Disney Ambassador® Hotel Reviews

Visiting Disney Tokyo again in less than four months because: - it was too crowded to fully enjoy when we were there last Christmas - it was Disney TOKYO's 40th anniversary on 15th April 2023! Reserved rooms at Disney Ambassador Hotel again, with some improvements: - Instead of a 4-bedder, we booked a 3-bedder instead. It was still sufficient for the four of us since we remembered from our last stay that the bed for the 4th person was simply the sofa laid with a bedsheet. The room's size and layout were exactly the same! - the hotel-provided laundry bag this time was made out of a much better quality material that truly can be reused for thousands of times, and yes, you can bring them home! - we were assigned to a room with a relaxing pool view this time, and it was probably quieter than our previous courtyard view since the pool was still closed because of cold weather and we witnessed nobody walking near the pool at all, unlike the courtyard. TIPS ON RESERVING A TIME SLOT AT CHEF MICKEY: - we missed visiting Chef Mickey since the only time slot available back then was undesirable for us, so we decided to reserve Chef Mickey earlier this time. It also helped that we got wiser since we found out that we could reserve the Chef Mickey time slot (via the "Travel Case" link on the "My Booking" page) RIGHT AFTER we secured the hotel reservation exactly three months before our check-in date. Non-hotel guests could only make reservations one month before their dine-in date. Finally got to meet Chef Mickey, but not the whole team of "Fab Five" available at Disney USA. GETTING THERE: - Previously, we had decided to splurge usd75 on the 25-minute cab ride from Haneda airport to the hotel, since we were on a red-eye flight and wanted to reach the hotel as quickly as possible. This time, we chose a flight that arrived at Narita airport, and realized that the spacious airport limousine bus was also very comfortable despite being an hour's ride (Narita is farther from Disney than Haneda). AT NARITA AIRPORT: - It was surprisingly easy to get tickets for the airport limousine bus to Disney Ambassador Hotel (you'll alight directly at the hotel's side entrance) since there were at least three counters selling the tickets at Terminal 2. The ticket seller also kindly showed us the berth to wait at, which was simply the very last one at Terminal 2. The only downside was that we had to wait almost an hour for the next bus. - Do note that the buses are only available during 9am to 6pm, so you probably won't be able to utilize this bus service if your flight arrives too late. - ALSO, many travelers arriving at Narita airport had been complaining about a human traffic jam i.e. two to four hours of queuing just to get past the customs. We were really lucky that we arrived at an off-peak hour (less planes landing at Narita at 4pm?) and got past the customs in half an hour. But you might want to observe the recent travelers' comments and factor the queuing time into you