Hello!
As some of you may remember last year I won a free stay in the Hipark Residence ;D in Val d'Europe, so we had to force ourselves to go back to DLP ;D ;D
Originally it was going to be in March, but seeing that there were school holidays everywhere, and that the weather was kind of OK,we decided to move it forward to February. There were of course already some people on holiday, but it seems to be more and more difficult to avoid that... Also originally it was going to be just the 1 night, and just the 3 of us (my husband and my almost 3 year old little princess), but a friend of mine decided to join us with her husband and 3 kids (and make use of the special AP offer with which we could get tickets for our friends for 21 euro!!), and we also decided to add one more night to make it a very reasonable 3 day trip...
We decided also last minute to add an extra night Saturday night, staying somewhere cheaper but not too far. We tried the Saphir hotel (20 minutes away, on the Francilienne). Hotel was OK, avoid breakfast though...
Sunday morning we went to check in in the Hipark, we had a nice surprise and the rooms were ready (our friends were staying also there), so we could leave all the bags in the room before heading out to the parks.
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It was a GORGEOUS day. Beautiful blue sky, not to cold (for February, that is...). Absolutely perfect.
After getting the tickets for our friends, we were in :D
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My friend Yolanda had already been to the parks a couple of times before (with me of course) but for her family it was the first time
Group photo (my husband with Alicia, and my friends with their 3 kids, ages 1 - 2 - 4)
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And with me :D
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We thought we would start with IASW, but the queue seemed quite long (ok, maybe it was 10 minutes.... ;) ) so we headed to the back of Fantasyland for Le Pays des Contes de Fees and Casey Jr. There was NO QUEUE AT ALL!! For a sunny sunday like that, it was quite surprising!!
Pays des Contes de Fees first. Ooooohh!!
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I have to admit, this is one ride we never used to do, firstly because it's closed so often, but also because I thought it was really more for kids.... But it's a really cute little ride, and the sets are beautiful!!
Casey Jr next.
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We did this with Alicia last year, and she hadn't been too keen... This time again, when it started going up and down a bit she did get a bit scared... But she enjoyed the rest of it, so fingers crossed it will be better next time!! I can't wait for her to be able to ride BTM, so I need her not to be terrified of roller coasters!!
We went for the teacups next, where again the queue was very reasonable, maybe 5 minutes? On the way we saw the Mad Hatter with Alice, but there was no queue to meet them, only the usual crowd of people around them, so we didn't bother. We had seen earlier Eeyore and Tigger outside Plaza Gardens, and they had a very organised (and quite long) queue to meet them, so the system is there, just not always in use...
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The kids loved it of course, always a favourite the teacups :D
On to Alice's Labyrinth, a must on a gorgeous sunny day!!
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When we got out, the Queen of Hears and Tweedle-Dee (or Tweedle-Dum, can you tell them apart) were coming our way. We tried to go and see the Queen first, but the girls got scared of her... But Tweedle-Dee was OK :)
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By now it was lunchtime...We had booked Plaza Gardens for 13:00, so we headed that way. We were all starving!
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Continues soon!!
So, lunch in Plaza Gardens
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Great buffet as usual, particularly the desserts... They had a chocolate cake that was simply perfect!
After lunch, while my friends took the baby to the baby care center to change him and feed him (he had been asleep the whole time we were at the restaurant), we walked around with Alicia a bit so that she would go to sleep (she still needs at least 1 hour nap during the day...)
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Sshhh she's almost there....
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By the way did I mention I had a new camera? My old compact camera was starting to really annoy me, it was becoming very slow and unresponsive when I most needed it, so I had just replaced it. Quite happy with the new one (a Canon SX280), although the battery does not last long (for a full day in DLP I need to batteries). Anyway, I was playing with it a bit....
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There were some CM in Central Plaza, entertaining the guests with ropes and hoops, great to see that.
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Also really good to see, lots of vehicles were out!! The horse drawn carriage, the limousine and the fire engine were all out
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While we waited for everyone (Alicia was finally asleep in her pushchair) I took my friends's daughter on the firetruck, down to Town Square
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Selfie ;)
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I was very excited, I don't think I had ever been on the fire engine before!!!
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And because we like to travel in style, we took the limousine back from Town Square to Central Plaza ;D
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Once we were all together again, we decided to try the Studios for a bit. Though before that, we all needed a proper coffee, so we went to the Village for Starbucks...
On the way there...
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My friend's son (2 year old) loves Cars and Flash McQueen, so when we told him we were going to see McQueen, he couldn't wait!!
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First stop of course was Cars. There was only a 10 minute wait, really reasonable. While they went on the ride Alicia woke up, so the two of us joined the queue to see Pluto, and waited for the others to join us. Alicia wanted to show him her Pluto plush!
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And time for a big hug... She's a hugger, my little one ;)
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Disney Jr live on stage next. Unfortunately moving from one place to another with 4 kids it's not always very fast, so we missed most of the pre-show with Sofia and Jake. Alicia still got there in time to get a hug from Sofia so she was quite happy, but she didn't get to dance around with them :( Still, I think I was more upset than she was....
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The kids really enjoyed the show! Alicia has already seen it a few times, but this was the first time she was really dancing and interacting all the time.
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Catching the bubbles
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And blowing to get the kite off the tree!!
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Alicia really loves collecting all the leaves....
Last update for day 1 coming soon!!
And here we go!
After Disney Jr, we were going to head back to Disneyland park. But on the way we saw the way for TOT was only 15 minutes.... So I went in with my friends's husband (who is afraid of heights but wanted to try it), while the others waited for us...
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Survived!!
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So much fun!! It felt like ages since I had last done it, and it's such a fun ride!!!
Heading back to Disneyland park
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And back in Fantasyland....
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We wanted to try Peter Pan but the queue was way too long (40 minutes) to do with 4 kids. So instead it was time to (finally!) go on Its a small world
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I think my little girl loves it more and more every time!!
Dumbo next
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That's another ride I never used to do, and now with Alicia I have to do on every trip, she loves it!!
By now it was about 19:30. I had looked at the opening times when we first chose the date, and hadn't really checked them since... According to the website the park was closing at 20:00, so I thought we had only a bit before Dreams. We had a look in he shops, and about 19:50 we went towards the castle and got an amazing spot almost first row...
Alicia got a new dog... Bolt is one of her favourite films!
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20:00 came... 20:10... Strange, they're never late... So I went and asked a CM at what time Dreams was... 21:00 of course :o :-[ :-[ Opening times in the website were wrong :-[ :-[ No wonder we had such a great spot....
Unfortunately 21:00 was way too late for the children, so we headed back :( Honestly, I felt like a real idiot for not checking the opening times in the program....
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We had parked in the main car park (free with the AP) so it was quite a walk from the park to the car, and by the time we go back to the hotel it was close to 21:00. We managed to get Alicia in bed by 21:30, and we spent the evening relaxing watching the Big Bang Theory after dinner :D
Day 2 coming soon!!
Great report so far :-)
By the way, how was the hotel?
Great pics, good report :)
Brilliant report.. Getting SO excited now this day two weeks we begin our holiday. Your photos are amazing. Beautiful blue skies. Looks amazing. What price were the balloons I can't wait to buy my son and daughter a Mickey and Minnie one! :P Do you have to buy a ticket or something to go on the fire engines, limos etc...?
Great photo's. Really hope you will post some more :)
Our last day was the 16th, and it was a beautiful spring day. We got to go on the horse drawn vehicle for the first time.
Rosy25, there is no ticket or charge. Just embark at either end of main street.
Beautiful photos.
Great report! Thanks for sharing your beautiful pictures :D
Thank you all for your comments :D
Rosy25, and princessemily says you need no tickets, just go to their stops (there are different stops along Town Square and Central Plaza, one for each vehicle) and wait for it!
norhel, the hotel was great!! Will be definitely be going back. We had a suite, so it had a separate bedroom and a living room with a sofa bed (which was very comfortable!) and a kitchenette and dining table. Very comfortable, and plenty of room for the 3 of us. Our friends were in a similar room for the 5 of them (the baby was sleeping in a baby cot in the bedroom with them, the other 2 children slept in the sofa bed) and they were very happy with it. Breakfast was really nice, delicious croissants and pains au chocolat, plus bread, cheese, ham, cereal, yoghurt... And quite decent coffee :) Honestly, I think it will be our first choice for staying off site next tinme :D
Will try to get day 2 started later today!
Great to read your trip report, I know how nice the weather was then as we were there then as well, it made a great change. I was thinking on the run up before we went of all the wet weather gear we would have to lug around.
Look forward to part II
Day 2!
After a really good night sleep all around, we woke up and went down for breakfast in the hotel. As I said, it was really good, and a great start to the day!
View from the hotel!
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Before heading out we needed to go to the Auchan in the shopping centre to buy some more milk for my friends' baby, so by the time we headed to the park is was close to 11:00....
This time we parked in the Disney Village (2 EUR a day with an AP, offer does not work on weekends but otherwise, great value!! Much better than the main car park). From the hotel to the DV car park is what, 2 minutes?? Very very close :D
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City Hall
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Town Square - it was rather sad to see Town Square Photography all closed up like that, I have to admit...
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First stop for the day, Meet Mickey Mouse. Unfortunately the wait by now was 40 minutes (the longest queue we did during the whole trip), but we simply had to meet him...
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This was Alicia's 5th visit to the park, and maybe her 7th or 8th visit to Mickey Mouse. At least. So she felt right at home ;) She gave him a really long hug!! (the kind of hugs I thought she only gave to me ::) )
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All the kids got to meet Mickey, even the baby!
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And everyone was really excited about it :D
When we came out, the sun was shining once more! It looked like we were going to get a second beautiful day!!
Playing with my camera a bit...
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(20x optical zoom ;D )
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We had booked lunch in the Restaurant des Stars in the Studios, but we still had a bit of time. Next: Pirates of the Caribbean (we walked pretty much straight into the boats :D )
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Alicia seemed to enjoy it a bit more than last time (last time we did it with her, in November, she had gotten a bit scared)
Hook and Smee were doing a meet 'n' greet, but the queue was a bit long... Still, great to see them out like that! There really seemed to be more characters around.
We slowly started heading back towards the Studios....
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And straight into the Restaurant :D Everyone was quite hungry by now! So hungry that no one didn't even notice the parade going by outside... I hope we get to see the Stars 'n' Cars parade someday, to be honest it's timing seems terrible to us, we're always in the middle of our meal, or if we've already eaten it's Alicia's nap time... Maybe next time!
Busy busy
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And here's the rat we're all waiting for!
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Do we know yet if he'll move to the new restaurant next to the Ratatouille ride when it opens? It makes sense!
My favourite dessert in the restaurant, their cheesecake....
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Day 2 continues soon!
Aaaww, the Mickey-with-the-kids-pictures are so cute!
And I would love to taste a bit of that cheesecake ;) yummy
Ooooh now that you say that I want some more cheesecake too....
Apologies with the delays, I'm having some technical difficulties with the photos I uploaded, I'll try to have the next update tonight!!
i am loving this trip report, cant wait for the next installment.
Hi.
Enjoying your trip report, you seem to be getting used to your camera great photos. Do you know the prices for plaza gardens buffet??
Plaza Gardens buffet is around 24 euros per adult. :)
Great choice, but, if eating in the evening during Winter season it is better to go 'early' say 5pm because we ate at 6.30 (in early Feb) and lots of things were running low and not being refilled. In September we did not have that problem.
Finally!! Here's the next update
After our lunch in the Restaurat des Stars, we split up. While our friends took their daughter and eldest son on a few rides, we went for a walk around the Studios (first to get Alicia to sleep, then to made sure she stayed asleep ;) ) .
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Of course I ended up heading towards Toy Story Playland...
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... and tried to see what was going on around the new Ratatouille ride.
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I was tempted to try to put the camera over the fence to take some pictures (and I wouldn't have been the only one, there were at least 2 people doing just that!!) but I'm trying to save some of the magic... So I only looked at what was visible over the fence. And I'm telling you, pictures don't do it justice. It's beautiful, very big, and I can't wait to walk around there when it's complete. Not to mention doing the ride and eating at the restaurant!! It's going to be amazing.
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We caught up with our friends in the Cars ride
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By now Alicia was waking up, so we decided to head back to the other park (and maybe get a spot for the parade, depending on how the crowds were doing....)
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Continues very soon!!
Two updates for the price of one.... ;)
The beautiful Main Street station, almost back to its original form.... Nice to see (almost) it free of decorations!! Now if they could take the golden banners out....
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So we had about 1 hour before the parade. My friend had to go and feed her baby (who also had only now waken up), so while she went to the Baby Care Center we headed towards Fantasyland. Of course we had to stop to take some pictures on the way...
The dads...
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And one with me!!
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First stop, the Castle!!
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(loving the zoom in my new camera, by the way ;D )
In the gallery
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And outside in the balcony...
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And finally, we went to see the dragon...
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Needless to say, we didn't stay long in there... As soon as he started growling one of the kids got scared, and then they all started getting scared too... It really is quite realistic!!
Time to get a spot for the parade. We still had maybe 20 minutes to wait though, so the dads took the kids to IASW, and I stayed in our spot, with the 3 pushchairs, waiting for the parade, in our usual spot by the Bella Notte. And taking some pictures of course ;)
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The light hitting IASW was beautiful!!
They all came back just in time for the parade to start
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Since their float is being refurbished, Mickey and the others came first, walking. It was really good, they were interacting a lot with everyone, and I think like this they were a lot easier to see for the children!! Mickey is quite high up on top of his float....
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My daughter (like I guess all the little girls around the world) is totally mad on Frozen. We saw the film with her in the cinema (her first time!!) and since she loves it, we have the books, the toys, and of course the album which we listen to all the time. She sings along to all the songs, and of course her favourite is Let it Go. She was extremely excited to see Anna and Elsa in the parade (she's still talking about it!!)
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You know, I had never noticed Owl was in there??
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To be continued!
Some more great pics, thanks!
Wow, great pictures! Keep going ;D
Great pictures and report, thank you for posting!
Your little girl is just adorable! I showed the pis to my daughter (she`s 13) and I nearly got deaf! She screamed "cuuuute!!" so loud! :)
And I can realate to Frozen, she`s listening all the time! She downloaded it in different languages. If she still had to use the old fashioned cassette tapes, it wwould be broken from all the rewinding! ;)
Thanks! :D
Here's the next update!
After the parade,we thought we would give the dark rides in Fantasyland a go. Peter Pan had a 40 minute wait so that was not an option, but Pinocchio and Snow White were both almost empty.
Pinocchio first
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(the ride stopped for a few moments, otherwise I don't even try taking pictures inside...)
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(it stopped a couple of times...)
Followed by Snow White
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After Snow White we went for a little browse in the Taniere des Sept Nains, and there I run into my friend Tina (who I met here in the magic forum!!)
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Always great to meet Disney friends :D
Evening in Fantasyland
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And in Adventureland
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The children didn't want to do Pirates of the Caribbean, so we went instead to visit Hook's galley
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The light this evening was magical. Pictures don't do it justice...
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Does it happen to you, when you're home, that suddenly you get this beautiful light, or a particularly stunning sky, and you wish you were enjoying it in DLP? It was that kind of evening. Absolutely gorgeous, perfect evening to be in the park.
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And into Frontierland, for the first time this trip!! Terrible crime, really, it used to be one of my first destinations!!
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Nice to see al 4 torches burning bright!!
We decided to try Buzz, we hadn't done it yet and for your friends this could be their last chance (they were not coming to the park the next day)
Back to Central Plaza
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And into Discoveryland!!
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Buzz had a 35 minute wait, a bit more than we like to wait but well.... We joined the line anyway.
Alicia was entertaining the other guests singing Let it Go...
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The ride itself was great, I had a decent gun, most everything seemed to be in perfect working order, it was a lot of fun!!
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I usually try to get a picture of the score, to compare with my husband... Usually he wins of course, but sometimes I get lucky
Now my actual score was 346000
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But somehow I managed to take a picture while it was flickering, and it showed this:
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So if anyone asks, I got 846000!! ;D ;D
When we came out the line for Space Mountain was only 5 minutes, hard to resist it... I hadn't done BTM, I hadn't done RnRC, I had at least to go on this!! So we took turns, first the moms, and then the dads :D
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Fun!!! I hadn't done this in some time (since we've started coming with Alicia, really), so I loved doing it again. I know it's a bit rough, but still, so much fun!!
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After this, we thought it was time to get a spot for Dreams, we only had about 10 minutes before it started (and this time I had triple checked the time ;) ) so it wasn't too long a wait.
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Dreams next!!
Just a question, I go in October this year, will I be able to visit lands and ride the attractions at night before Dreams begins?
Oh yes! Part of Fantasyland is closed (the area behind the Castle) but everything else is open. You can go on rides until the very end!
Holy cheese! I can ride Phantom Manor at dusk/night? Please say yes!
EDIT: So can ride the rides when Dreams is on? Will the queues be shorter?
what lovely photos. my daughter and i have loved looking at them.
Great photos. X
Thank you all for the comments :D
There maybe a delay with the next chapter, I have over 200 photos of Dreams to sort through... But I'm working on them ;)
Quote from: DisneyManiac on March 03, 2014, 06:55:01 PM
Holy cheese! I can ride Phantom Manor at dusk/night? Please say yes!
EDIT: So can ride the rides when Dreams is on? Will the queues be shorter?
Oh, Phantom Manor at dusk is the best!!! You have to, the atmosphere is perfect at that time. And then go to BTM, it's even better at night. I've read of people being on Big Thunder Mountain during Dreams (that must have been quite something!!) so yes, you can. Last year I did BTM maybe 15 minutes before Dreams was due to start and there was no queue at all (it had been around 30-40 minutes during the day, so it wasn't a particularly busy day). Then we did Buzz, again no queue at all (walked straight in), and had time to come out just when Dreams was starting.
oh cant wait for the dreams ones!!
Quote from: never2old on March 04, 2014, 09:20:03 AM
Thank you all for the comments :D
There maybe a delay with the next chapter, I have over 200 photos of Dreams to sort through... But I'm working on them ;)
Quote from: DisneyManiac on March 03, 2014, 06:55:01 PM
Holy cheese! I can ride Phantom Manor at dusk/night? Please say yes!
EDIT: So can ride the rides when Dreams is on? Will the queues be shorter?
Oh, Phantom Manor at dusk is the best!!! You have to, the atmosphere is perfect at that time. And then go to BTM, it's even better at night. I've read of people being on Big Thunder Mountain during Dreams (that must have been quite something!!) so yes, you can. Last year I did BTM maybe 15 minutes before Dreams was due to start and there was no queue at all (it had been around 30-40 minutes during the day, so it wasn't a particularly busy day). Then we did Buzz, again no queue at all (walked straight in), and had time to come out just when Dreams was starting.
Um just realized that Disney Dreams! runs until 31st September 2014, will it run for Halloween?
No news on whether Dreams will continue daily after September, sorry. I hope it does!!
And here's the last update for day 2, Dreams!!
As I said we got to our spot maybe 10 minutes before Dreams was due to start. We went to one of the sides, between Central Plaza and the Castle Stage. It was still fairly quiet, and we managed to get a very good spot, I think I will be aiming for that area on our next trip!! View was good (a bit to the side, and we couldn't see one of the water screens, but still, the projections on the Castle were perfect, sound was perfect, and the lack of crowds around us made it really easy with the children. Plus for the first time I got to appreciate how the show extends along the side of the castle!!
And here are lots of pictures....
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I'm quite amazed with my little girl, now every time she hears Out There from Hunchback (it plays regularly in the car....), she remembers it's the song from Mickey's park!!
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You can really feel the heat!!
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What can I say, it was magical... Alicia was totally mesmerised by it. And my friends loved it, they now understood why I had insisted we stayed until the end to see it... Just perfect.
After that we left and headed back to the hotel. Really glad we had parked in the Disney Village, it's a short walk from the park to the car park, and a very quick drive to the hotel.
We all had dinner together in my friend's room, before going back to our room to watch a bit of TV (a bit of the Big Bang Theory) once Alicia was in bed.
Last day coming soon!!
The photos of Dreams are amazing - the best I have seen. Were they taken on the Canon SX280 you mentioned earlier and was it on a certain setting?
wow wow and wow again. it looks absolutely amazing. i have to admit it is probably what i am looking forward to seeing the most. Can you see it from any of the hotels?
Amazing love your pics. :D two more nights yo li get to see dreams. Can't wait !!
thank you very much for those comments!!
justlikeidreamedit - No, I toke those with my hubby's camera, I discovered during our last trip that it took excellent pictures of Dreams! He has a Panasonic GF5. My camera was too new, I haven't played enough with it to see what setting is best for something like Dreams... I'll try it sometime, but to be honest I don't think it can compete with the Panasonic one...
clarybell - You can see it from the park view rooms in the Castle Club in the Disneyland Hotel, but I think that's the only decent place to see it... Last year we stayed in the New York and we could see the Castle from the room, I did try seeing Dreams from there one night but it was useless, too far to appreciate it and of course no sound. I've seen in Twitter that you can see it from Panoramagique, again I guess with no sound but I have to admit I'm quite tempted to try that sometime, it must be a real unique experience!
Rosy25 - I'm very jealous... I can't wait to see it again!! unfortunately now with the longer days it becomes more and more difficult to stay in the park that late with our daughter... We should be going back in May (need to renew our APs!!) and I'm hoping to stay on site that time, so that at least one of us can stay in the hotel with her and the other goes to see Dreams...
I'll try to finish the report this weekend, not long to go now!!
By the way, if any of you are interested I have a Facebook album with a few more Dreams pictures, you can see them here (https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10152257204700692.1073741849.665125691&type=1&l=d5db243b73)!
oh okay. was just curious if it was viewable. only 12 more sleeps. keep the photos coming!
Day 3!!
We woke up a bit before 9, a very decent hour for someone with a young child I thought.... This was going to be our last day in the park (half day, really, since we were leaving after lunch), and it would just be the 3 of us, our friends were heading back home in the morning. After a delicious breakfast in the hotel and saying our goodbyes to the others, we went straight back to the Disney Village car park and straight into the park.
Today was not as sunny as the previous 2 days, and felt a bit cooler.
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First stop, Fantasyland for some Peter Pan fast passes... It was just past 10:00 and the queue was already 40 minutes!!
We then went back to Discoveryland, trying to maybe get Buzz done again (Alicia was asking to do it), but it was also 40 minutes :( We were starting to see the park was rather busier than it had been Sunday or Monday...
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I saw the Nautilus was open!!
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It was looking good!! The giant squid attack was working and everything! We don't come in here much (mostly because it seems to be closed half the times I try), and it's such a gorgeous little attraction!!
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Buzz was still way too busy, so we started walking towards Fantasyland again.
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Oh, look who's here!!
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When we got to Fantasyland, the wait for Peter Pan was actually quite reasonable, 15 minutes I think it was. Alicia was feeling quite tired (she had ended up going to bed quite late the night before...) and she didn't want to do anything other than Buzz or Peter Pan, so we decided to stay and go for a flight to Neverland. After that, it was just the time for our fastpasses, so we ended up doing it twice in a row! :D
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After that I tried to do POTC, but Alicia really didn't want to...
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Instead she asked to go and see the dolls in the boat...
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Time for IASW!
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After that, as soon as she was sitting down in her push chair, Alicia felt asleep... We had 1 hour before lunch, so time for a little walk, and for some shopping!!
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Always a good time to go shopping in Main Street, in the morning... Half the shops were totally empty of guests!!
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Soon it was time to go :(
One last look at the Castle...
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And straight into the Steakhouse in the Village! We hadn't eaten there in quite some time, and we were sad to see the menu was not only changed but seemed rather reduced... Still there were plenty of nice things to choose from, so it wasn't all bad!
De d'Isigny butter is still here ;)
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I went for a steak tartare, which was delicious.
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(even though now that I look at the photo, it does look a bit like I was eating minced mouse ::) :o )
Alicia had chicken with some rice
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And dessert was DELICIOUS!!
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After that, and a last look around the Village for a bit of last minute shopping, it was time to head home...
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Alicia slept all the way back home (3 hours), and I confess I had trouble keeping my eyes open as well (good thing it wasn't me driving!)
And now of course all that is left is to start planning the next trip, in a couple of months.... :D
I like your report.
What kind of dessert was it? Looks yummy :-)
It was the chocolate fondant ball with mandarin confit... When they served it it was one big chocolate ball, then they poured hot chocolate over it and the top melted... Oooooh that was so yummy!!
Fantastic trip report!! Loving all the photos!! Thank you so much for taking the time to post them all! ;D
Now, tell me about Darth Vader!!! I didn't think he was available there anymore!! Did he have a special place? Or did you just see him walking around? It would be amazing to meet him! The boys would go mad! (And DH! haha)
lovely report + your daughter looks adorable.
love it when you see children all happyin disneyland
Wonderful report! Thank you for posting! :D
Thank you, glad you enjoyed the report! And all the photos :D I have to admit, I could have taken hundreds more!! (but having a push chair or a over excited child to look after kind of gets in the way of taking lots of pictures ::) ) My daughter is still talking about Mickey's park (that what she calls it), and the Castle, and seeing Anna and Elsa, and shooting in Buzz.... It is the most wonderful thing, being able to take her there and seeing her so happy in a place that means so much to me :)
Quote from: pialykke on March 08, 2014, 10:50:14 PM
Now, tell me about Darth Vader!!! I didn't think he was available there anymore!! Did he have a special place? Or did you just see him walking around? It would be amazing to meet him! The boys would go mad! (And DH! haha)
We saw him just walking around, he wasn't in the programme but I think he meets people close to Star Tours, I've seen pictures of him (and Chewbacca) around there. He was definitely heading that way when we saw him.