Hello everyone!
Just back from a great weekend in DLRP! My brother Miguel (he had been to DLRP before, but many years ago, he had never seen the Studios!), his girlfriend (who had never ever ever been before), and myself of course!
Saturday 11th
Early start to the day, leaving Luxembourg at 07:30, driving to the Lorraine TGV station (1 hour away by car), then just over one hour train journey to Marne La Vallee! The bus to the hotel was just there so in no time we were checking in into the Santa Fe. Our room was ready so after taking some pictures with Minnie (who was kind enough to come and welcome us) we left our bags in the room, and walked down to the park!
My brother, his girlfriend and Minnie
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It was quite foggy, and with all the trees in their autumn colours, it was beautiful!
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We crossed the Village...
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And went straight to Disneyland Park!
The decorations were brilliant, orange everywhere, the It's Halloween-o-ween song was playing, it was perfect! Main Street and Frontierland looked great!
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The trip was a birthday present for my brother - both him and his girlfriend are big Nightmare Before Christmas fans, so as soon as I heard that Jack and Sally were going to be in DLRP this Halloween, well we simply had to go! So of course, the first priority was meeting them! We were just on time for the first scheduled appearance, so we headed straight to Phantom Manor and Boot Hill.
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We got there and there were a few people waiting, but no line or anything - and Jack and Sally were nowhere to be seen. After a while though I did notice somebody else that was waiting for them... Rachel from Big Brother!
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Of course she got the VIP treatment - when Jack and Sally arrived, they went to have their picture taken with Rachel, and only after they came back to the rest of us...
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Unfortunately when it was going to be our turn, the CM with them turned to us to say that Jack and Sally would be back in 30 minutes! Well, we were first in line so we were not going to go anywhere! I left my brother and his gf defending our place, while I rushed to get some FP tickets for BTM, then got back to Boot Hill. And after a bit the band came...
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followed by Jack and Sally!
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Definitely one of the highlights of the trip!!
After that, since we were just there and the queue was relatively short, we went on Phantom Manor (the ghosts at the end, the ones that appear on top of the Buggies, where missing, maybe they've gone away for Halloween?), followed by Molly Brown
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On the way out we run into Stitch!
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By then it was time to use our fastpasses, so we headed straight for Thunder Mountain! My brother was really looking forward to it, he had good memories of it, and he was not disappointed!! In fact, we enjoyed it so much that we decided to try and repeat it later (unfortunately the queue was over 1 hour at that time, so we left it for later...)
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Here are some more pics from Frontierland, around BTM...
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Next stop - Adventureland! Coming soon...
hurry up sis i need more :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
Great report and pics, it looks like you're having a great time. Thanks for sharing them, I'm looking forward to the rest :)
Looks like you had fun...
Wait, I was there!
Amazing trip, probably best week-end in my whole life. Great company and fun!
PS: Great report ;) I'm really looking forward for the next part myself!
Great report N2O. Looking forward to the rest
( they really do go mad with the pumpkns !!)
Quote from: "MiguelGarcia"Looks like you had fun...
Wait, I was there!
Amazing trip, probably best week-end in my whole life. Great company and fun!
PS: Great report ;) I'm really looking forward for the next part myself!
I forgot to mention, my brother has now joined the forum!! DLRP is really addictive, I guess..
Quote from: "never2old"I forgot to mention, my brother has now joined the forum!! DLRP is really addictive, I guess..
I just miss the magic :oops:
Quote from: "MiguelGarcia"Quote from: "never2old"I forgot to mention, my brother has now joined the forum!! DLRP is really addictive, I guess..
I just miss the magic :oops:
we all do. i've only got 32 days, 11 hours and35 mins left before i go again.
Quote from: "toonarmylass"we all do. i've only got 32 days, 11 hours and35 mins left before i go again.
I've only got... 11 months? to go...
Oh god, this is going to be tough :cry:
Great report and fab pics!
just tell sis you have to sneak in her luggage when she goes in december!!
Quote from: "toonarmylass"just tell sis you have to sneak in her luggage when she goes in december!!
Don't give him any ideas!!
he he he who me :twisted: :P
Ok....Jack has sexy legs. *Had to say it* :shock: I'm a sucker for long legs.
Seriously, if Jack and Sally are gonna be around next Halloween, I'm totally going.
Oh, I love your pictures!! My aunt is going on sunday! Please tell me if there's any fantastic halloween merchandise I should ask her to buy for me!! PM me!! I'm almost never on here anymore 'cause I'm swamped with work. Thanks sweetie!
Thanks for the great trip report. Your pictures are great. I hope to go to DLRP during Halloween sometime in the future. The parks is very well decorated.
Can't wait for the rest.
The report and the pics are absolutely great! Jack and Sally look adorable, I hope I can go and meet them myself maybe next year or the year after...
Next chapter!
After Frontierland, we headed towards Adventureland. Since the queue for POTC was a little too long (45 minutes), we went to Adventure Isle instead.
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We found the treasure in the caves!
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Unfortunately the suspended bridge was closed
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But that didn't stop us from jumping up and down elsewhere....
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Since the queue in POTC was still 45 minutes, we headed towards Fantasyland! Which as you can imagine, on a Saturday, with nice weather.... well, it was packed! The queues by Peter Pan were mad - and the waiting time and fastpass screens were still not working. Everywhere you looked there were crowds!
We did Alice's Labyrinth next. As you can see, by now the clouds were gone and we had a beautiful, warm sunny day!
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I love the Labyrinth, and on a sunny day... well it's great! Though as it has been said by many before, it's in serious need of repair... Hardly any of the effects were working! One of the Queens was gone, though, so maybe it means she's being fixed...
We then had a little walk around Fantasyland, slowly making our way to the Castle
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After a visit to the gallery in the Castle, and the dragon under the Castle, it was time to get a spot for the parade...
More to follow!
Excellent report so far and the pictures are fab.
Looking forward to more :)
Mr_B
Third chapter!!
After visiting the castle, we went to find a spot for the parade, and headed towards Bella Notte. It was still fairly quiet around there (Main Street was already quite packed) and we could get a nice spot in the first row...
Soon the This is Halloween song started playing, and the pre parade was on its way!
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Some pumpkin men and women....
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Then Jack and Sally!
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Followed by more pumpkins....
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And then of course the Villains!!
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Absolutely brilliant!! The music was perfect, the pumpkin men and women were great (loved their dancing), Jack and Sally of course were faultless, and the Villains at the end were great! Shan Yu was particularly scary.... And Miguel was singled out by the Pumpkin King himself (we like to think that he recognized him from earlier...)
My only regret though was not having my video camera with me – so I told Miguel and his gf that we were going to have to come back and see it again on Sunday, so that I could film it...
A few minutes later, the OUAD parade headed our way.
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Mickey and Minnie were wearing their Halloween costumes
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The princesses float was not there, so they were walking....
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They also stopped right in front of us, and danced just for us! It was really beautiful, I had never seen them dancing during the parade before.
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And then it was time for the floats to start moving again...
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After the parade we took some fastpasses for Buzz Lightyear; we tried to do Space Mountain, but queue was too long. Then we headed for HISTA, but after we got there they told us they were closed for the moment because of technical issues... We gave up on doing any more rides before dinner (we had booked for 18:30 in the Plaza Gardens) and had a bit of a walk around the park.
Of course when we heard the Tous en Train song, we rushed to it...
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I love that song!!!
By then it was dinner time, and my camera's battery was dying... So not many pictures from then on!
I had never been to the Plaza Gardens before, and it was very pleasant!! It was relatively early so not too crowded. The food was nice, and there was enough choice for everyone. And it was a wonderful break for our feet and legs...
After dinner we went straight to POTC, where by this time of the evening the queue was down to a very decent 10 minutes. One of my favourite rides! The sword fight scene wasn't looking at its best, but everything else was perfect!
After it, we walked down to BTM. It was getting darker and darker and the park was looking beautiful – I particularly like adventureland and Frontierland by night, they get really dark, it's wonderful!
Since the queue was 45 minutes in BTM, and Candleabration was on, we went back towards the Castle to see the end of the show. Then back to BTM, were the queue was now only 40 minutes :roll:, but since we really wanted to do it, we waited anyway... It was our first real queue, so far we had done quite well at avoiding them, so we couldn't really complain. And of course at the end it was all worth it, I still think it's even better at night!!
After BTM it was time to use our fastpasses in Buzz Lightyear, so we headed back to Discoveryland (via the most beautiful castle in the world)
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Buzz was great fun (we had a blast... lol.....) – although my score was just over the 100.000, even though we stopped several times (once right in front of the first Zorg, and I still couldn't hit the hidden target ](*,) )
We finished our day in Honey I Shrunk the Audience, which was working again, or so they told us – I guess we chose the worst seats possible, because neither the mice, nor the sneeze at the end were working for us. It was a shame because neither Miguel nor his girlfriend had done HISTA before, and it's a lot more fun when everything works...
After that, it was time to go to bed... We walked back to the Santa Fe, and by the time I came out of the shower, Miguel and his girlfriend were both asleep...
Day 2 to follow!
wow, it looks like you had a great time and you hve got some great photos. I cant wait to go back.
Halloween has got to be the best season :D/
Wow I love your photographs! and your trip report on a whole! I can't wait to see and read more :D =D>
Great report. It's being great reliving all those great moments. Quite tough on the emotional side, but... It's great to remember from while to while that life does offer you some wonderful moments.
MINNIE WAS IN SANTA FE! dam i never saw her :'(
which block and room was you in?
I was in block 40 rm 19
We were in block 32, room 22.
Quote from: "bigrossco"MINNIE WAS IN SANTA FE! dam i never saw her :'(
which block and room was you in?
I was in block 40 rm 19
We saw her Saturday morning, around 10:30.... I guess you were already in the parks!!
Thank you all for your comments! It's a real pleasure sharing the trip with you all
Sunday 12th October
Sunday started early - really early! Of course if one has to get up early on a Sunday, doing so for Extra Magic Hours is one of the best possible reasons.... So breakfast at 7 (nice and quiet, although there were more people than I had expected), then back to the room to finish packing, and then to the bus stop! We had our bags with us (we were going to drop them off in the station), so bus sounded better than walking....
When I went to drop off the key in the reception, Mickey was there waiting for us!
Now I take my brother and his girlfriend on a wonderful trip to DLRP, for Halloween when they could meet their favourite characters Jack and Sally, I choose a weekend when the weather is so wonderful it could be summer. I take them on the best rides and manage to avoid any significant queues. And how does my brother pay me back?? How you ask??? By taking the worst possible picture, sticking his finger right in front of the flash #-o!!
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Fortunately for him I know how to use a simple camera, so I could take a nicer one....
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Then we were off to the bus stop, just in time to see this beautiful sky!!
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One last goodbye to the hotel....
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And off to the magic!! We quickly left our bags in the station, and headed straight to the park. It was way past 8:00 so there was no time to loose!!
After enjoying a fairly quiet Main Street with beautiful blue skies...
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... we headed straight to Discoveryland and Buzz Lightyear!! There was just a 5 minute wait (mostly caused by people stopping to film Buzz), so in no time we were blasting off Zs... Needless to say once more I got the best score of us three (he he he), but still we hadn't had enough, so we went out and tried to go straight back in - but it was not to be - they had just closed it down (technical fault). So unfair!!! What I like most about EMH is being able to do Buzz several times in a row with no queue whatsoever, this was so frustrating :x !!!!
After seeing Space Mountain advertised a 30 minutes queue, we turned around and headed to Fantasyland.
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We went straight to Peter Pan - again a must during EMH, where there was no queue whatsoever. This is probably my favourite ride in Fantasyland, it's just so beautiful! My brother and his gf were also very happy with it - it's just magical! We then headed to Pinocchio (Monstro the whale was working perfectly, with lightning and all, it was wonderful to see it like that again!). Snow White was closed (only opening at 10h), so we went for Peter Pan again (a few more people waiting by now, but nothing serious), then we went for the Teacups. Miguel got a bit carried away there, he was spinning our cup and laughing like a maniac :twisted:, but we somehow managed to survive...
We then headed back to Discoveryland, where Buzz was working again (and advertised a 25 minute queue, but seeing it was going to be as good as we were going to have for that day, we went in anyway). Third time lucky for me, I managed to hit the hidden target in the first Zorg and ended with a very decent score of 220.000, not my best but good enough (and much much better than the other two, may I add... he he he :mrgreen:) After Buzz it was time for Space Mountain, where the waiting time still said 30 minutes but ended up being more like 10 minuntes, no complaints there. Brilliant ride, managed to protect my knees quite well to avoid any permanent injuries, so it was all pure joy. Wonderful!! My brother came out as excited as I was, his girlfriend though did look a bit pale, and wasn't up to going on it again....
By now it was getting close to 10:00, so we decided to join the queue for It's a Small World, only to be told after 10 minutes that the ride was closed for now (another broken down ride.... I was starting to take it personally :-s!!) So we headed for Snow White, before the crowds got to it (still think it's rather scary)
The park was starting to fill up, the EMH were over, so it was time to head to the Studios!
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To be continued....
ggrrrrrrrrrrrr will you stop doing that i want to hear the reast lol so far so jealous he he he
You are destroying my artistic soul!
Can't you see the beauty in that pic I took of you and Mickey?
It wasn't an accident for my finger to be placed in front of the flash.
I only wanted to create an intimate atmosphere. But there you go, you ruined it!
Great report, love reading these =D>
Quote from: "toonarmylass"ggrrrrrrrrrrrr will you stop doing that i want to hear the reast lol so far so jealous he he he
Well, I'm trying to make it last as much as I can, you see :roll: ... Because it's like doing it all over again! And I don't want it to end :cry: .... But it was a short trip, and the end is near...
Quote from: "MiguelGarcia"You are destroying my artistic soul!
Can't you see the beauty in that pic I took of you and Mickey?
It wasn't an accident for my finger to be placed in front of the flash.
I only wanted to create an intimate atmosphere. But there you go, you ruined it!
Great report, love reading these =D>
No excuses!!! The one thing you have to do during the whole trip, and you ruined it!! If I never take you with me again, you'll know why :wink: !!
Anyway, to the Studios!
My brother had been to DLP before, but never to the Studios, and he was quite excited about it. And I may have been going on and on about how cool the ToT was, so we were all really looking forward to it!!
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First things first, we rushed towards the information panel to check waiting times.... And to our horror ToT had already a 60 minutes line!! No worries, we'll get a fastpas.... Only by this time (not even 11:00) they were already for late in the afternoon... No good for us since we had to see the parade in DLP! There was no way we were standing for 1 hour in line, with so many things to do. So we decided to do other things in the Studios, and then come back later before they closed (and before our train) and try and do ToT then.
I guess we were not the only ones doing DLP on Saturday and WDS on Sunday, because they were packed. Crush Coaster had its usual 90 minute wait (I think I'm doomed never to go on it again), the Flying Carpets had 60 minutes, even RNRC had over 30 minutes – though I confess that I wasn't too worried about missing that one... it's the one ride that terrifies me.... Once a year is more than enough for me, thank you very much!
We headed to the Studio Tram Tour first, small queue there. I'm sure I've said it before but I'll say it again, the Catastrophe Canyon is brilliant (I hadn't told my brother and his gf what it was about, so they were quite surprised), the rest of the ride is not so good... We did have a very good CM on board, doing his own (quite funny) commentary... It's the first time I had someone doing that, it was a really nice change! Not sure how official his commentary was, though... He did say that some bits were boring and mocked the video commentary – I though he was hilarious!
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After the Tram Tour, fastpasses were all gone for ToT (as was to be expected), and we headed to Animagique, just in time before it started. Unfortunately in the race to get there in time we couldn't stop to meet any of the many characters that were around – Queen of Hearts, the White Rabbit, Tigger.... But with only two days to do as many things as possible, sacrifices must be made! Though we did stop for Cruella...
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Animagique is a beautiful show, but it's a shame they still don't have the full cast, so some scenes looked a bit empty... but maybe that's only if you've seen it many times before with everything was it should be. And that didn't stop any of us from enjoying the show, really...
When we came out, queues had done nothing but growing even more. We went for a coffee and a sandwhich the Café Cafe (breakfast seemed a long time ago, and we were getting hungry by then. We had a little walk around Toon Studio, enjoying the lovely day (honestly, could have been the middle of August!) and then headed back to Disneyland.
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More to follow soon....
I really liked the Studios, I must say.
They are quite beautifully decorated, and, although a different one, there is still some form of magic going on.
Plus, they offer some great rides and sows!
he he he you have done it to me again. btw that item was posted yesterday morning!!
Last chapter !!!
So, after failing to get anywhere near certain elevators in the Studios, we headed back to DLP.
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First destination, Frontierland, for some fastpass tickets for BTM (I could spend days and days there.... how I missed a VIP fastpass!!!) – then back towards Central Plaza, to catch the Villains Halloween show.
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The show was excellent, definitively a highlight for all of us. The music was great, taking songs from the different films, and there was something about seeing Jafar and Maleficent dancing like that... very funny! =D> =D> Miguel and his girlfriend stayed a bit behind (sitting on the fence... young people these days, really :roll: No energy left in them!!!) while I went to film the show closer to the stage. I left them my camera, so that they could take some pictures (hopefully without any fingers in the middle, this time....)
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(this one I took with my video camera...)
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Just before the show started, I spotted someone who looked familiar, standing right next to the stage... Wasn't sure it was him until I saw his camera – then I knew it had to be the Disney God himself, Kristof! But I was too shy to go and say hello :oops:
After the show we took some more picture (hiding from the crowds, in the path by Frontierland....)
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... said hello to the royalty...
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before heading back to IASW, which fortunately was working again, and didn't have too much of a queue.
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I don't think it was Miguel's favourite ride.... But I was the one in charge, so I didn't care - one cannot just go to DLRP and not ride it at least once!! Although I was kind enough to not make them go twice in a row...
By then we were starving, and just in time for lunch, booked in one of the best restaurants in DLRP (and probably the whole of Paris), Agrabah Café =P~
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The food was as delicious as ever, the place fairly quiet (and no waiting in line in the buffet), the setting is just perfect... all in all a very good meal!! I'm already looking forward to going again in December...
After lunch (and with very full stomachs) we were just in time for our fastpasses in Big Thunder Mountain (fortunately there were no accidents and everyone kept their meals in their stomachs...). Then it was time to get a spot to film the Halloween pre parade – so we went back to the start of the parade, by Bella Notte.
We had decided not to see the OUAD parade again, and to go back to the Studios instead. So after the Halloween parade went past us, we started to walk down Main Street - only to stop again by Casey's Corner (just in time for the parade stop) If I thought Jack :jack: was good before, after seeing him dance I thought he was perfect!! He moved just like Jack should, it was brilliant!! Of course there were too many people in front of me to allow me to make any half decent pictures (or film), but nevermind, I still had a very good view – and sometimes it's just better to forget about cameras and enjoy things live instead of through a camera!
And once they were off again, so where we, and again just in time to catch them again at the end of Main Street :P
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After seeing the parade for the 4th time in two days (not bad at all :D/), we said our goodbyes to Disneyland :cry:, and with heavy hearts walked back to the Studios.
By now it was around 17:30, and first stop again was the information board – which still advertised a 45 minutes (or was it 1 hour? I'm not sure anymore...) queue for Tower of Terror. Why can't people just go somewhere else??? Since Cinemagique was about to start, so we went there instead.
Now I had only done Cinemagique once before, many years ago, and my memories of it where a bit blurred... Shame on me... It was so good! And the bit with the sword, whoa!! We all loved it =D>
After Cinemagique, and seeing the queues in ToT were still too long for our liking, we went for the Art of Animation, which I had never done before. Again very enjoyable, and the bit with Mushu was really good fun! Unfortunately the drawing lesson bit was closed for the day, but we still had a good look around (I really liked the bit with the faces in the cylinders, where changing the eyes and mouths you get all the different expressions).
By then it was 18:45, so we gave the ToT one last try... And eureka :stitch_bounce: Queues were now only 25 minutes, so we rushed inside (bellboy Goofy was just at the door but no time to loose... sorry Goofy!).
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We got through the reception and library to the machines room fairly quickly, then we had to wait a bit for our rooms to be ready... I had been looking forward to this the whole weekend (no, since I had booked the trip months before), my only regret is not being able to do it more than once (where is a VIP fastpass when you need one!). It's so exhilarating! Brilliant!! And when the doors opened, we had a great view of the parks at nightfall, just gorgeous... Perfect end for a fantastic weekend....
By the time we got safely back to the ground, we had to head straight for the train station, get our bags, and wait for our train back to the real world...
Two days are really not enough, particularly if everything's so busy. A third day would have been just right.... So that we would have had time to do some shopping (first time ever I didn't buy anything for myself!!!), see all the shows (we didn't have time for Minnie and the Batboys or Goofy's Cauldron), and go on a few rides a few more times...
Still, had a great trip, Miguel and his girlfriend really enjoyed it and are already thinking of going back, and I'm no longer the only person in my family addicted to DLRP... The Halloween season was excellent fun, I'm already looking forward to next years!! Hope they keep Jack and Sally, and maybe even have more Nightmare Before Christmas characters...
And it's been a real pleasure to share this with you all, so thank you very much :D !!
thankyou sis i really enjoyed that.
Hey i really enjoyed your trip report - love the pics !
Hallow'een is defo a great time to go! :D
Thanks :D
Greetings to Luxembourg just a step away from me!
Nice trip report from you N2O! Really enjoyed the show! Twelf points, douze points! Thanks!
Thanks for posting this great report, and those great pics, I've really enjoyed reading it. I'm glad you all had a great trip as well :)
great report, great pictures...very well done =D> ! Happy to read that you had such a nice time despite having only 2 days. But I think you really made the most out of it!
Great trip report never2old. I enjoyed reading it. Your pictures are also great. thanks for sharing. I hope that we can go to DLRP during Halloween season in the future.
Thanks for sharing! Enjoyed the report and pictures big time, real quality! :D
Thank you everyone!!! :D
great trip report N20!! I really enjoyed reading it and looking at all your photos!!
MiguelGarcia I love your Nightmare before Christmas Hoodie!! I want one!
Quote from: "SophieD"great trip report N20!! I really enjoyed reading it and looking at all your photos!!
MiguelGarcia I love your Nightmare before Christmas Hoodie!! I want one!
It's a gift from my sister, and yes, I really like it too ;)
I finally got round creating a YouTube account, here are a couple of videos from our trip (they're both available to play in high resolution)
First the Halloween pre parade...
[youtube:1q7lbyje]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=St0Q9VcNDjU[/youtube:1q7lbyje]
And of course the Character Train!
[youtube:1q7lbyje]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KCpJXvIp1O4[/youtube:1q7lbyje]
Enjoy!
very nice videos, thanks for posting! I absolutely LOVE Jack & Sally :shock: ...
Quote from: "ColdSun"very nice videos, thanks for posting! I absolutely LOVE Jack & Sally :shock: ...
Me too, they're absolutely brilliant!! Hope they come back next year!