karenmoloney
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For anyone that has read any of my previous trip reports - we are back again. This is our 20th trip (although I was only on 19 of them as I was 8 1/2 mths pregnant for one of them & couldn't fly).
Cast
Me - Karen
DH - Denis
DD1 - Nicole (8)
DD2 - Natasha (4)
We usually go the first week in May as my daughters school has always been off that week for the last 4 years, but this year with Easter being so late, they are taking a week off in Feb instead. So it made sense to come back now as we all have current annual passes (2 expire in April, 1 in May & mine in Sept). Bought a week in the Marriott from ebay, so the accommodation was a bargain & booked flights with Easyjet months ago, before we had even looked about accommodation.
Day 1 - Sat 12th Feb
Left home at 8am & drove to Belfast International Airport. Flight on time, departing 11.50 & landed about 2.30pm (French time). Ezyshuttle were there to pick us up & drove us to the Marriott. Our friends had come with us this trip & were staying at Explorers, so we parted company at the airport. Checked into the Marriott & got house 2205. Went to the supermarket to stock up for the week & on the way back, it started to rain. Made a dinner & as it was so wet & the girls were very tired we all had an early night - after some wine (just the adults, that is!).
Day 2 - Sun 13th Feb
Why do kids wake up so early on holiday? We went swimming this morning, but the pool was freezing. Natasha only managed to stay in for a few minutes & her lips were blue, so it wasn't a very long swim. Sat in the jacuzzi to warm up. Denis mentioned it to them at reception and they said that a few people had also complained but they had checked & it was fine. Hope they do something about it or we'll not be able to swim for the rest of the week. It would probably be fine for someone swimming constantly, but not for kids.
After lunch I went into Disney with the girls. Denis stayed behind to watch the Ireland V France rugby match. Called into the Disneyland Hotel to book Inventions for tomorrow night & met Mickey in the reception so got our first autographs & photo of the holiday. Into the park & hired (for free with my Dream AP) a buggy for Natasha & then on to see the dragon before he closes for 2 weeks from tomorrow. Natasha wasn't too happy but caught a glimpse of him from the back of the cave while still sitting in her buggy & then wanted to leave. Then on to IASW - lovely as always. Then Natasha wanted to go on the Carousel, but when we got there, she changed her mind, so we went upstairs in the castle instead. The crowds weren't as bad as I had expected - we usually don't go to the park on weekends. Then we met up with our friends for the 4 o'clock meet & greet in the Disneyland Hotel & after doing the dance with the characters we met Mickey (again), Gepetto, Pinocchio & Gideon. As we were getting our coats on again to leave, Gideon came up behind Nicole & stole her hat. Natasha held on really tight to hers - there was no way he was getting hers as well. The plan had been for our friends to come back to the Marriott with us for some dinner, but their kids were too wrecked so we went off home without them. Denis had our dinner ready for us & then brought the girls to the playroom at the Marriott while I cleaned up. Then Natasha went off to bed & Nicole played Wii for a while before she went to bed too (we brought our Wii with us). Planning now to start my boxset of Downtown Abbey that I brought to watch over the holiday. Will write more tomorrow - hopefully the girls will not be so tired, the weather will be nice & dry & the crowds at Disney will be non-existent!
Cast
Me - Karen
DH - Denis
DD1 - Nicole (8)
DD2 - Natasha (4)
We usually go the first week in May as my daughters school has always been off that week for the last 4 years, but this year with Easter being so late, they are taking a week off in Feb instead. So it made sense to come back now as we all have current annual passes (2 expire in April, 1 in May & mine in Sept). Bought a week in the Marriott from ebay, so the accommodation was a bargain & booked flights with Easyjet months ago, before we had even looked about accommodation.
Day 1 - Sat 12th Feb
Left home at 8am & drove to Belfast International Airport. Flight on time, departing 11.50 & landed about 2.30pm (French time). Ezyshuttle were there to pick us up & drove us to the Marriott. Our friends had come with us this trip & were staying at Explorers, so we parted company at the airport. Checked into the Marriott & got house 2205. Went to the supermarket to stock up for the week & on the way back, it started to rain. Made a dinner & as it was so wet & the girls were very tired we all had an early night - after some wine (just the adults, that is!).
Day 2 - Sun 13th Feb
Why do kids wake up so early on holiday? We went swimming this morning, but the pool was freezing. Natasha only managed to stay in for a few minutes & her lips were blue, so it wasn't a very long swim. Sat in the jacuzzi to warm up. Denis mentioned it to them at reception and they said that a few people had also complained but they had checked & it was fine. Hope they do something about it or we'll not be able to swim for the rest of the week. It would probably be fine for someone swimming constantly, but not for kids.
After lunch I went into Disney with the girls. Denis stayed behind to watch the Ireland V France rugby match. Called into the Disneyland Hotel to book Inventions for tomorrow night & met Mickey in the reception so got our first autographs & photo of the holiday. Into the park & hired (for free with my Dream AP) a buggy for Natasha & then on to see the dragon before he closes for 2 weeks from tomorrow. Natasha wasn't too happy but caught a glimpse of him from the back of the cave while still sitting in her buggy & then wanted to leave. Then on to IASW - lovely as always. Then Natasha wanted to go on the Carousel, but when we got there, she changed her mind, so we went upstairs in the castle instead. The crowds weren't as bad as I had expected - we usually don't go to the park on weekends. Then we met up with our friends for the 4 o'clock meet & greet in the Disneyland Hotel & after doing the dance with the characters we met Mickey (again), Gepetto, Pinocchio & Gideon. As we were getting our coats on again to leave, Gideon came up behind Nicole & stole her hat. Natasha held on really tight to hers - there was no way he was getting hers as well. The plan had been for our friends to come back to the Marriott with us for some dinner, but their kids were too wrecked so we went off home without them. Denis had our dinner ready for us & then brought the girls to the playroom at the Marriott while I cleaned up. Then Natasha went off to bed & Nicole played Wii for a while before she went to bed too (we brought our Wii with us). Planning now to start my boxset of Downtown Abbey that I brought to watch over the holiday. Will write more tomorrow - hopefully the girls will not be so tired, the weather will be nice & dry & the crowds at Disney will be non-existent!