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DISNEYNEWBIE_79
03-13-2010, 04:40 AM
VIA..Euro star.

Yep the 19.37pm train to St pancras was delayed by 2 and half hours due to a naughty man trying to sneak elligally inbetween carriages to the U.K...What a nightmare!!!!!!!!

It didnt help when a kid started throwing up directly behind our seat nice (not) as you can imagine horrendous experience and wil not be travelling with eurostar again.
They did give out food/water packs, kept us informed, and have offered us compensation in form of ..Free Eurostar tickets, taxis were also paid for by Eurostar if we couldnt catch our connecting transport on the other end.

OTHER THEN THAT!!..

The weather was mild with a bit of sunshine and no rain!!:thumbsup2

Stayed at Santa Fe which was a lovely little cosy room to come back to at the end of the day. Although we got lost on our 1st walk back to our hotel..very funny experience!..The walk is lovely also if you are at a hotel that is a little further then other, waether permitting, TAKE THE SLOW WALK! its lovely!

Breakfast here is very simple buffet but ALL was freshly baked, and they had cereal for kids too although my two said the milk tasted funny..lol they ate it though! Disney characters are there every morning we had goofy/minnie!

On the 1st few hours there we did a brief tour of both parks, few rides, just to get a feel for the place get our bearings and plan how we would spend the rest of our few days here.

AND in 3 days we did do it all (of what we wanted too!).

Food was okay, Cafe Mickey was lovely, although the kids didnt eat to much through excitement of meeting characters! The interaction here is really good apart from when Gipetto sneaked up behind me and ruffled my hair..:rotfl: ( he does that to all the mums there so ladies beware if you have styled your hair specially!) my kids just laughted at me. Took great pics here.

Had a few tearful moments when we went into the Haunted Mansion ALL trial and error:scared1: and have also learnt that i dont do rollercoasters as well as i use to Crushes roller coaster may look like a simple light coaster but ITS NOT!! We chickened out on the tower of terror :rotfl2:

My children (8 & 6) loved the rides like Its a small world and Buzz light year lazer blast, peter pans flight, pinocchio.
Alice in wonderlands maze (which we didnt get lost in ):rolleyes1 was fun!

You do tend to just bump into disney characters behind corners also..lol in woodys round up village it was so quiet we turned the corner and there was jessie & woody ALONE! So, like crazed fans, MY CHILDREN and I :cutie: rushed to get our pics/greets before a qeue (sp?) formed.

Wow im sorry for the rambling but its hard to get it all down typing but i hope anyone who hasnt been or is a first timer like i was get an idea of how our trip went.

There is soo much more to it all then this though!

All in all had a lovely time with kids, i think 3 days was enough for myself, although kids would of liked an extra day, The sleeping beauty castle was awesome, the Once Upon a Dream parade was fantastic and the interaction from characters great if you can get to the front!
VIDEOPOLIS is lovely to go sit and ake a break from walking around for a half hour as ther is a huge screens screening Cartoons a nice time out for children!

Oh..and i cant reccommend enough the AniMagique show...SO GOOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Will try get some pics uploaded

Hope i havent rambled too much.
Pity about our Eruostar hassel lthough we got home in the end

Thanks for reading!

mommy2ash
03-13-2010, 04:45 AM
so sorry to hear about your eurostar trouble.

glad to hear you enjoyed the parks though. did you not find it very cold? others have said it was freezing last week and i am a bit worried about setting off tomorrow.

oh and welcome back!!!

DISNEYNEWBIE_79
03-13-2010, 04:51 AM
Thank you!

It wasnt freezing i dont think

It was cold but more like a winter sun .. very fresh!

Going through the more open parts of the park you would feel the breeze a bit more, but in some spots where the sun beamed you'd of thought it was a summers morning!

So glad it didnt rain :goodvibes

On the last day yestrday i found it the coldest, quite grey/cloudy queuing for rides felt a bit chilly but they moved very fast thankfully.

mommy2ash
03-13-2010, 04:53 AM
thanks for that. just trying to decide whether to bring my ski jacket or my lighter one with a fleece, i think i will bring both lol

i hope you upload some pics!!

hildasmuriel
03-13-2010, 05:05 AM
Welcome back. So glad to hear you enjoyed your visit. :goodvibes
Will you go back again?

DISNEYNEWBIE_79
03-13-2010, 05:09 AM
Hats and gloves also :thumbsup2

I will upload some for sure!

Hope the weather is mighty fine for when you go :goodvibes

I think i would go back as i have found my bearings and can plan much better now ive actually been but would def have to be in the summer although the weather was very spring (you never know these days!) this time around. Basking in sunshine in these surroundings from the walk to/from your hotel through the disney parks would be that bit more WOW.

KIDS WERE CRYING THIS MORN..THEY WANT TO GO BACK!

zinderella
03-13-2010, 01:58 PM
Lovely to hear you had a great time other than Eurostar. We are planning to use ut for the first time this year, having driven last time.
Yes there is something magic about disneyland. I was the biggest cynic before one of my best friends told me i was a bad mom for not taking the kids! Now i can't wait to get back there.
Look forward to your pics. I think you must be braver than my friend who's just come back on thursday night. ShE said people were wearing ski gear and the waterfalls were frozen!

Mum to Belle
03-13-2010, 03:11 PM
Welcome back!! :goodvibes

We had the same problem on our return journey last year (just ask Emma!!) but we didn't get any food/water packs! :mad: Emma did get compensation though! :thumbsup2

Sounds like a great trip, can't wait to see your photos!:thumbsup2

Ware Bears
03-13-2010, 05:25 PM
You have to go back ~ you've got free tickets to use!! :banana: :banana:

Glad you had a great time ~ will look forward to seeing your photos. :goodvibes

Cyrano
03-14-2010, 05:31 AM
Sounds like you had a fantastic trip to DLP :goodvibes

I agree with Elaine your duty is to go back :thumbsup2

tennisfan
03-14-2010, 06:29 AM
Welcome back, glad you enjoyed your trip. Shame about the Eurostar trouble at the end of it though

DISNEYNEWBIE_79
03-16-2010, 01:30 PM
Here are a "few" pics from our trip.

Sorry my photography isnt great :rolleyes1


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tttessa
03-16-2010, 01:55 PM
Hiya - good to hear and see you had a good time apart form the journey..... You have 2 very photogenic kids there, mine always screw up their faces or look miserable, so you'll have to tell us the secret!! ..... love the pic on the railings they look soooooo happy to be there....

Tessa

Mum to Belle
03-16-2010, 04:17 PM
Yay! Thanks for posting your photos! Some great angles - really makes me excited to be going back! :goodvibes

Did Prince John let you have your children back....??!!:rotfl:

ExpatDisneyLover
03-17-2010, 09:21 AM
Oooohh I hadn't seen your photos before - your kids are adorable and look like they had a great time! Thanks for sharing - you got some great shots!:goodvibes

karenmoloney
03-17-2010, 04:55 PM
Lovely photos. Glad to hear you had a great time & hope you get to go back soon.

Jonjo
03-17-2010, 08:27 PM
See you found the crashed UFO at the Santa Fe. Glad to read you got home OK.

jovigirl
03-18-2010, 04:12 AM
Sounds like you had a great time other than the nightmare on Eurostar. I am getting very excited for our trip in June now after reading your thread.

DISNEYNEWBIE_79
03-18-2010, 12:55 PM
Hey guys!

Glad you liked the pics they are very basic though i do have a lot more which im hoping to get devleloped and put into a nice little disney album.

Oh i would def go back but it would have to be during the summer time and i would prob fly/ferry.
Really want to see the whole Toy Story thing too!

Maybe next year though.

That UFO is cool lol my son swears that it wasnt there the night before :rotfl:

Bonus thing also is that i have nearly 227 Euros left on my Thomas cook cash passort card thing so looking forward to changing that back up ;)

Thanks everyone i hope anyone that is going DLP soon enjoys their trip!

DISNEYNEWBIE_79
03-18-2010, 01:01 PM
Yay! Thanks for posting your photos! Some great angles - really makes me excited to be going back! :goodvibes

Did Prince John let you have your children back....??!!:rotfl:


haha..oh yes he did. Prince john scared a few kids that eve..was quite funny! He was snatching autograph books/pens out of childrens hands, my daughter said " hes mean"..lol

Ware Bears
03-18-2010, 05:49 PM
Lovely photos. :goodvibes