Today is Tokyo DisneySea 17th anniversary - yes, TDS opened on Sept 4 2001, and by the way, now that i think about it that was just one week before Sept 11 attacks... - and i repost today a D&M article all about Tokyo Disney Sea's attraction posters thanks to TDS pictures that my friend Daniel has shot in Japan. The attraction posters are always difficult to shoot as most of them are displayed behind a window glass and it's sometime difficult to avoid reflection but as usual i did my best to enhance the pictures.
Let's begin with Mysterious Island. Above is the Journey to the Center of the Earth attraction poster and below the one for 20000 LeaguesUnder The Sea .
Next one is the one for the Molly Brown, one of the boats from TDS Cape Cod. 
Next attraction poster is the one for the Mermaid Lagoon Theatre...
The attraction poster below is the one for the second version of the Sindbad attraction in Arabian Coast.
Always at Arabian Coast, here is the poster for the Magic Lamp attraction.
In Lost River Delta, the attraction poster of Indiana Jones and the Temple of the Crystal Skull.
In Port Discovery, the attraction poster for Aquatopia...
...and the one for the now extinct Storm Rider attraction and the new Nemo and Friends.
Inside the S.S Columbia TDS guests can now experience a "Turtle Talk with Crush" at the "Undersea Observatory".
As you know, the TDS TOT version, located on the American Waterfront, has a different storyline not inspired by the Twilight Zone series as the TV series are not known or as popular in Japan as they are in the U.S and Europe. Instead, WDI Imagineers imagined a fictitious character named Harrison Hightower, adventurer, explorer, who bring back hundred of antiques from all around the world - and owner of the Hightower hotel. In the storyline Hightower disappeared a fateful night victim of the curse from the African statue Shiriki Utundu, stolen by him in Africa. By the way, you're probably aware of this already but i remind you that the face of Harrison Hightower is inspired by the one of WDI Imagineer Joe Rhode.
To help TDS guests to believe this amazing story many visuals elements are displayed by the "NYC Preservation Society" both inside and outside of the Tower of Terror. Outside, guests cas see fake old newspaper articles talking about Hightower expeditions, like this one below. Enlarge the picture to have a closer look at it.
alt="" />Another different one, shot at sunset.
Less known are these great fictitious pictures that guests can see inside the Hightower Hotel, always related to his "adventures". The one below refers to how Hightower learned the art of charming snakes in Bombay, in 1884!
alt="" />But my favorites are probably the visuals telated to the "Rajah's Pool", supposedly built inside the Hightower Hotel. The Rajah's Pool poster, below, looks great, doesn't it?
Same for this "old" 1895 Rajah's Pool picture which has a lot of charm.
Hope you enjoyed these Tokyo Disney Sea attraction posters articles, next week we'll be back to Tokyo Disney Resort on a different angle.
All pictures by Daniel Rous. Attraction Posters: copyright Disney Enterprises - Oriental Land Co.
The pool is a part of the Tower of Terror gift shop. The floor shows the pool boarded up!
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