So I'm sorting out how much the Disneyland trip cost me...I know, a scary task, but I have to come to grips with reality.
I have a receipt from the gas station the Monday after the trip for 2913 yen, or 23.3 liters or so of gas. I think about 20 liters of that was burnt on the trip there and back, so 2500 yen for gasoline. (Thank goodness for the Pumpkin Prius!)
I don't remember exactly how much was spent on tolls. I'm thinking something like 4000 yen. This probably shocks my American friends, but tolls are expensive in Japan.
The hotel room we picked at the Ambassador Hotel (Standard Floor, Deluxe Room) was 53,000 yen. Yikes! But we really wanted to stay at the Ambassador so we could take the Pumpkin Princess to breakfast at Chef Mickey (6,600 yen for two adults, the 2 year-old Pumpkin Princess ate for free) and since we started planning late, it was the only room available. Other than the suites. Which, um, no. The Pumpkin Daddy also drank stuff in the mini-bar, which came to 1,450 yen.
2-day park passes for two adults were 20,000 yen.
Other expenditures for Day 1 (Tokyo Disneyland Park) follow.
Breakfast: two sandwiches, a large cookie in the shape of Mickey's gloved hand, a lemon muffin in the shape of his head, and a juice pack of apple juice at the Sweetheart Cafe. 1650 yen.
The Pumpkin Princess, after leaving "Tiki Room", started going on about "the thing that shines and goes around my neck".
It took nearly an hour before we figured out it was a crystal Mickey Mouse head embedded with an LED light that she'd seen another girl wearing. 900 yen.
Lunch for three at Grandma Sara's Kitchen (children's platter, seafood and rice in cheese, which is like mac and cheese except with rice in place of the mac, omlette with fried rice, cream of corn soup, Swiss Roll, 2 sodas), 3,486 yen.
Snacks (Caesar's salad and fresh fruit) and beverages (soda and coffee) at Queen of Hearts Banquet Hall, 1,626 yen.
Pictures taken at Image Works, 1,575 yen.
Diamond Horseshoe Revue (Goofy's Frontier Revue) for 2 adults, 7,400 yen. Cute, fun show but really bad food that I don't care to recall, except for the cheesecake, which was pretty good. And the free refills for soft drinks.
Expenditures for Day 2 (Tokyo Disney Sea Park) were:
Drinks (beer and two soft drinks) and an order of fries at New York Deli, 1,247 yen.
Lunch at the New York Deli (3 deli sandwiches, an order of fries, 3 soft drinks), 2,950 yen.
Stuffed Minnie Mouse that the Pumpkin Daddy HAD to buy for his Princess, 3,500 yen.
I put it next to my Pyrex measuring cup so there is a size comparison.
Helium balloon in the shape of Aristocat, 700 yen.
Yes, it's sorry looking right now, like a kitty taken in an animal shelter after wandering the streets for a week, but for a helium balloon purchased 8 days ago, I think it looks pretty good.
Various cute tins and packages of candies and cookies to take to our co-workers and families, 6664 yen.
This comes to a total of 119,248 yen. At the current exchange rate of 97.08 yen to the dollar, $1228.35.
Um, yikes????
I think this is where I go bury my head in the sand. Or something.
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