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Hello all!

Well that's it, my trip is over :( Months and months waiting for it and then it's over sooo quickly!!

I will write a more detailed report with plenty of pics soon (got over 1000 of them to get through...), so this is just a quick prelude...

This was my first trip back to DLP in almost a year (and last time it was only a very short 1 day trip to meet up with my dear toonarmylass!), and first trip in about 2 years for my husband! That's what having a beautiful little baby girl does to you, I guess... :) Priorities change!! But this year we've celebrated our 10th wedding anniversary, and since we couldn't really go away for too long (couldn't take too much time off work), we decided DLP was the perfect destination, and our anniversary the perfect excuse to treat ourselves to the Castle Club...

We did not take our little Alicia with us, because she's still a little young (17 months old), and although she would enjoy plenty of things, there are even more she wouldn't. And also, to be honest, we wanted to spend some time alone, just the two of us!! So Alicia stayed with my parents (and by the way had a great time, I think we missed her a lot more than she missed us!!)

Our room at the Castle Club was amazing. We had a balcony, and a perfect view of the park. The CC is excellent and the service you get there doesn't compare to the other hotels. Yes it is completely overpriced, but it doesn't get more special than that.

The real highlight of the trip was definitely Dreams. What a show. I had seen plenty of photos and youtube videos and all, but they cannot compare to seeing it live. It's such an incredible experience. I hope I get to see it many many many more times in the future. I have to warn you already, I will not be posting many pictures of Dreams (and none that are really good), because I only had 2 nights to see it, and I wanted to enjoy it fully. I did take a few quick pictures, and filmed bits of it on my phone on the second night (which considering I was not looking at the screen did not come out too bad), but that's all.

And the only real low of the trip was of course not having our baby girl... We missed her so much!! I still think it was the right decision not to take her, but this was the first time we were away from her! Of course I can't wait to take her next year... :) This was our first and most probably our last trip to DLP without her (and we made the most of it!!)

Otherwise the Halloween decorations were popping up everywhere (I loved them, great themes in both Main Street and in Frontierland). Weather was not too bad (we were expecting a lot more rain that we actually got). Park was not too busy (a bit more than we were expecting, but nothing too bad... plus having VIP fastpasses helped!!).

I'll leave you for now with a little video, I took it yesterday morning from our room, just before 8:00...

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Proper report with pictures coming soon!!

I'm so looking forward to your report!!  Can't wait for pics of the CC!!!

O M G    :shock: ....As you can see from my name i love main st and could live there and what a wonderfull view you got of it , you lucky thing  :thumbs:   :)    :thumbs
as soon as the music came on your video it made me smile ear to ear just hearing those sounds  , you know your home and it has cheered me up on such a gloomy day in warrington , and made me even move excited for our upcoming trip
carnt wait to read more.....x

Can't wait to read all about it.

Going back with my baby girl (now aged 15!) in 2 weeks time and your wee video clip has given me goosebumps!

Hi Never2old I know my question may annoying for you but did you and your husband have an room with 2 double beds or did you stay in an suite.

Also do the same characters that do the general meet'n'greet in the Rotunda on the floor below also visit the castle club lounge.






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Again sorry if my question is annoying  for  you.

Thank you all!!

Yes it's an incredible view, it really is a dream come true, to stay in a room like that. And I'm sure you'll understand me if I confess I got up in the middle of the night just to check the view again... ;)

Quote from: "Pluto2011Pluto"Hi Never2old I know my question may annoying for you but did you and your husband have an room with 2 double beds or did you stay in an suite.

Also do the same characters that do the general meet'n'greet in the Rotunda on the floor below also visit the castle club lounge.

We were not in a suite, it was a 'standard' Castle Club room, but one with a single big bed (I think it was probably a king size bed) instead of two double beds, and a seating area.  In the suites you get a bedroom and a separate living room!

The characters come up to the CC lounge during breakfast (but only from 8:30); we had Pluto come to see us at our table, and later when we were leaving I saw Chip & Dale. On Tuesday I saw Gideon and Eeyore.

I'm still transferring pictures to the computer... I'm hoping to have the first update soon!

What a view!

Very much looking forward to your report.

Really excited to read your report, thanks for sharing :D Even watching that 28 seconds of Main Street and hearing the music and seeing the castle and Space Mountain in the distance made me cry, there is nowhere more magical than DLP  :oops:

Quote from: never2oldThank you all!!

Yes it's an incredible view, it really is a dream come true, to stay in a room like that. And I'm sure you'll understand me if I confess I got up in the middle of the night just to check the view again... ;)

Oooh  yes , not even thought about that , what was it like ? do you have pictures ?  :D     ...... think i would have been just sat on the balcony the whole time ... :D

just walked in from dropping the children off at school and just had to watch it again ...haha...x

Quote from: "i love main st"Oooh  yes , not even thought about that , what was it like ? do you have pictures ?  :D     ...... think i would have been just sat on the balcony the whole time ... :D

just walked in from dropping the children off at school and just had to watch it again ...haha...x

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It was around 6am, the music was on (for all I know it stayed on all night!!), the lights on the Main Street buildings were on (but on on the Castle, you could hardly see it!), and it was totally empty... It almost felt like I had the park to myself!!!

OK let's get this started!!

The alarm went off Sunday morning, at 7am... A quick breakfast, a few cuddles with our baby girl, and some last minute packing, and we were ready to go. We dropped Alicia off at my parents (managed not to cry in front of her... but leaving my little baby behind was really difficult  :( ) and off to Marne la Vallée we were.

The drive was pretty quick, we managed to make it all the way in just under three hours! Since the last time we'd been to Paris they had finished the motorway around Reims, which means you no longer have to go through the city, and it saves a bit of time on the journey. Around 11:45 we were stopping outside the Disneyland Hotel  :D/

As soon as we arrived someone came pick a trolley to pick up our bags. When he saw were were going to the Castle Club, he told us to leave our car there, took our car keys (yes, you get valet parking in the CC...), and took us straight to the CC. Ah, home at last... The DLH was looking as good as ever. The main reception area was fairly busy, a few families checking in. And then of course there is that beautiful scent...  :)

We went up the first lift to the main level, past the shop to the Castle Club lift.

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Now to access the lift you need a key, so when you first arrive, you need to call on the little phone (you can just about see it on the picture, on the bottom left corner; I'll post a better picture later). The CM that was taking us up called to say we had arrived, and the lift magically opened for us... And up we went. There are two reception desks; since they were both busy, they asked us to wait in the Castle Club lounge... So we sat down by a window, got offered a drink, and enjoyed the view for a few minutes...

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The view from our table
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A very happy me :)
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We had just enough time to finish our coffee before a CM from the CC reception came to find us. She was very friendly, quickly confirmed our reservation details, address etc, while we chatted about our favourite rides. They had booked for us a restaurant for both evenings, which we didn't need because I had already done so myself earlier that week, so she quickly checked that my reservations were indeed there and printed out new tickets. And then she took us to our room!! For future reference, it was 2307 (I think... ;))

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Enjoying the view from the balcony
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Halloween!
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A few minutes later our bags arrived, and after a few more oooohs and aaaaahs admiring the room, the view and everything, it was time to get going. First things first, lunch!! We decided to head to Starbucks in the Village for a quick bite (we were having an early dinner in Walt's with the Dreams package, so we didn't want to eat too much).

First thing we noticed, the new security barriers. Such an improvement!! It means we can easily move from the parks to the Village and without going through any checks. It also means that if you're staying in the DLH, you don't need to go through any at all... (though I think I saw a scanner for the bags by the hotel entrance, on the car park side...) Overall, a great change!

And then of course, there was the World of Disney Store!!

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Now it took a HUGE amount of self control not to run straight into the shop, and to instead continue towards Starbucks... But I warned by dear hubby that after lunch, we were going to pay the new store a visit...

As usual the Village was relatively quiet (it's always a good place to go for lunch, much better than for dinner when everything is packed!!) There was only a short queue in Starbucks and soon enough we were sitting enjoying a sandwhich, a latte and free wifi!! Was their wifi always free??

And then, finally, after months and months of waiting, it was time to walk into the WOD!!

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iPhone case anyone?
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I want it ALL!!
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Hidden Mickey in the stars
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And this is now my favourite shop in the whole wide world... It's beautiful, the decorations and theming are great, it's spacious and confortable and easy to browse. I could have spent hours in there!! And the merchandise... For the first time in a really long time, there was plenty of merchandise I loved and wanted!! Sooo much better than on previous trips!! It was really tough not to buy it all...

We got some shopping done (impossible to come out of there empty handed), and convinced that we would come again later to admire the shop some more (big mistake, this ended up being our only visit on this trip!!) I let my husband drag me away from it...

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On the way we stopped by our room to leave the shopping there (it was of course just an excuse to use the lift that goes from the park entrance straight to the CC... ;))

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Next: we finally go into the park!! :D

Great start :-)
And the Castle Club looks really nice :-)

Looks like you started really well!
your room is amazing! we can really see the difference reagarding other hotels!

I'm sure you had an amazing anniversary! ;) Looking forward to reading the rest!

Quote from: "never2old"Thank you all!!

Yes it's an incredible view, it really is a dream come true, to stay in a room like that. And I'm sure you'll understand me if I confess I got up in the middle of the night just to check the view again... ;)

I can fully understand that, I would really have difficulty going to sleep knowing that view was just outside my window :D/  8)

Loved your photos of the Disneyland Hotel. There's one jealous Epcot_Boy reading your report ;)  Great read, thanks for sharing :thumbs:

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Sorry it is suposed to be the iPhone-cases-picture. Don`t know, why it didn`t appear... :?:
YES; I WANT ONE!!! It`s on my list when we go! Along with.... haven`t made up my mind yet. ;)

Looking forward to your report.!

PS: I still remember, when we left our daughter with my parents the first time for a weekend. Had to hold my self back, not to run to the phone all the time. It does get easier with the time, only a little, even if they are older... ;)

Aurora1

Thank you all for your comments!! :) Working on the next set of pictures, should have the next part up later today!!

Quote from: "Aurora1"PS: I still remember, when we left our daughter with my parents the first time for a weekend. Had to hold my self back, not to run to the phone all the time. It does get easier with the time, only a little, even if they are older... ;)

Aurora1

I think the first time I called my parents to check on Alicia (and give some last minute instructions ;)) was about 5 minutes after leaving her  :roll:

It was one of the hardest things, not calling every 2 minutes!!

Hi never2old sorry for bother you but did you and your husband have and free gift of Champagne and water also how do the receptionist know when an guests  booked an standard room in the castle club for them to put an free gift(Assuming that all guests do have free gift in the room the booked at the castle club in disneyland hotel).  

If my and my mother upgrade to castle club room with  2 bedded room will we have an free gift(my mum and I don't love champagne or any other Alcohol beverage) but she does love water and chocolate but I do not love water or chocolate.

 Do you since I don't like champagne(or other Alcohol beverage), water or chocolate do you think my mum be able ask the receptionist when she phone disneyland paris themselves to for book an upgrade to an castle club standard room for my to have an disney soft toy(or will I have to Aspect the free gift that they give guests staying in the castle club in disneyland hotel).
Also what are the other gift apart from champagne water or soft toy do guests have when the stay in the castle club room.




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OK, where were we? ;)

After dropping our shopping back in the room (that's one of my favourite things about staying in the DLH, I have to say... being always really close to your room!) it was time to finally go in the park!!

Mandatory shot of the 20th anniversary sign (which I love, I have to admit).
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Our room!
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Here you leave today...
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Main Street station... Although some of the decorations have seen better days...
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I'm sure you all know that special feeling, when you first walk into Main Street USA, and see the Castle at the back, and hear the music, and know you are finally where you belong... Well that's exactly how I felt!!

Main Street was looking beautiful, with all the golden banners everywhere! Plus the sun was really out by now, and wass promising us a beautiful afternoon!

Other than the 20th anniversary decorations, the biggest change around Main Street were of course the new Halloween decorations! Ghosts, pumpkins and black cats everywhere.

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In Town Square Photography:
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Aren't this brilliant?? :D I love them. I always did like the pumpkin men, but these ghosts are a much better fit. And them having all these little pumpkins everywhere? And the black cats?? It all goes really well together, I thought. I wish I could be back next week for the actual Halloween season!!!

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I was already feeling REALLY excited about being back home, seeing all the excellent new decorations, the beautiful sunshine and the most stunning park in the world, when what did we see coming up Main Street towards us?

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Yes!! The horse drawn carriage!! First time EVER that I actually saw it in the park!!

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So after a quick stop in Central Plaza:

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we simply HAD to go and get in the carriage (even if it meant going all the way back to Town Square!)

Can you see the Castle?
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Inside the carriage:

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And back in Town Square!

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Since we were there, I tought I could ask in City Hall about the little show with the fountains, with the music, to see whet it was. It turns out it's actually a test before Dreams, to check the synchronisation between the fountains and the music!! So they do it whenever they're ready, around 2,5 - 3 hours before Dreams!! Since on Sunday we were having dinner at 18:00 it was very unlikely that we would get to see it, so we decided to try and see it on Monday.

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By now my dear husband was getting a bit impatient, it was time to get some rides done!!

To be continued...

Beautiful photos, looking good!

Oh, btw, TOTALLY NOT JEALOUS AT ALL! *Cough* Not,.. at... all.

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I'm so jealous, the view is amazing, you can wave at the poor people below. Ha.

Can't wait for more!  :thumbs:

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I reading this whilst wearing my orange Mickey with headphones T-Shirt, lol

I love the goasts, especially the one in front of the dentist! LOL. Defintly going to end up in my camera too.!

Aurora1

Thank you all!! :D

Sorry, only a quick update tonight, we've been out all day and haven't had much time to myself!!

After leaving City Hall, we decided to start making use of our VIP fastpasses, and what better ride to start us off than BTM?

So we went straight to Frontierland, where lots of new decorations and pumpkin men were waiting for us! My hubby gave me a 'no more pictures!!' look  :roll:  and rushed me to the fastpass entrance, but before we got there we saw the line stretching almost to the start!!

Hmm so maybe not, no point in having a fastpass if you still need to stand in line for 20 minutes!!

At least that meant I could take some more pics  ;)

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Halloween in Frontierland! The pumpkin men are a great fit, but the harvest theme , with the orange flowers everywhere, it's just gorgeous!!
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The idea was that we would wait a few minutes see if the fastpass queue went down a bit, but it was not to be.... BTM broke down!

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So much for that...   :(

So after a few more pictures around Frontierland (did I mention this is my favourite land?)

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we found ourselves back in Central Plaza!

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Next: Discoveryland!

(and I'll try to have the next update tomorrow morning!!)

Apologies, had a really busy day yesterday (my parents are moving house next week, so had to go and help pack, and rescue some books and toys I want to keep...)

Let's continue with this trip, shall we?

So by now it was almost 3pm on Sunday and we hadn't really done any rides yet (we'd been on the horse-drawn carriage, but that was it!!). And since BTM was not to be, we decided to give Discoveryland a go...

First stop: Space Mountain!

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As usual there were a bunch of people with the wrong time on their fastpasses blocking the way, but we managed to push our way through, show our VIP fastpasses  :D/  to the CM in the entrance, and off we went!! We had to wait about 10 minutes, before we reached the station

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and got a place on the next train, sitting at the very back!! FIrst time I've sat at the end, and last time. It was extremely bumpy, and I came out with a very well shaken head... But on the plus side, the sound was excellent, we could really hear the music very well (which I hadn't been able to do for some time).

Survived
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Standing in my favourite spot in Discoveryland
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because you get a view like this!
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It's when you see queues like this that we were really glad to have a VIP fastpass...
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Little Columbiad cannon
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After our shaky trip to space, we decided to have an easier one battling the evil emperor Zurg. Time to take the VIP fastpasses out again...

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We had a great ride, both the guns were working OK (which seems to be more and more of a luxury, in most of our rides on Buzz during the trip at least one of our guns wasn't working great...) Not exceelent scores, but not too bad for a first ride... And left some room for improvement, which we would go again and again during our trip... ;)

Back to Central Plaza
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I could stare at this Castle for days!!
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Spot the Dreams equipment...
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Did no one tell the ducks not to step on the grass?!?!? ;)
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At least he'll have a good spot for Dreams...

OK, one last picture of the Castle
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Time to move somewhere else
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Ok so maybe just one more of the Castle... ;)
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Of course despite what you may think, we were actually on our way to Frontierland, to check again on BTM... But as soon as we crossed Fort Comstock we could see (and hear) that no trains were running...  :x

A couple more pics around Frontierland...
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And off to the greenest land of all, Adventureland!

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Next stop: La Cabane des Robinsons.
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I can still hear the organ playing... :)
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And what's with people throwing coins everywhere?? Fountains are not enough, now we have to throw them on beds too??
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Now this was the first time we were up the treehouse in a relatively clear day. And since my dear husband has a wonderful sense of direction (and a little help from the compass on his iPhone  ;) ) we could finally figure out which way to look to see Paris!!

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And the Eiffel Tower (which you can barely see but it's there, in the left)
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I see Mickeys everywhere
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Oh, and I can even take one more picture of the Castle!!
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Running water!
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The Cabane was looking great, best I had seen it in ages. I really like going up the tree, it's never too busy, you get beautiful views of the park (through the leaves, which always add something I think) and of course the theming and details in the treehouse are brilliant.

Not everything was looking great in Adventureland, though... There was no water running on Skull rock, and without it, you could really tell that some areas could do with a little cleaning...

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Though it does give it a sense of authenticity...
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Water was running just fine everywhere else though!
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POTC was quite busy, 40 minutes I think, so we decided to leave that to Monday.

Time to admire Captain Hook's ship...
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We were having an early dinner, but I was starting to feel a bit hungry... It was obvious that all the rides had quite long queues (or too long for us... anything more than 15 minutes is too much...). So instead, we decided to go for a little break in one of my favourite places in Main Street, the Cable Car Bake Shop!

Continues soon

Great report, love all the photos particularly for halloween; enjoyed watching video over Main Street, looks peaceful with nobody about.  Looking forward to next installment. Wishing I was back already. :minnie:

Love your report and the pictures.  =D>
 I'm already getting "homesick" for Disneyland and the Disneyland Hotel.

Thank you all for your comments :)

I have to admit, I'm not too happy with my pictures, I'm not sure what's wrong with my camera but a lot of them came out a bit blurred... My little girl loves playing with gadgets and she has gotten her hands on my camera more than once, I do wonder if she's done something to it...  :roll:

Anyway, I finally got a bit of time, so here goes the next chapter!

So, time for a little snack at the Cable Car Bake Shop...

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We each had a chocolate cupcake, yummy yummy

And feeling re-energised, we decided to go for a bit of shopping...

At Harrington's

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And across the street at Disney & Co

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I love these posters!!

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And finally in the Emporium! Quick peak at the barber shop...

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Christmas at the Emporium

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The parade was going to start soon and Main Street was getting quite busy; we had already decided to see it on the Monday, so we decided to escape the crowds and head back to Frontierland (and maybe finally go on BTM??)

And again it was not to be... BTM was still (or again) not running... I don't know if it didn't run at all during the afternoon or if we were just unlucky, but no rides on BTM all day?? Not too happy about this...  :evil:

So time for some silly pics...

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Time then for Adventureland and Indiana Jones. No where near as fun at BTM, but at least it's always fairly quiet, and the fastpass queue works quite well there!

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It's an OK ride, really. Not as fun as BTM and not as thrilling as Space Mountain (also not as bumpy), but it's really one of those rides that I can easily do without...

Time for a nice little walk around Adventureland

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And to explore the Jolly Roger!!

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It's always been one of my favourite spots in Adventureland, and now that it's finally been refurbished it looks great!! Now all that it needs is Peter Pan fighting Captain Hook... ;)

By now it was getting close to our dinner time (we were booked for 6pm at Watl's). The idea was to make our way back to Main Street slowly through Fantasyland, and maybe do a dark ride if the queues were not to bad...

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However when we got close to the stage formerly known as Fantasyland Stage, I couldn't help but wanting to take a closer look... And when we saw the queue to meet the Mouse himself was 10 minutes... Well in we went!!

Temporary sign was still there...
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We went straight past the theatre (where there was just 1 little girl and her mom watching a Mickey Mouse cartoon, while the rest of their family waiting (im)patiently at the other end...

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For once I wished the queue would have take a little bit longer... I didn't have much time to explore all the little details everywhere!! But overall, another great addition to the park, excellent theming with plenty of references to keep you entertained for some time, and to ensure you discover something new on each visit!

Of course we were here to see one mouse... :D

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When we got out, it was almost 6pm... So no more pictures, no more looking around, straight accross Fantasyland towards Main Street USA, and to Walt's!! We did see the fountain show was on by the Castle, but we didn't stop (for your information, you need to be rather punctual with the Dreams packages reservations, they don't hold your reservation for 15 minutes like they do for normal bookings!!)

We made it...
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Now if you've never been to Walt's, please try to visit on your next trip. It's a beautiful restaurant, full on wondeful little bits of Disney and DLP history. Plus their food is delicious!!

We were seated in the Main Street USA area, in a little room (unfortunately not by a window) overlooking Main Street (just in front of Harrington's)

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Now tilt your head slightly to one side and pretend the picture is straight... ;) (I thought I had fixed this before loading but obviously not....)
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To drink, we tried the 20th anniversary white wine...
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Cris had the salad:
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and I the scallops carpaccio:
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And for the main course, we both had the lamb:
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And I have to admit, that was the nicest lamb I've ever had. Pure heaven. The meat simply melted in the mouth.... Amazing.

The 20th anniversary dessert:
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Who drank all the wine??
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After dessert the waiter came with a couple white bracelets, he put them around our wrists, and told us to go to the VIP viewing area, in front of the green and red little house at the end of Main Street (ie the Dreams control booth!), and to show our bracelet to the CM there. He told us to keep the receipt from the restaurant just in case, but that they usually didn't ask for it (and they didn't).

We had a bit of time (Dreams wat at 9pm, and we wanted to get there with no more than 30 minutes), so after a call to my parents to check on our little Alicia (only the 4th of the day, I think we did quite well!!)  we went for a little walk around Discoveryland, which looks so good at night!

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Before heading back towards Central Plaza

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It was already quite busy, but fortunately the VIP area was quite quiet. There was plenty of room to move around, and we had a great view of the Castle.

Behind us:
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And in front of us :D (no zooming at all on this picture, so that you get an idea of what the actual view was like!)
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There was a great atmosphere all around, you could tell people knew they were waiting for something good, something special.

Now we only had 2 nights to see Dreams, and we wanted to make the most out of it. So that meant not worrying to much about taking pictures, and simply enjoying the show. I had thought of no taking any pictures at all, but I couldn't resist taking a few...  :roll:  ;)  Which considering I was just holding the camera in my hands, and wasn't really looking much at the camera screen but more at the actual show behind, they didn't come out too bad!!

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What can I say about Dreams that hasn't been said many many times before? It's stunning. I want to see it again and again. I can't wait to go back and see it again. I loved the music, the story, and the projections??!?! Incredible!! And the Dreams package viewing area was excellent.

What a magical ending to a great day :D

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Time to head back towards the DLH...

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Waiting for our lift :)
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When we got to our room we saw we'd been left (with compliments :)) a bottle of water, and a bottle of champagne, chilling in an ice bucket next to two champagne glasses!! I just LOVE the Castle Club!!

Plus the view from our room....
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We decided to finish our day by going for a drink and some nibbles at the bar

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Ah, mojito....
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Before heading back to our room, for a quick shower and a well deserved rest!!

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Day 2 coming soon!!

Hope Day 2  of your trip you includes  and your husband watching Stitch Live.

Do you mind telling me what that piece of music is called? You know, the one from the vid?

I am absolutely loving reading this report!! Your photos are great, there is so much detail. I have missed so much - probably from having kids attached to my arms, legs and neck!! I got that fuzzy tingly feeling in my tummy seeing the castle and the castle club pictures. Great report...looking forward to the rest.  =D>

Never2old, i'm loving your report! You had a great time and it shows! :) looking forjardes to reading day 2.
Just one question, was the wine included in the dreams package ?

Thanks :)

I miss DLP so much, I'm still in the post-Disney depression phase...  :roll:  Especially now with Halloween going strong and Christmas coming soon, I would love to go back NOW!! But at least I can partly re-live the magic with you all!  :D

Quote from: "Pluto2011Pluto"Hope Day 2  of your trip you includes  and your husband watching Stitch Live.

Little spoiler here ;) but no it doesn't, when we did go to the Studios on day 2 there was a bit of a queue for Stitch, and then on our last day we didn't actually check it,.. But you always need to leave something for the next trip!!

Quote from: "DisneyManiac"Do you mind telling me what that piece of music is called? You know, the one from the vid?

No idea, it was the music playing on Main Street, it's part of their morning loop (I didn't add the music, it's recorded live from the balcony!)

Quote from: "SVioletS"Never2old, i'm loving your report! You had a great time and it shows! :) looking forjardes to reading day 2.
Just one question, was the wine included in the dreams package ?

No it wasn't. I think it was 20 euro for the bottle (they had a white, a red and a rosé)


I'm working on the next set of photos, hopefully I'll have the next update ready this afternoon!!

I love reading your trip report. Your pictures are amazing, especially the ones of the little details that make DLP such a special place. I think you show through your photos how much you care about DLP and your pictures and words make me very excited for my next trip. Thank you for taking us along this wonderful ride.

Joining in. Luvin the report and pics so far!

Great report :-)

Loving this report! Especially all the Castle Club pictures! :)

OMG! i'm loving your report.....so nice to see inside your room at cc and your view,amazing!
your report is lovely,pictures are great so much detail and i feel like i'm there reading along with you i can picture every step :thumbs:

for the last 9 yrs apart from 1 christmas trip we have gone for halloween....but this year we are missing a trip and are going in feb :shock: (freezing) as my oldest(19yrs) started uni(bloody expensive) so me and my youngest are going on our 10th trip in feb and for the 1st time we are going for 5days 4nts the longest we have been :lol: reading your report has made me want to start counting down the days esp to see dreams and i'm soooo tempted to book the dreams dinner package?

cant wait to read more :lol:

Have thoroughly enjoyed reading your report and looking at your FABulous photos!!   We've 3 weeks to go and now I just cannot wait  :D     look forward to seeing some more!

Thank you all for all your comments, I'm really touched!  :)

I love all those little details that make the park so special, so rich. It's the details that make you realise how much love and passion went into designing and building the magic!! And I keep discovering new little things I hadn't noticed before :)

I'm home with a terrible cold and to be honest very little energy, hopefully by the weekend I'll be better and I can get the report going again, sorry for the delay :(

Hope you feel well soon :)

Love your trip report and the photos, the Castle Club - wow what an experience and I have never noticed the lift from the station !  Hope you're feeling better soon, just getting over a horrible cold myself, so know exactly how you feel.

great photo`s can you tell me what camra you have please :D

Great report! Love to see what fun you had with  the Castle Club and especially the elevator :-D
I'm sorry, that you were not lucky with BTM. Never experienced so many break downs in my former trips!

Thank you all for your many comments!! :D And I'm finally starting to feel better, about time too!!  What a lousy virus :(

Quote from: "sarachloe"great photo`s can you tell me what camra you have please :D

Thanks! I was mostly using my little Canon SX210. but there are also some pics taken with my iPhone (4S), and my husband has a Panasonic DMC-FZ28.

Quote from: "maleficent_mum"Love your trip report and the photos, the Castle Club - wow what an experience and I have never noticed the lift from the station !  Hope you're feeling better soon, just getting over a horrible cold myself, so know exactly how you feel.

The lift is not by the station, it's just by the turnstiles and the ticket desks under the DLH  :D

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Good news is that all my pics are now uploaded, I just need to start writing the next update, I hope to have it ready soon!!

Glad your feeling better.......i'm off work ill myself so i know how you feel :(

looking forward to your next update and some more fab pics......i was wondering what camera do you use?

Ok, day 2, here we go!!

Now if any of you have young kids, you'll understand that sleeping late is a very very very rare luxury... Our daughter usually wakes up between 7 and 7:30, whether it's Monday or Sunday (and sometimes still wakes up at night, if she loses her dummy or something bothers her). So having a long, uninterrupted sleep is... well, heavenly!! So for our first and only full day at the parks we decided to forget about the alarm, forget about EMH, and simply try to sleep... Which we did!

Of course I did wake up at night, and of course I went and checked out the window, to be sure eveything was still there, and feel like I had the park all to myself... Heaven :D

We slept very well, and woke up a bit before 8am (which for us, is late!!)

First things first....

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Yes, everyone still there!! :D

And look, here come the first guests!!

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And for us, breakfast time!!

Now as you can imagine, breakfast in the CC lounge is heavenly. No crowds, no queues (unlike downstairs in the main restaurant!!), you go in, choose a table, someone comes to take your order for hot drinks.... Very civilised :)

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First course....
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I think this juice was even better than the one at the Hotel New York!!
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And of course, who came to say hello??

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Characters come to the lounge from 8:30 onwards, so it's another good reason to sleep a bit more and have a later breakfast ;)

View of the restaurant from our table:
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Now as we were enjoying a very leisurly breakfast, the weather outside went from okayish to not okayish at all.... It started getting darker and darker, and soon it was pouring down!!

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Not that we cared too much about it, though... We were all too happy to stay indoors and keep enjoying our breakfast!!

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After a couple coffee cups, quite a few glasses of orange juice, and scrambled eggs, bacon, sausages, Mickey waffles, pains au chocolat, and some strawberries (yes, those were to pretend it was a healthy breakfast), time go go back to our room and start getting ready! Plus it looked like the rain was calming down...

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Pumpkins everywhere
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I'm sure you'll all understand how difficult it was to leave such a room, even if it was to go to DLP!!!  ;)  

Look, there I am!!
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Don't you think Tink looks a bit freaky from this angle??
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Well, it was past 9:30 when we both made it to the park... And it already felt quite packed!!

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We first headed to Discoveryland and Buzz (that's what EMH are for!!) but the queue was already 20 minutes. Peter Pan was closed (as was Phantom Manor, by the way, 2 of my favourite rides!!!  :x ) and we were both a little too full from our yummy breakfast to try Space Mountain, so we decided to wait until 10:00 for all the rides to open and try something then.

From Discoveryland to Fantasyland, by the Bella Notte:
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And of course, one of the best places to wait for the park to open is the Gallery in the Castle!! It was relatively quiet, it only had 2 groups of people doing it the wrong way round  :roll: , but at least for us it meant we could take our time to enjoy it. It's one of my favourite places in the whole park!

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When I win the lottery ( :roll:  [-o<  :lol: ) I'm getting a ceiling like this in my home
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And you know what? I think I had never noticed Maleficent here before!!
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I love those snails ;)
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And this is how Dreams come true ;)
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I love that Castle!! And the Sleeping Beauty music loop.... Don't you just feel like waltzing around when you hear it?? (don't tell me it's just me  :oops:  :lol: )

I really like to follow a visit to the Castle Gallery with a little stop by the Auberge de Cendrillon and its courtyard

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I had read recently (in Twitter I guess) that they actually have their own vegetable garden, and sure enough, they do!! Of course silly me I didn't actually take any decent pictures  :roll:  but they had quite a few herbs growing, and rhubarb, and even a couple of pumkins!! And plenty of other green things I didn't recognise... So next time you go, do go and have a look!!

By now it was 10:00, time to get some rides done!!

Continues soon :)

love your room.....don't think i'd leave i'd just sit and people watch in and out of the park :roll:

orange juice better than HNY??? Hmmmm dont know :lol:

lovely update,lovely detailed pics :D

Loved your trippie and the beautiful pictures and poor Tinks looks like she's gone down the collagen route.  With that view I think I probably could have stayed up all night and what a very civilised way to start the day :)

Thank you for your comments!!  :D

Quote from: "lynny"orange juice better than HNY??? Hmmmm dont know :lol:

It is, it is!!!  :D

Ok, maybe it's the same... But with a view like that, everything tastes better!!!  ;)

I'm working on the next update, I hope to have it online soon!!

And here we go, day 2 part 2!

It was now 10:00, the park was officially open, so time to get some rides done (since we refuse to queue more than 5 minutes during the EMH...)

And is there a better one to start the day than Pirates of the Caribbean?? Now that I think of it, POTC is ALWAYS the first ride we go to when the park opens...

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When we got there the ride was not yet open, and a small crowd was waiting outside, but it wasn't long before the two pirates at the entrance let us all in! So yo-ho yo-ho in we went, down the dark corridors and pretty much straight into the boats!! I love walking into that ride, that queue is one of my favourites (although I now refuse to wait more than 10 minutes for that ride, call it old age if you want...) But I still remember being in line pretty much all the way, playing with my sister and brother, climbing wherever we could, and making my sister believe that the various skeletons along the way had just moved  :lol: My parents both love that ride so it was one of the few we would actually queue for when we came as kids! And still now, simply walking into those dark corridords, with its music loop and it's chlorine smell, always bring a huge smile to my face!

Sorry, got a bit sidetracked there...  :roll:

Anyway, we were finally in Pirates!! And it was in GREAT condition. Swinging pirate? Check. Mayor being pulled in and outof the well? Check (although he was not spitting water) Duelling pirates? Check (sadly their swords were not touching at all, but still....). No idiot taking hundrends of flash pictures? Check (OK, that one was pure luck...) Only the chains on the lift were not working, and I noticed that one pirate, the one balancing on a boat carrying lots of loot, just before the second fall, was missing. Overall, an excellent ride :D

Pretty bad picture but I wanted to see how the iPhone handled the very low light in the ride...
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Huge smile in my face when we came out of the ride. But my husband was still feeling a bit sad from not having done Buzz this morning (in fact he had already said that we should get up earlier on Tuesday and do the EMH in full....), so we decided to head back towards Discoveryland. We did go past the dark rides in Fantasyland in case the queues were not too bad (Snow White hadn't opened yet, it was opening at 11:00 I think, and Pinocchio had a pretty long queue; Peter Pan was of course closed  :( ). We also had a quick look in some shops (this was the first time we've been to DLP and Cris actually asked to go into the shops so much... he wanted to look for presents for our daughter  :) )

Eventually we made it to Buzz, flashed our VIP fastpasses, and went in. Still no Buzz in the queue line (in fact the courtain was closed the 3 days we were there)) but at least the line was moving fast...

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Not a bad go, though my gun wasn't great. And the joystick kept getting stuck, so we ended up going round and round a little too much... I thought it was fun, but Cris gets very serious about this ride (he actually told me off for turning away from Zurg when he was trying to get him, but it wasn't me, it was the joystick!! :lol:) So he did't come out too happy with it...

We had thought we could try the Cafe des Cascadeurs for lunch, and by now it was 11:30. So time to head to the Studios, maybe get a couple of rides done, and then have lunch? That was the plan anyway...

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First bit of proper sunshine of the day, time for some more pics!!

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Now this was my first try with the new panorama mode on the iPhone, which would have come out a lot better if it wasn't for a girl who walked right into it for quite some time (hence the dark shape going accross....) It's not very good but still, I wanted to share it....
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My favourite fairy
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And the dark clouds are back...

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Now it had been raining on and off all morning, so Cris wanted to go back to the room to change his socks (which had gotten a bit wet...), so I waited for him in the Fantasia Gardens.

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I love how they've added the 20th anniversare theme:

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Cris came back from the room (which had already been cleaned and all!) and we made our way to the Studios

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A quick glance at the information board told us that Crush was completely out of the question (50 minutes wait time), so we headed to our favourite ride in the Studios, the Tower of Terror.

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As usual with the fastpass entrance we had to push our way through the people blocking the way with tickets for the wrong time  :evil: , before we could make our way to the library, it was so quick I couldn't even take a decent picture!!

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We were the first out of the library and as soon as we got to the service elevators, a CM called out for us because they needed 2 people to fill one elevator! So without any waiting time, there we were, sitting in the last row, fastening our seat belts!! I just love it when things work out like that...

Excellent ride of course, though I did feel a little bit sick... (but my ears have been acting up lately, I think I was starting to be ill back then) Still, lots of fun. such an unique feeling!!

My favourite ride after TOT is RnRC... But when we got there the wait time was 20 minutes (I know, not much, but when you're used to doing that ride without any queue....) And the fastpass was not working, so our VIP ones were pretty useless. And to make things worse, when we decided to check the Cafe des Cascadeurs, it was closed!!!  :evil:  :evil:

Nevermind... We were not too hungry yet, we could wait until we were back in DLP, or even have lunch in the Village...

Oh, and it was starting to rain again ;)
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But we couldn't leave the Studios on a bad note, so time for the best show in WDS: Cinemagique!!

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You know how there's always someone seeing it for the first time, who needs to provide a commentary to whomever they're sitting with throughout the entire film? Well they were sitting right next to me  :evil:  Why do they always sit next to me???

This was the first time we were seeing it since they refreshed it with new scenes. It was a bit strange at some points expecting one scene and seeing something else (that's when you realise you know the film by heart!) but overall it was good. To be honest, as long as they don't touch the soundtrack... That remains one of my favourite bits of music in the whole resort!!

We ended our visit to the Studios with a bit of shopping (ok, quite a bit of shopping, but when they can send it to the hotel for you so you don't need to carry anything, it can be a bit tempting to get carried away...)

Next, back to Disneyland!
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To be continued...

I absolutely love this trip report. The pictures are so pretty. Can't wait to read about it some more. :)

Fabulous report Never2old;  =D> I feel as if I'm walking every step with you, remembering sounds and smells, I also like walking along the corridor of POTC and that chlorine smell. and those photos are excellent. can't wait for the next chapter. :minnie:

Such a good report, can't wait for the next installment :D I definitely agree about POTC and the castle gallery - the smell of Pirates is amazing, and I definitely feel like waltzing when I'm in the castle! It makes me feel like a proper princess  :oops: Seeing all your photos and reading about your trip has made me so happy, you and your husband seem like lovely people, it's so nice that you both have Disney as a shared interest!

Really really enjoyed that update.....lovely pictures as usual.

cant wait to read more :D

Brilliant. Your pictures show that even in the rain, this is the most stunning place to be. x

I'm so touched by all your comments, thank you!!  :D

So, back to DLP!!

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So by now we were starting to feel a bit hungry... We thought we could give the Lucky Nugget a go? We used to quite like it when it was a buffet, I was curious to see what it was like now. So straight to Frontierland through the Liberty Arcade, and guess who we met on the way??? :D

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I just LOVE running into old friends like that!!

Cris decides to try on a new hat
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(not sure why he didn't get it, I thought he looked great!!!)

We got into Frontierland and went straight to the Lucky Nugget, where the queue (surprise surprise) was quite long...  :cry:  Nevermind... Shall we try Colonel Hathi's?

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So straight to Adventureland, where the queue in Hathi's was even worse than in the Lucky Nugget... THIS IS WHY ONE SHOULD ALWAYS BOOK THE RESTAURANTS IN ADVANCE!!   ](*,)  ](*,)  ](*,)

Hakuna Matata? Closed. Agrabah Cafe? Closed. I was seriously starting to get seriously annoyed. All that was left were the certainly busy fast food restaurants in Fantasyland.... or wait, why don't we try the Blue Lagoon?? Normally we don't even try it without a reservation, bus desperate times and all... Originally we were going to save ourselves for the evening (we were having dinner at Inventions), but by now we were starved, so going for a nice meal in a proper restaurant was very very very tempting. So in we went!!

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And what do you know? Of course they had a table for us!! Good news at last :D

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So at the end it worked brilliantly, instead of a quick burger from a fast food place we got a delicious meal! We celebrated the fact that we were finally getting some food by ordering the Surf & Turf (sorry no pics, really bad light in there, but just trust me, it was DELICIOUS, particularly the lobster, it had a little sauce on it.... yummy), and for dessert, the creme brulée :)

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Excellent excellent meal. Service was really good, we didn't had to wait long for ordering nor for getting our food (in the past we've had some very very long meals in there...), overall a great experience.

And then we we got out, the sun was shining, the sky was blue, and there was no queue for POTC!!  :D/ I just love going straight into Pirates after lunch at the Blue Lagoon....

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Some more pics with the iPhone
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This was turning out to be an excellent afternoon :D

Time for Fantasyland, where we were still hoping to get a dark ride done!! But no luck, both Pinocchio and Snow White had some queues...

So after some more pics...

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My favourite HIdden Mickey
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... it was time to head back to DIscoveryland and Buzz. Thank you VIP fastpasses!!

And thank you faulty guns, for once I beated by husband's score!! This was a truly historical moment:
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I'd like to thank the maintenance crew of the ride for making sure that about half the guns don't work properly  =D>  :roll:

By now it was just past 16:30. This was our one and only chance to see the new parade, so time to go and get a place!

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Doesn't our Castle simply look amazing???

As usual, we headed to the back on Fantasyland to get a spot, it's always quieter there so automatically our favourite place to see it.

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And part 4 with the Parade coming soon!!

Apologies for the shorter update, but I need to go and pick up my baby girl!! (yes I am writing this from the office, but  :-$  :-$ don't tell anyone....)

Once again, great report  :D
Makes me want to go there this instant.

Ahhh, reading this makes me homesick. I really want to go. :(
I love your pictures!

This is really lovely escapism! manythanks

great reading! love the pics! it really is helping me get in the right mood for next weeks trip, meaning i am even more anxious and excited to go! thank you for sharing! :) dlh castle club looks really something special!

fantastic... lovely... magical ... a dream!

I know how you all feel.... I too want to be back!!! Part[icularly when I look out the window this morning and it's all grey and wet and miserable... At least if I was back home in DLP, I could cheer myself up a little in Pirates, IASW or Buzz!! It's always soooo nice in there!!

Anyway, here's day 2, part 4: Disney Magic on Parade!! And this time I'll let the pictures do the talking :D

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And that's that!!

Overall, not a bad parade. The music is very catchy, and although it plays in a loop, the repetition didn't bother me. I do miss the different music for the different floats and the stops with the different choreographies, but that was OUAD and this is a new parade, so I guess we shouldn't compare too much... It does go by a lot faster, of course, without any stops (sometimes a little too fast, I think this is one parade that requires multiple viewings before you can really see everything!!)  It's a fun, very colourful, very lively parade, and I really enjoyed it. And now looking back at all the pictures I can hear the music again!!

You may have noticed, by the way, that there was no Duffy on the last float... In fact we didn't see Duffy anywhere (just his merchandise) Is he completely gone now?

Anyway, I'll try to continue with the report this afternoon!!

I was just about to mention Duffy! I hope he isn't gone :( I know he's not available for meet 'n' greet anymore but I was comforted by the fact that he would be on the float...I hope they bring him back! I really love that bear :(

Lovely  pictures again....you captured the parade brilliantly :)

looking forward to hearing the rest.x

 :( i really hope duffy hasnt gone,would really like to meet him on our feb trip :?

Apologies for the lack of updates this weekend, it's been pretty busy...

Yes, I was surprised not to see Duffy anywhere, I knew he no longer had a meet 'n' greet but I really thought we would still be in the parade!!

Maybe he'll be back for Christmas?

Anyway, here's the next update, day 2 part 5!

After the parade, since we were just there and the queue was quite small (it usually is straight after the parade!) it was time for IASW:

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And now let's all sing along!!

There is just one moon and one golden sun
And a smile means friendship to everyone
Though the mountains divide
And the oceans are wide
It's a small world after all!

(I'm sure you've all got the song in your head by now   :twisted:   :twisted: )

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Don't you just LOVE this ride?? I can't wait to take my little girl on it!!

Some more pics around Fantasyland

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After this happy cruise, I thought it was time try Frontierland and the Big Thunder Mountain... Of course as it's often the case, the walk from Fantasyland to Frontierland can take a long long time, if you happen to go by the Castle and the sun is shining and it looks so beautiful you just need to stop and admire it and admire it for a bit...

Halloween around the Castle
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Not exactly sure what was happening here, but suddendly there was smoke (or could have been steam) coming out around the Castle?? We took a picture at the end only, though...
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Of course that did remind us that it was almost 6:00 and that the fountains test should be happening soon. So after a visit to the dragon under the Castle (looking absolutely stunning, and moving very well!!) we decided to hang out around the Castle a bit more, just in case... I saw that the windows in the Dreams booth were open, so something was going to happen soon... And the floor on the bridge that goes to the dragon was still dry, so I knew we hadn't missed it!! (just before the show starts, the close the access to the bridge)

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We were not the only ones waiting for the fountains show...

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A few minutes before 6, the show started!

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And here's a very short video I took with the phone:

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It really is a lovely little show  :thumbs:  (even though it's simply a test to check everything works before Dreams....)

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Time for Frontierland! As soon as we walked into Thunder Mesa we saw the Molly Brown was getting ready to board, so before trying BTM we thought we should give the riverboat a go!

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You get great views from the riverboat :)

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That leg looks painful...
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Excellent theming here!!
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By the way, BTM was not working... Again....  :evil:

And back to Thunder Mesa!

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Since BTM was once more not running, we decided to go back to DIscoveryland. And on the way, the fountains show was on again!

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And after the show (sorry, I just love the Castle from this angle, and with this light!!!!)

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After the show, things didn't go too well :(

FIrst we went to Discoveryland to try Buzz, but despite the 30 minutes wait the fastpass line had already been closed (so no VIP fastpasss). BTM was still closed. We decided to go to Pirates again, where there was no queue so we went pretty much straight into the boat. But for some reason, even though there weren't many people waiting, the CM there decided to sit 4 adults in the first row of the boat. And I don't mind it being a bit more tight like that, but it did make our boat heavier on the front... Which meant that on the first dip down, we were completely soaked!!  :shock:  :-x  My feet got wet, my bag on the floor got wet (fortunately the camera and the phone were dry), and worst of all, my bottom was soaked :( Now I've done Pirates many many times before, and many many times I've gotten wet, but this time, I was really not in the mood, and I got particularly soaked. Needless to say, I was not happy at all.

So we decided no more rides for the day, and instead it was time to go back to the room, for a little rest and some dry clothes, before coming back out before Dreams.

I  wasn't even in the mood for pictures.... Fortunately Cris was, and he took this one from Town Square:

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Probably my favourite picture from the whole trip :)

Back in the hotel:

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And a bit later, back in the park:

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It was around 19:45 (Dreams was at 20:30) and I was starting to worry that it wouldn't be dark enough... My mood had improved a little, but not much, I confess. And I was really missing my little girl, and we'd try calling to speak with her (well, she doesn't talk yet, but you know what I mean...) but first she was having her bath and then having dinner and then she was already in bed, so we hadn't been able to :(

And it was already quite busy!!

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We had decided to watch Dreams from the end of Main Street, so we waited for a bit sitting on the curve, and then when it was getting closer to show time (and yes, getting a lot darker) we moved to the middle of the road.

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There didn't seem to be too many people with kids around us, so I figured we wouldn't get too many kids on shoulders in front of us....

FInally, Dreams!!  And again things did not go great... It started to rain a little after Dreams began, which was fine. But I don't know if it was because of the rain or what, but as soon as the show began we had a quite a few people who decided to get out, most of them in groups, many with pushchairs. And all of them had to come straigh through us  :evil:  :evil:  Honestly, what's wrong with you people??? You see there's a crowd trying to watch the most beautiful show there is, you need to walk right through it?? You couldn't leave before the show started?? Or go through the sides where there are less people?? No!!!

At first I though I would try to film some bits on my phone, but after getting so many interruptions, I gave up :( I just took some quick pics, and only a couple minutes worth of video :(

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And a bit of video (which considering I wasn't looking at the screen but just holding the phone in place, didn't come out too bad!!)

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Now don't get me wrong, I still enjoyed Dreams. It's too beautiful and magical not to. But I was seriously annoyed with everyone around me!!

After Dreams, we had some time for a shower and a little rest before dinner, which we had booked at the California Grill.

Now again to continue with the annoying people theme of the evening, we had a rather loud family next to us, but fortunately they were gone by the time our starter came, and we could enjoy a very relaxing and delicious meal, overlooking the park!

I went for one of their menus, with the fois gras for starter (delicious), followed by salmon:

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And for dessert, the biggest ice cream cup I've ever had! (in fact I couldn't even finish it...)

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Delicious :D

At first when we were having dinner we were enjoying the view of Main Street and the Castle. Lovely. Then suddenly the lights around the Castle went off. Strange, they had turned them off on the night before, but much later than that. And then a bit later, the whole of Main Street got switched off!! Very strange, seeing the park dark like that. It almost looked abandoned!!  :shock:

After dinner, back in the Castle Club
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And the view from our room that night. By the time we were back in our room they had started work around Town Plaza (as we would see the next day, they had added new Halloween decorations) But there was no music playing at all. It was dead quiet!! Very very strange...

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There used to be a Space Mountain there.... ;)
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At least the Castle is still there...
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Day 3 coming soon!!

Those last pictures taught us all a lesson! Never enter a theme park when the gates are closed! Because you never know what could be happening... Behind the Gates! Sounds like a horror movie, Behind the Gates, doesn't it?

And day 3 begins!

And what a start it was... It was one of those very rare nights for us now where we had no interruptions, no waking up in the middle of the night (not even to go to the loo  :roll: ), just a few blissful hours of deep, uninterrupted sleep.... Amazing.

Until just before 7 when I started hearing a voice, in the background... Slowly I woke up, to realise that the voice was coming from outside! So I went straight to the window, to witness something I had NEVER seen before. They were testing the emergency evacuation messages! In French, then English, a message repeating to follow the CMs instructions and calmly leave the park... Surreal!!

And of course I did what any of us would have done in such a situation: I got my phone and went to the balcony (PJs and all), to film!!  ;)  Just for you:

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What a way to start the day!!

It was our time to get up anyway (since we wanted to make the most of the EMH today).

While Cris got ready (I was ready in no time, I wish I could be that fast in the mornings when we're not in Disney...) I took some more pics around the room:

The Nespresso machine:
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Coffee, tea, milk etc to choose from:
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A menu for the pillows!!
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View from the window. By now the announcements had stopped, and the usual Main Street music loop was playing
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And time for breakfast! Our table at the lounge:
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The hot side of the buffet: there were scrambled eggs, potatoes, bacon, sausages, crepes and spanish omelette (next to the smoked salmon, ham, cheese, bread....)
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And the sweet side, with croissants, pains au chocolat, Mickey waffles, churros, yogurts, cereal, fruit...
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Wonderful wonderful breakfast :)

Check out was possible until 11:00, so we decided to come back later and to go straight into the park.

Overnight there had been some changes to Town Square!

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But I wasn't allowed to linger and admire and take photos, I had a very impatient husband next to me itching to go on Buzz!! So straight to Discoveryland (at least he didn't make me run to get there....  :roll: )

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Buzz really works great during the EMH. It's a shame they don't let you stay on the ride when it's that quiet, and that you still need to go all the way out and all the way in again.... But I guess that gives your finger a chance to rest ;)

We went on it a few times, until Cris got what he wanted...

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Then it was off to Space Mountain!

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Ad Luna in Flatula Gloria  :lol:
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A great trip this time, not too shaky and with great sound!! I too would love to see the original Space Mountain return, and it's wonderful soundrack. But I do like the new music (plus I'm a huge fan of Michael Giacchino...)

After  a couple more goes on Buzz (I think we did it around 10 times this morning...) we decided to head slowly towards the Studios (and hopefully go on RnRC without having to queue too much)

And at least now that Cris was in no rush, I took take some more pics!!

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So good to see this :D
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On the Station (notice the pumpkin face on the umbrella!!)
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By now it was after 10:00, so we figured going to the Studios and being back by 11:00 could be tricky... So time to check out :(

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Time to say goodbye to our room!!
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Sniff sniff :(

We left all the bags in the room (they come and take them for you downstairs ready for when you go), and went to check-out at the CC desk. It was quick, we were with the same lovely CM that checked us in (she asked Cris about how he did on Buzz and yes, he had to show off his score and showed her a picture of it!!!). She also gave us a new card key so that we could still access the CC via the lift (and also go down from the CC to the park entrance)

Part 2 coming soon!!

Again, a lovely report, the photos make me so excited to go back! :D And isn't checking out and leaving on the last day just the saddest feeling ever, time goes so quickly at Disneyland :(

Lovely update as usual with great pictures =D>

seeing all the halloween pics is making me sooo sad :cry:  not to be going halloween this year,but hey ho got to remember feb trip and that i'm going for longer than i've ever been before 4nts/5days ;)

I would have found it very hard to leave the longe never2old,i could sit there all day looking at the view and people watch.lol

looking forward to the rest of your report :)

Thank you!!

I have to say, I was quite sad about missing the actual Halloween season, after getting a small preview of what was coming... At one point I did think of changing our dates to go during the Halloween season, but it didn't work out :( We used to go every year for Halloween, and to miss it when it promised to be the best one in a long time.... Hopefully next year will be the same, and we can go then!!

And now, the last update for my report!!

So here we were, Tuesday morning, our last day in the parks (we were leaving after lunch, didn't want to get home too late because we were really missing our little baby girl!!), and time for one last walk around the Studios.

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First, we went and had a little walk around TSPL. At first we thought we could maybe give RC Racer a go (the Parachutes were closed)

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Following Andy's footsteps
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(you can tell by that picture how quiet TSPL was!!)

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There was pretty much no queue for RC, maybe 10 minutes? But if I'm honest.... I chickened out  :oops:  :(  I just couldn't quite face it. I have done it once before, last year, and I did enjoy it! But I don't know what happened this time, I just didn't feel like doing it at all!!

So time instead for probably my favourite ride in the Studios:

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And today, no queue at all!! Don't you just love it when you can go straight into a ride??

RnRC was excellent. Maybe not much smoke, but enough, plenty of lights, and loud music!! Brilliant :D

Time to say goodbys to WDS...

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And to head back to DLP!

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And time for one of the best rides ever: Big Thunder Mountain!

Again the normal queue was pretty short (between 20-30 minutes every time we checked), and the fastpass queue was always empty all the way to the trains!! Of course we had to give it a few goes.... We actually went 4 times in a row! :D

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Honestly, this ride never dissapoints!!! Great fun every time :D

Back in Central Plaza:

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Oh how my baby would love this!!! She's now starting to know Mickey and his friends (she loves Mickey's Clubhouse, you should see her dancing to the Hot Dog song!!!) Next year.... ;)

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We had booked lunch at 14:00 in Plaza Gardens, so our time for rides was coming to an end.

So one last go on Pirates of the Caribbean (where no one got soaked this time!!)

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One last look around Fantasyland and the Castle (where we had a pretty good view!)

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And of course, one last go on Buzz!

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And our time for rides was up :(

Lunchtime at Plaza Gardens:

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Great lunch as usual. I love their selection (Agrabah will always be my favourite out of the two, but it was closed...), although the place can feel a bit crowded sometimes...

Last pictures around the park!

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And back to the hotel, for some last minute shopping (the boutique is always so quiet!) and a couple more pics... We were both impatient to get home and see our little girl, but it's always sad to leave DLP....

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Waiting for our car and lugagge

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Bye bye Castle Club
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And bye bye Disneyland Hotel
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And that is all!!

Overall it was a great great trip, despite some negative feelings Monday evening. We missed our daughter all the time, although we both agreed it was the right decision not to bring her with us! Of course now I can't wait to take her next year!!

Hope you enjoyed the report!!

Hi Never2old, I really enjoyed reading about your trip, and I feel sad that it's come to an end, it was my daily fix while sitting in my office pretending to work. =D>
Well I look forward to next year's trip report when you take your daughter. :minnie:

Quote from: "mickeyspal"Hi Never2old, I really enjoyed reading about your trip, and I feel sad that it's come to an end, it was my daily fix while sitting in my office pretending to work. =D>
Well I look forward to next year's trip report when you take your daughter. :minnie:

Thanks :D

Funnily enough, writing it was also my daily fix while sitting in the office pretending to work!! ;)

Thank you :D
I,ve enjoyed your report from start to finish.The pictures have been fantastic,i really cant wait for my trip in feb NOW.

Think i'm going to have to book for next years halloween don't think i could cope missing it again.lol Just seeing a glipse of the halloween deco from your pics made me homesick  :roll:

fantastic report :D

From start to finish this has been a glorious read, with some great and insightful descriptions 8)  Also I loved your photography, especially this one............

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which I thought was absolutely wonderful :D/

I've stayed at the DLH before, but never the Castle Club. Your report has made me think very hard about staying there myself :)  I have always thought it wasn't worth the money, I think you have begun to change my mind ;)

Thanks again for sharing your trip with us =D>

Great report , thank you for all the photos! The castle club looks amazing , dont think my salary will ever stretch to it though! But at least I could live it a little through your report!

Amazing report, I found myself looking forward to a new post each day. This really makes me want to go back to the Caste Club!

Thank you all for your comments!! :D

As always, it' was a real pleasure to share my trip with you, I'm really glad you enjoyed it :)