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| Location | Tokyo Disney Resort,Urayasu,Chiba Prefecture, Japan |
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| Coordinates | 35°37′58″N139°52′50″E / 35.63278°N 139.88056°E /35.63278; 139.88056 |
| Status | Operating |
| Opened | April 15, 1983; 42 years ago (1983-04-15) |
| Operated by | The Oriental Land Company |
| Theme | The Kingdom of Dreams and Magic |
| Area | 126 acres (51 ha) |
| Website | Tokyo Disneyland official website (English) |
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| The Oriental Land Company |
Tokyo Disneyland (Japanese:東京ディズニーランド,Hepburn:Tōkyō Dizunīrando; local nicknameTDL)[1] is a 126-acre (51 ha)theme park at theTokyo Disney Resort inUrayasu, near Tokyo in Chiba Prefecture, Japan[2] Its main gate is directly adjacent to bothMaihama Station andTokyo Disneyland Station. It was the firstDisney park to be built outside the United States and it opened on April 15, 1983. The park was constructed byWED Enterprises in the same style asDisneyland in California andMagic Kingdom in Florida.[2] It is owned bythe Oriental Land Company, which licensesintellectual property fromthe Walt Disney Company. Tokyo Disneyland and its companion park,Tokyo DisneySea, are the only Disney parks in the world not owned or operated by the Walt Disney Company in any capacity.
The park has seven themed areas: theWorld Bazaar,Adventureland,Westernland,Fantasyland,Tomorrowland, Critter Country andToontown. Many of these areas mirror those in the original Disneyland as they are based on American Disney films and fantasies. Fantasyland includesPeter Pan's Flight,Snow White's Scary Adventures, andDumbo the Flying Elephant, based on Disney films and characters.[3] The park is noted for its extensive open spaces to accommodate the large crowds that visit the park.[2] In 2024, Tokyo Disneyland hosted 15.1 million visitors, making it the fourth-most visited theme park in the world and thesecond-most visited theme park inAsia.[4]
The site for Tokyo Disneyland was part of a 600-acre landfill designated in the 1960s as a recreational area to address the growing demand for entertainment in theTokyo metropolitan area. This decision set the stage for the eventual establishment of the Tokyo Disney Resort.[5]
The idea of a Japanese Disneyland dates back to the late 1950s when Japanese businessman Kunizo Matsuo approachedWalt Disney with the idea of a Disney park inNara. While it is rumored Walt initially agreed to the idea, he later dropped out of it. Matsuo, still determined to open his Disney-themed park, openedNara Dreamland in 1961, a near replica ofDisneyland except without Disney's characters or intellectual property. This park would continue to operate until 2006, and was eventually demolished in 2017.[6]
In February 1974, the Oriental Land Company (OLC) formally invited Disney executives to Japan for a fact-finding tour. In June of the same year, the company's president, Chiharu Kawasaki, visited Disney's headquarters to reinforce the OLC's desire to bring Disneyland to Japan. Kawasaki once again extended an invitation to the top Disney executives to visit Japan; the offer was taken up in December.[7]
After many years of negotiations Masatomo Takahashi, president of the OLC, signed the initial contract for the construction of Tokyo Disneyland in Chiba Prefecture in April 1979.[8] Japanese engineers and architects visited California to tour Disneyland and prepare to construct the new park.[9] The construction of the park began a year later and was covered by hundreds of reporters as an indication of the high expectations for the park in the future. The final cost of Tokyo Disneyland was 180 billion yen rather than the projected 100 billion yen.[9]
On February 28, 2020, the OLC announced a temporary closure of Tokyo Disneyland and DisneySea from February 29 to combat theCOVID-19 pandemic.[10] The closure, originally slated to expire in mid-March, was later extended twice, with the latest extension being until July 1, 2020.[11]
With a few exceptions, Tokyo Disneyland features the same attractions found inDisneyland andWalt Disney World'sMagic Kingdom.[2]
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World Bazaar is the main entry corridor and primary shopping area of Tokyo Disneyland. Despite the use of the word "World" in its name, the general look and theme of World Bazaar is that of early 20th-century America, matching the "Main Street, USA" areas of other Magic Kingdom-style parks. World Bazaar consists of two intersecting "streets": Main Street (the primary corridor running from the main entrance towardCinderella Castle), and Center Street, which forms a perpendicular line with Main Street and leads to Adventureland in one direction and Tomorrowland in the other. World Bazaar has a permanent canopy covering the Main Street and Center Street areas, designed to protect guests from the elements.[12][13]
Adventureland consists of two distinct yet complementary areas: A New Orleans-themed area and a "jungle"-themed area. It borrows stylistic and architectural features from theNew Orleans Square and Adventureland areas found inDisneyland Park in the United States.[12][13]
Westernland is an "old west" themed area, the counterpart ofFrontierland in other Magic Kingdom-style parks. The landscape of Westernland is dominated byBig Thunder Mountain, aMonument Valley-style mountain surrounding amine train roller coaster, and theRivers of America, a man-made waterway that is home to theMark Twain Riverboat,Tom Sawyer Island, and numerous live andAudio-Animatronic animals.[12][13]
Critter Country is a small area of the park with the main attraction beingSplash Mountain, alog flume ride which opened in 1992 and is based on the animated sequences ofDisney's 1946 filmSong of the South.[14][15]
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Like other Magic Kingdom theme parks, Fantasyland's central entryway is a castle, in this caseCinderella Castle, a near exact copy of the one in Florida's Magic Kingdom. Lacking any "thrill rides", Fantasyland's attractions are generallydark rides that take visitors through scenes fromDisney Animation's films such asSnow White and the Seven Dwarfs,Peter Pan, andPinocchio.[12][13]
A newBeauty and the Beast sub-section opened in September 2020 as part of the theme park's largest expansion. A dark ride namedEnchanted Tale of Beauty and the Beast is housed in the new Beauty and the Beast Castle with Maurice's Cottage and Gaston's Fountain at its entrance.[16] The new section also houses Belle's Village which includes the La Taverne de Gaston eatery, and Village Shoppes selling souvenirs and gifts.[17]
A new stage show venue named Fantasyland Forest Theatre is also part of the expansion. With a capacity of 1,500 people, the venue will introduce a 25-minute Mickey's Magical Music World show.[18]
Like its counterpart atDisneyland, Toontown (called "Mickey's Toontown" at Disneyland) is heavily inspired by the 1988 filmWho Framed Roger Rabbit. The major attraction here isRoger Rabbit's Car Toon Spin.[12][13]
A new attraction named Minnie's Style Studio opened in September 2020 as part of the theme park's largest expansion. As a character greeting area, it allows guests to take photos with Minnie who will be wearing a rotating selection of seasonal outfits.[17]
As is the case with other modern-day Disney theme parks, Tokyo Disneyland'sTomorrowland forgoes a realism-based vision of the future and instead features science-fiction fantasy themes. Architecturally it borrows much from the 1971–1993 version of Florida's Tomorrowland. Rides includeSpace Mountain, andStar Tours – The Adventures Continue.
A rotating car ride namedThe Happy Ride with Baymax opened in September 2020 as part of the theme park's largest expansion. The ride is the first Disney attraction to be themed based onDisney Animation's 2014 filmBig Hero 6.[19] A new specialty space-themed popcorn shop named The Big Pop also opened on the same day.[18]
The park is expected to receive an attraction themed aroundDisney Animation's 2012 filmWreck-It Ralph, which is originally set to open in 2026 and it was delayed to Spring 2027[20][21] as well as the third renovation of Space Mountain in Tomorrowland, which will be reopen in 2027.[22]
| year | visitors |
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| 2006 | 12,900,000[23] |
| 2007 | 13,906,000[24] |
| 2008 | 14,293,000[25] |
| 2009 | 13,646,000[26] |
| 2010 | 14,452,000[27] |
| 2011 | 13,996,000[28] |
| 2012 | 14,847,000[29] |
| 2013 | 17,214,000[30] |
| 2014 | 17,300,000[31] |
| 2015 | 16,600,000[32] |
| 2016 | 16,540,000[33] |
| 2017 | 16,600,000[34] |
| 2018 | 17,907,000[35] |
| 2019 | 17,910,000[36] |
| 2020 | 4,160,000[37] |
| 2021 | 6,300,000[38] |
| 2022 | 12,000,000[39] |
| 2023 | 15,100,000[40] |
| 2024 | 15,104,000[41] |
Since the park opened in 1983, Tokyo Disney Resort has regularly been one of the most profitable Disney resorts. By 1994, over 149 million people had entered through the gates of Tokyo Disneyland, more than Japan's entire population of 127.6 million at the time.[42] In 1996, it employed 12,390 people, making Tokyo Disneyland the biggest workplace in Japan's diversionary outings at that time.[42] Many speculate that Tokyo Disneyland is such an economic success due to timing and location; the theme park lies in a metropolitan area with a population of 30 million and opened at the height of abooming economy where hard-working citizens desired an escape from reality.[43]
Tokyo Disneyland states that one of its main aims is to improve the park and diversify from the limits of thedomestic Disney parks. Tokyo Disneyland has recently been adding a national identity within the parks by adding attractions with distinctly Japanese qualities.Cinderella Castle displays the Disney character and story plot yet presents the story through the eyes of the Japanese. Once dominated byDisney Legends, Masatomo Takahashi, the former president of The Oriental Land Company, states this growth and development as one of its primary goals: "We must not just repeat what we receive from Disney. I am convinced that we must contribute to the cultural exchange between Japan and U.S.A."[9]
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