Saturday 09th September
Dominique was up at some daft hour again and showered and dressed before I was even awake. Same story as yesterday morning. When we went downstairs my Mum and Julie were smoking, drinking coffee and feeding the cat. This morning the main difference was the lack of enthusiasm. I was aching a little but had done this many times before, the other 3 were suffering a little bit more then I was. Yesterday we had zig-zagged our was across the park and it had paid off in terms of queuing times but left us with a few aches and pains today.
Got to the car park at 09.14 and ended up on the 4th row. Outside Disney Studio’s at 09.40 and straight into studio 1 where we weren’t allowed into the park but were allowed to shop. I bought 2 more Pin’s one Nemo and one Figaro for 6euros each at 09.51. Dominique talked my Mum out of buying me a hideous Minnie in a wedding outfit ornament at 09.52. At 09.53 Julie made sure we were coming back to this shop as she wanted to buy more sweets for friends & family but didn’t want to carry them around.
In the park at 10.00 and straight to Rock and Roller coaster.
Dominique walked through with me and straight out of the chicken exit! I didn’t mind. I don’t mind queuing alone if it’s a walk on but I don’t think Dominique wanted to be left alone with Crazy 1 and Crazy 2 while they smoked. After this we all went on Armageddon,
the wait was 10mins and the whole time my Mum and Julie commented that the wait times were horribly inaccurate. I couldn't quite figure out how they had come to this conclusion and yesterday everything had been a walk on and the advertised times had been 5mins, Star Tours had said 5mins but as soon as they went through was amended to 25mins so I can see a bit of gripe there but the only time they stopped complaining about the inaccurate queuing times was when Julie demanded a sausage sandwich as she wasn’t prepared to eat a Tuna sandwich for breakfast again. Where the heck am I supposed to find a Full English in Disneyland? After Armageddon which was very accurate at 10mins waiting time we saw Mickey and a very small queue so got our picture taken.
We then headed to the Backlot Tour but I deemed this unworthy of the 30mins queuing time. We were all hungry anyway so back to Studio 1 to Restaurant En Coulisse for breakfast, Julie would have to make do with hotdog. I got a cheeseburger meal with coke for 9euros 95cents.
My burger was oily and horrible so I filled up on the chips. The vegetarian options were non-existent so Dominique just had chips and a coke for 5euros 10cents.
After finishing our food (and another cigarette) at 11.00 we got our photo taken with Mr Incredible. 3 group character pictures, not bad going.
There was nothing else to do at the Studios. This is my 3rd half day here and it now bores me. I doubt I will be back for a while. I thought that when the Tower of Terror is open I would rush back but Gavin won’t ride RnR or ToT so there’s very little point going until there is more here.
We decided to go back to Disneyland but first Julie needed to buy some sweets and take them back to the car. Why when you have already decided what you want to buy does it take 40mins to buy it? Dominique and I sat outside the shop for the last 20mins of this and waited and waited and waited. Eventually we came to the conclusion that they had gone far too long between cigarette’s and they must be outside by now. We were right. The pair of them we outside smoking, they also claimed to have been looking for us for the last 10mins, As both of them had almost finished their cigarette’s I deemed this to be untrue. We walked, or rather I stomped back to the car to leave the shopping in the boot and then over to Disneyland.
Once in Disneyland we went straight to Buzz. O.M.G there is a 75mins queue and fast passes are for 19.00!!! This was the trend all over the park. Over the next few hours all we did was queue for tickets to see The Legend of the Lion king and get an ice-cream and watch my Mum and Julie smoke. We walked through a submarine type attraction near Space Mountain, I cant be bothered to look up the name of it, it was so bad.
We had tickets for the 16.30 showing of LOLK and as this was the only thing we would be doing to show for our 5 hours already spent in Disneyland we wanted it to be good. It was ok. Completely different from The LK show at AK. This was a show about a show, Timon was putting on a show for Simba about his life. It was about 30mins long and entertaining enough but if I thought the ride queues would be lower while it was in I would give it a miss. We actually spent longer queuing for tickets then we did watching the performance.
We left Disneyland at 18.30, it was only getting busier once Disney studios had shut and in some places you could barely move. I have been 3 times at this exact time of year and it has always been like yesterday, a complete walk on. I have never seen any theme park as busy as this and if MK is worse than this at Christmas than I am never going at that time! I can only assume the unseasonably hot weather was dragging locals out of their homes and into the parks.
On the way back to the car Dominique and I were once again left standing while the other’s went to buy more cigarettes. Neither of us could figure out why my Mum and Julie hadn’t either brought enough to last the weekend or bought more than they had when they found the shop yesterday.
Back at the Motel I showered before joining the others outside. We wondered the few yards to Del’Arte for more Pizza around 19.30. We ate almost exactly the same except our pizza’s weren’t heart shaped and Dominique had apple tarte for pudding. We did however have much more to drink, around 5 beers or vodka’s each. We had over the course of the evening been served by all but 1 of the waiters (perhaps they had heard about the 9euro tip we had left on Thursday night which only worked out at 10% but the waitress had seemed delighted. The many servers had led to confusion over the bill, when it was finally presented to us it was for 85euros. Now anybody following closely will realise that despite the extra 12 drinks this bill was 6euros less than our last visit. We again left 100euros and gave a further 10euros to the waiter who brought the bill. Nobody thought to keep the receipt so we have no idea where the mistake was made.
Dominique and myself went straight to bed but my Mum and Julie sat up smoking and drinking coffee while making friends with a Danish fella.
Jodie
DAY 4 - FINAL DAY - HERE
Dominique was up at some daft hour again and showered and dressed before I was even awake. Same story as yesterday morning. When we went downstairs my Mum and Julie were smoking, drinking coffee and feeding the cat. This morning the main difference was the lack of enthusiasm. I was aching a little but had done this many times before, the other 3 were suffering a little bit more then I was. Yesterday we had zig-zagged our was across the park and it had paid off in terms of queuing times but left us with a few aches and pains today.
Got to the car park at 09.14 and ended up on the 4th row. Outside Disney Studio’s at 09.40 and straight into studio 1 where we weren’t allowed into the park but were allowed to shop. I bought 2 more Pin’s one Nemo and one Figaro for 6euros each at 09.51. Dominique talked my Mum out of buying me a hideous Minnie in a wedding outfit ornament at 09.52. At 09.53 Julie made sure we were coming back to this shop as she wanted to buy more sweets for friends & family but didn’t want to carry them around.
In the park at 10.00 and straight to Rock and Roller coaster.
Dominique walked through with me and straight out of the chicken exit! I didn’t mind. I don’t mind queuing alone if it’s a walk on but I don’t think Dominique wanted to be left alone with Crazy 1 and Crazy 2 while they smoked. After this we all went on Armageddon,
the wait was 10mins and the whole time my Mum and Julie commented that the wait times were horribly inaccurate. I couldn't quite figure out how they had come to this conclusion and yesterday everything had been a walk on and the advertised times had been 5mins, Star Tours had said 5mins but as soon as they went through was amended to 25mins so I can see a bit of gripe there but the only time they stopped complaining about the inaccurate queuing times was when Julie demanded a sausage sandwich as she wasn’t prepared to eat a Tuna sandwich for breakfast again. Where the heck am I supposed to find a Full English in Disneyland? After Armageddon which was very accurate at 10mins waiting time we saw Mickey and a very small queue so got our picture taken.
We then headed to the Backlot Tour but I deemed this unworthy of the 30mins queuing time. We were all hungry anyway so back to Studio 1 to Restaurant En Coulisse for breakfast, Julie would have to make do with hotdog. I got a cheeseburger meal with coke for 9euros 95cents.
My burger was oily and horrible so I filled up on the chips. The vegetarian options were non-existent so Dominique just had chips and a coke for 5euros 10cents.
After finishing our food (and another cigarette) at 11.00 we got our photo taken with Mr Incredible. 3 group character pictures, not bad going.
There was nothing else to do at the Studios. This is my 3rd half day here and it now bores me. I doubt I will be back for a while. I thought that when the Tower of Terror is open I would rush back but Gavin won’t ride RnR or ToT so there’s very little point going until there is more here.
We decided to go back to Disneyland but first Julie needed to buy some sweets and take them back to the car. Why when you have already decided what you want to buy does it take 40mins to buy it? Dominique and I sat outside the shop for the last 20mins of this and waited and waited and waited. Eventually we came to the conclusion that they had gone far too long between cigarette’s and they must be outside by now. We were right. The pair of them we outside smoking, they also claimed to have been looking for us for the last 10mins, As both of them had almost finished their cigarette’s I deemed this to be untrue. We walked, or rather I stomped back to the car to leave the shopping in the boot and then over to Disneyland.
Once in Disneyland we went straight to Buzz. O.M.G there is a 75mins queue and fast passes are for 19.00!!! This was the trend all over the park. Over the next few hours all we did was queue for tickets to see The Legend of the Lion king and get an ice-cream and watch my Mum and Julie smoke. We walked through a submarine type attraction near Space Mountain, I cant be bothered to look up the name of it, it was so bad.
We had tickets for the 16.30 showing of LOLK and as this was the only thing we would be doing to show for our 5 hours already spent in Disneyland we wanted it to be good. It was ok. Completely different from The LK show at AK. This was a show about a show, Timon was putting on a show for Simba about his life. It was about 30mins long and entertaining enough but if I thought the ride queues would be lower while it was in I would give it a miss. We actually spent longer queuing for tickets then we did watching the performance.
We left Disneyland at 18.30, it was only getting busier once Disney studios had shut and in some places you could barely move. I have been 3 times at this exact time of year and it has always been like yesterday, a complete walk on. I have never seen any theme park as busy as this and if MK is worse than this at Christmas than I am never going at that time! I can only assume the unseasonably hot weather was dragging locals out of their homes and into the parks.
On the way back to the car Dominique and I were once again left standing while the other’s went to buy more cigarettes. Neither of us could figure out why my Mum and Julie hadn’t either brought enough to last the weekend or bought more than they had when they found the shop yesterday.
Back at the Motel I showered before joining the others outside. We wondered the few yards to Del’Arte for more Pizza around 19.30. We ate almost exactly the same except our pizza’s weren’t heart shaped and Dominique had apple tarte for pudding. We did however have much more to drink, around 5 beers or vodka’s each. We had over the course of the evening been served by all but 1 of the waiters (perhaps they had heard about the 9euro tip we had left on Thursday night which only worked out at 10% but the waitress had seemed delighted. The many servers had led to confusion over the bill, when it was finally presented to us it was for 85euros. Now anybody following closely will realise that despite the extra 12 drinks this bill was 6euros less than our last visit. We again left 100euros and gave a further 10euros to the waiter who brought the bill. Nobody thought to keep the receipt so we have no idea where the mistake was made.
Dominique and myself went straight to bed but my Mum and Julie sat up smoking and drinking coffee while making friends with a Danish fella.
Jodie
DAY 4 - FINAL DAY - HERE
