Tokyo Disney Resort

**Tokyo Disney Resort** (東京ディズニーリゾート, *Tōkyō Dizunī Rizōto*) is a Disney theme park resort in Urayasu, Chiba, Japan. It opened on April 15, 1983, as Tokyo Disneyland. It is owned and operated by The Oriental Land Company (OLC) and distributed by Walt Disney Holdings, Inc., and is the biggest, most expansive and well-popular Disney resort in which The Oriental Land Company have ever owned. OLC instead licenses the Disney name, characters, and attractions from Walt Disney Holdings.

## About Tokyo Disney Resort

Tokyo Disney Resort has two main theme parks (Tokyo Disneyland and her younger sister park Tokyo DisneySea), and its main entertainment centre named Ikspiari. It also contains Bon Voyage!, which is the official Disney goods specialty shop of Tokyo Disney Resort.

The Tokyo Disney Resort has several Disney-branded hotels; the resort's Deluxe Hotels are the Disney Ambassador Hotel, the Tokyo DisneySea Hotel MiraCosta (the building in which the entrance to Tokyo DisneySea is located), and the Tokyo Disneyland Hotel. There are six other hotels located on the Tokyo Disney Resort property.

All facilities are linked by Disney Resort Line monorail. The Disney branded "value" hotel, called Tokyo Disney Celebration Hotel, opened in 2016 a short distance away from the resort and is linked by a Disney shuttle bus. The Tokyo Disney Resort is headed by Toshio Kagami, who is the secretary general (CEO) of the Oriental Land Company.

## Theme parks

### Tokyo Disneyland

Main article: Tokyo Disneyland
 File:Tokyo Disneyland.png  **Tokyo Disneyland** (東京ディズニーランド *Tōkyō Dizunīrando*) is a 115-acre (46.5 ha) theme park at the **Tokyo Disney Resort** located in Urayasu, Chiba, Japan, near Tokyo. Its main gate is directly adjacent to both Maihama Station and Tokyo Disneyland Station. It was the first Disney park to be built outside of the United States and opened on April 15, 1983. The park was constructed by Walt Disney Imagineering in the same style as Disneyland in California and Magic Kingdom in Florida. It is owned by The Oriental Land Company and distributed by Walt Disney Holdings, Inc.

The park features 7 lands, lands include World Bazaar, a variation of Main Street with a glass canopy, Adventureland, Westernland (a renamed Frontierland), Critter Country, Fantasyland, Toontown, and Tomorrowland.

The park was built by The Oriental Land Company during the early 80s, which asked Disney Business Entertainment for a near replica of the Disney castle. Construction of the park went so smoothly, everything was ready two months before opening day. The pavements were built very large to accommodate the large Japanese crowds, but in later years as attendance has slowly declined some paths have been shortened, freeing up space for attractions. To this day the hub, which is usually quite small at other parks, is a massive expanse of pavement, occasionally disrupted with the odd statue or bench.

This park is not surrounded by a train due to Japanese railway regulations at the time of the park's opening mandating that trains stopping at multiple stations adhere to a timetable and charge fares, meaning a Tokyo Disneyland Railroad would have to have a posted schedule and be an upcharge attraction. Although it does not have a train surrounding the park, it has a similar train called Western River Railroad that only goes around Adventureland, Westernland, and Critter Country.

### Tokyo DisneySea

Main article: Tokyo DisneySea
 File:Tokyo DisneySea.png  *Tokyo DisneySea* (東京ディズニーシー *Tōkyō Dizunīshī*) is a 176-acre (712,246 m²) theme park at the **Tokyo Disney Resort** located in Urayasu, Chiba, Japan, just outside Tokyo. It opened on September 4, 2001. It is owned by The Oriental Land Company and distributed by Walt Disney Holdings, Inc.. Tokyo DisneySea attracted an estimated 12 million visitors in 2009, making it the fifth-most-visited theme park in the world. Tokyo DisneySea was the second theme park to open at the Tokyo Disney Resort and the ninth park of the eleven worldwide Disney theme parks to open. Tokyo DisneySea was the fastest theme park in the world to reach the milestone of 10 million guests, having done so in 307 days after its grand opening. The previous record-holder was Universal Studios Japan 338 days after its opening. Tokyo DisneySea is also the most expensive theme park ever built, estimated to have cost over U.S. $4 billion.

## Hotels

### Disney-branded

* **Disney Ambassador Hotel** - The first official Disney hotel to open in Tokyo in 2000. Featuring art deco theming.
* **Tokyo DisneySea Hotel MiraCosta** - Opened in conjunction with Tokyo DisneySea Park, with several guest rooms overlooking the park itself. The exterior of the hotel provides much of the theming for the Mediterranean Harbor area of Tokyo DisneySea.
* **Tokyo Disneyland Hotel** - Opened on July 8, 2008, as part of Tokyo Disney Resort's 25th anniversary celebrations. Like the Disneyland hotels in Paris and Hong Kong, the hotel is Victorian themed and is located adjacent to the entrance of Tokyo Disneyland Park.
* **Tokyo Disney Celebration Hotel** - The newest Disney hotel opened June 1, 2016 east of the resort property in Shin-Urayasu. The hotel was refurbished from the former Palm & Fountain Terrace Hotel. The hotel is divided across two buildings called Wish and Discover. The two properties complement each other but vary in theming. This is the only official Disney hotel not located in the Resort area. A free 15-minute shuttle is available for guests.
* **Tokyo Disney Resort Toy Story Hotel** - Opening April 2022 and themed after Disney Pixar's Toy Story franchise.

### Official

* **Sunroute Plaza Tokyo**
* **Tokyo Bay Maihama Hotel**
* **Tokyo Bay Maihama Hotel Club Resort**
* **Hilton Tokyo Bay**
* **Hotel Okura Tokyo Bay**
* **Sheraton Grande Tokyo Bay Hotel**

## Shopping

* Ikspiari
* Bon Voyage!

## External Links

* Official website (**Japanese**)
* Official website (**English**)\* Park maps to the Tokyo Disney Resort (includes Tokyo Disneyland and Tokyo DisneySea)
* Official YouTube channel (**Japanese 日本**) \* Official Tokyo Disney Resort blog (**Japanese 日本**) \* The official Tokyo Disney Resort Facebook page (**Japanese 日本**) \* The official Tokyo Disney Resort Twitter page (**Japanese 日本**)