🎫 [Visiting after Sept] Still think there is a free shortcut?

There is no free way left to shorten a queue: skipping ahead now means paying for Premier Access. We cannot write in-park strategy, but we can put a number on what moving your visit by a single day is worth.

There is no longer any free way to shorten a queue. The 40th Anniversary Priority Pass ended on 31 August 2026, and skipping ahead now means paying for Premier Access. The attraction lineup widened the next day, at ¥1,000 to ¥2,500 a ride. Standby Pass is free, but it is a slot for joining a queue, not a way to shorten one, and it covers no attractions. The only free lever left is which day you go. Across the 724 days we cover, the quietest and busiest days are 5 levels apart.

🎫 Every free way to skip a queue is now gone!

What ended on 31 August was the free Priority Pass. Paid Premier Access continues. The free route closed and only the paid one remains.

Skipping an attraction queue costs ¥1,000 to ¥2,500 per person per ride, and the headline ones sit at ¥2,500. Four people on three rides lands between ¥20,000 and ¥30,000 — on top of the park tickets.

📅 The quietest and busiest days are 5 levels apart!

Sort the 724 days we cover by level and the bottom reads Easy, the top Packed — 5 levels apart. 143 days sit at the lowest level; 32 sit at the top two.

That gap does not care whether a pass exists. It is a property of the crowd itself. While the free pass existed you could claw back some of a bad date. Now you cannot.

Level	Land	Sea
Wide open	25min	30min
Easy	40min	45min
Fairly easy	55min	60min
Normal	80min	95min
Fairly busy	95min	110min
Busy	120min	140min
Packed	135min	155min

Longest wait, roughly

🤔 Is "just pay for it" really the answer?

This part is opinion. It looks like buying back a difference the date could have absorbed for free. Going on a busy day and paying ¥1,500 several times, versus going on a quiet day and paying nothing, is a different price for the same experience.

Plenty of people cannot move their dates. Which is exactly why moving them is worth more now, for those who can.

🚀 Shifting the date is the only lever left

There are 446 weekdays that are neither a public holiday nor inside a school break. Choosing from those alone removes the top level from your options. That is the whole of what is still free.

Work down the weekday, then the shape of the holidays, then the season, and the shortlist narrows on its own.

• Dick Thomas Johnson / CC BY 2.0💴[On a budget] Same single day, but ¥3,500 apart!The same single day can cost ¥3,500 more. The 1-Day Passport runs ¥8,900 to ¥12,400 across 6 levels — the park saying which days it expects to be busy.
• othree / CC BY 2.0💰[Traveling on a budget] Prices we cannot read, but the quiet months are July and September?Across 446 plain weekdays, the quietest month is July. Tickets span ¥8,900 to ¥12,400 over 6 levels, but the per-date prices we cannot pull.
• othree / CC BY 2.0🔀[Flexible dates] One step across, 2 possible amounts — which will you cross?Cross one step and the same 1-Day Passport moves ¥500. There are 6 steps and ¥3,500 from floor to ceiling. Steps are not even: some ¥500, some ¥1,000.
• Dick Thomas Johnson / CC BY 2.0👨‍👩‍👧‍👦[A party of four] Entry alone starts at ¥35,600 — and then our numbers stop?Entry for four runs ¥35,600 to ¥49,600, a ¥14,000 swing on date alone. Premier Access stacks on per person, per ride. Meals and rooms we do not price.
• Dick Thomas Johnson / CC BY 2.0💳[Any discounts?] All 6 price steps are cut by the calendar, none by you?The entry date moves the price. The adult 1-Day Passport runs 6 steps, ¥8,900 to ¥12,400, and no step is set by who you are. Checked Sep 2, 2026.
• Dick Thomas Johnson / CC BY 2.0🏷️[Which ticket?] One product, 6 date steps — is that really the whole price list?We hold one ticket price: the adult 1-Day Passport, 6 steps from ¥8,900 to ¥12,400. No other ticket has an amount in our data. Checked Sep 2, 2026.