Ultimate Tips to Enjoy Tokyo Disneyland from a Pro

I’ve been dreaming to visit Tokyo Disneyland and sea since i moved to Japan. Because in Japan, Disney is a thing. Everyone including older people and grown up man loves Mickey, Minnie and all of the Disney character. Finally in early June i got to visit Disneyland and sea.
I went there with my 3 friends and one of them is Japanese whose already went to Disneyland more than 10 times since she was 3. She knows all the attraction and show, she remember all the place and know what’s good and not really good. Basically she is a pro. She plan our schedule, a really packed but fun schedule. I feel that our visit to Disneyland is a wonderful time because i got to enjoy almost all of the attraction, enjoy the place and the vibe. I am not gonna share our schedule because you only need to know these to plan your own schedule and make the best of your time in Disneyland or sea.

1. Download Tokyo Disneyland application
   To download this application you need to sign in at Japan apple store. It’s a little bit inconvenience but once you get it, it will be really helpful for you. The app shows the wait time for all of the attraction. It also shows the map of the park. It will save you so much time rather than rely on paper map.
2. Come as early as possible
   Be ready to line up 1 hour before the park is open because everyone especially japanese already line up at 6am. To save time, it’s better to buy the ticket in advance. You can get it online or buy at the convenience store, so you can get ahead and jump into the hassle. Why you need to get in the first in line?????
3. Knowing the fastpass time
   BECAUSE everyone will dashed into fast pass line once the park open. Fastpass will save your time for lining up the popular attraction. Note that fast pass is only open for certain hour (I am not sure exactly every what’s time but i think it’s only open until 1pm) so you need to get ready and run to get the ticket.
4. Eat breakfast
   Trust me you don’t wanna strolling and walking 20.000 steps without breakfast. You can can buy breakfast inside the park but to save time, you better bring some food from home and eat breakfast outside the park when you waiting for the park to open.
5. Lining up for the best attraction
   Find what kind of attraction you really want to ride and ride it first before it getting late. Because the park will get crowd and the waiting time will be longer.
6. Buy souvenir later
   To enjoy the park it will be so inconvenient to bring around shopping bag so it’s better to shop when you already done with a day and planning not to ride anything anymore. Note that there are sooooo many souvenir shops inside the park. And they divide the souvenir based on the area. For example the souvenir shop that locate near pooh attraction is only sell pooh stuff. So if you interested in some particularly item but you still want to ride attractions you can take a photo so you can remember when you go back to the store. If you cannot go back to that specific store inside the park (because you know the park is so huge) you can buy the souvenir outside the park. There’s one big souvenir store outside the park, near the disneyland gate, and i think it sell all of the item that you see inside the park. So it’s a convenient option!
7. Took photo at golden hour.
   Don’t forget golden hour because it is just so incredibly beautiful.