Tokyo DisneySea
  Mount Prometheus, the icon of the Tokyo DisneySea |
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| Location | Tokyo Disney Resort, Urayasu, Chiba, Japan |
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| Coordinates | 35°37′36″N 139°53′17″E / 35.62667°N 139.88806°ECoordinates: 35°37′36″N 139°53′17″E / 35.62667°N 139.88806°E |
| Theme | Nautical, exploration and adventure |
| Operated by | The Oriental Land Company |
| Opened | 4 September 2001 |
| Area | 176 acres (71 ha) |
| Website | Tokyo DisneySea official website (English) |
Tokyo DisneySea (東京ディズニーシー?) is a 176-acre (71.22 ha) theme park at the Tokyo Disney Resort located in Urayasu, Chiba, Japan, just outside Tokyo. It opened on September 4, 2001, at a cost of 335 billion yen. Owned by The Oriental Land Company, which licenses Disney characters and themes from The Walt Disney Company, Tokyo DisneySea attracted an estimated 14 million visitors in 2013, making it the third-most-visited theme park in the world. Tokyo DisneySea was the second theme park to open at the Tokyo Disney Resort and the ninth park of the eleven worldwide Disney theme parks to open. Tokyo DisneySea was the fastest theme park in the world to reach the milestone of 10 million guests, having done so in 307 days after its grand opening. The previous record-holder was Universal Studios Japan 338 days after its opening.
Tokyo DisneySea has an overall nautical exploration theme to it. The idea for the park can be traced to a proposal to build a second theme park in Southern California called "Port Disney" in Long Beach, California, with the RMS Queen Mary as the main attraction. The idea was scrapped after the company endured financial trouble with the Euro Disney project. Later the idea was passed on to the Oriental Land Company to expand their resort.
There are seven themed areas or "ports of call". The entrance to the park is Mediterranean Harbor, which opens up to six more nautically themed ports: American Waterfront, Lost River Delta, Port Discovery, Mermaid Lagoon, Arabian Coast, and Mysterious Island.
Mediterranean Harbor is the entrance "port-of-call" and themed as an Italian port city, with Venetian Gondolas that guests can board and ride. Littered throughout the port are various shops and restaurants. Mediterranean Harbor's layout differs from the entry "lands" of other Disney parks as it is a large "V" shape rather than a main street that leads to a hub (as found in Disneyland's Main Street, U.S.A. or Disney's Hollywood Studios' Hollywood Boulevard"). To the right, the path leads to Mysterious Island, and to the left, the path leads to the American Waterfront. Built into the architecture in this port is the Tokyo DisneySea Hotel MiraCosta. The hotel serves as a full-scale reproduction of the various buildings of Portofino and Venice's ports. The Hotel MiraCosta serves as the southern berm (or border) of the park. Mediterranean Harbor also features the Fortress Explorations which is a large-scale interactive play area for guests that features exploration themed activities and attractions, The Legend of Mythica, a twenty-five-minute show located on the harbor, and Fantasmic!, premiered on April 28, 2011, as part of the park's 10th anniversary celebration, "Be Magical!" a nighttime spectacular also situated on the harbor that uses barges, fountains, Disney Characters and fireworks.
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