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[cinderella]

Day 1; october 17th 2015

My alarm on my phone woke me up at 3.15 AM. Normally I'm having quite a hard time waking up early, but not today. IT'S DISNEYLAND TIME!!!!
I jumped out of bed, got dressed, brushed my teeth and jumped in the car. The big day finally arrived and I was sooooo excited!!

We originally booked a daytrip from Milot (which is a dutch company that organizes day trips to Disney by bus), but we got a call four days before the trip saying it got cancelled because they didn't had enough partcipants for that day... Of course we were extremely bummed since we were so excited and looking forwart to celebrating Halloween at Disney this year... My parents decided to have look around on the internet to see if we could find a cheap hotel for the same date, and they did!! They booked one night at Villa Bellagio (which is located in Bussy st Georges), so that meant we had an extra night AND day at Disney, YAAAAAAAY! We were so happy!!!

We arrived at the parking around 8.30 AM. Yaaaay, we're back home!!!
I put on my Disney villain Mickey ears (which I made myself). I especially made Halloween ears based on the Disney Villains.
It was my sister's birthday three days before, and I made her Frozen Mickey ears for her present since she's such a huge Frozen fan. While walking to the park I already saw lots of people admiring our ears, haha!

I'm so happy when we arrive at the entrance of Disneyland park, I can't get enough of it!
It's still magic hours when we get tot he park, so it's pretty quiet. We take a look at the sign with the waiting times and see that there's only a 5 minute wait for Buzz. That is going to be our first ride of the day!

Buzz Lightyear's Laserblast by Eline Koster, on Flickr

I really suck at this, I can barely get points of this ride for some reason (I don't know what I do wrong haha) but it's one of my favorites nonetheless!
After going on Buzz we walk through Main Street and visit the shops.
When the park opens at 10AM we walk over to Big Thunder Mountain to grab a fast pass. Since this is our only 'full' day we want to ride as much rides as possible!!

Big Thunder Mountain by Eline Koster, on Flickr

We were holding our BTM fast passes in our hand around 10.10 AM! Between 10.35 and 11.05 we were going to ride the wildest ride in the wilderness!
We decided to have a look at the Halloween decoration around Frontierland while waiting to go on BTM.
We came across Jack's meet and greet area and saw that he would be out in 15 minutes. Since there was only ONE other family waiting in line we decided to join the queue, we always love meeting Jack!
Within 15 minutes we see Jack soming our way, yaay!!
When it's our turn to meet him he notices my mickey ears and he tells me that he loves them very much (which made me very, very happy!). I tell them I made them especially for Halloween and in return he asks me who I'd like to dress up as for Halloween this year. He's delighted when I tell him I'd love to dress up as Sally. I ask him how she's doing and he says she's making another potion. 'For Dr. Finklestein'? I ask and he just says 'shhhhhh'. Haha, Sally's always up to mischief haha.

Meeting Jack Skellington by Eline Koster, on Flickr

Meeting Jack Skellington by Eline Koster, on Flickr

We're really happy with how our pictures turned out.
When we have a look at the time we realise it's time to use our BTM fast passes! Since Big Thunder Moutain is going under (a looooong) refurbishment soon, we decided to soak it all-in and really enjoy it. This might be our last time riding it for a long time since we don't know if we'll get the chance to ride it again tomorrow. Oh, I love this ride so much!!

After our exciting ride on the mine train we walk up to Phantom Manor. You just simply have to go on this ride during Halloween time! After 10 minutes of waiting we enter the house of the Ravenswood family.
When we walk out of this spooky house we still hear the ghosts'  voice echo through the halls 'hurry back, hurry baaaaack...'

Phantom Manor by Eline Koster, on Flickr

We walk through Fantasyland and see Maleficent meeting guests behind the castle.

Maleficent by Eline Koster, on Flickr

Le chateau de la belle au bois dormant by Eline Koster, on Flickr

When we walk through the castle we hear that Mickey's Halloween Celebration Parade is starting in 10 minutes. We find a really good spot to watch the parade in front of the castle.
I absolutely love this parade, the song is so catchy! A pumpkin dancer scares me by running up to me and laughs because of my reaction haha. Oh well, it's Halloween!!

Daisy Duck by Eline Koster, on Flickr

Eeyore by Eline Koster, on Flickr

Pumpkin by Eline Koster, on Flickr

Halloween celebration by Eline Koster, on Flickr

Mickey and Minnie by Eline Koster, on Flickr

True love by Eline Koster, on Flickr

We already got to do and see so much this morning in Disneyland Park, but there's still lots to do and see at Walt Disney Studios Park, so that's where we're headed next. We can't wait to ride Ratatouille again!!!
When we exit Studio 1 we see Chip and Dale doing meet and greets! We never took a picture with them before so we join the queue.
Apparently chip loves my ears cause he pulls me and my sister out of the crowd to admire our ears. He even spins us around so that he can see ever part of them haha. I'm secretly fangirling because of all the attention my mickey ears get from the characters!

Meeting Dale by Eline Koster, on Flickr

Meeting Dale by Eline Koster, on Flickr

We walk over to La place de Rémy to ride Ratatouille. The single rider queue is just 10 minutes!
I can't get enough of this ride, I love it so much! I was sitting next to a family who was riding it for the first time. Their little kids were a bit scared by chef Skinner though, ahw!!

Gusteau by Eline Koster, on Flickr

After our crazy ride through Gusteau's kitchen we go to Tower of Terror. My sister rode it three years ago, but she got pretty scared. Since she rode Baron 1898 at Efteling a few weeks before (a dive coaster), she wanted to give TOT another try, which I think is really brave of her!
After 15 minutes our elevator is ready to take us to our hotelroom. OOOOOH!!!!
Thankfully my sister really enjoyed it, it wasn't as scary as she remembered, and she wants to go again. Since there's only a 15 minute wait we join the queue again.

Toer of Terror by Eline Koster, on Flickr

We were getting pretty hungry. We leave the studios park and go to Mc Donalds at Disney village. FOOD!!!
After eating it's around 3 PM, which means we can go check in at our hotel. It's only a 15 minute drive, so that's not bad at all! We leave the car in their private parking and go check in.
We booked a room for four adults, but they gave us 2 connected rooms for two adults each! That is amazing, now we have two seperated bathrooms and extra space!

When we were relaxing in our hotelroom we were talking about how great it would be if we could stay another night... Which brings us to the idea of booking another night! My father and sister go to the reception to ask how much an extra night would cost while me and my mom stay in the room. After ten minutes my dad and sister come back to our room and say 'WE BOOKED ANOTHER NIGHT!!' YAAAAAAAY!!!! We couldn't have imagined that this would happen when we left the house that morning! So now our original plan of going on a day trip, which already turned into a two day trip, turned into a 3 day trip!
We couldn't wait to go back to the park, but decided to go do some grocery shopping first at the Casino supermarket next to the hotel. After that we drove back to the Disney parking.

When we get back at the Disney resort we want to go back to Walt Disney Studios Park to ride Crush's coaster, it's one of our favorites! It's only a 30 minute wait, which is NOT bad at all! Normally there's a really long queue for Crush on Saturdays. We don't know why, but today it's not that busy at all! It's a lot quieter than we expected!
After our ride on the East Australian Current we head back to Disneyland Park.

Main Street by Eline Koster, on Flickr

We first visit the shops on Main Street (I just looooove shopping at Disney so much). Oh, if only I were rich..
We walk over Main Street and see the villains doing their meet and greets by castle stage. We decide to have a look around and take some pictures of the villains.

The Evil Queen by Eline Koster, on Flickr

We walk to Fantasyland and ride the Snow White ride, there's no queue at all! Snow White is my favorite princess, and even though this ride is not that spectacular or something, I always love riding this ride!

Someday my princes will come by Eline Koster, on Flickr

We walk to Fantasyland and ride the Snow White ride, there's no queue at all! Snow White is my favorite princess, and even though this ride is not that spectacular or something, I always love riding this ride!
After this we go to Pirates of the Caribbean.
'Dead man tell no tales...'
After riding Pirates it's 8.30 PM. Since we booked an extra night we decide to go see Dreams tomorrow and go to bed early today so that we can go back to the parks at 8AM for the magic hours tomorrow.

We visited some more shops before heading back to our hotelroom.
I quickly take a shower to get warm, it was pretty cold tonight, and get in my warm and cozy bed. I was so tired!
I quickly fall asleep and dream about my magical day at Disneyland.

See you tomorrow Disneyland Paris!

[michaelj1973]

Looks like an amazing trip eline

[Mileto]

Oh, Cinderella! Such an interesting trip report. I am happy you could stay another night - such a suprise!
And I must admit - you are the master of the Disney ears! Super!
Can't wait for the rest to come!
Thank you!

[Zee79]

Love the ears! Lovely report & love the fact you could book an extra day.

[RockNRoller]

I'm loving this, especially the photo's. I never take upright photo's because they wont look right in a video but I am really starting to think I am missing out drastically by limiting myself. Thanks for sharing and I love those ears.

[lovindisney87]

Great trip report, cant wait to read more. Love the ears, my daughter would love the frozen ones. How great that you get to have more days than expected 😁

[cinderella]

Thank you for all your sweet comments! I'm happy you like my trip report and Mickey ears!!! 

As for day two, I hope you like pictures cause there are going to be A LOT of them!!

Day 2; october 18th 2015

My alarm wakes us all up at 6.45 AM. I'm completely awake and ready to start day two!
We arrive at Disneyland Park at 8.15 AM where we see characters from Mickey's gang doing meet and greets. We never met them during magic hours before so decide to join the queue of Donald Duck. There are only 4 other families waiting so we didn't have to wait that long!
Donalds attendant asks me if I made my mickey ears myself. Yes, I tell him and he says he really likes them! Ooooh, that makes me so happy!!!
It's our turn! We walk up to Donald, normally Donald has a really bad temper but he was very cheerful today, haha!
He also really likes my ears! We get to take aa picture my the entire familiy, and when we tell Donald that he's my dad's favorite he does a little victory dance, haha! That is just too cute!

Donald by Eline Koster, on Flickr

The queue to meet Mickey and Minnie is not that long as well, and since I always wanted to meet both of them together we join the queue. After waiting for 15 minutes it's our turn! My sister walks up to get a picture with them first. Minnie is very excited about my sister's Frozen ears. When she tells Minnie that I made them she walks up to me to give me a hug, aaaahw!!

Minnie hugs by Eline Koster, on Flickr

She points at her ears and asks me why she's not on them. 'I'll make ears with you on it, and wear them next time I'm here. I promise!' Haha.

Hugs by Eline Koster, on Flickr

Then it's my turn! I'm wearing a sweater with Mickey and Minnie on it giving each other a kiss. Mickey en Minnie copy that pose and give me both a kiss on the cheek! That picture became my favorite of the entire trip!!!

Big kiss by Eline Koster, on Flickr

Big hug by Eline Koster, on Flickr

When the attendant spots my ears as well (my mom is holding them) he yells at Minnie: 'Minnie look, there's another pair!!!' she's all excited and tries to put them on!! After that they grab my sister and have a group photo.
This was so incredibly fun, I'll never forget this character interaction!!!!

Minnie Mouse by Eline Koster, on Flickr

After these amazing characters experiences we walk over to Market House Deli to have breakfast. We all get a cup of coffee and eat our chocolate muffins. I always love this place. Having breakfast while watching over Main Street. Can it get any more perfect than that?!?!?

Halloween by Eline Koster, on Flickr

While we're eating we talk about how much fun we had meeting the characters that morning.
By the time we finish our breakfast the park has opened.
We really want to ride Big Thunder Mountain again, so decide to get another fast pass. When we get there we see that there's an extremely long queue to get fast passes already.. We decide to go somewhere else and return to BTM tonight (BTM's usually a lot quieter during the evening/night).
While we walk through the park we come across the shops in Adventureland. I simply can't walk passed a shop at Disney and not walk in.
After shopping we go visit Agrabah and le passage enchanté d'aladdin.
When we leave Agrabah we walk tot he castle and see a bunch of ducks sitting on the grass. Ahwwww, so cute! Since we had some bread left in our bags we decided to go and feed them!

Disney ducks by Eline Koster, on Flickr

After feeding the ducks we went back to the studios. We really wanted to ride Tower of Terror and Ratatouille again. Unfortunately there was a really long queue for Ratatouille (the single riders line was 50 minutes!!) So we decided to go back another time.

When we walked through the park we saw that the doors of Art of Disney Animation were just opening. I always love this attraction, especially the complilation of all the disney movies. The third part of the ride with Mushu is pretty fun, but I think I've seen it too many times. And I'm not really a huge Mushu fan..

When we get out of the attraction we really want to go see Cinémagique. Unfortunately it's having techinical difficulties, but the cast member tells us they hope to be back in operation again tomorrow.
We decide to leave the studios park, and on our way to the entrance/exit we see Goofy and Pluto doing meet and greets. They were just about to leave, so we decide to go have a look at the shop instead.

It's 2 PM and we decide to go back to our hotel to go freshen up and get ready for the rest of the evening.
Before we go back to the hotel we pay a little visit to World of Disney. A woman walks up to my sister to tell her how much she loves her Frozen ears and asks is she can take a picture of it to show it to her friends and daughter. Oh my god, I'm so flattered!!

We walk to the parking and drive back tot he hotel. When we get to our room I decide to put my pictures on the laptop I brought with me. Now my camera's all ready for the rest of the day/night!
After a short break on our room we go back to Disney. We first have dinner at Disney Village.
My sister's birthday was 4 days ago and we're celebrating it today in the park, we even bought her a birthday button to put on. She has been getting comments from cast members a lot already, and she's hoping that the characters in the parade will comment on it as well!

When we get back to the park we see a perfect spot fo the parade. When the parade starts there's a spanisch woman who wants to push her childeren in front of me. I turn around and tell her that I've been waiting for 40 minutes to see the parade and can't see something if her children are in front of me. She doesn't react and keeps pushing. I push back since I'm almost falling of the curb and she gets really angry and starts cursing in Spanish. A cast member notices the whole drama and decided to sit on the curb in front of me so that she can't push her children in front of me anymore, I really appreciated that!!!!
It's too bad that some people can really ruin the disney fun, but oh well I'm letting this ruin my day and decide to stay optimistic. At least, because of the nice cast member, there's noone pushing me around anymore!!

Thankfully my sister gets a lot of attention from all the characters. Merryweather and the Mad Hatter compliment her Frozen ears and say they love them!
Ze gets a hug from Baloo, "Happy Birthdays" from a lot of the dancers and even a kiss on the cheeck from one of Captain Hook's pirates!!


Elsa by Eline Koster, on Flickr

Fauna by Eline Koster, on Flickr

Snow White by Eline Koster, on Flickr

Princess of Arendelle by Eline Koster, on Flickr

Mad Hatter by Eline Koster, on Flickr

After the parade we walk to Castle Stage to go see 'It's good to be bad with the Disney Villains', where Cruella is the host. Hopefully we'll get to meet some of the villains today! I can't wait to know if they love my villain mickey ears as well!

Cruela by Eline Koster, on Flickr

It's good to be bad by Eline Koster, on Flickr

It's good to be bad by Eline Koster, on Flickr

It's good to be bad by Eline Koster, on Flickr

After the show the villains spread and go to their own meet and greet spots. Dr. Facilier is closest to us en takes a picture with us. He loves our Mickey ears and walks tot he 'audience' and says: 'The cards will tell that this young lady loves the Disney villains, and this one loves the Ice Queen'. He was great and SO in character!!

Dr. Facilier by Eline Koster, on Flickr

We're really happy with our pictures and try to see who else we'd like to meet. We see the old hag and decide to join the crowd. She quickly points to us and tells us to come forward. She says she likes my ears and says I have great taste, haha (I made a mickey ear with the evil queen on it, which you will see in the picture). She asks me if I'm evil, me and my sister joke around and say yes which makes the old hag laugh. She tells me I'm her favorite, haha.

Old Hag by Eline Koster, on Flickr

Right next to the Old Hag we see Gaston doing meet and greet. We just take the chance and join his queue/crowd as well. There are a lot of people there and we hear his attendant saying Gaston has to leave. 'WAIT', Gaston yells and he grabs me and my sister. When we tell him how good his biceps look and how we've researched him he says 'Everyone loves my, you two are my favorite. I'm loving you more and more!'
The photos turned out great!!

Gaston by Eline Koster, on Flickr

The villains leave and come back after 5 minutes for another show. The Evil Queen's in this show and I'm dying to meet her since she's my favorite villain!

The castle by Eline Koster, on Flickr

After a few minutes she calls me and my sister to come forward.
When I walk up to her she's quiet for a while and says "those are the first Mickey ears I've ever approved of". Haha, what a compliment! She asks me if I made them myself. When I say 'yes', she says I have good taste. "That means so much to me, you're my favorite villain, I love you" I tell her and she simply replies by saying "of course".
After that it's my sister's turn. She asks the evil queen; "I don't think you like my Frozen ears as much as my sister's ears, right?" There's a short silence, and then she says "No."
She wishes us a very scary Halloween. She was absolutely wonderful, I had such a great time meeting the Evil Queen!!! I'm so happy with the pictures!

Evil Queen by Eline Koster, on Flickr

Meeting the Evil Queen by Eline Koster, on Flickr

When we walk a little further we see the sisters Tremaine! We never met them, and I've always been to dying to! We join the huge crowd but after two minutes they call us forward. YAAY!

Drizella immediately asks us if we're sisters like them. Haha, yes we are! She loves our ears and turn us around to see ever side of them. Anastasia asks me if I made them. When I say yes she says "Wow. You're a very talented princess!"
I tell them I made my sister's ears for her birthday. Drizella looks at them and tells my sister "You are so lucky..."
When anastasia asks me why I didn't make ears with the princesses like her I promis her I'll make them next time. Drizella jumps in and says that I'll have to make Lady Tremaine and Lucifer on the other side of the ears, haha, it's a deal!
Eventually we found out that Drizella was Dutch, so we also got to talk to her in Dutch!
We take our picture with them and then the sisters Tremaine call our parents forward as well. I ask the attendant to take a picture of all 6 of us, and she gladly will!
Right after we take our picture with them they have to leave. Wow, I can't believe how lucky we are! We met all the villains we wanted to while we heared that there were a lot of people who didn't even get to meet one that night!

Meeting the Tremaines by Eline Koster, on Flickr

After meeting the villains we walk through Fantasyland and tall about all the great characters interactions we've had, what a wonderful evening!!
We when we walk further into Fantasyland we notice that there's no queue at all for Pinocchio's daring adventure. We can't just skip this ride!!
When we walk out of the attraction we see that the shop is opened. It has been closed for years whenever we were there. They sell this adorable plushie set of the Aristocats!!!

The Aristocats by Eline Koster, on Flickr

Since BTM had been so busy this morning we decided to back. When we arrive there's a queue of 20 minutes. However, we were sitting in our mine train within 10 minutes!! The cast member lets us sit in the back (our favorite!!).
We love riding BTM in the dark so we really enjoy it and soak it all in since it'll be closed for a long time soon.

When we get out of BTM it's too early to wait for Disney Dreams (8.30 PM). We walk up to Discoveryland and see that there's only a ten minute wait for Buzz.
After our journey through Planet Z we walk up to Star Tours. There's no queue at all fort his ride, it's a complete walkthrough!
when we get out of our star speeder it's about 9.10 PM. We walk over to central plaza and see a perfect spot in front of a banch in front of the castle. That way we can sit down while waiting and be sure that no one can stand before is, we have a perfect view!

It's finally time for Disney Dreams to start!
Tears are starting to come ever since the first song starts playing. Whenever I see this show I get really emotional and I can't keep the tears away. This show is just perfection..
That's how we end day two at Disneyland Paris.
After Dreams we go back to our hotel to go to sleep.
Normally I hate leaving Disney, but since this extra (third) day was so unexpected I mainly feel grateful for having another day at the parks tomorrow.



See you tomorrow, Disney!

[petals]

luvin your mouse ears.. The aristocats are so cute. The more merchandise pictures I see the more I want. lol

[norhel]

Nice report 
Looks like you had a lot of fun, especially with Mickey and Minnie.

[tigger1974]

Really fabulous photos - thanks for sharing them.

It looks as if you had a brilliant time,  quite jealous as I love the Halloween season!  The park looks great.

TTFN

[gemmasteele84]

Loving this report, those ears are amazing!!!!

[cinderella]

Petals: Haha I know the feeling, you can never own enough Disney stuff!!

norhel, thanks, I had an absolute blast!!

tigger1974: Thank you, I had a blast! I absolutely love Disney during Halloween! There's so much to see and do!! I'm happy you like my photos!

gemmasteel84: Thanks, that means a lot! I get so many wonderful feedback on my mickey ears that I even started thinking about selling them haha!!


Day 3; october 19th 2015

My alarm wakes me up and I'm completely awake! It's time to go home today. I pack my bags as quickly as possible so that I can go back to the parks!
When we get to Disneyland Park the magic hours have just finished.
We go to market house deli to have breakfast once again. This is the first time I actually drink coffee and like it! And besides, a cup of coffee can really make a difference. Normally I can get really tired during the day, but I have a lot more energy after drinking some coffee haha!

After having breakfast we go to walt disney studios park. We all want to go on Tower of Terror again. It's not that busy in the parks today. After a 15 minute wait it's our turn to take our trip to the Twilight zone!


Tower of Terror by Eline Koster, on Flickr

When we come out of the tower of terror we have a look at the program and see that Cinémagique starts in 30 minutes. We go sit and wait on a bench and see Goofy walking by (wearing his Tower of Terror costume). 

Goofy by Eline Koster, on Flickr

Around 11 the doors of Cinémagique open and we can go inside. I love this show/film so much, I can't get enough of it!!
After Cinémagique we walk through some of the shops in studio 1 before saying goodbye to the park.

There's still stuff to do at Disneyland Park before we leave.
My sister really wants to ride Space Mountain, but since my father and I were having a little bit of headache my mom decides to go with her. My dad and I decide to wait at the exit of the ride. My mom and sister come walking up to us 20 minutes later.

Space Mountain by Eline Koster, on Flickr

We've met so many villains this trip that we feel like it's time to see some princesses. Since we've been very lucky during our trip in may 2015 by meeting the princesses next to the auberge (and got to take pictures with Aurora and Ariel), we decide to go sit nearby the auberge.
While waiting we saw Suzy and Perla walking by. They always like to pose in front of the camera!

Perla by Eline Koster, on Flickr

We also see Maleficent waking by on her way to her meet and greet spot behind the castle. She wishes us a very happy Halloween!

Maleficent by Eline Koster, on Flickr

We had to wait for quite a well, but the princesses are finally coming out of the auberge!!!!
When we ask Cinderella to take a picture with us she says she has to go.. Okay. Hopefully we'll have more luck with the other princesses!

Cinderella by Eline Koster, on Flickr

When Aurora comes out we ask her to take a picture with us. Thankfully she woud love to. She really loves our ears and asks me if I made them myself. We have a little chat with her before taking our pictures. It's always lovely meeting Aurora, she's so lovely! <3

Hugging Aurora by Eline Koster, on Flickr

2 minutes later we see Snow White and her prince coming out of the auberge. They're on our way to their castle but would love to take a picture with us. Snow White is my favorite princess, so I'm really happy to have a picture with her and her prince!

Snow White and Prince by Eline Koster, on Flickr

Meeting Snow White and prince by Eline Koster, on Flickr

After meeting the Disney royalties we walk over to Main Street to go and eat something. My father and sister want to have some fries from Casey's while me and my mom walk over to Market House Deli to have a bruschetta. Unfortunately they're all gone, so we have a croque-monsier (which was so delicious!!).

Disney food by Eline Koster, on Flickr

We go sit outside where we even have some live music. There's a little band playing 'be our guest' and 'le festin'. So adorable!!
After eating it's time to go home.

We go to some shops and buy some stuff before we go home.
Right after that we make a small stop at the Disneyland Hotel to visit the shop and to fresh up before the long drive home.

Around 5PM we leave the resort and go home.
Goodbye Disneyland!
There's no time for crying, we'll be back in a few weeks during the Christmas season; ON MY BIRTHDAY!
I've been wanting to go there on my birthday for years, and I'm SO excited!!! My big wish is finally coming true, and I couldn't be happier/more excited!

See ya real soon Disney, we've had an amazing holiday!!!! It couldn't have been any more perfect!!


Thank you all for reading! I hope you liked it and felt a bit of Disney magic while reading!

[michaelj1973]

What a great pictures again....
And then that croque monsieur... you got me drooling behind my monitor... 
Thank you for those pictures.

[Jo68]

What a fab report, sounds and looks like you had an amazing time!
Think we want to join you on your birthday trip can't imagine what your level of excitement is going to be!
Best get busy making lots of new ears, I think you could start selling them with great success!!!!!
Enjoy the planning for your birthday celebrations

[BlackPearl]

Loved reading your trip report! Wonderful pictures and of course your Mickey ears, they are just great.