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New official photo from Disney of food kiosks in Fantasyland:



Source: https://dtimes.jp/post-413649/

New official photo from Disney of Stargazer Supplies merchandise kiosk:



Source: https://dtimes.jp/post-412872/

New official photos from Disney inside Minnie's Style Studio:





















Sources: https://www.fashion-press.net/news/16753 and https://dtimes.jp/tokyo-dinsey-land-minnie-style-studio/

New official photos from Disney of The Happy Ride with Baymax:











Sources: https://www.fashion-press.net/news/54123 and https://dtimes.jp/tokyo-disney-land-baymax-happy-ride/

La Taverne de Gaston in Fantasyland at Tokyo Disneyland has soft opened today:



















Sources: https://magazine.atnavi.net/photo/2722/?article=2721 and https://www.fashion-press.net/news/16753

The Big Pop in Tomorrowland at Tokyo Disneyland has soft opened today:



























Sources: https://dtimes.jp/tokyo-disney-land-big-pop/ and https://www.instagram.com/p/CFjQ8yKjg50/ and https://www.instagram.com/p/CFjQ0r7j-iZ/

I much appreciate your comments and thoughts on this new attraction! Very interesting to hear from someone who understands Japanese. Domo arigato.......

That's very disappointing to hear that the attraction does not have that "Disney Magic" yet......maybe they will close it soon to make the improvements needed.

I guess on paper it is a fantastic concept that needs to be upgraded on site.

Originally Posted by Guest

Maybe it feels underwhelming because the story narration is all in Japanese? Imagine experiencing the ride in English where the story narration and English version of the songs may communicate more to an English guest. Also, I imagine this is an amateur video that may not capture all that is going on in the halls of the ride....it may be really difficult to capture the power of the experience unless you ride it yourself....

Especially the "Winter" scene and "Ballroom" scene are overly long with not too much to look at. The "Be My Guest" scene is in my opinion by far the best one, with a great buildup to a kinetic finale. The fact that it comes at the very beginning does not help with the ride's pacing though.

The huge capacity with 6 vehicles is very well choreographed and timed, but it requires huge empty floors. When there are few scenes and not too much going on, it leaves un underwhelming feeling unfortunately. The big dance at the end does not feel like the big pay-off. Smaller scenes where you are closer to the action like in Pooh's Honey Hunt or Mystic Manor would have been more engaging probably.

Source: Attractions Magazine

Originally Posted by Guest

Maybe it feels underwhelming because the story narration is all in Japanese? Imagine experiencing the ride in English where the story narration and English version of the songs may communicate more to an English guest. Also, I imagine this is an amateur video that may not capture all that is going on in the halls of the ride....it may be really difficult to capture the power of the experience unless you ride it yourself....

So I actually thought that was the case as well, that other people who think it’s underwhelming is because they didn’t understand the language. However, I guess much to your surprise, I am Japanese lol. So even though I could understand everything I just couldn’t get into the “Disney” feel on this ride. And yes, You are right, I could never imagine what exactly it will be like until I personally ride it myself.
But I still am hoping for them to improve some of the scenes on its grand opening.
Looking forward to chatting with all of you for Fantasy Springs and other projects,
Philip