41:29 interesting to note with the queue, it was intentionally designed to be underwhelming to mimic other classic fantasyland darkrides. This, along with having the vehicles dispatch in a straight line, hides the fact that this is a trackless E-ticket until the grand reveal in the first scene. To the average guest going in with no prior knowledge, it primes their expectations to be low before absolutely shattering them by the end!
The history of that ride is fascinating in how they turned it around from being slightly scary to utterly charming, mainly by adding Chandu, music from Alan Menken, and changing Sinbad's eyes
Dang it all, you all are making me regret missing that one. It was down for maintenance when we went. I did see Fantasy Springs though and everything else but Haunted Mansion, which was down for the conversion to NBC.
One of my favorite details is in the dream sequence. There is an extra ride vehicle joining the chaotic scene with heffalumps and woozles that look like tourists. 😆
4:14 "Gentleman's exit." Been there, done that. I like to do Matterhorn though if I'm in the area and it's 5 min before closing time. The cast members are so nice and even though the wait time SAYS 20, in my experience, it's also a walk-on.
C'mon, guys. The thing you mentioned most throughout the video is how long you'll need to wait in the stand-by line and how complicated the reservation system is, but it passes the test for "Does it have a long wait? Does it have a complicated ticket system?"
Your "Is Winnie the Pooh a World Class Attraction?" video from 9 months ago was so entertaining, I'm glad we got a sequel! It really is a shame that Florida and California do not have the same fantastic animatronics as Tokyo, because the stateside versions have the potential to be amazing---the Florida version does a nice job including the main cast a bit more, and the whole rain/flood sequence is my favorite part of that ride. Disneyland in California has such a great woodsy setting for their attraction.
I rode this over the summer and agree, one of the top rides at Disneyland Tokyo. My armchair engineering would be to have wireless headphones with an English dub using the US animated voices.
18:38 I thought the reason this version was exclusive (juicy scluicy) to Tokyo was because their company paid for it and they pay for exclusive rights to their rides? Hence we'll never see this version, Beauty and the Beast, or any of the Fantasy Springs rides etc. anywhere else.
Easily one of the top 5 attractions at all of Tokyo Disney Resort! It’s just an all around cute and amazingly fun attraction that demonstrates why the Tokyo parks do it best. I’ll still give Peter Pan’s Neverland Adventure in Fantasy Springs my top spot but that could just be recency bias.
Hello, first time commenter here! Loved the show since its inception on Watcher, been watching every episode since! Did you guys go on the Journey to the Center of the Earth ride and if so, do you plan to do a video on it in the near future?
I've never been to any theme parks in the US, but I've been to the Tokyo Disney parks twice, once in 2009 with my whole family, then again this past summer with my sister, so this episode is a real treat! We made the mistake of getting in line for Honey Hunt around noon (sans fast pass, 1 hour wait) and it was so hot and humid I honestly thought I was going to pass out in the outside queue. Other outside queues have a bit of a breeze and some more shade (eg. Tower of Terror, Disneysea in general has more a breeze because of its location closer to the ocean), but the Honey Hunt queue in summer is totally unforgiving. But it was worth the wait, the ride was just as fun as I remembered from 2009! Also, we rocked up to the park at 9am just as it opened (on a Tuesday in July) and didn't really have to queue. It only took about 5 minutes to get in, so it seems the park was less crowded than at other times of the year. Yet the Honey Hunt wait time never really dropped below 40min. And yes, the Tokyo Lighting pass system is super confusing! We missed out on Fantasy Springs because we couldn't figure it out fast enough. Luckily we were able to snag some fast passes for Beauty and the Beast, there's no way I would have survived a 3 hour queue in that heat.
I also grew up with Winnie the Pooh and only recently watched Paddington to see what Ryan could mean - and I think he might have a point! (sorry Pooh bear!)
I love how they talked about how popular Snoopy is in Japan because Universal Studios Japan actually has the rights to Peanuts over there and I believe they have a Planet Snoopy land
So sad this is one of the only major rides that was closed on my only trip to Japan earlier this year. I was really excited after hearing so much about it! Oh well. I guess I just have to go back to Japan again sometime... Oh darn...
52:31 My wife and I went to Japan for our honeymoon. We spent 3.5 days in the Tokyo Disney Resort with two of those in DisneySea. We only spent the one full day and a little over half a day in Tokyo Disneyland. We weren't reserved about our paid Premier Access use that trip because honeymoon, but I'm sure we didn't spend a fortune (especially with the exchange rate). That said, we definitely were able to do this twice no problem. We also got to do everything in Fantasy Springs including Peter Pan and I think Tangled twice over 2 days. I think you might have juet hit an especially busy time or something? On another topic, I also LOVED the queue and couldn't disagree more about it starting IN the Hundred Acre Wood. That's what Disneyland's cute little queue is for in CA! And Orlando's is similar I believe. Instead, you follow Christopher Robin. You explore this cute little English garden, see the backyard shed, and then a little bedroom. All of it is FILLED with references to Christopher and his adventures. Then, in the last part of the queue you start to hit the story pages as you follow Christopher Robin out of reality and into the land of the Hundred Acre Wood.
I'm reminded of a video I saw. the vlogger and friends had no wait to get on the Pooh ride (in the Magic Kingdom) and yelled out WE WALKED ON POOH! to many chuckles in the chat
Anyone else park hopping in orlando this week? After hours event at magic kingdom was pretty cool last night, just about everything was a walk on. Got stuck on pan over the city of London for a few minutes, Ryan and Byron had been daydreaming of that on the Peter Pan episode
4:00 ride lines closing to cycle off the rides by closing is commonplace across Japan. Pair that with closing times of like 6 at amusement parks and you have a short day :/. Kinda shocked Disney does that too tho I thought it would only be like nagashima and Fuji Q
I’m not sure if both of you have ridden it but I would love to see you guys discuss journey to the center of the earth at tokyo disneysea! I haven’t been to that park yet but would love to know your thoughts, it’s a very interesting ride
If you want a good look at the potential of trackless dark ride potential, gotta check out Symbolica at Efteling in the Netherlands. That ride actually has completey different show scenes exclusive to which 'tour' you pick at the beginning.
First Pooh and friends evicted Mr Toad, then the Country Bears. Those Hundred Acre Woods cult members are dead to me! I don’t care how great their ride is!!
I grew up going on this ride but always chalked up my memories to childhood nostalgia. Then I went on it again in highschool and for the last 10 years since then it's been my favorite ride at Tokyo Disney. tbh I found the beauty and the beast ride to be a big disappointment because of the empty space issue that pooh's hunny hunt slayed
Why didn't you reach out to park hoppers or youtube followers who are in Japan and know Japanese?? I would have been happy to have helped, but I'm sure there are other paid followers who would have been happy to help with researching the ride. It's sad that you put this episode in the language barrier slot. Would you say the same for Paris? Hong Kong? Poo-san is crying.
Is there another channel offering such comprehensive Pooh coverage? I think not.
41:29 interesting to note with the queue, it was intentionally designed to be underwhelming to mimic other classic fantasyland darkrides. This, along with having the vehicles dispatch in a straight line, hides the fact that this is a trackless E-ticket until the grand reveal in the first scene. To the average guest going in with no prior knowledge, it primes their expectations to be low before absolutely shattering them by the end!
Now that both Ryan and Byron have been to Tokyo Disneysea I want to request Sinbads Storybook Voyage. It was a HIGHLIGHT to my trip
Honestly, the best ride in Disneysea! And i rode all the new rides in Fantasy Springs! (skip Rapunzel if it's more than a 20 minute wait...)
The history of that ride is fascinating in how they turned it around from being slightly scary to utterly charming, mainly by adding Chandu, music from Alan Menken, and changing Sinbad's eyes
seconding this. So glad they're finally covering Tokyo Disney rides... and Sindbad's is the king of them all!!
Dang it all, you all are making me regret missing that one. It was down for maintenance when we went. I did see Fantasy Springs though and everything else but Haunted Mansion, which was down for the conversion to NBC.
That ride kills it and it’s always a 5 minute wait… for like a 15 minute ride.
Shocked and proud of the lack of poo jokes from Ryan throughout this whole episode
Love Byron’s ears
One of my favorite details is in the dream sequence. There is an extra ride vehicle joining the chaotic scene with heffalumps and woozles that look like tourists. 😆
Haven’t even watched yet and I know this is gonna be a banger
glad to see pooh byron back
The best ❤
so happy I found you guys a week or two ago, I'm so obsessed and am almost caught up on all episodes!
4:14 "Gentleman's exit." Been there, done that. I like to do Matterhorn though if I'm in the area and it's 5 min before closing time. The cast members are so nice and even though the wait time SAYS 20, in my experience, it's also a walk-on.
Super glad I came here to watch the video version after listening to the entirety of the podcast during my commute, your outfits are delightful!
C'mon, guys. The thing you mentioned most throughout the video is how long you'll need to wait in the stand-by line and how complicated the reservation system is, but it passes the test for "Does it have a long wait? Does it have a complicated ticket system?"
they have poo bias
I actually can’t think of a ride that’s failed the average tourist test yet. They haven’t done Tron or Cosmic Rewind yet.
Love the episode!! and definitely love that this was uploaded on Sterling Holloway's birthday, intentional or not lol
omg that's amazing!
Your "Is Winnie the Pooh a World Class Attraction?" video from 9 months ago was so entertaining, I'm glad we got a sequel! It really is a shame that Florida and California do not have the same fantastic animatronics as Tokyo, because the stateside versions have the potential to be amazing---the Florida version does a nice job including the main cast a bit more, and the whole rain/flood sequence is my favorite part of that ride. Disneyland in California has such a great woodsy setting for their attraction.
I rode this over the summer and agree, one of the top rides at Disneyland Tokyo.
My armchair engineering would be to have wireless headphones with an English dub using the US animated voices.
Bring Mike from the party back on to discuss country bears!!!
18:38 I thought the reason this version was exclusive (juicy scluicy) to Tokyo was because their company paid for it and they pay for exclusive rights to their rides? Hence we'll never see this version, Beauty and the Beast, or any of the Fantasy Springs rides etc. anywhere else.
Easily one of the top 5 attractions at all of Tokyo Disney Resort! It’s just an all around cute and amazingly fun attraction that demonstrates why the Tokyo parks do it best. I’ll still give Peter Pan’s Neverland Adventure in Fantasy Springs my top spot but that could just be recency bias.
That bounce room was adorable. I began to giggle like a little girl
Growing up every summer we went to Cedar Point. I really hope they make it there. I'd love to see the newer rides.
I’ve never seen the tigger scene until now, OMG ITS SO CUTE
Armchair idea: Retheme it to Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey every October.
Hello, first time commenter here! Loved the show since its inception on Watcher, been watching every episode since! Did you guys go on the Journey to the Center of the Earth ride and if so, do you plan to do a video on it in the near future?
I've never been to any theme parks in the US, but I've been to the Tokyo Disney parks twice, once in 2009 with my whole family, then again this past summer with my sister, so this episode is a real treat!
We made the mistake of getting in line for Honey Hunt around noon (sans fast pass, 1 hour wait) and it was so hot and humid I honestly thought I was going to pass out in the outside queue. Other outside queues have a bit of a breeze and some more shade (eg. Tower of Terror, Disneysea in general has more a breeze because of its location closer to the ocean), but the Honey Hunt queue in summer is totally unforgiving. But it was worth the wait, the ride was just as fun as I remembered from 2009!
Also, we rocked up to the park at 9am just as it opened (on a Tuesday in July) and didn't really have to queue. It only took about 5 minutes to get in, so it seems the park was less crowded than at other times of the year. Yet the Honey Hunt wait time never really dropped below 40min.
And yes, the Tokyo Lighting pass system is super confusing! We missed out on Fantasy Springs because we couldn't figure it out fast enough. Luckily we were able to snag some fast passes for Beauty and the Beast, there's no way I would have survived a 3 hour queue in that heat.
I’m really vibing with the cutesy Pooh merch
hell yeah
I also grew up with Winnie the Pooh and only recently watched Paddington to see what Ryan could mean - and I think he might have a point! (sorry Pooh bear!)
paddington is a goated movie
I love how they talked about how popular Snoopy is in Japan because Universal Studios Japan actually has the rights to Peanuts over there and I believe they have a Planet Snoopy land
So sad this is one of the only major rides that was closed on my only trip to Japan earlier this year. I was really excited after hearing so much about it!
Oh well. I guess I just have to go back to Japan again sometime... Oh darn...
52:31 My wife and I went to Japan for our honeymoon. We spent 3.5 days in the Tokyo Disney Resort with two of those in DisneySea. We only spent the one full day and a little over half a day in Tokyo Disneyland. We weren't reserved about our paid Premier Access use that trip because honeymoon, but I'm sure we didn't spend a fortune (especially with the exchange rate). That said, we definitely were able to do this twice no problem. We also got to do everything in Fantasy Springs including Peter Pan and I think Tangled twice over 2 days. I think you might have juet hit an especially busy time or something?
On another topic, I also LOVED the queue and couldn't disagree more about it starting IN the Hundred Acre Wood. That's what Disneyland's cute little queue is for in CA! And Orlando's is similar I believe. Instead, you follow Christopher Robin. You explore this cute little English garden, see the backyard shed, and then a little bedroom. All of it is FILLED with references to Christopher and his adventures. Then, in the last part of the queue you start to hit the story pages as you follow Christopher Robin out of reality and into the land of the Hundred Acre Wood.
I'm reminded of a video I saw. the vlogger and friends had no wait to get on the Pooh ride (in the Magic Kingdom) and yelled out WE WALKED ON POOH! to many chuckles in the chat
I’ve been thinking about this ride since I went on it in 2019. It’s one of the biggest reasons I want to go back to Tokyo Disneyland.
Been waiting for the Tokyo content since Ryan's visit
Anyone else park hopping in orlando this week? After hours event at magic kingdom was pretty cool last night, just about everything was a walk on. Got stuck on pan over the city of London for a few minutes, Ryan and Byron had been daydreaming of that on the Peter Pan episode
Taken out of context, “authentic Poo(h) experience” 😂
4:00 ride lines closing to cycle off the rides by closing is commonplace across Japan. Pair that with closing times of like 6 at amusement parks and you have a short day :/. Kinda shocked Disney does that too tho I thought it would only be like nagashima and Fuji Q
I’m not sure if both of you have ridden it but I would love to see you guys discuss journey to the center of the earth at tokyo disneysea! I haven’t been to that park yet but would love to know your thoughts, it’s a very interesting ride
If you want a good look at the potential of trackless dark ride potential, gotta check out Symbolica at Efteling in the Netherlands. That ride actually has completey different show scenes exclusive to which 'tour' you pick at the beginning.
As I write this it is 4:42PM in Tokyo and the wait for Pooh is 40 min and Ride and Go seek is 50. This for historical records obviously.
Not Peter Pan catching a stray 😭
First Pooh and friends evicted Mr Toad, then the Country Bears. Those Hundred Acre Woods cult members are dead to me! I don’t care how great their ride is!!
I love a good Ryan hot take but Pooh's HH being better than Beauty ATB? Come on, man! I wept with joy on that ride!
I won’t t make it to Tokyo Disney so when this video is over I’ll be watching the POV of this ride!
They are so set on emptying the queues and closing the parks because the city trains close at 10 and that is how majority of the cast commute.
Please do the Beauty and the Beast ride in Tokyo! Love this podcast so much❤
I hate planes, but I would happily take one to check this attraction. It's so cute looking. And yes, the bouncing looks amazing.
Great episode
Happy Tuesday!!!
Sounds fun hope I can experience this someday
Live in Japan and watch this. ❤
Are either of you single? 😂 Both 10’s seriously
Apparently I went to Tokyo Disneyland about a year before this one opened lol 🤷🏻♀️
GOD I love Winnie the Pooh I feel this was made for me and I am locking in
CYCLOPS ROCK? TMBG FAN SPOTTED! 👋
I'll listen to this after I go to TDL
What ride at Universal Epic Universe are you most excited for?
Epcot tried to bring Duffy but it was never popular, when Duffy came out in DisneySea, he was all over Japan for a while....super popular.
Let's hear it
I grew up going on this ride but always chalked up my memories to childhood nostalgia. Then I went on it again in highschool and for the last 10 years since then it's been my favorite ride at Tokyo Disney. tbh I found the beauty and the beast ride to be a big disappointment because of the empty space issue that pooh's hunny hunt slayed
Iron Gwazi please!!!
Why didn't you reach out to park hoppers or youtube followers who are in Japan and know Japanese?? I would have been happy to have helped, but I'm sure there are other paid followers who would have been happy to help with researching the ride. It's sad that you put this episode in the language barrier slot. Would you say the same for Paris? Hong Kong? Poo-san is crying.
Need a bad ride been to positive lately
LOLLLL
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Just wanna say I’m listening to this podcast, and playing hogwarts legacy. and I’m in my happy place. 🥹