The tickets may be half the price, but there is the nagging issue of flying to Tokyo. The food is also not cheap and it's worse, table service in particular. I've eaten everywhere and there is almost nothing on the level of Sanaa, Topolinos, California Grill, or even Teppan Edo. Tokyo outside of Disney has some of the best food in the world, but the park food in Tokyo isn't good or cheap.
Again, the Japanese people have a lot to do with the cleanliness and efficiency of the parks. However, I've found Tokyo Disney to be way too crowded and small. There isn't a single ride in Tokyo I prefer to its counterpart in WDW besides the ones it has that WDW doesn't, such as Snow White.
Again. I just came back from there June 21st. The food and drinks were chaeper all around. You get coke-cola from vending machines all around the theme park for 200 yen which is slightly less than 2 dollars USD. I know part of that is the conversion rate right now but still. Its cheaper.
Yes, food is not a big deal for someone with kids like mine. I love Sanna but we were in Japan and had plenty of Curry options that my kids thankfully like and the standard fare was there too.
There were more people but it was far more efficient. Besides Beauty and The Beast and Soarin, we never waited more than an hour for anything.
The cleanliness of the parks is not just Japanese culture. That is always an overapplication stereotype as much as it is a positive one. I mean, I went inside a Donquiote in Osaka and saw signs that were asking people not to defecate in the urinals. There are millions of tourists all of the time visiting Japan. At a certain point it is just run better. Which means I currently prefer all of the attractions at Tokyo Disneyland and Disney Sea because they are operated better. I guess results very.
We were blown away by Its a Small World and Haunted Mansion. Tokyo definitely has the best Haunted Mansion as it is likw WDW's used to be plus some unique effects. The legit book turning pages is a great practical effect. It is just better kept. There are always differences, but they wre all better kept and rarely an effect out of place.
If you love the night time shows, yeah, WDW has that with proximity locked in that it does not worry about as much winds and ordinances. But their parades in Japan are bar none the best. Particularly the latest Electrical Parade Dream lights. Which you can easily get views of whether you are there three hours early for close to front rows or one of the seven to 12 rows behind those people fifteen min before it starts since everyone tries to sit.
Height requirements were lower for some attractions so my daughter could actually ride Splash Mountain the day she turned three.
She is also still free until 4 years of age. Less than half the price for her and her brother who is 8 was only 37 dollars a day.
We have to fly to WDW anyway from where we live now. So that flight you claim a nagging issue really was not. because although the largest cost, everything else was so cheap. We took an entire three week Japan trip from Tokyo, Tokyo Bay, Kyoto, Osaka and back to Tokyo for under 8 grand flights, train transportation, one taxi ride, one airport bus, two bullet train rides and eight days of Disney, and an Annual Pass for Universal Studios Japan(it was cheaper to get their most blockedout one for when we were there)
We literally could not fly to Walt Disney World bubble for more than two weeks in our own country while staying onsite and dining out for every meal, be it great or bad. food(which is culturally subjective)
To be transparent it did not hurt that we went in the summer low season, and I booked hotels well.
