The Tokyo Disney Resort's second gate opened September 4, 2001 and welcomed more than 12 million visitors in 2023, 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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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.
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.
Disney Premier Access is a paid Fastpass-like alternate queue access. Each park ticket can buy one Disney Premier Access for an attraction and one for a parade/show. The eligible show is Believe! Sea of Dreams Nighttime Spectacular, while the eligible attractions are:
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:
Standby Pass is another free digital queue, which is available for the four Fantasy Springs attractions as well as select restaurants and shops elsewhere in the park. If you do not get a Standby Pass on your first attempt, check every 90 minutes after park opening - precisely - as new batches of passes might drop in the app. If you do not buy Disney Premier Access, you will need a Standby Pass for one of the Fantasy Springs rides to access that land, unless you are staying at the hotel and have a package that grants land access.
Once your digital queues assignments are secured, try first for Soaring or Toy Story, as those are the longest waits in the park. Soaring has a Society of Explorers and Adventures [SEA] theme for the 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 (in order) 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.
