The Tokyo Disney Resort is a theme park and vacation resort located in Urayasu, Chiba, Japan, just east of Tokyo. It is owned and operated by The Oriental Land Company with a license from The Walt Disney Company. The resort opened on April 15, 1983 as a single theme park (Tokyo Disneyland), but developed into a resort with two theme parks, two (Disney) hotels, and two shopping complexes. Tokyo Disneyland was the first Disney theme park opened outside the United States. Tokyo Disney Resort has three main entertainment sections: Tokyo Disneyland; Tokyo DisneySea; and Ikspiari, which is a variation of the Downtown Disney shopping, dining, and entertainment area found at the Disney resorts in California and Florida. It also contains Bon Voyage! which is the official Disney goods specialty shop of Tokyo Disney Resort.

In 2008, the Tokyo Disney Resort will open a new theater housing a new Cirque du Soleil production. It will be the first permanent Cirque du Soleil theater outside of North America. Tokyo Disney Resort has three main entertainment sections: Tokyo Disneyland; Tokyo DisneySea; and Ikspiari, which is a variation of the Downtown Disney shopping, dining, and entertainment area found at the Disney resorts in California and Florida. It also contains Bon Voyage! which is the official Disney goods specialty shop of Tokyo Disney Resort.

In 2008, the Tokyo Disney Resort will open a new theater housing a new Cirque du Soleil production. It will be the first permanent Cirque du Soleil theater outside of North America.

Like the other Disney resorts, Tokyo Disney has numerous hotels. Its official hotels, Hotel Miracosta (the building which the entrance to Tokyo DisneySea is located at), and Disney Ambassador Hotel are the most expensive, yet provides the best view and the overall experience. It has 5 other hotels which are located on the TDR property, however, are not official Disney hotels. (Similar to "Good-Neighbor-Hotels" at Disneyland Resort in California.

The Tokyo Disney Resort is operated by Toshio Kagami.

Tokyo Disney Land

One of two theme parks in the Tokyo Disney Resort located in Urayasu, Chiba, Japan, near Tokyo. It was the first Disney park to be built outside of the United States and was opened on April 15, 1983. The park was constructed by Walt Disney Imagineering in the same style as Disneyland in California and the Magic Kingdom in Florida. It is owned by The Oriental Land Company, which licenses the theme from The Walt Disney Company. It, along with its companion park, Tokyo DisneySea, are the only Disney parks not owned by The Walt Disney Company.

There are seven themed areas, each complementing each other yet unique in their style. Made up of the World Bazaar, the four classic Disney lands: Adventureland, Westernland, Fantasyland and Tomorrowland, and two mini lands, Critter Country and Mickey's Toontown, the park is noted for its huge open spaces to accommodate the massive crowds the park receives on even moderate attendance days - Tokyo Disneyland was, up until three years ago, the single most visited theme park in the world, and its sister Tokyo DisneySea was the second.

Tokyo Disney Land Sea

A theme park at the Tokyo Disney Resort located in Urayasu, Chiba, Japan, just outside of Tokyo. It opened on September 4, 2001. It is owned by The Oriental Land Company, which licenses the theme from The Walt Disney Company. It, along with its companion park, Tokyo Disneyland, are the only Disney parks not owned by The Walt Disney Company.

Tokyo DisneySea has become one of the world's most visited theme park and one of the most popular Disney Parks in the world. An estimated 12.2 million visitors visited the park in 2004 [1]. It was the second theme park to open at the Tokyo Disney Resort, and the ninth park of the eleven worldwide Disney theme parks to open.

Ikspiari

A shopping, dining and entertainment complex at the Tokyo Disney Resort in Urayasu, Chiba, Japan. Owned and operated by The Oriental Land Company, it is the Japanese equivalent of the Downtown Disney complexes at the Disneyland and Walt Disney World Resorts in the USA.

The complex can be reached by the Tokyo Disney Resort Line, the resort's own monorail service, and also by car. It is popular with the Japanese local community as well as international tourists visiting the resort for the famous Tokyo Disneyland and Tokyo DisneySea theme parks.

How To Get There

Tokyo Disney is located near Maihama Station on the JR Keiyo and JR Musashino lines between Tokyo and Chiba. It takes about 15 minutes from Tokyo station.