Disney Sea

We overslept today. For Disney, we are usually up and getting kids ready pretty early.  We don't have anything like the Magic Hour like we usually do at Disney so we didn't need to be up super early.  We slept until 8:00 today.  The park opens at 9:00.  It was jump out of bed, speed showers, quick rolls with jam, and hit the train.  We arrived at 9:22 to the park.  In my opinion, it was kinda nice to sleep and arrive after all of the other people had already gone in.  I think it worked great.  Mack is usually up with the sun and she even slept in.  

None of us knew what to expect when we passed through the gates of Disney Sea.  It was a bit of a mystery to me.  I loved how pretty it was as we entered.  It didn't feel as much like a Disney Park as I was expecting, but it didn't curb my excitement.  

We headed right for the Raging Spirits roller coaster so we could get in line before the crowds hit.  Mack isn't interested in roller coasters so we have to split up if we want to ride. Fiona and I got in the 10 minute line while Brian and Mack enjoyed a ride more her speed.  Fiona and I were pretty excited to ride because it did a 360 loop. The funny thing was that the ride was really kind of slow and maybe not as exciting as we had hoped it would be.  We have found that a couple of times here in Tokyo.  The rides that usually turn your stomach upside down (Mack's description), don't really have the same exhilaration here.

 The park wasn't as crowded as we had expected, so the wait times weren't bad.  We used Mackenzie's pass a lot today though to help us with the rides she wanted to ride.  The Toy Story ride had a consistent wait of over an hour.  It's so nice to be able to wait in line while we are eating lunch.  She is just miserable in a line more than 15 minutes long.  We have been convincing her to do one "brave ride" per day.  It isn't easy to get her on anything she doesn't have on her mental list.  Yesterday she chose Big Thunder Mountain which I mentioned she didn't like it.  Today we somehow convinced her to go on the Indiana Jones ride.  We called it the Jeep Ride and had to continually tell her it wasn't a roller coaster.  Well, she was so freaked out on this ride.  So freaked out.  I feel bad when she is scared on rides, but we force her out of her comfort zone a little or she'll never leave it.  Tomorrow we are working on getting her on Splash Mountain.  She has to ride it!  We need to use her pass so we don't have to wait in line.  

Wet!

He rubbed his tail all over her and she was cracking up.

Late day sugar treat.

Fiona struggled today with her sister.  Mackenzie is really having  a hard time keeping it together here and is taking it out on Fi (and me).  Fiona is feeling homesick at this point and having her sister beat on her isn't helping.  I was explaining to her that Mackenzie's disability is invisible and sometimes we don't see her for who she is because of it.  We expect her to behave "normally" when really, she just can't do that consistently.  She lives in the moment completely.  If she is uncomfortable or frustrated, her fuse blows and she explodes.  She isn't able to have foresight and empathy at this point.  She just acts and reacts.  Well, taking this type of need on vacation is an extremely large amount of work.  Fiona isn't quite old enough to handle the load that it puts on our shoulders.  Midday it seems the worst and then just like "that", it's gone and she is happy and playing well with Fiona again.  Fiona is just happy when she can touch her sister and play.  They had a good time after the storm had passed.  

We finished our day on Tower of Terror.  No, not with Mack.  She did it when she was 4 and will never ever again.  We had Fiona sister-sit  and we left them sitting on a safe bench by the opening to a market.  It was 8pm and crazy windy tonight (I read 41 mph gusts).  I felt weird leaving them alone there.  All was fine.  The ride was more mild than the CA one was but it was nice to ride a non-child ride with Brian for a change.  

Tomorrow we are going one more time to Disneyland because we prefer it.  This will be the close of our Disney adventure.  I think we'll set an alarm tonight so we can be more ready to go in the morning!