Originally Posted By Doobie This topic is for discussion of the September 24 article: Tokyo Disneyland Update at <a href="News-ID508750.asp" target="_blank">http://LaughingPlace.com/News-ID508750.asp</a>.
Originally Posted By captainoblivious Great pictures. Thanks for sharing with those of us who haven't had a chance to get to that side of the planet yet!
Originally Posted By TDLFAN Very nice pictorial!! As good as those posted by that TDLFAN guy here every so often... ;p Ain't *my* park pretty?
Originally Posted By Mr X Is "Maihama" REALLY an anagram for "Anaheim"? Never heard that one before (though I've already been in trouble with Lee once for arguing about Maihama, so I'll shut up. ). The Kanji characters "Mai" and "hama" mean "dancers beach", by the way.
Originally Posted By MagicalNezumi Yikes! I've always heard that it was similar sounding to "Miami". So the name was inspired by that. -- MagicalNezumi
Originally Posted By MagicalNezumi Here's a cite in English: <a href="http://www.japan.com/travel/cities/chiba.php" target="_blank">http://www.japan.com/travel/ci ties/chiba.php</a> "Since its opening, Tokyo DisneySea has quickly become popular with visitors from all over the world, and has evolved into the representative icon of the Chiba Bay Area. The Tokyo Disney Resort area is known as Maihama ("The Dancing Beach"), in homage to Florida Disney World's nearby Miami Beach. The name 'Maihama' was created from a whimsical Japanese translation/pun of Miami Beach; the first character, mai (meaning "dance") is pronounced similarly to the first syllable of "Miami", while hama is the Japanese word for "beach"." -- MagicalNezumi
Originally Posted By TDLFAN Interesting but, what nearby Miami beach??? We are three hrs away from Miami!!!
Originally Posted By Park Hopper I guess I'll have to go with the official guide book explination. However, I have been told differently. It is interesting to note that Miami Beach is not that close to Walt Disney World and Miahama is one letter off from being an anagram of Anaheim.
Originally Posted By Park Hopper ...and how much more clever would it be it Miahama translated to "Dancing Beach" and was also an anagram for Anaheim?
Originally Posted By Roger55 Actually, it is two letters off... but it is a weird coincidence isn't it? A N A H E I M A M A H I A M (Maihama backwards) I like the Anaheim explanation better, just because it ties TDR to DLR(the Original)!
Originally Posted By Park Hopper It's amazing that spelled backwards the two words are that close. But an anagram is rearranging letters and not necessarily spelling words backwards. But I have to agree the words are too similar for it to be a coincidence. And knowing the way WDI used to operate, in my view, makes it even more unlikely. I mean, “Dancing Beach?†What kind of sense does that make?
Originally Posted By TDLFAN >>I mean, “Dancing Beach?†What kind of sense does that make?<< If you are familiar with 'japanesed english' you would see it makes perfect sence... Take japanese and translate it into engligh and it makes no sense whatsoever... "ket's Kiosk", "Shop and Life" etc etc are some examples of japanesed english. >>I like the Anaheim explanation better, just because it ties TDR to DLR(the Original)! << THANK GOD FOR THAT!! The other 2 resorts are way too screwed up and can't run their own places!!
Originally Posted By Mr X Well, the "dancing beach" thing is not so much a translation, per se, it just so happens that the 2 kanji characters they chose mean "to dance" and beach...BUT this happens often with names, particularly with people and places. Some of the place names in Tokyo are pretty "out there", if you translate them literally, but really it's just about picking some kanji characters and how the place sounds more than literal translations. A TDR cast member friend told me that it makes perfect sense though, since there are so many dancers at TDR.
Originally Posted By leemac <<Is "Maihama" REALLY an anagram for "Anaheim"? Never heard that one before (though I've already been in trouble with Lee once for arguing about Maihama, so I'll shut up. ).>> Good to hear it!! I've heard the Anaheim thing before, but everyone I've asked at WDAJ/OLC has always said that it was a coincidence only.
Originally Posted By LPFan22 Great update! I especially enjoyed seeing all of the Halloween deco around the park.
Originally Posted By Tannerman It might just be me, but I noticed audio gaps in the RealVideo... both at high and low bandwidth versions. Seemed to be periodic every few seconds.