Today's secret word is... OBAKE. O-B-A-K-E. O-B-A-K-E. OBAKE!
Obake is the Japanese word for spirit or dead people or ghost. It sounds awfully like BUKKAKE. Which could actually best some up what happened to us today... and boy did we not like it.
It all started when we got up and went downstairs to the lobby to purchase Cirque du Soleil tickets. ZED is the show here and it is closing at the end of the year... so we all wanted to see it. Unfortunately, BUKKAKE decided to rear it's ugly head and made it so there was only ONE seat in the entire house available. Fail. So now we're trying to see if we should go on the weekend, since the show is dark on Thursday and Fridays, or if I should try to see it on my own on Monday before my flight. Scary. Damn BUKKAKE. :(
So we went to Tokyo Disneyland and also saw the Disneyland Hotel later that day. Boy, that Disneyland Hotel is so beautiful. We went to Monster's Inc. and got a Fastpass for that and also hopped in the regular queue. After that we had to go to lunch to meet up with Steve and Jeff's friend, who had cancelled at the last minute, so we had lunch at some Hawaiian burger place at Iskipari. Jeff and I had a hawaiian pineapple bacon burger set. Steve had a major fail and wound up getting a BLT avacado SANDWICH. Who the hell goes to a good burger joint and gets a sandwich? Unfortunately, he actually wanted the burger but didn't say that so they gave him the sandwich. Lulz.
We then went back to Tokyo Disneyland and tried to get a Big Thunder Mountain Railroad Fastpass. Well, we would have if we got there 10 seconds sooner because right as we popped our tickets in the machine, they ran out. Queue the Price is Right fail horn sound. FAIL. BUKKAKE'd #3.
We then sat down to watch the Halloween parade, "Welcome to Spooky Street", which I got good video of and will post soon. Horrible. That's when we learned a new Japanese word. OBAKE. Again, sounds awfully like BUKKAKE. O-B-A-K-E. They also had this weird Macarena-style hand motion thing dance weird OBAKE thing. It was hilarious to watch.
We saw Haunted Mansion Holiday which was AWESOME. It's just weird to see Disneyland's version and then see what WDW's could be (since TDL's Mansion is almost exactly like WDW's version minus the upgrades in the last few years) and it made me sad because WDW really needs Haunted Mansion Holiday. Fuck the tourists.
We then got a waffle! They have a place that sells Mickey waffles ALL DAY LONG. I was in heaven.
We then went back to use our Monster's Inc. Fastpasses and then went to the Disneyland Hotel. The Disneyland Hotel is AMAZING. Absolutely amazing. Such detail and it's just so wonderful. Speaking of Monster's Inc... that ride is amazing too. So much fun.
After the Disneyland Hotel we went back to the room for a quick nap before heading outside of the Disney bubble to meet up with Steve and Jeff's friend who couldn't meet up with us for lunch. We went to like this dive Japanese restaurant but it was fun. My first visit outside of the bubble though was this really kinda rundown shopping mall that was kinda scary but hey, that's part of the real Tokyo right?
Boy, what a long day but super amazing. So many people dressed up in costume (one of the few times of the year during Halloween season where even adults can go in full costume) and a lot of them were really good.
Rant time!
What is up with Tokyo Disney Resort's merchandise situation? There is like NO good merchandise anywhere... and all the cool stuff I had heard about (like Shirki stuff at Tower of Terror and the Rocky character stuff from Monster's Inc.) is all gone and replaced with generic shit. Seriously, that's the one thing that I don't like about Tokyo Disney Resort... the merchandise selection sucks balls. Total bukkake.
The Cast Members are so polite and wonderful though... they thank you for waiting even if you only waited for like five seconds. They spiel to Guests in walkways and attractions, even if there is no one to spiel to... they are constantly waving at you as you pass by them on foot or on an attraction. The Guests don't raise their voice, I didn't see anyone screaming at anyone else, at parades and shows everyone is seated and doesn't crowd around you, there is no flash bulbs going off in ANY show or attraction... it's like the Twilight Zone of Disney Parks. I wish we in the States could learn a lesson from the Guest and Cast Members here on how to fucking behave. Being here for the last few days makes me realize how fucking awful we as a society are... it's really sad.
Last day at the Tokyo Disney Resort tomorrow! I can't wait to see the shit that I didn't yet and then move to the city the next day.
