Wandering Fel

If you love Disney snacks like cookies and biscuits, Tokyo Disneysea has a ton of them. The packaging for each snack is so cute on its own. 

The cookie boxes are really attractive-looking. I ended up buying this vintage-looking box featuring Mickey and Minnie Mouse on SS Columbia Cruise. I wanted to use the box to store my accessories. 

The cookies are actually so-so but at least they are still edible. I still managed to eat more than half of them. =P

I kinda like this box too but the snacks look pretty plain so I gave it a miss. 

Socks! Can't resist them.

If you are looking for items uniquely available at Tokyo Disneysea, you should get this cute Gelatoni Cat, who gets his name from painting an art with gelato. Okay, this is such a weird background story but Gelatoni is pretty cute cat.

I saw my friend bought this for her daughter. That kind makes me think if I will look damn funny wearing this around in Singapore. I won't be judged if I carry this cute Shellie May pouch bag in Japan though. Japan is such a cool country. XD

I thought I could have a chance playing this ride but I guessed we had to try it another time. U_U.

Mount Prometheus and the twilight sky. 

By the way, if you want to stay at the best hotel in Tokyo Disneysea, Hotel Miracosta is your best choice. The thing is, you are not the only one thinking that way, and the Japanese is really crazy about this hotel. I am not sure how early you have to make your booking here because whenever I am curious and check the hotel availability, it is always full. Crazy.

Before we knew it, we have reached the main entrance which also serves as the main exit of Tokyo Disneysea. 

Before we went home, we should at least pop by the Disney store and see a lot of fun stuff inside. 

Don't forget to get your Duffy bear here as it is only available at Tokyo Disneysea.

You can also spot this Gothic hotel named Hotel Hightower which is also the starting point of the queue line for Tower of Terror. If you a line is formed here, that's pretty much means you are kinda doomed (even before you take the ride) because that means you have to queue for at least three hours. Sucks.

So yeah, anyway, we wanted to do something more relaxing here. In other words, an attraction that lets us sit throughout the ride. That's where we noted that there is a Broadway-themed show, the Big Band Beat, which is shown in the Broadway Music Theatre. The problem is...you need to get yourself a reserved ticket for an access to the show.

And in order to secure the reserved ticket, you need to go to the neighbouring building and test your luck at some lottery machine. If you are lucky, you will get yourself a reserved ticket to watch Big Band Beat.

If lady luck does not smile on you that day, you will see this notification box at the monitor of the lottery ticket. Bummer, I seriously started to get irritated by Tokyo Disneysea at this point in time, to be honest with you. XD

Even Cruella de Vil said that the machines are really ridiculous (okay, I was kidding, she did not say anything because she's busy shooing people). I wonder if the characters in Disneyland or Disneysea are expected to act like the characters that they are portraying. Hmm, I guess that should be the case. If not, Cruella de Vil will not be that bad towards visitors. Hahaha.

Well, if you are in the same situation as us, do not fret because after all if you are willing, they will be a way. Right in front of Broadway Music Theatre, there is an area dedicated for visitors who are willing to queue for the remaining available seats which are given to first-come-first-served customers. Yup, the lottery machines are set not to give out all seats in the theatre so they are bound to be some available seats to be allocated to the less-lucky visitors.

You just need to wait for 2 hours plus (in our case) and you can get yourselves in the theatre. The musical was quite nice but we were pretty tired to keep our eyes opened throughout the show. I admitted I slept in some parts of the show. Too tired.

I guess if you really want to catch this show without queueing like us, you should come early in the morning to try the lottery because there are more tickets to allocate earlier during the day. I suppose.

The voyage starts from American Waterfront to the the next port-of-call, Port Discovery, where the water ride, Aquatopia is located. 

The next stop is the Lost River Delta, where the calling for adventure can be heard loud and clear (the rides are seriously pumping your hearts).

And here comes the beautiful Mermaid Lagoon. Under the sea...under the sea...

From the musical and magical world where Ariel lives, we are suddenly welcomed by the submarine belonging to Captain Nemo. 

Suddenly, we are transported into the land of Arabian night. I hope I can catch a magic carpet ride. 

Last but not least, we passed by the bustling New York city, which is also the entrance/ exit of Tokyo Disneysea. The famous Miracosta Hotel is also located in this area.

It was such a beautiful voyage. I could say that I really enjoyed the ride so much as all I need to do is sitting inside the boat. =P

...when we see a queue which we initially thought was for Duffy store. But the queue turns out to be for a boat ride around main themed areas Tokyo Disneysea named Voyage Boat Ride. 

We figured that the queue would move pretty fast because by right a boat should be able to cater at least more than 10 people at one time.

While queuing we took our time to check out the decoration surrounding us. It kinda makes us feel that we are in a bait shop and we queue for fishing trip. 

Turns out the boat is big enough to cater more than 20 people. Phew, we were super grateful knowing that we did not have to queue for hours to ride the boat.

Let the voyage starts. Tut-tut!

First stop, the bridge to New York where Tower of Terror is located. 

Don't you feel like singing Bare Necessities when you are on board of the boat with this kind of view? Forget about your worries and your strife~~~~

There is a bridge separating the fishing village and the second part of American Waterfront which features New York Harbor and New York city (in a vintage design). The Tower of Terror is one of the iconic building in New York area of Tokyo Disneysea. 

Crossing the bridge where the New York Harbor is located on the right side of the bridge. 

At the New York Harbor, the gigantic ship, SS Columbia is docked peacefully. There is a show inside SS Columbia named Turtle Talk whereby Crush from Finding Nemo will bring visitors to look through an underwater window. Crush can only speak in Japanese though at Tokyo Disneysea. XD

Other than the Turtle Talk, there is nothing much you can do at SS Columbia. Well, I guess you can also take picture with the ship. 

You can also view Mount Prometheus here. If you wait for a while, the mountain will start spewing out smoke. 

Just like this...

You can catch up a music performance at the plaza beside SS Columbia if you know the timing. The music performance seems pretty fun even though we only managed to see the ending part. XD

Minion Plaza is a fun place to check out because you will be able to see this cute yellow creatures everywhere trying to create mischief and mayhem.

There are a lot of fun things which you can do at Minion Plaza. For a start, you can fuel yourself at Minion Happy Kitchen. The minions are cooking Minion Bun (i.e. Chinese bun which is shaped like minion face and it is yellow!) and Minion-shaped popcorn bucket with movable eyeball and arm. 

There is also street performance and meet-and-greet event in the plaza where you can take picture with your favorite Minion. Bob, Kevin or Stuart anyone?

Of course you cannot leave Minion Plaza without checking out the Minion Mart which sells a lot of variety of merchandises from Minion franchise. Bello!

There is unlimited amount of Minion dolls here with different sizes and sometimes, function. You can also find the laughing Minion plushies (push their hand and they'll laugh) here or the one with voice function (meaning to say your Minion can speak Bello and a lot of other Minion lingo). 

You can also find Despicably Cute cookies. I don't think I have the heart to eat these cookies. LOL.

Despicable Me bag keychains, but, wait, aren't they too big to hang on your bag? Well, the Japanese does hand anything and everything to their bags so this size is probably normal to them. LOL.