2. Featured shows

Beyond the holiday-inspired (or otherwise -infused) shows, the Oriental Land Company is also planning on incorporating a number of now-standard Disney elements into a small series of additional attractions or events.

This is actually a rather huge development:  rather than continuing to try and separate its resort from the rest of the Disney canon, as the company has been attempting to do more and more in the past few years, OLC is now looking to jump on the attendance bandwagon as quickly – and as thoroughly – as it possibly can.

• King Triton’s Concert – opening April 24, 2015. As previously reported, this new show located at the Mermaid Lagoon Theater in DisneySea will be a state-of-the-art attraction that looks to incorporate some “dynamic performances,” such as can currently be seen with Turtle Talk with Crush at Epcot (and, of course, DisneySea).

• Tokyo Disney Electrical Parade – opening September 7, 2015. A new nightly parade that would seem to have much in common with Tokyo Disneyland’s still-running Electrical Parade: Dreamlights.  This could be a replacement for that still-popular parade, or it could end up going next-door in DisneySea.

• Anna and Elsa’s Frozen Fantasy – January 12-March 18, 2016. Sounding suspiciously like Hollywood Studios’ various Frozen events this year (Summer Fun and the Holiday Premium Package), the Japanese version will see a similar array of shows, decorations, and food inspired by the film.

• Welcome, Little Princess – January 1-March 18, 2016. Capitalizing on the other huge trend that’s been sweeping all the other Disney parks, this event will allow little (or not-so-little) girls become a princess for the day.  It is unknown how much of an additional charge this will be, if any at all.

3. New attractions

There may be only one, and it may only be a copy of a pre-existing Disney attraction (which is itself, ironically enough, a clone), but it nonetheless represents the single biggest expenditure Tokyo Disney Resort is making in its mad scramble to have 2015 (and ’16) be its biggest year yet.

• Stitch Encounter – opening summer 2015. A clone of the Hong Kong Disneyland original (and yet another variation on the Turtle Talk theme), Tokyo Disneyland’s version represents the only true attraction in the current burst of Imagineering activity.