Fantasy Springs Magic & MiraCosta Hotel

Day two was our chance to use the 1-Day Passport: Fantasy Springs Magic. We'd had a look around the night before. Now it was time for the rides the children had been waiting for.

We started at the hotel Ticket Counter to buy our passports. In February 2025, these were available to Fantasy Springs Hotel guests or people with an eligible package booking. At the time, we could use them to ride the participating Fantasy Springs attractions again and again through Priority Access.

The prices recorded in my post were ¥22,900–25,900 for adults aged 18 and over, ¥21,600–24,000 for ages 12–17, and ¥19,700–20,600 for ages 4–11. Children under four entered free. Those were the ticket price ranges at the time.

Along with our park tickets, we had Happy Entry passes for entering 15 minutes early, and Proof of Stay for using the hotel entrance and exit. We needed each for something different, so we kept them handy throughout the day.

The tickets were ready, but the children slept in. In the end, we didn't use Happy Entry. We actually entered the park at around 9:10 a.m. and headed straight for Anna and Elsa’s Frozen Journey.

After we showed our Fantasy Springs Magic passports, a Cast Member gave us wristbands to show on later rides. We still needed our tickets as well, though.

From Frozen, we went on to Rapunzel’s Lantern Festival, then Peter Pan’s Never Land Adventure. Our youngest hadn't reached the 102 cm height requirement in place at the time, so she couldn't join us on Peter Pan.

Once we'd tried each ride, we asked the children which ones they wanted to do again. Our plan was to spend the first half of the day in Fantasy Springs, as we'd booked lunch at the hotel. Being able to go back on their favorite rides was what made this passport work so well for our family.

Compared with buying DPA separately for the number of rides we took, I felt we'd made pretty good use of Fantasy Springs Magic that day, especially with five trips on Frozen. This was our experience of the passport in February 2025. When I wrote the original post, it was listed as being sold only through March 31, 2025.

Read Dad’s impressions from his solo visit when the attractions first opened ↗

A lunch break at Fantasy Springs Restaurant

After a full morning of rides, we returned to Fantasy Springs Restaurant for our 11:30 a.m. reservation, the first lunch sitting. We arrived a little early, so we still had a good choice of tables when we went in.

When we visited, there were entrances from both the park and the hotel. Each section of the restaurant was decorated with scenes from animated films. Wandering around to look at them was just as enjoyable as exploring the lobby.

There was quite a variety to choose from, including hot dishes, salads and desserts. I took a few photos of the buffet so you can see what was on offer.

There were plenty of sweets and desserts too, in small pieces and little cups that made it easy to try a few things. We ended up spending quite a while over this meal.

Someone at a table in our section happened to be celebrating a birthday. The staff brought percussion instruments for us to keep time while singing Happy Birthday, and cake was shared with the guests nearby. It was a lovely little moment during lunch. I'm not sure whether the cake was a hotel service or something the birthday family had bought themselves.

Our youngest fell asleep after eating, so we had a long rest, about two and a half hours that day. During the meal, I popped out to check out and ask the staff to send our bags to MiraCosta Hotel, where we'd be staying that night.

Before leaving Fantasy Springs, we took the children for one more little wander, then headed over to explore the main part of DisneySea.

MiraCosta Hotel, facing the harbor from the central building

For our second night, we chose MiraCosta Hotel again, as we had the year before. We also chose a Harbor View Room for the same reason: we wanted to sit and watch Believe! Sea of Dreams together from our room.

The difference this time was that our room faced straight out from the central building. We could see the harbor and volcano ahead, with the square below and all the activity around the water from a different angle. We'd planned to spend the rest of the day enjoying that view.

Once we reached the room, the children could rest after all that walking, while I took my time photographing the details. The room had the usual toiletries, Disney cups, slippers and pajamas for our stay.

As evening approached, the light over the harbor gradually warmed. Boats still passed below us, and we took photos while waiting for the show we hoped we'd finally see this year.

But in the end, Believe! Sea of Dreams was canceled because of strong winds again. For the second year in a row, we missed the show we'd booked this room to watch.

The children were disappointed too. We'd chosen a harbor-view room and looked forward to watching it together. Once we knew there would be no show that night, all that was left was to look outside, take in the quiet and bring home some photographs. The view was still beautiful, but it felt a little lonelier than I'd expected.

Watch the video from our room and read the original Facebook post ↗

The next morning · February 13, 2025

The next morning, the children woke up and went back to the window. Before the park opened, the square below was still quiet, with morning light falling on the buildings around the harbor. It was another side of the view we got to see from this room.

When the park opened, we watched guests hurry toward the Disney characters welcoming them below. The children stood watching from our window. The bustle of a new morning took the place of the show we'd missed the night before.

I was still disappointed about missing Believe! We hadn't managed to watch it together as we'd hoped. But we brought home another photograph of our child looking out through this window. As for the show, perhaps we'd have to keep it as our reason to come back and try again.