Nov 16 TOKYO DISNEY SEA

Got up and left for Disney at 8 am. It was raining out unfortunately but that didn’t stop us. Took a bunch of trains to get there because public transportation in Japan is AMAZING. You can get anywhere by train and it’s the cheapest way to get around. We made it there and the rain had stopped and just ended up being overcast all day. For a rainy Sunday there were masses of JAPANESE! Got into the park by 9:30 and being that this trip was for Sara’s birthday she was so excited. I was just as excited as her and we just couldn’t contain ourselves. Our first stop was to a store to buy ponchos and ears! We all got them and it was awesome because we were the only American/white people in the park. No joke. Disney Sea is one of the newer parks of Disney and it is also the biggest park in Tokyo Disney. First ride of the day was Tower of Terror. Ali and Jocie didn’t go on because they hate rides but they still found stuff to do while we were in line. All the rides were in Japanese and no one spoke English so I kept making up storylines for all the rides. It was hilarious. We got Ali and Jocie to go on some more low key rides before it was time for lunch. After lunch we got Fast Passes for some rides and then explored for some shows and easy rides. Ali and Jocie left the park around 2pm. Some of the other rides we did were 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, Journey to the Center of the Earth, Indiana Jones, Sinbad (like Small World), explored Ariel’s World, Raging Spirits, Windstorm, and Aladdin show. Around 5 pm Jewel and Nine left but Sara and Kassie  and I stayed until the final Christmas Lights show. Oh I forgot to mention that the entire park was already Christmas themed so there were Christmas carols playing, the characters were in xmas outfits and red and green lights everywhere. The lights show and fireworks was the cherry on top of the day but it wasn’t over yet! We left Disney at 9:15 pm and got back to the hostel at 10:15 pm and then got ready to go out to celebrate Sara’s birthday! Hopped in the shower and got ready in 45 min to go out in Roppongi district where all the bars/clubs were. The subways stop running at 12 so the plan was to go out late and stay out late to take the subway back @ am when they started again. Hopped on the subway and on the way Jocie wasn’t well so we sent her back on the train across the way at a stop. Got to Roppongi and just roamed to try and find any club. Some random bouncer grabbed us and took us to his club. I have never seen so many black people in Japan ( or at least heard of it). It was Sara’s bday night so we got ½ price drinks and a bday song along with BSB, Britney Spears and Nsync songs. Great way to start the night. Decided to leave as more SAS kids showed up and moved on down the street. All the guys kept grabbing us and talking to us so we escaped into this club called 911. It was packed with latin music and hiphop. Saweet just what we needed to dance! Met the National German Karate Team on their last night in Tokyo. Apparently the Karate World’s were being held in Tokyo. A bunch of the the coaches and refs were out as well which was so weird. They were from France, Dubai, and the Netherlands. It was crazy. We all just started dancing and getting free drinks because of Sara’s bday. The German kids that couldn’t speak Enligh kept trying to talk to me and I couldn’t understand them. One kid would whisper into my ear but then I’d look at one of his friends and they would translate. Not how I wanted to spend my night. I talked with a bunch of them and found out some of them actually placed and were even champs of their weight class. The Team as a whole I think got 3^rd so they were pumped. The guy I had my eye on and danced with most of the night was Jonathan Horne and was the 80+ kg champ. He was tall and handsome but only half German (he was a little dark and spoke English very well). They all started training when they were 4 or 6. I couldn’t believe it (I actually looked them up on the internet, its legit).  At some point Sara lost her camera so that was just tears and a solid 45 min searching for it. We think one of the guys took it but no luck finding it. Ali Me and Jewel took a cab home because we couldn’t kind Kassie, Sara, and Nina and I wanted to stay of course but wasn’t going to stay by myself. The other girls ended up taking the subway home at 5 and got home at like 6:15 am. We got home at like 4:30 /5 am.