Tokyo Disneyland is a park full of excellent attractions! So many, in fact, that getting through them all in one day is incredibly hard. Thankfully, the park still uses a form of free FastPass that they now call Priority Pass. In this post, we’ll go through what attractions are the best and worst uses of Priority Pass at Tokyo Disneyland.

For now, Priority Pass is termed as a free offering in honor of the resort’s 40th anniversary. The 40th anniversary celebration has ended over 2 years ago but the pass has not! My guess is that they will continue to offer Priority Pass in the future but, as we’ve seen stateside, that could change at any moment. I hope not though! Going to a resort that offers free FastPass is nostalgic and, more importantly, a big help to touring the park.

Before we get into the actual attractions, here’s a brief breakdown on the verbiage used at Tokyo Disney Resort and how to book Priority Passes once inside the park. Not everything is free at Tokyo Disney, unfortunately. A few attractions have a ‘pay to skip the line’ feature. This is called Disney Premier Access and is the same as Individual Lightning Lanes at Disneyland and Walt Disney World. The attractions available to purchase Disney Premier Access at Tokyo Disneyland are:

• Enchanted Tale of Beauty and the Beast – 2,000 yen
• Splash Mountain – 1,500 yen
• The Happy Ride with Baymax – 1,500 yen
• Disney Harmony in Color Parade – 2,500 yen
• Tokyo Disneyland Electrical Parade Dreamlights – 2,500 yen
• Reach for the Stars – 2,500 yen
• Mickey’s Magical Music World – 2,500 yen
• Seasonal Parades/Cavalcades – 2,500 yen

Unlike the domestic parks, paying for one or two of these may be advisable if you have limited time at the park. I’d recommend Beauty and the Beast and/or one of the other rides before the parades, as there is plenty of available seating for the parades and they cost more.

Moving on, Priority Pass is the term used for what was formerly known as FastPass. Why did they change the name? I have no clue! I’m guessing the Disney company just wanted to retire the name and the Tokyo parks were forced to follow suit. Why use a phrase that everyone understands and commonly used when you can use a number of different phrases that will confuse people for years to come! I will now step off my very small soapbox.

You can book Priority Pass through the Tokyo Disney Resort app. Make sure all of your group has their park tickets linked inside of the app and then click on the Priority Pass button that’s on the homepage under “My Plan” as soon as the park opens and you’re inside. Once the first experience is booked guests can obtain a Priority Pass for another experience 120 minutes later or after the start time of their previous Priority Pass, whichever is earlier. Guests can obtain a Priority Pass for the same attraction twice.

Once inside of the Priority Pass window, guests can show Cast Members their code for the attraction at the entrance of the ride. You’ll scan the code on the reader and that’s that! That sums up how to book an attraction, if you have questions about the process then let me know in the comments below.

Tokyo Disneyland’s Priority Pass system currently includes five attractions, since Space Mountain and Buzz have closed. It’s a very strong group of rides, much better than Tokyo DisneySea’s roster. Our ranking will go from worst to first, counting down to the best attraction to use on Priority Pass. This isn’t a ranking of what attractions are best, I’ve already done that! Instead this looks into what Priority Pass attraction will lead to the least wasted time in line. Some of that does follow what attractions are best but it has more to do with wait times and what attraction runs out of Priority Pass first. Let’s get to it!

5. Star Tours: The Adventure Continues

With no disrespect to the dark side or the Jedi council, this is an easy pick for last place. There’s not as much interest in the Star Wars franchise in Japan. This attraction generally doesn’t have a long line. I’d only book this one if everything else on the list is unavailable.

4. Haunted Mansion

Thanks to a very high ride capacity, Haunted Mansion ends up pretty low on this list. Don’t get me wrong, the Tokyo Disneyland version of the ride is great! It’s most similar to Magic Kingdom’s edition once on the ride and is even better during the Nightmare Before Christmas overlay. But wait times are lower at Haunted Mansion than elsewhere.

3. Big Thunder Mountain Railroad

Big Thunder is so much fun, no matter what resort you’re at. The attraction can also draw fairly long lines and the Priority Pass jumps a large portion of that, at least more of the line than the previous 2 attractions I mentioned. A caveat here is that Big Thunder is Tokyo Disneyland’s best nighttime ride. If you can finagle the system to where you can book a Priority Pass after the sun sets then move things around accordingly!

2. Monsters, Inc. Ride & Go Seek

The top two are pretty obvious and can be in any order. I put Ride & Go Seek second because I like Pooh’s Hunny Hunt way more. That said, this is a very fun and interactive dark ride about one of the best modern animated movies! Lines are very long here so try to grab this one early in the day.

1. Pooh’s Hunny Hunt

This is one of my favorite attractions in the world so it’s not a big surprise that it falls first on the list. An ideal way to start the day is getting a Priority Pass for here, bite the bullet and pay for Disney Premier Access to Enchanted Tale of Beauty and the Beast (hopefully with a late morning return window) and then grab a Priority Pass for Monsters, Inc. as soon as you’re in line for Hunny Hunt. That will lead to three of the best attractions the whole resort offers being done right away!

Where would you use your first Priority Pass at Tokyo Disneyland? Let us know, as well as any questions you have, in the comments below! Planning a trip to Tokyo Disney Resort? Check out our planning guide! If you enjoy what you’re reading please subscribe to the blog and like our social media pages which you can find on the right side of this page. Thank you for reading, we really appreciate it!