Ms Poppins
I'm sure I'm very affected by all this Disney talk
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Abbey's Birthday Trip - Sunday 6 May Thursday 10 May
Cast:
Me Julie (37)
DH John (41)
DD Abbey (15 on our arrival date!)
DS Lewis (7)
Our 20th Anniversary trip is finally in sight and I thought Id try and calm my excitement by starting my trip report
Last trip was July last year, and we had a fabulous time. Refurbs were in full flow throughout the park and the recent completion of the Castle took my breath away. We were all really looking forward to an Anniversary trip, but couldnt quite agree when or how as our funds were pretty low.
So I started pricing and trying to fit everything in with school holidays, exam times, and possible Uni holidays (DS1, Mark will hopefully be starting in October), when Mark dropped a bombshell and said he wasnt bothered about coming this time
My brainwashing had definitely worn off or maybe he was just angling for a trip with his mates instead. It turned out he was, and let slip that his pals had all booked themselves a weeks holiday away in June, and that he really wanted to go with them. Hes 18 on the Friday before we leave, so we said wed pay for it as a Birthday present.
Ill just get this out of the way now Im absolutely gutted that hes not coming with us
but Im not going to dwell on it. And, I cant possibly do a trip report for DLP without him in it, so here is my favourite photo of them all last July:
The plus side though is that we werent as restricted with dates or prices as we would only need 1 room instead of 2
I dont mind the kids not being in school for a couple of days, and with that in mind, we decided that wed arrange the holiday for the beginning of May where theres a bank holiday. This also coincides with Abbeys birthday (2 days after Marks, very poor planning!) which she is delighted with 
Travel
We drove last year and DH said never again. It was actually ok in France but we hit many, many roadworks in the UK and it did exhaust us. Eurostar is my favourite way of getting to DLP, but again the dreaded roadworks might hinder us. Weve not flown to DLP since the very first time in 1998 and I really felt our first and last days park tickets were a waste. However, I checked out flight times and found reasonable ones this time, with the intention of staying off-site for the first and last nights. A sale was on, so on the spur of the moment I booked our flights back in January. Our flight gets in at 19:00, and Ive arranged for Ezyshuttle to shuttle us to the magic!
Hotel
I intended to book off-site for the first night and transfer to on-site the following morning. I was then going to book 2 nights at on-site hotel and move off-site again for the last night (to keep costs down). Also we dont need tickets for the last day as the flight is earlier in the day. However, when the discounts started popping up, it worked out cheaper for us to be onsite from the first night, as 3 night stays benefited from 40% off
plus the bonus of the parks opening late swung it meaning the first days park tickets wouldnt be a complete waste. Anyone who knows me on here wont be surprised to learn that were at the Hotel New York again love it 
So, its 3 nights at HNY and then well move off-site for the last night. Ezyshuttle need to pick us up at 08:20 on the last day and I would feel sick if I knew I had park tickets in by bag going to waste! Ive not booked off-site yet, but will likely be Kyriad or Dream Castle, unless Shareholders line can come up trumphs!
Meals
We dont have these completely planned yet, think we might and wait to see what we feel like when were there. But will most probably eat at the following:
Eos
Annette's want to see this all shiny and new!
Rainforest Café Abbey loved it here last time
Cowboy Cookout going to try this as alternative to Café Mickey
Blockbuster Café love the Croques here
Plaza Gardens like the look of the buffet
Toad Hall a tasty fish supper
Walts hoping for a Dreams special here!
Looking forward to
EMH a must for our Peter Pan fix
Dreams!!! Want to see this on our first night for Abbeys Birthday
Princess Pavillion kids not really bothered about characters but I want to see the inside, just cos its new!
Central Plaza so looking forward to the view without that ghastly stage!
Stitch despite this being in our plans in previous years, weve still never done it!
Casey Junior another one we always miss
Pizza Planet just for a peek as Lewis wants to see RC at the door
Enjoy the pool at HNY
Try to get to Studios for opening to do Crush/parachutes
Late park hours, just like summer!
Flying and the extra time well have (hopefully)
Celebrating Abbey's Birthday at DLP again. She had her first birthday here, along with Mark's 4th Birthday. Here they were - 15 years ago!!
Im hoping that with everything open and it not being school holidays, it wont be as busy as it was last summer. I know there is a French holiday when were there. We missed a lot at the Studios last time, due to taking a day trip to Paris and it being really busy so hope to make up for it this time.
Weather wise as long as its not too wet, Ill be happy. But I would love to see the castle in the sun
The mega planning phase has now started
Abbey's Birthday Trip - Sunday 6 May Thursday 10 May
Cast:
Me Julie (37)
DH John (41)
DD Abbey (15 on our arrival date!)
DS Lewis (7)
Our 20th Anniversary trip is finally in sight and I thought Id try and calm my excitement by starting my trip report
Last trip was July last year, and we had a fabulous time. Refurbs were in full flow throughout the park and the recent completion of the Castle took my breath away. We were all really looking forward to an Anniversary trip, but couldnt quite agree when or how as our funds were pretty low.
So I started pricing and trying to fit everything in with school holidays, exam times, and possible Uni holidays (DS1, Mark will hopefully be starting in October), when Mark dropped a bombshell and said he wasnt bothered about coming this time
My brainwashing had definitely worn off or maybe he was just angling for a trip with his mates instead. It turned out he was, and let slip that his pals had all booked themselves a weeks holiday away in June, and that he really wanted to go with them. Hes 18 on the Friday before we leave, so we said wed pay for it as a Birthday present. Ill just get this out of the way now Im absolutely gutted that hes not coming with us
but Im not going to dwell on it. And, I cant possibly do a trip report for DLP without him in it, so here is my favourite photo of them all last July:
The plus side though is that we werent as restricted with dates or prices as we would only need 1 room instead of 2
I dont mind the kids not being in school for a couple of days, and with that in mind, we decided that wed arrange the holiday for the beginning of May where theres a bank holiday. This also coincides with Abbeys birthday (2 days after Marks, very poor planning!) which she is delighted with Travel
We drove last year and DH said never again. It was actually ok in France but we hit many, many roadworks in the UK and it did exhaust us. Eurostar is my favourite way of getting to DLP, but again the dreaded roadworks might hinder us. Weve not flown to DLP since the very first time in 1998 and I really felt our first and last days park tickets were a waste. However, I checked out flight times and found reasonable ones this time, with the intention of staying off-site for the first and last nights. A sale was on, so on the spur of the moment I booked our flights back in January. Our flight gets in at 19:00, and Ive arranged for Ezyshuttle to shuttle us to the magic!
Hotel
I intended to book off-site for the first night and transfer to on-site the following morning. I was then going to book 2 nights at on-site hotel and move off-site again for the last night (to keep costs down). Also we dont need tickets for the last day as the flight is earlier in the day. However, when the discounts started popping up, it worked out cheaper for us to be onsite from the first night, as 3 night stays benefited from 40% off
plus the bonus of the parks opening late swung it meaning the first days park tickets wouldnt be a complete waste. Anyone who knows me on here wont be surprised to learn that were at the Hotel New York again love it So, its 3 nights at HNY and then well move off-site for the last night. Ezyshuttle need to pick us up at 08:20 on the last day and I would feel sick if I knew I had park tickets in by bag going to waste! Ive not booked off-site yet, but will likely be Kyriad or Dream Castle, unless Shareholders line can come up trumphs!
Meals
We dont have these completely planned yet, think we might and wait to see what we feel like when were there. But will most probably eat at the following:
Eos
Annette's want to see this all shiny and new!
Rainforest Café Abbey loved it here last time
Cowboy Cookout going to try this as alternative to Café Mickey
Blockbuster Café love the Croques here
Plaza Gardens like the look of the buffet
Toad Hall a tasty fish supper
Walts hoping for a Dreams special here!
Looking forward to
EMH a must for our Peter Pan fix
Dreams!!! Want to see this on our first night for Abbeys Birthday
Princess Pavillion kids not really bothered about characters but I want to see the inside, just cos its new!
Central Plaza so looking forward to the view without that ghastly stage!
Stitch despite this being in our plans in previous years, weve still never done it!
Casey Junior another one we always miss
Pizza Planet just for a peek as Lewis wants to see RC at the door
Enjoy the pool at HNY
Try to get to Studios for opening to do Crush/parachutes
Late park hours, just like summer!
Flying and the extra time well have (hopefully)
Celebrating Abbey's Birthday at DLP again. She had her first birthday here, along with Mark's 4th Birthday. Here they were - 15 years ago!!
Im hoping that with everything open and it not being school holidays, it wont be as busy as it was last summer. I know there is a French holiday when were there. We missed a lot at the Studios last time, due to taking a day trip to Paris and it being really busy so hope to make up for it this time.
Weather wise as long as its not too wet, Ill be happy. But I would love to see the castle in the sun
The mega planning phase has now started
Sorry your eldest won't be with you but hurray that your 15yo is still excited by Disney. I know exactly what you mean about wasted tickets. Our flight times are very poor, from park entry point of view, but worked out better for us overall. We'd have love to gone direct Eurostar as we've done before but it was super expensive!
. I hope that she has a great birthday!
So we end up spending our entire meal watching for him coming near the table and Lewis seat hopping to avoid him. We'll try Cowboy Cookout for a change.
