by Michiko Yamamoto

The first condition: I live in Saitama. The second condition: Tokyo Disneyland is in Chiba. The third condition: the meeting time is 8:30. As the above-mentioned items, I had to get up at 4:30. Besides, the train was crowded and I had to stand all the way to Maihama. So I was very tired and completely lost my spirit when I arrived at the meeting place. But that was a school event, so I had to take part in it. I take action like an old woman.

Well, at first we rode Splash Mountain. Everybody got wet, but I didn't get wet, because I rode the back of the vehicles. How lucky I was. By the way, they have a service of taking a commemorative photograph. Do you know about this service? To tell the truth, I didn't know about this service. Of course I had my picture taken. My face looks very funny. I felt very ashamed. Next, we rode Big Thunder Mountain. We enjoyed it very much, but we had a little problem. My friend, (initials A.T.) lost a ticket. However, the Tokyo Disneyland staff members found it at once. All's well that ends well. The next attraction is Teacup. Its centrifugal force was very heavy. Simply because we turned in the tea cup many times with a laugh. I couldn't see all around, but I could see only my friend's face. After we got off the teacups we couldn't walk straight. After that, we went to Space Mountain. One of my friends became sick at that time, but she tried to endure beyond her power. And she got on Space Mountain. As a result of that, she became sick again. Then we took a rest. She recovered her spirits as soon as she ate an ice cream.

After that we watched the parade while we had lunch. I was impressed with the man in the parade. He was wearing a forced smile. It was very weird and funny. I thought their job was very hard. But they get a large salary. We finished our meals and set out in small groups. One group is full of drive and another group didn't have a mind to do anything. I was the latter because I had been tired since the morning. We were strolling around Tokyo Disneyland for a while and enjoying chatting. Sometime we entered shops, but we didn't buy anything. We are not so much shoppers as window shoppers. But we didn't worry at all about it. What a disagreeable fellow I was! We killed time by doing things like that. Come to think of it, we found a mouse in the moat of the castle. Not Mickey - it was real! He lives to be strong. Nature is wonderful!

Let's go back to my main subject. After that, we returned to the meeting place and made our way home. But about two hours and thirty minutes, if I remember correctly. It took about two hours and thirty minutes to my home. I have become reluctant to ride a local train, so I rode a limited express train. It is very expensive, and what was worse, it was my own expense. I can't understand. Somebody please give me travelling expenses! Well, I enjoyed the school excursion very much.





by Mai Taguchi

I was 5 minutes late to Tokyo Disneyland, because I was being relaxed by getting there. The classmates were all waiting for me, so I felt sorry then.
I wandered around there with 6 people. As Kyoko and Akiko wanted their passport cases, the rest of us told them we would be at Splash Mountain, and to catch up soon. It took less than 5 minutes to get into it. We were lucky. Then Kyoko and Akiko came running up. We got loads of spray all over our faces. We rode on Big Thunder Mountain. It was an easy roller coaster. Akiko and I sat in the rear. When we got off, she found that her passport had been lost. We asked a member of staff to find it. We waited a few minutes there, then she had it back. Then we went to Alice's Tea Party, where you could ride a big turning cup, turning the central table in it. Emi and I did it as hard as possible, so I felt heavily dizzy, and soon - very soon - we went and rode Space Mountain. After I got out there I felt completely sick. I bought an ice candy shaped like Mickey, that got it much better.

We had lunch. I had a piece of pizza and salad. We came across Donald's parade when we were sitting there. Some of my friends were amazed at it a lot, but I was thinking of the part of dancers who dressed up and wore make-up, their tiredness, the big sets, and (!) the inside of Donald.

We separated ourselves into 3 groups. Rei and Michiko and I went on the Cinderella Mystery Tour. We saw about 5 people who looked like foreigners in the same group as us during the event. When we found the downstairs in the shade, one of the men said, "Look out!" in Russian. I just know those words. So I found out they were Russian. I felt strange that as many as 5 men were there, because the event was suitable for children. Finally, we walked around too much, so we got too tired. But I thought it was pretty much worth doing that. We were really lucky; there were no queues, and it was fine with a breeze blowing.


by Harumi Shimoyamada

We went to Tokyo Disneyland on April 21st. It was raining and thundering in the morning, so I was worried. I got up early and went to Disneyland by train with my friends. We arrived there early. I was relieved because it was fine when I arrived there. A member of our group didn't come at the meeting time, so we were anxious. But she came after a while. My group consists of six people. We had lined up and had waited until it opened. We had thought it would be crowded because Disneyland is full of people at any time. I like Disneyland and I often go there. I went there only a month ago. But I was looking forward to going to Disneyland with my friends at high school.

We ran immediately after we entered Disneyland. And we went to Space Mountain first. We could ride soon. I felt it long and I enjoyed it. We rode on it again. On the second time we rode doing a word-chain game. It was very exciting. The stars were beautiful. It was hot, so we bought cold water. And we ate ice cream, popcorn and so on. Every attraction was not crowded, so I was surprised and happy. We could ride on every attraction at once. There were many students, children and foreign people. Two foreign children smiled to see us. They were very pretty. I was very glad to see many Disneyland characters. We could see Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse, Donald, Daisy, Goofy and so on. They were very pretty. The prince and the princess were beautiful. We took many pictures. We also could see Donald's parade. There were many Donald's goods because the Donald's special event was held.

I rode some attractions which I rode for the first time. When we rode the attractions, we did the game of "rock-paper-scissors" and changed the partner who rode with us every time. And we rode the attractions in pairs. Toon town was very pretty. We had fun riding Gadget's Go Coaster and Roger Rabbit's Car Toon spin there. I regretted that the Grand Circuit Raceway and the Haunted Mansion were not open. Peter Pan's Flight and It's a Small World were pretty. I felt dizzy because we turned in the cup in Alice's Tea Party. Starjets was pleasant. We could look at the sight down below. Star Tours was interesting. I had a stomachache because I laughed very much. It was not crowded, so I tired of walking to the place where we ride from the entrance of the attraction.

Splash Mountain and Big Thunder Mountain were very exciting. We had our picture taken with our eyes white in the camera of Splash Mountain. We got wet in Splash Mountain. Big Thunder Mountain was pleasant. We were separated, but we enjoyed it. We shouted very much. I laughed till tears came. We rode Pirates of the Caribbean with Mr. Kondo*. We could see the shooting star there. It was different from usual because it was very dark and we could see nothing. We also rode the jungle cruise. I bought snacks and candies as souvenirs. I was very happy. I enjoyed myself in Disneyland. I was glad to ride many attractions which I like without waiting. I felt the time was very short. I wished I had had more time. But I could spend a full day. I was very tired. I had an ache in my legs. I want to go to a foreign Disneyland. The last excursion of my school life became a happy memory. I could talk with friends who I don't talk with very much usually. I enjoyed the last excursion very much.

* Mr. Saburo Kondo (teacher)




by Tomoko Fukunaga

The weather was good. I like Disneyland very much, so I was excited. I have been to Disneyland many times. My favorite rides are Space Mountain, Big Thunder Mountain and Peter Pan's Flight. When I was very little, I took a ride on Peter Pan's Flight. But I didn't remember. My friends said, "It wasn't interesting." But I like it. At first, we ran to Space Mountain, so we could ride soon. After that we took a ride on Space Mountain again. I felt a little sick and my mouth became dry, because when we ride on roller coasters, we usually play a Japanese word-chain game. It's very interesting! We shouted and shouted with laughter. Sometimes I couldn't hear my friend, so she shouted all the more.

We didn't have lunch. Instead we had ice cream and sweets. Even buying something to eat, we have to wait usually, but we could buy soon that day. Of course, the waiting time for the rides was from 5 minutes to 25 minutes. We were lucky. We also met many Disney characters, and took pictures of Minnie Mouse, Chip'n Dale, Pinocchio, Daisy, Donald and so on. I guess that people put on characters' clothes, however I like the costumes. When I met Pinocchio I was surprised. But it's me that was bad. I caught Pinocchio's nose tightly and laughed at him. He caught my nose more tightly in return. He laughed at me. My friends said that my nose would become big like Pinocchio, but I'm still all right. As we met Saburo* near The Pirates of the Caribbean, we went and rode that together. An attendant partitioned our group between students and teachers. Maybe we didn't look like members of the same group. We rode Star Wars finally. I think it is more interesting and exciting than riding in front seats to ride at the back. We rode in the back row, so we rolled and pitched heavily. I struck my hip on the seat, but the back row is my advice. I was very tired, but I wanted to stay longer. I wanted to meet the Prince in the parade.


by Rei Aonuma

The weather report said it would be rainy that day. But it was a fine day. As I get a tan easily, I wouldn't like to go there. But I had to go there, so I applied the sunscreen to my body, and I went there. I left my home at 6:40 and got to Nerima Station at 6:55. I didn't know why, but Mr. Matsuo was there...

We got on Splash Mountain first. It was not crowded. I got wet to the right side only. It was interesting. We got on the Big Thunder Mountain next. It was not crowded either. Totake lost her ticket there. We looked for it and found it. Next we got on Alice's Tea Party. It's very interesting, because Yamamoto and I turned in our cup rapidly. We thought we might be let fly by the centrifugal force. Next we got on Space Mountain. It's very interesting, too. Yamamoto and I sat in the front seats. It's very beautiful. But Taguchi got sick, so we had lunch. We had lunch at the Troubadour Tavern. It's good taste.

Then Yamamoto, Taguchi and I separated there. We went to have dessert. First I had the baked fruit compote at Grandma Sara's Kitchen. It looked bad, but tasted good. Next we went to the Crystal Palace Restaurant. It was crowded. I had the coffee gelatin. Yamamoto and Taguchi had the key lime pie. Then we had a rest, because we get tired easily. Taguchi and I had chiorros. It's good taste. We went to the World Bazaar, and we went to the Penny Arcade, too. The fortuneteller game said I was an outlaw. I was shocked. Then we got on the Star Tours. Taguchi didn't get on it. And we joined the Cinderella Castle Mystery Tour. There were Russian men in our group.

We waited for our group members except me, Taguchi and Yamamoto in front of the castle. And we saw a rat. We were surprised. After five minutes, all the members assembled.

I came back home. At night I found myself sunburned. It shocked me very much.