losfp
Mouseketeer
- Joined
- May 25, 2014
Hi all,
Just a quick post to introduce myself and get the ball rolling on planning for TDR. We've decided that TDR will be added to our family trip schedule (after this August's Canada/Alaska/Disneyland trip, and next March's solo Disneyland birthday trip for wifey and our family cruise to New Zealand in Dec 2018/Jan 2019.... yes, I do love planning ahead haha). Japan seems like a fascinating place to me and I've heard really good things about TDR.
I'm going to do a ton of research of course, but this seems as good a place as any to get started.
1. We're really going to be restricted by Australian school holidays on this trip, which will likely be: Late Dec-End Jan (5-6 weeks), Mid-late April (2 weeks), Early-mid July (2 weeks) or Early-mid October (2 weeks). I'm going to discount July due to weather concerns - does anyone have any strong feelings one way or another about any of the other times? April would be great because of the Cherry Blossoms but that might have larger crowds too.
2. I see you can only get up to 4 day passes - is this enough time? I understand that there's big differences between mid-week and weekend crowds, and would endeavour to schedule TDR for Mon-Thurs or something
3. Am I correct in assuming that the only real difference between the "official" Disney hotels and the other hotels on the monorail line is the theming and some degree of early-entry? The price difference appears to be significant.
4. Are there any good websites on touring Japan that anyone can recommend? I've read some great info on the japan-guide website. I'd love to get out and explore some of the country but obviously unless we go in January we're limited to 2 weeks total.
Just a quick post to introduce myself and get the ball rolling on planning for TDR. We've decided that TDR will be added to our family trip schedule (after this August's Canada/Alaska/Disneyland trip, and next March's solo Disneyland birthday trip for wifey and our family cruise to New Zealand in Dec 2018/Jan 2019.... yes, I do love planning ahead haha). Japan seems like a fascinating place to me and I've heard really good things about TDR.
I'm going to do a ton of research of course, but this seems as good a place as any to get started.
1. We're really going to be restricted by Australian school holidays on this trip, which will likely be: Late Dec-End Jan (5-6 weeks), Mid-late April (2 weeks), Early-mid July (2 weeks) or Early-mid October (2 weeks). I'm going to discount July due to weather concerns - does anyone have any strong feelings one way or another about any of the other times? April would be great because of the Cherry Blossoms but that might have larger crowds too.
2. I see you can only get up to 4 day passes - is this enough time? I understand that there's big differences between mid-week and weekend crowds, and would endeavour to schedule TDR for Mon-Thurs or something
3. Am I correct in assuming that the only real difference between the "official" Disney hotels and the other hotels on the monorail line is the theming and some degree of early-entry? The price difference appears to be significant.
4. Are there any good websites on touring Japan that anyone can recommend? I've read some great info on the japan-guide website. I'd love to get out and explore some of the country but obviously unless we go in January we're limited to 2 weeks total.