Sunday – November 12
Arrived in Haneda Airport. Picked up sim card, lost my home sim card, met up with our driver I booked on Klook. Traveled to Sheraton Grande Tokyo Bay, approximately 40 minutes.
Checked in, booked a “ocean view” room. Apparently, the floor is called ocean view, and we had a view of the land side that had a view of the back of the parks. We called guest services and was able to move to a different room that had an actual ocean view. It had a nice view of Tokyo bay, and if it is clear you could see Mt. Fuji in the distance.
We took the Disney Resort Line to Ikspiari, which is a mall within the Disney property. The train only services the Disney Resort and has four stations: Resort Gateway Station, Tokyo DisneySea Station, Bayside Station, and Tokyo Disneyland Station.
We walked around, couldn’t decide where to eat. Decided to eat at a buffet restaurant that we thought was just desserts, but also had savory items. After dinner we went to the Disney Store and then went back to the hotel.
Taylor gave me the tip that you can use your Apple wallet to acquire a Suica card, which is used for transit and stores/vending machines. Apparently, Visa doesn’t work well in Japan, unless it is a specific bank. Luckily, I had other options to use and was able to secure funds for our travel throughout Tokyo.
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