Topic: The Crawler Family Goes To Japan

[FJ 40 Dave]

Looks like they are enjoying themselves.  Have fun

[helipilot77]

Hey! Quit holding out on the MC windbreakers!! 

No Kidding those are awesome! I wonder if THE MAN will be recognized by anyone over there?

[Cheesemaker]

Mike is gonna have a hell of time getting him out of the Toyota factory, and headquarters!!   



Mike, it looks like mom is excited to be there.  And Misato looks happy to be home to see family.  Have fun Mike! 

[BigMike [OP]]

Thanks guys. We're having a great time over here!

We were doing too much to be continuously posting so I put the phone away for a while.

Here is a shot looking towards the "Mysterious Island"



The fam



Ha! Two polish engineers

[BigMike [OP]]

Those who have been to either California Adventure or Hollywood Studios should recognize this, the Tower of Terror. But in Japan, as they don't know anything about the old TV show The Twilight Zone, it uses a story or some turn of the century artifacts collector / world traveler who collected a possessed Indian headpiece that caused him and his home to be cursed.



Here is the entrance to Toy Story Mania, which we in no way were able to ride (waaaay too many people)



Merry early Christmas!

[BigMike [OP]]

So they are CrAzY for American popcorn here, and I tried to collect many pics from all the different popcorn, so here we go

[BigMike [OP]]

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[BigMike [OP]]

Check out the $500 Duffy the Bear (who?) and Duffy ear warmers

[BigMike [OP]]

So ticket prices to get in to Tokyo Disney is only about $60-$70 per person. Even a park hopper is less than $100. It is much cheaper than compared to USA Disney. But pay for it with souvenir prices that are pretty crazy, and Japanese people go absolute bonkers for Disney souvenirs. Seriously bonkers. Apparently Tokyo Disney is the most profitable Disney in the world and it shows. People were walking all around holding a ton of stuff and we saw 3 or 4  people throw down over $300 at gift shops.

Bumper boats



Inside the Tower of Terror. Cool Mr Potato Head hat



It was Christine's first time on a free-fall ride like this and it shows haha

[BigMike [OP]]

Marlin trying on some hats. Whadda ya guys think?





A random sign outside. That must be some fresh fish

[BigMike [OP]]

Jules Verne's journey to the center of the earth... One of my favorite rides here



Marlin getting attacked & tickled

[OVRAROK]

6.2 earthquake just hit central japan, hope your not in that area

[Cheesemaker]

They are at or near Tokyo Bay now.  They should be ok.   

[Nation]

Yeah guys! Hope EVERYONE. Is ok!

[BigMike [OP]]

Hey thanks for the shout out on the quake. We felt it alright, just before 10p. Our Airbnb Apartment room we are staying in is on the fourth and top floor of a small building and we were swaying from side to side with power lines our side doing a dance.

The quake was 150-something miles to our west-west-south. Here is a report I was just reading: http://earthquake-report.com/2014/11/22/very-strong-earthquake-eastern-honshu-japan-on-november-22-2014/

Our power never went out

[BigMike [OP]]

I'm quite behind on updates.

Here is outside of the Indiana Jones ride. Without a doubt the attention to detail inside is higher than it's American equivalent. Probably because they already have a highly successful copy to model after



Marlin the stud



Christine is allergic to pork products so here we are inquiring about what the food is cooked in, beings that most things are cooked in Lard here. Its interesting to me because I'd think the "healthy" Japanese wouldn't do this.

[BigMike [OP]]

Lunch time! Probably the last Mexican-type meal until we return to the States



Cute Centeal American themed Christmas tree. Oh and the lady there is cute too



This whale of a gift store is within the Enchanting World Under the Sea (the Little Mermaid), which is a kids playground but has my wife's favorite show of the park, a live human-controlled mechanized walk-through of The Little Mermaid story. Unfortunately for us it's currently closed for improvements. Well it better dang we'll be worth it!!

[mountainguyed67]

Tell Marlin I saw a Toyata in the wrecking yard. I haven't been to a wrecking yard, but tell him anyway and see what reaction you get. Ha ha.