Just days after Typhoon Dujuan tore through the region, Tokyo Disney Resort has gone from weathering a storm to weathering an entirely different crisis, absolute chaos at the vending machines. Guests are reporting lines running thirty minutes to a full hour deep, just to grab a drink. Multiple machines have been reported completely sold out of Coke and tea. For a resort known for running like clockwork, this is a level of gridlock nobody saw coming.
It’s the kind of scene that makes for good social media content, but it’s genuinely frustrating if you’re actually there trying to stay hydrated on a hot day inside the parks.
If you’ve got a trip to Tokyo Disneyland or Tokyo DisneySea coming up, you’re going to want to read this before you go, especially if you were planning on grabbing drinks on the go.
How Everything Piled Up at Once
Here’s the deal. Typhoon Dujuan wrecked travel plans across Tokyo earlier this week, canceling hundreds of flights, shutting down rail lines, and pushing evacuation advisories out to more than 1.6 million people in the area. Tokyo Disney Resort actually kept its doors open the entire time, but good luck getting there or walking around outside while the storm raged.
Now that the weather’s cleared up, it looks like every single person who put off their trip during the typhoon showed up at once. Add in Silver Week, a stretch of Japanese holidays that always brings a wave of domestic tourists, plus a cosplay allowed period pulling in its own crowd, and you’ve got a perfect storm of demand the resort clearly wasn’t ready for.
Guests Are Documenting the Madness in Real Time
The chaos is playing out live on social media. Poneco Disney posted on X laying it all out. “Disneyland today is jam-packed with sold-out tickets,” the post read, blaming the backlash from the recent bad weather. “Mobile orders at restaurants are closing one after another, with long lines snaking everywhere. Inside the park, vending machines are completely out of stock, entire machines wiped clean of Coke and tea, and there are multiple such cases.”
Even the staff seemed stunned. “Frenzy, the cosplay-allowed period, Silver Week, and the rebound from bad weather all piling up, even the cast members were visibly shocked, saying things like, ‘I’ve never seen vending machines sold out before!'”
⚠️自販機もSOLD OUT⚠️
ここのところの悪天候からの反動で、本日のディズニーランドはチケット売切の大混雑です。
レストランのモバイルオーダーは受付終了が相次ぎ、長蛇の列。パーク内の自動販売機はコーラもお茶も、1台まるごと売り切れというところも複数、あります。… pic.twitter.com/PZhQnYTEqf
— Poneco Disney (@PonecoDisney) September 22, 2026
YouTuber Joe Magic posted a video showing a line wrapping around part of the park, and honestly, it looks like something bigger than it actually is. “Can’t even buy a drink,” the caption said. “Vending machines are an attraction too. You thought it was a line for the banquet hall, right? It’s just a vending machine.”
⚠️ 飲み物も買えない ⚠️
自動販売機もアトラクションです
バンケットホールの列って思ったでしょ？
ただの自動販売機です pic.twitter.com/HBMHmKpEtL— 【ジョマジ】ジョー・マジック【YouTuber】 (@joejoemagic) September 22, 2026
This isn’t just longer lines for popular rides. We’re talking actual shortages of water and soft drinks with demand blowing right past supply.
From Surviving a Typhoon to Surviving the Crowds
Just days before this whole vending machine situation blew up, guests were sharing wild stories of navigating Tokyo Disneyland through Typhoon Dujuan itself. One visitor described braving the storm to hit Tower of Terror, saying conditions were bad enough that “umbrellas are totally pointless,” and pointing out how surreal it felt hearing cheerful Disney tunes blast through speakers while the storm raged outside.
Now the resort’s dealing with the total opposite problem. No more wind and rain, just an insane crush of people showing up all at once as delayed travelers collide with the already scheduled Silver Week rush.
Here’s What You Should Actually Do About This
If you’ve got a Tokyo Disney Resort trip coming up soon, prepare for way bigger crowds than usual crowd calendars would suggest. Bring your own water or snacks if you’re allowed, because standing in a full hour line just for a drink sounds miserable. Given the mobile ordering hiccups being reported, don’t count on a specific meal timing working out perfectly either, keep backup options in mind.
Check Tokyo Disney Resort’s official updates as close to your trip as possible, since a surge like this could lead to temporary changes in ticket availability or park hours. And if your schedule has any wiggle room, waiting a bit longer for the post storm rebound to die down could mean a way smoother visit overall.
For now, both parks are still open and running, but between the aftershocks of Typhoon Dujuan and the overlapping holiday crowds, this is anything but a normal week at Tokyo Disney Resort. Guests already there seem to be finding some humor in it, joking about vending machine lines rivaling those for the actual attractions, but it’s a solid reminder that even the most carefully planned trip can hit a wall nobody accounted for.
Run into wild crowds or sold out vending machines on a recent trip to Tokyo Disney Resort? Tell us in the comments, we want to hear the details.
