What Have I Done????

[kevankiki]

I have just managed to book the Eurostar, plus Holiday Inn, for myself and DD (15) to arrive on Boxing Day, for two nights!!!

DH forced me into it, honest! :rotfl2:

We are already booked for Easter, but I know DD would love to go at Christmas, so this will be her Christmas present, and she knows nothing about it!!! (well she hinted, but I told her it was out of the question, too expensive, bla bla).

I tried for a Disney Hotel, but everything was booked except for one-nighters, or the NBC 29th - 31st. I think the HI will do us as it is just the two nights, and we have the direct train back, so can maximise the trip that way!

We are going to keep this a complete secret until Christmas Day, when DH will present us with printed out confirmations :thumbsup2 I'm afraid you lot are going to have to manage my excitement :laughing:

I can't even risk a ticker :eek:

:banana:

[hildasmuriel]

Oh wow - that's so exciting! :santa: :santa:
However will you keep it quiet? You must be bursting with keeping it in.
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[Cyrano]

Fancy a stowaway ;)

What a wonderful surprise for your DD :)

[A Small World]

Fantastic!!!!!!!!!!!!

We are going on 27th for 2 nights and havent told DD either. We are also going to tell her on Christmas Day (we're travelling down to Ashford on boxing Day)
She has been asking if we can go at Christmas so have also told her its too expensive as we're going at Easter and maybe we'll see for next year.

Its so exciting isnt it.

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see you there.

[excited mum]

How exciting for you! :yay:

We will be in the HI too (23rd-30th). Its was lovely there last Xmas, so I am sure you will have wonderful time despite not being on site.

[kevankiki]

However will you keep it quiet? You must be bursting with keeping it in.


That's a very good question, it's not going to be easy!

Fancy a stowaway ;)


Sorry, but our room has a maximum of 2 persons (plus 'mascots' I guess :cutie: )

Fantastic!!!!!!!!!!!!

We are going on 27th for 2 nights and havent told DD either. We are also going to tell her on Christmas Day (we're travelling down to Ashford on boxing Day)
She has been asking if we can go at Christmas so have also told her its too expensive as we're going at Easter and maybe we'll see for next year.

Its so exciting isnt it.

see you there.

We are now in exactly the same situation! I was thinking about how to break it to her, I thought of buying her the most boring present a teenager could wish for, then 'wrapping' it in printed off copies of confirmations and then on Christmas morning DH and I can keep saying that it's not always the present that counts, but what it's wrapped in...

How exciting for you! :yay:

We will be in the HI too (23rd-30th). Its was lovely there last Xmas, so I am sure you will have wonderful time despite not being on site.

So, we will all be there on 27th/28th December (we don't leave until 7pm on 28th), anyone fancy meeting up? :banana:

[edinburghlass]

I'll be there with my daughter too from 23 Dec to 27 Dec but she does know!

At very nearly 17 she asked me the other day if Santa would find her :rotfl2:so I'm now looking for a mini "Santa Please Stop Here" sign to put outside the hotel door :cutie:

[kevankiki]

I'll be there with my daughter too from 23 Dec to 27 Dec but she does know!

At very nearly 17 she asked me the other day if Santa would find her :rotfl2:so I'm now looking for a mini "Santa Please Stop Here" sign to put outside the hotel door :cutie:

Oh wow, our daughters are almost the same age!

Where are you staying, if you don't mind my asking?

I've been reading up a little about Christmas at DLRP, it sounds awesome, DD loves Beauty and The Beast, so Belle's Village looks like it will be well worth a visit!

I haven't paid much attention to Christmas posts on here, seems like I need to now that we are going :rotfl:

[dooledoo]

We have kept our trip as a surprise for our daughter, who is 6! DH has made up some "tickets" saying Mickay and Minnie have invited her to stay for Xmas and I have a bought a small box and ribbon to put them in. We are going to put them through the letter box to make it look as though they have come in the post and address it to her. I am soooo excited - we are doing it on 9 December as I can't wait any longer and have been trying to organise the trip and being sneaky since August without her knowing, which is hard when she is so nosey and hears everything!!!:rotfl2:

[kevankiki]

Our DD is very astute too, she will pick up on anything, she probably heard me on the phone last night to Disney! That's not a problem though, if she asks I shall tell her the truth, I called them to find out about hotel availability, but all they could offer was the NBC, and apart from not wanting to go on those dates, I don't think the train availability was so good. Hopefully she should assume the idea has been shelved completely :rolleyes1

As I booked it all on-line she won't have overheard any further conversations, I couldn't even risk having the Eurostar tickets delivered here, we will have to pick them up at the station :)

DD probably wouldn't fall for a parcel arriving by post, unless it had a French stamp on it, I would welcome any suggestions for a boring present for a teenager though.... so far I've only thought of a dishcloth or something housework related.

[Kristina]

Good for you Annette, what a lucky daughter you have :) We have just come back a week ago and Disneyland is just beautifully done up for Christmas ! I loved the music they played everywhere, especially the Chante, C'est Noel song :goodvibes :goodvibes :goodvibes! I want to go back so badly, and am just this morning beginning to fantasize about March :cloud9: although that is a bit sooner than I had originally thought.

Disneyland was Just Like We Dreamed it would be :cloud9:
:tinker: Merry Christmas!

[DLPdaft]

Oooooh lucky Christmas DD's (and mums ;) ) - I'm very jealous. You will be blown away with all the Christmas stuff at DLRP!

Elaine

[kevankiki]

Good for you Annette, what a lucky daughter you have :) We have just come back a week ago and Disneyland is just beautifully done up for Christmas ! I loved the music they played everywhere, especially the Chante, C'est Noel song :goodvibes :goodvibes :goodvibes! I want to go back so badly, and am just this morning beginning to fantasize about March :cloud9: although that is a bit sooner than I had originally thought.

Disneyland was Just Like We Dreamed it would be :cloud9:
:tinker: Merry Christmas!

Actually, I feel I am the lucky one, most 15 year old youngsters seem to do nothing but fall out with their Mums. Mine just wants to go to Disneyland with her Mum all the time, that's not to say we don't have our moments, but we are very close!

[kevankiki]

Okay, I managed to sort out a spoof ticker. If DD stumbles on this she will think nothing of it, since my birthday is actually on Christmas Day anyway!!!

Again, I haven't lied, I really will be celebrating that day :thumbsup2

[kazdudds]

What a fab idea, I hope I'm that close with my daughter when she's 15, long way to go as shes only 18 mths at the mo :rolleyes1 .

Just a though for a really boring present, how about some school related books! Something really boring and that probably most kids of that age hate, I know I did!!!!

Kaz xx

[DLPdaft]

Annette you give me hope that my DD will also still be wanting to come to DLRP with her mum when she's 15. I certainly hope so, otherwise who am I going to take? Hmmm maybe my nephews will have children by that time :rotfl: .

Elaine

[kevankiki]

Believe me Kazdudds, those years will pass all too quickly :sad2:

Great idea about the book, especially if it's a maths book! :rotfl:

Though actually she thought I was really 'sad' the other day when I was looking at some books I remembered from when I was small, so maybe I'll look for something like that. Food for thought :goodvibes

[kevankiki]

Annette you give me hope that my DD will also still be wanting to come to DLRP with her mum when she's 15. I certainly hope so, otherwise who am I going to take? Hmmm maybe my nephews will have children by that time :rotfl: .

Elaine

You would think that by now she would be wanting to go with her friends, instead of her Mum, do you think she's odd? :confused3

She says I am more fun than her friends though :hippie:

[DLPdaft]

Yeah, and I bet she doesn't feel the need to act cool around you at DLRP, she can be a big kid all the time she's there!

Elaine

[kevankiki]

You should see us when we are there Elaine, no actually, you wouldn't want to, you'd wish you'd never met us :rotfl:

Seriously, we're sensible 'children' really, and it's great mum/daughter bonding.

Come to think of it, we had a pretty good break away in Lille last year, okay it wasn't Disneyland Paris, but it was still very special as we did a lot of talking!

[A Small World]

As well as DD (8) we also have 3 older sons who grew out of family hols when they were about 16. I think this is one reason why we enjoy DLP so much at the moment as we know DD will eventually reach the stage where she outgrows us as well. Although DS (21) is coming with us at Easter and really looking forward to it.

[A Small World]

We are also thinking of ways to surprise DD with the trip on Christmas day. I had wondered about a puzzle of some kind - piece together the clues sort of thing but it would have to be something she wanted to do or it would just get left to one side.

[edinburghlass]

You can get a jigsaw made from your own photo in the likes of Tesco instore or online. www.tescophoto.com. you could use one of your DLP photos?

Actually I just checked the price of the jigsaws and they are £9.99, however you could personalise a newspaper and they are just £6.99 at the moment. I have had one done for my daughter for her birthday and its really good.

You pick a newspaper and story and upload your own photo to the website and personalise the wording of the story you choose. When I did mine I did it in a hurry and would perhaps have changed a bit more of the wording.

BTW we're staying at the Hotel Cheyenne and would be happy to meet up with anyone :)

[kazdudds]

Wow! How fantastic that all you guy's have such great relationships with your teenagers. I think I could definately use this to try and convince my Hubby to go to Disney more often. It certainly seems to creater better bonds with your kids....maybe its that Disney magic!!!! :hug:

Kaz xx

[kevankiki]

We have a 19 year old DS who grew out of family holidays at around 16 also, though he did come with us on a short cruise this year, and very much enjoyed it.

I can't ever see DD growing out of Disneyland, I think if you look around this board you will find that there are a lot of adults just like her too! :rotfl2:

Regarding meeting up, there are quite a few of us there on the 27th/28th, do you think I should start a new thread suggesting this, and see what kind of response I get? It may not be noticed here... :idea:

[edinburghlass]

We leave in the afternoon of 27th, so for us it would have to be the morning of 27th :)

[Cyrano]

Regarding meeting up, there are quite a few of us there on the 27th/28th, do you think I should start a new thread suggesting this, and see what kind of response I get? It may not be noticed here... :idea:
Great idea :thumbsup2
We could also put a link against your dates on the "When are you going" sticky to the meet thread :)

[kevankiki]

Sounds good to me, will start a new thread and see if we can get a group together. :banana:

[jillrobinson]

Great news about the impromptu holiday Annette, you will both love the Christmas season. :love:

I think you're right about Disney teenagers, I didn't think my DS 13 would want to come this time, but no way was he staying behind and I sat next to a lady on our coach who had her 15 year old son with her, he's been every year since he's been born, as she was with her sister and her 2 nieces it would've suited them for him to have stayed home, so they could've had 1 room not 2, but she said he was having none of it.
Maybe they enjoy the break from having to be cool and behave like kids again.;)

[kevankiki]

Maybe they enjoy the break from having to be cool and behave like kids again.;)

I think you might have a point there, maybe that's why us grown ups love it too, we can be children again :yay:

[Ware Bears]

Wow, this is wonderful news, Annette! :thumbsup2

[kevankiki]

Just had to pop by and mention the fantastic idea I have had for The Christmas Present (where DD finds out she is going to DLP).

We have a couple of Disney woolly hats, one is Tigger and one is Winnie The Pooh, originally purchased at Disneyland California. Now I can think of nothing more 'insulting' to her than being given something she already owned, well we did say she wouldn't be getting much this year and we have to give her some things to open :laughing: , until of course she looks inside the hat and finds confirmation of a Eurostar booking for the next day!

I shall wrap the two hats up and DH can give me the other one, containing confirmation of the Holiday Inn booking, wonder how long it will take her to realise what's happening? :hyper2:

[A Small World]

Poor DD!!!!!!!!!! Hope she looks inside and doesnt throw it away in disgust. Imagine her face though when she realises.

Ive had inspiration as well. We are going to buy DD a small suitcase or backpack and tell her to open it and look inside to see what its like and in there will be either a 'ticket' to DLP or if Ive time some clues for her to guess where shes off to

[kevankiki]

Isn't it fun planning how to spring the big surprise!?

We are still talking about the next time we are going, which will be Easter, she has no idea at all that she won't have to wait that long!

Meanwhile, DH and I talk about Boxing Day as if DD and I going to be here to have dinner with his father too, yeah right :rotfl2:

[A Small World]

We are also the same talking about what we are going to do there at Easter whilst at the same time bursting to tell her shes going sooner and not being able to plan Christmas as the best thing about it is going to be the trip which is all lanned

[kevankiki]

We are also the same talking about what we are going to do there at Easter

I didn't realise you were going at Easter too, you aren't showing on the list of when everyone is going... What dates will you be there for Easter? Looks like we might both be there the same time on both trips :goodvibes

[A Small World]

I didn't realise you were going at Easter too, you aren't showing on the list of when everyone is going... What dates will you be there for Easter? Looks like we might both be there the same time on both trips :goodvibes


Think we might just miss you. Cant remember the exact date but I think we arrive at DLP on 25th - Tuesday. We are in France for 2 wks - at a nearby campsite first then a few days at Cheyenne. Will look up the exact dates and get it added to list. Also need to add our summer trip as that is booked as well.

[kevankiki]

Sounds like you will miss us then, we are there from 26th - 28th December, I realised yesterday that had we gone for Fantasy passes, then these days would not have allowed us access, once again I am so glad we went for Dream passes! Of course we will also be able to take advantage of EMH, since we are staying off site on this occasion, there were no Disney hotels available at all!

[NIK]

Okay, let's be forming an orderly queue behind kevankiki, first come first served to hide in the suitcase...

[kevankiki]

Okay, let's be forming an orderly queue behind kevankiki, first come first served to hide in the suitcase...

You'd have to be a contortionist to get into my case, we're travelling light :lmao:

[A Small World]

Sounds like you will miss us then, we are there from 26th - 28th December, I realised yesterday that had we gone for Fantasy passes, then these days would not have allowed us access, once again I am so glad we went for Dream passes! Of course we will also be able to take advantage of EMH, since we are staying off site on this occasion, there were no Disney hotels available at all!


Sorry think I confused you. We are there 27-29 Dec (same time as you) but think may miss you at easter as we arrive day after Easter Monday - think its 25th March but need to double check.
We are also glad we went for dream passes as no blackout days

[kevankiki]

Sorry think I confused you. We are there 27-29 Dec (same time as you) but think may miss you at easter as we arrive day after Easter Monday - think its 25th March but need to double check.
We are also glad we went for dream passes as no blackout days

Excellent news about Christmas, have you checked out the meet-up thread? I know we talking about 27th in the morning, but nothing is set for sure yet, and I am more than happy to have two dates and times, so that everyone gets the chance for a DIS meet! :goodvibes

You are right about Easter, we leave on Easter Monday, DD can't take any time off school this year unfortunately!