Tokyo DisneySea’s new Fantasy Springs area is now open. Here’s what awaits visitors
Tokyo DisneySea – the global brand’s only ocean-themed park – has just unveiled its long-awaited expansion to the public.
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The new themed land,
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Spanning 140,000
square meters and built at a cost of $2 billion (or 310 billion yen), it’s the eighth "port" in DisneySea and is the park’s largest expansion since opening in 2001. (The resort’s original Tokyo Disneyland park – owned by Oriental Land Co. Ltd. – opened its doors in 1983 and was the first Disney park to be built outside of the United States.)
A few Disney firsts
Visitors to the new port first head through a
tunnel passage made of rocks shaped like Disney characters from the three film franchises that inspired Fantasy Springs.