A dream is a wish
Mouseketeer
- Joined
- Mar 22, 2012
It's been a little while since we got back so I'm a bit late adding this, uni keeps getting in the way of my fun. I didn’t even have the time to do a PTR 
We stayed at Hotel New York from 21/11/13 to 25/11/13. On the trip was me and Chloe (7) and our friends Rachael, Jit and Dylan (2).
Highs
Hotel New York – What an amazing hotel! I loved it, the staff were all so lovely and couldn’t do more for us (apart from one which I’ll explain in the lows).
The parks in all their Christmas finery.
Christmas dreams – Wow!
The Christmas Cavalcade was really good too.
The tree lighting – I loved how the lights changed colour in time with the music.
Character meets – We had some brilliant character meets (Sandy Claws and Sally were FAB) and we met so many new characters. In fact on this trip we met more characters than we have before!
Food – We had a great meal at Auberge – they’ve added more options to the menu which I think will be popular, I had the beef, it was perfect! Also we had lovely meals at Blue Lagoon and the buffet in HNY, I can’t remember what it’s called at the moment.
Crowds – This was a high and a low really. The Thursday, Friday and Monday were so quiet, on Thursday the queue times for all of the rides in the Studios was 5 minutes, apart from Crush which was 15 minutes! Saturday was horrendous, that’s the only way to describe it, it was much worse than the summer so many people were there! Sunday was better, particularly early evening, but I think if we go back again for a Christmas trip we’ll stick to weekdays.
Lows
I have one major low – I’m not allowed to live there! I think this is extremely unfair
Rachael and Jit had a couple of lows.
Meals – They didn’t really have a good experience with their meals. The only one they really enjoyed was the meal we all had at the buffet in HNY. They ate at Planet Hollywood, they didn’t eat very much of their meals, Rachael actually said her ribs were so salty she couldn’t eat it and wasn’t feeling great after it. They also were really let down by Pizza Planet, they said the food was really bad. Café Mickey disappointed them as well, me and Chloe ate there a different day and shared a pizza and garlic bread and it was fine but Rachael and Jit had the Italian burger and were not impressed. They were also charged an obscene amount of money for Dylan to have a bowl of chips and an orange juice. They were charged 8 euros for one of them, I think it was the orange juice!
They also had a bad encounter with a CM at the hotel. On the day we were leaving we all had breakfast together but me and Chloe left to go to the parks while they finished. Dylan wasn’t himself and was sick after we left. The staff in the restaurant were great by the sounds of it and they left to change him. As we were leaving that day we’d all dropped our luggage off so they couldn’t go and dump the clothes in a bag in the case. Jit went in to the shop and explained the situation and asked if he could have a bag to put Dylan’s clothes in to go on the pushchair and he was told no and that he had to buy something to get a bag. From the sounds of it the CM was quite rude, so he just bought a bottle of pop so that they could have a bag. When they were leaving the hotel they stopped at reception and said what a lovely holiday they’ve had and how good the hotel and staff have been and the only thing that had bothered them was the CM in the shop who had upset them. They were told that they aren’t supposed to give bags out but given the circumstances they should have been given one. They were just leaving the hotel and the woman came after them and said by way of apology Dylan could have a free pin badge or balloon! That wasn’t expected, but was really nice.
Overall, we all had a great holiday as always! It really is my happy place
We stayed at Hotel New York from 21/11/13 to 25/11/13. On the trip was me and Chloe (7) and our friends Rachael, Jit and Dylan (2).
Highs
Hotel New York – What an amazing hotel! I loved it, the staff were all so lovely and couldn’t do more for us (apart from one which I’ll explain in the lows).
The parks in all their Christmas finery.
Christmas dreams – Wow!
The Christmas Cavalcade was really good too.
The tree lighting – I loved how the lights changed colour in time with the music.
Character meets – We had some brilliant character meets (Sandy Claws and Sally were FAB) and we met so many new characters. In fact on this trip we met more characters than we have before!
Food – We had a great meal at Auberge – they’ve added more options to the menu which I think will be popular, I had the beef, it was perfect! Also we had lovely meals at Blue Lagoon and the buffet in HNY, I can’t remember what it’s called at the moment.
Crowds – This was a high and a low really. The Thursday, Friday and Monday were so quiet, on Thursday the queue times for all of the rides in the Studios was 5 minutes, apart from Crush which was 15 minutes! Saturday was horrendous, that’s the only way to describe it, it was much worse than the summer so many people were there! Sunday was better, particularly early evening, but I think if we go back again for a Christmas trip we’ll stick to weekdays.
Lows
I have one major low – I’m not allowed to live there! I think this is extremely unfair
Rachael and Jit had a couple of lows.
Meals – They didn’t really have a good experience with their meals. The only one they really enjoyed was the meal we all had at the buffet in HNY. They ate at Planet Hollywood, they didn’t eat very much of their meals, Rachael actually said her ribs were so salty she couldn’t eat it and wasn’t feeling great after it. They also were really let down by Pizza Planet, they said the food was really bad. Café Mickey disappointed them as well, me and Chloe ate there a different day and shared a pizza and garlic bread and it was fine but Rachael and Jit had the Italian burger and were not impressed. They were also charged an obscene amount of money for Dylan to have a bowl of chips and an orange juice. They were charged 8 euros for one of them, I think it was the orange juice!
They also had a bad encounter with a CM at the hotel. On the day we were leaving we all had breakfast together but me and Chloe left to go to the parks while they finished. Dylan wasn’t himself and was sick after we left. The staff in the restaurant were great by the sounds of it and they left to change him. As we were leaving that day we’d all dropped our luggage off so they couldn’t go and dump the clothes in a bag in the case. Jit went in to the shop and explained the situation and asked if he could have a bag to put Dylan’s clothes in to go on the pushchair and he was told no and that he had to buy something to get a bag. From the sounds of it the CM was quite rude, so he just bought a bottle of pop so that they could have a bag. When they were leaving the hotel they stopped at reception and said what a lovely holiday they’ve had and how good the hotel and staff have been and the only thing that had bothered them was the CM in the shop who had upset them. They were told that they aren’t supposed to give bags out but given the circumstances they should have been given one. They were just leaving the hotel and the woman came after them and said by way of apology Dylan could have a free pin badge or balloon! That wasn’t expected, but was really nice.
Overall, we all had a great holiday as always! It really is my happy place
Sounds as if you had a brilliant trip and the Christmas extras sound so exciting. Just a shame your friends didn't have such a good experience with the dining but glad you had some great meals. 
I really hope we enjoy the food more than last time.
neither of us could finish them though. I do think this change will be much more popular, especially as there's more choice now.
