Disney Premier Access is a pay-to-skip-the-line service at Tokyo Disney Resort. The offering is the TDR equivalent to Lightning Lane Single Pass in the stateside parks. Why are they named differently? We don’t have that answer! But we do have other answers about Premier Access including how to use it and what to use it on. In this post, we’ll focus specifically on Tokyo DisneySea and the attractions there.

How To Use Disney Premier Access

Let’s start with the ‘how to’ of it all. For all of the issues with Disney Parks apps, including Tokyo Disney Resort’s, they make buying Premier Access fairly easy. Of course, when I say fairly easy that means it’s a 4 or 5 step process inside of an app that you have to download all in order for you to spend extra money. Resisting the urge to do a ‘back in my day’ joke here!

As I mentioned, the first step to buying Disney Premier Access is having the Tokyo Disney Resort app downloaded. This will need to be done regardless since you’ll need the app for your park tickets anyway. I’d recommend already having your credit card on file to make the whole process much smoother. If you’re a seasoned Walt Disney World or Disneyland pro then the account will likely already have the credit card linked.

The other thing you’ll want to take care of before entering the park is making a group with who you want to ride the Premier Access attraction with. This isn’t a problem for groups who have bought their tickets together, your group should already be linked. If you’ve bought separately though, just click the ‘+’ button on the home screen of the app and then send a link to those you want to join your group.

Once you’re inside the park gates (more on what time to be inside of them down below) then you’ll be able to purchase Disney Premier Access. Please note that this is inside of the park gates, not the security screening. You have to enter the park with your ticket for Premier Access to work. After scanning in there, you’ll find this on your homepage of the app screen.

From there, it’s easy. You’ll select your group followed by the attraction you want as well as whatever times are available. We recommend selecting the first possible timeslot if you plan on purchasing more Premier Access options after that. We also recommend getting a Premier Access the second your entire group is inside of the park.

Speaking of, you can purchase an additional Premier Access entry either an hour after your first purchase or once you’ve checked into the previous ride, whichever comes first. That’s why we recommend the earliest possible Premier Access. Say you get into the park at 9:15 and there’s an option for your ride at 9:50, that’s 25 minutes earlier than you could purchase if you had to wait the hour. Sorry to show off my math skills there. That might not seem like a lot but it is when playing the Premier Access game at Tokyo Disney Resort.

One other thing to note is that holding a Premier Access will not get in the way of you getting Priority Passes (free fastpasses, essentially) or doing any entry requests. They are different entities and won’t interfere with each other.

At the beginning of this section, I mentioned that buying Premier Access is fairly simple. Then I spent 500 words describing how to do it all while trying to be succinct. Maybe my bar for ‘fairly simple’ is too low? Welcome to Disney Parks in the 2020’s! Anyway, follow the steps for Premier Access in the apps and it is (mostly) self-explanatory.

Best Uses of Disney Premier Access at Tokyo DisneySea

As of November 2025, Tokyo DisneySea has 7 attractions and 2 shows available for Premier Access. Depending on the seasonal event, there may be another show offered. Here are the rides available and their prices:

• Anna & Elsa’s Frozen Journey – 2,000 yen
• Rapunzel’s Lantern Festival – 2,000 yen
• Peter Pan’s Never Land Adventure – 2,000 yen
• Soaring: Fantastic Flight – 2,000 yen
• Toy Story Mania – 2,000 yen
• Tower of Terror – 1,500 yen
• Journey to the Center of the Earth – 1,500 yen

Shows:

• Believe! Sea of Dreams – 2,500 yen
• Dreams Take Flight – 2,500 yen
• Dance the Globe (coming in 2026) – 2,500 yen

You can purchase Premier Access for both the shows and attractions at the same time. They’re each in their own bucket and the hour wait between purchasing doesn’t apply if you’re going for one show and one ride. With that said, we don’t recommend using the Premier Access on the shows. The steeper price tag of Believe! Sea of Dreams just isn’t worth it when there is ample amounts of seating available for the nighttime spectacular. You won’t get as good of a spot without it but, at least in our opinion, that’s a fine tradeoff for not spending the money. Other shows can be accessed via the Entry Request. If you don’t get in with that then consider how much you care about the stage shows before purchasing.

The rides are where the real strategy comes in. Some of them are extremely popular and will sell out fast. We’ve got some caveats below but the order we recommend purchasing Premier Access (or the order of their popularity, to put it differently) for rides is this:

1. Anna & Elsa’s Frozen Journey
2. Soaring: Fantastic Flight
3. Rapunzel’s Lantern Festival
4. Journey to the Center of the Earth
5. Peter Pan’s Never Land Adventure
6. Toy Story Mania
7. Tower of Terror

First place is easy. As soon as you enter the park, we recommend purchasing a Premier Access for the park’s Frozen ride. Not only is it my favorite attraction in DisneySea, it’s also extremely popular. We don’t typically recommend buying skip the line passes in our itineraries but at this park, getting one is absolutely the way to go.

On busy days, you might have to get in line to enter the park an hour in advance just to be able to purchase the pass before it sells out. 7:30 is a very safe bet before a 9 AM opening and 8 should be okay but you’re playing with fire. We think it’s more than worth it and recommend getting the earliest time slot possible.

After that, things get far more complicated. Soaring and the Tangled attraction are the next most popular. The problem is Soaring’s on-ride experience is the same as the states so we don’t necessarily recommend riding it in the first place. This version of Soaring has a great queue but the Premier Access line skips most of it. Rapunzel’s Lantern Festival just isn’t as good of a ride as the rest of the list offers.

If you’re set on doing these then we recommend a Premier Access for one of them while rope dropping the other. If you’re okay with skipping Soaring (or vice versa) then rope dropping Rapunzel’s Lantern Festival is the way to go. You can save some money that way. On most days, Rapunzel’s Lantern Festival and Soaring are available after that first hour has passed. Soaring typically goes faster than the Tangled ride.

Fourth and fifth are also close on the list. Journey to the Center of the Earth is DisneySea’s iconic ride in the volcano. It’s also less popular than other rides we’ve talked about so far. The attraction is a great rope drop ride but if you purchase a Premier Access for this and rope drop Rapunzel’s Lantern Festival then you save 500 yen per person. That’s not a big difference but it is something.

Peter Pan’s Never Land Adventure is another excellent attraction that should not be missed. We recommend hitting it without Premier Access around 7:45 or 8 PM at night. Lines will get long throughout the day but the ride has shorter waits at night. To be honest, when we go to the park and aren’t doing any sort of testing then we ride this at rope drop and then again at night. That’s how much we like it!

The final two will come down to personal preference. I don’t think Toy Story Mania is worth the splurge unless you’re a completist or just really love the ride. The area it’s located, in a Coney Island section of American Waterfront, is way different than California Adventure or Hollywood Studios but you can get a feel for that from the outside. Once you’re inside of Woody’s mouth (you read that correctly) the ride is an almost exact copy of those.

Tower of Terror is in a similar boat, with a different setup and story than Twilight Zone but is still the same ride system. Ultimately, we recommend doing Tower of Terror via standby line at some point during the day. We love the different story and the queue is well worth checking out. Toy Story Mania we generally skip. If it’s a busy day and you’re happy to spend the money then getting these as your third Premier Access options is a decent way to go. They’ll likely be the only ones available once afternoon hits.

To summarize, get Premier Access for Anna & Elsa’s Frozen Journey. After that, purchasing one for Rapunzel’s Lantern Festival will make the day much easier but isn’t necessarily worth the money. From there, it comes down to personal preference, how busy the day is and how much money you want to spend. We think splurging for a few rides is the way to go at DisneySea, especially if you have limited time in the park.

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