TeamJones22
Cashback!
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- Jul 18, 2005
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Highs, lows and thoughts about my trip to Disneyland Paris Sunday 19th Jan - Friday 24th Jan for my 30th birthday with my beautiful fiancee, Holly!
Highs
Cast Members – Hear a lot of horror stories about the attitude of the CM's through these forums but I couldnt disagree more. So many of them were great to talk to, positive, friendly and very helpful. Cant speak highly enough of them. Three Cast Members named Andrew, Annathasia and Disa in particular were brilliant.
Restaurants – Again, hear a lot of horror stories but every meal we had apart from one was absolutely gorgeous! Do your research and it really pays dividends in your experiences. Rainforest Cafe, Annette's Diner, Planet Hollywood, Restaurant Hakuna Matata, Earl of Sandwich were all fantastic meals!
Dream Annual Pass – Great value and people who saw we had it made us feel important. Also, it means we will be going back before it runs out! Relatively quick and simple to get it all done as well.
Behaviour of 'foreign' guests – Another area where you hear a lot of horror stories but again, found almost all of them to be fantastic, polite and lovely. Only one incident of attempted queue jumping, but with help from my shoulder he quickly found out he wouldnt be skipping past us! A slightly painful lesson for him im sure as im sure having your head stuck between my shoulder and the Buzz Lightyear queue wall didnt feel good; but he shouldnt be trying to physically force his way past me and my fiancee, should he?! Hopefully he will be a bit more considerate of people next time!
Characters – Saw a lot of characters on our trip, in the space of five minutes we saw Captain Hook, Smee, Baloo, Rafiki, Pluto, Chip and Dale and Goofy just wandering around! Absolutely brilliant. All an absolute treat for a photo and some interaction even though we dont have kids. Fiancee wanted to do Meet Mickey Mouse and Princess Pavilion and, whilst meeting Belle isnt really my thing, found them both to be a good, fun and surprisingly quick experience if you got to them early enough!
Dream Castle Hotel – Brilliant hotel and awesome value for the price we paid; will definitely be staying again! Room was great, breakfast was lovely once you got used to what foods you liked and i even got Wifi in my room! Perfect!
Buzz Lightyear's Lazer Blast - I havent been to DLP since early 2005 so my first experience on this ride and i absolutely loved it! So much fun! Very happy with my high score of 736000! Wish they had the camera positioned differently though, the gun was always blocking my face on almost every photo!
Lows
Behaviour of some guests – Some arrogant, obnoxious, thoughtless, selfish people around in the parks! No need for it either, really, but there we go. Just bad luck i suppose.
Disney 'Secrets' lacking – Really enjoy the little touches you find around the parks and ive not been for a long time but they either werent working or had disappeared completely. Shame, love those little extra touches!
Leaving! - Been planning the trip off and on for 9 years since my 21st birthday and it really was a killer leaving!
Turning 30 – Thank God I was in the park for my 30th birthday so I could forget about it! Not the parks fault that im getting older a lot faster than id like to though!
It was just such an amazing holiday. You hear a lot of negativity on forums, reviews even through petitions but its a brilliant, happy, fun place and I cant wait to go back!
Thanks for all of the little tips, special thanks to the Dedicated to DLP podcast and site; its great having something to read and listen to when everyone else is sick of talking about Disneyland Paris!
I think the strategy that they seem to have for the next couple of years of focusing on putting the smaller touches right such as shows, parades etc and generally improving in-park experiences as opposed to building rides is definitely the right move! Cant wait to be there to see the changes!
Highs
Cast Members – Hear a lot of horror stories about the attitude of the CM's through these forums but I couldnt disagree more. So many of them were great to talk to, positive, friendly and very helpful. Cant speak highly enough of them. Three Cast Members named Andrew, Annathasia and Disa in particular were brilliant.
Restaurants – Again, hear a lot of horror stories but every meal we had apart from one was absolutely gorgeous! Do your research and it really pays dividends in your experiences. Rainforest Cafe, Annette's Diner, Planet Hollywood, Restaurant Hakuna Matata, Earl of Sandwich were all fantastic meals!
Dream Annual Pass – Great value and people who saw we had it made us feel important. Also, it means we will be going back before it runs out! Relatively quick and simple to get it all done as well.
Behaviour of 'foreign' guests – Another area where you hear a lot of horror stories but again, found almost all of them to be fantastic, polite and lovely. Only one incident of attempted queue jumping, but with help from my shoulder he quickly found out he wouldnt be skipping past us! A slightly painful lesson for him im sure as im sure having your head stuck between my shoulder and the Buzz Lightyear queue wall didnt feel good; but he shouldnt be trying to physically force his way past me and my fiancee, should he?! Hopefully he will be a bit more considerate of people next time!
Characters – Saw a lot of characters on our trip, in the space of five minutes we saw Captain Hook, Smee, Baloo, Rafiki, Pluto, Chip and Dale and Goofy just wandering around! Absolutely brilliant. All an absolute treat for a photo and some interaction even though we dont have kids. Fiancee wanted to do Meet Mickey Mouse and Princess Pavilion and, whilst meeting Belle isnt really my thing, found them both to be a good, fun and surprisingly quick experience if you got to them early enough!
Dream Castle Hotel – Brilliant hotel and awesome value for the price we paid; will definitely be staying again! Room was great, breakfast was lovely once you got used to what foods you liked and i even got Wifi in my room! Perfect!
Buzz Lightyear's Lazer Blast - I havent been to DLP since early 2005 so my first experience on this ride and i absolutely loved it! So much fun! Very happy with my high score of 736000! Wish they had the camera positioned differently though, the gun was always blocking my face on almost every photo!
Lows
Behaviour of some guests – Some arrogant, obnoxious, thoughtless, selfish people around in the parks! No need for it either, really, but there we go. Just bad luck i suppose.
Disney 'Secrets' lacking – Really enjoy the little touches you find around the parks and ive not been for a long time but they either werent working or had disappeared completely. Shame, love those little extra touches!
Leaving! - Been planning the trip off and on for 9 years since my 21st birthday and it really was a killer leaving!
Turning 30 – Thank God I was in the park for my 30th birthday so I could forget about it! Not the parks fault that im getting older a lot faster than id like to though!
It was just such an amazing holiday. You hear a lot of negativity on forums, reviews even through petitions but its a brilliant, happy, fun place and I cant wait to go back!
Thanks for all of the little tips, special thanks to the Dedicated to DLP podcast and site; its great having something to read and listen to when everyone else is sick of talking about Disneyland Paris!
I think the strategy that they seem to have for the next couple of years of focusing on putting the smaller touches right such as shows, parades etc and generally improving in-park experiences as opposed to building rides is definitely the right move! Cant wait to be there to see the changes!
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