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Aquasphere

Aquasphere

While I mentioned that every Disney theme park has its icon, and I identified Mount Prometheus as Tokyo Disney Sea’s icon, some would argue that the park has two icons, and that I’ve forgotten the Aquasphere.

Nope, I haven’t forgotten it, but I’ve saved it for its own entry, because it truly is spectacular and jaw-droppingly impressive. Walt Disney Imagineering spent much time perfecting this fountain, and the effect is intentionally extraordinary.

As guests enter the turnstiles, they are greeted by an immense rotating globe which also happens to be a fountain. The globe seems to sit on churning white waters, as if a geyser is propping the sphere up for all to view. Upon closer look, water trickles down from the top of the globe and adheres to the sides of the sphere until it meets the fountain at the base.

Behind the Aquasphere sits the Hotel Mira Costa, the hotel set inside the park. The hotel changes its appearance depending on which area you are in. From the entrance, guests see the Tuscan side of the hotel. Inside the park, one can see the hotel in a Venetian setting. The center of the hotel is themed after Portofino.

Judging from the number of cameras that I saw, I would say that this is one of the most popular photo spots in Tokyo Disney Sea. So follow the crowds and grab your camera, because you will never see anything like this anywhere else in a Disney theme park. And I hope it stays that way, because Tokyo Disney Sea is truly one in a million.

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