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Tokyo Disney Resort: Christmas Fantasy Dessert & Pin from Ambassador Hotel

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As part of the 10th Anniversary celebration at the Ambassador Hotel, several restaurants have been offering special commemorative dining pins in conjunction with seasonal entrees and desserts.  While some of the pins are only available from the nearly $200+ dinner sets, there are several locations that offer more reasonably priced options.

During Tokyo Disney Resort’s Christmas festivities this past month, the Hyperion Lounge featured a special “Christmas Fantasy” dessert and a seasonal beverage.

Christmas Fantasy offerings displayed at Hyperion Lounge entrance

Christmas Fantasy Special Dessert Set

For 1,950 JPY, the Hyperion Lounge was offering a Dark Chocolate Mousse, Yule Log-Style, with Raspberry-Anise Sorbet.  This also came with tea or coffee (hot or iced), and while available, a special Tinkerbell Christmas Fantasy pin.

The Hyperion Lounge desserts are incredible and definitely a must try during seasonal events.  It’s a little walk from the Parks if you are not staying there, but worth it!  It’s a nice quiet reprieve from the hectic atmosphere of the theme parks and the desserts are fantastic!

Here is a close up look at nearly every angle of the Tinkerbell masterpiece:

Aerial view of the Tinkerbell Christmas Fantasy dessert
Front of the Tinkerbell Christmas Fantasy Dessert

Attention to detail is one of the refreshing aspects of the Tokyo Disney Resort.  Note the detail work and the few “hidden Mickeys” on the plate.

Mickey makes an appearance on the holly leaf
Mickey also makes an appearance in the Christmas Fantasy lettering
Powdered sugar snowflakes all around the plate

Check out the toadstools on the plate too!

Little toadstools adorn the dessert as well!

The degree of difficulty on their desserts always amazes me, not to mention the obvious creativity.  I cannot image trying to come up with new themed desserts each season, let alone executing them so flawlessly.  The large Tinkerbell on the top is a paper thin wafer, making the challenge of attaching her to the base, and adding a snowflake to her hand, even more difficult.

Close up of Tinkerbell and her snowflake
Side view showing how thinly cut Tinkerbell is
The giant snowflake around the base of Tinkerbell had a meringue consistency

While you might think paying $22-$23 US for a dessert is a lot, this is definitely something that can be shared amongst two or more people.  Don’t forget it comes with the commemorative pin as well.

Christmas Fantasy Drink Specials

In addition to the dessert set, the Hyperion Lounge was also serving seasonal alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages.  Since we were already at luggage capacity and pretty full (we ate lunch just prior to visiting the Hyperion Lounge), we opted to forgo the beverages this time around.  Here’s what they were offering:

Fantasy Stars – a non-alcoholic beverage consisting of cassis syrup, lemon juice, and 7-up, served in a collectible glass.

Ambassador Style Seasonal Flower Cocktail – called Cattleya, the drink includes Absolut Citron, cranberry juice, grapefruit syrup, and tonic water, and it came with a collectible glass marker.

Christmas Fantasy display at Hyperion Lounge

To see the seasonal desserts and treats available inside Tokyo Disneyland and Tokyo DisneySEA, please see these posts:

2010 Christmas Treats at Tokyo Disneyland and DisneySEA

Duffy the Disney Bear and Shellie May Christmas Treats at Tokyo DisneySEA

2010 Christmas Treats at Tokyo Disneyland and DisneySEA

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For the 2010 Christmas festivities at the Tokyo Disney Resort, both Disneyland and DisneySEA featured some festive goodies in souvenir plates and cups.  These treats are quite popular with the local fans who will stand in some pretty lengthy lines to ensure they get at least one of the collectible plates or cups.  I am a diehard and figure if I am going to fly out for the holiday events, why not just get all the souvenir dishes!  As compared to other food items and theme park food prices in general, these are quite a deal at either 600 yen or 700 yen each.

Tokyo Disneyland 2010 Christmas Fantasy Holiday Desserts

As with other holidays, the two food stands surrounding the main holiday displays in Tokyo Disneyland sell desserts — one will usually sell the cup and the other the dessert.  This year, they offered a third holiday themed dessert as well!

The first and most popular dessert we tried was the soft cookies, shaped like gingerbread Mickey and Minnie, available for 350 yen.  We were at Disneyland on a Thursday night (12/16) and it was quite busy.  Of all the desserts, this one had the longest line as people were buying up cookies before the holiday fireworks began.

Mickey and Minnie soft cookies at Tokyo Disneyland for Christmas Fantasy 2010
A close up of the Mickey and Minnie soft cookies

For the souvenir cup, the dessert was a pear mousse with a little chocolate reindeer on top.  The mousse cup is 700 yen and sits inside the souvenir cup without getting it dirty.  As with all souvenir snacks, the Cast Member gives you a plastic bag to put your cup or plate in and you don’t need to waste time cleaning them as the food never makes contact with the dish!

A Christmas Fantasy pear mousse with chocolate reindeer for 2010
One side of the 2010 Christmas Fantasy souvenir cup
Other side of the Christmas Fantasy 2010 cup

To match the Christmas Fantasy cup, Disneyland was selling a strawberry cream puff, also with a little chocolate reindeer on top, for 600 yen.  Both the mousse and the cream puff were delicious and the perfect boost of sugar I needed to keep wandering and forget how cold it was outside!

Strawberry cream puff with souvenir plate for Christmas Fantasy 2010
Close up of the strawberry cream puff

Tokyo Disney is known for their attention to detail and these souvenir cups and plates are no exception.  Even the bottom of each are adorned and feature Christmas themed Disney characters.

Bottom detail of the 2010 Christmas Fantasy souvenir plate and cup

Tokyo DisneySEA Christmas Wishes 2010 Desserts

Both Disneyland and DisneySEA usually have a dessert plate and cup you can collect.  This year, Tokyo DisneySEA offered adorable dark blue plates and cups with the Christmas Wishes theme.  The souvenir cup featured a strawberry milk mousse topped with a chocolate holly leaf.  The cup is 700 yen and features Mickey and Minnie, along with gold silhouettes of Mickey and Minnie on the bottom.

Strawberry milk mousse for 2010 Christmas Wishes
Detail on 2010 Christmas Wishes souvenir cup from Tokyo DisneySEA
Other side of the 2010 Christmas Wishes souvenir cup from Tokyo DisneySEA

The souvenir plate at Tokyo DisneySEA has the Christmas Wishes design and features Chip and Dale on the bottom for 600 yen.  The dessert offered with the souvenir plate is a white chocolate mousse cake with green tea flavor.  Both of these holiday treats were available from the food stall near the S.S. Columbia in the American Waterfront.

White chocolate mousse cake with holly leaf for Christmas Wishes 2010
Detail on Christmas Wishes plate and cup for 2010
Detail on the bottom of the Christmas Wishes plate and cup

To see all the seasonal Duffy the Disney Bear treats that were available, please see the post: Duffy the Disney Bear and Shellie May Christmas Treats at Tokyo DisneySEA.

Photo Essay: 2010 Halloween Costumes at Tokyo Disneyland

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After finishing up whirlwind trip last month that took me to all the Disney Theme Parks in the span of one month, I can honestly say that nothing compares to the Halloween costumes at Tokyo Disneyland.  If you only visit Tokyo Disney once in your life, I recommend doing it during the Halloween festivities (perhaps I am a bit biased though given Halloween is my favorite holiday).

I was at Tokyo Disneyland for opening weekend of the 2010 Halloween festivities and pretty much spent the entire day on Friday photographing guests costumes!  It’s one thing to see the amazing outfits they make for the Duffy Bears, but it’s quite another to see the attention to detail and magnificent creativity that goes into their own Halloween costume designs.  An interesting note about Tokyo Disney Halloween celebrations — the rules are quite different from the US Parks.  At TDL, you must dress as a Disney character.  Many of the costumes I saw were based on seasonal events or outfits donned by Mickey and Minnie or Donald and Daisy at various events and celebrations.

Without a doubt, my favorite of the day were the two dressed like the 2010 Mickey and Minnie outfits for DisneySea’s Mysterious Masquerade.  I spotted these two when I was hunting down pins in the store next to the Pirates of the Caribbean ride.   The girl in the elaborate Minnie dress indicated she made all the costumes, including for the Duffy Bears!  My Mom, who is a seamstress, said the costumes here look as though the spiderweb designs were hand cut and appliqued (or a fusible material was used to adhere them to the black fabric).  Given that this was only the second day of the Halloween festivities – much of her review and preparation came before she could ever see the Mickey and Minnie 2010 costumes in person!


TDL was filled with nearly every Disney character costume imaginable.  Some included groups going as the same character, while others included rather ingenious interpretations.  Many girls were dressed as Easter Bunnies – these outfits were adapted from the 2010 Easter parade that was part of the Easter Wonderland celebration earlier this year.  There were also tons of Disney princesses — a few complete with matching Duffy or Shellie May costumes as well.

Here is a look at a few of my favorites from the day (be warned – photo heavy post):

After spending most of the afternoon photographing costumes and Park decor, I started to head out and finish shopping when I spotted the best costumes – Duffy and Shellie May!!!

I turned around and caught up with them to ask if I could get a couple photos of them.  Super cute outfits and quite ingenious!  I was rather surprised these were the first Duffy costumes I had seen.

I wish I had been able to spend more than one day at Tokyo Disneyland on this trip and definitely plan to make the Halloween trip a 4 day excursion for sure.  Take a look at the rest of the Halloween costumes in the gallery below.  Enjoy!

All photos copyrighted by Erin De Santiago and PoohsTravels.com

Other related 2010 Tokyo Disney Halloween posts:

Halloween 2010 at the Tokyo Disney Resort: Opening Day at DisneySea

Tokyo DisneySea Halloween 2010: Seasonal Decorations

Tokyo DisneySea Halloween 2010: Seasonal Decorations

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During seasonal events, Tokyo Disney Resort definitely pulls out all the stops with the multitude of decorations and themed elements that make each visit so magical.  During my two visits to DisneySea on Thursday and Saturday (Sept 9 and 11), I took a ton of photos of the decorations for the “Mysterious Masquerade” event.

Other Tokyo 2010 Halloween related posts:

Photo Essay: 2010 Halloween Costumes at Tokyo Disneyland

Halloween 2010 at the Tokyo Disney Resort: Opening Day at DisneySea

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Halloween 2010 at the Tokyo Disney Resort: Opening Day at DisneySea

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Halloween is my favorite time of year and the inspiration for my crazy idea to fly to all the Disney Theme Parks in the world during  the month of September.  Although I was unable to work Disneyland Paris in during the Halloween festivities, seeing the new Toy Story Playland made up for it.

I flew from Amsterdam to Tokyo just in time to arrive for Thursday’s opening day festivities at the Tokyo Disney Resort.  After a nightmare at the airport, between getting groped by the female customs agent (guessing it was because my flight originated from Amsterdam, who knows) to finding out I had just missed the airport limo bus and needed to wait for over 3 hours in the Narita airport for the next one, the trip was not off to the best start!

Eventually I made it to the hotel by taking a different bus and a taxi (I spent a lot more, but I got in much sooner than I would have had I waited for the other bus) only to find out my room wasn’t ready yet. LOL!  After killing a few minutes, I got settled and it was off to Tokyo DisneySea to try and get all the new Duffy Halloween releases before they sold out.

I got inside around 3pm and was surprised to find the stores relatively empty and the park itself quite manageable.  The first shop as you start to enter the Mediterranean Harbor had Duffy Halloween stuff in the window.  Rather than race back to Aunt Pegs, I ran inside.  Low and behold, DUFFY JACKPOT!

The shelves were fully stocked and they had everything available.  Well over $400 US later, I walked out with nearly every single Halloween item they brought out.  Perhaps I was a little overzealous since this was my first time at the beginning of an event and certainly the first time I was able to get seasonal Duffy stuff, but I figured I deserved it since I had a rough day. 🙂

I wandered around the park for several hours more, taking photos of all the merchandise, seasonal decorations, and of course, the food available.  On my quest for all things Halloween Duffy, I did something I hope I never have to do again – I ordered 4 desserts by myself!  Since the release of Shellie May, they are bringing out a souvenir plate and cup for each!  Four desserts and only one me!  I did not eat them all – just downed one of the milk puddings and brought the two sweet potato tarts back to my room in case I needed a snack later.

By the time I arrived, there was no hope for the Masquerade show lottery, but I did manager to sneak a glimpse of two of the shows.  It looked pretty cool so hopefully whatever they do next year I can check out.

I was pretty jetlagged from the flight as I didn’t sleep much so I opted to leave the park around 8pm and watch the fireworks from my hotel balcony.  The show seemed awfully short and not as good as some other fireworks displays, but watching it from the balcony in my pajamas was pretty hard to beat.

Since I am quite photography happy, I am going to do separate posts for all the Duffy merchandise, food, decorations, and other Halloween merchandise.

Other Tokyo Disney 2010 Halloween related posts:

Tokyo DisneySea Halloween 2010: Seasonal Decorations

Photo Essay: 2010 Halloween Costumes at Tokyo Disneyland