Day 49

Woke up at 4:45 to get on the first bus to Fuji Q Highland. Weather was unsettled during the whole day, and I was worried some rides were going to be suspended. Arrived at 9am and headed straight for Eejanaika since I knew that one has the longest queue line. Already at 9:10 the waiting time was 1 hour and 30 minutes. It was a great start of the day riding Eejanaika. It was my second time riding it, and I had forgotten how awesome it is. I tried to do a calm face at the photo section, but it was so damn fun I couldn't. The first time I went was soon after I arrived in Japan 3 years ago to study. That time I went on a Sunday during Golden Week, so lines were crazy. Only got to ride Dodonpa (3 hours) and Eejanaika (4.5 hours). I'm going to mix in shots with my photos.

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With a big smile on my face I went for Tondemina next. I thought it was going to be so-so, but it was actually alot better than I expected. I even went on this one three times during the whole day because the line was short. Pretty much everything was around 2 hours after lunch.

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Oshima Batting Center

To avoid getting too dizzy I went into the new Evangelion house, where they have a 1:1 scale EVA 01 right now. Only the head though. They also got a Seele room, and a 1:1 scale entryplug which you can try! Had to pay 1000 yen extra for it though.

While I was at it I thought I might as well do the Gundam house. It was really lame. You get a small pocket device and then you run around in a house looking for data centrals to collect all the parts for your Gundam. Only 1/5 of them work, the rest give you errors. I think it's entirely random. No idea what you get if you happen to collect all the parts within the time limit - 8 minutes.

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About time to go on the second top ride on my list - Fujiyama. But while walking there I did a quick stop at the Panic Clock. Short and boing after the first half.

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Fujiyama is kind of old. It broke the world record for the highest roller coaster (79 m - 259 feet) in Japan when it opened in 1996. Since it's old, it's also a little shaky. But the lenght of the ride, 2 kilometers, the speed, and lots of G power time made the ride very fun. No wonder why so many people like it. Unfortunately it was cloudy and a little foggy, so no view of Mt. Fuji at all. Before getting into the line I had a choco-banana-vanilla crepe.

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A crepe was far from enough to fill my empty stomach, so bought some takoyaki.

I really wanted to go on Eejanaika one more time, but with the line being just over 2 hours, I figured I should I try as many different rides as possible instead, so I know which ones are good next time I go. Because I will absolutely go back. First I tried Tekkotsu Banchou (Steel Frame Gang Leader), which is a slingshot high up in the sky. You get a nice view of the park while riding this.

Just for the experience, I tried Great Zaboon next, the water splash ride. A raincoat costs 100 yen. Very low quality as I saw lots of people who had their coats ripped apart when they sat down in the boat. Even with the rain coat on, I got pretty wet. If you don't use the hood, you're gonna be totally soaked. Poor Kitarie and Erepyon who had to go on this ride completely without rain coats. Actually, there were a few kids who did go without rain coats just for the lulz. Their parents had to squeeze the water off their clothes.

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My rain coat was still useable, so I went to check the queue line for the other water ride, Nagashimasuka. But too long for me. I had about an hour and half left until the bus back to Tokyo would depart. Resulted in Fujiyama one more time, some Tondemina Pizza at the Pizza-La, and finally the Tondemina ride again.

The bus home was decorated with Gundam.

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Back at Tokyo Station I finally got a chance to take a picture of the Japanese habit of sleeping just anywhere.

Finishing off with some more location shots.

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Oshima Batting Center

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