Danauk
<font color=green>I would be sitting on the patio
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Thursday 10th April
Today was our final day. So we got up early again, finished the packing and took all the bags down to the car. We then went for breakfast. When we checked in we were given the option of swapping one New York hotel breakfast for breakfast at Cafe Mickey. We were given 2 vouchers for today so off we went for our 8am reservation.
The breakfast was good, the same choice as breakfast at the New York. Soon we were joined by Pluto, Mickey and Minnie. They did a great job doing the rounds and making sure they visited every table. People were very patient and no one was running up to the characters.
After we had eaten we headed off to make use of early entry. We rode Buzz and Space Mountain a few times, each a walk on. Then we went to Adventureland for rope drop as we wanted to ride Indiana Jones. However once we got there we found it was having technical problems. So instead we headed off to ride BTMRR again.
After BTMRR we headed back over to Indiana Jones, but it was still having problems. So instead we decided to explore Advanture Isle and the Swiss Family Robbinson's tree house.
Soon we heard screams coming from the direction of Indiana Jones so we headed back to find it open. We only waited 5 minutes before we were on.
By now it was nearly 12:00, time for our reservation at Blue Lagoon. I was really looking forward to this meal as I love the theaming of the restaurant. However this meal was very dissapointing for several reasons. Firstly we checked in and were sent to the bridge to be seated. It then took over 5 minutes to be seated (the place was not busy, maybe 5 other tables had people at them.) When we finally were seated we were given a nice table by the waters edge however it took a long time for our orders to be taken. Then when the food arrived it was not all that good. The chicken dish I had was so fatty that I could not really eat it, which was a shame as the sauce was really nice. We only ate 2 courses and were in there for 1 hour 20 minutes. I did want desert but we decided we had been in there long enough!! The other thing that I noticed more this time was the number of people taking pictures of us from the ride. I guess for every boat where a flash didn't go off there was maybe 6 or 7 boats where one did.
After lunch we headed over to Fantasyland as I wanted to do The canal boats.
Then we did Alice's maze, I really enjoy this attraction!!
I love the view from the tower
Finally it was time to leave, so we stopped by to say good bye to the dragon guarding the castle on the way out.
So at 3pm we headed back to the car and sadly it was time to leave. We wanted to call in at Cite Europe on the way back. The drive to Calais was easy and we were in the Cite Europe car park by 5:40pm. We headed to tesco to get some champagne, then headed over to Carrefour to get a few boxes of red and white wine. Neither shops had one of the bottles of champagne that we wanted so we headed down to one of the specialist wine shops by the food area. I love this little shop and the owner is so nice. We found what we wanted and then grabbed a quick sandwich. By now it was 2 hours until our crossing so we decided to head over to the tunnel terminal to see if we could catch an earlier crossing. We were booked on the 9:20 but managed to change it to the 8:50. We went into the terminal building to get a coffee while we waited. Soon our letter was called. Our plan was to zoom through as soon as our letter was called in the hopes of getting a place on the 8:20 shuttle which we knew they were still loading (it was 8:10 at that time) The plan worked and we got a space on the 8:20pm crossing, an hour earlier than origionally booked. Soon we were on our way back to England. Once back we had an univentful drive back home where we finally arrived exchausted at 10:40pm. We decided to unpack the car, leave it all in the lounge and sort it out in the morning!!
Overall we had a great trip. I wish we had stayed a day longer as there were things we wanted to do but did not get to. Oh well, I guess that just means we have to plan to go back again!!
Today was our final day. So we got up early again, finished the packing and took all the bags down to the car. We then went for breakfast. When we checked in we were given the option of swapping one New York hotel breakfast for breakfast at Cafe Mickey. We were given 2 vouchers for today so off we went for our 8am reservation.
The breakfast was good, the same choice as breakfast at the New York. Soon we were joined by Pluto, Mickey and Minnie. They did a great job doing the rounds and making sure they visited every table. People were very patient and no one was running up to the characters.
After we had eaten we headed off to make use of early entry. We rode Buzz and Space Mountain a few times, each a walk on. Then we went to Adventureland for rope drop as we wanted to ride Indiana Jones. However once we got there we found it was having technical problems. So instead we headed off to ride BTMRR again.
After BTMRR we headed back over to Indiana Jones, but it was still having problems. So instead we decided to explore Advanture Isle and the Swiss Family Robbinson's tree house.
Soon we heard screams coming from the direction of Indiana Jones so we headed back to find it open. We only waited 5 minutes before we were on.
By now it was nearly 12:00, time for our reservation at Blue Lagoon. I was really looking forward to this meal as I love the theaming of the restaurant. However this meal was very dissapointing for several reasons. Firstly we checked in and were sent to the bridge to be seated. It then took over 5 minutes to be seated (the place was not busy, maybe 5 other tables had people at them.) When we finally were seated we were given a nice table by the waters edge however it took a long time for our orders to be taken. Then when the food arrived it was not all that good. The chicken dish I had was so fatty that I could not really eat it, which was a shame as the sauce was really nice. We only ate 2 courses and were in there for 1 hour 20 minutes. I did want desert but we decided we had been in there long enough!! The other thing that I noticed more this time was the number of people taking pictures of us from the ride. I guess for every boat where a flash didn't go off there was maybe 6 or 7 boats where one did.
After lunch we headed over to Fantasyland as I wanted to do The canal boats.
Then we did Alice's maze, I really enjoy this attraction!!
I love the view from the tower
Finally it was time to leave, so we stopped by to say good bye to the dragon guarding the castle on the way out.
So at 3pm we headed back to the car and sadly it was time to leave. We wanted to call in at Cite Europe on the way back. The drive to Calais was easy and we were in the Cite Europe car park by 5:40pm. We headed to tesco to get some champagne, then headed over to Carrefour to get a few boxes of red and white wine. Neither shops had one of the bottles of champagne that we wanted so we headed down to one of the specialist wine shops by the food area. I love this little shop and the owner is so nice. We found what we wanted and then grabbed a quick sandwich. By now it was 2 hours until our crossing so we decided to head over to the tunnel terminal to see if we could catch an earlier crossing. We were booked on the 9:20 but managed to change it to the 8:50. We went into the terminal building to get a coffee while we waited. Soon our letter was called. Our plan was to zoom through as soon as our letter was called in the hopes of getting a place on the 8:20 shuttle which we knew they were still loading (it was 8:10 at that time) The plan worked and we got a space on the 8:20pm crossing, an hour earlier than origionally booked. Soon we were on our way back to England. Once back we had an univentful drive back home where we finally arrived exchausted at 10:40pm. We decided to unpack the car, leave it all in the lounge and sort it out in the morning!!
Overall we had a great trip. I wish we had stayed a day longer as there were things we wanted to do but did not get to. Oh well, I guess that just means we have to plan to go back again!!
