The Sleepy Whale Shoppe

The Sleepy Whale Shoppe is a store located at the Mermaid Lagoon area at Tokyo DisneySea. The store opened with the rest of Tokyo DisneySea on September 4, 2001 at the Mermaid Lagoon area https://d23.com/a-to-z/sleepy-whale-shoppe-the/.
==Background==
As the store's name implies, the store is located within the shape of a sleeping whale. To give the store its theme, the whale's animatronic eyes occasionally open and close at certain seconds and next to the whale's right eye outside the store is a sign reading "Shhhhh! Sleepy Whale Shoppe" with a statue of a fish shushing guests not to wake up the whale. Inside the whale's mouth are products where guests can buy various Tokyo DisneySea merchandise, especially merchandise related to The Little Mermaid, which also matches Mermaid Lagoon's theme. Next to the shop is a section where guests can have their portraits drawn as characters from The Little Mermaid franchise as well as having their silhouettes made.
==Trivia==
*The way the whale's animatronic eyes open and close at the same time is similar to the Monstro statue at the Storybook Land Canal Boats attraction at Disneyland in California. Both are whale statues with animatronic eyes that open and close at the same time.
==References==
==External links==
*The Sleepy Whale Shoppe on Tokyo Disneyland Resort's official website.
Category:Tokyo DisneySea stores
Category:Mermaid Lagoon
Category:Whales