After so many warnings not to visit during this time of year, I’m so glad I ignored them. :) these were taken April 30-May 4th. First time in Japan (now I’m in Tokyo) and I absolutely fell in love with Kyoto!!!
May 7, 2026 - May 8, 2026 2 Day Unlimited Attractions VP RECAP! I monitored posted standby times as well as the time we entered the queue to the time we were physically loading onto the ride. This trip was myself and my husband.
I’ll spoil the ending and say the Vacation Package was MORE than worth it. We did everything we wanted to do and are back at our hotel in Shinjuku by 6pm on our second Disney day (today) because we - again - finished everything we wanted to with plenty of time to spare. Not only was being able to re-ride the rides we enjoyed most super fun, we saved more time than I thought possible with the unlimited priority access passes. We had the most incredible time. The parks are clean, staff is friendly, all of the rides work and the timing is so good on all of them. The PEOPLE (as in parkgoers) are so patient and respectful. We didn’t have any line cutter experiences, noticed way fewer strollers, and the pre-show rooms were quiet and largely phone free which was incredible. Also, as a California Disneyland/DCA regular I was blown away by how much longer these rides felt.
Stayed in Fantasy Springs Hotel, picked up the VP and dropped off luggage at hotel around 7:30am on 5/7.
DAY 1: Disneyland
Lined up 8:15am
Scanned into park 9:05am
Ride 1: Pinocchio - walk on/no wait
Ride 2: Pooh’s Hunny Hunt Posted wait: 50 min Actual: 9:18-9:27 (9 minutes)
Ride 3: Beauty & the Beast Posted wait: 180 min Actual: 9:48am-10:11am (23 minutes)
Ride 4: Baymax Posted wait: 80 min Actual: 10:45am-10:50am (5 minutes)
Ride 5: Monsters Inc Posted wait: 50 min Actual: 11:10-11:15 (5 minutes)
Ride 6: Big Thunder Posted wait: 40 min Actual: 1:05-1:10 (5 minutes)
Ride 7: Snow White Posted wait: 15 mins Standby actual: 1:25-1:39 (14 minutes)
Ride 8: Star Tours (closed priority lane, not busy enough) Posted wait: 5 min Standby actual: 2:15 (0)
Ride 9: Haunted Mansion (closed priority lane, not busy enough) Posted wait: 13 min Standby actual: 3:52-4:04 (12 minutes)
Ride 10: Splash Mountain Posted wait: 30 min Actual: 4:15-4:25 (10 minutes)
Ride 11: Beauty & the Beast (second ride of the day) Posted wait: 70 min Actual: 4:54pm-5:16pm (22 minutes)
Ride 12: Pirates Posted wait: 5 min Actual: 5:57-6:01 (4 minutes)
LUNCH & DINNER NOTE - INCLUDED WITH VP: Blue Bayou 3 course meal for two (¥15,000 value) and Coffeehouse dinner for two (¥7,220 value)
🧜🏻♀️ DISNEYSEA MAY 8th (today) 🧜🏻♀️
Happy Entry (from Fantasy Springs Hotel): through security and in line 8:23am, scanned into park 8:42am
Ride 1: Anna & Elsa’s Posted wait: N/A Actual: (first priority entrance guests) 8:46am-8:52 (walk on, slightly delayed as they were still preparing to run the ride and remove the ropes at various points through the queue)
Ride 2: Rapunzel’s Lantern Festival Posted wait: 5 min Actual: 9:03-9:05 (walk on, empty boat to ourselves)
Ride 3: Peter Pan Posted wait: 5 min Actual: 9:23-9:28 (5 minutes)
Ride 4: Raging Spirits Posted wait: 5 min Actual: 9:42-9:48 (6 minutes)
Ride 5: The Whirlpool Posted wait: 10 min Actual: 10:17-10:25 (8 minutes)
Ride 6: Journey to the Center of the Earth Posted wait: 200 min Actual: 11:01-11:09 (8 minutes)
Ride 7: Nemo Posted wait: 30 min Actual: 11:27-11:41 (14 minutes)
Ride 8: Tower of Terror Posted wait: 70 min Actual: 12:19-12:37 (18 minutes)
Ride 9: Soaring Posted wait: 120 min Actual: 1:47-2:10 (23 minutes)
Ride 10: Sindbad Posted wait: 5 min Actual: 3:54-4:00 (6 minutes)
Ride 11: Anna & Elsa’s (second ride of the day) Posted wait: 140 mins Actual: 4:30-4:42pm (12 minutes)
LUNCH & DINNER NOTE - INCLUDED WITH VP: Restaurant Sakura for lunch & The Snuggly Duckling for dinner. We did not attend either reservation.
Please feel free to ask me any questions! I like to think I’m experienced with Disney in general (passholder in CA, multiple trips to WDW in Florida and once to Paris). However, this was my first time visiting Japan so I planned for close to 10 months.