Hello!
So we're back from DLP... Hard to be back, we had a really good time.Weather was quite good, mostly dry, and even sunny and warm some times! Crowds were very reasonable, the longest we waited was for Ratatouille (and only because the ride broke down....), I even managed to go on BTM with a 10 minute wait!! And Halloween is excellent this year, even better than last year's. The new decorations in the Castle Courtyard are great, the little Halloween parade is excellent (I still have the song in my head), the park was looking really beautiful.
Best part was of course seeing how happy my little princess was, she had a really magical time.
We arrived Thursday a bit after noon; we left the bags in our hotel (the Hipark), and went straight to the Studios; we had booked lunch in Bistrot Chez Remy, but had a bit of time to spare before. We were quite lucky with our timing, we got there just in time for Animagique (which got slightly ruined by the family sitting in front of us, who decided Animagique was the perfect place for their lunch, and spent the show passing (smelly) sandwhiches and fruits and biscuits to each other >:().
After Animagique we went to the new Ratatouille area, and saw that they still had fastpasses for later that afternoon. Perfect timing again, we would have time to eat and then could do the ride :D
Lunch in the Bistrot Chez Remy was AMAZING. The restaurant itself is beautifully decorated, great theming. The food came quickly, and was really really good. The started salad was very tasty, great dressing. The steak was beautifully cooked anad the chef's sauce delicious. And then the dessert... I had the chocolate mousse, yummy yummy, and my husband the cheese (which smelled amazing, and he said tasted really good). My daughter had the children's menu and it was also very good. Really good experience, can't wait to try it again during our next trip :)
After lunch it was time for our fastpasses, we had decided to try the ride with Alicia, when we had first done it during the Shareholder's Previews we thought maybe she wouldn't like it, that it was maybe a bit fast for her, but once there we thought we should give it a go... So we all went in with our FP, and we were just getting to the 3D glasses stand when the queue stopped moving, and they turned the lights on... Then started the announcements saying the ride was temporarily down and thanking us for our patience... Every time they made the same announcement a few people left, so after 30 minutes or so there were very few of us in the fastpass queue, sitting on the floor, waiting... Eventually they said the ride was going to close, but the people who were still waiting in line were let into the ride :) So after about 45 minutes wait, we managed to go in! Only the fastpass side of the ride seemed to be working, the 3 ratmobiles by the standby side were not moving, so maybe there was a problem there. In any case, the rest of the ride seemed to be working OK :D And our daughter (who doesn't really know Ratatouille) really liked it (particularly the bit where Skinner's hand comes at you).
When we got out of the ride the sun was shining, it was lovely and warm, perfect really :D The Place de Remy was looking gorgeous; even with the fountain not working (real shame), it was really beautiful...
Here are some pics from the start of the trip
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Oh wow N2O! How lovely to read another trip report from you. I'm so glad Alicia enjoyed Ratatouille. Our boys are really looking forward to it - and they know the film very well, so I imagine it will be spectacular. :) I think we will have to try the Bistro as well, after the great reviews it's been getting on here.
Looking forward to the next installments. :)
Very nice report of your trip so far! Great pictures too! I want to read/see more! ;)
Love your pictures, cant wait to see the rest
Thanks :D
After Ratatouille, we walked past Toon Studio, where Mickey and Woody were doing meet 'n' greets. Alicia of course went straight for the Mouse...Wait wasn't bad at all, maybe 5 minutes? ;D
After that it was time for Cars, it used to be one of Alicia's favourite rides but this time she didn't seem to enjoy it so much, she said they were going too fast... (she was totally fine in the teacups or spinning like a maniac in Buzz ::) ) but for some reason Cars wasn't quite as good this time... We followed that with a go on the Magic Carpets (another ride with no queue at all), before heading for Disney Jr Live on Stage.
If I'm honest I'm starting to be really tired of that show, I would have trouble deciding which bit I like the least... But the pre-show with Jake and Sofia, particularly when your little princess is mad on Sofia, is a must.... So there we went.
Since our little princess was the only girl in a Sofia dress, she got lots of attention from princess Sofia. At one point Alicia went to show Sofia her crown (she has a little crown that looks a lot like Sofia's), and it felt down. So Sofia sat down on the floor with Alicia, and put it back on her head... Alicia was the happiest little girl!!
When we got out, the Studios were quite empty (it was almost closing time). Unfortunately Ratatouille was still closed (really glad we had decided to stay in line and got to do it earlier!!) so after a quick browse in the shops, we headed to Disneyland Park for the rest of the evening.
Some photos!
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Your little girl is adorable! Lovely trip report, can't wait to read about the rest of your trip! :D
When I first saw the menu for Chez Remy I wasn't that excited but having seen your photo's I'm going to have to go, the detail looks amazing, thanks for posting
Quote from: RockNRoller on October 14, 2014, 03:50:32 PM
When I first saw the menu for Chez Remy I wasn't that excited but having seen your photo's I'm going to have to go, the detail looks amazing, thanks for posting
It's really worth it, trust me! ;)
Great report. Your little princess is really cute. Can't wait for more (report and pictures ;D)
Thank you all :D
Quote from: RockNRoller on October 14, 2014, 03:50:32 PM
When I first saw the menu for Chez Remy I wasn't that excited but having seen your photo's I'm going to have to go, the detail looks amazing, thanks for posting
Oooooh you need to go, menu is limited but delicious, we had a really wonderful meal!!
I'm preparing the next update, will be up soon!!
Here's the next update!
Finally, we got into Disneyland Park! It's funny, I think on the last couple of trips we've always started with the Studios. I do find that with our little girl there are plenty of things to do there, and though the park still has a lot way to go before being anywhere close to the level of its wonderful neighbour, it is getting a lot better. Still, it felt pretty strange being in DLP for a few hours before actually walking into Main Street!!
Of course in the little walk from the Studios to Disneyland, Alicia felt asleep... All the excitement from dancing with Sofia I guess :) And we arrived just as the parade was arriving to Town Square, so Main Street was packed with people (and loud music). We were going to see the parade on Friday, so didn't stay too long to watch it. I did however notice that the fairies at the beginning where walking, instead of gliding as usual!! When did that change?
After booking a restaurant for Saturday in City Hall, we went straight to the Liberty Arcade to escape the noise (didn't want to wake up Alicia too soon) and continued straight to Frontierland. There the sight we all like to see: 10 minutes wait only in BTM :D My husband wasn't too bothered by it, so he stayed with Alicia while I went to the wildest ride in the west!! Of course there were two lines and everyone was going to the same line, so by simply going into the second line I actually managed to skip about half the wait...
BTM was brilliant!!! I don't remember the last time I got to ride it (that's the problem of going to DLP with children ::)) and I had missed it!!
When I got out Alicia was still fast asleep, and we were discussing what to do next when I was approached by aurora1 from the magicforum! She had spotted me in BTM and came to say hello :) It was really lovely meeting her :D
We thought we would try Phantom Manor next. Since I'd been on BTM I let my husband go first, while I stayed a bit behind admiring the Halloween decorations. That's when Alicia woke up, so I didn't get to go on Phantom Manor (we tried it once with her, she didn't like it at all....). Hopefully I'll get to go on next month, it's really been too long since I visited the Ravenswoods!!!
With everyone wide awake, we headed towards Fantasyland, and straight towards Peter Pan. Good timing again, wait was only 10 minutes, so in no time we were boarding our ship and flying off to Neverland. I thought the ride was a bit too dark (particularly when you're flying over Neverland), and as usual slightly too fast to be able to really appreciate everything, but it was still very magical, and it remains the best ride in Fantasyland.
When we came out they had closed off the rest of Fantasyland, so we decided to try Discoveryland. Of course traveling from Peter Pan to Discoveryland less than one hour before Dreams is not an easy task. We had to go all the way to Adventure Isle, before turning left towards the Bazaar area (fortunately we still managed to cross that way, they seemed to be shutting it down as well), with a little detour by Aladdin's Passage.^, before reaching Central Plaza. There were plenty of people waiting for Dreams already, the Castle was looking gorgeous all dressed up in red for Halloween, but we still had maybe 20 minutes so it was Discoveryland and Buzz for us :) A real favourite for the whole family. It was pretty quiet by now so we walked almost straight in, twice :D (well, Alicia was more like running straight in ;) )
A lot of fun, even though first time I didn't have a great gun, I couldn't really aim too far away. And the second time I had a great gun but Alicia was spinning non stop and laughing like mad, so aiming anywhere wasn't really an option!! (she would do that quite a lot for the next couple of days ::))
When we came out it was 5 minutes before Dreams, so we went to find a spot in our "usual" space, to the side of the Castle. We got a spot right at the front (so one one in front of us blocking our view).
Here are the photos for the start of the evening, Dreams coming next!!
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Lovely trip report! Xx
And now, Disney Dreams ;)
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I love this show!!!
After that it was time to go back to the hotel, for a good night rest... Day 2 coming soon!!
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Very nice photos and a nice report!
Day 2!
Despite waking up fairly early (that's one of the many joys of having a 3 year old... ;)) we ended up getting to the park on the late side, a bit after 10.
It was a beautiful Friday morning, not too cold, clear skies, just gorgeous... For the fist time we got to really appreciate Main Street in all its Halloween glory :)
It was almost 10:30 so we decided to stay around Central Plaza and wait for the Villains Promenade, which soon enough made its way towards us. I had to say, the Villains Promenade sounded pretty weak, and it is... You have the old parade float coming from Fantasyland (I have to admit it was nice seeing it again), and when it gets to Central Plaza the Villains come out from the Castle - so unless you're facing the Castle, you don't see them at all. Then they go slowly around Central Plaza, stop for a group photo (again you need to be facing them in the right spot to see that), before going back out towards Fantasyland. Not the most exciting thing, it's definitely lacking something... A few dancers for a start. Definitely the weakest Halloween happening.
Here are some photos from the start of the morning:
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After the Villains promenade, it was time to get started with some rides.
First stop of the day, Buzz. Alicia run straight for it, we really had to keep up!! It was very quiet so we could go 3 times in a row. My husband was delighted because twice in a row he got the maximum score of 999,999. I told him he should try to do the same thing while his daughter spins and spins and spins non stop... He didn't take up the challenge though...
After Buzz it was almost time for the Halloween parade; we got a couple of coffees and a chocolate cookie and went to the Castle Stage to wait for it... After last year, this was the bit I was most looking forward to!! It's simply perfect. Great catchy music, beautiful and colorful floats, great dancers and costumes, and plenty of characters. I love it :D Plus this year there's a whole new float, with brand new characters!! I know the Three Little Pigs had been in Paris before, but I had never seen them; and Horace has always been one of my favourite characters, so it was really good to finally see him!
Now if only they would sell the music for the parade...
Time for more rides. It's a Small World was closed (Alicia didn't believe us until she show the green fences...), we'll have to wait until next month for that ;) So we went for the Mad Hatter's Teacups, always a favourite for Alicia, before going to the back of the Castle to check the dark rides.
With that area closing early for Dreams, we hadn't been able to see it the night before. Now for the first time we could admire the amazing new decorations, they are really stunning. Perfect Halloween addition to Fantasyland
We were admiring it when the balcony in the Castle filled with smoke, and Maleficent appeared... Then the Villains came and took their positions in the Courtyard. It quickly became very crowded and messy in there!! Alicia was a bit scared of the Villains, but she said she was OK meeting Gaston, so I went with her to see him; when I had seen him earlier on I thought he was a terrible Gaston who didn't look the part, but now that I saw him up close, and that I heard him talking... I had to admit that I had been wrong, he was brilliant!! He had a great voice, and a great attitude... He also kept asking people if they had seen Belle, saying that he was going to ask her to marry him. He was arrogant, and bosy, and a perfect Gaston :D Unfortunately was we were getting closer to him I could feel Alicia starting to push back against me... She was quite scared of him poor thing!! So we left Gaston with his ladies and decided to find something to eat instead...
We decided to try Hakuna Matata, and were not dissapointed. It was nice and quiet and didn't need to wait long to order our food; we easily found a table, and the food was really tasty!! Will go back again :)
Here are the photos!
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Wow, the new parade looks great and the courtyard behind the castle! Thanks again for sharing your pictures.
I enjoy reading your report and watching the photos. :D
Nice report :)
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Looks like your daughter is eager to get on her way :) :)
Quote from: norhel on October 21, 2014, 04:00:58 PM
Looks like your daughter is eager to get on her way :) :)
I think Buzz is her favourite ride.... ;D
Finally, here's the next update!
After our yummy lunch in Hakuna Matata we went towards Casey's Corner to meet Minnie. She was not due to come for 20 minutes or so but there was already a line, so we joined it. Most people were simply waiting sitting in the floor, it was quite relaxed, and not a bad wait!! Alicia was of course delighted to see Minnie and give her a big hug... Though myself I got quite annoyed with the couple before us, after they had their pictures taken with Minnie they stayed looking at the photos in their cameras and taking their bags, just in front of Minnie, I had to ask them to move so that I could take one picture of Alicia!!
After meeting Minnie it was almost time for the Halloween parade again, so we decided to try seeing in at the start in Fantasyland - definitely best spot for it, there was almost no one there! Parade was great, and when it finished Alicia wanted to follow it (she had seen other children going behind the parade....) As soon as I said OK she run to join them, she was soooo excited to be part of the parade!!
We had a little walk around Fantasyland afterwards and went on the Carousel and Pinocchio, before starting to head out towards the Disney Village. The idea was that we would leave Alicia in her pushchair so that she could have a little nap... After a quick detour by Flora's Boutique (it's OK, it's no TSP, but it's not too bad...) we walked past Goofy's bonbon's machine, where there was almost no queue, so of course Alicia wanted to meet him... She gave him a huge hug, danced with him... Happy girl :)
Here are the photos!
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Finally have a bit of time to continue with this!!
After meeting Goofy, we went towards the Disney Village; we had a look around some shops, had a lovely coffee in Starbucks, and realising that Alicia was not going to sleep at all, we decided to simply head back to the park. As soon as we crossed the doors Alicia was off running again...
We had a little look around Main Street and the Halloween decorations there, before going to Fantasyland to wait for the parade. It was still quite grey but quite a nice temperature, and it was dry, so we could simply sit in the floor and have a little rest...
The parade was really good; the Peter Pan/Mary Poppins float was missing, so they were coming on foot; Alicia was very happy to get a wave from Peter Pan ;)
Afterwards it was time to head to Fantasyland again, we went on Snow White, Pinocchio and Dumbo, before heading to the Labyrinth. It's one of my daughter's favourite things in the park I think, first because it's Alice's (Alicia of course is Alice in Spanish), so it's a bit her ride, and then because she can really run ahead of us and tell us where to go...
I have to say, the Labyrinth is in a terrible, shameful state. Paint coming off, missing or broken props, it looks really bad. Very sad to see it like that....
Anyway... After that, since Alicia seemed in such a good mood, we thought we would try Pirates of the Caribbean. She had done it during our first stay with her when she was 2 and liked it, but earlier this year in February we went with some friends, their daughter got scared and suddenly Alicia got scared too... So already during our last visit in May Alicia said she didn't want to do it. This time we thought we would try it, we only said we were going on a boat, and she was totally fine until we got to the end of the queue and she saw the boats... Then she remembered. She started crying saying she didn't want to go on it, that it went down, that she didn't like it... We tried to tell her that it was OK, that it was just like a slide, that we were there with her, but no good... No point in traumatising her either, so we got to the end of the queue, told the CM that we couldn't do the ride, so they let us walk straight through the boat towards the exit.... :( We were not thinking straight of course, we should have taken turns to go on it while the other stayed with Alicia... Next time!
So instead we had a quick wander around the shop (one of my favourites), before heading out. We had first thought we would leave the park now and get back to the hotel (and give Alicia a chance for a good night sleep), but of course as soon as she was sitting in her chair and we started moving... She felt asleep. So to give her time for a little nap we took our time to leave the park, enjoying the start of the evening... After a bit of shopping in Main Street, we left and got back to our hotel...
Day 3 coming soon!!
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Day 3!
Today was our last day, and a Saturday. Plan was to simply do what we could, before lunch (we had booked Agrabah at 13:00), and to leave shortly after lunch.
The weather first thing in the morning was not great, it was raining slightly, though by the time we go to the park it seemed to stop - though it was still very grey...
We ended up getting to the park at 10:00, not the best time to get there, there were a lot of people trying to get in!!
We still hadn't gone on any of the Main Street vehicles, which is always one of my favourite things! We missed the limusine but saw the horse drawn tram was getting ready to go; it was almost full but they found a couple of spots for my daughter and me, so while my dear husband went to get some fastpasses for Buzz, Alicia and I went up towards Central Plaza in the tram:D We were both very excited ;D And me even more so when I saw coming towards us a SECOND horse drawn tram!! I think this was the FIRST time ever that I had seen both of them working :D
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Of course the tram (and horse) were fully decorated for Halloween - including the hoofs!!
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Lovely start to the day :)
Time for Buzz; we had a bit of time before our fastpasses, and the queue didn't look too bad, so we thought we would do it first via the standby queue - and we came out just in time to do it withh our fastpasses!! (and by then the queue was even shorter, we didn't actually save any time with the FP....) Still, we got to do Buzz twice, and Alicia got to spin and spin and spin.... ::)
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We thought we would try going up to the Castle gallery (Alicia was wearing a Sleeping Beauty dress so she wanted to go...) unfortunately with the Halloween celebrations the gallery was closed... We explained to Alicia that Maleficent was staying up in the Castle and so we couldn't go, hopefully she'll be gone next time we visit ;)
Instead we had a little wander around Fantasyland
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My favourite spot in Fantasyland :)
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Queues everywhere were quite long, so we decided to try Frontierland and the Molly Brown, which was re-opening today.
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Frontierland was packed as usual, but fortunately crowds were either trying to get to BTM, or to meet Jack and Sally.
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For the Molly Brown, it wasn't too bad; she was just coming in, so we didn't have long to wait.
I don't know if it was because it had been raining, but they had closed off the top floor (it was dry now and the sun was starting to come out); but it meant that there was a very full boat with one whole floor less to be in - so everywhere it was packed :( Not the most pleasant experience we've had, I have to say. We ended up staying in the bottom floor
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The Molly Brown wasn't looking too bad, but I wish I could have said the same about some of the residents in the area...
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Unless it was for Halloween?? ;)
I wish I could have taken a better picture of this, but with the lamps it was impossible not to get a reflection... Beautiful drawing of Thunder Mesa in 1851
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Here lies Mark Twain...
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Blue skies!
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Live music
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It was almost time for the first Halloween Celebration parade, so we said goodbye to Frontierland and headed towards Fantasyland to see it :)
By now although the sun was still on and off, it was starting to feel quite warm, amazing weather for October!!
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Still my favourite thing in the Halloween season :D
Continues soon :)
Fantastic photos and trip report.
I love the Dreams! pictures, what exposure are you using, a 2/3 seconds capture?
Quote from: Trekkie101 on November 04, 2014, 12:53:35 PM
Fantastic photos and trip report.
I love the Dreams! pictures, what exposure are you using, a 2/3 seconds capture?
Thanks Trekkie101 :)
I confess for the Dreams pictures I used the automatic setting in my hubby's camera, it works great for hand held photos with low light, it can take quite good pictures with a relatively short exposure.
I get lost in the technical details but maybe these will speak to you:
Focal Length 14 mm
Exposure 1/50
F Number f/3.5
ISO 1600
A 1/50 is relatively quick! Impressive shots, I struggle with those sort of shots on such a fast exposure.
What a great trip report and fab pics. your little girl is such a cutie xx ;D
Lovely report, your little girl is adorable! Sounds like we will just miss you on our next trip, we go 17-21st November
Thanks for the comments :D
Quote from: Trekkie101 on November 04, 2014, 01:55:40 PM
A 1/50 is relatively quick! Impressive shots, I struggle with those sort of shots on such a fast exposure.
It's all in the camera, really, it handles Dreams beautifully ;) It's a Panasonic, DMC-GF5
Here's the next and final update!
After the parade, we still had a bit of time before lunch. We went back towards Fantasyland
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Despite those clouds looming in the back, it was actually getting quite warm - and sunny ;)
Even though there was a little queue to go in, we decided to try Alice's Curious Labyrinth again (well, a very bossy 3 year old made it very clear that we didn't have much of a choice...)
As usual she led the way...
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Beautiful day!!
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Unfortunately the sunshine just made terrible state of the Labyrinth even more visible, it was quite upsetting (for me) to see it looking like that. Hope they sort it out (again) soon...
We followed the Labyrinth with a cup of tea... Again, we did not get a vote in this... ::)
I don't think I had ever noticed before, that is a very freaky looking Alice...
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Really freaky!!
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I love these...
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A very happy little princess :D
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We actually all had a lot of fun... Alicia just kept laughing and laughing, and she has a very contagious laugh!!
Hard to believe this is October...
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It was finally lunchime... Time for our favourite buffet in the park, Agrabah!!
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And we got to sit in a new area! We usually end up in the tent at the end of the restaurant (I think only once in the last few visits we haven't been sitting there), and today we got a table in an area I hadn't even noticed before, near the entrance of the restaurant (to the left of the main door). I'm sure you will understand how exciting that was for me... ;)
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Lunch was delicious as always; there was a new dish I hadn't tried before, chicken in a lemon sauce, really yummy. Unfortunately they run out of the delicious chocolate and green tea cake, and although I went a couple of times they hadn't brought out any more... But everything else was simply perfect :)
Our plan was to leave pretty much straight after lunch... We stopped for some pictures - but one thing my daughter does not do is pose for photos.... instead this time she decided to dance:
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And then started to take some pictures herself. A lack of camera of course was not going to stop her... She simply took the program and started saying "click" "click" and "say mickey mouse!!" (which is what we tell her when we're trying to get her to smile... )
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On the way out we stopped to buy a present for Alicia (she chose a Sleeping Beauty doll), and of course to take a few more pictures...
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Close up
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By the time we got to Time Square, it was almost time for the Halloween parade. My dear husband was not particularly happy to delay our departure a bit longer (once he's set his mind to leaving, that's it.... ::)) but I managed to convince him that it would be a great way to end our trip ;D
We actually ended up in a perfect spot :D
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And time to go :(
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One last dance?
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And that was it... Overall a really good trip, weather was excellent, queues were pretty reasonable (would have liked to do Peter Pan at least once more but can't have it all....), and my daughter had an amazing time. She's still talking about it, and every now and then asks if we're going again to Mickey's park... (haven't told her she only has a few more weeks to wait ;)) It really is something else to go with your kids!!
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Next time, Christmas ;D
Thank you all for following!!
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Never2old, I really love your trip report! Your pictures are so beautiful and your little daughter is so lovely!!! Thank you very much for sharing!!!
Quote from: Uragano Tati on November 05, 2014, 11:20:26 PM
Never2old, I really love your trip report! Your pictures are so beautiful and your little daughter is so lovely!!! Thank you very much for sharing!!!
Oh, thank you :D
I love photo's in trip reports, and you have some crackers there, because despite the 1000's of my own I've taken you always see something new. From a different view point, a different angle or something you've never even taken a picture of before. Thanks for the inspiration :D
Quote from: RockNRoller on November 06, 2014, 02:56:57 PM
I love photo's in trip reports, and you have some crackers there, because despite the 1000's of my own I've taken you always see something new. From a different view point, a different angle or something you've never even taken a picture of before. Thanks for the inspiration :D
Thank you very much, that means a lot!! It's one of the things I love most about DLP, it's such a detailed, beautiful place that even in places you thought you knew you still find new details or a new angle that makes it look completely new. Now with my daughter it's a lot more difficult to take the time to simply admire and re-discover the park, so every time I manage to do it, it feels like a real little personal victory. I'm really happy to be able to share it with you :D
Lovely trip report and excellent photo's! Thanks for sharing!