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[ilovedisneylandparis]

PM after BTM has gotta be done I feel like they link together perfectly!

They have a shared storyline if I recall correctly. So they should fit together.

They do have a shared storyline. Henry Ravenswood, the owner of the Big Thunder Mining Company was also the owner of the manor on the hill, known to us as Phantom Manor.

Lovely trip report so far! You should have given those Americans a Boot Hill tour.  Can't wait to read about how you spent the rest of the days!

Isn't it the best! :')

Haha, I wish I had now, I feel like it's the tour I was born to give

[ilovedisneylandparis]

Day 3:

We woke up early on the Wednesday and I'd be lying if I said we weren't exhausted from the day before plus Dreams (yawwwn!). But early mornings are part of the fun in DLP, so we got ourselves up and prepared for another day in the magic I always say this, but I cannot get enough of opening the curtains at the Cheyenne and seeing sunshine - it's one of my favourite things in the world. It was so lovely and sunny the whole time we were in DLP (not a drop of rain!) so I got my wish - four mornings of sunshine







We wanted to get into the parks nice and early for the Extra Magic Hours, and we were really happy that we got to go on both Buzz and Star Tours - Buzz was a 5-minute wait but Star Tours was a total walk-on! There were only about four other people in the Starspeeder with us which felt very odd but was quite exciting really :') It felt like people had almost forgotten about Star Tours this year, what with the green fences and everything - it was quite quiet around that area for most of our trip!

High on our DLP list for 2015 was Ratatouille - we're so used to visiting DLP every year that we never really expect anything to change, so the fact that we had a brand new ride to go on was really exciting We walked over to the Studios at 9.45am and already queues were starting to form, so we picked up a bit of a pace. As we were zipping through the crowds we saw a MASSIVE line and I worried it was an obscenely long line for Ratatouille for a second, but it turned out to be for Crush...phew.

When we got over to La Place de Remy the queue was existent but nowhere near as bad as we'd expected - I think we waited about 20 minutes in the end. What do you think of the ride? We really enjoyed it - the only slight criticism we had was that swapping between screens and 'physical' props could be a tiny bit jarring at times, but other than that I thought it was fab There was a little girl behind us and she was crying so hard - I know it's not the kind of ride you'd think "scary" about, but there are a few moments where you 'fall' through the roof or something similar and I think that could easily be frightening for younger children who don't know how to differentiate between what's real and what's not

After we came out, we had a little look around the general Ratatouille area. WOW. It was so, so beautiful and I have thought about it at least three times a day since we came back from DLP :') The buildings, the fountain, the music... I have now downloaded the Ratatouille soundtrack! I am listening (and crying) as we speak - take me back to DLP



The only slight disappointment we had was the shop, Chez Marianne. The actual store and its decor is fantastic, but the merchandise they had inside (Ratatouille and Paris-themed) was also sold EVERYWHERE else in the parks Why does DLP do this?! I will never understand it from a marketing point of view. We had actively tried to avoid looking at the Ratatouille merchandise in other stores because I wanted the merch in Chez Marianne to be a surprise but by about the third or fourth shop I'd just given up because it was in every damn place we went into So when we got into Chez Marianne it was a bit of an anti-climax because we'd seen it all before, y'know?

Anyway, a lovely experience overall :') I can't wait to go back!

We had a little stroll around WDS...











I've never been on Tower of Terror and wanted to give it a go this time around, but when it came down to it I decided not to. Maybe another time, but for now I'm happy listening to the soundtrack and taking pictures of the Hollywood Tower Hotel

We had a little sit in Studio 1 and did a bit of people-watching, which was lovely. A few minutes later we were back in Parc Disneyland, and we decided it'd be fun to take a cruise on Molly Brown Again, this is one of those things that I either have never done or can't remember doing (probably the latter, as I feel like my mum would have got us on the Molly Brown "for a bit of culture" and we'd have grumped about not being on the rides, haha). It was a lovely little thing to do - I felt like we got to see a different side to Frontierland























We took a trip to the Lucky Nugget for lunch - spending time in Thunder Mesa and smelling that amazing barbecue-y smell had made us want to eat in Frontierland :') I couldn't fault the Lucky Nugget - the service was really good (and very fast!) and the decor is nothing short of EXQUISITE. That really is the only word I can think of to describe it. You can feel the Imagineers (and Walt) in that place; I could have cried.

After we'd eaten, we realised we'd accidentally missed out on one of our favourite DLP activities - popcorn and balloon-buying! We normally do this on the first day and keep the balloon in our hotel room so HOW we forgot to do it this year I will never know...but better late than never, right? We walked over to the vendor in Central Plaza and Russ queued for his popcorn.

While he was doing this, a slight undercurrent of annoyance that I'd felt with DLP's guests really came to a head. Two young boys (probably 5 or 6?) were play-fighting in the popcorn queue, but it got to the point where they were literally throwing each other around, biting each other (?!???) and knocking into other people in the queue, as their parents looked on lovingly and filmed them (again: ?!???). (I didn't mean to make that emoticon but he's very appropriate so he can stay, haha). Another boy ran over from the castle, KICKED A CENTRAL PLAZA BIN and then ran back over to his family, who laughed?! I'm sorry but anyone who kicks a Disney bin deserves to be escorted from the parks and banned for all eternity, why would you do such a thing?

A few minutes later we walked through the castle and two teenagers ran past us, jumped over the walls onto the grass (the bit you're not meant to go on) and then ran into La Taniere du Dragon, pushing past a load of people on their way. We saw them as we came out and they'd climbed up onto some rockwork and were smoking and swearing at people (sO kOoL). I'm not normally an angry person but I suddenly had a really big urge to pull them down from the rockwork and throw them down the Fantasyland wishing well... Russ managed to move me away though, haha

There were other instances throughout the holiday but these occasions all happened without a few minutes of each other which I think is why they annoyed me so much. I have often thought over the years that the biggest problem with DLP is its guests So many people treat our park like rubbish and it makes me so sad.

(Rant over )

We walked through Fantasyland and onto the Mad Hatter's Teacups - the perfect cheer-up ride :') After a little sit and some photo opportunities we decided we'd return to the Caribbean and then have a walk around Adventureland.





By this point our legs were starting to ache (do you get this too? On the first day I'm like "My feet are doing SO well, I must be way fitter than last year" and then by day 3 I need to sit down every 10 minutes, haha) so we decided to pop back to the Cheyenne for a shower and a little rest. I was so tired that I actually had a nap, and when I woke up we realised we were just in time to catch the parade































I missed Duffy on the last float but other than that it was another perfect Magic on Parade and it put me in a lovely mood post-nap, haha We went for a little walk around Fantasia Gardens and Disney Village, before heading over to Earl of Sandwich for some food. I think this worked really well for us this year - it's a nice, quiet place to go on the way back to your hotel, especially if you're not massively hungry! We had a leisurely walk back, stopping by the lake on the way, and then relaxed at the Cheyenne for a while before another early night :')

[bp_serene]

Lovely photos

I enjoyed Ratatouille, I actually went in the single rider line second time round without my family just so I could see it all again. I'm not a massive fan of the movie but the ride is very clever indeed. Plus the entire area is beautiful.

[andrewuk]

Still loving this! Funny how you had parents not caring about their kids behaviour.  if anything We had the opposite:
seeing parents giving out corporal punishment on more than one occasion!

[Mamaboogie]

A great report with beautiful photos!

Was Star Tours open during EMH?

[Lisaa]

What a lovely trip report and you have so many great pictures! I just realized we were in DLP at the same time! Weather indeed was great haha    Looking forward to the rest of your report

[ilovedisneylandparis]

Still loving this! Funny how you had parents not caring about their kids behaviour.  if anything We had the opposite:
seeing parents giving out corporal punishment on more than one occasion!

No way! That's sad We didn't see anything like that, but that's even worse and definitely would put a downer on things!

A great report with beautiful photos!

Was Star Tours open during EMH?

Thanks mamaboogie! Yes it was, which was great news for us as we're big fans. We found the queue was very short most of the day but during EMH it was a complete walk-on :')

What a lovely trip report and you have so many great pictures! I just realized we were in DLP at the same time! Weather indeed was great haha    Looking forward to the rest of your report

Aw, thank you Lisaa :') Haha, as if we were there at the same time! You can vouch for the weather I'm looking forward to reading your report now!

Lovely photos

I enjoyed Ratatouille, I actually went in the single rider line second time round without my family just so I could see it all again. I'm not a massive fan of the movie but the ride is very clever indeed. Plus the entire area is beautiful.

Thanks so much I thought Ratatouille was lovely too - I didn't like the movie a massive amount until a few months ago when I rewatched it and just found it adorable, so I guess knowing I was going on the ride prompted the re-watch! I agree that the ride's really clever, it always makes me happy thinking how much Imagineer effort went into magical stuff like this :')

[ilovedisneylandparis]

Day 4:

We woke up a little later on Thursday and had a more leisurely breakfast - we were glad we'd done the EMH for at least one day so we didn't feel pressured to do the same today :') We went back to the room for a shower after breakfast and walked along the Rio Grande, arriving into Parc Disneyland at about 9.45am.

It wasn't majorly busy as the park opened and of course everyone was rushing off to Big Thunder Mountain etc so we decided we'd have a go on some of the 'smaller' rides We went on Blanche Neige first, which was adorable - Snow White always makes me think of Walt. Pinocchio was a tad scary (I would DEFINITELY have cried on this ride as a small child haha) but still very Fantasyland-esque!





After this we walked over to Peter Pan, which is definitely my favourite of these Fantasyland dark rides. What a classic :') I will never not get tears in my eyes when we fly over London!

We had a little walk around Adventureland after this and then realised we'd COMPLETELY FORGOTTEN ABOUT FROZEN SUMMER FUN. For anyone who's going to DLP this summer and is worrying that FSF will be unavoidable (as I was), please don't - we genuinely forgot that this event was even taking place, haha. We took a stroll over to Frontierland and made our way over to the Arendelle marketplace. It was cute to look around but more or less what we expected - just a small-ish Frozen-themed area with repeated Frozen merch, y'know? Definitely very exciting for big Frozen fans but we've felt the overkill recently haha so a five minute browse was enough for us

At 11.20am we remembered that we wanted to see Animagique and realised that there was a showing in the next few minutes! We ran over to WDS and managed to get in JUST as the CM was closing the doors :') The show was so cute, we love Donald so we were very happy to see him. Plus Mickey's little "la la la" bit at the end always has me in stitches haha.



After Animagique we headed back over to Disney Village, ready for a visit to Annette's - eek! This is a favourite restaurant of ours and we were really excited to go back. I had the nuggets and Russ had the mega burger, the massive one! He was given a free milkshake for finishing it







We were really glad we'd decided to eat there - I think it's such a special place and we love the food there so much. The fact that it's named after Annette Funicello is just too much for me, too <3

It was getting really hot by this point, so when we walked back through to Phantom Manor (our next ride!) we tried to stay in the shade, in Liberty Arcade...









Another magical trip to Ravenswood Manor :') I really would never get bored of this ride - as I said, I spot new things every time I go on it. It was odd to think that Friday would be our last day in DLP - Russ asked if I wanted to do anything that we hadn't done, and I decided I fancied having a look around some more of the Main Street shops. We dropped into Harrington's, Disney and Co and the Storybook Store - we didn't buy a massive amount but I just enjoyed the atmosphere I was sad that Lily's Boutique was closed while we were there, but I guess we saw most of the merch they'd normally sell there whilst we were in other shops within the resort, anyway, so it was okay

Next, we went over to see the dragon and La Galerie, as well as the Chateau stores. I always think these are so princess-esque and woodland-esque and just PERFECT, the Sleeping Beauty soundtrack in the background makes it even better.

We were exhausted (and really hot!) by this point, so we walked back to the Cheyenne for a shower and a rest. When we came back out in the evening, we had a look around the Sequoia and the Newport Bay - it was weird walking around the NBC with all the drilling going on! It felt like a proper building site in parts which was odd. The refurbed areas are lovely, though - we're hoping to stay there in the future and I think it'll be worth the money now it's all redone.

After an evening trip to the Earl of Sandwich, a bit of packing (boo!) and a quick watch of Jessie (we finally worked out how to change the language on the TV!) we went to bed. I couldn't believe tomorrow would be our last day in DLP

[ilovedisneylandparis]

A little extra addition before day 5 - we have had our disposable camera photos developed! Hooray :') These aren't really in any set order for you (sorry!) but I thought some people might like to see them anyway?

[Disney Matt]

Lovely report...so in depth & amazing pictures 

[norhel]

Nice report :-)

[Mamaboogie]

Your photos are stunning! You capture such detail and atmosphere.

Can't wait for more! 

[ilovedisneylandparis]

Lovely report...so in depth & amazing pictures 

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Nice report :-)
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Thanks both, I really appreciate it and am so glad you're enjoying the report

Your photos are stunning! You capture such detail and atmosphere.

Can't wait for more! 

Thanks so much Mamaboogie! That's such a lovely compliment :') <3

[ilovedisneylandparis]

Day 5:

(Sorry, there are barely any photos at all from today - they were all taken on the disposable camera!)

As expected, I woke up on the last day feeling a little sad. I feel like time goes SO much faster in DLP than it does anywhere else and sometimes I just can't understand how four or five days can go by so quickly But that said, you've got to make the most of your time while you're there!

We got up and dressed and then did our last little bit of packing - then it was time to say goodbye to the room! I always say "Bye, room" in between tears and then wave at the bed and the lamp and everything haha, it takes a while but it makes me feel like I am taking everything in! I was extra keen to make the most of the room this year because I don't think we're going back now until 2017 and by then I think the Cheyenne's refurb will be over, so it will be a little different as a hotel. I'm really glad of the changes but I'll miss the current wallpaper and the carpet and everything :')







We had breakfast, handed our luggage in and checked out, before walking along the Rio Grande for the last time When we got into the park, we decided we'd queue to meet Mickey, which I think normally opens at 10.30am. It was about 9.45am by this point and we thought it'd probably be easier to start queuing outside and be the first in, rather than having to queue for ages later on. We spoke to a really lovely family outside - a mother who'd come to DLP for the first time with her mother and had also brought her daughter. It was nice to have a chat with them and when we came out after meeting Mickey they were almost in tears over how magical the experience had been. It was so cute :')

Meeting Mickey was so special, as always. As soon as he saw me he pointed and I nearly cried too! I got all overexcited and said "HE REMEMBERS ME!" to Russ haha He made a real fuss of us - it was definitely my best Meet Mickey experience.

After we came away from MM, we thought we'd see what the queue for Casey Jr was like - and we were so pleased to see it was only five minutes. We waited for more like two minutes in the end which was very welcomed (it was SO hot on this day, I got a burnt forehead cos I didn't apply my suncream properly, haha) and we had a lovely trip round Fantasyland on old Casey. He thinks he can! I love this ride, I always wave to people who are on Le Pays at the same time and then I end up in tears cos people are so cute and friendly in DLP and they just wave right back at you :') AW.







We went for a little walk in Adventureland (the perfect place to be on a sunny day!) and then ended up in Hakuna Matata for lunch. Have they changed the chicken, does anyone know? I used to love those spicy chicken strips but this time around we both commented that they tasted a lot plainer and a lot less nice? I'm not sure if it was just us or not, but I thought it was interesting that we both commented on it!

After lunch we dropped back into the castle, because the snow globe I'd bought the day before had a small crack in it that we hadn't noticed at the time of purchase. The CMs in the Christmas shop were lovely and did a straight swap for me We had a quick browse in the Main Street shops after that and then went for our last ride - IASW <3 This is another ride I'd never tire of - the queue loop came on while I was listening to music at work today and it was SO hard not to burst into happy tears at my desk. It's such a special ride

As we left Parc Disneyland, we made sure we said goodbye to the castle and to Main Street <3 I had a little cry I am normally really sad to leave anyway but I was even sadder this year because as I said I don't think we'll be going back until 2017 now. We normally go in June and even in June 2017 I think POTC will still be closed so I think we might look at September 2017 - I just hate how up in the air it is I tried to make a rough countdown the other day to make myself feel better and it was something like '800 days to go' which just made me feel a bit sick, haha  I miss DLP every day - it really is my home and to think we won't be back there next June like always is just a bit too much for me to think about at the moment.

We stopped off in Starbucks in Disney Village for a little while and had a drink, before grabbing a sandwich from Earl on the way back to the Cheyenne. When we got back to the hotel we grabbed our luggage and waited for the Magical Shuttle (it's pretty much still the VEA, haha, I couldn't see any evidence of added magic ), which didn't take too long. I always wave at the Cheyenne and cry as we leave there, too. The coach journey to DLP is always so exciting, whereas the coach journey back to the airport is just a little bit sad!

We caught our flight - there was a delay of an hour or so due to an electrical storm, but nothing major - and got home on the Friday evening. We both agreed that it was an absolutely magical trip to DLP and we both can't wait to go back. Normally it's just me who's really excited to book again and Russ is more laid-back, cos I'm the real Disney fan, but this time Russ has told me he misses it lots and said the other day that he wished he was there :') Eek! Only 800 days to go

Thanks to everyone who's read my report - I hope it hasn't been too dull or text-heavy! I really appreciate the replies and can't wait to read everyone else's reports over the next few months/years to keep me in the magic

[Mileto]

ilovedisneylandparis, thank you for the journey and the shared memories!
I know exactly how you feel! But - we always have to find other positive things in daily life. I am sure many happy moments wait for you during this time. Try not to count, each day is special. And memories are yours, nobody can take them. And you won't feel how fast years will go by till your next visit.