Tokyo Disney Resort, Amusement park in Maihama, Japan.
Tokyo Disney Resort is a theme park and vacation resort in Urayasu, Chiba, opened on 15 April 1983 as Tokyo Disneyland, the first Disney park built outside the United States. It now holds two parks, Tokyo Disneyland and the sea-themed Tokyo DisneySea (2001), plus six Disney hotels, six non-Disney hotels, the Ikspiari shopping complex and the Bon Voyage! shop, all linked by the Disney Resort Line monorail.
The complex opened in 1983 as the first Disney project outside the United States, operated through a Japanese licensing agreement. The second park was added in 2001 to expand the offerings and allow longer visits.
The resort's name was coined in a letter between Jim Cora, then president of Walt Disney Attractions Japan, and Oriental Land, which objected to the unilateral naming before accepting it. Ikspiari's layout follows a figure-eight corridor inspired by the back alleys of Carmel, California, which Toshio Kagami visited at Paul Ma's suggestion.
Most attractions and restaurants open in the morning and close in the evening, with wait times that can grow longer on weekends and holidays. A visit on weekdays or outside school holiday periods often means shorter lines and more room to move.
DisneySea is the only Disney park in the world to feature seven areas with fully maritime settings, from Mediterranean harbors to volcanic islands. The central volcano serves as a landmark and houses an attraction inside the mountain itself.
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