A friend of ours could not stop gushing about this tour so we HAD to check it out. It's a guided tour through the castle. It's in Japanese, so I can't give any details of the "plot", but suffice to say, something goes terribly wrong.

The tour begins in a room with pictures of various Disney princesses and the guide begins to tell a little about each one. The Magic Mirror interrupts however, changing the paintings into those of some Disny Villains. It forces you down into the dungeon, where you see lots of scary Disney Villains doing Villainy things. Mostly small vignettes like in Anaheim but cranked up a dozen notches in detail and sophistication. The guide at this time is urging you to keep going so as to find a way out, but then you enter the dragon's lair... he's asleep... until he wakes up. You make it to an elevator just in time! As you rise the Magic Mirror takes over again and forces you out into a room with a big Black Caldron on a platform above a green moat. An evil (AA) sorcerer appears and begins to chant. The guide picks one of the group to challenge him with a magical sword. As the sorcerer continues to chant, some excellent special effects bombard you. Spirits floating out of the caldron, spooky skeletons emerging from the moat, much smoke and lasers. At the right moment our hero points the sword at the sorcerer and some bolts of lightening shoot out at him, causing more smoke. We've won! Two guides herd us quickly out the other door onto a staircase. We walk down like 3 flights until reaching a little "de-briefing" room, where our hero is given a medal. We are then shown the exit.

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