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So, having made our weary way around the Dizzney Store at Maihama (and, not having actually purchased anything yet), we were ready to actually venture over towards Tokyo Dizzney.

To the Dizzney Park "Bon Voyage" store, just outside the park!

At this point, we were getting a little antsy, as our express purpose in visiting Tokyo was to attend a performance of Stitch Presents "Aloha E Komo Mai" at the Enchanted Tiki Room at Tokyo Dizzney Resort. So, after a quick recon of the Bon Voyage store, we hastened onto the walkway towards the park. Only to hear an announcement, in English, that the park had sold out, and the gates were closed, maybe for the day, or maybe to reopen at 5 p.m.

::sobs::

Undaunted, Mr. Tiki hustled us back to Maihama station, where we caught the first train to Tokyo Dizzney Sea. We'd evidently captured his imagination telling him about the various rolly coasters the park supposedly contained. By the by, in Japan, it costs 5 bucks to ride the Dizzney park train from one park to another! Rip off? Ya betcha.

We hastened to the Raging Spirits coaster, where, despite our trepidation, our spouse hovered over us as we obtained a Fast Pass ticket. And, then, on to Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. The line, as for many of the attractions in Tokyo, was pretty long, but we think is really one of the awesome-est rides we've been on! They roll a rock over you! It's so cool. We totally think our friend, Boneboy, needs to come along next time so he can get decorating ideas.

Anyways, we spent much of the time in line for IJ:KOCS freaked out about the possibility of riding Raging Spirits, which looks rickety, plus has a 180 degree loop-the-loop. So, first, we went and ate a full meal at the Indy-themed diner, and then went to spin around on a rolly coaster!! Recipe for disaster? Ya betcha! The ride, though, we'll have to admit, was pretty damned incredible. It's not as cool as Tower of Terror, but pretty high up there as far as Dizzney thrill rides.

A bit shaky-legged, we wandered back through the middle of the park, which is quite pretty.

It's kind of a Jules Verne-themed steampunk paradise. The bumper boats looked kinda fun. But we were on a Mission!

Anyways, by this time, it was getting near 5 pm, so after a quick scan of the Tower of Terror gift shop (sadly, they've decided to feature Mickey Mouse instead of Stitch in the newest selection of crap), we exited Dizzney Sea and caught the train for Dizzyland, where we were relieved to find, they'd once again opened the gates! Yay!!

We previously wrote about the tiki room here in case you missed it.

We were still full of trepidation, since the few rides we passed on the way to the tiki room all had 2-hour waits. But, as it turned out, we pretty much walked right into the tiki room. And then we hustled back over to the gift shop to look for Stitch-themed tiki. We don't have pictures, as the crap is still in transit, but, suffice to say, we were NOT disappointed!

We schlepped our prizes so far back towards Main Street, for one last round of in-park shopping, plus a traditional Japanese dinner of foot-long hot dogs. (We don't know why, but we always seem to end up eating tons of hot dogs in Japan. We almost never eat them at home.)

And then finally we hauled ourselves and our bags back to the Dizzney store near the station for several thousand more yen-worth of Xmas Stitchies (we literally had an entire team of clerks busy slathering everything in bubble wrap and then inserting into bags-inside-bags-inside-bags, as they like to do there), and thence to the train to pack everything back to Ikebukuro.