Anna and Elsa's Frozen Journey

Description And Comments

Anna and Elsa’s Frozen Journey is the marquee attraction in Fantasy Springs. It takes the classic Fantasyland dark ride formula where they retell a Disney animated movie and amps it up to stratospheric levels. Inside Anna and Elsa’s Frozen Journey you’ll find a lavishly detailed queue that is an attraction of its own. If you’re using a Priority Access pass you’ll skip almost all of this and go into the load/unload area.

What strikes us most about Anna and Elsa’s Frozen Journey is that every scene has a “wow” moment. For example, during the Do You Want to Build a Snowman? scene, it starts out by showing a young Anna knocking at the door, only for the whole scene to rotate revealing young Elsa who proceeds to freeze the door shut. The effect is achieved with special lighting and crystal clear projections.

Anna and Elsa’s Frozen Journey is the epic scale. The scenes are so massive that most other Disney rides can't compare. Imagine the room with the AT-ATs from Rise of the Resistance, but instead of one room, it’s every almost scene. The building Anna and Elsa’s Frozen Journey is housed in is rumored to be over 95,000 square feet and Imagineers masterfully took advantage of this space. For comparison, Indiana Jones Adventure in Disneyland is a little over 57,000 square feet. Also, we consider the animatronics on this ride to be the best looking and most realistic animatronics ever produced. While the ride does use screens in a hand full of places, the rest of the ride is a full on animatronic spectacle.

Touring Tips

There is currently no regular standby line for any of the Fantasy Springs attractions. You must obtain a Standby Pass or Priority Access pass in the Tokyo Disney Resort app.

Standby Pass: There is currently no standby lines for any of the four attractions in Fantasy Springs. So, to enter the land and be able to wait in line to ride them, you’ll need a Standby Pass. These are obtained in the official Tokyo Disney Resort app. Before you enter the park you’ll need to download the app, create an account or log in to your current MyDisney account (American MyDisney accounts DO work), link a park ticket, and then once you enter the park you can go into the app and make a Standby Pass reservation. You can only make one Standby Pass at a time, and then book another one after 2 hours. I will reiterate that Standby Passes are FREE, but they do quickly run out. In my experience and based on the experience of others, the Standby Pass supply for the day will run out within the first 30-60 minutes after the park opens. Considering how long it takes to get through security, you’ll want to arrive at the park at least 90 minutes early. And yes, I would consider 90 minutes to be the bare minimum. Another wrinkle to this that makes the Standby Passes even more difficult to obtain is that Tokyo DisneySea will regularly open 30-60 minutes before the official opening time. So if Tokyo DisneySea is listed as opening at 9:00 AM, you may want to arrive at the front of the park between 6:30 to 7:00 AM. Occasionally additional Standby Passes will be released during the day, but this is unannounced and to obtain one you need to be on your phone and refreshing availability. It’s a total crapshoot. After you obtain a Standby Pass you will be given a return time. When your time arrives, go to the attraction and enter the Standby Pass line, where you will proceed through the ride’s regular queue and wait in line. Much like standby times at other attractions, wait times vary depending on the time of day and by attraction.

Priority Access: Priority Access is the paid version of Standby Pass and can also be obtained in the Tokyo Disney Resort app. The benefit of Priority Access is that you will have minimal wait for the attractions you purchase it for. These also run out well within an hour after the park opens for the day. Each Priority Access costs 2000 yen, or about $13 USD. Priority Access is available for Anna and Elsa’s Frozen Journey, Rapunzel’s Lantern Festival, and Peter Pan’s Never Land Adventure. After purchasing Priority Access you’ll be given a return time. When your time arrives, go to the attraction’s Priority Access line entrance where you’ll walk through a queue much shorter than the Standby Pass queue. Wait times for Priority Access attractions range from 5 to 20 minutes.

Ride Through Video

Other Attractions in Fantasy Springs

• Fairy Tinker Bell's Busy Buggies
• Peter Pan's Never Land Adventure
• Rapunzel's Lantern Festival