OT: Tokyo Disneyland - is it expensive?
Having visted the Tokyo Disney Resort this summer I need to point to things out: it is NOT expensive!
The Disney hotels are expensive, but you pay (at least in the case of the Mira Costa) for its unique quality, themeing and location. If you want to get the price down, go for one of the official Resort Hotels (Sheraton, Hilton, ...). These are "luxury" hotels as well, are located next to their own monorail station and are comparable cheaper. But, this is true, there is nothing like a cheap hotel option on-site, even so there was a hotel that looked cheap right on the property of the metro station, between the metro entrance and the welcome center.
About the food: I think the food is very, very, very reasonable priced. Fast food is of a really impressive quality and offers a wide range of choices in the different locastions. Table service restaurants have average prices in most locations but again very good quality.
Overall I went to TDL expecting it to be expensive but realized that it is not - if you enjoy going for a nice dinner expect regular prices as found at other Disney resorts.
Obviously food and drinks are more expensive in some locations (Mira Costa) but that applies to all luxury hotels. Also it is just normal that a drink from a vending machine in Tokyo or even Tokyo tourist attractions like the Ueno Zoo is about 200 yen cheaper than from a sales cart in Tokyo Disney parks. But even then the price is still in the same range as say in DLRP's parks.
So once you are in Japan you can look forward to a pretty much normal priced trip if you frequent the upscale hotels at other Disney resorts. If you are usually staying at the value priced hotels the hotel price will be kind of a shock though.
Yours
Dirk