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Haha - Wayne jetted off to Shanghai for a couple of days to visit the World Expo again. Jennifer stayed here to keep visiting Disney.

I will give a longer update on our adventures today later on, my hotel internet access is about to expire!

Okay. I'm getting a bit behind. So while I wait for Dream Lights again, I thought I'll get you up to date. Yesterday we were Disneysea. Della got teary on the gondolas, at Mythica, at Big Band Beat, at Braviseamo. I think she likes that park! It was quite busy yesterday so we played fast pass all day between seeing the shows and that works pretty good. Journey is still my favourite here. Today we've been at Disneyland and the place is packed for a Tuesday. It is also the coldest it has been since we arrived. I've had a sloppy joe on all day but the clouds aren't thick and there is no chance of rain. We got on Pooh, Pirates, Buzz, Haunted, and a few smaller rides. I also stalked Belle and had a close encounter with all 7 dwarfs and the 3 Little Pigs. Just half an hour to Dream Lights now. Hope all is well back in Aus. We are of to Disneysea again tomorrow to have dinner with Wayne and Jennifer, as well as two of our Japanese friends we met during the club trip in 2008. Should be fun!

Okay. I'm getting a bit behind

Yes - please keep up! Some of us are only making it through the week because of these posts!

yep... its crucial that you keep up Keith

Ditto and I think we need more details! I think you had better lift your game Keith!

Sitting here in Okinawa in the rain. On to Yokuska on Sat! Still hope to see you guys Sunday morning */

Ken

You know Ken you don't escape the requirement for a trip report!

You guys who are overseas owe us plebs who are keeping the economy running at home!

See what you are getting yourself into Ken by posting on this forum. All us Disney starved Australians are out for blood, or at the very least, trip reports. As for more details from me Beth, that'll have to wait as I'm typing there updates from my tiny mobile phone keyboard! Ken, we are all good to meet up on Sunday if you can make it up here, just let us know what your plan is. Are you going to the park as well? Okay, an update from yesterday's activities. We headed to Disneysea in the morning and booked a priority seating at Ristorant Di Canaletto for dinner with Wayne, Jennifer and our two Japanese friends, Tetsuya and Yukari. We then headed to Journey, Aquatopia, steamer ride around the park, 20000 leagues, before finding a spot for Mousequarade. We took a trip on Sinbad, then Big Band Beat. We then tried our luck on the lottery for Mysterious Masquerade show and won tickets again! This show is brilliant and considering it only lasts for a few weeks, it puts the US parks to shame on this type of entertainment. By the end of the show, it was time to meet our friends and we had a great dinner. We left the park on closing at 10pm. Another fun day! Disneyland today. It is a little wet this morning, our first wet day, so we are going a bit slower.

I suppose I will have to be satisfied with that!

Good morning. Had connection problems last night so I lost my post. Yesterday was our last full day in Disneyland and it was raining. That made it easy to get onto the outside rides like Dumbo and the Star Jets. We also walked onto the newly reopened Jungle Cruise. We entered the lottery for One Man's Dream and won front row tickets for that too, so we were excited. We fp Pooh and Space Mountain and had a really fun last day. Because of the rain, the parades were cancelled so we came home early to do a test pack and loot photo. Only we couldn't photograph all the loot because it wouldn't fit on the bed! More than half of it missed the photo haha. The test pack went okay although I think I'll have to leave some old things behind. Off to Disneysea this morning. The sky has cleared and it looks like there will be no more rain this trip. One wet day in fifteen is more than you can ask for when visiting Tokyo!

Looks like you'll be sending you dirty underwear home in a TDR box Keith!

Wow. A big day today. It was our last visit to Disneysea and we got there first thing in the morning. We took Duffy and ShellieMae again but hit up some rides first off including Indy, Journey, 20000, Aquatopia and more. Then we settled down to watch Mousequarade and Mythica back to back. Next we went to the Fortress and spent some time there undertaking activities before hitting rides again including Sinbad and some small rides in Mermaid Lagoon. We decided to have dinner on the Columbia after making a devour to the Duffy store at Aunt Peg's. After dinner, we grabbed a spot on the harbour to view Braviseamo-the last time we'll see it as it gets replaced by a new version of Fantasmic next year. We then watch the fireworks from the Lost River Delta area before riding Aquatopia in the dark. After a final walk around the park, we said goodbye and have now returned to our hotel. Off to Tokyo for sightseeing tomorrow.

One Man's Dream

Why a lottery? I am pretty sure we just walked right in - unless I am thinking of a different show.

Sandie

I think the lottery is on because of Halloween and it is used in other peak times. Yesterday we spent the day in Tokyo visiting Ginza, and Kasai for the famous Far Out Disney collectors store. I also went to the excellent Subway museum and drove the full size, full motion simulator which was awesome This morning, we had breakfast with Wayne and Jennifer before meeting up with Ken from the Mountainears who made the journey up from where he's staying just to meet us! Ken and his workmate were both very nice and we took lots of photos for our respective websites. After we parted ways, Della and I headed into Disneyland for our last visit. We have to leave the park at 2pm which is not too far away. Will be back in Sydney tomorrow morning!

One thing I forgot to mention today, the park is insanely busy! 210 minutes for Monsters, 3 hours for others. About 30 minutes for women's bathrooms! The lines and crowds are the biggest I've ever seen.