Tokyo Disney Resort Toy Story Hotel Review

Tokyo Disney Resort Toy Story Hotel is a hotel located in Tokyo Disney Resort in Urayasu, Chiba, Japan. Toy Story Hotel opened in 2022, is TDR’s 5th official Disney hotel, and offers cheaper prices than the resort’s other upscale options, such as Tokyo DisneySea Hotel MiraCosta,  Tokyo Disneyland Hotel and Tokyo DisneySea Fantasy Springs Hotel. In this post we’ll review a Superior Room and go over the hotel’s amenities, dining, and theme.

Toy Story Hotel is, appropriately enough, themed after characters and other toys found in the Toy Story film franchise. Following the theme, the exterior of the hotel looks like it’s made out of some sort of building block toy.

The area in front of the hotel, known as Slinky Dog Park, features large figures of characters from the film. Here’s Jessie in front of the RC Racer Garage, which is the hotel’s parking structure.

This area sets the scale of the hotel. Here you are the size of one of Andy’s toys. The lobby is bright and colorful and continues the toy theme. The ceiling is painted to look like a board game, while a slot car raceway adorns the wall.

There’s some fun details to discover in the lobby, so be sure to take some time to look around. On one of the walls you’ll find a large drawing of the entire property.

The hotel’s front desk has a big Lite Brite-style toy behind it. Check-in time for Toy Story Hotel is 3:00 PM, while check-out time is 12:00 PM. You can store your luggage at the guest services desk in the lobby before and after your check-in/out times.

Each bank of elevators is themed to either Buzz Lightyear or Woody. Here’s Buzz’s set of elevators.

And here’s Woody’s side.

You may find a fun photo op on your floor near the elevators as well.

Before we get into anything else, let’s talk about the room. There are two room types at Toy Story Hotel, along with several room view subcategories. In this post we’ll be reviewing a Superior Room, but there are only a few minor differences from a Standard Room, such as the fourth pull-down bed. All Toy Story Hotel rooms feature a look inspired by Andy’s Room from Toy Story including the iconic cloud wallpaper a Buzz Lightyear poster, and a drawing of Woody and Buzz done by Andy.

Each room contains two twin beds along with a third trundle bed located under the bed on the left. These beds are similar to beds in many other Japanese hotel chains, meaning the mattresses and pillows are very firm.

Here’s another look at the sleeping area of the room. There’s room for a couple of suitcases near the entrance, but other than that, if you have the trundle bed pulled out there is not a lot of room to stow luggage during your stay.

The TV looks like a giant Etch A Sketch and the box the pull-down bed is located in looks like Andy’s toy box. These are some nice touches.

Here’s the Superior Room’s pull-down bed located under the TV. Giant Mickey Mouse watch on the wall. Cute!Here’s a table only one chair. I guess everyone staying in the room has to take turns using the table.

Here’s the desk area. While there is plenty of room to place belongings or luggage, I found it hard to get any actual work done here on my laptop since the chair has no back. You could pull over the chair in the previous picture but it’s pretty uncomfortable. Also included is a hot water pot, pitcher, tissues, tea, cups, stationary, a phone and lamp.

Four pairs of Woody slippers. These did not fit my size 12 feet. Buzz Lightyear-inspired pajamas. These were not comfortable or uncomfortable. Personally I’d much rather have a robe.

Along the wall near the room’s door you’ll find four hangers.

Small fridge with no freezer section.

The bathroom is separated from the room by a large sliding barn-style door. Toy Story Hotel bathrooms are made up of three parts, each of which is separated by doors that lock. To the left is a shower room. The center is a sink area with a mirror, one sink, and limited counter space. To the right is a small room with a toilet. Here’s the sink. Under it you’ll find tissues and a hair blow dryer.

An amenity kit with cotton swabs and hair ties, tooth brush with tooth paste, and hairbrushes are at the sink if you need them.

The shower room with a bathtub and removable shower head. Body soap, conditioner and shampoo are bolted to the wall. The water pressure coming from the showerhead was excellent.

The toilet is a luxurious Japanese bidet that features heated seats and a stream of warm water to clean your rear end. If you don’t wish to use any of these extra bidet features, simply flush it with the lever attached to the toilet itself. If you do want to try out the bidet, it’s controlled by a panel with buttons.

Toy Story Hotel’s single dining option is Lotso Garden Cafe.

Lotso Garden Cafe is a buffet with views of a Tokyo Bay. The buffet serves everything from meat dishes, noodles, curry, fish, salads, fresh fruit, and more. There’s also a large variety of delicious desserts. The restaurant is open for breakfast 6:30 AM to 10:30 AM and then for dinner 5:00 PM to 9:00 PM. Keep in mind, Lotso Garden Cafe is exclusive to Toy Story Hotel guests.

Even though the price is around ¥3500 per a person, you’re getting a great bang for your buck here because the buffet is all you can eat and the food is good quality with a great variety. Besides your stomach, the only other limit is time. Each party is given 90 minutes to finish their meal.  The dining area is huge but reservations are still recommended.

Some cute artwork of Lotso and friends on the walls.

The courtyard in the middle of the hotel is called Toy Friends Square. Here you’ll find more of the same large figures and decor as seen at the front of the hotel.

Wheezy!

Ham and one of the Little Green Men.

More Little Green Men just outside of the lobby.

A laundry room is available on the third floor.

Is Tokyo Disney Resort Toy Story Hotel worth it? Here are some things to consider. Toy Story Hotel is located directly across the street from Tokyo Disney Resort Line Bayside Station. In only a few minutes you can walk from the front of the hotel to the Resort Line (aka the monorail) and take a ride to entrances of Tokyo Disneyland or Tokyo DisneySea. However, you can stay at Hilton Tokyo Bay or Sheraton Grande Tokyo Bay Hotel for much cheaper. Both of these hotels are neighbors to Toy Story Hotel and offer the same short walk to Bayside Station. Hotel Okura Tokyo Bay is also next to Toy Story Hotel, and while this hotel isn’t as good as Hilton or Sheraton, it can also be booked for significantly cheaper. All three of these hotels offer much larger rooms at a cheaper price. Toy Story Hotel rack rates range from $200 all the way up to $500 a night. I’ve stayed at Hotel Okura and Hilton for as low as $120 a night. One perk you do get with Toy Story Hotel is Happy Entry benefit which grants you 15 minutes early entry into Tokyo Disneyland. This may not sound like much but it gives you a head start to riding Enchanted Tale of Beauty and the Beast with little to no wait. It’s worth mentioning this benefit is not available on the day of check-in.

I’m writing this article in June of 2024, which is the month Fantasy Springs opened at Tokyo DisneySea. I booked a one-night Tokyo Disney Resort Vacation Package at Toy Story Hotel for two, which includes two one-day park tickets for two people, breakfast at Lotso Garden Cafe, unlimited drink vouchers for the parks, and a gift pack with popcorn holder, a bag, and blanket. Now for the price, this all came at a whopping $1100. Normally I would never book something like this but right now Tokyo Disney Resort Vacation Packages include the coveted Fantasy Springs Magic ticket. This grants you guaranteed entry into Fantasy Springs, along with unlimited Priority Access to each of the land’s four attractions. Priority Access is usually $10 to $20 EACH. As of right now, access to Fantasy Springs and its rides are restricted only to Vacation Package guests and those who are able to obtain Priority Access or Stand By passes for the land’s rides. Obtaining Priority Access or Stand By passes is easier said than done. Tokyo DisneySea visitors arrive hours before the parks posted opening time to be among the first in the park so they can secure Priority Access or Stand By passes. During my most recent visit, both Priority Access or Stand By passes ran out within the first 30 to 60 minutes after the park opened. This was during my entire four day trip. If unlimited access to Fantasy Springs is important to you then this Vacation Package is invaluable. With all that said, I personally would never pay rack rate to stay at Toy Story Hotel. There’s not enough perks and the cute theme is not enough for me to justify it in the future.

Have you stayed at Toy Story Hotel? Are planning on staying in the future? Either way let me know in the comments.