It rained.

You knew that was coming, right? It's one of the unbreakable rules of the universe – when British people go to places, rain also goes to said places. I heard a collective groan from everyone in the entire park when the rain joined the party, although Matt and I remained composed, without even the slightest amount of surprise.

Saying that, the rain wasn't so bad, and since we spent most of the day queuing for one particular ride, we weren't caught so badly. The day started with us meeting the Thai students and making the incredibly long journey to Disneyland. Half of the students managed to fall asleep on the Subway, but for those of us who didn't, the highlight of the journey was not losing any students. (In a future update you'll hear why that's so important…)

What was quite exciting was the final leg of the journey, for which we took the Disney Monorail!

The Disney monorail has Mickey shaped windows! Plus, the handles that hang down from the roof have Mickey ears! It's so exciting! Except for the fact it's still a train! It only took about 5 minutes though, so I guess I can pretend I enjoyed it.

When we arrived at the park, we were crestfallen to see so many other visitors. This was a Wednesday during the school term, yet there were thousands of children at the park in school uniform. This means they weren't skipping school, it meant the school had sent them to Disneyland. What on earth are they going to learn at Disneyland? That every toy comes to life when they sleep? Bah, send in the truancy officers, I say.

Currently at Tokyo Disneyland the theme is Hawaii. As a result, the parade that heads through the park twice a day is called something like "Aloha!" or "Aloha Aloha!" or possibly "Aloha Aloha, Aloha! Aloha? Aloha!" because that's pretty much the only word in the song they were dancing to. Still, the costumes were great, especially Mr. Pineapple.

The floats themselves had various Disney characters waving and dancing along with the music, but I have to be honest, I found them a little scary. I feel sorry for the three year olds who sat right at the front, although they didn't seem to share in my fear. Mickey never blinks. That makes him a vampire.

One of the biggest attractions of the day, the famous Space Mountain, was closed for renovation. So we were limited to only two big rollercoasters – Thunder Mountain and Splash Mountain. I enjoyed Splash Mountain a lot more by sitting in the middle row and letting two of the Thai students get soaked in my place. Thanks girls!

The one possible detractor of Space Mountain was that we spent so long queuing for the ride in fake underground caves that I forgot what the sun looked like. Still, I think that's part of the deal when you come to Disneyland.

One terrible, terrible thing did happen at Disneyland, however. Both Matt and myself had the shocking revelation that we have become too old for Disneyland. By around about 6pm the only ride we really wanted to go on was the Park Bench ride. Now, I want to make it clear that I still love extreme rollercoasters, but there really aren't any at Disneyland. We were ready to go home by 6pm, but sadly there was the promise of a fireworks display at 9pm, so we had to wait for that. The entire fireworks display was about thirty seconds long, which made everyone in the group incredibly annoyed that they had waited for what amounted to some flashing lights and a few bangs. If I wanted that I could have started a fight in a nightclub. Oh well.

All things said, Disneyland was a nice day out and definitely more fun than working. Without a doubt. However, I don't think I'll be going there again anytime soon. Plus, of all the people dressed up as famous characters, Simba was nowhere to be found. The Lion King is the best Disney film, people!

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