emmaness
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Monday, 19th December 2005
Cast: Me (Emma), 18; Lucy (sister), 15; Mum & Dad!
Note: I've had to put it in two parts because apparentely I have too many pictures! Click on the small pictures to view the full version.
We had our first Good Morning Fantasyland Breakfast booked for today and were in the park by 9.15. On our way up Main Street we decided that it would be better to make use of the extra ride time rather than waste time getting our breakfast at Au Chalet de la Marionnette, which would undoubtedly be really crowded!
We stopped off at the Cable Car Bake Shop to buy pains au chocolat and hot chocolate/coffee. The shop looked a bit dead and not very open at all, but with a quick "A quelle heure ouvrez-vous?" we found out that we were just the first customers of the day!! This really is one of Disneyland's best kept secrets at that time of day.
We didn't leave the Bake Shop until gone half 9, at which point it was drizzling, and Lucy doesn't have a waterproof coat. There was, of course, only one solution - one of Disney's renowned yellow ponchos! Woo!
After this we thought we might as well join the crowds for rope drop, so we never went into Fantasyland in the end. Mum and I waited at the "secret" side entrance to Frontierland while Lucy and Dad went to see if they could get Fastpasses for Peter Pan's Flight. As it turned out, you can't get them before the park opens!
So we went into Frontierland at rope drop, as planned.
I just love seeing everybody run up to Big Thunder Mountain, and kids dragging their parents along, who end up running anyway! We even saw some people running towards Phantom Manor, which was unusual!
When we got to Big Thunder Mountain there was a big queue outside the entrance, which was somewhat suspicious, and our suspicions were confirmed when a cast member went round the queue telling everyone that there were technical difficulties on the ride. Very frustrating! We waited for 20 minutes in the pouring rain, and it was bitterly cold, but we were determined to get on the ride. Finally they started letting people through at about 10.20, and finally we were about to have our first ride of the trip!
It was just as good as I remembered and we all put our arms up despite the fact that our fingers were going numb from the wind.
After this we grabbed Fastpasses to guarantee another go, and headed for Phantom Manor! This ride never gets old and I love that you always notice something new each time you go on it. And what's more, I was pleasantly surprised that I can now understand a fair bit of the French on the ride (I just finished my A Level French this year).
We were all now freezing cold, and when you lose all feeling in your appendages, it's definitely time for a hot choccie! So we went to El Fuente del Oro, and to my dismay the hot drinks were all Nestlé (I boycott them: see this website), but I was EXTREMELY reluctantly convinced that I was far too cold and that I could boycott them extra hard when I got back.
The hot choccies (which I tried to convince myself were, in fact, Cadbury's) warmed us up a bit, and it was now time for our Big Thunder Mountain Fastpasses! It was lots of fun again, but this time we decided against putting our arms up in the air.
It was then very nearly time for the 12 o'clock showing of Mickey's Winter Wonderland at the Chaparral Theatre. We were literally some of the last people in the theatre and the show began almost immediately! I really enjoyed this show - very impressed by the characters' ice skating abilities, and plus one of the songs was Winter Hoedown from Une Journée!
Evidently I took a lot of photos during this show, mostly because I can't get over how fantastic the 12x zoom on my camera is. We were three rows from the back yet I could get photos like that!!
Cast: Me (Emma), 18; Lucy (sister), 15; Mum & Dad!
Note: I've had to put it in two parts because apparentely I have too many pictures! Click on the small pictures to view the full version.
We had our first Good Morning Fantasyland Breakfast booked for today and were in the park by 9.15. On our way up Main Street we decided that it would be better to make use of the extra ride time rather than waste time getting our breakfast at Au Chalet de la Marionnette, which would undoubtedly be really crowded!
We stopped off at the Cable Car Bake Shop to buy pains au chocolat and hot chocolate/coffee. The shop looked a bit dead and not very open at all, but with a quick "A quelle heure ouvrez-vous?" we found out that we were just the first customers of the day!! This really is one of Disneyland's best kept secrets at that time of day.
We didn't leave the Bake Shop until gone half 9, at which point it was drizzling, and Lucy doesn't have a waterproof coat. There was, of course, only one solution - one of Disney's renowned yellow ponchos! Woo!
After this we thought we might as well join the crowds for rope drop, so we never went into Fantasyland in the end. Mum and I waited at the "secret" side entrance to Frontierland while Lucy and Dad went to see if they could get Fastpasses for Peter Pan's Flight. As it turned out, you can't get them before the park opens!
So we went into Frontierland at rope drop, as planned.
I just love seeing everybody run up to Big Thunder Mountain, and kids dragging their parents along, who end up running anyway! We even saw some people running towards Phantom Manor, which was unusual!
When we got to Big Thunder Mountain there was a big queue outside the entrance, which was somewhat suspicious, and our suspicions were confirmed when a cast member went round the queue telling everyone that there were technical difficulties on the ride. Very frustrating! We waited for 20 minutes in the pouring rain, and it was bitterly cold, but we were determined to get on the ride. Finally they started letting people through at about 10.20, and finally we were about to have our first ride of the trip!
It was just as good as I remembered and we all put our arms up despite the fact that our fingers were going numb from the wind.
After this we grabbed Fastpasses to guarantee another go, and headed for Phantom Manor! This ride never gets old and I love that you always notice something new each time you go on it. And what's more, I was pleasantly surprised that I can now understand a fair bit of the French on the ride (I just finished my A Level French this year).
We were all now freezing cold, and when you lose all feeling in your appendages, it's definitely time for a hot choccie! So we went to El Fuente del Oro, and to my dismay the hot drinks were all Nestlé (I boycott them: see this website), but I was EXTREMELY reluctantly convinced that I was far too cold and that I could boycott them extra hard when I got back.
The hot choccies (which I tried to convince myself were, in fact, Cadbury's) warmed us up a bit, and it was now time for our Big Thunder Mountain Fastpasses! It was lots of fun again, but this time we decided against putting our arms up in the air.
It was then very nearly time for the 12 o'clock showing of Mickey's Winter Wonderland at the Chaparral Theatre. We were literally some of the last people in the theatre and the show began almost immediately! I really enjoyed this show - very impressed by the characters' ice skating abilities, and plus one of the songs was Winter Hoedown from Une Journée!
Evidently I took a lot of photos during this show, mostly because I can't get over how fantastic the 12x zoom on my camera is. We were three rows from the back yet I could get photos like that!!
But, it was still fun nonetheless!
