Just got back home today after a stop over at Ashford Travelodge overall we had a great time. I am intending to do a full TR in the next few days but have so much washing food shopping etc, you know what it's like when you come back.
Stayed Sunday night and following Friday night at Ashford Travelodge before the Eurotunnel. 1 night at the Hotel Premirre classe at Bussey St Georges on the Monday so we could be in the park for 8am EMH. Both hotels were basic, but were fine just for sleeping in.
Highs
1. Staying at the HNY, it is such a lovely hotel we loved the chocolate coins in the evening, the twin sinks, the Christmas trees, the theming in fact everything about it and it is so nice not have the scrum to get the shuttle and be so close to the park and village.
2. Being upgraded to a lake view room right over the ice rink.
Wow what a view and as Monday's fireworks were postponed to Tuesday due to high winds we were able to watch them in our room in bed. Which was really handy with two tied children.
3. Princess meal - Fantastic. Timed this for 6pm on Thursday which was lucky as the crowds were very busy in the park due to a French holiday and we missed some very bad weather for the 2 and 1/2 hours we was in there, the service was brilliant. It's expensive and I did not like the starter and I would not normally ever eat somewhere like this, but it was worth every penny for the princess interaction and to see my DD face. We saw Belle, Cinderalla, Suzy, Perla, Snow White, Aurora and Price Phillip they all came back for a second visit. DD was dressed as SW and SW spent a very long time taking and dancing with her. At the end of the meal when most people had gone the princesses and prince was standing around the dance floor so DD went up do show them some of her dance moves and even had SW Aurora and Phillip dancing with here for ages, just fantastic.
4. We had 2 days Tue and Wed of the park being very quiet and most rides being a walk on.
5. Being able to pick up our Hotel Easy Pass and park tickets the evening before our stay.
6. Finding out we had been upgraded to Empire floor benefits.
We had a free character breakfast every day on the Empire floor you could turn up at any time and mostly this was empty so we had the breakfast room and characters to ourselves, goofy spent a long time rolling on the floor and I never heard DS and DD laugh so much. We had pancakes with strawberries and bacon and eggs it was yummy. The other benefit was we had a free tea between 4-6pm we had hot choc toast and jams cakes, sweets etc so between this and breakfast we did not need to spend any money on food so saved us a packet. We felt very lucky each time we got in the lift and pressed the Empire Floor button.
7. Coming up to our room on the first night and finding 2 Disney Bolt dog Plushes on our beds.
8. EMH being able to ride Buzz, Peterpan, Dumbo, Orbiton, Pinnochio and tea cups tons of times before it got busy.
9. We had some great character interaction in the parades and shows DS and DD dressed up as Woody, Buzz, Ariel Sully, Peter Pan, SW and Belle and this really made a difference. The characters really love to see someone from their story. DS had fun scaring Sully in CAS, showtime spectatular and the meet and great. Fighting with Captain Hook in the OUAD parade and dancing with Woody and Jessie in CAS. DD as Belle has really taken to Gaston and has meet him twice in CAS.
Lows
1. We wanted to go on the balloon, but in was closed due to weather conditions for the whole time.
2. Weather it rained / showered every day and my trainers and spare pair were rubbish, so I ended up with wet smelly feet everyday.
3. Crowds and very long lines Thur and Friday due to be a French holiday. However we had been on all the rides and more on the quite days so used this time to see the shows. Also DD dressed up as SW and was allowed to go straight on the ride via the exit and DS was dressed as Peter Pan and was allowed to have unlimited fastpasses for Peter Pan.
4. DD being elbowed in the eye in a park scrum. We new which area Woody and Jessie went to when they got off the Train so waited there for them. DD was about to have a photo taken when was elbowed and pushed to the side by a much older child. This was the one and only Scrum of the holiday we only then used official meet and greats.
5. Loosing DS (3)
It was our last day (fri) and the park was very busy so we decided to explore adventure isle as we had never done this before and we had over an hour to wait before the parade. We spend 20 mins exploring when DS suddenly run off, I had only turned round for 1 second to speak to DH and he was gone, There was 3 different ways he could have gone so we was running around frantically shouting for him. We reporting him missing after 10 mins with a CM at the treehouse and spent a further 15 mins running around like loonies looking for him. It was getting dark and I was frightening he might climb over the ropes and fall into the water. Finally we decided DH was to stay and look for him and I was going to the lost child centre. On the way I asked at a food vendor if they had seen him and he took me to the shop. The lady in the shop had found him walking along by himself he was not worried and did not cry and was happy playing with a Buzz Lightyear potatoe man in the lost child centre.
6. On the way home missing our Euro tunnel check in by 5 mins so having to get a train 1 hour later.
7. DD breaking the arm and leg off the Mickey Christmas decoration she was going to carefully hold on the way home.
Stayed Sunday night and following Friday night at Ashford Travelodge before the Eurotunnel. 1 night at the Hotel Premirre classe at Bussey St Georges on the Monday so we could be in the park for 8am EMH. Both hotels were basic, but were fine just for sleeping in.
Highs
1. Staying at the HNY, it is such a lovely hotel we loved the chocolate coins in the evening, the twin sinks, the Christmas trees, the theming in fact everything about it and it is so nice not have the scrum to get the shuttle and be so close to the park and village.
2. Being upgraded to a lake view room right over the ice rink.
Wow what a view and as Monday's fireworks were postponed to Tuesday due to high winds we were able to watch them in our room in bed. Which was really handy with two tied children. 3. Princess meal - Fantastic. Timed this for 6pm on Thursday which was lucky as the crowds were very busy in the park due to a French holiday and we missed some very bad weather for the 2 and 1/2 hours we was in there, the service was brilliant. It's expensive and I did not like the starter and I would not normally ever eat somewhere like this, but it was worth every penny for the princess interaction and to see my DD face. We saw Belle, Cinderalla, Suzy, Perla, Snow White, Aurora and Price Phillip they all came back for a second visit. DD was dressed as SW and SW spent a very long time taking and dancing with her. At the end of the meal when most people had gone the princesses and prince was standing around the dance floor so DD went up do show them some of her dance moves and even had SW Aurora and Phillip dancing with here for ages, just fantastic.
4. We had 2 days Tue and Wed of the park being very quiet and most rides being a walk on.
5. Being able to pick up our Hotel Easy Pass and park tickets the evening before our stay.
6. Finding out we had been upgraded to Empire floor benefits
.We had a free character breakfast every day on the Empire floor you could turn up at any time and mostly this was empty so we had the breakfast room and characters to ourselves, goofy spent a long time rolling on the floor and I never heard DS and DD laugh so much. We had pancakes with strawberries and bacon and eggs it was yummy. The other benefit was we had a free tea between 4-6pm we had hot choc toast and jams cakes, sweets etc so between this and breakfast we did not need to spend any money on food so saved us a packet.
We felt very lucky each time we got in the lift and pressed the Empire Floor button.7. Coming up to our room on the first night and finding 2 Disney Bolt dog Plushes on our beds.
8. EMH being able to ride Buzz, Peterpan, Dumbo, Orbiton, Pinnochio and tea cups tons of times before it got busy.
9. We had some great character interaction in the parades and shows DS and DD dressed up as Woody, Buzz, Ariel Sully, Peter Pan, SW and Belle and this really made a difference. The characters really love to see someone from their story. DS had fun scaring Sully in CAS, showtime spectatular and the meet and great. Fighting with Captain Hook in the OUAD parade and dancing with Woody and Jessie in CAS. DD as Belle has really taken to Gaston and has meet him twice in CAS.
Lows
1. We wanted to go on the balloon, but in was closed due to weather conditions for the whole time.
2. Weather it rained / showered every day and my trainers and spare pair were rubbish, so I ended up with wet smelly feet everyday.
3. Crowds and very long lines Thur and Friday due to be a French holiday. However we had been on all the rides and more on the quite days so used this time to see the shows. Also DD dressed up as SW and was allowed to go straight on the ride via the exit and DS was dressed as Peter Pan and was allowed to have unlimited fastpasses for Peter Pan.
4. DD being elbowed in the eye in a park scrum. We new which area Woody and Jessie went to when they got off the Train so waited there for them. DD was about to have a photo taken when was elbowed and pushed to the side by a much older child. This was the one and only Scrum of the holiday we only then used official meet and greats.
5. Loosing DS (3)
It was our last day (fri) and the park was very busy so we decided to explore adventure isle as we had never done this before and we had over an hour to wait before the parade. We spend 20 mins exploring when DS suddenly run off, I had only turned round for 1 second to speak to DH and he was gone, There was 3 different ways he could have gone so we was running around frantically shouting for him. We reporting him missing after 10 mins with a CM at the treehouse and spent a further 15 mins running around like loonies looking for him. It was getting dark and I was frightening he might climb over the ropes and fall into the water. Finally we decided DH was to stay and look for him and I was going to the lost child centre. On the way I asked at a food vendor if they had seen him and he took me to the shop. The lady in the shop had found him walking along by himself he was not worried and did not cry and was happy playing with a Buzz Lightyear potatoe man in the lost child centre. 6. On the way home missing our Euro tunnel check in by 5 mins so having to get a train 1 hour later.
7. DD breaking the arm and leg off the Mickey Christmas decoration she was going to carefully hold on the way home.
at losing your DS, my DD did that to us on our last trip at Woody's Round Up 
I would love that - esp as I'm going with my MIL! 
at your poor DD being elbowed in the eye. 
