Mediterranean Harbor

Tokyo DisneySea is divided into seven themed "ports" or "lands". The first "port" guests encounter after entering the park is Mediterranean Harbor. In the photo above, the Mira Costa Hotel can be seen in the distance. The archway in the middle of the hotel, is the same archway we saw in yesterday's post. It is the entrance into both the park and Mediterranean Harbor. The Spanish galleon in the foreground is a part of Fortress Explorations and the smaller boat out in the water is one of DisneySea's Transit Steamers. We will be visiting both of these attractions in future posts.

Another attraction in this area is the Venetian Gondolas. They are listed in the DisneySea guidebook along with the following description: "Enjoy a relaxing ride along the waterways of Mediterranean Harbor on an authentic gondola operated by gondoliers." The godolier's spiel is in Japanese, but also includes some basic Italian ("Arrivederci", "Ciao", etc.)

Pictured below, are some "ancient ruins." Hercules and Meg can often be seen posing for photos and signing autographs in this area.

Tokyo DisneySea!

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This is the entrance to the Tokyo Disney Resort's second theme park, Tokyo DisneySea. The buildings in the background are part of the Mira Costa Hotel which is actually inside the park. Guests walk through an archway below the hotel to enter the main area of the park.

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Here is the view as you are walking underneath the hotel.

The park's main icon is Mt. Prometheus. An attraction called "Journey to the Center of the Earth" is located inside the volcano and at it's base is Fortress Explorations. The guide book describes the fortress as, "an interactive play area that includes plenty of wondrous scientific instruments and a recreation of a Spanish galleon. I am sometimes tempted to call it the "Tom Sawyer Island" of this park, but that really would not do it justice.

We will be staying in Tokyo DisneySea for the next week or so and exploring this incredibly themed park.