatopia using a completely unique ride system and offering a simple yet uniquely enjoyable experience. This park just operates at a different level of expectation. Disneyland is a unique event, an entertainment venture like no other that defined an art form. Its originality will likely never be duplicated, but Disney hasn't let that stop them from trying. When Walt's dream of the perfect city died with him they tried a new, more adult theme park with Epcot in 1982 and largely succeeded. While Disneyland has been cloned around the world, Epcot is a different conceptual approach to a theme park, high quality but nothing like any other Disney park. Unfortunately Disney has left that park in a state of suspended animation, never pushing the concept forward since 1982 and mostly making changes that seem to lose the park's focus. After that Disney has went back to spins on their Disneyland formula, but they all have various problems. The Hollywood Studios parks are conceptually ill-conceived, Animal Kingdom has yet to flesh itself out, and California Adventure was initially executed so cheaply it hardly felt Disney at all. That leaves Disney Sea: a fully realized, fully executed Disney park built in the 21st century. One of a kind, it's Disney's only modern theme park, building on their experience and winning formula, but starting from scratch in a modern age. It's definitely the best thing Disney has done since 1982, and arguably the best original thing they've done since 1955. Disney Sea is the lighthouse that should be guiding imagineering from here on out*. If you're the kind who will carve out a couple of Disney World\/land trips a year, I urge you to perhaps combine them into one trip to the Tokyo Disney Resort instead. You're only doing yourself a disservice by missing Disney Sea. If this review doesn't sell you then maybe this will: the whole day I was at Disney Sea I only saw one stroller and one ECV. Yes, you read that right: just one. *Look at the photo: see what I did there?\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Toujours est-il que cette petite balade sera forte agr\u00e9able au vue des \u00e9motions qui nous attendent dans la suite du parc mais cela sera pour un autre article\u00a0!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">La prochaine fois nous d\u00e9couvrirons de nouveaux lands allant de la c\u00f4te arabe digne des plus beaux contes des mille et une nuit jusqu\u2019\u00e0 la jungle luxuriante et ses temples abandonn\u00e9es myst\u00e9rieux\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">A bient\u00f4t pour de nouvelles aventures !<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bonjour amis fans de Disney\u00a0! Je pense qu\u2019on sera tous d\u2019accord pour dire que l\u2019imagination des collaborateurs de la Walt Disney Company ne cessera jamais de nous \u00e9tonner. En effet, de nombreux parcs Disney (trop peu \u00e0 mon humble avis) [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10145,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[11],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/guide-disneyland.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10125"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/guide-disneyland.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/guide-disneyland.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/guide-disneyland.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/guide-disneyland.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10125"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/guide-disneyland.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10125\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/guide-disneyland.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10145"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/guide-disneyland.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10125"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/guide-disneyland.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10125"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/guide-disneyland.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10125"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}