sammie1884
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Ok, I warn you now this is going to be a long one! We may of only gone for 2 days but I do tend to chatter on a bit 
Cast:
Me (Sammie) 27 and obsessed with anything Disney especially Tinkerbell
Hubbie (Craig) 30 obsessed with anything Disney especially Toy Story
DS (Chester) 3 obsessed with being a monkey and slinky dog ride!!
I will put DD even though she did not come with us
Millie age 5months loves watching Little Mermaid with me and is obsessed with her Belle teddy!
So on Friday I got Chester up at 5.30am, I had not slept all night I was so excited about seeing Craig and Chester's faces when they realised where we were going!!
I was so excited about seeing Craigs face that I forgot to take pictures! (most unlike me!) They were both so so excited and Craig was so shocked! He could not believe that I had managed to pull it off AND keep it a secret for almost 6months!
We took a very excited Chester to Nursery school and spent the day packing and getting ready (I had arranged for Craig to have time off work!). I did/do feel incredibly guilty that we were not taking Millie (my parents looked after her) but actually I am glad looking back at it that I stuck to my decision. It was the right thing to do for us.
Saturday we had a surprise lunch for Craig then headed over to my parents house, we stayed there the night and then on the Sunday morning my Dad drove us to Ebsfleet, Chester was all ready to go in his Jake and the neverland pirates outfit!
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We have only done Eurostar indirect before so was really looking forward to going direct! We got to the station in plenty of time, Chester was very pleased to get a disney pack whilst we were waiting and I was very pleased that they let me have one for Millie! Train Journey was fab, we had table seats (that I had chosen) had 2 lovely ladies sitting opposite us, thankfully they didnt mind the whirlwind that is Chester!
When we arrived, the plan was to get the pink 50 bus to our hotel (l'elysse) but when we got to the timetable it said that it wasnt due for another 40mins (between 12 and 2.40 it only has one bus) I didnt really want to waste time so we headed back into the station and got a rer train to val de europe. I was very nervous about this but actually it was very easy to do and the hotel was just opposite the station so we didnt even get lost!
We checked in, dumped our stuff in our (very lovely room) and headed over to the parks on the shuttle bus.
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We decided to go straight into the Studios first as Chester remembered Slinky dog ride from last time and really wanted to go on it! We headed to the ticket booths as we had sky deals vouchers so needed to exchange for our tickets (this was another thing that was panicing me, but again I needn't of worried it was so easy!)
When we got into the park we were a little overwhelmed at how busy it seemed (having gone in January before June was a massive difference haha) we started to que for the studio tours as Craig really wanted to do it, but 20mins in and the que was not really moving I think they were having break down issues, with a very excitable Chester we decided to just head round to Slinky dog instead! The weather was fab really warm and sunny, was great to see the parks in sunshine and not drizzle and rain!
So anyway..... we got round to Slinky dog, que'd for no more than 10mins and we were on!
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As you can see Chester still loved it! we then headed round to Cars and got on that within 20mins of que'ing, the whole time we were que'ing Chester was saying he needed to go on a blue car and I was really worried about the tantrum that would follow if we didnt get a blue car
luckily we were front of our que bit so were able to head straight to a blue car!
We looked around a bit, taking in some of the details. Wanted to see stitch live but no english showings
so we decided to head over to Annettes Diner for some early tea (it was about 5.15ish)
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Craig had the meal deal so got a burger meal, drink and brownie, Chester had a kids hot dog meal and I had some hash brown sticks (knowing that chester would never finish his meal!) It was sooo lovely, infact we have decided that its the best meal we have eaten at dlp. Chester's meal was massive he didnt even eat a quarter of the chips, so I helped him. The staff were so so friendly and our waiter even gave chester 6 plastic cups to take home with him!
Then we headed into Disney park, Wow. We had to stop at the bottom of main st and take in the castle. We may have seen it before but that lump in my throat is there everytime! We headed straight round to Buzz lightyear as that is Craig's fave! To my surprise the fast pass was still available so I grabbed us some fast passes then we got in the normal que, it was very fast moving so only took about 10mins or so until we got to the front.
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Much to Craig's annoyance I got the best score, he will still claim he is the best but I have the proof that infact it is me that is the best
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Chester really wanted to go on the rockets but the que was over an hour and I knew he would not last that long! The parade was about to start and I had remembered what people had said on here about it not being as good as expected, so we decided to make use of the shorter que's and head to its a small world. BUT whilst making our way over there we actually got cordoned off by the entrance where the parade starts! So as it happens we did see the parade! I am actually glad we did, although I totally agree I have seen better Disney parades and I do think the repetitive music lets it down, seeing Chester's face was worth it! He loved it, he saw Hook and put his fists up at him!!
We were lucky that because we were at beginning of parade we were able to quickly get over to IASW and got on it straight away! We all really loved it (to my surprise!) we had never seen the dlp one before only the wdw one.
Then we headed over too the storybook ride and casey jr, last time they were closed for refurb so another dlp first! We all loved Casey Jr what a little hidden gem!
By then it was our fast pass time for Buzz Lightyear so we went back onto that, Chester sat next to me this time.... and beat me! I will let him have it though, I was busy looking at all the detailing
Then Chester brought himself a Buzz Lightyear space ranger spin gun, and spent the rest of the break 'shooting' people!
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We headed over to Pirates of the Carribean, Chester was a bit scared at first but he soon loved it, especially the log drop!
Before we traveled we measured Chester and I was pretty sure he was still 1cm too short for BTM but as he really wanted to do it, we went over to check. The cm was really good, he measured him, chatted to him and then explained to me that he was just a tiny bit too short. He could see the disappointment in Chester's face so he gave him a certificate which allows him to go straight to the front of the que on his next vist
Chester was happy about this because it means we deffo have to come back for him to use it! 
I went on BTM (first time at dlp) and loved it! I must of looked like a right loner laughing at myself all the way round but I dont care!
Next Craig wanted to go on Phantom Manor, so we walked round to there, he wanted to take Chester on but I said no way!
Whilst Craig was on the ride, Chester was busy running around 'shooting' people!
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By this time it was 10.45pm and I was amazed that Chester was still standing we put Chester into the pushchair and walked over to Main Street to get a good photo spot for dreams half way down. Chester fell asleep at 10.58!! I was gutted for him, but knew it was pointless to wake him, he had done so so well all day.
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Craig filmed for me on my small camera (we didnt take our video) so we could show Chester. I took way way way to many pics!! I wont show them on here as I would not want to spoil its awesomeness on here! It truly was amazing, I had a lump in my throat on more than one occasion! We left 5 mins before then end as we had to catch the last shuttle back to hotel at 11.40. I was ok with that though as I could still see it as we were walking out. We then ran to the bus stop and got in the massive scrum for the bus. I can not believe how rude some of the guests were, climbing over our pushchair to get on before us!! Luckily a really nice guest came to the rescue! He was already on and had spotted what had happened, he lifted the pushchair on for us and made people move so we could all fit on. We were really appreciative of this as it was not a very nice panic to be in!!
We got back to the hotel by 12, lifted Chester into his bed without even waking him and crashed out ourselves!
Day 2 coming soon!!!
Cast:
Me (Sammie) 27 and obsessed with anything Disney especially Tinkerbell
Hubbie (Craig) 30 obsessed with anything Disney especially Toy Story
DS (Chester) 3 obsessed with being a monkey and slinky dog ride!!
I will put DD even though she did not come with us
Millie age 5months loves watching Little Mermaid with me and is obsessed with her Belle teddy!So on Friday I got Chester up at 5.30am, I had not slept all night I was so excited about seeing Craig and Chester's faces when they realised where we were going!!
I was so excited about seeing Craigs face that I forgot to take pictures! (most unlike me!) They were both so so excited and Craig was so shocked! He could not believe that I had managed to pull it off AND keep it a secret for almost 6months!
We took a very excited Chester to Nursery school and spent the day packing and getting ready (I had arranged for Craig to have time off work!). I did/do feel incredibly guilty that we were not taking Millie (my parents looked after her) but actually I am glad looking back at it that I stuck to my decision. It was the right thing to do for us.
Saturday we had a surprise lunch for Craig then headed over to my parents house, we stayed there the night and then on the Sunday morning my Dad drove us to Ebsfleet, Chester was all ready to go in his Jake and the neverland pirates outfit!
We have only done Eurostar indirect before so was really looking forward to going direct! We got to the station in plenty of time, Chester was very pleased to get a disney pack whilst we were waiting and I was very pleased that they let me have one for Millie! Train Journey was fab, we had table seats (that I had chosen) had 2 lovely ladies sitting opposite us, thankfully they didnt mind the whirlwind that is Chester!
When we arrived, the plan was to get the pink 50 bus to our hotel (l'elysse) but when we got to the timetable it said that it wasnt due for another 40mins (between 12 and 2.40 it only has one bus) I didnt really want to waste time so we headed back into the station and got a rer train to val de europe. I was very nervous about this but actually it was very easy to do and the hotel was just opposite the station so we didnt even get lost!
We checked in, dumped our stuff in our (very lovely room) and headed over to the parks on the shuttle bus.
We decided to go straight into the Studios first as Chester remembered Slinky dog ride from last time and really wanted to go on it! We headed to the ticket booths as we had sky deals vouchers so needed to exchange for our tickets (this was another thing that was panicing me, but again I needn't of worried it was so easy!)
When we got into the park we were a little overwhelmed at how busy it seemed (having gone in January before June was a massive difference haha) we started to que for the studio tours as Craig really wanted to do it, but 20mins in and the que was not really moving I think they were having break down issues, with a very excitable Chester we decided to just head round to Slinky dog instead! The weather was fab really warm and sunny, was great to see the parks in sunshine and not drizzle and rain!
So anyway..... we got round to Slinky dog, que'd for no more than 10mins and we were on!
As you can see Chester still loved it! we then headed round to Cars and got on that within 20mins of que'ing, the whole time we were que'ing Chester was saying he needed to go on a blue car and I was really worried about the tantrum that would follow if we didnt get a blue car
luckily we were front of our que bit so were able to head straight to a blue car! We looked around a bit, taking in some of the details. Wanted to see stitch live but no english showings
so we decided to head over to Annettes Diner for some early tea (it was about 5.15ish)
Craig had the meal deal so got a burger meal, drink and brownie, Chester had a kids hot dog meal and I had some hash brown sticks (knowing that chester would never finish his meal!) It was sooo lovely, infact we have decided that its the best meal we have eaten at dlp. Chester's meal was massive he didnt even eat a quarter of the chips, so I helped him. The staff were so so friendly and our waiter even gave chester 6 plastic cups to take home with him!
Then we headed into Disney park, Wow. We had to stop at the bottom of main st and take in the castle. We may have seen it before but that lump in my throat is there everytime! We headed straight round to Buzz lightyear as that is Craig's fave! To my surprise the fast pass was still available so I grabbed us some fast passes then we got in the normal que, it was very fast moving so only took about 10mins or so until we got to the front.
Much to Craig's annoyance I got the best score, he will still claim he is the best but I have the proof that infact it is me that is the best
Chester really wanted to go on the rockets but the que was over an hour and I knew he would not last that long! The parade was about to start and I had remembered what people had said on here about it not being as good as expected, so we decided to make use of the shorter que's and head to its a small world. BUT whilst making our way over there we actually got cordoned off by the entrance where the parade starts! So as it happens we did see the parade! I am actually glad we did, although I totally agree I have seen better Disney parades and I do think the repetitive music lets it down, seeing Chester's face was worth it! He loved it, he saw Hook and put his fists up at him!!
We were lucky that because we were at beginning of parade we were able to quickly get over to IASW and got on it straight away! We all really loved it (to my surprise!) we had never seen the dlp one before only the wdw one.
Then we headed over too the storybook ride and casey jr, last time they were closed for refurb so another dlp first! We all loved Casey Jr what a little hidden gem!
By then it was our fast pass time for Buzz Lightyear so we went back onto that, Chester sat next to me this time.... and beat me! I will let him have it though, I was busy looking at all the detailing
Then Chester brought himself a Buzz Lightyear space ranger spin gun, and spent the rest of the break 'shooting' people!
We headed over to Pirates of the Carribean, Chester was a bit scared at first but he soon loved it, especially the log drop!
Before we traveled we measured Chester and I was pretty sure he was still 1cm too short for BTM but as he really wanted to do it, we went over to check. The cm was really good, he measured him, chatted to him and then explained to me that he was just a tiny bit too short. He could see the disappointment in Chester's face so he gave him a certificate which allows him to go straight to the front of the que on his next vist
Chester was happy about this because it means we deffo have to come back for him to use it! I went on BTM (first time at dlp) and loved it! I must of looked like a right loner laughing at myself all the way round but I dont care!Next Craig wanted to go on Phantom Manor, so we walked round to there, he wanted to take Chester on but I said no way!
Whilst Craig was on the ride, Chester was busy running around 'shooting' people!
By this time it was 10.45pm and I was amazed that Chester was still standing
we put Chester into the pushchair and walked over to Main Street to get a good photo spot for dreams half way down. Chester fell asleep at 10.58!! I was gutted for him, but knew it was pointless to wake him, he had done so so well all day.
Craig filmed for me on my small camera (we didnt take our video) so we could show Chester. I took way way way to many pics!! I wont show them on here as I would not want to spoil its awesomeness on here! It truly was amazing, I had a lump in my throat on more than one occasion! We left 5 mins before then end as we had to catch the last shuttle back to hotel at 11.40. I was ok with that though as I could still see it as we were walking out. We then ran to the bus stop and got in the massive scrum for the bus. I can not believe how rude some of the guests were, climbing over our pushchair to get on before us!! Luckily a really nice guest came to the rescue! He was already on and had spotted what had happened, he lifted the pushchair on for us and made people move so we could all fit on. We were really appreciative of this as it was not a very nice panic to be in!!
We got back to the hotel by 12, lifted Chester into his bed without even waking him and crashed out ourselves!
Day 2 coming soon!!!
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we went on twice in a row as there was no que!
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and this time it was just broken down all the time! Such a shame!
) and Snow white because it didnt open until the afternoon on second day, I am annoyed about this because I forgot to go back to it! I put this down to lack of planning time 
