We Did 20+ Rides on Opening Day of Fantasy Springs via ‘Unlimited FastPass’
We debated long and hard about how we’d approach the debut of Fantasy Springs. It was a day we’ve dreamed of for 5 years, and had every intention of being there to experience. But we also planned on attending opening day of Enchanted Tale of Beauty and the Beast as well as the Tokyo Olympics, and life had other plans.
Once again, life had other plans that made us second-guess doing the opening of Fantasy Springs. In the past, we would’ve simply gotten up early, rope dropped the new port-of-call, and accomplished as much as possible that way. However, there were two issues with this approach when it came to Fantasy Springs.
The first is that TDR fans are rabid (non-derogatory) and only seem to be dialing that up in their period of pent-up demand. We’ve attended many an opening day festivity there in the parks, and the Japanese locals make Disneyland fans seem tame. They are up at the crack of dawn for even fairly mundane things, willing to wait hours—all night and all day, if necessary. This has gotten worse since 2019, and it seemed Fantasy Springs would take it to an entirely new level.
The second and much bigger way that life has had other plans, for us at least, is that we now are parents. Responsible adults (allegedly) who can’t just get up at 3 a.m. or whatever ridiculous time to camp out for the opening of a new theme park land. We move at a slower pace and babies are unpredictable. Hard to believe, I know.
There have been so many times we’ve wanted to get out the door by a certain time, but that just wasn’t feasible “because baby,” which has become shorthand for us. (On the plus side, it’s also a convenient excuse when we just don’t want to do something!) We’ve already learned this when visiting Walt Disney World and Disneyland, and figured throwing in the ‘minor’ wildcard of a 16-hour time difference might exacerbate matters.
When Tokyo Disney Resort announced that guests of Fantasy Springs Hotel or Vacation Packages would be able to purchase a special Fantasy Springs Magic ticket, that had us intrigued. This is one of three options for accessing the new port-of-call, and by far the “easiest” option. (See our Guide to Fantasy Springs at Tokyo DisneySea for full explanation of free vs. paid access–we’ll be updating that very soon as there’s a ton more to know now that we have firsthand experience spending several days in the new land.)
Well, the Fantasy Springs Magic Ticket is the “easiest” option once you manage to get it booked. Minor detail. It took spending over a dozen hours on the Tokyo Disney Resort site (technically ~8 hours of that was spent in virtual queues) just to book in the first place.
For a number of reasons, we’ve been vehemently anti-Vacation Packages for years. Readers occasionally ask about them, and our advice has always been that they’re a waste of money and offer nothing you can’t do yourself for cheaper. In my view, that was the correct perspective at the time.
The opening of Fantasy Springs has changed the game. We’ll have a full review and tips for making the most of the Tokyo Disney Resort Vacation Packages in the coming weeks, but this post more or less answers the question of whether they’re worth it.
The Fantasy Springs Magic Ticket is more than double the cost of a normal Tokyo DisneySea ticket, but it offered tremendous peace of mind. Once announced, we knew that the Fantasy Springs Magic ticket was going to be the key for us to getting into the new port-of-call at Tokyo DisneySea. So we begrudgingly waited untold hours in virtual queues, booking and rebooking Vacation Packages as better options opened up.
Our fear was that without this ticket, it would take multiple days to full experience Fantasy Springs. That the best case scenario would be getting a Standby Pass for one ride and Premier Access for another. The worst case scenario would be arriving too late and being shut out completely. Given the whole baby thing, we feared the latter playing out repeatedly.
Even after buying the Vacation Package, we weren’t 100% sure how the Magic Passport would work. While the official TDR website states “there is no limit to the number of times guests can experience attractions,” we were still somewhat skeptical. Their Vacation Packages are fairly stingy with access, and the Tokyo parks tend to take a more egalitarian approach to attraction capacity allocation. This felt very much like the opposite of that. So we wondered whether it would work as advertised, or if there would be a catch of some sort.
Fast-forward to the night before the opening of Fantasy Springs. Sure enough, it was the roughest of our trip. Things had been going so great prior to then. Too good to be true, in fact. It felt like there had to be a bump in the road…and I guess this was it.
At around 3 a.m. during that marathon night, I turned my alarm off. Keep in mind that this is the time we probably would’ve been getting up to head to camp out for park opening but for the Fantasy Springs Magic Passport. Thankfully, it was the last time we’d wake up until morning proper.
We finally left Toy Story Hotel and arrived inside Tokyo DisneySea shortly after 8:40 a.m. This was still technically early, but to borrow a phrase from my military-man father, “if you’re technically early to an opening at Tokyo Disney Resort, you’re late.” By the time ~20 minutes before park opening rolled around, the turnstiles had been open for a while. We encountered no crowd whatsoever to enter.
We also encountered a sign warning guests that all Standby Passes had been distributed and all Premier Access slots sold out for Fantasy Springs. At least according to this sign, there was no way to enter Fantasy Springs on that day if you were entering “only” 20 minutes before official park opening. (The sign was wrong–that’s not how distribution actually works.)
After breezing through the front gate and stopping for a couple of quick photos, we made a beeline for Fantasy Springs. Strategically, this was a mistake—after all, we had the Fantasy Springs Magic Passport that allowed for open access. But strategy is another topic for another day.
During our long walk (guests of Toy Story Hotel cannot use the Fantasy Springs entrance to enter or exit the park, meaning a ~5 minute commute with minimal walking turns into a monorail ride plus a mile-plus walk) from the front entrance, we made our first Mobile Order of the day.
As Vacation Package guests, we would not need Mobile Orders to enter the restaurants…but we made them anyway. Part of the process was figuring out how everything would work, and I was curious how fast the slots would fill up.
We entered Fantasy Springs with ease and—since Anna and Elsa’s Frozen Journey was down—opted for Rapunzel’s Lantern Festival. Even with an extended queue spilling out the attraction’s front entrance for standby, the Premier Access line was virtually empty. We were on the attraction within 5 minutes of entering the line.
Anna and Elsa’s Frozen Journey was back up, so we did that next. Same story, with a less than 5 minute wait in the Premier Access line. This attraction blew Sarah’s mind, so we looped it. There’s a lot going on in this attraction that’s easy to miss–more than one ride is definitely ideal. In the span of under 20 minutes, we had done Anna and Elsa’s Frozen Journey twice. Without this ticket, I would’ve been happy to just do it once all day.
From there, we knocked out the two attractions in Peter Pan’s Never Land. Once again, it was less than a 5 minute wait from the time our ticket QR codes were scanned until we were on the ride or in the pre-show. In a nutshell, this was basically the story of our day.
All told, we did at least 20 attractions in Fantasy Springs on opening day. I’m not sure of the precise number, as we weren’t keeping close count. I do know that we did the following:
- Anna and Elsa’s Frozen Journey – 10 times
- Fairy Tinker Bell’s Busy Buggies – 5 times
- Peter Pan’s Never Land Adventure – 2 times
So it really comes down to how many times we did Rapunzel’s Lantern Festival, and I know the answer to that is more than 3 times. (At least 5 that I can recall.) I also did a couple of attractions outside Fantasy Springs using our anytime Priority Passes.
In addition to this, we also dined at Royal Banquet of Arendelle, The Snuggly Duckling, and Lookout Cookout. That’s all three of the main restaurants in Fantasy Springs—I mention this both because it’s an accomplishment (all require Mobile Order, which we succeeded in obtaining) and because eating takes time—more than a ride.
A few things to note before you make any potentially erroneous assumptions about replicating our success. First, you’ll notice that Peter Pan’s Never Land Adventure is only on here twice. That’s because it’s the one ride with a height requirement, making it the one we can’t do together because baby.
Peter Pan’s Never Land Adventure is also the longest total minimum time commitment since it’s the only ride of the bunch with a pre-show. Had we wanted to do this more, it would’ve taken more time, eating into what else we could accomplish.
Second, we had already spent multiple days at Tokyo DisneySea, which included soft openings of Fantasy Springs and time in the rest of the park. We already bought merchandise and got a ton of photos.
Accordingly, the Fantasy Springs rides and restaurants were our focus on opening day. While we had the chance to do them previously, we hadn’t gotten our “fill” of them. I’d never say that I’ve gotten my “fill” of the rest of Tokyo DisneySea…but closer to it on this trip up until this point than Fantasy Springs. Point being—photos, shopping, and enjoying the rest of the park all would’ve eaten into our ride count.
Finally, we don’t know how operations for Fantasy Springs will continue to evolve. A few friends thought it was crazy of us to go opening day—and it definitely was a gamble! But we wanted to be there for the spectacle and excitement, even if there were issues along the way.
And as I told them at the time, I thought it was equally likely that Oriental Land Company would gradually ramp up capacity for Fantasy Springs, making opening day the best time to visit—not the worst. With the benefit of hindsight, I think this perspective was correct. I have a hard time imagining that OLC doesn’t increase capacity—making attraction lines longer—in the coming weeks and months.
Honestly, I hope this happens. It felt a little unfair for us to be doing attractions on loop as we saw other guests camped out at restaurants playing the “refresh game” in the Tokyo Disney Resort app for hours. And they were the lucky ones, who managed to enter Fantasy Springs in the first place. Ride capacity is a zero-sum game, and more of it should be allocated to regular guests.
Regardless, the Fantasy Springs Magic Passport should still be fantastic–still essentially an unlimited FastPass—but the stats you could’ve put up on opening day might not be possible in a few months or sometime in 2025.
With that said, we were not singularly focused on pumping up our numbers. (If we were, I’d have an exact ride count!) As mentioned, we’re parents now and operate on Baby Time. She demands certain things of us at certain times, and that slowed us down.
By around late afternoon, we also were starting to have our fill with some of the rides. We stopped looping them, and took a more leisurely approach. We did get a second wind once sunset rolled around—wanting to experience the two attractions with outdoor sections at night. But nighttime also meant more time slowing down to savor the land and take photos.
Point being, even if the Fantasy Springs Magic Passport becomes less attractive due to operational changes or longer lines, you still might be able to put up numbers like this. This count isn’t as great as it sounds—a determined fan probably could’ve clocked 40 rides. (I’d imagine you could do Fairy Tinker Bell’s Busy Buggies or Rapunzel’s Lantern Festival ~8 times in an hour.)
We left Fantasy Springs very satisfied thanks to the Magic Passport. Well, and because the port and its attractions are awesome. That’s probably a not-so-minor detail. If this were an unlimited FastPass for Dino-Rama…let’s just say, we wouldn’t be writing a glowing report about it.
Sarah said that opening day of Fantasy Springs was her best Disney day ever. I’m not quite sure about it being #1 for me (recency bias and all that), but it’s very close—definitely in the running for best Disney day ever. That definitely wouldn’t have been the case if we didn’t have the Fantasy Springs Magic Passport.
Honestly, more than anything else, I was relieved. We had been building up the opening of Fantasy Springs so much over the course of the last 5 years. We began dreaming of this day back in 2019 when walking past the construction site and seeing progress from our hotel window over the course of a couple trips. Then 2020 happened, and watching YouTube videos of Japan is one of the things that got us through the pandemic, as we anxiously awaited being able to return to our happy place.
That didn’t happen until November 2022, just after the country reopened. It was a bittersweet homecoming. We planned to return again last year but cancelled those plans for the best reason ever–finding out we were expecting a baby girl! And now a little over one year after that cancelled trip, we got to take her to Japan for the first time. That itself was mildly terrifying–especially after a much easier and shorter trip to Walt Disney World wasn’t without issues–but it turned out to be the best trip of our lives.
Suffice to say, the opening of Fantasy Springs was a full circle moment for us. My fear going in was that it could never possibly live up to expectations even if things went well, and would be a massive letdown if things went off the rails. And with any new Disney theme park opening of something that draws big crowds, the latter is always a possibility.
Our experience on opening day of Fantasy Springs exceeded expectations, and was one of–if not the–best Disney days we’ve ever had. There was absolutely no friction thanks to the Fantasy Springs Magic Passport–to the felt that it felt like experiencing Tokyo DisneySea with a cheat code (anyone remember GameShark?!)–and it was just a flawless visit.
Seeing this new port-of-call in our favorite theme park in the world was something special. (Especially since, with the exception of Mermaid Lagoon, Tokyo DisneySea has less to offer small children than Tokyo Disneyland.) Her face light up when seeing the spectacular Sven Audio Animatronics and the glow of the lanterns in Rapunzel’s Lantern Festival.
Her wide-eyed excitement when spotting a larger-than-life Cheese, a character I didn’t even know existed until like a month ago but is now one of my favorites. Her uncontrollable giggles in response to the Lost Kids hats, which I guess are hilarious. It was a really special day.
That Golden Ticket didn’t just provide us with unlimited FastPass to do 20+ attractions. Obviously that’s a great ride count but it isn’t really the point. I probably would’ve been satisfied with 4 stress-free rides, and that’s what it gave us–peace of mind. It allowed us to enter the new port-of-call in the first place without worry. It enabled us to sleep in, instead of getting up at the crack of dawn and being zombies all day. It allowed us to have a carefree day, rather than being glued to our phones.
I’m not sure what the value of the Fantasy Springs Magic Passport is to us, but definitely much more than we paid for the Vacation Package. We went from never doing the package to, at this point, never not doing it (at least until the initial excitement of Fantasy Springs dies down…so like for the next decade?). We’re already strategizing about how to use it next trip. If you’re traveling internationally to experience Tokyo DisneySea (presumably anyone reading this), making the splurge is highly recommended.
Planning a trip to Tokyo Disney Resort? For comprehensive advice, the best place to start is our Tokyo Disneyland & DisneySea Trip Planning Guide! For more specifics, our TDR Hotel Rankings & Reviews page covers accommodations. Our Restaurant Reviews detail where to dine & snack. To save money on tickets or determine which type to buy, read our Tips for Saving Money post. Our What to Pack for Disney post takes a unique look at clever items to take. Venturing elsewhere in Japan? Consult our Ultimate Guide to Kyoto, Japan and City Guide to Tokyo, Japan.
YOUR THOUGHTS
Will you be doing the Tokyo Disney Resort Vacation Package to efficiently experience Fantasy Springs? Thoughts on ‘unlimited FastPass’ for Fantasy Springs attractions via the Magic Passport? Wondering how any aspects of visiting work? Curious about crowds or anything else? What do you think of the Peter Pan’s Never Land, Rapunzel’s Forest, and Frozen Kingdom? Excited for this blockbuster addition to Tokyo DisneySea, or do you not care? Do you agree or disagree with our assessment? Any questions? Hearing your feedback—even when you disagree with us—is both interesting to us and helpful to other readers, so please share your thoughts below in the comments!
Are these types of tickets still available for purchase? We’re headed to Japan in November for our honeymoon and want to check out fantasy springs.
Now that Fantasy Springs is open, how many days do you suggest for a first timer?
I remember you previously mentioned 2 days at Disneyland and 2 days at DisneySea.
Hiya! I’m the girl that ran into you guys in Fushimi Inari – just wanted to say thanks for all your advice – for Tokyo Disney and from Travel Caffeine- the day before I met you I had done your north-south walk from Ginkakuji to Kiyomizu-dera and it was fantastic (and I mostly went to Kyoto in the first place because you rec’d it so highly and it was the highlight of my trip by far).
I had zero issues with riding everything in Disneyland and Sea because of your excellent guides even as a first timer, and ended up with two days of FS soft opening as a bonus.
You guys are absolutely fantastic, as always. Thanks for everything!
Mr. Tom Bricker: World Class Photographer and #MasterOfKeepingHisPowderDry
All of your photos were, per usual, awesome.
Best one, per usual, was second to last! Megatron + Sarah with the adorbs hats!
WHY doesn’t WDW get a beautiful light parade like this !!!???? Honestly, I feel like WDW is using the same floats since we’ve vacationed there in 2002 !!!
Does the language issues take away from the day ? I assume none of the rides have a translation
From my experience last year ( I learned something like 10 words of Japanese before visiting) it does take away a little bit.. but only a little bit. There is a lot of English and most of the rides can be understood quite well. I would say the show in the Magic Lamp theater was the only thing that really didn’t work too well for us as non-Japanese speakers. There is quite a bit of story in the Tower of Terror as well, but you can understand what is going on, plus I read about it online while in line.
Personal philosophy on this if additional perspectives are helpful: In my experience as semi-frequent visitor of TDR (at least pre-pandemic) who doesn’t speak Japanese (I can order a meal in broken Japanese and ask a couple basic questions, but couldn’t hold a conversation or understand a piece of media), whether the language barrier detracts depends on perspective. If you have Disney parks experience outside of Tokyo (even a single trip), embrace the Japanese language almost as part of the Disney Bubble, and enjoy taking in a lot of information visually, I think the language barrier has little to no negative impact on the park experience.
In DisneySea, I would say the lore-heavy attractions in DisneySea are 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, Sindbad’s Storybook Adventure, and Tower of Terror, all of which are entirely in Japanese. Of those, the most nuance is likely lost on 20,000 Leagues. While what the narration explains is also conveyed fully by the visuals and sound effects of the attraction, the narration is also present from start-to-finish and so most begs the question of “if” you are missing something. I say this largely to contrast it with Tower of Terror, where the narration is front-loaded, with what is experienced on the ride, before the drop, as something of a “repeat” to reinforce the story. The conceit of the tour from the hotel guide plus a visual telling of the story of the curse in the pre-show sets the stage perfectly. At no point did I feel I was missing anything. I was then able to pick up little details I missed on subsequent ride-throughs that further enhanced my understanding and enjoyment of both attractions. More detailed information can be found online, some spoiler-free and some riddled with spoilers. I avoided the latter almost completely and feel my experience was the better for it.
When I first rode Sindbad, while in the queue, one of the cast members actually handed me a beautiful one-page that was essentially a cartoon tour of the attraction. It had a cell for each of the main vignettes, parts of the audio translated (which essentially describes what is already known visually), and a full translation of the song, Compass of Your Heart, that unites the ride. I recommend it as a free souvenir (Research tells me these actually exist for a lot of the attractions at both parks — check Guest Relations for them!), but it isn’t necessary. It actually made more sense after riding the attraction than it did before, and I am glad I didn’t pay too much attention to it. I am in agreement with this blog that Sindbad is a perfect dark ride, and I had a very strong emotional reaction to it that might have been lessened with a lot of foreknowledge of what I was getting into.
That background knowledge will serve you well with any attraction based heavily in Disney IP – what you already know fills in gaps in what you may not understand. Where that won’t help you is the Venetian Gondolas. Not speaking Japanese takes nothing away from the gondola, the boat, the ambiance, or any of that, but it does mean you won’t be able to participate in the banter with the gondolier in the same way. It also probably precludes you from enjoying something like Turtle Talk. As for shows, Big Band Beat has some English in the songs . Japanese language skills aren’t necessary to enjoy parades and boat shows. What I cannot speak to is anything being shown at the Magic Lamp Theater, as I’ve never done it.
Over on the Disneyland side, your base knowledge of Disney helps you even more thanks to clones and IP, even with patter-heavy rides like Jungle Cruise or ones with Japan-specific changes like Stitch in the Enchanted Tiki Room. Country Bear Jamboree is probably most equivalent to 20K in this instance. My experience is unique in that I have only done CBJ during Christmas, which has a bit of English and Japanese translations of carols with which I am familiar, so possibly more base understanding than the regular show. However, it is a hoot and should still be seen. I echo similar sentiments for parades and castle projection shows. While I feel I can safely say entertainment on the land side is enjoyable in the same way Big Band Beat it, I admitted am more of a rides person and have less experience with that.
As for getting around, cast members are absolutely lovely, even if they are aiming to communicate with you through miming+Japanese, rather than English. Only once did that fail and another cast member was brought in for help (finding the lockers for Raging Spirits, mostly because I was looking in the wrong spot). Learning and deploying a couple basic phrases (hello, thank you, goodbye, “I want this please” while pointing at something, the kinds of things you could get for free on YouTube) enhances the experience and smooths things out on both sides.
On vs off property in Tokyo is one of the areas where I ever so slightly disagree with this blog (which has made visiting Tokyo a breeze all credit to Tom and Sarah), with a couple of pre-conditions. I have never stayed on property in Tokyo, instead opting for hotels or Airbnbs in Tokyo proper with easy public transit access to the resort. This was done largely for financial reasons and so that I didn’t need multiple hotels during trips that balanced time in Tokyo with time at the resort. It is also worth nothing that I have done this either as a solo traveler or as a small group of adults. While I would like to do the TDR hotels at some point, I do not feel I am missing out because I am transitioning from the Disney Bubble to the Tokyo Bubble, which is still amazing. It is much easier for me to maintain that vacation bubble mindset at the overseas parks than in Anaheim or Orlando.
This is all my long-winded way of saying don’t let any questions about the language barrier be a potential deterrent. Tokyo Disney Resort is phenomenal and should absolutely be experienced!
Hi Tom, if it is not already on your radar could you please include an explanation of what the Vacation Package even includes when you update your Tokyo materials? I have been poking around the Tokyo Disney website for the past half hour and still don’t feel like I understand what it includes/how it works.
Great report Tom. We have a 3D/2N package in Aug at FS. Really looking forward to this new land. I need a report on Sarah and the motion sickness on Peter Pan. This makes me so nervous since I did terrible on Remy. Looking forward to all your further reporting
Sounds amazing, very bummed we missed it but already thinking about our next trip!
We just got back from our trip there on June 5th, and definitely felt the “zero sum game” part of your comment. We also traveled with kids, so rope drop was a challenge despite best efforts… frequently we were behind the crowd to whatever ride we wanted. We quickly realized that 120 minutes posted was actually a 45 minute wait… simply because they don’t open up premier access until 10 oclock, and we were getting through the queue before that. After 10 AM, that same line almost certainly became 120 minutes. For Soarin, it opened right before we arrived at the premier access point, and we had to wait an extra 5 minutes for the 100s of 10 AM passes to get through.
All this is to say, I’d never really quantified how much standby suffers from premier access, but this really brought it home.
Thanks for this highly informative article and it looks like you had a great time! We just got back from HK Disney and I have the Disney travel bug now! I couldn’t ride frozen ever after at HK as currently pregnant but hope to plan for Tokyo Disney in late May 2025 when this Bub will be around 7 months. How old was your little one? Could they ride on your lap/in the baby carrier for frozen/rapunzel/tinker bell? Could you do rider /parent swap for those rides with height restrictions? Any other tips for travelling in Japan with a baby? How do I know when I can try and book a vacation package for May 2025? thanks!!
Based on all your great articles, we are finally planning a trip! But I’m nervous, the website looks overwhelming. Are there any planners that can do this? Your advice on DLP was invaluable, thank you. Impressive you did this with baby! Love the photos!
I was already sold on getting the vacation package, but I’m even more convinced now. The unlimited fastpass is a ridiculous perk, it’s worth three times the price they’re charging to me.
Tom, I’m not sure if you’ll cover this in future posts, but did you stay at the same hotel the night prior to your vacation package as well? We’d like to stay on property the night prior to our TDL day and I’m curious to see what the process is like on that first morning.
Babies are unpredictable
Yeah Tom… superbabies.
/inb4 😉
You mentioned not needing to place mobile orders for the restaurants — do you know if that’s just for the VP, or the Magic Passport itself? Have an FSH stay booked for the Magic Passport, but was under the impression mobile orders still had to be placed. Additionally, you said you rode Fairy Tinker Bell’s Busy Buggies 5 times — were you able to do that with the Magic Passport? I was also under the impression that ride didn’t offer DPA and therefore those with the Magic Passport would still need to acquire a Standby Pass for it. Thanks for the great insights and appreciate if you clear those details up!
I’m glad you guys had a great time! The lost boys hats are great and the photo of Sarah and Megatron wearing them is adorable. Personally, I hope they do away with the Magic Pass. I’m against paid unlimited fastpass as it embittera me to be in the standby line and watch someone ride for the 3rd time while I’m waiting for an hour (Cedar Fair parks are really bad with this). But since it does exist, I’m glad you made good use of it.
I agree with this–the Magic Passport should not even exist. But since it does, I’m going to take advantage of it. A classic “don’t hate the player, hate the game” scenario!
Going in November, and would absolutely love some strategy suggestions. Vacation package vs trying to get into Fantasy Springs hotel? As best I can tell, the hotel fills up within seconds at the four month mark.
We booked a 2nt Vacation package yesterday, June 8th. The only rooms available were on the Tuscany Side of the MiraCosta. We’re arriving Nov 21st.
Vacation packages opened up earlier this week for November. I finally got one, but Fantasy Springs Hotel was already sold out, by the time I was able to access the site at about 2:30 am Central time on 6/4.
We’re going in November too!
I would 100% book MiraCosta over Fantasy Springs Hotel. For one thing, it’s the significantly nicer hotel. For another, it is strategically advantageous for Tokyo DisneySea (over FSH). I understand FOMO and the pull of the “new thing” is strong, but it’s absolutely no contest for me.
Great review we’re building out a trip for Star Wars celebration next year and definitely will look into this option. Great read!!
I am in awe of your willingness to fly 11 hours with a baby,.. how is that possible?
Same here. Also the broken interrupted sleep and doing so much. Most new parents are afraid to drive the baby down the road! I was tanked up on so much caffeine for many years. This kid is going to have a rich, experienced upbringing.
She wasn’t exactly doing a stellar job sleeping at home, so that wasn’t really much of a factor. The adjustment to traveling there actually went shockingly well–better than our trip to Walt Disney World! Now coming back to Florida from Japan…the last couple of nights have been rough!