Tokyo DisneySea Hotel MiraCosta

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Tokyo DisneySea Hotel MiraCosta
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Hotel MiraCosta from within Tokyo DisneySea
Location Tokyo Disney Resort
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Opened September 4, 2001
Theme Portofino, Venice
Rooms 502
Operator The Oriental Land Company
Website Official website
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DisneySea Hotel MiraCosta entrance.

The Tokyo DisneySea Hotel MiraCosta was the second hotel built at Tokyo Disney Resort in Urayasu, Chiba, Japan. It opened on September 4, 2001 alongside the opening of the Tokyo DisneySea theme park. [1] [2] It was constructed under a license by The Walt Disney Company. The hotel is managed by The Oriental Land Company.

Tokyo Disney Resort Disney resort in Tokyo

The Tokyo Disney Resort is a theme park and vacation resort located in Urayasu, Chiba, Japan, just east of Tokyo. It is owned and operated by the Oriental Land Company with a license from The Walt Disney Company. The resort opened on April 15, 1983, as a single theme park, but developed into a resort with two theme parks, four Disney hotels, six non-Disney hotels, and a shopping complex. Tokyo Disneyland was the first Disney theme park opened outside the United States.

Urayasu City in Kantō, Japan

Urayasu is a city located in Chiba Prefecture, Japan. As of December 1, 2015, the city had an estimated population of 163,258, and a population density of 9490 persons per km². The total area is 17.30 square kilometres (6.68 sq mi).

Japan Constitutional monarchy in East Asia

Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies off the eastern coast of the Asian continent and stretches from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and the Philippine Sea in the south.

Contents

The hotel gains the distinction of being the only hotel in the world which is entirely placed inside a Disney theme park. It is located above the Mediterranean Harbor port in Tokyo DisneySea. The hotel is themed after the ports of Portofino and Venice.

Tokyo DisneySea theme park in Urayasu, Chiba, Japan

Tokyo DisneySea is a 176-acre (71.22 ha) theme park at the Tokyo Disney Resort located in Urayasu, Chiba Prefecture, Japan, just outside Tokyo. It opened on 4 September 2001, at a cost of 335 billion yen. Owned by The Oriental Land Company, which licenses Disney characters and themes from The Walt Disney Company, Tokyo DisneySea attracted an estimated 13.46 million visitors in 2016, making it the fifth-most-visited theme park in the world. Tokyo DisneySea was the second theme park to open at the Tokyo Disney Resort and the ninth park of the twelve worldwide Disney theme parks to open. Tokyo DisneySea was the fastest theme park in the world to reach the milestone of 10 million guests, having done so in 307 days after its grand opening. The previous record-holder was Universal Studios Japan 338 days after its opening.

Portofino Comune in Liguria, Italy

Portofino is an Italian fishing village and holiday resort famous for its picturesque harbour and historical association with celebrity and artistic visitors. It is a comune located in the Metropolitan City of Genoa on the Italian Riviera. The town is clustered around its small harbour, and is known for the colourfully painted buildings that line the shore.

Venice Comune in Veneto, Italy

Venice is a city in northeastern Italy and the capital of the Veneto region.

Resort

Rooms

The hotel offers rooms on three sides, these are from highest priced to lowest; the Porto Paradiso side offering views of Mount Prometheus and Fantasmic, the Venice Side facing the Venetian gondolas, and the Tuscany side facing the park and hotel entrances. [3] Interior design by Kenneth Gomes.

<i>Fantasmic!</i> night-time pyrotechnic and light performance at multiple Disney Parks

Fantasmic! is a nighttime show at Disneyland Park at the Disneyland Resort, Disney's Hollywood Studios at Walt Disney World Resort, and Tokyo DisneySea at Tokyo Disney Resort. It features fireworks, characters, live actors, water effects, pyrotechnics, lasers, music, audio-animatronics, searchlights, decorated boat floats, and mist screen projections. The narrative structure of Fantasmic!—although varying differently in set pieces in all three versions—centers on a voyage through Mickey Mouse's imagination that culminates in a battle against the Disney Villains.

Venetian Gondolas

Venetian Gondolas is a gondola ride at Tokyo DisneySea theme park. It is located at the Mediterranean Harbor area.

Guests enter Tokyo DisneySea through a special entrance in the hotel available only to hotel guests.

Dining

There are three restaurants in the hotel.

MickeyAngelo Gifts

Serves as both a convenience store and gift shop for hotel guests. [5]

Pools and other paid amenities

The resort charges guests an additional fee for access to these amenities. [5]

Wedding chapel

Chapel MiraCosta is one of three locations where weddings are offered at Tokyo Disney Resort, also offering private banquet rooms for receptions.

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