We've had this trip booked since June and we're so close now i could burst with excitement.
So I thought to pass the next 24 days i'd get on with a pre-trip report.
This will be our 11th trip to Disney, 3rd during the Christmas season but 1st for christmas itself! And also our first stay in The Sequoia Lodge.
When we booked for christmas we asked my mum and dad to come but dad thinks it will be too cold (he's looking at the Disney Dream for next year). Obviously mum wasn't going to leave him on his own for christmas but we've turned her into a Disney fanatic too and she is coming with us until sat 22nd!
I've already booked all of our meals:
20th-Hunters Grill
21st BBWWS
22nd-Cafe Mickey
23rd-Steakhouse Brunch
24th-Cafe Mickey
25th-Cafe Mickey Breakfast
-Merry Christmas Lunch
-BBWWS
26th-Annettes
Our Christmas day seems to be a day of food!! We had booked the Merry Christmas Lunch as I wanted a reasonably traditional dinner on Christmas Day. Dylan wanted to wake up Christmas morning and have a special breakfast and then last night i seemed to get railroaded into booking BBWWS for christmas evening. Means we'll only have 5/6 hours in the park christmas day but may be a blessing if the park is mega busy.
We booked our BBWWS tickets using the link HandyAndy recommended which saved us around 100 Euros on the 5 tickets :thumbs:
I'm really looking forward to the Merry Christmas Lunch. I hope im not disappointed as I cant find any deatils or pictures from last year :( The only details we have is that it's 12pm in the Hotel New York's Grand Ballroom with Santa Goofy and characters :D
Annette's is another one of our firsts, we've always said we'd have a meal there and gone elsewhere, as is Hunters Grill and the Steakhouse Brunch.
As for rides, we finally got on Crush in Oct. and Dylan loved it, this is on the top of our list for Thurs/Friday when hopefully the park won't be as busy [-o<
We've also agreed to give either Rock n Roller or Space Mountain a go :shock: Now I am rollercoaster wimp but i've done Rc Racer, Crush and Indie (although im sure indie gave me whiplash)
Out of RnR and SM which is the tamer of the two? We're going to try one and then decide whether to try the other :?
ToT is another we aren't sure of, after going on Rc I got all brave and said we'd do it and Dylan (after years of asking and me saying no) chickened out. Now i'm having second thought too :oops:
So I think thats it, if anyone has any advice for our trip i'd be really grateful :D
Kelly x
Can't help much with food etc as I've never been at Christmas.
In my opinion RNRC is slightly less "scary" than Space Mountain so I would try that first.
i am amazed you have'nt had a go on Tower of Terror after 10 visits!
I have helped a couple of other members get over that first hurdle by explaining exactly what happens on the ride. If you want me to I will PM you and talk you through exactly what happens on the ride. Let me know if you want me to do so or if you prefer the excitement of discovering the ride for yourself.
Quote from: "captain rocket"Can't help much with food etc as I've never been at Christmas.
In my opinion RNRC is slightly less "scary" than Space Mountain so I would try that first.
i am amazed you have'nt had a go on Tower of Terror after 10 visits!
I have helped a couple of other members get over that first hurdle by explaining exactly what happens on the ride. If you want me to I will PM you and talk you through exactly what happens on the ride. Let me know if you want me to do so or if you prefer the excitement of discovering the ride for yourself.
I've always found an excuse with ToT :oops: I think it's the not knowing so yes please a pm of what happens would be great :thumbs:
Thanks
I agree, start with rock n roller, it's a smoother ride but if you did Indy then u should be good for SM! And you have to do TOT, it's fantastic! My fella was nearly vomiting in the q line his first time cos he was so scared but now he loves it. You only regret the things you don't do! You must be getting so excited now! The christmas lunch sounds amazing!
Quote from: "AislingM"I agree, start with rock n roller, it's a smoother ride but if you did Indy then u should be good for SM! And you have to do TOT, it's fantastic! My fella was nearly vomiting in the q line his first time cos he was so scared but now he loves it. You only regret the things you don't do! You must be getting so excited now! The christmas lunch sounds amazing!
Thats exactly how i felt queueing for Crush haha! But we only waited 15 minutes and whenever we've been before it was always at least a 90 minute wait so i had to try it! I think Captain Rocket's idea of getting fast passes is the best way so that neither of us get time to chicken out!
We've agreed to try RnR first and then decide if we want to do SM maybe on the last day!
I'm not sure how good the Christmas Lunch will be but just the 'Grand Ballroom' location sounds exciting enough!
3 weeks today, can't believe how quickly it's coming around! Just hope it slows down when we get there :D
Sounds like a great trip!!! I'm looking forward to reading all about it!! ;)
Definitely go for RnRC first. The scariest bit is the start, it's really fast.... But it's also a very smooth ride, I can do it a few times in a row, whereas I need a little break after one go on the Space Mountain...
For the SM, go during the EMH, so you're sure to have a short wait and not much time to over think it.... Try to keep your eyes open, there are some really nice bits ;)
And TOT is a great ride. Get a fastpass, and concentrate on the brilliant theming while you're waiting: the beautiful lobby, the library, and then the boiler room... When I did it for the first time, I found that the worst bit was waiting at the very end, just before sitting on the elevator. I was terrified! But then it's a really exhilarating ride, I was screaming and laughing at the same time!
Quote from: "never2old"Sounds like a great trip!!! I'm looking forward to reading all about it!! ;)
Definitely go for RnRC first. The scariest bit is the start, it's really fast.... But it's also a very smooth ride, I can do it a few times in a row, whereas I need a little break after one go on the Space Mountain...
For the SM, go during the EMH, so you're sure to have a short wait and not much time to over think it.... Try to keep your eyes open, there are some really nice bits ;)
And TOT is a great ride. Get a fastpass, and concentrate on the brilliant theming while you're waiting: the beautiful lobby, the library, and then the boiler room... When I did it for the first time, I found that the worst bit was waiting at the very end, just before sitting on the elevator. I was terrified! But then it's a really exhilarating ride, I was screaming and laughing at the same time!
Thanks, I had forgotten you can do SM in EMH, good idea :thumbs:
I screamed on Rc Racer! Dylan thought it was hilarious! I think i'm worried i'll be sick on ToT haha!! Going to be brave and give it a go anyway!!
On a different note our Eurostar tickets arrived today :D/ Means its all real now :D
Hey Kelly, I was in the Santa Fe yesterday and the annoying girl on the TV said that BBWS at Christmas is a special show with a few surprises! The advert showed Santa Goofy being pulled across the arena in a sleigh! Enjoy the show.
Quote from: "captain rocket"Hey Kelly, I was in the Santa Fe yesterday and the annoying girl on the TV said that BBWS at Christmas is a special show with a few surprises! The advert showed Santa Goofy being pulled across the arena in a sleigh! Enjoy the show.
Yesterday!! Lucky you!! Yeah I had heard it was a slightly different Christmas version from 22nd so Dylan talked me into going twice this trip!
Thanks for letting me know, hope you had fun yesterday :)
Poo! I have tickets for the 21st, never mind, it the first time my kids will have seen it anyway, so will still be good for them. X can't wait to read all your report, wonder if I will be able to spot you in the parks lol
Quote from: "whenyouwishuponastar"Poo! I have tickets for the 21st, never mind, it the first time my kids will have seen it anyway, so will still be good for them. X can't wait to read all your report, wonder if I will be able to spot you in the parks lol
We've got tickets for BBWWS on the 21st too! My mum hasn't seen it before and she goes home on 22nd so let Dylan talk me into doing it twice!
Do you go on the 20th too? You'll have to post a picture of you all and we'll look out for you. We're going by Eurostar, are you?
Hi kelly, We are at the 9:30 show on the 21st, we arrive late on the 20th, we live in Germany at the moment so are driving from here then leave on the 24 th and drive back to uk to stay with family for Christmas. Will try a pop a pic on if I can work out how to do it lol. X
Quote from: "whenyouwishuponastar"Hi kelly, We are at the 9:30 show on the 21st, we arrive late on the 20th, we live in Germany at the moment so are driving from here then leave on the 24 th and drive back to uk to stay with family for Christmas. Will try a pop a pic on if I can work out how to do it lol. X
We're doing the same show! Dylan's hoping to go on the red or yellow side, we seem to always get green! Yeah try and get a pic on and we can look out for you :) can't wait now its getting so close!
Back to your roller coaster decision. Neither I would cal 'scary' as such but for a 'roller coaster wimp' as you say I could undertsand that they might be. As many have said Aerosmith is smoother than Space Mountain by about 4 million miles lol. Space Mountain will throw you around more and tbh is quite painful- Ive always come off bruised and battered especially from the shoulder restraints!
Quote from: "jonathan"Back to your roller coaster decision. Neither I would cal 'scary' as such but for a 'roller coaster wimp' as you say I could undertsand that they might be. As many have said Aerosmith is smoother than Space Mountain by about 4 million miles lol. Space Mountain will throw you around more and tbh is quite painful- Ive always come off bruised and battered especially from the shoulder restraints!
Thanks Jonathan, we're going to try RNRC first and go from there ;) hope your going to do a report when you're back! Have fun :)
sounds great! :) im going on the 13th for 4 days. I definitely agree rock and roller coaster. Its more gentle if that makes sense? personally i think they are both amazing and not scary in any way! :P as for tot, you should try it! its my favourite! the first time is a little scary but after that it turns into good fun! everyone(well almost) on the ride always ends up laughing! its so good. Ive been on it hundreds of times, 27 is my record for one day! cant wait to get back on it! have a great trip!
Quote from: "natalie1313"sounds great! :) im going on the 13th for 4 days. I definitely agree rock and roller coaster. Its more gentle if that makes sense? personally i think they are both amazing and not scary in any way! :P as for tot, you should try it! its my favourite! the first time is a little scary but after that it turns into good fun! everyone(well almost) on the ride always ends up laughing! its so good. Ive been on it hundreds of times, 27 is my record for one day! cant wait to get back on it! have a great trip!
27 times in one day!! Don't think i'd ever manage that haha! Not long for your trip now, have fun!
Hi Kelly and Dylan,
I wish you a wonderful trip, a merry merry, magical Christmas and a little sleep before you leave!! :thumbs:
Have a great time!
Aurora1
Quote from: "Aurora1"Hi Kelly and Dylan,
I wish you a wonderful trip, a merry merry, magical Christmas and a little sleep before you leave!! :thumbs:
Have a great time!
Aurora1
Thank you! Hope you have a lovely Christmas too! Can't wait to get back and share our trip with everyone! xxx
have a fab trip dying to see the pics....
Quote from: "carrydee38"have a fab trip dying to see the pics....
Thank you! Sure there'll be plenty of photos too ;)
Have a lovely Christmas xx
Quotekelly.dylan
Thank you! Hope you have a lovely Christmas too! Can't wait to get back and share our trip with everyone! xxx
Looking forward seeing and reading your TR.
Finally signed upon FB and watched your pics from Halloween! Great pictures! And Dylan is soo handsome!
Aurora1
Wishing you & your family a wonderful Christmastime @ DLP
Looking forward to your report & lots of pics :santa:
Hi All,
Well we are home from the most magical christmas! We have had such an amazing time and so many lovely memories to share with you all!
Will get started on my trip report over the weekend but can say Christmas day was fab, the weather was kind to us and we also met some fab forum members too :)
Hope everyone had a lovely christmas xx
Cant wait for your report , your pictures are fantastic!
I'm loving your pictures and looking forward to reading your trip report because it sounds like you had a wonderful time.
Right here goes :D
Thursday 20th Dec 2012-Day 1
We took the Eurostar to Disney & arrived just after 2pm on Thursday. We knew we wouldn't get much done today as the park closed at 6pm, but we were home and that's all that mattered!
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The weather was lovely for December, we couldn't believe how mild it was ( I had packed prepared for snow & freezing temperatures).
After taking our traditional we're here photos we headed into the park, by now it was gone 2.30pm and people were already waiting for the parade! We decided we would have one quick go on Pirates and find a spot up by It's a Small World to watch the parade at 3.30pm.
We found this one of the best places for photos, we stood head on to the Parade and so had no random people's heads popping up in our pictures ;)
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I'm sure everyone has seen plenty of parade pictures so wont bore you with any more ;)
After the parade we went on It's a small world, this is one of mums favourites and as she was only with us until Saturday Dylan knew we'd have to go on it at some point. He's not a lover of the ride anymore, thinks being a teenager now it's too babyish :shock:
The tree lighting was around 5pm tonight and we decided to have a quick look around the shops before finding a spot. Mum bought the Goofy Santa hat with a beard to take home for dad (he was very confused when she gave it to him apparantly) but when we came out of the shop it was absolute mayhem!! The chance of seeing any of the show was pretty slim.
Instead we decided to head up to the castle ready for the Castle Lighting Ceremony and Dreams. We wasn't sure what to expect from the castle lighting as obviously there wouldn't be a show like last year as the stage had gone but it was beautiful!
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We had to wait around another 30 minutes for Dreams but it was AMAZING as always!
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We left the park, along with the thousands of other people and headed for the Sequoia Lodge. This was our first time here and the last Disney Hotel yet to stay in. Everyone says its lovely in the winter so we couldn't wait to get checked in and have a good look round!
As mum was a last minute addition I added her onto our room booking when we arrived. Thanks for the tip @Elaine :thumbs: It cost an extra 2 Euros 20 to add mum on for 2 nights! I couldn't believe it was so cheap, especially as breakfast was included too!
We were lucky enough to be given VIP Breakast passes this trip which was lovely, no queueing for breakfast was bliss :D
Our room was in the South Wing on the 4th Floor and was lovely, Bambi is one of my favourite Disney films & the picture on the wall was beautiful :bambi:
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We had balloons too, which Dylan found a use for whilst mum & I unpacked :) (This got rather annoying after a while :oops: )
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We had dinner booked for 8.30pm in Hunters Grill, the food was your usual Disney buffet, nothing fancy but we left full enough!
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So that was Day 1, we wanted to do EMH in the morning so an early night was in order zzzzz.
Friday 21st Dec 2012-Day 2
Today's plan was to get up early & do some rides in magic hours. It didn't quite happen :oops: By the time we were up and out of the room it was gone 8am! Breakfast was nice though, we went straight to the front of the queue with our vip breakfast passes and had our usual cereals, croissants & pan au chocolat.
Dylan had a quick photo with Goofy in the Hotel and then we headed to the park.
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The park was open at 9.30am so EMH was a washout by the time we got there. We had a quick go on The Mad Hatters Tea cups and then headed over to Caseys Corner to see Winnie The Pooh. We arrived 10 minutes before he was due out so were first in the queue. I must say im not a fan of his tartan outfit! Much prefer the red christmassy one from 2010.
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We then went over to Frontierland for a few rides and a photo with Jack Skellington, no Sally though which was a shame.
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We then took a walk over to Santa Claus, Dylan & I had already agreed that we wouldn't be queueing for 2 hours again like last year!! Just as we arrived Minnie & The Elves were leaving. We asked a cm when they would be back out but as they weren't on the schedule he said they just come and go at no official time!
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The queue for Santa seemed longer than when we waited last year so we decided to head off back to the castle to catch the 2nd Christmas Cavalcade!
We decided to watch from the little balcony type thing by the side of the castle stage which it turned out meant we didn't get a great view
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Walking back through the park i took lots of pics of the Character Snowmen. I know people have said they looked tacky and plasticy but i thought they were rather cute!
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Now thanks to everyones advice we planned to go to The Studios to see how long the queue was for RnRc! Luckily it was only 5 minutes. We left mum in the restaurant des stars with our bags and joined the queue. Im glad it was so short, it didn't give either of us the chance to chicken out :oops: As we got to the loading bay and watched the previous riders given the 3,2,1 and be launched at speed Dylan turned round and said he wasn't quite sure if he'd like it! It was too late for second thoughts now, no sooner had he said it we were in our seats restraints down and ready to go!! Needless to say he absolutely loved it and i actually liked it too which was surprising. It did hurt my shoulders though, i think it was just the fast side to side movement and by the end of the day it had gone!
Every other ride had a silly queue and we wanted to catch the tree lighting ceremony today so we headed back over to the Disneyland Park, stopping for a quick cocktail in the Disneyland Hotel on the way
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So after a few rides we got our spot for the Tree Lighting Ceremony! It still annoys me how people think they can just come 5 minutes before it starts and think you are going to let them stand infront of you!!!! :evil: :evil:
The show was the same as last year, the only difference i think is that there was no Duffy :(
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The garlands along Main Street looked beautiful in the dark too!
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We decided to miss Dreams this evening and leave after the Tree Lighting Ceremony as we were going to the 9.30pm BBWWS.
We arrived at Buffalo Bills around 8.30pm and the queue to get in was already close to the entrance doors! Our tickets were fine so thanks @HandyAndy, you saved us a fortune!!! We have been many times before and always been in the green section, Dylan asked if we could go red today and the lovely lady on the door gave us red tickets :thumbs:
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We waited near the front of the stage to watch the pre-show entertainment
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Now when i say this was hilarious it's by no means an understatement. I know other members were going to this show, did any of you catch this pre-show with Goofy? He did handstands, the caterpillar & the splits!! Was so funny to watch!
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I had heard that from 22nd it would have a christmas addition to the show so as this was the 21st Dylan and I booked for Christmas day too. Well it was the Christmas show anyway and had exactly the same story line with just the addition of a visit from Santa.
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We all enjoyed the show and headed straight back to our hotel after as it was fairly late.
I got the most beautiful picture of Panoramagique on the way back
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Day 3 To Follow Soon
Saturday 22nd Dec 2012-Day 3
Today turned out to be a bit of a washout! It was Mum's last day and we woke up to pouring rain! We decided that we would let Dylan sleep a bit longer and have breakfast at 9am. The rain hadn't let up at all when we had finished! All armed with ponchos we headed to the Park. Which as expected was absoultely packed!
Dylan isn't a lover of queueing at the best of times so together with the pouring rain it wasn't looking good :(
We headed for Pirates, with a 10 minute wait this had the smallest queue (and we knew we'd be warm and dry) Well we came off and went straight back on!!
The rain began to ease off but with every ride having massive queues we decided on having another cocktail in The Disneyland Hotel. Im so glad we did as we noticed a sign by the advent calendar saying that it would be opened by a special guest on 24th December and they were also in the process of building a stage (more about that on day 5)
With mum's training leaving at 5pm (not sure why so early) we decided to have some lunch. We tried the Earl of Sandwich for the first time and all really enjoyed it! Its not as expensive as some of the food in the parks either.
So after a few last minute photos we headed off to the station to say goodbye to my mum. This was the first Christmas Dylan and I would be away from family so it was horrible saying goodbye :cry:
We pretty much gave up on going back to the park after and went back to The Sequoia Lodge for a hot drink and change of clothes before our meal in Cafe Mickey that was booked for 8pm.
I had already paid for the character meal with my booking and so had the choice to order from the set menu or use the vouchers at 35 Euros each to pay for the meal. We used them at face value so we had a wider selection of meals
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We had the garlic bread to share as a starter. We've made the mistake of getting one each before we knew how big it was :shock: but this time the menu had changed and it comes with cheese which wasn't as nice. We both had steak, followed by the Ben & Jerries Ice cream. I was disappointed they dont have the apple pie anymore :( And also that they've removed the character names from the dishes too.
We saw plenty of characters though, Minnie, Mickey, Goofy, Pluto & Tigger
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Dylan enjoyed his meal, especially the Ice Cream and found good use for the Donald Duck's in our steak :P
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After our meal we did some shopping in the village and Dylan had a Chocolate Marshmallow Skewer from one of the Christmas stalls in the village (the first of many over the next few days!)
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We had a drink sat by the fire in our hotel and then off we went to bed! Dylan was looking forward to his lay in on Sunday ;)
Day 4 to follow soon...
Keep it coming! Ah your poor mom must have been so upset leaving!
Wonderful pictures, thank you for sharing- makes me feel as I would be there too :-)
Awwww! Fab trip report so far Kelly! Can't wait to read the rest!
Love reading your trip report! Thanks so much for writing it all down. :) I want to Earl of Sandwich for the first time this summer and absolutely loved it as well.
Thanks everyone, i'm trying to whizz through these few days as I can't wait to get to Christmas Eve & Christmas Day. Will hopefully get day 4 up today :)
Sunday 23rd Dec-Day 4
Today was our planned lazy day! Dylan loves his sleep and the late nights/early mornings really affects him! We had the Steakhouse booked for the 1pm Character Brunch so we skipped breakfast and Dylan slept until 11.30am :shock:
I thought as we had lots planned for Christmas Eve & Christmas Day the extra sleep would help recharge his batteries ;)
We headed over to The Steakhouse in the Disney Village around 12.30pm and stopped for a quick photo on the way
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We arrived for Brunch slightly earlier than our booked time so had to wait a bit for a table, along with a few other families too!
We were asked to take a seat at the bar where glasses of orange juice and sparkling wine were on offer.
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Whilst waiting we saw Eeyore and Tigger making their way around the room.
After about 10 minutes we were taken to our table, a small table for 2 that had obviously been pulled away from the table next to us and squashed up by the waiters till!
Can you tell where we are going with this meal??? :evil:
No sooner had we sat down and ordered our drinks Eeyore & Tigger had gone! Dylan went up to get his food and came back with a plate of chicken wings and some Mickey Mouse shaped potatoes, he wasn't very impressed with the choices of food at all. I had some beef from the carvery which was very rare but the only meat they had and some rissotto which was lovely. I have to admit Dylan wasn't wrong with the lack of choice!
As we ate our meal Pluto and Minnie were doing the rounds. They totally by-passed our table! Dylan went up to get some pudding and came back with a little jelly and chocolate cake, I had some lemon meringue which was to die for!!!
But the characters had all gone and whilst eating our desserts the waiter produced our bill!!! We ate our pudding paid the bill and left, after having a character Brunch we had seen no characters at all! Great! The only saving grace to this meal was that the waiter charged me for 1 adult and 1 child whereas at 13 i had expected to pay an adult price for Dylan. We left the restaurant, wishing i had complained about everything but it was Christmas and it didn't seem that important!
We headed off to the park and realised I had left Dylan's signing book bag in the restaurant.
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Normally I wouldn't have been that worried but this was a special hard back photo book I had made for our christmas trip. We popped into City Hall and they called the restaurant and confirmed it was still there so we just needed to pick it up later that day! Phew!
I took a few pictures at the Christmas with Belle photo location (without Belle, Dylan doesn't do princesses anymore :cry: )
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And a few more pics around the castle
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And after a few more rides we popped into the Disneyland Hotel for yet another cocktail and to wait for the Descent of the Stairs at 4pm.
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It was a lovely christmassy version which we watch from the 2nd floor as the bottom of the stairs was packed with small children!
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Dylan had a few photos after too
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And off we went back to the park for a few more rides
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We left the park fairly early as we knew tomorrow was going to be a busy day. We still hadn't had a photo with Santa Goofy, Mickey, Duffy and the big man himself Santa!!!
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Stopping off for yet another chocolate Marshmallow Skewer
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And a quick wave from Santa in the Disney Village
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We stopped off in The Steakhouse to pick up Dylan's signing book and whilst we were there told the manager that during our character lunch we may have 'seen' plenty of characters but not one of them came to our table! She wasn't surprised at all, said sorry and that many families complained and she will be talking to the staff!
Dylan talked me into yet another cocktail, this time in the Hotel New York! He also wanted to get a children's cocktail shaker to take home and a glowing ice cube!!!
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After our drinks we noticed characters in the hotel Lobby, I took one photo on my camera of Dylan & Pinocchio and my camera battery decided to die and rather than mess about changing it over i took pics on my phone but we saw Pinocchio, Chip, Dale, Piglet, Mickey & Minnie :thumbs:
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And that was Sunday, tomorrow was Christmas Eve and possibly one of the BEST days we have ever had in Disney.....
ooh update soon i can wait to read more!!
Nice report :-)
Great TR and pictures! Seems you had an amazing time. Can`t help beeing a little jealous :oops:
I watched youtube ( descent of the stars) and saw Beauty and the beast, that is still my dream, seeing them together!
Looking forward, reading more!!
Aurora1
Did I mention that you have cute son? Or handsome, he is not so small anymore! ;)
Quote from: "Aurora1"Great TR and pictures! Seems you had an amazing time. Can`t help beeing a little jealous :oops:
I watched youtube ( descent of the stars) and saw Beauty and the beast, that is still my dream, seeing them together!
Looking forward, reading more!!
Aurora1
Did I mention that you have cute son? Or handsome, he is not so small anymore! ;)
Ah thank you, he's really changed since last year! He looks so grown up in some of my photos!
We watched Belle & The Beast on Christmas Eve, was just beautiful! It actually gave me goosebumps!! Hope you all had a lovely Christmas x
Really looking forward to hearing about Christmas eve and Christmas day!
Lovely report! Can't wait to read about Christmas. :D
Monday 24th Dec-Day 5
So finally Christmas Eve had arrived!! :santa: Yay!!!
Today we had so much we needed to do! Visiting Santa, Duffy, Mickey & Goofy in his Santa outfit were top of our to do list!!
We didn't have breakfast until 8.30am. The weather, again, was beautiful! Maybe a bit windy, but the many pairs of thermals and tights i had packed hadn't been touched as it was so mild for December!!
We caught Minnie on the way out of the hotel! I think Dylan was slightly embarrassed as she wouldn't let him just stand next to her, she took his arm and put it around her waist and kept kissing him haha!
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Off we went to the Park!! Dylan told me if i'd said 'It's Christmas Eve and we're in Disney' once i'd said it a thousand times!! Just being in Disney for Christmas was so exciting!!
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We arrived just after 9am and noticed that one of the offical photographers was waiting in the Gazebo by Goofy's photo location. His Meet & Greet was listed as 10am so I asked her what time he would be arriving and she said maybe 9.30am, result!!
We hung around and Dylan had a couple of pics in the sleigh
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It was now around 9.20am and Goofy arrived early!! We were first in the queue which was fab!
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From here we made a mad dash to the Santa Claus Village! It didn't open until 10am but we knew if we didn't want to queue for 2 hours we would have to get there before it opened!
Well there was already a good 40 people infront of us but it was much better than the 2 hours we waited last year! I think in all we waited around 45 minutes til it was our turn :thumbs:
Now Dylan is 13, he doesn't believe anymore but we were in Disney, for christmas, and I wanted a photo of Dylan & Santa ( am i mean ;) )
So in we went, Dylan stood next to Santa and shook his hand!!! He asked Dylan how old he was, and when Dylan told him he was 13 his reply was hilarious!!! '13 you say, i remember when you were this big' he said, holding his hands about a foot apart 'you looked like a sausage'. Well both Dylan and I got the giggles!! He then told Dylan to sit on his knee for a photo and told him 'I can still remember the first time your mum sat on my knee!!' Dylan's face was a picture, he was trying so hard not to laugh!!!
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We left Santa and walked back up to the Boarding House to see what time Duffy was out and as we arrived he was already there, we seemed to be timing everything perfectly today!!
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After meeting Duffy and asking him to send a christmas message to Emma & Kyra ( @Littlemermaid83 )
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(and haven't we got a whole load of grief since Emma haha!)
We made our way up to It's a small world to catch our favourite Elf Alfie ( @PeterPanFan ) and for Dylan to give him a little prezzie for christmas.
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After watching the parade we stopped for a quick cookie and hot chocolate
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Then off we went to the Studios to get a quick picture with Mickey Mouse, well the queue was big and Dylan wanted to have a go on RnRC instead!! Promising that we would get a photo with Mickey before we went home!!
Now I was determined to get Dylan on ToT this trip but even going over the ride sequence with him, thanks @CaptainRocket for the info, he still wouldn't do it!!! Crush had a silly queue as to be expected.
We wandered back over to the other park and after a few rides caught Mickey in Videopolis with the JBB!
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We wanted to be at the Disneyland Hotel for the Advent Calendar opening at 5.15pm and also had dinner in Cafe Mickey booked for 7pm so we headed back to our hotel to get changed and then off we went for what was a fab evening!!!
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We got to the Disneyland around 4.30pm and there seemed to be lots of people already there so Dylan and i took a spot close to the stage in the middle of the Main Street Lounge.
By 5.15pm it was manic, and absolutely boiling!!!! But out came Santa, who opened the Advent calendar and gave all of the children either sweets, a keyring or lollypop which was lovely!
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So Santa left, and so did some of the crowd and after about 10 minutes Dylan got slightly bored! I told him not to worry it would be well worth the wait!
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And my word was it worth the wait! I can honestly say i've never seen anything so lovely in Disney before!
We watched the most beautiful show with Santa, Mickey, Minnie, Daisy, Donald, Scrooge, Goofy, Max, Pluto, Stitch, Chip, Dale, Clarice and many of the princesses including Beauty & The beast!
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Ok so I may have gone slightly OTT with the Christmas Eve show pics haha!
I took a few videos too
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So after many goosebump moments we left the Disneyland Hotel around 6.30pm for our meal at Cafe Mickey. Stopping to watch the street entertainment in the Disney Village on the way back
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We were sat upstairs again tonight, on the exact same table as 2 days before!!
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Dylan went for the Fish & Chips, I had Steak again. For some reason as much as i like the fish in Disney it makes me sick!! Really strange but wherever i eat it, Cafe Mickey or Toad Hall etc. I always feel sick, dizzy and generally awful the next day!!
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And yet another Ice cream!!
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During our meal we saw Mickey, Eeyore, Goofy
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And an extremely friendly Tigger
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Now when I say extremely friendly he was amazing, spent time at our table, gave Dylan lots of hi-5's and I even got a hug too!!!
Then he performed the most energetic dance routine! I dont think we had laughed so much all day since Santa's sausage comment ;)
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I wish I had filmed for longer now!! Dylan's face in the video is so funny, he laughed for ages at first and then I think he thought if he kept laughing and watching he might kept pulled up to dance haha!!
We left not long after the Tiggeriffic dancing :P But before we did I asked the ACC if by chance we knew Tiggers friend as he was so friendly. We thought it could have been Alfie or Eddie as it really was like he knew us, he was just amazing. But sadly no!! And as we left he gave us a big wave from accross the room!
Dylan and I left, confused haha!!! It didn't take long to solve the mystery, I later received a message from forum member @DisneyBud asking if we'd been in Cafe Mickey as he thought his 'friend' Tigger may have seen us!!!
Well @DisneyBud you made our evening, you were so much fun and when we next go to Cafe Mickey in May I really hope your amazing friend Tigger will be there again too :D
Just thinking about that evening now still makes me laugh, Dylan and I watched the video on my camera so many times in the hotel room before we went home!!! Definately one of the highlights of our trip!!
The final part of our Disney Christmas Eve was to go back to the park for Dreams! Everything looked so pretty in the park!
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We had a quick go on BTM, it seems much faster in the dark and now Dylan says since he's been on RnRC it seems tame haha!
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As we were slightly later today our usual spot for Dreams at the front of the castle was taken so we decided to watch from the side
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I didn't think we'd get a great view tonight but some off the pictures i took were lovely and it was nice to see Dreams differently
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So Dreams had finished and as we left the park Dylan and I both talked about what a fab night we'd had and the magical day we were both looking forward to tomorrow!!
And tonight Dylan got to take the little train around the lake back to our hotel!! He had asked all week but tonight we both couldn't wait to get back and for our next Disney adventure to begin in the morning!!!
Day 6- Christmas Day To follow soon
Wow! We are going in Feb and I hope we get the same tigger as you!!
Great stuff as always Kelly!
Aww that was lovely! And those comments from Santa made me giggle as i read it :P How fab!
Thank you for posting, your reports made me 'well up'. Crazy huh? as it's not even MY trip!! :minnie:
Look forward to more :D
Wow amazing shot of Dreams.
love your report kelly.. Looking forward to Christmas Day.. X
What a wonderful report Kelly, thank you so much for sharing.
I never heard about the calender opening cermenony before- was it in Disneyland hotel itself?
On every of the 24 days or just on christmas eve??
Thank you so much for sharing, I've loved reading it and can't wait to hear about Christmas Day. What an amazing Tigger!
Thanks for the lovely comments everyone. It's been so nice going over our trip again, brings back such lovely memories! It seems like a lifetime away now :(
@Perrollaz the advent calendar opening was in the Main Street Lounge just outside Inventions in the Disneyland Hotel. The calendar was opened every night and the children were all given something little each. It was only on Christmas Eve that they had the extra show though.
I did start writing Christmas Day yesterday but my computer froze and everything was lost so will try & get it up on Monday :)
Aww the dancing is brilliant, Eyore's got some moves too!
Quote from: "kelly.dylan"I did start writing Christmas Day yesterday but my computer froze and everything was lost so will try & get it up on Monday :)
Gosh- I hope you didn't lost any pictures?
Tuesday 25th Dec-Day 6
Christmas Day was finally here!!! I had been waiting for this day for what seemed like a lifetime haha!!
Dylan and I were up and ready for our 8am breakfast in Cafe Mickey, after the previous night we were hoping for just as much fun, sadly we only saw Mickey Mouse at breakfast!
We were booked for the 8am seating and arrived just before. Neither of us eat much for breakfast but Dylan filled up on the hot food, sausages, bacon, potatoes and beans. I had the usual croissant with apricot jam. We finished our breakfast and hadn't seen anyone!!! Dylan made himself a hot chocolate and eventually, around 9am by now, Mickey Mouse came to our table!
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We decided that we wouldn't waste our morning waiting for characters (and Dylan wanted to get back to open some presents)
On the way back to our room Dylan had a quick photo with Pluto & Eeyore
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And off we went back to our room for some prezzies :D
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And Dylan's favourite, Thank you Alfie :D
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Our lunch was at 12pm so Dylan had the chance to play his new ds games for a bit before we left :thumbs:
I wasn't sure what to expect from the Merry Christmas Lunch as no matter how hard i tried to find photos or info from last year i found nothing. So after getting changed we left, tickets in hand and hoping for the best ;)
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We arrived in the Hotel New York and followed the directions for the Grand Ballroom, leaving our coats in the cloak room on the way.
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We arrived around 11.45am and already there was a fairly long queue. Now after hitting a brick wall on info for the lunch I had no idea how it worked. Would we be sitting on our own table? on a large table with other families? I really had absolutely no idea!!
We quickly reached the front of the queue and exchanged our tickets for a card with our name and table number on. Children under 3 were given a Duffy bear and under 12's were given a christmas lanyard & pins. I thought this was lovely, although being 13 Dylan wasn't entitled to either :(
The Grand Ballroom looked lovely, decorated with balloons and christmas trees!
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We were shown to our table, number 35, and a table for 2!
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So on our table we had a bottle of red wine, bottle of still water & a bottle of sparkling water. Dylan was given a glass of orange juice and I had a glass of champagne, which Dylan thought was only fair to share :shock:
Cheers!!
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Now as I couldn't find any info on the dinner before I booked I wanted to make sure i took as many photos etc. for any one else thinking of booking ;) Mind you I think i got a few funny looks :oops:
So our starter was Smoked salmon and shrimp cocktail. It was actually lovely, much better than i'd expected.
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Then our 'traditional' turkey lunch. I wasn't expecting much from the turkey dinner but it was fine.
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Followed by french cheese & crackers
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And then for the best bit ( but pudding always is ;) ) Mini Christmas pudding, chocolate cake and mince pie with cream and brandy butter sauce. It was beautiful!
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So our lunch was lovely and we had characters coming to the table constantly throughout. In all we saw around 20 different characters, including Santa who had his own little chair at the top of the room. We did also see Belle and Scrooge but I didn't manage to get any photos. I did take plenty of others ;)
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So after a fantastic Merry Christmas Lunch (and being given our first Duffy Bear by a lovely lady)
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We left the Hotel New York around 2.30pm and after dropping our bags off at the Sequoia Lodge and wrapping up headed back to the Park. Dylan obviously wasn't as full as me as he couldn't resist yet another chocolate marshmallow skewer on the way through the village!!
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After a few rides we caught the parade. As much as I love the parade it would have been nice if it had been slightly different for christmas day, even if they'd added the Christmas Cavalcade at the end. All the other Disney parks have a Christmas Day parade don't they?
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We didn't watch the tree or castle lighting today, we had BBWWS booked for 9.30pm so wanted to make the most of the rides!
We popped back to the hotel to pick up our BB tickets and for Dylan to change his shoes (and checking our new friend Duffy was behaving :P )
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Tonight we caught the little train that goes round the lake for the first time. I think Dylan had asked every day but it wasn't like we had to walk miles so I didn't see the point. Today I gave in :shock: It was 2 Euros each and I think both of our feet appreciated it!
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We decided not to get to the show as early as we did on Friday, we arrived just after 9pm and Dylan asked if we could could be yellow tonight! He was now convinced yellow always win as the 3 times we had been yellow always won! We were too late for a photo with Mickey and only caught the end of the pre-show. Goofy was nowhere near as energetic ;)
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We both enjoyed the show, it was the same as always with the addition of Santa Claus ( exactly the same as friday).
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And do you think yellow won tonight?? :-"
So our Christmas Day had come to an end, we had had a fantastic day! Just as magical, if not more, than we had both imagined! We walked back through the village, rather disappointed that tomorrow was boxing day which meant time to go home :cry:
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Day 7 to follow soon
Quote from: "perrollaz"Quote from: "kelly.dylan"I did start writing Christmas Day yesterday but my computer froze and everything was lost so will try & get it up on Monday :)
Gosh- I hope you didn't lost any pictures?
Luckily not, i had uploaded them all to my computer and saved some of them to photobucket too. My computer doesn't seem to like photobucket for some reason! Just means it's taken a bit longer as im having to keep saving what i've written every so often :shock:
Another great account Kelly.
Looks like you had lots of fun!!
Thanks for the info for HNY Christmas Dinner. We will be in DLP next year either at HNY or NPB so will be looking for Christmas Dinner at one or the other. Great to see somany characters!! Were there other options or was it a strict set menu? Also, how much did it cost per person?
Thanks for writing.
Martin :)
Great report :-)
Quote from: "Martin B"Another great account Kelly.
Looks like you had lots of fun!!
Thanks for the info for HNY Christmas Dinner. We will be in DLP next year either at HNY or NPB so will be looking for Christmas Dinner at one or the other. Great to see somany characters!! Were there other options or was it a strict set menu? Also, how much did it cost per person?
Thanks for writing.
Martin :)
Thanks Martin,
This was the only character lunch in the hotels on christmas day. Was a strict set menu but think they had a vegetarian option. It was £117 each, i thought it was alot when we booked but would definately do it again :D
Kelly
love your trip reports you have some many great photos and loven reading your report. I do be waiting for the next installment with bated breath...so much so I tell my daughter Rachel hey xmas eve is up...christmas day is up. Also how you managed to get photos up I tried doing with flickr but not with any sucuess you will have to pass your secret on. Dylan is getting so grown up now, we are plainning our last trip this year as Rachel will be over 16 and well it probably last time she will want to go with her mam (it may not be soo cool ;o) ).
Dying to read the rest
Dee
Hi Kelly,
Your reports are fab, wish I had the time to do one.
I totally forgot to look out for you on the 21st in BBWWS! I was so busy enjoying the pre show entertainments lol.
We sat in green! And were given seets in the cat 1 area! Bonus.
What time did you arrive at Duffy on Christmas Eve? We were third in the que! My son had Duffy dancing to Gangnam Style!, it was so funny, but don't think many people in the line found it as funny as us!
Looks like you had an amazing time, wish I knew when we were going back :( I'm looking for a good deal!
Love Sarah x
Really enjoyed reading your report! And so cute photos of Duffy and everthing else.
=D>
I thoroughly enjoyed reading your report and all the lovely pics to go with it, sounds like you & Dylan had a great time.
It's making me consider going back for Christmas 2013 (depending on the rest of the family as some have mentioned going to New York for Christmas this year; we'll see who wins.)
Such a lovley trip report, thank you so much Kelly for sharing. I just bookmarked your report to come back when I need my portion of DLRP to come trough the day ;-)
Quote from: "carrydee38"Kelly
love your trip reports you have some many great photos and loven reading your report. I do be waiting for the next installment with bated breath...so much so I tell my daughter Rachel hey xmas eve is up...christmas day is up. Also how you managed to get photos up I tried doing with flickr but not with any sucuess you will have to pass your secret on. Dylan is getting so grown up now, we are plainning our last trip this year as Rachel will be over 16 and well it probably last time she will want to go with her mam (it may not be soo cool ;o) ).
Dying to read the rest
Dee
Ah thanks Dee,
I can't believe how much Dylan has grown up either. I go through our Disney photos and compare the height he is against characters since we first went, it's amazing how much he's changed over the last couple of years!
I hope it's not a case of planning your last trip, you never know, Rachel might decide Disney with her mum is cool at any age ( I want you to tell me she said that, I'm scared Dylan will say the same too)
We've got May & August booked this year and then I don't know when or if we'll be back! It actually scares me a little! We're doing WDW for Christmas 2014 so need to start some serious saving!
I upload my photos from photobucket, you can transfer a Facebook album over really quickly and then just use the link to post them in here :)
Xx
Quote from: "whenyouwishuponastar"Hi Kelly,
Your reports are fab, wish I had the time to do one.
I totally forgot to look out for you on the 21st in BBWWS! I was so busy enjoying the pre show entertainments lol.
We sat in green! And were given seets in the cat 1 area! Bonus.
What time did you arrive at Duffy on Christmas Eve? We were third in the que! My son had Duffy dancing to Gangnam Style!, it was so funny, but don't think many people in the line found it as funny as us!
Looks like you had an amazing time, wish I knew when we were going back :( I'm looking for a good deal!
Love Sarah x
Hiya Sarah,
I did think of you at BBWWS and wondered if you watched the pre show!! How funny was that Goofy, he never does that!! Did make us laugh!
We probably just missed you at Duffy's queue, as we arrived the cavalcade started so must have been 11.15
Hope you all had an amazing time too, the weather was good to us (apart from Saturdays downpour) and get another trip booked soon xx
Quote from: "BlackPearl"Really enjoyed reading your report! And so cute photos of Duffy and everthing else.
=D>
Ah thank you, glad Duffy is growing on people slightly, he is kinda cute :)
Quote from: "mickeyspal"I thoroughly enjoyed reading your report and all the lovely pics to go with it, sounds like you & Dylan had a great time.
It's making me consider going back for Christmas 2013 (depending on the rest of the family as some have mentioned going to New York for Christmas this year; we'll see who wins.)
Thank you. We have been for the last 3 christmas season and always loved it but actually being in Disney on Christmas Day was just magical. I felt like a big kid all over again haha!
Fingers crossed you get a Christmas trip booked x
Quote from: "perrollaz"Such a lovley trip report, thank you so much Kelly for sharing. I just bookmarked your report to come back when I need my portion of DLRP to come trough the day ;-)
Ah that's really nice, thank you! Been so busy lately but wanted to get it all up! Was definately the most magical Christmas ever!
Don't want to have to write day 7, it means its all over then :(
Quote from: "Ravenseye"Thank you for posting, your reports made me 'well up'. Crazy huh? as it's not even MY trip!! :minnie:
Look forward to more :D
Ah that's lovely, it made me well up writing it, can't believe it's over but also that we've got such wonderful memories too!
Quote from: "kelly.dylan"Quote from: "carrydee38"Kelly
love your trip reports you have some many great photos and loven reading your report. I do be waiting for the next installment with bated breath...so much so I tell my daughter Rachel hey xmas eve is up...christmas day is up. Also how you managed to get photos up I tried doing with flickr but not with any sucuess you will have to pass your secret on. Dylan is getting so grown up now, we are plainning our last trip this year as Rachel will be over 16 and well it probably last time she will want to go with her mam (it may not be soo cool ;o) ).
Dying to read the rest
Dee
Ah thanks Dee,
I can't believe how much Dylan has grown up either. I go through our Disney photos and compare the height he is against characters since we first went, it's amazing how much he's changed over the last couple of years!
I hope it's not a case of planning your last trip, you never know, Rachel might decide Disney with her mum is cool at any age ( I want you to tell me she said that, I'm scared Dylan will say the same too)
We've got May & August booked this year and then I don't know when or if we'll be back! It actually scares me a little! We're doing WDW for Christmas 2014 so need to start some serious saving!
I upload my photos from photobucket, you can transfer a Facebook album over really quickly and then just use the link to post them in here :)
Xx
wow wdw for christmas that would be fab....well trying to get funds sorted for halloween trip this year. Its great she still wants to go but that was a bit of bribing with a trip to shopping outlet as well. :D/
Am sure Dylan will still want to go with him mam as i tell Rachel there will always be granny places when she gets older... :lol:
:lol: Talk Soon
Dee
WDW, fab! :thumbs: It's been way too many years since I was there but the memories are very fresh and I often think of that amazing holiday with a big smile on my face.
Have you decided where you are staying? On or off site?
Quote from: "Ravenseye"WDW, fab! :thumbs: It's been way too many years since I was there but the memories are very fresh and I often think of that amazing holiday with a big smile on my face.
Have you decided where you are staying? On or off site?
We're looking at Disney's Caribbean Beach Resort. Looks rather big to me but nothing's definate yet ;) really looking forward to it :)
Nice trip report, thanks for sharing. Christmas day seems to have been a big success with a good lunch, money well spent., it's the one day of the year we don't want to go wrong.
My advice, for what it's worth, is to stay at Port Orleans French Quarter, its beautifully themed and is fairly compact by WDW standards! The caribbean Beach resort is huge, not like our lovely resort hotels!
I trust you are ashamed at not riding the Tower of Terror! Next time maybe?
We're looking at Disney's Caribbean Beach Resort. Looks rather big to me but nothing's definate yet ;) really looking forward to it :)
Hmmm yes I know what you mean, I checked out the hotels when trip planning previously and most of them are indeed vast.
The thing is even though you get to use the monorail it still takes so long to get around. That's the beauty of DLP, everythings so close. But it aint called DisneyWorld for nothing!!! :D
Wow Kelly, looks like you had a great time! Dream of going at Christmas one year!
We are goin in May, your trip report has made me even more excited! I know you didn't have a good experience at the character brunch but will that still be on in May? I thought it was only cafe Mickey and princess meal that had characters now?
I have stayed at the carribean hotel it is lovely. It is big but the buses come every 10mins and you can get the bus to each part of the hotel aswel as all the parks. Each area has it's own pool and it's own little sandy cove. You will love it!
Great diary of your stay, We have just booked for over XMAs this year. Can you tell me how busy the parks were? esp XMAS day and the evenings for Dreams.
Thanks
Quote from: "kelly.dylan"I hope it's not a case of planning your last trip, you never know, Rachel might decide Disney with her mum is cool at any age ( I want you to tell me she said that, I'm scared Dylan will say the same too)
Hopefully you won't have anythig to worry about, I took my Mum to DLRP for Christmas and am saving for us to go to WDW sometime in the future and I'm 20 so hopefully you'll have many more trips to come!
Quote from: "captain rocket"My advice, for what it's worth, is to stay at Port Orleans French Quarter, its beautifully themed and is fairly compact by WDW standards! The caribbean Beach resort is huge, not like our lovely resort hotels!
I trust you are ashamed at not riding the Tower of Terror! Next time maybe?
Thanks for the advice captain rocket, we've going so many decisions to make about WDW so going to look into all of the hotel options.
I can't believe Dylan wouldn't do ToT again!! I've told him we're definately doing it in May! He's still not convinced though ;)
Quote from: "mdw"Wow Kelly, looks like you had a great time! Dream of going at Christmas one year!
We are goin in May, your trip report has made me even more excited! I know you didn't have a good experience at the character brunch but will that still be on in May? I thought it was only cafe Mickey and princess meal that had characters now?
I have stayed at the carribean hotel it is lovely. It is big but the buses come every 10mins and you can get the bus to each part of the hotel aswel as all the parks. Each area has it's own pool and it's own little sandy cove. You will love it!
Thank you for the lovely comments and advice on WDW. The Carribean Beach resort looks lovely but so big!!
When are you going to DLP in May? we are going half term week, we might see you?
Quote from: "Lani"Quote from: "kelly.dylan"I hope it's not a case of planning your last trip, you never know, Rachel might decide Disney with her mum is cool at any age ( I want you to tell me she said that, I'm scared Dylan will say the same too)
Hopefully you won't have anythig to worry about, I took my Mum to DLRP for Christmas and am saving for us to go to WDW sometime in the future and I'm 20 so hopefully you'll have many more trips to come!
Ah Lani thats lovely to hear, I hope Dylan feels the same as you [-o<
Brilliant report, makes me want to go for Christmas, wonder if I could persuade my dad. Brilliant photos and some handy tips too...thanks for posting :)
Quote from: "kelly.dylan"Quote from: "mdw"Wow Kelly, looks like you had a great time! Dream of going at Christmas one year!
We are goin in May, your trip report has made me even more excited! I know you didn't have a good experience at the character brunch but will that still be on in May? I thought it was only cafe Mickey and princess meal that had characters now?
I have stayed at the carribean hotel it is lovely. It is big but the buses come every 10mins and you can get the bus to each part of the hotel aswel as all the parks. Each area has it's own pool and it's own little sandy cove. You will love it!
Thank you for the lovely comments and advice on WDW. The Carribean Beach resort looks lovely but so big!!
When are you going to DLP in May? we are going half term week, we might see you?
We are goin 13th-16th may in the Cheyenne :-). U didn't answer my question about your bad character meal?......will it still b there in May.
Will our 4days be quiet or busy? Sooooooooooooooooooo excited. After going to Disney express desk Disney end what time are we likely to get out of the train station? Any sign of Brave or Doc mcstuffins yet? Either characters or merchandise?
Mdw
Quote from: "mdw"Quote from: "kelly.dylan"Quote from: "mdw"Wow Kelly, looks like you had a great time! Dream of going at Christmas one year!
We are goin in May, your trip report has made me even more excited! I know you didn't have a good experience at the character brunch but will that still be on in May? I thought it was only cafe Mickey and princess meal that had characters now?
I have stayed at the carribean hotel it is lovely. It is big but the buses come every 10mins and you can get the bus to each part of the hotel aswel as all the parks. Each area has it's own pool and it's own little sandy cove. You will love it!
Thank you for the lovely comments and advice on WDW. The Carribean Beach resort looks lovely but so big!!
When are you going to DLP in May? we are going half term week, we might see you?
We are goin 13th-16th may in the Cheyenne :-). U didn't answer my question about your bad character meal?......will it still b there in May.
Will our 4days be quiet or busy? Sooooooooooooooooooo excited. After going to Disney express desk Disney end what time are we likely to get out of the train station? Any sign of Brave or Doc mcstuffins yet? Either characters or merchandise?
Mdw
There's lot of Brave merchandise in the shops but didn't see any Doc McStuffins bits. You never know, they may have added the Brave section to Dreams by May, fingers crossed.
You should be lucky going mid-week as its still term time so the park should be pretty empty :D
The character brunch in the Steakhouse will still be on but it's only on a Sunday :(