Tokyo is playing host to a Pixar event that I would basically describe as one photo op after the next. If nothing else, this event knows that people nowadays live and die by posting photos on their social media.

I love Pixar – I love most of their movies and short films – so I jumped at the chance to go to this event.

The venue, itself, felt pretty laid back when I arrived, which I always appreciate, and thanks to the tickets, it wasn’t that crowded while not feeling empty either.

I waited in a line for about five minutes to shell out 1,500 yen for a stamp booklet that, if you filled it out correctly (and they give you so many warnings about missing a station) would give you a Lorcana trading card at the end. I don’t do the trading card game, but it was nice feeling a sense of a mission going from room to room in the event and collecting stamps, and I think the stamp booklet is a nice souvenir.

After getting the optional stamp booklet, you’re put into a room with a 180 degree screen that explains the rules of the event, then you’re ushered through the rooms.

Some of the rooms had a staff member on hand to tell you where to stand to line up for your photos, and they would also kindly take your picture for you so everyone in your group can be included. But not every room had this, and the staff seemed mostly pretty interested in making sure you kept moving along.

There was no encouraged lingering to soak in the atmosphere of any given movie, I thought, sacrificed in favor of making sure no room got too crowded. I can understand this, but I still felt a little disappointed that I couldn’t just sit in, for example, the world of Coco or Up and pretend I was part of it for a minute.

And I have to say that for how many rooms there were (12) and how much walking was involved, I felt like some of the rooms were just too small and the event too short. For example, the Inside Out room was the first time I’ve ever seen a space trying to re-create the experience of the movie (like many of the rooms), but it was cramped, with only two short walls full of the memory spheres and then the control panel in the middle. I wanted to be able to walk around headquarters rather than just the back half of it, and there was no looking out the pretend windows, either, as staff were at hand to shuffle along people lining up for photos.

Still, I’m really glad I got to go and do what I could to enjoy the feel of each movie. And of course there was a vast gift shop at the end to suit all of your Pixar desires (including Loungefly bags I can’t easily find in Japan). I just wish it was an even bigger event…and perhaps a little cheaper.