Tokyo Disney Resort
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Tokyo Disney Resort (東京ディズニーリゾート Tōkyō Dizunī Rizōto?) is a theme park and vacation resort located in Urayasu, Chiba, Japan, just east of Tokyo (Coordinates: ). It is owned and operated by the Oriental Land Company with a license from The Walt Disney Company. The resort opened on April 15, 1983, as a single theme park (Tokyo Disneyland), but developed into a resort with two theme parks, two (Disney) hotels and a shopping complex. Tokyo Disneyland was the first Disney theme park opened outside the United States.
Tokyo Disney Resort has three main entertainment sections: Tokyo Disneyland, Tokyo DisneySea and Ikspiari, which is a variation of the Downtown Disney shopping, dining and entertainment area found at the Disney resorts in California and Florida. It also contains Bon Voyage!, which is the official Disney goods specialty shop of Tokyo Disney Resort.
In 2008, the Tokyo Disney Resort will open a new theater housing an original Cirque du Soleil production. It will be the first permanent Cirque du Soleil theater outside of North America. [1]
Like the other Disney resorts, Tokyo Disney has numerous hotels. Its official hotels, the Tokyo DisneySea Hotel MiraCosta (the building in which the entrance to Tokyo DisneySea is located) and Disney Ambassador Hotel are the most expensive, yet they provide the best views of the parks and, many would argue, the most Disney-like overall experience. A third Disney hotel called the Tokyo Disneyland Hotel is under construction and is expected to open in 2008. It will be located in the parking lot in front of Tokyo Disneyland Station.
There are six other hotels located on the Tokyo Disney Resort property. These, however, are not Disney-branded hotels and are owned by other companies, similar to the Hotel Plaza Boulevard hotels at Walt Disney World.)
All facilities are linked by Disney Resort Line monorail.
The Tokyo Disney Resort is headed by Toshio Kagami, who is the secretary general (CEO) of the Oriental Land Company.
[edit] The Resort
- Tokyo Disneyland - The first theme park built at the resort. Tokyo Disneyland is based on its sister parks in Anaheim, Calif., and Lake Buena Vista, Fla.
- Tokyo DisneySea - A water-themed park based on nautical exploration and adventure that opened on September 4, 2001.
- Ikspiari - Similar to Downtown Disney and the Disney Village, an on-site shopping complex.
- Bon Voyage! - Official Disney goods speciality shop.
[edit] External links
- Tokyo Disney Resort web site in Japanese and English
- Resort Map in Japanese and English
- Tokyo Disney Resort travel guide from Wikitravel
- Joe's Tokyo Disney Resort Photo Site
- Tokyo Disney Resort at Home
- Tokyo Disney Resort Gallery Photos from both Tokyo Disneyland & DisneySea
