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Hakugei put me into a roller coaster frenzy at Nagashima Spa Land

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It’s time for The Parks for the Thirty-Fourth – Tokyo Drift to jump onboard another Shinkansen, taking me to Nagoya to visit a home grown Japanese theme park for the first time – Nagashima Spa Land! It’s home to a roller coaster that became a bucket list item for the trip as soon as I started looking into what roller coasters Japan had to offer: Hakugei, a woodie-steel hybrid coaster from Rocky Mountain Construction. And since I was there, I got to experience other incredible coasters such as Steel Dragon 2000, flying roller coaster Acrobat & Schwarzkopf classic Looping Star and more!
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I went from Tokyo to Osaka at 270 km/h on the Shinkansen bullet train

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The Parks for the Thirty-Fourth – Tokyo Drift hits the rails as I make my way from Tokyo to Osaka onboard the world famous Shinkansen bullet train! Join me for the high speed journey, complete with an Ekiben for lunch, then check out my hotel for my time in Osaka, the Hotel She, Osaka – each room has a vinyl record player! To make use of it, I head out to HMV & Books and pick up a little something to listen to on it while indulging in some treats and snacks from Family Mart!
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How is Tokyo DisneySea a real place?

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The second proper day of The Parks for the Thirty-Fourth – Tokyo Drift sees my first ever visit to what is widely considered the best – and certainly the most beautiful – theme park in the world, Tokyo DisneySea! This packed day includes the major attractions of the new Fantasy Springs expansion – Anna & Elsa’s Frozen Journey, Rapunzel’s Lantern Festival and Peter Pan’s Never Land Adventure. Plus, entertainment like Believe! Sea of Dreams, fireworks & more as well as Tokyo DisneySea mainstay attractions from Aquatopia to Sindbad’s Storybook Voyage, the Venetian Gondolas and much more! And in between all the attractions and shows, I found the time to eat iconic Disney food offerings like Mike’s Melon Pan and the Little Green Dumpling Mochi as well as yet another serving of Japanese curry at the Casbah Food Court (where they pretend it’s Indian Curry)! All this and more on the third episode of The Parks for the Thirty-Fourth – Tokyo Drift!
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Tokyo Disneyland gave me the Happiest Birthday

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The big day arrives as The Parks for the Thirty-Fourth – Tokyo Drift gets properly underway with my first visit to Tokyo Disneyland for my birthday! This celebration includes a Mickey Waffle for breakfast, showstopper E-Ticket attraction The Enchanted Tale of Beauty & the Beast, Walt Disney’s classic The Jungle Cruise, Pooh’s Hunny Hunt – Disney’s first trackless dark ride, Country Bear Vacation Jamboree, buffet lunch at the Crystal Palace Restaurant, Star Tours, Mickey’s Magical Music World, Splash Mountain, Big Thunder Mountain, Mickey’s PhilharMagic, my first time seeing a Disney electrical parade in over a decade with Tokyo Disneyland Electrical Parade Dreamlights and more!
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27 Ears of Disneyland Paris

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27 Ears of Disneyland Paris was my trip to Disneyland Paris in April 2019, accompanied by my sister. This was her first visit to Disneyland Paris and my first time staying at Disney’s Sequoia Lodge, as well as my first visit to the Cafe Mickey character dining restaurant in Disney Village. We also experienced the Marvel Season of Super Heroes, watched Disney Illuminations with the Life on Earth Disneynature pre-show, enjoyed Disney Stars on Parade, met characters like “Phantom” Mickey Mouse outside Phantom Manor and Donald Duck in the Plaza Hub.
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Disney’s New Year’s Eve Parade

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Watch the main feature parade – Disney’s New Year’s Eve Parade – from Disneyland Paris’s New Year’s Eve Party on December 31 2019, in full.

Uploaded as part of #virtualDLPNYE4, my virtual new Year’s Eve event reliving #DLPNYE3 in real time one year later as we deal with the complications of 2020 preventing international travel and keeping theme parks closed.

Shot in 4K with Dolby Stereo audio on a Sony Digital Imaging Handycam AX53. Finished on LumaFusion.
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