Visitors Guide to Tokyo DisneySea

The Tokyo Disney Resort's second gate opened September 4, 2001 and welcomed more than 12 million visitors in 2024, making it the world's seventh-most visited theme park, with Tokyo Disneyland a few spots ahead in fourth. With a concept originally conceived as a second gate for Disneyland on a site adjacent to the Queen Mary in Long Beach, California, Tokyo DisneySea is a eight-time winner of our Theme Park Insider Award as the world's best theme park.
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Our recommendations below come from our year-end survey of Theme Park Insider readers. Locations with star ratings ★ ranked especially highly among our readers.
What to Do
Readers' Picks
- Indiana Jones Adventure: Temple of the Crystal Skull ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
Motion-base ride in Lost River Delta. (Same ride as Disneyland's Indiana Jones Adventure, but better maintained.) Height requirement: 46 inches - Anna and Elsa's Frozen Journey ★ ★ ★ ★
Disney's third - and most detailed - indoor boat ride themed to "Frozen."
- Journey to the Center of the Earth ★ ★ ★ ★
Dark ride with high-speed finish in the Jules Verne-themed Mysterious Island. Height requirement: 46 inches - Tower of Terror ★ ★ ★
Indoor drop ride in American Waterfront. Note that the theme here is Disney's made-up explorer Harrison Hightower, not The Twilight Zone. Height requirement: 40 inches - Sindbad's Storybook Voyage ★ ★
Indoor musical boat ride in Arabian Coast
- Peter Pan's Never Land Adventure ★
A new, 3D motion-base version of Disney's Peter Pan ride. Height restriction: 40 inches.
Other Attractions
Mediterranean Harbor
- Soaring: Fantastic Flight: Flying theater in Mediterranean Harbor. Height requirement: 40 inches
- Venetian Gondolas
- DisneySea Transit Steamer Line: Boats connecting Mediterranean Harbor, Lost River Delta, and American Waterfront
Mysterious Island
- Fortress Explorations: Interactive exhibitions in the Citadel Fortress
- 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea: Indoor ride
Mermaid Lagoon
- Flounder's Flying Fish Coaster: Togo children's coaster. Height requirement: 35 inches
- Scuttle's Scooters: Himalaya ride
- Triton's Kingdom: Indoor play area featuring several kiddie rides, including Jumpin' Jellyfish, Blowfish Balloon Race, The Whirlpool, and Ariel's Playground
Arabian Coast
- Caravan Carousel
- Jasmine's Flying Carpets: Aladdin-themed Zamperla Jets ride
- Magic Lamp Theater: Indoor theater show with Genie on screen
Fantasy Springs
- Rapunzel's Lantern Festival: An outdoor/indoor boat ride themed to "Tangled." 🎦 Video
- Fairy Tinker Bell's Busy Buggies: Sansei spinning track ride. 🎦 Video
Lost River Delta
- Raging Spirits: Intamin multi-inversion coaster. Height requirement: 46 inches
- Dreams Take Flight: Musical character revue on the Hangar Stage
Port Discovery
- Aquatopia: Trackless water ride
- Nemo & Friends SeaRider: Motion theater. Height requirement: 35 inches
American Waterfront
- Toy Story Mania: Interactive dark ride
- Turtle Talk: Interactive show
- DisneySea Electric Railway: Railcar transiting to Port Discovery. 🎦 Video
What to Eat
Top recommendations
- Magellan's: Table service restaurant inside the Citadel Fortress on Mysterious Island. This is the world headquarters of Disney's Society of Explorers and Adventurers.
- S.S. Columbia Dining Room: Table service dining aboard the ocean liner on the American Waterfront.
Park Map
To reach the Tokyo Disney Resort, take the JR (Japan Railway) Keiyo Line/Musashino Line to Maihama Station. Or take a bus from Narita Airport, purchasing your ticket at the Airport Limousine Bus Ticket Counter in the Narita Airport Arrival Lobby.
Strategy
The best way to buy tickets in advance outside Japan is through our partner, Klook: Buy Tokyo Disney theme park tickets. After that, arriving early is more important at Tokyo DisneySea than any other theme park in the world. Tokyo Disney fans do not mess around, queuing more then an hour before the park opens in order to reserve spots for the park's digital queues.
Download the official Tokyo Disney app before you arrive. Once you are scanned into the park, you will be able to use the app to buy Disney Premier Access or to request Priority Pass or Standby Pass access for select attractions. You will want to do this immediately, even as you walk - briskly - to your first destination.
Disney Premier Access is a paid Lightning Lane-like alternate queue access. Each park ticket can buy one Disney Premier Access for an attraction and one for a parade/show. You can buy another after 60 minutes, or the admission time for your first, whichever is earlier. The eligible shows are Believe! Sea of Dreams Nighttime Spectacular, Dream Take Flight and the new-for-2026 Dance the Globe! Eligible attractions are:
- Anna and Elsa's Frozen Journey
- Peter Pan's Never Land Adventure
- Rapunzel's Lantern Festival
- Journey to the Center of the Earth
- Soaring: Fantastic Flight
- Tower of Terror
- Toy Story Mania!
Priority Pass is a free digital queue. You can book your first when you enter the park, then another after 120 minutes or your first return time has passed, whichever is earlier. Eligible attractions are:
- Aquatopia
- Indiana Jones Adventure
- Magic Lamp Theater
- Nemo & Friends SeaRider
- Raging Spirits
- Turtle Talk
- 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
Standby Pass is another free digital queue, which is available for select restaurants and shops in the park.
Anna and Elsa's Frozen Journey is the Holy Grail here - with multi-hour wait times for those who do not buy Premier Access or get to the ride within moments of park opening. If you can buy Premier Access for that, head first for Soaring or Toy Story, as those are the next-longest waits in the park. Soaring has a Society of Explorers and Adventures [SEA] theme for the queue here, but Toy Story is the same as at other Disney parks, though it has an impressive facade. Beyond those two, your next priorities should be Peter Pan, Journey to the Center of the Earth, 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, and the Twilight Zone-less Tower of Terror. (Again, it has an SEA theme - this is the SEA's home park, after all.)
You can make dining reservations starting at 10am at the restaurants.