After visiting both Nintendo Worlds in Japan and Hollywood, I feel that both parks are better in their own ways. In Japan, there is a lot more different activities to do, with more variety of different foods that are way better than Hollywood's Toadstool Cafe (Except for the Burgers, Hollywood does them better), they also have their own unique headbands which japan's headbands are better, while hollywood's shirts and hats are better. And rides like Mario Kart, compared to Hollywood, takes less time to line up for than in Hollywood. If you are lucky, you can get in to Japan's Nintendo World as early as 7:30am in the morning. However, unlike Hollywood, there are some days where you MUST book a Timed Entry Ticket (Virtual Line) in order to get to the park, and sometimes you must go to a specialized kiosk to book them. Meeting mascots (except Toad) is much stricter, due to the fact that unlike Hollywood, you are not allowed to have your phone to take pictures with mascots, you must stand in a specific position when you meet mascots, you must pose how the mascot poses for pictures, and you must pay 6000 yen for pictures. While in Hollywood, it's just you interacting with the mascot, the staff are allowed to use your phone for picture taking, and you are allowed to greet the mascots with how you like to greet them (plushies). When I met Princess Peach in Japan, the line takes longer compared to Hollywood (30 minutes in Japan). And she would just interact with the staff member every time and only interact with me based on what the staff tells her to do for the first 30 seconds of the meet and greet to fill in that time. When I even tried to greet her with my plushies, she just ignores them. When I met Princess Peach in Hollywood the line is way shorter (2-15 minutes), and she is even willing to get to know more of my different plushies, and with Toadette being her favourite, she would always be happy to hold her and hug her for the picture-taking. The meet and greet is straight to the point and no nonsense.

@excitedwandererjapan

4 ай бұрын

Thank you for sharing your experience. In my opinion character meet and greets shouldn’t be “business like” and im glad you got a good experience at Hollywood.

@kinopiko01

4 ай бұрын

@@excitedwandererjapan sadly, they also care about looks, such as how if you are someone that prefers to wear a mask during picture taking, they will nag you to take off your mask during the picture taking. I didn't want my face uncovered, so I had to ask for their permission to allow me to keep my face covered, even Princess Peach herself will make this demand.

I'm going solo so would it be better for me to do single rider lines instead of buying the express pass?

@excitedwandererjapan

7 ай бұрын

Yup, on most rides you can walk directly inside via the single rider lane. If you're a Harry Potter fan and are taking the "Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey" ride, I highly recommend just jumping into the normal queue to see all the things they put up on the walls. You'll miss them if you just walk straight through and as a HP fan, I loved the effort they took to replicate everything from the books. But if the wait is longer than 60 minutes, I would just walk right through to the ride.

@MrJose72289

7 ай бұрын

@excitedwandererjapan awesome! I'm a huge harry potter fan so I'll definitely try to go through the regular queue. Or I might go single rider if the line is too long and after if I ride all the rides I want, I'll go back for the regular queue.