robbalvey

Hey everybody! This thread is simple! Rather than having a million little threads about everything that goes on at the Tokyo Disneyland Resort, including Tokyo Disneyland and Tokyo DisneySea, this thread is designed to consolidate it all into one user-friendly thread. Feel free to use it to post updates, trip reports, questions, comments, and of course, general discussion. For pictures and videos of these park as well as past updates, see TPR's Tokyo Disneyland Park Index Page and TPR's Tokyo DisneySea Park Index Page. Official Resort Website Below are some links to past updates from the resort, you may be interested in. Enjoy! --Robb _____________________________________________________ 2005 May 16th, 2005 - New Tower of Terror construction goes vertical! - SEE BELOW! May 20th, 2005 - Tower of Terror construction progresses quickly! 2006 January 30th, 2006 - Monsters Inc, ride announced February 8th, 2006 - Tokyo Disneyland Hotel announced; set to open in 2008 July 8th, 2006 - Tower of Terror open and looking awesome! September 5th, 2006 - Tower of Terror official storyline revealed! 2008 July 8th, 2008 - Tokyo Disneyland Hotel now open! 2009 May 7th, 2009 - Toy Story Mania!, Mickey's Philharmagic and Cinderella Castle Walk-Thru announced May 7th, 2009 - Concept art for Toy Story Mania! and Cinderella Castle Walk-Thru revealed 2010 February 2nd, 2010 - Tokyo DisneySea announces new version of Fantasmic! March 18th, 2010 - Tokyo DisneySea to add Jasmine's Flying Carpets May 24th, 2010 - Tokyo DisneySea's 10th anniversary "Be Magical" celebration announced 2011 March 10th, 2011 - Great Easy Japan Earthquake causes flooding in the Tokyo Disney Resort March 11th, 2011 - Guests stranded in the Tokyo Disney Resort following earthquake March 12th, 2011 - Tokyo Disney Resort closed for at least 10 days March 13th, 2011 - Tokyo Disney Resort subject to rolling blackouts for earthquake recovery efforts March 14th, 2011 - Tokyo Disney Resort closed for a yet-to-be-determined period of time March 15th, 2011 - Tokyo Disney Resort remains closed; decision regarding reopening to be made after comprehensive safety review on March 21st, 2011 March 30th, 2011 - Tokyo Disney Resort theme parks to reopen in April; limited hours a possibility April 10th, 2011 - Tokyo Disneyland reopening on April 15th, 2011; Tokyo DisneySea to remain closed April 20th, 2011 - Tokyo DisneySea to reopen on April 28th, 2011; 10th anniversary celebration postponed April 28th, 2011 - Tokyo DisneySea reopens, Fantasmic! debuts July 18th, 2011 - Jasmine's Flying Carpets officially open at Tokyo DisneySea July 24th, 2011 - Cirque du Soleil's 'Zed' to end run as a result of the Great East Japan Earthquake November 16th, 2011 - Tokyo Disneyland to get 'Star Tours: The Adventures Continue' attraction updates; original attraction to close on April 2nd, 2012 December 21st, 2011 - Toy Story Mania! to be located in new area, Toyville Trolley Park in Tokyo DisneySea 2012 March 27th, 2012 - Awesome anime Tokyo Disney Resort commercial April 2nd, 2012 - 2011 attendance figures released for the Tokyo Disney Resort April 11th, 2012 - An early look at the Toyville Trolley Park June 26th, 2012 - Photos from inside of the new Toy Story Mania! July 15th, 2012 - Tokyo Disneyland's 30th anniversary celebration announced! December 16th, 2012 - Mickey & Duffy's Springtime Voyage show announced for 30th anniversary Spring season 2013 January 20th, 2013 - See the Tokyo Disney Resort IN THE SNOW!!! May 26th, 2013 - Oriental Land Company to spend ¥200 billion thru 2020 June 23rd, 2013 - New castle fireworks & Mermaid Lagoon show announced! July 12th, 2013 - $16 million USD Jungle Cruise overhaul announced! October 2nd, 2013 - Tokyo Disney sees record attendance numbers! October 8th, 2013 - Once Upon a Time projection show to premiere May 2014 October 20th, 2013 - Tokyo Disneyland & DisneySea ticket prices increase December 19th, 2013 - Stitch Encounter to replace Captain EO! December 26th, 2013 - OLC to acquire adjacent parcel of land for expansion 2014 January 20th, 2014 - Oriental Land Company sees record profits once again! March 31st, 2014 - Oswald Meet & Greet Opens at Tokyo DisneySea! April 4th, 2014 - Oriental Land Company sets attendance record in 2013 September 4th 2014 - upgraded Jungle Cruise Wilderness Expedition re-opens October 30th, 2015 - Frozen ride to be added to Disneyland, TDS to get a new land, Fantasyland to double in size October 30th, 2014 - Synopsis of Press Release 2015 January 14th, 2015 - Photos and Video from Frozen Fantasy Parade April 28th, 2015 - Expansion details announced! Scandinavia (Frozen), Alice in Wonderland, Beauty and the Beast and more! June 11th, 2015 - Tokyo DisneySea 15th anniversary details announced! June 23rd, 2015 - "Disney's Halloween" event details announced! 2016 April 27th, 2016 - Changes for 2020 released. Tokyo Disneyland to get a trackless Beauty and the Beast and DisneySea to get a Soarin around the World July 5th, 2016 - 'Frozen Forever' fireworks/projection show announced 2017 November 29, 2017 - rumors of a third gate, more details to come in May 2018 2018 June 14th, 2018 - DisneySea expansion: Frozen, Tangled, Peter Pan, Hotel and more announced! November 28th, 2018 - Toy Story-themed hotel announced to open in 2021! December 5th, 2018 - New Tokyo Disneyland expansion details announced! 2019 January 26th, 2019 - Soaring: Fantastic Flights opens on July 23rd, 2019! 2022 April 27th, 2022 - Space Mountain closing in 2024 for major renovation May 13th, 2022 - Disney Premier Access paid service coming to two attractions 2023 October 26th, 2023 - Fantasy Springs opening on June 6th, 2024! 2024 February 27th, 2024 - Fantasy Springs opening in 100 days, brand new info! 2025 September 1st, 2025 - Tokyo DisneySea Sparkling Jubilee 25th Anniversary Celebration _____________________________________________________ Original Post: TDLFAN has just updated his photo gallery with a few ToT photos at Tokyo Disneyland. http://albums.photo.epson.com/j/AlbumIn ... 414441&f=0 My thoughts: 1. It looks a lot like the T-shaped DCA version. 2. It's *HUGE* 3. Damn, it's getting built...FAST! In comparison, here is what it looked like about 6 months ago: --Robb "Can't wait for another Japan trip!" Alvey

Since we were having problems with the Paypal store, I've decided to just go with the honor system that's work so well for us with the videos for the T-Shirts too. I never built the site to handle 'sales' and doing a store infrastructure just isn't my cup of tea! So if you want a shirt, go put in your name, address, email address, and the size and one will be sent to you! When you get the shirt, send back the payment envelope with the payment or send it via PayPal. Here is the link once again: http://www.themeparkreview.com/store.htm --Robb "And remember, if you don't pay up we'll send the Donkey to your house to kick you!!!" Alvey :shock:

While we really do appreciate the offer to make "TPR Stuff" we need to keep some kind of control on what we make. If we decide at some point to do dog tags or any other 'products' besides our DVDs or T-shirts, you'll be the first person we contact! But remember, the logos, images, and all that other good stuff on the site are our trademark! --Robb

Anyone else think the PS3 looks a lot like the Turbo-Grfx "Turbo Duo?" Playstation 3 Turbo Duo

Episode I and the few clips I've seen of Episode II have soured me so much on the franchise that I have about as much interest in seeing Episode III as I do "Are We There Yet?" I was a pretty huge Star Wars geek (not as much as one of my friends) before EP. I came out, and after that movie, I can't even really go back to the originals anymore. I'm really pissed that they managed to fuck up one of the best movie franchises of all time. --Robb

Holy shit that was a fucking GREAT photo TR!!!!! Keep them coming! --Robb "Misses Dollyweird!" Alvey

http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/37061 They had me on "Backwards Compatible" --Robb "Now I'm just waiting to hear about the Nintendo specs!" Alvey The PS3 teaser billboards that are all over Los Angeles for the E3 show this week.

^ Yup it is here! --Robb

Kids....play nice. It's only roller coasters we're talking about here...not important stuff...like death metal or cowbells. --Robb "Don't make me have to come there and slap you with Elissa's penis...although I'm sure Brian would like that!" Alvey

Wow! Nice TR! I can't wait for our visit. We leave in something like 4 weeks! Can you tell us about what other rides besides the coasters they have there? Are there any 'must do' dark rides or flat rides? --Robb "Balder sounds awesome!" Alvey

It's that time again! 5 new videos have been posted!!!! http://www.themeparkreview.com/contest2005/contest2005.htm This time around Nick Collins shows us the 'dark side' of roller coaster riding highlighting all those "rough" coasters! Some really funny moments in this video! Steve and Karen shows us around Orlando, bump into a few things, and drink some Beverly! Lars and Cornelia give as the grand tour of Phantasialand, a park that looks fantastic, but we don't see much of! Great looking stuff at this park! Albert Lam showcases all the holiday attractions at the Happiest Place on Earth in his "Disneyland - Christmas 2004" video. Jarvis takes us on board Carowind's Top gun and shows us how cool this coaster is! So there you have it! We're half way through getting all the videos posted! I hope everyone has a directory on their hard drive with all the entries because you'll have to go back and watch them all one more time before you vote! --Robb "There were so many good videos this year!" Alvey

I have to say that for me, coastering in California is very 'average' at best. Sure like EBL said we have 'year round parks', and while SFMM has a LOT of coasters, they don't have that many 'stand out' coasters. Same with Knott's. Technically, Knott's probably has a better selection of coasters, but both parks seem to be run fairly mediocre lately. Disney on the other hand is a great run park, but we haven't gotten our season passes renewed in 6 months, and quite honestly, we haven't missed it. In fact, CA as a whole has very few stand out rides for the amount of coasters we have. The ratio is terrible! What I miss is living on the east coast and having my pick of most of those parks that Ted listed above. I'd much rather do without coasters for 4-6 months out of the year, than have medicore rides all year long. Besides, flights to FL from just about anywhere on the east coast are VERY cheap if you need your fix during winter! When the ONLY choices are SFMM, Knott's, Disney, PGA, SCBB, SFMW, Legoland, and a couple of other smaller parks, that's not a BAD selection, but nowhere near as good as having Knoebel's, Kennywood, Hershey, SFA, SFNE, Cedar Point, Geauga Lake, SFGAdv, PKD, BGW, etc all within reach. I can think of at least one coaster at each of those parks that is better than 98% of all the coasters at the CA parks. --Robb "Having Vegas 4 hours away helps make up for the overall average park selection in CA" Alvey

Well, everyone is entitled to their own opinions, but the game had gotten a lot of GREAT reviews. http://www.gamerankings.com/itemrankings/launchreview.asp?reviewid=448553 http://www.gamerankings.com/itemrankings/launchreview.asp?reviewid=456422 http://www.gamerankings.com/itemrankings/launchreview.asp?reviewid=447350 http://www.gamerankings.com/itemrankings/launchreview.asp?reviewid=447607 I'm just curious. What made it the "worst game you've ever played?" And had I worked on it would you have liked me less??? Personally, I think Finest Hour is actually pretty damn good. Especially compared to the most recent MoH offerings. --Robb "I might not have worked on it, but I'm involved with the franchise." Alvey

Here's another neon coaster. This one is a little more difficult. I'll give you Elissa's left nut if you can figure it out:

^ The store is all Paypal: http://www.themeparkreview.com/store.htm If you want to send me a check in US$ (it would have to be an international money order) let me know. But Paypal is the easiest way to go, which is why we set up the store like that. --Robb

^ No idea really. Just something completely random that's been with our site forever. --Robb

^ Unfortunatly, we're not going to be able to bring any shirts with us to Europe. We've got enough to bring as it is for a 3 week trip! We can ship to Europe, that's not a problem! Just visit the store for more details. http://www.themeparkreview.com/store.htm --Robb

^ Let's just say that too many people out there made incorrect assumptions about it, and I didn't like being accused of things I didn't do. So I pulled it. --Robb

^ It's gone forever. --Robb

Just a little note...turns out we have room for 20 total. --Robb "Let's fill up that roll call!" Alvey

That is indeed Mantis. Now can you guess this "neon coaster"

Here's another "neon coaster" for you to guess:

It actually was more Elissa's design since she was the one working with the artist! I think the Donkey's name should be "AssTums" --Robb

We did a Buzzsaw Falls segment on our Volume 3 DVD. --Robb "We can't post everything on the website!" Alvey

^ Awesome!!! It's been too many years Jeff! Can't wait to catch up! We are now booking a 2nd table so we'll have room for 16! --Robb (& Elissa too)