Spring Carnival - Part 3

This is the final part to my series of posts on Tokyo DisneySea's Spring Carnival event. The first four photos show "Fantasia Gardens" which was a temporary setup in the American Waterfront section of the park.


The Tower of Terror can be seen in the background of this next pic.

The shot below features the dancing mushrooms from Fantasia's "Nutcracker Suite." We can also see thistles (dressed as Russian Cossacks) dancing with the the orchids from the same sequence.

Here's a topiary of Mickey as the Sorcerer's Apprentice.

Next we have Jasmine's Garden from the Arabian Coast section of the park.

The park's double decker carousel can be seen in the background of this next pic.

This topiary of Jasmine was placed on top of a fountain that normally has terra cotta tigers around it's base. For this special event, the tigers were all replaced with versions that feature Genie.

I hope everyone enjoyed this "Spring Carnival" series of posts. I'm not sure yet where we'll visit in my next post. Anaheim? Orlando? Tokyo? Paris?

Spring Carnival - Part 2 and 200th Post!

This is my 200th post.....I never thought I'd make it this far! I guess I can stop now. Well, there is a Part 3 to this series, so maybe one more post after this and then I can retire.

Today for Part 2, we have more photos from Tokyo Disneyland's Spring Carnival event. These flower carts were in the Mediterranean Harbor area, near the park's entrance archway.


Here's a close up of the floral picture on Mickey and Pluto's cart.


Donald's flower cart was shaped like a boat.


These two carts were actually inside the entrance archway, underneath the park's Mira Costa Hotel.

This Mickey head was covered in succulent plants. (I posted a close-up shot of this last year.)

These flowers were sitting outside of the Portofino Cafe.

There is some major layering going on in this last picture. It was taken on a bridge. The green metal seen just on the other side of the wrought iron is another bridge that the DisneySea Electric Railway travels over. The red bridge beyond that is for both pedestrian traffic and the American Waterfront vehicles. The real Tokyo Bay can also be seen (faintly) just beyond that bridge, and then on the left is the S.S. Columbia.

In the final part to this series, we'll visit Fantasia Gardens and Jasmine's Garden!

(Happy Birthday, Dad!)

Spring Carnival - Part 1

Since today is the very first day of Spring, let's take a look at Tokyo DisneySea's Spring Carnival event. These pictures were taken in the park's Mediterranean Harbor area in 2008. That's a topiary of Jiminy Cricket on the right.


The "25" represents the 25th anniversary of the Tokyo Disney Resort. Technically, it didn't become the "Tokyo Disney Resort" until 2001 when Tokyo DisneySea opened, but it was the 25th anniversary of the opening of Tokyo Disneyland.

Here are Pinocchio and Gepetto during the day......

....and at night.

Next, we have the Blue Fairy getting ready to work her magic. (The ruins in the background are supposed to be ancient Roman Aqueducts.)

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These floral vignettes are only on display during the park's Spring Carnival event which runs from April through June. This year will mark the fourth year for this special event.

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Happy First Day of Spring, everyone!

Happy St. Patricks Day!

Well, it's not a shamrock....but it is green, so it will have to do for today. It's a Mickey head made up of succulents. This was on display last April at Tokyo DisneySea for their "Spring Carnival" event.

Happy St. Patrick's Day to everyone!