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- A cloudy final morning in Tokyo.
- It has been a great 10 days of waking up and seeing Monorails glide by and Cinderella Castle in the distance.
- 6:49am - If you look carefully under the Monorail track you can see the security line for today is long as always at this time of time.
- This parking lot is full again, seems to be used for weekend parking only.
- Final breakfast at the Executive Lounge.
- 8:10am - While wrapping up packing a look around
- Looking out toward Tokyo Bay in the distance
- All packed up.
- Never used the slippers they provided
- A map of the floor and our location.
- I would have preferred bottle water over the filtered so I could take it with me easier.
- If you were curious the room keys are standard Hilton ones.
- 9:03am - Done packing and a couple hours until the bus so decided to go for a walk since it cleared up some out.
- Looking out across Tokyo Bay this morning.
- Several personal watercraft out enjoying the morning today.
- Some people fishing this morning.
- Tokyo Tower
- Another fisherman
- Decided to head back vs walking around the block.
- Was kind of surprised to see this area so unkept.
- There were a number of people moving around the lobby.
- The Hilton photo op in the lobby, no Disney one this visit.
- A look at the TV channels that were available. We almost never had it on.
- Final Tokyo Disney Resort Line Monorail view this trip.
- All packed up and doing a final check of the room.
- 10:25am - A final look back before heading out.
- The front desk area was quiet.
- 10:48am - Waiting for our 11:04 bus.
- 11:08am - Our bus was a few minutes late, it already stopped at a few hotels so about 1/3 full when we boarded.
- We then circled around the Tokyo Disney Resort.
- Stopping at the Disney Ambassador Hotel
- A service entrance near the Hotel Mira Costa for backstage at the parks.
- Another backstage entrance. An OLC administration building on the right.
- We stopped at Disneyland and DisneySea before filling the bus. Then it was off to the airport.
- 11:39am - Finally heading out to the express way.
- A number of bullet trains parked in the yard
- The bus stopped at Terminal 1 & 2 first.
- 12:14pm - Arrived at Haneda Terminal 3.
- 12:17pm - Found the checkin area. Regular Delta checkin had a healthy line and a lot of people. DeltaOne had one group in front of us and several agents.
- 12:33pm - Through security and customs and looking for the lounge.
- Delta has opened a Sky Club at Haneda
- The Sky Club has taken over the TAIT Lounge we visited last trip. It had been remodeled slightly since our last visit and Delta branded now.
- It was busy but I found an angle with not a lot of people to show the space.
- The view outside.
- I made a couple trips to the food area and tried to get pictures between people. Made to order noodles
- The assortment of snacks.
- The view toward Tokyo
- Looking down toward the gates and another lounge with an outdoor area in the distance.
- Tokyo Tower and the Tokyo Skyline
- Looking across the airport at the other terminals.
- 1:52pm - Our plane on final approach.
- 2:01pm - It landed on a far runway and took a while to taxi over.
- 2:06pm - Interesting it did not pull into the gate, it pulled into a stall away from the gate and passengers disembarked and had to take a bus.
- They walked around serving some drinks and snacks from a cart.
- The Toy Story Hotel makes it a little easier to spot Tokyo Disney Resort across the bay.
- A closer look
- You can see Mt. Prometheus too
- A private space you can use for calls/meetings.
- Another pass through the food area.
- Coke Freestyle machines
- 3:24pm - They towed the plane to the gate and we took that as a sign to start walking, plus we wanted to stand and walk for a bit before sitting for the long flight.
- 3:25pm - Leaving the Delta Sky Club
- 3:35pm - At the gate and looking down at the plane.
- 20 minutes until boarding time.
- The boarding sequence
- The gate area was rather tight for a large plane
- 4:08pm - Onboard and checking out my seat. Same configuration as the inbound flight.
- The view out my window.
- The menu for today's flight.
- Fueling up.
- 4:47pm - Pushed back and ready to start the journey home.
- The ground crew waving good bye
- We sat at the end of the runway for a good 15 minutes waiting as other planes landed.
- 5:13pm - On our way
- Our flight path so far. I was on the right side so I did not get to see Tokyo Disney Resort. And of course we flew right around it!
- The view out my side.
- Our full flight path out of the Tokyo area... we did a 180 around the resort area and I was on the wrong side of the plane.
- 6:20pm - Meal time.
- The chicken dish
- Dessert time.. some ice cream. Then decided to sleep.. ended up sleeping for 6 hours of flight.
- Breakfast before landing.
- 10:49am - Thought I might get a view of home as we entered the LA area.. but our area was covered.
- Lake Sherwood and Hidden Valley area was clear.
- Our approach path into LAX this morning.
- 11:06am - Touchdown in Los Angeles
- 11:13am - At a gate in Bradley International Terminal at LAX
- 11:54 - Through customs/immigration and picked up the bags. Now waiting for the shuttle bus. LAX traffic was at a crawl.
- 12:22pm - Back at LAX parking and heading up to my car.
- 1:35pm - Pulled into the driveway at home. Total time since leaving the Hilton just under 18.5 hours. Thank you to everyone who followed along on this trip.
- 11:54 - Through customs/immigration and picked up the bags. Now waiting for the shuttle bus. LAX traffic was at a crawl.