EarzUp! | Planning For Tokyo Disneyland

[00:00:02] It's time for the show that brings the magic right to your speakers.

[00:00:11] What's going on everybody? EarzUp Podcast for our first show in December.

[00:00:16] And actually, it's historically our last show in December as well.

[00:00:20] We only really do one show in the month of December.

[00:00:24] We actually get a break. We get one show break.

[00:00:26] And that's about all we deserve.

[00:00:29] And I'm okay with that, I suppose.

[00:00:31] I don't know. I got enough shows going on in my life.

[00:00:33] I don't need to stress about the Christmas episode of this show.

[00:00:37] So, this is the only show you're getting in December.

[00:00:39] We're going to, of course, have a secret show which we're recording later on tonight.

[00:00:42] We are back to the two-for-one special.

[00:00:46] Which we haven't done in a very long time.

[00:00:47] And I'm nervous about it.

[00:00:49] I'm nervous about it.

[00:00:51] You know, because I already have a beer in front of me.

[00:00:54] But it's going to be good. It's going to be a good show today.

[00:00:57] In case you don't know, if you just clicked on the podcast.

[00:01:00] You're like, oh, what do these weirdos have to say?

[00:01:03] Today, we're going to be learning about how to plan a trip to Tokyo Disneyland properly.

[00:01:08] And with our very special guest, Mr. P.

[00:01:11] Mr. P., welcome to Ears Up Podcast.

[00:01:14] Hey, thank you. Thanks for having me.

[00:01:16] What's going on, man? Yeah, of course.

[00:01:18] Well, thanks for doing all the work for me.

[00:01:19] I appreciate you doing work for me.

[00:01:23] Going on vacation and having a good time is a lot of hard work.

[00:01:26] Well, look, man, I'm not going to do it.

[00:01:29] So, you've got to be the one to do it.

[00:01:31] It's got to be you, baby.

[00:01:32] So, yeah, you went to Tokyo Disney.

[00:01:35] And, you know, I'm like, dude, we should do a show.

[00:01:37] And you're like, yeah, whatever.

[00:01:39] And you were telling me that it is.

[00:01:42] And I've since confirmed this because I don't listen to just one news source.

[00:01:46] You know what I mean?

[00:01:46] I'm not one of those people.

[00:01:48] It is cheap.

[00:01:49] You should only listen to me.

[00:01:50] That's right.

[00:01:51] It is cheaper to go to Tokyo Disney than it is to go for us to go to Disneyland.

[00:01:56] For us in California who would drive there, it's cheaper.

[00:02:01] And I don't like that.

[00:02:02] I don't like that at all.

[00:02:04] I think that's bad.

[00:02:06] Bad news.

[00:02:07] Unless you want to go to Japan, in which case it's perfect news.

[00:02:09] So, we're going to go through all the tips and tricks that Mr. P learned in doing research for his trip.

[00:02:14] Because I think you were telling me when you were planning it, you're like, there's not a whole lot of really like information out there about it.

[00:02:21] Right?

[00:02:21] There really isn't.

[00:02:23] It's kind of shocking how little information there is other than like three people.

[00:02:29] Which is a little scary, as you just said.

[00:02:31] Yeah.

[00:02:32] You want a couple news sources.

[00:02:34] You want a couple news sources, man.

[00:02:35] So, we're going to be those a couple news sources for you guys.

[00:02:38] We're going to go through all that.

[00:02:39] Hell yeah.

[00:02:39] That would be great.

[00:02:40] That would be a good time, everybody.

[00:02:42] Eric is not joining us today.

[00:02:44] He had some stuff to take care of.

[00:02:46] So, Eric, he might dip in later.

[00:02:48] I don't know.

[00:02:49] He might also be here for the secret show.

[00:02:51] I'm not sure.

[00:02:52] He's like, look, I just got this and this going on.

[00:02:54] I said, look, here's the links to everything.

[00:02:56] Join in if you want.

[00:02:57] If not, then don't worry about it.

[00:02:58] It's totally fine.

[00:02:59] And he's like, yeah, thanks, man.

[00:03:00] What are you going to do?

[00:03:01] So, you know, in order for me to guilt trip you, I'd have to pay you.

[00:03:06] And I'm not doing that.

[00:03:07] So, therefore, I'm going to be a nice guy.

[00:03:10] I'll try not to take offense from Eric.

[00:03:12] Yeah, please don't.

[00:03:13] He needs all the fences he can get, I guess, or something like that.

[00:03:17] He needs to close his yard, man.

[00:03:19] He needs to learn how to fence.

[00:03:21] I'll tell you that.

[00:03:22] And Taryn, of course, will be joining us shortly.

[00:03:24] She's, you know, doing mom stuff.

[00:03:25] So, you know, it's just P and I, man.

[00:03:28] It's just the boys.

[00:03:28] We're running loose, baby.

[00:03:29] The boys.

[00:03:30] Let's go.

[00:03:31] So, if you're planning to go to the American parks, and I wish Eric was here right now

[00:03:35] because I'm not entirely sure.

[00:03:37] I don't think that Concierge, you go to concierge.com.

[00:03:39] I don't know that they do Tokyo Disney at all, but they definitely do the domestic park.

[00:03:44] So, if you're thinking about going to Tokyo Disney, but you don't want to, you know, mess

[00:03:48] up any plans you might have for 2025 to go to some of the domestic parks, hit up concierge.com.

[00:03:53] You go there.

[00:03:54] You give them your itinerary.

[00:03:55] They book everything for you.

[00:03:57] You don't have to do a single thing except pay.

[00:04:01] Which is the best part.

[00:04:02] You know, it's like, okay.

[00:04:03] What I love doing about vacation is, and I'm not even joking, it's like booking stuff.

[00:04:09] Because you feel accomplished.

[00:04:10] You have a list in your head of like, okay, here's what we got to do.

[00:04:13] We got to go, you know, we got to book an airfare.

[00:04:16] But we also got to see if hotels are available.

[00:04:19] Then we got to get park reservations or whatever.

[00:04:20] Then we have to make sure we can afford it.

[00:04:22] So, then we have to go rob the neighbors when they're gone.

[00:04:24] And we have to sell fentanyl in order to, with the whole thing, right?

[00:04:27] And so, once you have everything paid for, it's accomplished.

[00:04:30] So, concierge takes that accomplishment away from you, as a matter of fact.

[00:04:34] And they get all the dopamine from doing it.

[00:04:37] And all you have to do is just enjoy your trip.

[00:04:38] They'll book your hotels for you.

[00:04:40] And if they can find better rates later on, before you go, obviously, they'll rebook the

[00:04:45] hotel and they'll give you the difference.

[00:04:47] They'll refund you the difference.

[00:04:48] It's really cool.

[00:04:49] It's a cool service.

[00:04:50] So, check them out.

[00:04:51] Concierge.com.

[00:04:55] I think that's all I had.

[00:04:56] I did my housekeeping.

[00:04:57] I said, this is our last show for the month.

[00:04:59] I said that we're going to be recording our secret show, which I haven't put the link in

[00:05:03] Patreon yet.

[00:05:04] So, if you are a Patreon supporter, I apologize.

[00:05:07] After this show, I'll link it.

[00:05:11] It'll be real late.

[00:05:12] Or maybe I'll do it during the break.

[00:05:13] I don't know.

[00:05:14] But I'll definitely do it before the show starts.

[00:05:16] I promise you that.

[00:05:17] And then we're going to be doing that over on YouTube, of course.

[00:05:19] I'm not going to let these people on Twitch, you know, get in on our secret society of

[00:05:26] weirdos who make fun of Disney news and drink stuff.

[00:05:30] You know what I mean?

[00:05:31] Yeah.

[00:05:31] I'll be there, too.

[00:05:33] I believe I am invited.

[00:05:35] Oh, yeah.

[00:05:35] I meant to tell you about that.

[00:05:37] I rescinded your invite.

[00:05:39] Yeah.

[00:05:39] P's going to join us for Secret Show.

[00:05:42] It's going to be the roast of Mr. P is what it's going to turn into.

[00:05:45] Yeah.

[00:05:45] Like every day.

[00:05:46] We're going to feed him bitties.

[00:05:48] He's going to do Hulk shots until until we get to see them again or something like

[00:05:52] that.

[00:05:52] I don't know.

[00:05:53] Hell yeah.

[00:05:56] Anyway, P, that's all I got.

[00:05:58] So why don't we just jump right into the show?

[00:06:00] Let's talk about Tokyo.

[00:06:01] I've always wanted to go to Japan, but I don't know that I could make it in Tokyo.

[00:06:05] I feel like I would be.

[00:06:08] I think I've made this joke before, but I would feel like Big Bird and follow that bird

[00:06:12] where he's like in Japan walking.

[00:06:14] Hey, everybody, you know, and everyone's looking up at him like, what the heck is going on with

[00:06:18] that guy?

[00:06:19] So you would.

[00:06:20] Okay, good.

[00:06:21] All right.

[00:06:22] My worst fears are confirmed.

[00:06:23] I love that.

[00:06:24] Yeah, exactly.

[00:06:24] Yeah.

[00:06:25] I think it's, you know, the reason we went, like we've always wanted to go just like

[00:06:30] you.

[00:06:30] We decided, you know what?

[00:06:32] Let's do it.

[00:06:33] It's actually like the U.S.

[00:06:35] dollar is pretty strong right now.

[00:06:37] So it's like relatively cheap in general.

[00:06:39] And then we found flights through San Jose direct to Tokyo.

[00:06:49] And they were only like round trip total, like 700 a person.

[00:06:52] Oh, dude.

[00:06:54] That's crazy.

[00:06:55] Which is like once we saw those.

[00:06:57] Yeah.

[00:06:58] Yeah.

[00:06:58] Once we saw those, we're like, I guess it's happening.

[00:07:01] So we bought the tickets.

[00:07:02] We planned for three weeks, which is also an insane amount of time to plan a vacation.

[00:07:07] And how many to three weeks?

[00:07:09] Three weeks.

[00:07:10] I love that.

[00:07:11] Yeah.

[00:07:12] Yeah.

[00:07:12] It was great because we figured like we'll probably never be able to do three weeks like

[00:07:16] this again.

[00:07:17] So let's just go for it.

[00:07:18] Yeah, man.

[00:07:19] Group of five.

[00:07:21] And so like the majority of the trip was not at Tokyo Disneyland.

[00:07:24] But at the very end, we spent we had like four days total.

[00:07:31] So five nights, four days.

[00:07:33] Nobody's perfect.

[00:07:34] Nobody's perfect.

[00:07:35] Imagine spending three weeks in Tokyo.

[00:07:39] Just I feel trapped because I imagine by like the fifth day you would feel stuck.

[00:07:44] You're like, I can't.

[00:07:45] I'm not doing this.

[00:07:46] I feel some game show that I don't want to be a part of.

[00:07:49] Totally.

[00:07:49] Totally.

[00:07:50] Yeah.

[00:07:50] And it's, you know, it's pretty big.

[00:07:52] But I think if you're there long enough, it definitely starts to feel pretty small pretty

[00:07:55] quickly.

[00:07:56] I think like the initial take you get when you walk in is you're like, this is just like

[00:08:00] a weird new Disneyland.

[00:08:01] What's going on?

[00:08:02] This is just everything is in the wrong spot.

[00:08:04] And there's this whole new park I've never even seen before.

[00:08:06] But after you're there for a while, you're like, this isn't too big.

[00:08:10] So yeah, that that would be a long time.

[00:08:12] But I would say like if you ever go and you want to go to Tokyo, like you could totally

[00:08:17] do.

[00:08:17] You know, like I said, we were we planned on two full days, one full day at Disney

[00:08:22] Sea and one full day at Disneyland.

[00:08:24] And we ended up doing that.

[00:08:26] Plus, the night before we did a night only ticket at Disney Sea.

[00:08:31] And then the last night, which was just supposed to be us hanging out at the hotel, we decided

[00:08:37] to go back to Disney Sea one more time for a night ticket.

[00:08:39] So we went basically four times.

[00:08:41] Okay.

[00:08:41] That's pretty good.

[00:08:42] I think after the fourth time at Disney Sea, I was like, yeah, yeah, we did it.

[00:08:46] I would totally come back here in a heartbeat.

[00:08:48] But I think we did it.

[00:08:50] So you've accomplished what you wanted to do.

[00:08:53] For the most part.

[00:08:54] Yeah, there's it was really interesting because we booked.

[00:08:57] So like there's so many things to talk about.

[00:08:59] It's kind of hard to figure out where to start.

[00:09:01] Well, let me ask you this.

[00:09:02] You had you had four days.

[00:09:04] Is that enough?

[00:09:05] Is that too much?

[00:09:05] Is it just the right amount?

[00:09:07] If you go back again or when you go back again, how long will you be staying for?

[00:09:10] Because I'm sure people want to know you have no idea.

[00:09:13] And I would want I would go like, well, seven days.

[00:09:15] You got to go seven or eight days or nine days or even 10 days because you've never seen it.

[00:09:19] You want to do all the stuff.

[00:09:22] What's the ideal length for you?

[00:09:24] Are you so like if you just want to go like nowhere else in Tokyo, if you're just talking about the parks, I think like I think like four days, like two days in each park is probably good.

[00:09:34] I'm a little like the Disneyland park is like, OK, it's cool for its own reasons, but it's not that big.

[00:09:40] And like to be honest, there's not actually that many thrilling rides there right now because when we went Space Mountain and Haunted Mansion were both down.

[00:09:48] So, yeah, they're like they're they're rebuilding Space Mountain like further back for some reason.

[00:09:54] And so like you can see it and you can see the construction of the new one, but you can't go to either.

[00:10:00] That's weird to me.

[00:10:02] Yeah.

[00:10:03] And then Haunted Mansion, they just they were doing their their overlays.

[00:10:06] Right.

[00:10:06] So for so is but it was like, yeah, whatever.

[00:10:09] We'll just do it next time.

[00:10:10] Is there next time?

[00:10:11] I imagine they have a like a refurb or overlay calendar.

[00:10:15] You know what's down for maintenance and what's not.

[00:10:17] So that might be something to check.

[00:10:19] Also, if you want to go to Haunted Mansion, you know, or anything like that, maybe maybe plan around that if you can.

[00:10:26] Yeah, totally.

[00:10:27] I thought like in my head, like I just kind of like assumed that was going to be the case that it was.

[00:10:32] I think they actually do.

[00:10:32] I ended up looking up later and they actually did have like someone's got a site with the planned downtime.

[00:10:37] That's how I found out about Space Mountain because I was like, I can see it.

[00:10:40] Why can't I go to it?

[00:10:42] Why didn't you just ask someone there?

[00:10:43] Why?

[00:10:44] Why?

[00:10:44] You can't go.

[00:10:45] Oh, Japanese.

[00:10:46] You don't speak Japanese.

[00:10:50] Yeah, that's cool.

[00:10:50] All right.

[00:10:51] It's about four days, two in each park.

[00:10:52] That's that seems about right.

[00:10:54] Like we went to Disney World for six days, I think it was.

[00:10:59] And that was like one too many.

[00:11:01] Yeah, that seems kind of long for Disney World.

[00:11:03] The last day we're like, well, that's what I mean.

[00:11:05] Like we would overdo it and go, well, I mean, we need to plan to live there for two years first before we go to the park.

[00:11:10] So that's pretty good.

[00:11:11] All right.

[00:11:12] Yeah.

[00:11:12] And I will say the last day.

[00:11:15] So I talked about going into the parks, but on the last day on the September 5th is when we were there.

[00:11:20] And we had a full day with nothing planned.

[00:11:24] The real plan was to go to like their shopping district.

[00:11:26] And so we did that.

[00:11:27] And like we went to we also went to all the hotels just to check them out like that on the line right there, like monorail subway line.

[00:11:34] And we checked those out.

[00:11:35] And then we just had the rest of the day still.

[00:11:36] So, right.

[00:11:36] Well, let's go into the Disney Sea one more time.

[00:11:41] Have a cheeky little pop in.

[00:11:43] That's cool.

[00:11:43] Yeah.

[00:11:44] It's a pretty small area.

[00:11:44] Yeah.

[00:11:45] So when you when if you're talking to people, you're talking, I guess, people listen to this.

[00:11:50] Would you recommend having a couple extra float days to either go back into the parks or just explore around the area?

[00:11:59] Like how far away is Tokyo?

[00:12:01] Tokyo from Tokyo Disneyland?

[00:12:04] Is it like the Disneyland Paris where it's like 45 minutes outside Paris proper?

[00:12:10] No.

[00:12:10] So like Tokyo in general, their like whole system of subways is so amazing.

[00:12:16] It's crazy.

[00:12:17] You could get across the city in 45 minutes.

[00:12:19] You can get to another one probably in 45 minutes.

[00:12:22] Wow.

[00:12:22] I think I think if you took when we looked at it, because we when we we we did at the tail end of the trip.

[00:12:28] Right.

[00:12:29] So we had this hotel in Tokyo on like the east side of Tokyo and Ginza.

[00:12:33] And we were going to take the subway and I think it was roughly 40, 30 to 40 minutes to get there.

[00:12:41] But we decided because we've been riding subways now for, you know, three weeks.

[00:12:47] So we're like, let's pay for one Uber.

[00:12:50] Let's stay above ground this time and let's let's check out the sites.

[00:12:54] And it's kind of cool because it's like a bay.

[00:12:55] Right.

[00:12:55] So it's like it's in it's in Tokyo Bay.

[00:12:57] OK.

[00:12:58] And so we basically rode like a weirdly deluxe van that was just a van.

[00:13:04] But like our seats had like footrests that raised up on them.

[00:13:08] It was crazy.

[00:13:08] The whole thing was crazy.

[00:13:10] What is it about like bougie?

[00:13:12] Yeah.

[00:13:12] Like I feel like anything in Japan is automatically luxury.

[00:13:17] It's a little more luxurious than it is here for some reason.

[00:13:21] And I don't know why.

[00:13:21] Maybe it's because like most of the people will respect other people's property.

[00:13:26] Totally.

[00:13:26] Yeah.

[00:13:27] I think I think people actually like take pride in what they do and the work that they do.

[00:13:30] So.

[00:13:31] Yeah.

[00:13:32] So people tend to respect it.

[00:13:34] So.

[00:13:34] So, yeah.

[00:13:34] So we rode that and that was only like 15, 20 minutes or so.

[00:13:39] And there was traffic and that was why.

[00:13:40] So it's just like literally across the bridge.

[00:13:42] OK.

[00:13:42] Nice.

[00:13:43] All right.

[00:13:44] So you can stay.

[00:13:45] So you can go have a couple of float days, stay in Tokyo, still go to the parks,

[00:13:49] still do all that kind of stuff and experience, you know, I don't want to say Japanese culture

[00:13:54] because I'm sure Tokyo, you know, is like San Francisco here where I wouldn't call it any

[00:13:59] one culture.

[00:13:59] It's just more shopping really.

[00:14:01] But I don't know.

[00:14:01] Right.

[00:14:02] Is that what you experienced?

[00:14:03] How was your how was your non Disney time before we get into like, you know, too much

[00:14:07] into how you planned it and stuff like what else did you do?

[00:14:10] Oh, man, we did so much.

[00:14:13] It's like I could talk for days about it.

[00:14:16] We did the general trip.

[00:14:17] Right.

[00:14:18] You're here for two days.

[00:14:20] The the general trip was we went.

[00:14:23] So we flew into Tokyo and then we spent like about a week or so, a couple of days on the

[00:14:30] sort of west side of Tokyo.

[00:14:31] So sort of we like stayed in like Shinjuku, which is by Shibuya.

[00:14:36] And then we did a bunch of stuff around there.

[00:14:38] And then we took a bullet train to Kyoto.

[00:14:42] And unfortunately, we only stayed there for three days because we didn't think there'd

[00:14:44] be a lot to do.

[00:14:45] But that was by far our favorite place.

[00:14:47] And we're like, next time we go, we're staying in a week at least in Kyoto.

[00:14:51] Why?

[00:14:51] So we went there.

[00:14:52] Like, what did you do?

[00:14:53] That was so fascinating.

[00:14:54] Oh, my God, dude.

[00:14:55] So many things.

[00:14:57] First of all, the food anywhere is amazing.

[00:14:59] And I had the best food I've ever had in my entire life at this this like little hole

[00:15:04] in the wall seats, literally seven people and two dudes in a really small kitchen.

[00:15:08] Yeah.

[00:15:08] Sukumin ramen.

[00:15:09] And it was like we got a bowl of the best ramen I've ever had.

[00:15:12] And I got a beer and it was cash only.

[00:15:14] And it cost me like 10 American dollars.

[00:15:17] And like we got the bill and we're like, is this real life?

[00:15:20] What is happening right now?

[00:15:21] So like are they are they a tip culture too or not?

[00:15:25] No.

[00:15:26] Man, get out of town.

[00:15:27] Let's move there.

[00:15:28] There actually I want to move there.

[00:15:30] Literally all of us at one point early on were like, should we like buy property here?

[00:15:35] It's so good.

[00:15:38] I'm sure it's the last thing.

[00:15:39] So we were in Kyoto.

[00:15:41] Yeah.

[00:15:42] Yeah.

[00:15:42] We were in Kyoto and then we took another bullet train to Osaka and we were there for about

[00:15:46] a week, a little over a week.

[00:15:49] So that was fun.

[00:15:50] And we did some day trips.

[00:15:51] We went to Hiroshima.

[00:15:51] We went to Nara Park, which is like where the bowing deer are.

[00:15:56] I don't know if you know what those are.

[00:15:57] No.

[00:15:57] They eat the little buns, right?

[00:15:59] The little steamed pork.

[00:16:00] Yeah.

[00:16:00] You give them the little crackers, but they come up to you and they bow to you.

[00:16:03] Right.

[00:16:04] I was kidding.

[00:16:05] I was making a dim sum joke, but I know it's not.

[00:16:07] No.

[00:16:08] Okay.

[00:16:08] All right.

[00:16:09] It's no joke.

[00:16:10] Yeah.

[00:16:10] No, I know.

[00:16:11] But never mind.

[00:16:13] Well, that's great.

[00:16:14] Yeah.

[00:16:15] It went over your head.

[00:16:15] That's okay.

[00:16:16] Yeah.

[00:16:16] So it's cool.

[00:16:17] It's like an airplane.

[00:16:18] A lot of movement.

[00:16:19] A lot of movement.

[00:16:19] All right.

[00:16:20] Well, that's good, man.

[00:16:20] So when you decide that you want to go on this trip, where do you start?

[00:16:24] Like we said, there's really not a whole lot of information out there.

[00:16:27] So how do you, a person who's not very technologically advanced, how do you figure that out?

[00:16:35] Man, what do you do?

[00:16:36] You start just plugging in stuff online or talking to people or what?

[00:16:41] Yeah.

[00:16:42] It's a little bit of everything.

[00:16:42] I think so.

[00:16:43] We went in a group of five.

[00:16:45] So what we kind of did is we split up the work first and foremost.

[00:16:49] So like you're in charge for the days, this set of days and figuring out where we're going to stay.

[00:16:54] You're going to figure out where we're going to stay.

[00:16:55] And I'm like, give me the Disneyland section of it.

[00:16:58] I got you guys.

[00:16:58] Don't worry about it.

[00:17:00] Okay.

[00:17:00] Still not knowing anything about it.

[00:17:01] So you split up amongst your group.

[00:17:03] You basically like you're a commune of we're just following the ball.

[00:17:07] Now it's your time.

[00:17:08] So if we have a terrible time, it's your fault.

[00:17:12] Oh, yeah, dude.

[00:17:13] We were laying into each other.

[00:17:14] Not really like actually laying in each other.

[00:17:15] We're like, wow, nice choice, dude.

[00:17:17] I have to tell you another time about the place we stayed in Osaka.

[00:17:20] I'm pretty sure was haunted.

[00:17:22] There were so many weird things about it.

[00:17:24] I'll have to.

[00:17:24] It's just.

[00:17:25] Well, anyways.

[00:17:26] Sounds like a secret show topic to me, man.

[00:17:29] Yeah.

[00:17:30] After this, I can talk about it on the secret show.

[00:17:32] It's insane.

[00:17:32] All right.

[00:17:34] But yeah, so we split that up and then we kind of all.

[00:17:37] So like the other like important thing, and I just kind of do this with every trip we do

[00:17:41] with a group of people or just us is we just I just started like everyone started looking

[00:17:45] up like like like blogs and vlogs of people's trips and food.

[00:17:50] And so we just started we started a shared Google map and we just started putting stuff

[00:17:55] on the map.

[00:17:55] Oh, so that was the first thing to do.

[00:17:57] So now we have like literally 150 things of flags all over Japan.

[00:18:01] And so then we met again and we just found a concentration of all the dots and then we've

[00:18:08] found places to stay in those areas.

[00:18:09] So that's how we sort of picked like where what where we want to stay for the days that

[00:18:15] we're there.

[00:18:15] All right.

[00:18:16] I love it.

[00:18:16] It's a good idea.

[00:18:17] I wouldn't have thought about a Google map.

[00:18:18] I would have just thought of like a document where you just list it out and then you have

[00:18:21] to figure it out when you get there because I'm dumb.

[00:18:24] Yeah, we had a document to we had we had a document.

[00:18:27] Sure.

[00:18:27] Yeah, but like the map is a great is a great tip.

[00:18:31] Yeah, because like the thing we kind of realized early on looking through all this is it doesn't

[00:18:35] really matter like Japan.

[00:18:37] You just sort of go do things.

[00:18:38] It doesn't like there are reservations you need for some things, but in general, you just

[00:18:44] go and it's fine.

[00:18:45] And so we're like, OK, well, we'll just whatever we're doing for the day, we'll just look at

[00:18:49] the map and say, oh, let's go do this.

[00:18:51] Let's go do this.

[00:18:51] And it worked out.

[00:18:52] It worked out really well.

[00:18:53] I think everybody had like one thing on the map.

[00:18:56] They're like, I really, really want to do this.

[00:18:58] So let's make it happen.

[00:19:00] For me, that was the Disneyland park.

[00:19:02] So I'm like, we're staying over there and we're going.

[00:19:05] So, you know, and everyone had their own thing.

[00:19:07] So, OK, I love that.

[00:19:10] And so that was that was Japan in general.

[00:19:12] OK, love it.

[00:19:13] And then and then and then came the sort of like I was in charge of planning the Tokyo

[00:19:17] stuff.

[00:19:18] And so like I, I was very cocky and I thought, dude, I've been to Disneyland so many times.

[00:19:24] I got this.

[00:19:25] Sure, because it's a one to one.

[00:19:27] It's an even swap.

[00:19:28] Right.

[00:19:29] Yeah.

[00:19:29] Right.

[00:19:30] Right.

[00:19:31] Boy, was I wrong.

[00:19:32] It wasn't hard.

[00:19:34] It wasn't hard.

[00:19:35] It was just, I guess, weird is the best word for it.

[00:19:38] So like I'm going to give big credit to TDR Explorer.

[00:19:43] He's one of the three people that actually like does stuff in Tokyo and he's got a bunch

[00:19:47] of videos and a whole website.

[00:19:48] OK, his stuff is legit.

[00:19:50] Like I found a lot of his stuff and I followed a lot of it.

[00:19:54] And that's where I got the most useful information.

[00:19:55] So I just want to give him a plug because he deserves it.

[00:19:58] Sure.

[00:19:59] And so like he had a link like so the first thing I'm like, OK, is like where on the trip

[00:20:05] do we do this?

[00:20:06] Do this like do we do at the tail end?

[00:20:08] Do we do at the beginning somewhere in the middle?

[00:20:11] And I I saw that Tokyo Disneyland and you can kind of see in the background behind me if

[00:20:17] it's not too pixelated.

[00:20:19] It's on Tokyo Bay.

[00:20:21] So like there's a bay right there.

[00:20:23] And so I'm like that looks relaxing.

[00:20:26] Let's do it at the end so we can like because we're going to be busy.

[00:20:29] So we did it at the tail end.

[00:20:31] Yeah.

[00:20:31] Smart.

[00:20:32] That's what I would have done, too, because I don't want to haul around a bunch of Disney

[00:20:35] souvenirs for three weeks.

[00:20:36] That's a good thing.

[00:20:37] Yeah.

[00:20:38] Yes.

[00:20:39] Because we you are traveling with your suitcases everywhere.

[00:20:42] Did you ship anything back?

[00:20:45] No, we just we just like like this is a pro tip because we we look this up and we

[00:20:50] actually bought stuff and did this and it worked.

[00:20:52] We went to a Don Kyoto, which is just like a Don Kiyote.

[00:20:57] I think that's how you pronounce it.

[00:20:58] It's just like a giant store.

[00:20:59] You'll definitely go when you go there.

[00:21:00] It's a big thing.

[00:21:01] And they had these vacuum seal bags.

[00:21:03] And so we bought some vacuum seal bags, loaded a bunch of stuff in it and then borrow the

[00:21:09] housekeepers vacuum cleaner.

[00:21:11] And we condensed that sucker.

[00:21:13] Yes.

[00:21:14] And like we were able to close.

[00:21:16] I was sitting on our thing like I'm like 220, right?

[00:21:20] I'm sitting on the suitcase and we barely got it to close.

[00:21:23] And it's so dense.

[00:21:24] It's like, you know, not even a big suitcase.

[00:21:26] And it was like 60 pounds or something.

[00:21:28] It was crazy.

[00:21:29] Wow, dude.

[00:21:30] I love that.

[00:21:31] Yeah.

[00:21:31] But the vacuum seal, that's a that's a pro move.

[00:21:34] OK.

[00:21:34] For that.

[00:21:35] All right.

[00:21:36] Yeah.

[00:21:36] Especially if you're going for that long.

[00:21:37] My problem is I would want to I would just bring an extra suitcase for souvenirs or I

[00:21:43] would mail it back or something like that.

[00:21:44] I don't care what it costs because I just I like to buy a little tchotchkes and stuff

[00:21:48] anyways.

[00:21:49] Yep.

[00:21:49] Yeah.

[00:21:50] Yeah.

[00:21:51] That's that's we we ended up buying a second bag to just check.

[00:21:56] We ended up paying a little bit extra for that because we didn't prepay for it as a

[00:21:59] whole thing.

[00:21:59] But yeah, same thing.

[00:22:01] We bought a lot of stuff.

[00:22:02] The nice thing with our trip, by the way, another pro move is we went to Tokyo, then

[00:22:06] went to Kyoto and Osaka and then back to Tokyo.

[00:22:09] So like when we were in Tokyo, we found things we wanted.

[00:22:11] We're like, we'll get it when we get back.

[00:22:13] So that that actually helped a little bit.

[00:22:15] OK, nice.

[00:22:17] Yeah.

[00:22:18] So, yeah, it was it was a lot of moving.

[00:22:21] But the the the resort area was really nice.

[00:22:26] The hotel we stayed in was the Sheraton Grand.

[00:22:31] I believe is what it's called.

[00:22:33] Mm hmm.

[00:22:35] And so that that hotel is not a Disney hotel, but there are Disney hotels in the area and

[00:22:39] on Disney hotels in the area.

[00:22:41] I'll just say right now, like save yourself the research.

[00:22:43] Stay there.

[00:22:44] Stay there.

[00:22:44] Stay in the parkway.

[00:22:45] Don't go anywhere else unless you have money you want to spend.

[00:22:47] Then then go to a Disney hotel.

[00:22:49] But you totally don't need to.

[00:22:51] Was that the reason that you chose not to stay like on campus, I guess?

[00:22:56] Was because it's a lot more expensive.

[00:22:58] It is.

[00:22:59] Yeah.

[00:22:59] It's like regular U.S. prices like like we stayed.

[00:23:04] We stayed at the Sheraton Grand, which is considered a five star hotel in Japan.

[00:23:10] I would say that it's probably a four star hotel to American standards, but it's still

[00:23:14] very nice.

[00:23:15] And it was only one hundred and ten dollars and twenty two cents U.S.

[00:23:19] per night per person.

[00:23:20] Oh, wow.

[00:23:22] Yeah.

[00:23:23] It was crazy, dude.

[00:23:24] Yeah, that's it's crazy.

[00:23:26] Yeah.

[00:23:27] And it and I got to be honest with you, it felt like total luxury when we got there after

[00:23:32] staying in other hotels in Japan where everybody picked one and they picked some people pick

[00:23:38] the cheapest ones.

[00:23:39] And they know they did for very good reasons.

[00:23:42] Not we stayed.

[00:23:44] We stayed one place and it was in that being like twenty five dollars a night per person.

[00:23:49] I'll save the details for the secret show, but you got that much.

[00:23:53] Oh, boy.

[00:23:55] But I guess that's what's hard to figure out because, you know, everything seems cheaper

[00:24:00] there.

[00:24:00] So I guess there's a like a saturation point of of cheaposity to valuation.

[00:24:09] Yeah.

[00:24:09] And like they're not like it's not like anything's bad.

[00:24:12] Everything is very clean for the most part and people are very friendly and it's very safe.

[00:24:16] But it's for the most part that bothers me.

[00:24:18] Right.

[00:24:18] Yeah.

[00:24:18] Yeah.

[00:24:19] You got to be careful.

[00:24:20] Yeah.

[00:24:20] OK.

[00:24:21] Yeah.

[00:24:21] All right.

[00:24:21] That's true, man.

[00:24:24] But yeah.

[00:24:24] So like by the time we got to the Tokyo Disneyland Hotel, it was it was like one person at our

[00:24:29] party said, OK, now I feel like I'm on vacation.

[00:24:32] Right.

[00:24:32] Because it's like you roll in and there's palm trees and it's all like it seems a lot more

[00:24:38] chill and resorty.

[00:24:39] Right.

[00:24:40] So you're like, OK, now now I'm feeling good.

[00:24:42] You know, I feel I feel like number one.

[00:24:44] Very nice.

[00:24:44] I feel like number one, it was it was a good move for that reason to to have this be the

[00:24:50] tail end to be the final chapter of your trip.

[00:24:53] Right.

[00:24:54] Especially because, you know, maybe you want to save a little bit of money, not hosteling

[00:24:58] it, but, you know, slumming it in places.

[00:25:01] It sounds like.

[00:25:01] And then now, OK, we not only are going to go home soon, we're going to have a good day,

[00:25:05] a good couple of days at Disney parks.

[00:25:07] But then we get to just kind of relax and a little bit more or luxury.

[00:25:13] And the second part is I forgot what I was going to say.

[00:25:16] So there's that.

[00:25:18] Happens.

[00:25:19] Yeah.

[00:25:19] Good.

[00:25:20] Yeah, it is good, man.

[00:25:22] So let's talk tickets, man.

[00:25:25] What are the prices for for the tickets for these parks?

[00:25:27] So we can all just like scream internally.

[00:25:33] So I bought tickets online for the full days well ahead of time.

[00:25:38] And I had read there was a night ticket.

[00:25:40] I didn't really think much of it because I'm like, why would I go for because it's only for

[00:25:43] like five hours or so.

[00:25:45] So I didn't even look at the night tickets by about full day and a full day ticket.

[00:25:50] You can only stay in one park.

[00:25:52] It was fifty six dollars and eleven cents.

[00:25:55] U.S.

[00:25:57] How much?

[00:25:58] Sorry.

[00:25:59] Fifty six dollars and eleven cents.

[00:26:02] That's like nineteen ninety eight prices.

[00:26:04] Dude, fifty for a full day.

[00:26:06] Full day in one park.

[00:26:09] Yeah, they do not have park hoppers, but at that price, you could park hop if you wanted

[00:26:14] to.

[00:26:15] Yeah.

[00:26:16] You mean, yeah.

[00:26:17] So you just buy one ticket at each park and then you can just come and go as you please

[00:26:21] are the ins and outs.

[00:26:23] Yeah, I guess there are aren't there?

[00:26:25] I think so.

[00:26:26] We didn't do it, but I'm pretty sure you can.

[00:26:28] Yeah.

[00:26:29] I guess I never really looked that up.

[00:26:30] I never considered it.

[00:26:31] Like when you leave, you get a hand stamp or whatever.

[00:26:35] Probably.

[00:26:36] Yeah.

[00:26:36] Oh, yeah.

[00:26:37] So it was like that.

[00:26:40] That was like when I saw that, I was like, OK, like this is the thing about going to Japan,

[00:26:45] especially when the U.S. dollar is so strong.

[00:26:48] You see things like this and you're like, I'm just going to buy things.

[00:26:52] It's fine.

[00:26:53] It's so cheap.

[00:26:54] Oh, absolutely.

[00:26:55] Yeah.

[00:26:55] You feel like the rich Westerner, like, hey, I'm going to throw.

[00:26:58] Yeah.

[00:26:59] Hey, American, I'm going to throw my money around it.

[00:27:02] It reminds me of like these budget Mexican dudes I used to work with.

[00:27:07] They would come over and, you know, do work or whatever.

[00:27:09] And they're like, oh, you American, you rich.

[00:27:12] I'm like, bro, I'm literally making $15 an hour.

[00:27:16] I am not rich.

[00:27:16] He goes, you rich.

[00:27:17] No.

[00:27:19] No.

[00:27:19] Just because I'm an American doesn't mean I'm rich.

[00:27:22] But I guess in Japan, you feel that way.

[00:27:24] It's all relative.

[00:27:25] Yeah.

[00:27:25] Yeah.

[00:27:26] Yeah.

[00:27:26] And it was one of those things where like so like when we wanted to pay to get on rides

[00:27:31] faster, it was just not a question.

[00:27:33] We're like, yeah, of course, we're going to do it right now.

[00:27:36] And it's already so cheap.

[00:27:37] Like we're just not it's we're not even come close to the U.S. price.

[00:27:41] So you just plan for the U.S. pricing and then go to Tokyo and you're going to have a

[00:27:44] good time.

[00:27:45] My Lord, man, that's like a retirement investment.

[00:27:48] Advice, you know, plan for the worst and then head to the cheapest.

[00:27:53] You're hitting it.

[00:27:54] Totally.

[00:27:54] I love that.

[00:27:55] Totally.

[00:27:55] It was 56.11 for the day pass.

[00:27:58] And then the night ticket, which I think is about five hours, was $32.07 U.S.

[00:28:05] I can't even imagine paying $32 to go to a Disneyland.

[00:28:12] Like that's insane.

[00:28:14] Yeah, it's crazy.

[00:28:15] Yeah.

[00:28:15] And like we weren't going to go that last day, but it was very easy to say, yeah, let's

[00:28:19] do it because it's $30 a person.

[00:28:21] Sure.

[00:28:23] Dude, I love that.

[00:28:24] And is that either park?

[00:28:26] Are they the same price?

[00:28:28] Same price.

[00:28:29] Cool.

[00:28:30] Yep.

[00:28:31] So, yeah, it was it was really good deal.

[00:28:33] You know, we went we went the tail end of August.

[00:28:37] I think it gets a little bit more expensive depending like on the season.

[00:28:40] It was very hot when we went.

[00:28:42] So I think it was probably a little cheaper.

[00:28:44] But yeah, it was it was great.

[00:28:47] It was really great.

[00:28:49] Sounds awesome, man.

[00:28:50] You know, and I guess it just makes me wonder like what we're doing here in the U.S.

[00:28:53] parks.

[00:28:54] Why are we?

[00:28:54] Why does it cost so much money?

[00:28:55] But, you know, I guess I get it.

[00:28:57] It's bigger parks and it's, you know, America.

[00:28:59] Apparently we have a lot of money over here.

[00:29:00] Yeah.

[00:29:01] We're all rich.

[00:29:02] Apparently our friends are rich.

[00:29:03] I didn't know that.

[00:29:04] Actually, I mean, you do have to be rich to go to Disneyland.

[00:29:07] I mean, let's just be honest.

[00:29:09] So.

[00:29:10] Yeah, well, that's true.

[00:29:11] Yeah.

[00:29:12] Yeah.

[00:29:12] You just don't have to be as rich to go to Tokyo.

[00:29:15] Although you got to get to Tokyo.

[00:29:16] I still think it's cheaper overall.

[00:29:18] I think you're right.

[00:29:19] Did you happen to like pencil it all out to see?

[00:29:22] Yes.

[00:29:23] Oh, so I was preparing for the show and I figured I would do my best to give you the number.

[00:29:29] Right.

[00:29:29] Which is like how much were tickets to the park, the hotel and the premier passes, which is sort

[00:29:36] of like the like they pay to go on the ride quick.

[00:29:39] Yeah.

[00:29:39] I didn't get the number to include food, but the number.

[00:29:44] That's all right.

[00:29:44] Per person.

[00:29:45] Yeah.

[00:29:45] Number per person for tickets, hotel, and I can tell you the number of rides we paid to

[00:29:50] go on.

[00:29:50] Wait, hold on.

[00:29:51] Hold on.

[00:29:52] Don't give it.

[00:29:53] Taryn, what do you think it is?

[00:29:54] For one person?

[00:29:56] One person.

[00:29:57] So tickets to the park, 56 bucks.

[00:29:59] You already know that.

[00:30:01] Hotel.

[00:30:01] Yeah.

[00:30:02] You already know that.

[00:30:03] What do you think it is?

[00:30:04] I have it in front of me, so I'm not going to, I'm not going to, you know, cheat and win,

[00:30:10] you know?

[00:30:13] So, okay.

[00:30:14] Okay.

[00:30:15] I guess.

[00:30:18] I don't know.

[00:30:20] I love putting her on the spot.

[00:30:22] $300.

[00:30:24] 300, not 300.

[00:30:25] That's, that's pretty low.

[00:30:27] Well, because I, this is why I should have asked more like what goes into this?

[00:30:31] Because it's like, I already know how much the hotel was and I know how much the ticket

[00:30:35] was.

[00:30:35] So to me, that's $150 or 180 bucks.

[00:30:40] We stayed four nights at the hotel.

[00:30:42] So four, got it.

[00:30:43] Okay.

[00:30:44] So then that, my answer is not 300.

[00:30:45] My answer is 600.

[00:30:49] It was $707 and 45 cents US.

[00:30:53] Good gravy.

[00:30:54] But also what's interesting is like that's per person, but you're not double person paying

[00:30:59] the hotel.

[00:31:00] So.

[00:31:01] Right.

[00:31:02] Well, no, you, that's like hotel divided per person for the room for night.

[00:31:06] So that is per actual person.

[00:31:08] Oh, okay.

[00:31:08] Okay.

[00:31:09] For four nights.

[00:31:10] It's not bad.

[00:31:11] No, that's not bad.

[00:31:12] It's pretty good.

[00:31:13] Yeah, I think, I think that's right.

[00:31:15] Maybe I did my math wrong, but still, if it's wrong, it's still cheaper.

[00:31:21] If it's, if it's wrong, then it's cheaper than what I just said, which is crazy.

[00:31:25] Yeah.

[00:31:26] Yeah.

[00:31:27] Wow.

[00:31:27] That's crazy.

[00:31:28] Okay.

[00:31:28] So you stayed at the Sheraton Grand Tokyo hotel, which is not the resort hotel.

[00:31:32] And you were saying just pony up the money and stay at the resort.

[00:31:38] No, no.

[00:31:38] I'm saying like, if you have the money and you really want to do the resort, you can.

[00:31:41] Yeah.

[00:31:42] But it is completely unnecessary.

[00:31:44] It's unnecessary.

[00:31:45] Okay.

[00:31:45] Yeah.

[00:31:46] Yeah.

[00:31:46] The, the, where we stayed in that hotel, we paid like an extra $30 a night to stay in

[00:31:52] the park wing.

[00:31:52] And I'm like, yeah, whatever.

[00:31:53] We're on vacation.

[00:31:54] We'll splurge a little.

[00:31:55] It was so close to the, the monorail to just like literally go to the bottom floor,

[00:32:02] go out the door, cross street, get on it.

[00:32:03] And then ride one stop and we're at Disney sea.

[00:32:05] Like, no geez.

[00:32:07] It was not even like, like we usually stay at the, uh, probably not anymore, but we used

[00:32:13] to stay at the Marriott Anaheim, like the convention center Marriott and then walk to Disneyland.

[00:32:17] Yeah.

[00:32:18] And I, I feel like that walk is more of a hassle than it was to go to the park in Tokyo.

[00:32:22] So what do you, what do you, did you, what made you pick the Sheraton Grand Tokyo hotel

[00:32:27] instead of the resort hotels?

[00:32:31] So the resort hotels, um, were more expensive, like, like a hundred dollars a night versus

[00:32:38] $400 a night.

[00:32:39] So I was like, yeah, like, like they were California prices when I was looking, I was like, hell

[00:32:44] no, dude.

[00:32:44] I was going to say that's more aligned with us prices.

[00:32:47] Yeah.

[00:32:48] Yeah.

[00:32:48] That's, that's nasty.

[00:32:50] Yeah.

[00:32:51] The interesting thing right next to our hotel was there's like a new toy story hotel and

[00:32:56] like you can't even go onto the property unless you have a room there.

[00:33:00] Oh, okay.

[00:33:02] That's crazy.

[00:33:02] They have security to not leave because it's really new and I guess they just don't want

[00:33:05] a bunch of people filming or something.

[00:33:07] I don't know.

[00:33:07] Well, it's probably very cool looking.

[00:33:09] It is very cool.

[00:33:10] Our airport shuttle on the way out drove us through it and it was extremely cute.

[00:33:14] And I was like, damn, dude, I might, I might need to pay for this.

[00:33:18] If we have, you know, kids one day, this might be the spot.

[00:33:20] But I'm surprised that you didn't just buy, you know, pay for a room there and then just

[00:33:25] walk around with how much money you guys had.

[00:33:27] I mean, geez, Louise, all the savings.

[00:33:29] Yeah.

[00:33:30] Tip to all of our Japanese listeners.

[00:33:32] If you ever see Mr. P walking around, rob him.

[00:33:35] He's loaded.

[00:33:37] Totally.

[00:33:37] No, I'm just kidding.

[00:33:38] Yeah.

[00:33:39] That sounds neat, man.

[00:33:40] I wonder if you get like a custom Toy Story tour based on you.

[00:33:43] That's how that's what I feel like the gifts would be in a hotel from in Japan.

[00:33:47] You know?

[00:33:48] Yeah, probably.

[00:33:49] Look at you.

[00:33:49] Just look at the pictures of the hotel.

[00:33:51] Like it's very well documented.

[00:33:52] It's really, really cool.

[00:33:54] Really nice, man.

[00:33:56] This is what I want to talk about the most.

[00:33:58] This is mainly why I want to do this show.

[00:34:00] I want to talk about the food there, please.

[00:34:02] OK, because every video I've seen, every vlog, as much as that word makes me gag, the

[00:34:10] food, it looks it's art.

[00:34:13] It's insanely cute and I don't want to eat it, but I want to sample all of the things.

[00:34:19] So how was that?

[00:34:20] Because that would be part of my research as well is what to eat, where to get it.

[00:34:25] And, you know, how much it costs.

[00:34:26] I need to I would need to budget that stuff in.

[00:34:28] What did you do for the for the food?

[00:34:31] Yeah.

[00:34:31] So before I went on the trip, I looked up a bunch of like mostly the TDR Explorer guys

[00:34:37] like sort of list of like food to go eat.

[00:34:41] There's a lot of classics that every single person will tell you, like the alien mochi,

[00:34:44] right?

[00:34:45] The little mochi balls with the aliens from Toy Story.

[00:34:49] Yeah.

[00:34:50] So what I kind of did is I just sort of pre wrote a list in like where they were at

[00:34:54] in each park.

[00:34:55] OK.

[00:34:55] And then I just sort of while we were there, we just sort of we just grazed pretty much

[00:34:59] the whole time.

[00:35:00] OK, there you go.

[00:35:01] I think.

[00:35:02] Yeah, we because it's just there's so much food.

[00:35:06] So we have a lot of good food and I will definitely say that the food there was significantly

[00:35:10] better than the U.S.

[00:35:11] and shame on the U.S. parks.

[00:35:12] Wow.

[00:35:13] And the shame too.

[00:35:15] Are we getting better?

[00:35:16] Are we getting a finger wag with that or what, man?

[00:35:19] Oh, no.

[00:35:21] Tsk, tsk.

[00:35:21] Oh.

[00:35:23] How different?

[00:35:24] Like what?

[00:35:24] It was like everything just tasted more.

[00:35:30] I don't have to say this.

[00:35:31] Everything tasted more real.

[00:35:33] Like, like, like it had flavor.

[00:35:35] It wasn't just like this cardboard with a little hint of some sugar or something or just so sugary.

[00:35:41] Just you don't know what it is.

[00:35:42] Right.

[00:35:42] OK.

[00:35:44] Like, like I have a lot of different food I tried.

[00:35:46] I basically gave everything a 10 out of 10 with the exception of some minor things and they were good.

[00:35:50] But I was like, after everything else I've had, meh.

[00:35:56] Like, like I had one, a real surprise for me.

[00:35:59] I'm not a big popcorn person usually.

[00:36:01] Right.

[00:36:02] And so I'm not a popcorn person and I don't really get popcorn tins.

[00:36:07] But they had this really cool Halloween popcorn thing.

[00:36:11] It's like a pumpkin with this cute ghost coming off of it and it lights up.

[00:36:14] And I'm like, damn, that's a decoration right there.

[00:36:17] I'm buying that.

[00:36:18] I feel like.

[00:36:19] And when you buy it.

[00:36:22] Go ahead.

[00:36:24] Go ahead.

[00:36:25] No, go ahead.

[00:36:25] No, you go ahead.

[00:36:26] This is my show.

[00:36:27] You go ahead.

[00:36:28] OK.

[00:36:32] So when you buy it, it comes with a popcorn.

[00:36:34] So you have to pick a flavor.

[00:36:36] Right.

[00:36:36] And so I got this like this like mix.

[00:36:39] Right.

[00:36:39] And it was called like the Fantasyland mix or something like that.

[00:36:42] Yeah.

[00:36:42] Our strawberry.

[00:36:43] Yeah.

[00:36:44] Strawberry Napoleon.

[00:36:45] I called it Fantasyland though because it tastes and smelled like Fantasyland.

[00:36:50] And I don't know how else to describe it.

[00:36:52] It was delicious.

[00:36:53] OK.

[00:36:53] And when you eat it, it was very delicious and not too sweet.

[00:36:57] But you got like the sensation like you were hanging out in Fantasyland.

[00:37:00] It was very odd.

[00:37:01] That sounds.

[00:37:03] So you had Neapolitan flavored popcorn?

[00:37:06] Napoleon.

[00:37:07] So it was like strawberry, caramel and chocolate.

[00:37:10] I think.

[00:37:11] White chocolate.

[00:37:13] That's disgusting, dude.

[00:37:15] What?

[00:37:15] It sounds disgusting, but it was amazing.

[00:37:17] What is wrong with you?

[00:37:18] That's the thing like.

[00:37:19] That is like the difference here is like it's actually good.

[00:37:23] And you wouldn't think so.

[00:37:24] Was it the sweet salty thing?

[00:37:26] Like did it have salt?

[00:37:28] Yeah.

[00:37:29] Yeah.

[00:37:30] Some of it had salt.

[00:37:31] Some of it was.

[00:37:31] I could see it.

[00:37:32] I think the strawberry was probably really sweet.

[00:37:35] That one was probably the sweetest.

[00:37:37] But it had a really good a really good strawberry flavor to it.

[00:37:41] Like it was more strawberry than it was sugar.

[00:37:44] I don't know how to explain it.

[00:37:45] White chocolate turned my stomach, dude.

[00:37:48] Oh, really?

[00:37:48] Yeah.

[00:37:49] I can't do it.

[00:37:50] I white chocolate sucks.

[00:37:52] It's not even chocolate.

[00:37:53] Neapolitan isn't usually white chocolate.

[00:37:55] It's usually vanilla.

[00:37:56] Yeah, I know.

[00:37:57] Right.

[00:37:57] So keep in mind that like in Japan, things are definitely nowhere near as sweet as they

[00:38:03] are in the US.

[00:38:04] So the white chocolate tastes different than what you're probably thinking.

[00:38:08] Really?

[00:38:09] Yeah.

[00:38:10] See, you still know it's white chocolate, but it's not like, oh, God, like this is so fake

[00:38:14] and it's not even a real flavor.

[00:38:15] It's not really like that.

[00:38:16] It's weird because like Japanese curry is like the sweet curry.

[00:38:21] And so I would assume that, you know, a lot of other stuff is kind of overly sweet, too.

[00:38:25] I don't know why that sticks in my head, but it does.

[00:38:26] Like I was really surprised because when I first had Japanese curry, I was like in a big

[00:38:31] like Indian curry kick.

[00:38:32] I'm like Japanese curry.

[00:38:33] Let's try that.

[00:38:34] And it's like, wow, I am just eating sugar.

[00:38:38] It was weird.

[00:38:39] But anyway, I don't know why.

[00:38:40] I don't know why I said that.

[00:38:41] Yeah.

[00:38:42] No, I mean, another example.

[00:38:43] There's there's this I don't really drink soda like ever.

[00:38:47] Really?

[00:38:48] Yeah.

[00:38:48] Like the last thought I had was probably a Mountain Dew, like probably from Taco Bell,

[00:38:53] Baja Blast.

[00:38:54] Okay.

[00:38:54] All right.

[00:38:55] Yeah.

[00:38:55] How last time I went there, which is actually probably recent.

[00:38:58] I was going to say a couple months ago, probably.

[00:39:00] Yeah.

[00:39:00] Yeah.

[00:39:02] But they have this this this apple tea soda that people were raving about.

[00:39:08] And like I'm looking like it was one of the things where you go do the research.

[00:39:11] Every single person's like, you got to get the apple tea soda.

[00:39:13] I'm like.

[00:39:15] I don't I'm not a big apple person.

[00:39:16] I like tea, but in a soda, that's weird.

[00:39:19] And also I'm not a sort of person.

[00:39:20] Yeah.

[00:39:20] And we ended up getting like five of those things.

[00:39:25] They're so good.

[00:39:26] And it's exactly what it sounds like, but it's not too sweet.

[00:39:29] OK.

[00:39:30] And it's not overpowering like fake flavors.

[00:39:32] It's just a really nice like chill soda.

[00:39:36] It was very pleasant to drink.

[00:39:37] I love having a chill soda.

[00:39:38] Chill soda.

[00:39:39] Yeah.

[00:39:40] Yeah.

[00:39:40] It's it's the only way I can explain.

[00:39:42] You'll know when you if you ever go, you'll you'll you'll know what I'm talking about.

[00:39:44] Yeah.

[00:39:45] All right.

[00:39:45] That's fine, man.

[00:39:47] All right.

[00:39:47] So but food was banging.

[00:39:48] Food was on point.

[00:39:50] Food was really good.

[00:39:52] The alien mochi was obviously really good.

[00:39:54] I was going to ask.

[00:39:55] You had to get that right.

[00:39:56] We got it probably four times.

[00:40:00] What flavors of mochi was it?

[00:40:02] Was it red bean?

[00:40:03] No, it was it was a chocolate, strawberry, vanilla or nose.

[00:40:07] It was chocolate, strawberry.

[00:40:09] And I think it was custard.

[00:40:09] I don't think it was vanilla.

[00:40:10] I think it was custard.

[00:40:11] So is there is like a theme amongst the desserts there with chocolate, strawberry, chocolate,

[00:40:18] strawberry in some sort of white color like vanilla or white chocolate?

[00:40:23] Really?

[00:40:23] It seems like a coincidence.

[00:40:25] Two of the only two things in that category that I can think of.

[00:40:29] I'm like, it's two of the things you talked about.

[00:40:30] But were those?

[00:40:32] So I didn't know.

[00:40:34] Okay.

[00:40:34] So the so you mean to tell me the teriyaki chicken legs didn't have a strawberry chocolate

[00:40:38] and vanilla flavor.

[00:40:42] Unfortunately, not.

[00:40:43] I asked.

[00:40:43] Damn, dude.

[00:40:44] Excuse me.

[00:40:45] Do you have this in strawberry?

[00:40:48] We have it in America.

[00:40:50] Yeah.

[00:40:50] What's wrong with you, man?

[00:40:52] What about the beers there?

[00:40:53] You have a note in here that you were drinking beers in Tokyo, Disney.

[00:40:56] What kind of beer do they have there?

[00:40:58] Is it just like the big Japanese loggers or what?

[00:41:00] Yeah, I think they have just sort of a run of different Japanese.

[00:41:04] I didn't actually look at the names most of the time.

[00:41:06] But, you know, it's like the typical Japanese beers you can get anywhere.

[00:41:10] But they're like on draft.

[00:41:12] Yeah.

[00:41:13] And they're just really crisp and delicious.

[00:41:15] And they're like, God, I think it was how much did we pay for beer there?

[00:41:18] It was like a dollar fifty US or something.

[00:41:21] Oh, my gosh.

[00:41:22] It was insane.

[00:41:23] Bro, this is the problem, man.

[00:41:25] This is the absolute problem with the way America is run.

[00:41:29] It's just we are just for the dollar, man.

[00:41:33] It doesn't matter who needs to suffer.

[00:41:36] Well, and that's the thing.

[00:41:37] It's not like Japan has a poor economy either.

[00:41:40] Right.

[00:41:41] Like they're doing just fine.

[00:41:43] They're all right.

[00:41:43] From what I understand.

[00:41:44] Yeah, I think they have inflation or something like that.

[00:41:46] I don't know.

[00:41:46] They got some economic problems usually.

[00:41:48] But for the most part, everyone's chill.

[00:41:51] Sounds great to me.

[00:41:52] I think the most expensive beer we had, we both mean my buddy went with and got beers

[00:41:58] and sort of hung out to charge our phones while and then like we watched like a light

[00:42:02] parade that would buy.

[00:42:03] Yeah.

[00:42:03] And we got like a like a craft beer.

[00:42:05] And I think it can't remember the exact price.

[00:42:07] I was trying to find it before the show, but I think it was only like six bucks.

[00:42:11] Like I remember thinking like this is Oregon beer prices 10 years ago.

[00:42:16] This is crazy.

[00:42:17] Yeah, for sure.

[00:42:17] That's like, yeah, you can't go.

[00:42:19] You can't go anywhere.

[00:42:20] We can get a beer for six, but craft beer for six bucks anymore, especially not at the

[00:42:24] parks.

[00:42:25] You go to the parks, that's 12, 14 bucks.

[00:42:27] Absolutely.

[00:42:28] Easy.

[00:42:28] Yeah.

[00:42:29] I remember thinking like, wow, we get multiple beers for the price of one in DCA.

[00:42:33] And you know what?

[00:42:34] And I think and most people have said this before and we've said it over time, but you

[00:42:38] know the I think the prices for alcohol at the American parks keep going up because

[00:42:43] people keep getting too drunk.

[00:42:45] And I think it's a problem.

[00:42:46] I think we think it's multiple issues.

[00:42:48] One is that they Disney knows they can make money on it.

[00:42:51] Sure.

[00:42:51] So they're just going to keep raising the price.

[00:42:52] But I think it is also just like they're doing with the prices to get in the parks.

[00:42:56] They're trying to price people out of it so they don't drink as much.

[00:43:00] But I don't and I know that there, you know, every country has an alcohol problem to some

[00:43:05] extent.

[00:43:06] But I don't think Japan has the same kind of social outbursts as we do here.

[00:43:13] You know, these are the getting wasted on, you know, Sierra Nevada torpedoes and riding

[00:43:20] Mickey's wheel of death.

[00:43:21] Well, and I do.

[00:43:23] I think that there's also just a very different thing in culture.

[00:43:26] I mean, obviously there is.

[00:43:28] But like in in American culture, you know, you're going to the parks with your family.

[00:43:35] But you can't handle your family because you don't spend much time with them.

[00:43:39] And so this condensed amount of time with them, you find the need to have to drink yourself

[00:43:44] through it.

[00:43:44] Right.

[00:43:45] Yeah.

[00:43:45] Even going to the grocery store as a teenager, you have to put your headphones on.

[00:43:49] Yeah.

[00:43:49] You can't spend time with your family in America.

[00:43:53] So you should drink through it.

[00:43:55] Yeah, absolutely.

[00:43:57] Yeah.

[00:43:57] I totally buy what you guys are saying.

[00:43:59] Like the everyone was like we basically had beers every single day we were in Japan because

[00:44:06] it was cheap and it was delicious.

[00:44:07] No one has a problem.

[00:44:10] Not a single person was rowdy ever.

[00:44:13] Oh, man.

[00:44:14] There was one moment in time.

[00:44:15] This is like such a fascinating, like cultural thing.

[00:44:17] Like we were it was I think it was the last night we were leaving Disney Sea.

[00:44:23] But we had left the park and one guy like was like kind of younger.

[00:44:29] I think he was like a teenager.

[00:44:30] He like sprinted and like laughed really loud.

[00:44:33] Like that was it.

[00:44:33] It wasn't anything sketch.

[00:44:35] He wasn't doing anything crazy, but it was quiet.

[00:44:37] And he like like the whole crowd just like turn and looked at him and then he sat down

[00:44:42] like, yeah, maybe he had a beer or two.

[00:44:44] That was it.

[00:44:45] Damn.

[00:44:45] That was it.

[00:44:46] The entire trip.

[00:44:47] That was the most I'd seen of anybody getting rowdy.

[00:44:49] It was crazy.

[00:44:50] Well, and I have another theory about it, too, because the drinking age in Japan is 18.

[00:44:55] And I do really think well, I don't necessarily think we should lower our drinking age.

[00:45:00] I do think there's something to be said for these countries who have a lower drinking age

[00:45:03] where it's not such this thing that you're waiting for.

[00:45:06] Like we put such we put drinking on such this pedestal where like other countries, it's like,

[00:45:13] I don't know, have have a glass of wine with dinner when you're 15.

[00:45:16] Like who cares?

[00:45:17] Yeah.

[00:45:17] Like it's just it's like a non-issue.

[00:45:20] Agreed.

[00:45:21] Yeah.

[00:45:21] But some of them do still have lots of issues.

[00:45:23] I'm just saying like we have such an issue with alcohol in America.

[00:45:28] Oh, yeah, for sure.

[00:45:29] They totally have it under control in Japan.

[00:45:31] It's not even a thing.

[00:45:32] It's just it's just like you can drink on the street while you're walking.

[00:45:37] Or at least we did.

[00:45:38] And I'm pretty sure.

[00:45:39] I can't tell if we were supposed to.

[00:45:42] At least the Americans did.

[00:45:42] Yeah.

[00:45:43] I saw other people doing that.

[00:45:45] I'll tell you what, Pete, let's take a break and we'll come back.

[00:45:48] We'll talk about some rides and, you know, sort of wrap it up.

[00:45:52] What do you think of that?

[00:45:52] Sure.

[00:45:53] All right.

[00:45:53] Hang on, everyone.

[00:45:54] Ears up.

[00:45:55] We will be right back.

[00:46:00] And now back to the show that ignites your dream wish of imaginations and magical color wonderment of forever.

[00:46:08] Ears up.

[00:46:10] We're back here with Mr. P.

[00:46:12] Shut up, P.

[00:46:13] Talking to you.

[00:46:14] Talking about you.

[00:46:15] For you.

[00:46:17] I know you can't hear my sounds, so.

[00:46:20] No, I can't actually.

[00:46:21] Oh, well, you have no excuse now.

[00:46:24] You have no excuse.

[00:46:25] No, I wanted to interrupt you.

[00:46:26] Okay.

[00:46:27] Well, good.

[00:46:28] That's fun for everybody involved.

[00:46:31] Appreciate you very much.

[00:46:32] So we're back here talking about P.

[00:46:34] And actually, we're talking about Tokyo Disney with Mr. P.

[00:46:37] Of course, one of the greatest American travelers we've ever, you know, had on this show.

[00:46:43] And what I want to do is go through some of the rides that you went on.

[00:46:47] You have this really cute chart.

[00:46:48] And you charted everything that you kind of went on.

[00:46:51] And how much it costs.

[00:46:52] And so you were saying that just like in the domestic parks, you can pay to like skip the lines or whatever.

[00:47:00] What was that cost like?

[00:47:02] Yeah.

[00:47:03] So I think for the big rides or the new rides.

[00:47:07] So like there when we went, I think the there's this whole new area that had opened up called Fantasy Springs.

[00:47:13] And that's where like that's like the new hotness.

[00:47:15] Right.

[00:47:16] Yeah.

[00:47:16] And so there's like four rides there.

[00:47:18] There's like Frozen.

[00:47:20] There's a Peter Pan ride.

[00:47:21] There's a Tico Barrel ride that we didn't go on because it's a kid's ride.

[00:47:24] And then there's a Rapunzel ride.

[00:47:25] And in the area itself is really cool.

[00:47:28] And so those rides and the bigger rides were about $13, 36 cents U.S., which is like 2,000 yen.

[00:47:37] And so I think it's on par about with what you'd pay for the like the per.

[00:47:41] Actually, no, I think that's cheaper even still.

[00:47:43] Yeah.

[00:47:44] It's way cheaper.

[00:47:45] I think it's like 35 bucks or it's no, it's a sliding scale out here.

[00:47:48] Right.

[00:47:49] Yeah.

[00:47:49] You're right.

[00:47:50] You're right.

[00:47:50] And then for.

[00:47:51] So that's to skip the line.

[00:47:52] So you paid 13 bucks and you skip the line.

[00:47:55] Right.

[00:47:55] Okay.

[00:47:56] And for the other rides you can pay for, which I think we only really paid for one ride that

[00:48:05] was like that was to go on journey to the center of the earth.

[00:48:10] And that was like the lesser ride.

[00:48:12] And that was pretty much 10 bucks U.S. to skip the ride.

[00:48:16] Okay.

[00:48:16] In your notes, it's journey to Cotie.

[00:48:19] Yeah.

[00:48:19] Journey to the center of the earth.

[00:48:21] Now I get it.

[00:48:22] And that's 10 bucks.

[00:48:23] And that's a mysterious island.

[00:48:25] Yeah.

[00:48:26] Yeah.

[00:48:26] That's the area.

[00:48:27] I love that.

[00:48:27] I love the naming scheme for these.

[00:48:29] It's so cool.

[00:48:30] Mysterious Island.

[00:48:32] Yeah.

[00:48:33] Disney Sea Park is my favorite park by far.

[00:48:36] It's, it's.

[00:48:37] I hear that.

[00:48:38] Everybody who goes.

[00:48:39] Everybody says that.

[00:48:40] Yeah.

[00:48:41] It was, it's one of those things where when you get there and you see all of it, like,

[00:48:46] like it's been a very long time since I've been so excited and just so blown away with

[00:48:51] how amazing everything is.

[00:48:52] Like, you know, like the excitement you used to get when you go to the park, like, oh, there's

[00:48:55] this new land.

[00:48:56] Oh, there's this new ride.

[00:48:57] Like that was like the entire time over there.

[00:48:59] Even with the rides that exist in the U.S. park, it was still better in a lot of ways.

[00:49:04] So yeah, I would definitely like in Florida when we went, I didn't want to go to the rides

[00:49:08] that we have in California.

[00:49:11] You know, it's like I've done, they're basically the same, but I would not do that in Tokyo.

[00:49:15] I would go to the rides because I know they're not going to be a one for one.

[00:49:19] It's going to be different no matter what, even if it's just the language safety spiel

[00:49:24] in the beginning.

[00:49:26] Something.

[00:49:26] Totally.

[00:49:27] I don't know.

[00:49:27] Yeah.

[00:49:27] I think that like the interesting thing about the rides in general, everything feels a little

[00:49:33] bit older, but in a good way.

[00:49:35] Interesting.

[00:49:36] Okay.

[00:49:36] Like comfortable, not shiny.

[00:49:40] I don't know, but safe.

[00:49:41] Yeah.

[00:49:41] I think a little bit of that.

[00:49:43] I mean, a lot of them felt newer, but they still just felt like they felt like they've

[00:49:47] been there for a long time.

[00:49:48] So like an example I'll give you is Pirates of the Caribbean.

[00:49:52] Yeah.

[00:49:53] It is effectively the same ride, except the queue is great and all of the original ride elements

[00:50:01] are still there.

[00:50:02] Every single one of them.

[00:50:04] Right.

[00:50:04] So like what?

[00:50:05] Like the auction off a bride is still there.

[00:50:09] Okay.

[00:50:09] Like the pirates chasing the women around circles.

[00:50:12] Oh, I imagine.

[00:50:13] Yeah.

[00:50:13] I can't imagine that Japan is going to get rid of that.

[00:50:16] Yeah.

[00:50:17] Yeah.

[00:50:17] So, so yeah, it's, it was just interesting to see, like, it's kind of fun that everything

[00:50:22] is still like pretty much OG and like, like journey to the center of the earth.

[00:50:27] That ride was like, you could tell it's been around for a while, but it didn't matter because

[00:50:32] it was so good.

[00:50:33] Like the theming, the sounds, the ride, the queue to get there.

[00:50:38] Just 10 out of 10, 11 out of 10, even like the whole time.

[00:50:43] Damn.

[00:50:43] He's going for it.

[00:50:44] It almost sounds like it's like a nostalgic dream for Disney fans.

[00:50:50] Yeah.

[00:50:50] It just like, like that little area, there's two rides in and then there's the volcano.

[00:50:54] Right.

[00:50:54] And you're just standing there waiting to get a gyoza dog and the volcano is erupting

[00:50:59] and you can feel the heat of the flames.

[00:51:00] I'm sorry.

[00:51:01] Hold on.

[00:51:01] Hold on a second.

[00:51:04] What?

[00:51:05] What is a gyoza dog?

[00:51:08] I sent you a picture.

[00:51:09] I believe it's, it's a, so you know how you have a pork bun and it's like round and

[00:51:13] white.

[00:51:14] Sure.

[00:51:14] Sure.

[00:51:14] So this is a hot dog shaped one, like a long one.

[00:51:18] And in the center, it's like the filling of gyoza.

[00:51:21] God.

[00:51:22] Oh.

[00:51:23] It was really good.

[00:51:25] I know it sounds delicious, but like I can't think of like who put this together.

[00:51:30] Well, cause they're trying to come up with the Japanese version of a hot dog and they

[00:51:34] did it.

[00:51:35] Corn dog.

[00:51:35] It sounds like it's on a stick.

[00:51:38] No, no, it's not a stick.

[00:51:40] Well, and it's not deep fried.

[00:51:41] It's just, um, it's just a, it's like a bow.

[00:51:44] It's like a bow.

[00:51:45] Yeah.

[00:51:45] It's so, it's like, cause gyoza is fried.

[00:51:46] Right?

[00:51:47] Yeah.

[00:51:47] So it's a long, it's a long bow.

[00:51:50] Yeah.

[00:51:51] You know, it's, it's probably about that.

[00:51:52] It's probably about a foot long or so, maybe a little less than a foot.

[00:51:55] Yeah.

[00:51:56] Yeah.

[00:51:56] So, you know, you know me, I'm like, Oh, it's like glizzy gyoza.

[00:52:00] I'm about that.

[00:52:01] Let's try it out for the lulls.

[00:52:03] And then I had one.

[00:52:03] I'm like, this is amazing.

[00:52:04] Of course.

[00:52:05] And this is what I was talking about, about the food.

[00:52:08] It's like, I would be, I would just spend a day doing that and getting sick.

[00:52:12] I would.

[00:52:12] Yeah.

[00:52:13] I would want to try every single thing.

[00:52:15] Every single thing.

[00:52:16] I would probably, that's, I would probably go for two weeks and every day I would just

[00:52:20] spend at one food cart going through everything.

[00:52:24] So that was basically our Japan trip in general was like, we went for the food.

[00:52:29] 95% of our map were places to eat.

[00:52:32] Yeah.

[00:52:33] It has to be.

[00:52:34] Yeah.

[00:52:35] Yeah.

[00:52:35] The one, one tip I got to give everybody though, cause I, this was kind of a letdown

[00:52:40] cause I did not find this in my research.

[00:52:43] Things that's like the little kiosks that sell food and treats and snacks there, they like will

[00:52:49] close at random times and they're all different and they all have different closing times in

[00:52:53] some cases.

[00:52:54] Like, it's very odd.

[00:52:55] There was this, um, everyone raved about this.

[00:52:59] Uh, it's like a salt ice cream.

[00:53:02] That's like over in the little, like the little mermaid area.

[00:53:05] And I'm like, it's a hot day, dude.

[00:53:07] Let's go get that.

[00:53:08] It was like two o'clock in the afternoon.

[00:53:10] Yeah.

[00:53:10] Closed.

[00:53:11] And we're just like, that's it.

[00:53:14] That was our last day.

[00:53:15] It was, we're never going to be here at 2 PM.

[00:53:17] So we didn't have getting it, but, um, and like a lot of places close early too.

[00:53:21] So like your, your options start to get limited.

[00:53:23] So like, if you do go for food, go for food and maybe spend an extra day just to chase

[00:53:28] food.

[00:53:28] Okay.

[00:53:29] To make sure you get it all.

[00:53:30] Interesting.

[00:53:31] I'm looking through, uh, your chart of rides here.

[00:53:35] So you had another 11 out of 10, which is Indiana Jones and the temple of the crystal

[00:53:39] skull.

[00:53:40] What was so good about that?

[00:53:42] I mean, it wasn't that a terrible movie.

[00:53:45] Is it based on the movie?

[00:53:46] Then either have I.

[00:53:49] We've we'll probably watch it, but probably not for a while.

[00:53:52] Um, the, the queue was incredible.

[00:53:58] It was a giant Mayan pyramid.

[00:54:00] And to get into it, you walk through like this little jungle area.

[00:54:04] And like, I sent you some pictures and like, there's like an excavation happening in the

[00:54:09] eatery nearby.

[00:54:10] And you walk through and you see these like big holes in the ground with like bones coming

[00:54:13] out.

[00:54:14] It's, it's super cool.

[00:54:15] Wow.

[00:54:15] And then you go into the Mayan pyramid and the theming is phenomenal.

[00:54:19] Like there's a, there's a hole in the ceiling and there's water dripping from the ceiling

[00:54:24] into a big puddle down the bottom.

[00:54:26] It's just, the theme was impeccable.

[00:54:28] It was better than the U S I love the theming of the U S one in California.

[00:54:32] Yeah.

[00:54:33] This one was better in my opinion.

[00:54:35] Yeah.

[00:54:35] Okay.

[00:54:36] I mean, I wonder if it's a, you know, thematically correct.

[00:54:39] I mean, did the Mayans have a puddle of water?

[00:54:41] I don't know.

[00:54:43] I don't know about that.

[00:54:44] Now did they, did they know about dripping?

[00:54:48] Dripping technology was not invented.

[00:54:50] I didn't think so.

[00:54:51] They called them out on that.

[00:54:51] You know what?

[00:54:52] Ancient, ancient aliens.

[00:54:53] In my English language, I told them this is not like, Oh, okay, please move forward.

[00:55:00] The, I think the other thing about that ride, which made an 11 out of 10 for me was like,

[00:55:06] it took everything that the ride in the U S is supposed to be.

[00:55:09] And it worked.

[00:55:11] Everything worked perfectly and everything happened at the right time.

[00:55:14] And it was thrilling.

[00:55:15] And maybe I couldn't, because I couldn't understand the people in the car next to me.

[00:55:19] They're just yelling and saying things to Japanese.

[00:55:21] But like, I got off that ride, like super pumped.

[00:55:25] I was thrilled.

[00:55:26] I was legitimately thrilled riding it.

[00:55:27] The snake was perfect.

[00:55:28] The eye shooting at the right time.

[00:55:30] The sounds were on dial.

[00:55:32] Everything was dialed in.

[00:55:33] So you're not, you're not talking worked as in like a conceptually you're talking.

[00:55:37] It's like functionality was, was, was on.

[00:55:41] It didn't go down a single time.

[00:55:42] Wow.

[00:55:43] And everything was in sync.

[00:55:45] What is so funny about just even that statement is like, as somebody who has ridden that ride so many times in my life,

[00:55:55] I didn't really think about it until you just said it.

[00:55:58] How, how not often I have gone on it where it has worked all well.

[00:56:06] Like, either the eye is not working or the, the big boulder's not working or the snake's not, like something is always not working.

[00:56:14] But I didn't really realize that until you said that everything was working.

[00:56:18] I was like, oh, that would be really nice.

[00:56:21] Yeah.

[00:56:21] Yeah.

[00:56:21] And it was more detailed.

[00:56:22] Like the, like, you know, when you go through the, like they shoot the, like, you know, arrows past you or whatever.

[00:56:29] And it's just like painted wall.

[00:56:31] It's just flat with some tubes sticking out.

[00:56:32] Like, if I recall, there were like carved statues like that were textured in 3D and it would just, it felt, everything felt so much better.

[00:56:42] See, and it was just.

[00:56:43] This is interesting to me because I want to find out if that was actually true or if you were so hopped up on the goofer that you, in hindsight, you're like, dude, they were real skeletons.

[00:56:54] And they were reaching for me, brother.

[00:56:56] And they were saying, join us.

[00:56:58] You know, like, I wonder if you're just like making that up because like in your head, it just sounds, you know, you want it to be that much cooler.

[00:57:06] That could be the case there.

[00:57:07] Like, I vaguely remember that, but I think I remember that.

[00:57:10] But I will say there was a point where I was sitting in the front right.

[00:57:13] Yeah.

[00:57:13] And we turned a corner and a skeleton reached me and I could have, I could have grabbed it.

[00:57:17] I could have grabbed it.

[00:57:17] It was right in my face.

[00:57:18] Oh, man.

[00:57:19] It was crazy.

[00:57:20] I was like, stay with him.

[00:57:21] Probably.

[00:57:22] Yeah.

[00:57:22] I was like, how do people not like, how is this?

[00:57:25] Okay.

[00:57:26] Like, if this is America, it'd be trashed.

[00:57:27] Oh, my God.

[00:57:29] Absolutely.

[00:57:30] Absolutely.

[00:57:31] You have another one here.

[00:57:34] Let me see the Baymax one, which you call Baymax sprays you in the face with water and you'll enjoy it.

[00:57:40] Right.

[00:57:41] It wasn't even a ride, dude.

[00:57:43] Oh, it was just Baymax.

[00:57:46] It's an attraction.

[00:57:47] Oh, yeah.

[00:57:48] We were.

[00:57:49] It was so funny.

[00:57:50] This is the funniest thing.

[00:57:50] It was the like the we just got in.

[00:57:53] We had some food.

[00:57:54] We were sitting down.

[00:57:55] I think I was like put on sunscreen or something.

[00:57:57] And it was really hot, really, really hot.

[00:57:59] And like we're sitting in this little place where we got some like bread.

[00:58:02] I think that's where I got like the Mike Wazowski bread or something.

[00:58:05] And we're sitting there and you see this Baymax float coming by and there's music.

[00:58:09] And I'm like, oh, that's cool.

[00:58:10] There's a little parade starting.

[00:58:11] It must be a parade.

[00:58:11] And there's kids just standing there going like this, like just wait.

[00:58:15] And we're like, just like arms to the arms to the sky, like at a revival tent.

[00:58:19] Yeah.

[00:58:20] Not every kid was like that, but I definitely saw at least one.

[00:58:23] See again.

[00:58:25] And I'm just like these kids like they have.

[00:58:26] They do have a Baymax ride.

[00:58:28] And so they love Baymax there.

[00:58:29] And I was like, cool.

[00:58:31] It's probably a parade.

[00:58:32] Yeah.

[00:58:32] And then like we're watching it and they just start blasting water at these kids.

[00:58:37] And they're just like get blasted in the face of water.

[00:58:40] We're like, what is happening, dude?

[00:58:42] Is it like with squirt guns or is it like from UHF where you get to drink from the fire hose?

[00:58:47] Like it was it was a solid, you know, like it was a stream.

[00:58:50] It was like a fountain stream.

[00:58:52] Wow.

[00:58:52] Shooting at them, like picking them off as it went by.

[00:58:55] And like spraying mist.

[00:58:57] It was.

[00:58:57] Yeah.

[00:58:57] And so like I guess they really care about your health while you're there and your safety.

[00:59:02] Oh, that can't be true.

[00:59:03] There's no way.

[00:59:05] No government entity or any sort of organization anywhere cares about people's health.

[00:59:10] Right.

[00:59:11] Right.

[00:59:12] Yeah.

[00:59:12] So like they're spraying you with water to cool you down.

[00:59:15] And then they had announcements.

[00:59:17] It was actually pretty cute.

[00:59:18] Like as you're walking, you hear announcements in Japanese and in English saying, hey, everybody,

[00:59:22] it's really warm today.

[00:59:23] Please make sure you seek some shade and take breaks and don't forget to drink some water.

[00:59:26] And you're just like, that's nice.

[00:59:28] Why?

[00:59:29] Why are they being so nice to me?

[00:59:31] Like what's going on here?

[00:59:32] You feel you're walking around feeling all suspect of everything.

[00:59:36] Right.

[00:59:37] Right.

[00:59:38] Right.

[00:59:38] Right.

[00:59:38] Right.

[00:59:38] What was a terrible ride?

[00:59:40] What was the worst attraction or ride that you did there?

[00:59:44] Oh, man.

[00:59:45] This is going to sound crazy, but I'm looking at my ratings right now.

[00:59:49] Okay.

[00:59:49] There's there's kind of two for different reasons.

[00:59:52] So I'm going to get I'm going to do the shock factor first.

[00:59:54] Big Thunder.

[00:59:55] Wow.

[00:59:56] Interesting.

[00:59:57] Yeah.

[00:59:59] The theming was great.

[01:00:00] Like Big Thunder always is.

[01:00:02] Okay.

[01:00:02] It was not fast.

[01:00:04] There was maybe one turn like it was it was quote unquote fast.

[01:00:07] But there was one turn where I was like, oh, here we go.

[01:00:09] And then it slowed down.

[01:00:10] And you're just like, it's just condensed.

[01:00:13] Right.

[01:00:13] Oh, that's so bad.

[01:00:15] Yeah.

[01:00:15] It was a little bit of a bummer because that's like the most thrilling ride they had in that

[01:00:18] park because I mentioned earlier Space Mountain was down.

[01:00:20] Right.

[01:00:21] So, yeah.

[01:00:23] Similar to that.

[01:00:24] There is a ride called Raging Spirits, which is a roller coaster.

[01:00:29] Okay.

[01:00:29] Sounds awesome.

[01:00:30] I would I would actually technically rank lower because it was it was even smaller and

[01:00:35] it was even slower.

[01:00:36] It had one loop.

[01:00:38] The one loop was the one time for half a second.

[01:00:40] You're like, yes.

[01:00:41] And then it's over.

[01:00:42] Oh, it's like a kid's ride then.

[01:00:44] Oh, yeah.

[01:00:44] And I couldn't fit in it at first.

[01:00:46] I had to like I like it's so small.

[01:00:49] I like put my foot in.

[01:00:51] I tried to sit and then I'm like, oh, I can't move my knee.

[01:00:54] I had to get out and re-approach it just to get in.

[01:00:57] This is me in most of the rides at this park at Disneyland.

[01:01:02] I can't I can't do it.

[01:01:04] Impossible.

[01:01:05] How tall are you?

[01:01:05] What how tall guy are you?

[01:01:07] Six to six to.

[01:01:08] Yeah, I'm six five.

[01:01:11] I would hate it over there.

[01:01:13] You would like me to get your head on a lot of things.

[01:01:16] Yeah, for sure.

[01:01:17] Which is fine.

[01:01:17] You know, you can hear the gong from a mile away real fast before we wrap it up.

[01:01:22] I do want to talk about the height of different stuff.

[01:01:24] Now, do they have different height requirements as in the U.S. parks or is it kind of all the same?

[01:01:29] I guess you didn't compare them, but is stuff shorter there than it is over here?

[01:01:35] Is that a hard thing to get used to?

[01:01:36] Like when you wash your hands in the restroom, were you bending over like lurch?

[01:01:41] Yeah, things are short for sure.

[01:01:42] A hundred percent everywhere you go.

[01:01:44] That is where I should live.

[01:01:47] Yeah, the the the hotel we stayed at, I think is like kind of like I think one of the reasons I was attracted to it because it looked more like a U.S. hotel room and the counters were higher there.

[01:01:55] But yes, everywhere you go is a little bit shorter.

[01:01:59] I don't have kids, so I didn't look at the heights.

[01:02:01] They were probably about the same.

[01:02:03] How are the beds when you were in the hotels?

[01:02:05] Were they like long normal or were they like five feet and you're just you're hanging off the end of them?

[01:02:11] The biggest bed that I slept in was at this hotel at the parks and it was a double.

[01:02:19] Oh, so my feet were still hanging off.

[01:02:22] But at least it was wide, wider.

[01:02:25] Sure.

[01:02:25] And like we had a double room and so it was just two of us.

[01:02:29] And so we pushed the beds together to make one big bed.

[01:02:32] We each kind of got like a double to ourselves, which was kind of nice.

[01:02:35] But in general, the beds are much smaller and you definitely should plan for that.

[01:02:41] OK, see, this is what I wouldn't think about.

[01:02:44] And then I would go there and I would be miserable because I need space.

[01:02:48] And when I'm sleeping, I need it.

[01:02:49] Or you at least need to know going in that like you're going to have to sleep diagonal.

[01:02:53] No, I wouldn't go.

[01:02:54] I'd be like, oh, that's not going or I'm sleeping on the floor.

[01:02:57] The beds are very stiff, too.

[01:02:59] There's almost no padding and I'm not even exaggerating.

[01:03:02] Like it is like sleeping on the floor almost in most places.

[01:03:05] And the reason another reason I chose the Sheraton is because I saw some girl do a review and she's like, here's how thick the mattress is in the Hilton.

[01:03:14] And it was like she held her hand up and it was like, you know, about this much of her hand.

[01:03:18] And she's like, here's at the Sheraton.

[01:03:19] And it's just like there's an actual cushion here and it's a little bit more comfortable.

[01:03:22] And it was so.

[01:03:24] So you have to teach your friends who you went with how to do research like that because apparently nobody knows.

[01:03:29] Yeah.

[01:03:30] Apparently they didn't know.

[01:03:31] They shorted you on everything.

[01:03:34] Yeah.

[01:03:35] Well, I love it.

[01:03:36] I think it's great.

[01:03:37] It sounds like Japan has everything.

[01:03:38] But you know what it doesn't have?

[01:03:40] Hell or high.

[01:03:41] What is it called?

[01:03:43] Twilight.

[01:03:45] Eclipse.

[01:03:45] Oh, twilight.

[01:03:46] Yeah.

[01:03:46] You're right.

[01:03:47] Sully's going to kill you.

[01:03:48] Hell or high twilight from the 21st amendment.

[01:03:50] You can go check that out now.

[01:03:51] It is their winter seasonal.

[01:03:53] No more is the hell or high pomegranate, which brings much sadness to the generations before and after Taryn.

[01:04:00] So disappointed.

[01:04:01] But that's okay.

[01:04:02] People love a hell or high twilight.

[01:04:03] It's good to change things up a little bit.

[01:04:05] And it's a very citrus forward beer.

[01:04:07] So if you like, I like to think it's like an American wit beer.

[01:04:12] So if you're like a Belgian wit beer, like a, you know, Blue Moon or, you know, St. Bernardus wit or something like that, or even the Allagash wit.

[01:04:20] But it's like that, but a little bit more malty and not as like flowery with like cardamom, not cardamom, but I can't, I can't.

[01:04:32] Birds, grains of paradise, but I can't remember.

[01:04:34] Anyway, whatever.

[01:04:35] It doesn't matter.

[01:04:36] It's very delightful.

[01:04:37] It has a really bright citrus note, but it still has a lot of malt in it too to kind of keep it more winter in like the winter vein.

[01:04:43] It does feel like a winter beer.

[01:04:44] Yeah.

[01:04:45] Yeah.

[01:04:45] It's great.

[01:04:46] It's good stuff.

[01:04:47] So you can check that out there.

[01:04:48] You know, wherever 21st Amendment is sold, you can go to 21stamendment.com and find that out.

[01:04:52] And if you're in the Bay Area, please go visit the San Leandro Brewery and the San Francisco one as well.

[01:04:58] It has a nice brew pub.

[01:04:59] That's the original place.

[01:05:01] Both places have food and both places are great.

[01:05:03] And you know what?

[01:05:04] Maybe if you go to San Leandro, P and I'll meet you out there and you can buy us a beer.

[01:05:08] What do you think of that?

[01:05:09] There you go.

[01:05:10] That's all you got to say.

[01:05:11] I take anyone who visits me.

[01:05:13] I take them there and I make them buy me beer.

[01:05:14] It's great.

[01:05:15] Hell yeah, dude.

[01:05:15] I love that for you.

[01:05:16] Basically same.

[01:05:17] Yeah, for sure.

[01:05:18] I mean, because they have a giant outdoor area.

[01:05:20] And so I love getting there.

[01:05:21] They open at noon on the weekends.

[01:05:22] We get there at noon or 1150.

[01:05:25] Go sit out there.

[01:05:26] You get some food, get a beer or two, and you just like spend a couple hours.

[01:05:30] The food is amazing.

[01:05:32] It's ideal.

[01:05:34] Kind of ideal.

[01:05:34] Actually, I changed my mind.

[01:05:35] Nobody go there because I don't want it to start being this big thing as much as Sully

[01:05:41] would be like, what are you doing?

[01:05:43] I want my own place, man.

[01:05:45] Yeah.

[01:05:46] It's super good.

[01:05:47] I love that place.

[01:05:48] Dude, that place is big enough where Sully should make a Club 33 equivalent and just pay

[01:05:56] and just charge membership fee and be like, all right, for $10,000 a year, you get to

[01:06:03] get on this second level and it's a private club and you can do the things or whatever.

[01:06:08] Oh, yeah.

[01:06:10] I bet he makes some money.

[01:06:12] Good idea.

[01:06:13] P, thanks, man.

[01:06:14] I appreciate the rundown.

[01:06:15] And if anyone's listening live who's a Patreon member, you can look forward to more P in about

[01:06:23] 15 minutes.

[01:06:24] And we'll talk a little bit more about his trip probably and do a bunch of Disney news.

[01:06:29] We have a drink, of course, to make.

[01:06:31] I have a cocktail to go make.

[01:06:32] It's going to be a hot chocolate with some booze.

[01:06:34] I'm excited about it.

[01:06:35] Love that.

[01:06:35] And if you want to be a Patreon member, go to patreon.com slash ears up.

[01:06:38] You get the link right there.

[01:06:39] You can pop over and once we end this stream, we'll just start the one on YouTube and go make

[01:06:45] the drink and, you know, kind of hang out a little bit.

[01:06:48] What do you think of that?

[01:06:49] Yeah.

[01:06:49] Yeah.

[01:06:50] And if anybody, you guys also have a discord and like I have an entire document I put together,

[01:06:55] like we barely scratched the surface.

[01:06:56] Like we didn't even talk about, you know, the Tower of Terror, for example.

[01:07:01] Right.

[01:07:01] That's a crazy thing.

[01:07:02] A really cool thing.

[01:07:03] So like just hit me up on the discord and I'll share with whatever I can.

[01:07:06] There you go.

[01:07:07] Yeah.

[01:07:07] And if you want the link to the discord, it's always in the show notes and, you know,

[01:07:11] stuff like that.

[01:07:12] So P, I appreciate it, dude.

[01:07:13] Once again, thank you very much.

[01:07:14] It sounds like you had a great time and I can't wait to hear more about it when you

[01:07:18] go next time and we stay here.

[01:07:21] I'll go with you.

[01:07:22] Tara, go with you.

[01:07:23] Yeah.

[01:07:23] Yeah.

[01:07:24] Sounds good.

[01:07:24] I'll stay home by myself.

[01:07:25] You have to bring Alice.

[01:07:27] That's the thing.

[01:07:27] I'll bring Alice.

[01:07:28] Oh, hell yeah, dude.

[01:07:29] So I'll get three weeks by myself.

[01:07:31] I'm not going for three weeks.

[01:07:32] I'll go for two weeks.

[01:07:34] But yeah.

[01:07:34] Oh, okay.

[01:07:35] You could go for three weeks.

[01:07:36] That's pretty good.

[01:07:37] Yeah.

[01:07:38] I'll get two weeks by myself.

[01:07:39] Great.

[01:07:40] All right, everybody.

[01:07:41] Thank you.

[01:07:41] Thank you lot.

[01:07:42] Thank you lot.

[01:07:43] Much Times, everybody.

[01:07:44] I appreciate the things that you're doing for me right now.

[01:07:47] Where's my outro?

[01:07:48] There it is.

[01:07:50] All right.

[01:07:50] Yeah.

[01:07:51] Thanks for listening, everybody.

[01:07:52] I appreciate it.

[01:07:52] And next time you hear our voices, well, it'll be January because this is our last show for

[01:07:58] December.

[01:07:58] But I'm in the process of editing the Buena Vista Boys new show we just edited.

[01:08:03] We just recorded last night.

[01:08:05] It's The Treasure of Matakumbe.

[01:08:07] It's just a weird movie.

[01:08:08] It sounds weird.

[01:08:09] It's on Disney Plus if you want to watch it.

[01:08:11] It's bizarre.

[01:08:12] It is absolutely bizarre.

[01:08:15] The cool thing is, or one of the cool things is one of the characters in it is the same

[01:08:21] actor who did the voice for Prince John in the Robin Hood cartoon.

[01:08:24] And you can hear it whenever he like kind of does these little, blah, blah, blah, blah,

[01:08:29] blah, blah, blah.

[01:08:30] He's also the voice of the walrus in Alice in Wonderland.

[01:08:35] Cool.

[01:08:36] Kind of neat.

[01:08:37] I don't know.

[01:08:37] That's why I like doing that show.

[01:08:38] It's pretty fun.

[01:08:39] So that should be out, I'm going to guess, Monday or something like that.

[01:08:42] And then, you know, look forward to that.

[01:08:44] So it'll be a good time.

[01:08:45] All right.

[01:08:46] Thank you very much, everybody.

[01:08:48] And until next time, see the parks.