Demonica
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Me, husband Steve and daughters Mina (6) and Skye (2) - will get confused with the DD1/DD2 thing so will brave outing their names
Oct 12th
We spent the Saturday night at a Premier Inn in Dover and overlooked the sea ready to be near the Speed Ferries port for 7am. The ferry was on time and very smooth. We stayed on deck until it got too cold!
The drive down was fine. Think the toll cost us about 17 from Boulogne sur Mer to Paris but don't quote me on that. We arrived at the Hotel Cheyenne around 1:30pm and were able to check in and go straight to our room in Soaring Eagle. We unpacked and flaked out for a few minutes before strolling along the riverside behind Cheyenne to the park.
We planned on eating in Annettes Diner but queue was quite long so we entered the park instead on strict instructions we were to find food first. After reading about the croque monsieurs on here we went to the Deli where I had a ham and cheese one, Steve's had mushrooms and tomato too and the girls had Mickey pizza. How scrummy are they?! We vowed to eat another one before leaving.
I'd read about Emma seeing the characters at 4pm in Disneyland Hotel so thought we'd head there but waited for the Character Express first and had a wave. Found the entrance to DLH really easily and it does have a stunning foyer, loved the staircase and chandelier! Unfortunately it was really busy, maybe being a Sunday? But at 4pm characters started appearing all around the staircase. They came down to music and had a dance with some children.
Then they separated and went to different parts of the reception. We don't "do" scrums so wandered out but saw Chip with only one other family so went to say hello.
Once we'd left it was coming up to parade time. We walked up to our usual spot up by It's A Small World - facing it. They rope off an area for "special" guests here but if nobody shows they free it up so you have tons of room. The parade was great as usual. Loved the Halloween part too, thought the horses were rather brave!
Afterwards we went on It's A Small World which Skye adored. She sat in open-mouthed awe. From there we went to Pirates of the Caribbean which is one of Steve and Minas favourite rides. Skye wasn't sure about it but didn't cry. As we came off we spotted Captain Jack Sparrow with a half queue/half mob thing going on. We hovered and waited while some other girls pushed past Mina. I tapped them on the shoulder and with a stern "oi, get back" they did actually listen The large family in front of us were just doing endless photos and autographs so thought all we would get was a quick picture. He ended up crouching down and chatting away to Mina. He said he liked her dress and Mina replied she had an Elizabeth Swan one too which really impressed him. He asked if she knew who he was and that made him happy because little girls never know who he is.
He was really sweet and it's nice when they take the time to actually chat. Especially when there was a mob behind us. He also said he loved my Chip n Dale bag, that they are his fave characters and were round there earlier.
We were pretty shattered so headed back to the hotel after going on Phantom Manor.
The weather had been boiling so we sat outside the Red Garter Saloon and Steve had a beer while Mina and I shared a cocktail (juice!) pitcher.
I bought Skye a Donald Duck soft toy and Mina a Minnie one and we were in bed at 8:30pm.
Skip to - Day 2 Part 1
Oct 12th
We spent the Saturday night at a Premier Inn in Dover and overlooked the sea ready to be near the Speed Ferries port for 7am. The ferry was on time and very smooth. We stayed on deck until it got too cold!
The drive down was fine. Think the toll cost us about 17 from Boulogne sur Mer to Paris but don't quote me on that. We arrived at the Hotel Cheyenne around 1:30pm and were able to check in and go straight to our room in Soaring Eagle. We unpacked and flaked out for a few minutes before strolling along the riverside behind Cheyenne to the park.
We planned on eating in Annettes Diner but queue was quite long so we entered the park instead on strict instructions we were to find food first. After reading about the croque monsieurs on here we went to the Deli where I had a ham and cheese one, Steve's had mushrooms and tomato too and the girls had Mickey pizza. How scrummy are they?! We vowed to eat another one before leaving.
I'd read about Emma seeing the characters at 4pm in Disneyland Hotel so thought we'd head there but waited for the Character Express first and had a wave. Found the entrance to DLH really easily and it does have a stunning foyer, loved the staircase and chandelier! Unfortunately it was really busy, maybe being a Sunday? But at 4pm characters started appearing all around the staircase. They came down to music and had a dance with some children.
Then they separated and went to different parts of the reception. We don't "do" scrums so wandered out but saw Chip with only one other family so went to say hello.
Once we'd left it was coming up to parade time. We walked up to our usual spot up by It's A Small World - facing it. They rope off an area for "special" guests here but if nobody shows they free it up so you have tons of room. The parade was great as usual. Loved the Halloween part too, thought the horses were rather brave!
Afterwards we went on It's A Small World which Skye adored. She sat in open-mouthed awe. From there we went to Pirates of the Caribbean which is one of Steve and Minas favourite rides. Skye wasn't sure about it but didn't cry. As we came off we spotted Captain Jack Sparrow with a half queue/half mob thing going on. We hovered and waited while some other girls pushed past Mina. I tapped them on the shoulder and with a stern "oi, get back" they did actually listen The large family in front of us were just doing endless photos and autographs so thought all we would get was a quick picture. He ended up crouching down and chatting away to Mina. He said he liked her dress and Mina replied she had an Elizabeth Swan one too which really impressed him. He asked if she knew who he was and that made him happy because little girls never know who he is.
He was really sweet and it's nice when they take the time to actually chat. Especially when there was a mob behind us. He also said he loved my Chip n Dale bag, that they are his fave characters and were round there earlier.
We were pretty shattered so headed back to the hotel after going on Phantom Manor.
The weather had been boiling so we sat outside the Red Garter Saloon and Steve had a beer while Mina and I shared a cocktail (juice!) pitcher.
I bought Skye a Donald Duck soft toy and Mina a Minnie one and we were in bed at 8:30pm.
Skip to - Day 2 Part 1