Show No Fear! DIS Exclusive Viva Italia+DLP TR Sept 2014COMPLETE New TR link added 7/3

christannj · Jun 28, 2015

I second Jeff's remarks and want to say that I am very happy that you persevered and finished this trip report because those of us who shared in the experience have been able to relive it and for the Disneyland Paris part those of us who have never been there have been able to experience it.

marDgreen88 · Jun 28, 2015

The Disney Dream pictures are once again fantastic! That show looks incredible.

What an awesome trip this must have been. Thanks so much for sharing!

WebmasterMike · Jun 28, 2015

Love the end of the trip report, Kristy!! Such great memories (from Italy and DLRP)!!

auroralark · Jun 28, 2015

I don't think I've commented before, but thanks so much for taking the time to share your trip! It looked so amazing. I hope to get to Italy and DLP myself one day.

Dugette · Jun 28, 2015

Wow, those pictures of Disney Dreams are absolutely incredible! Love them!

Great trip report! I loved hearing about something a bit different than all the WDW trips. And all the beautiful photos didn't hurt either. Thanks for sharing this trip! :goodvibes

saintstickets · Jun 28, 2015

One of the best TRs evah!!! If a TR makes you want to visit, informs or gives you ideas, then it is a success. Yours has done all 3!! God's blessing on the upcoming arrival. Soon all 4 of you will be heading out on the next adventure and hopefully we'll get to share with another TR!

Imagineer5 · Jun 29, 2015

Beautiful wrap up! What a nice end to the trip with Dreams! The travel day sounds exhausting (and I forgot we will have to grab our luggage and go back through security on our way home, ugh!). That is interesting about the bag and them knowing exactly where it is - that wasn't too bad of a wait though (I can imagine being VERY hungry by that point though!!).

The TR was wonderful, thank YOU for taking the time to write it all up!! I am so glad you had a great time at both the ABD tour and DLP.

rdkeim · Jun 29, 2015

I absolutely loved this TR! So fun to follow along on your BIG adventure! I can see where after one ABD it could become addictive. The pictures were just out of this world - hats off to your DH. Thank you so much for sharing this with us.

My DH and I are taking a guided 12 night trip to Alaska in Aug. Planning on Europe next time around and I'll definitely be checking out ABD.

afwdwfan · Jun 29, 2015

khertz said:
Once the again beautiful show ended, we were ready to head back to the room because we had a super early wakeup call the next morning! Unlike the night before when it was only us and a few CM's on Main Street as we exited, there were, shall I say, quite a few more people headed to the exit with us.

As usual, the pictures were phenomenal. :thumbsup2

I love Wishes, but this show just looks absolutely amazing.

khertz said:
Of course by that time we were STARVING, so we went looking for something to eat, only to find that in all the renovations they were doing, all of the fast food places were closed! Well, at least we wasted some time just walking around...

Of course everything is closed. :crazy2:

Oh well, at least you got your bag.

khertz said:
And that's the end! I already kind of did a wrap up of our ABD Viva Italia portion of the trip, and I would absolutely recommend this trip, and do it again and again if given the opportunity! We haven't planned our next ABD yet with the baby coming and all, but I know this trip won't be our last ABD experience.

You certainly made me want to try one sometime. And go to DLP sometime.

Ok, I'm gonna have to stop reading your TR's because my bank account can't handle the things you're making me want to experience!!! :rotfl2:

khertz said:
As for Disneyland Paris, I'll just say that I was definitely hesitant to add on even more days that meant being away from DS, and DH really had to convince me to do it. But it was such an amazing and incredible experience, and there were several times over that day and a half in the parks that I would look at him with a smile and say, "Thank you so much for making me do this!" It was a must as a Disney fan, and one of the most gorgeous Disney parks I have ever been in. The fantastic upgrade to the beautiful Disneyland Hotel didn't hurt, of course, but I would have loved it even staying at our original resort. It was a perfect way to cap off a long and amazing vacation. It was both of our first times in Europe, and it was truly a trip to remember!!

I get not wanting to spend the extra time away. But I'm glad that it turned out to be such a great experience for you. It would be hard to be in Paris and not get out and see things like the Eiffel Tower, but the way things ended up happening, I really think you guys made the right call to head to the park for some bonus time that first evening. There will be other opportunities to get to Paris if you're going to go on more ABD trips... :thumbsup2

distravel · Jun 29, 2015

WOW. What a fabulous trip report! Thanks for taking the time to share your detailed narration and your husband's beautiful photos with us. Best wishes to your growing family.

jdfmommy · Jun 29, 2015

Thanks so much for sharing this amazing trip!!

Cousin Orville · Jun 29, 2015

Awesome trip report! I enjoyed following along. It makes me want to return to Italy and DLP!

missangelalexis · Jun 30, 2015

GORGEOUS photos! Such a treat that you got to see it twice!

Wow that's a lot of people!

Sorry the trip home was a little stressful but you made it! And I'm sure DS was so so happy to see you both!

Thank you for sharing this awesome trip! I'm so glad it was everything you wanted it to be and that you don't regret adding the time in Paris.

Can't wait to hear about the DL trip!!

skier_pete · Jul 2, 2015

Catching up again - I've been a BAD reader. Love all the pictures of DLP. DLP isn't high on my list of places to go, though I REALLY want to go to Paris again. (I went with a high school French class at 16 and haven't been back since - almost 30 years!) I couldn't imagine going there and not going into Paris, just about the most beautiful place in the world IMO. I suppose when we do someday get to Paris we will add on a day or two to at least see DLP, from your posts it looks like 2 days would probably be enough. I MUCH more want to see Tokyo DisneySea someday. Paris is probably another 5 years off, and who knows when we'll ever get to Tokyo.

That said, it looked like you had a wonderful time there, and certainly getting upgraded to the Disneyland Hotel must have made it extra special. Looking forward to continuing to read your TR for DL as well as your upcoming trips!!

Gracefulskinny · Jul 2, 2015

Loved the TR! Well Done start to finish! :thumbsup2

khertz · Jul 3, 2015

OKW Lover said:
Thanks for the wrap-up Kristy! and thanks to Dustin for the great pictures.

Thanks so much, Jeff! We so enjoyed meeting & traveling with you & Val!

christannj said:
I second Jeff's remarks and want to say that I am very happy that you persevered and finished this trip report because those of us who shared in the experience have been able to relive it and for the Disneyland Paris part those of us who have never been there have been able to experience it.

Thanks so much, Chris! Although it was a large undertaking, I appreciated also being able to relive the trip through writing the TR, and love looking back on all the fun we had and amazing things we were able to see! It was a pleasure sharing the experience with you, Chuck, Mike & Rick!

marDgreen88 said:
The Disney Dream pictures are once again fantastic! That show looks incredible.

What an awesome trip this must have been. Thanks so much for sharing!

It is truly the most amazing Disney nighttime show ever. We were so happy we had decided to see it both nights!

Thanks for reading along & commenting!

WebmasterMike said:
Love the end of the trip report, Kristy!! Such great memories (from Italy and DLRP)!!

Thanks so much, Mike! It was an amazing trip, and we loved meeting you, Christy & Joyce! Gotta say congrats to you on your newest title around here on the DIS.

auroralark said:
I don't think I've commented before, but thanks so much for taking the time to share your trip! It looked so amazing. I hope to get to Italy and DLP myself one day.

Thank you for taking the time to read! I know it was pretty long, but there were just so many amazing memories to cram into it.

Dugette said:
Wow, those pictures of Disney Dreams are absolutely incredible! Love them!

Great trip report! I loved hearing about something a bit different than all the WDW trips. And all the beautiful photos didn't hurt either. Thanks for sharing this trip!

Thanks! I had to actually weed those down, because DH took at least 100 that night alone! It was so hard to narrow down.

Thanks so much! We had an amazing time on our first ABD, and it was a great way to combine a place I have always wanted to visit with our love of Disney.

saintstickets said:
One of the best TRs evah!!! If a TR makes you want to visit, informs or gives you ideas, then it is a success. Yours has done all 3!! God's blessing on the upcoming arrival. Soon all 4 of you will be heading out on the next adventure and hopefully we'll get to share with another TR!

Awwwww, thanks so much, Bill! You are too kind!! :love:

Our next adventure will be VERY soon...we are heading back to WDW in October! :yay:

It will be DD's Disney TR debut.

Imagineer5 said:
Beautiful wrap up! What a nice end to the trip with Dreams! The travel day sounds exhausting (and I forgot we will have to grab our luggage and go back through security on our way home, ugh!). That is interesting about the bag and them knowing exactly where it is - that wasn't too bad of a wait though (I can imagine being VERY hungry by that point though!!).

The TR was wonderful, thank YOU for taking the time to write it all up!! I am so glad you had a great time at both the ABD tour and DLP.

Thank you so much! Dreams was a perfect way to end a practically perfect trip. If it would have ended right there and we could have been teleported home, that would have been fantastic. :rotfl:

It was good to go home with all of our stuff but we were definitely starving and exhausted just sitting there waiting for our bag to arrive.

rdkeim said:
I absolutely loved this TR! So fun to follow along on your BIG adventure! I can see where after one ABD it could become addictive. The pictures were just out of this world - hats off to your DH. Thank you so much for sharing this with us.

My DH and I are taking a guided 12 night trip to Alaska in Aug. Planning on Europe next time around and I'll definitely be checking out ABD.

So glad you enjoyed it!! It was definitely a BIG adventure for us, since we had never been to Europe and had never left DS for more than a long weekend. I so appreciated DH taking the thousands of pictures he did to remember such an amazing adventure, and all of the time it took him to edit them for me to be able to share here.

I don't think we would ever travel to another country (especially one with a language barrier) without ABD. They are so incredible!!

khertz · Jul 3, 2015

afwdwfan said:
As usual, the pictures were phenomenal.

I love Wishes, but this show just looks absolutely amazing.

Of course everything is closed.

Oh well, at least you got your bag.

You certainly made me want to try one sometime. And go to DLP sometime.

Ok, I'm gonna have to stop reading your TR's because my bank account can't handle the things you're making me want to experience!!!

I get not wanting to spend the extra time away. But I'm glad that it turned out to be such a great experience for you. It would be hard to be in Paris and not get out and see things like the Eiffel Tower, but the way things ended up happening, I really think you guys made the right call to head to the park for some bonus time that first evening. There will be other opportunities to get to Paris if you're going to go on more ABD trips...

Wishes, World of Color...still love them, but Disney Dreams is in a league all its own! Truly amazing nighttime entertainment.

While we didn't have the best luck with airports, it was good that our bag was only 45 minutes behind us so we had the option to wait for it.

:rotfl:

My apologies! This trip, while I won't say once in a LIFETIME, because I would definitely love to visit Italy again some day, it was a once in a LONG TIME trip! Not cheap by any means, but absolutely worth every single penny.

I would love to take the Knights & Lights ABD someday, so I hope that seeing the Eiffel Tower someday is not out of the realm of possibility.

distravel said:
WOW. What a fabulous trip report! Thanks for taking the time to share your detailed narration and your husband's beautiful photos with us. Best wishes to your growing family.

Aw, thank you so much for the kind words! I loved reliving the trip through this TR, so I appreciate that others care enough to read about it.

jdfmommy said:
Thanks so much for sharing this amazing trip!!

You're very welcome! Thanks for reading!

Cousin Orville said:
Awesome trip report! I enjoyed following along. It makes me want to return to Italy and DLP!

Thanks so much for all of your comments along the way! It makes me want to return to both too. Dangerous!!!
:rotfl:

missangelalexis said:
GORGEOUS photos! Such a treat that you got to see it twice!

Wow that's a lot of people!

Sorry the trip home was a little stressful but you made it! And I'm sure DS was so so happy to see you both!

Thank you for sharing this awesome trip! I'm so glad it was everything you wanted it to be and that you don't regret adding the time in Paris.

Can't wait to hear about the DL trip!!

We were both so glad we made the decision to see it both nights, as one viewing just wasn't enough! It was crazy how packed Main Street was that second night compared to the first! :eek:

Thanks for taking the time to read along!

skier_pete said:
Catching up again - I've been a BAD reader. Love all the pictures of DLP. DLP isn't high on my list of places to go, though I REALLY want to go to Paris again. (I went with a high school French class at 16 and haven't been back since - almost 30 years!) I couldn't imagine going there and not going into Paris, just about the most beautiful place in the world IMO. I suppose when we do someday get to Paris we will add on a day or two to at least see DLP, from your posts it looks like 2 days would probably be enough. I MUCH more want to see Tokyo DisneySea someday. Paris is probably another 5 years off, and who knows when we'll ever get to Tokyo.

That said, it looked like you had a wonderful time there, and certainly getting upgraded to the Disneyland Hotel must have made it extra special. Looking forward to continuing to read your TR for DL as well as your upcoming trips!!

I totally understand, I have found my DIS time to be more limited lately too, but I'm trying to stay caught up because I do enjoy it so much!! I really hope one day we make it back, maybe with ABD, to experience Paris properly. Without knowing how busy it gets during other times of the year, 2 days seems like plenty of time to experience the two parks with how anemic Studios is.

The upgrade was totally amazing! It definitely made adding the DLP portion to the trip even more worth it!

Gracefulskinny said:
Loved the TR! Well Done start to finish!

Thanks so much!! :goodvibes

khertz · Jul 3, 2015

Thanks again to everyone for their kind words as this TR has come to an end. Whether you commented once or a hundred times, I appreciate every single one of you for taking the time to do so! A lot of you have followed me over from our WDW trip reports, so I thought I would post a link here for those that are interested in reading about our family's trip to Disneyland in March of this year!

"Does this ride have drops?" A March 2015 Disneyland Adventure

DDuck4Life · Jul 3, 2015

Just want to say a big THANK YOU to everyone who commented on the Photos and how they came out. A lot of time and effort went into them and all of it is made worth it with all the wonderful comments.

MinnieOmie · Jul 5, 2015

Thank you for the trip report. It was great reliving this experience and learning about DLP.

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