Fantasy Springs is DisneySea’s newest area and opened back in June of 2024. It’s themed around a magical spring (the eighth themed port land in the park) which is an entryway to the lands of Frozen, Peter Pan and Tangled. The area is incredibly well themed and honestly so beautiful to walk around; there are so many details and so much to see and look out for.
It used to be extraordinarily difficult to gain entry to Fantasy Springs for almost a year after it opened, but luckily now you can come and go as you please as much as you like. The entryway has two pathways that run through a rock face; one to Rapunzel’s Forest and the other to Never Land. The rock work is absolutely stunning and contains huge carvings of Peter Pan and Tink on the left; Anna, Elsa and Olaf in the centre; and Rapunzel and Pascal (and an actual magic flower) on the right.
Waterfalls run down the rocks and these pools and rock carvings continue throughout the land. You’ll find a huge number of them at the back of the land by the hotel and gift shop, with characters like the caterpillar from Alice in Wonderland (blowing smoke), Malificent in her dragon form, and Cinderella losing her glass slipper. Sorcerer Mickey is a highlight and the looking glass from Snow White too. I highly recommend seeing these in both the day and night, for very different effects. You’ll also sometimes find princesses appearing in the area at the back around the gift shop, so you might be lucky to catch one while you’re there.
The gift shop here used to be the only place you could find Fantasy Springs merchandise, but now that’s spread to the rest of the park, although the highest amount and widest variety of items are still to be found here. The Lost Boy hats are still by far the most popular item and that range has now expanded to include fluffy hoodies and keychains of miniature versions of the hats. Sadly, the Fantasy Springs hotel is for guests only, so you won’t be able to see that unless you stay there, but if you do, you also get your own entrance to the park and I believe you get to enter the park 15 minutes earlier (which allows you to get a jump on the standby lines, buying Premier Access passes – see below – or just to enjoy the land with almost no one in it).
Now, let me introduce you to each of the areas in the land, before I get into the how-to-ride-the-rides situation.
Never Land
Home to Peter Pan’s Never Land Adventure (my favourite ride in the land, but by no means the most popular); a mix of 3D simulator (so you feel like you’re flying) and actual sets with video screens. There’s also Tinker Bell’s Busy Buggies; an open air ride that takes you through Pixie Hollow delivering things to different areas. You can also find Hook’s pirate ship and Skull Rock on the ‘lagoon’, Lookout Cookout (the food spot in this area) and a huge number of fun displays and details made and left by the Lost Boys. There’s a totem pole made of Hook, Smee and the crocodile and a dummy of Smee is also used for target practice by them too!
Rapunzel’s Forest
Here you’ll find Rapunzel’s Lantern Festival; a beautiful boat ride through some of the scenes in Tangled with incredible animatronics and THE lantern scene. You’ll also find the Snuggly Duckling for food and Rapunzel’s tower. Rapunzel’s tower features an insane animatronic of Rapunzel singing out of the window and you can see this from the land, not just on the ride. I highly recommend picking up a caramel muffin/cupcake from the Snuggly Duckling, not only because it’s way more delicious than I had anticipated, but also because the theming in here is wonderful. There’s a lot of Rapunzel’s paintings and nods to the ruffians who spend their time here.
Arendelle
You really feel like you’ve stepped into the kingdom of Arendelle here, with the palace the crowning glory and actually open for food in the Banquet Hall (there’s a photo op with the throne in here too). High up on the ‘mountaintop’ you can even spot Elsa’s ice palace too. The main feature here is Anna & Elsa’s Frozen Journey, which is a boat ride taking you through the story of the first Frozen film. It is exceptionally good and why it still garners standby lines of over 3.5 hours at times. While walking around, definitely take the time to look at the shopfronts and building details, as there’s a lot to spot. Also, I love the cardamom meat buns from Oaken’s OK Foods, next to the palace, but they won’t be to everyone’s taste.
Now, you can enter the land itself without issue, although getting onto a ride unfortunately won’t be as easy! All 4 rides in the land have standby queues or you can purchase a skip the line pass (Disney Premier Access or DPA) to gain faster entry onto the attraction. You can purchase one of these passes every 2 hours or once you’ve ridden the ride, whichever comes first. Anna & Elsa’s Frozen Journey is always the first to run out of DPA passes, so it’s usually a good idea to get one of those if you can, as the standby line can often sit at 3 hours. Both Peter Pan’s Never Land Adventure and Rapunzel’s Lantern Festival rides range around the 1.5-2 hours wait and Tinker Bell’s Busy Buggies at around an hour (although I never waited that long – maybe 30 minutes).
You can purchase DPA passes as soon as you scan your ticket into the park, so it pays to line up well before opening, especially during busy seasons or weekends. In April 2025, I queued up over an hour before park open and there were no Frozen DPA passes left, although in late December I arrived around 40 minutes before opening, got in way faster, and there were still passes left, so your mileage really does vary! Whichever you choose to go for, it’s probably the best area to head for when the park opens as you’ll often be able to get into a standby line for one of the rides with less wait. That’s unless you want to ride Journey to the Centre of the Earth or Soaring in other areas of the park and then you might want to do those first, as their queues really build up too.
Unfortunately, or fortunately, DisneySea has a lot of exceptional but popular rides, so unless you pay for the odd skip-the-line pass, you’re going to be in queues for a lot of the day. To get the passes, you’ll need to make sure you download the app and have your tickets synced to that. Also, make sure you have your payment details in there too ahead of time, so you don’t need to add them in, or you could miss out on your chosen time slot. For more in depth guides on things like this, I’d highly recommend checking out TDR Explorer‘s blog, YouTube and social media. Just be aware that you won’t get to experience the whole of DisneySea with just one day, so definitely plan accordingly and prioritise.
I hope this has given you an insight into Fantasy Springs and what to expect. It’s a beautifully themed and created land and you could probably spend most of your day there. Although don’t, because DisneySea as a whole has so much to offer. It’s extremely different to Disneyland and it’s unique compared to the other parks around the world, so it’s one you won’t want to miss.
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