cherrymarzipan
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We got back late last night after our stay from March 27 to April 01. We had originally decided to leave early in the morning yesterday but seduced by the sunshine we spent the day in the park. We were fortunate in not having a strict time to get back for as we are still in France now. Weve had some great Disney holidays but from a character interaction point of view this had to be tops. Here are the traditional highs and lows from our adventures:
Highs
The weather, so much better than we had feared. Yes, it was cold, but not freezing and apart from Saturday we had a lot of sunshine. Best of all it was dry.
The Cheyenne our most recent visits have all been in either the SL or NBC so I thought we might be disappointed with it but it was fine. OK, breakfast ingredients are even more at the value end of the range but the organisation was good with minimal queuing or difficulty in finding a table. We had booked a Buffalo room and had a room in Wyatt Earp which was close to the main building but also next to the door opposite the bus dropping off point. It meant we could stay in our room until the bus arrived and then put on our coats and go out to meet it at the pick-up stop. We walked to the parks through the village too a lot of the time which was equally convenient. One actual advantage of the Cheyenne rooms (apart from bunk beds) is that there are bedside tables on both sides of the main bed. Only having one in the SL and NBC really annoys me!
Crowds, or rather, relative lack of. Again from reading recent posts I was worried but we were lucky and must have just missed some European holidays as the crowd levels were not too bad at all and Easter Sunday was perhaps the least busy day.
No ride closures, or none that affected us if there were any.
Loved the new Dreams sections and the show was beautifully clear on the three nights we watched. We watched from the disability area the first night but on the others we just showed up as it started and found reasonable viewing places. The middle night we watched from Winnie the Poohs raised area. We had a few distant tree branches to look through but the lasers are better further back I think and as we were all on our own I was able to sing along!
Biggest high though was the fantastic interaction DS got with characters and CMs. We are fortunate to visit fairly regularly and Oliver is very sociable despite having extremely limited speech but it was lovely to see how many characters and CMs recognised and warmly welcomed him. Others we had not met before also picked up on Olivers enthusiasm and we had a brilliant time with them all, culminating in this fabulous photo shoot beside the Character Express:
Lows
Have to really struggle here, I can only think of the faintest of disappointments like Main Street station being the only one you could board (although you could get off at any).
I was a little sad that due to the late spring this year we missed the blossom on the trees. I particularly love the pathway down from Fantasyland Station between Mickeys Theatre and Toad Hall when the trees are in full pink blossom. I also think that the flower bed planting generally was a little uninspired but that may be due to the weather as well.
Anyway, it was really hard to say, Goodbye Disney as we walked through the turnstile for the last time and we cant wait to return (when perhaps, we might not even need our coats).
Highs
The weather, so much better than we had feared. Yes, it was cold, but not freezing and apart from Saturday we had a lot of sunshine. Best of all it was dry.
The Cheyenne our most recent visits have all been in either the SL or NBC so I thought we might be disappointed with it but it was fine. OK, breakfast ingredients are even more at the value end of the range but the organisation was good with minimal queuing or difficulty in finding a table. We had booked a Buffalo room and had a room in Wyatt Earp which was close to the main building but also next to the door opposite the bus dropping off point. It meant we could stay in our room until the bus arrived and then put on our coats and go out to meet it at the pick-up stop. We walked to the parks through the village too a lot of the time which was equally convenient. One actual advantage of the Cheyenne rooms (apart from bunk beds) is that there are bedside tables on both sides of the main bed. Only having one in the SL and NBC really annoys me!
Crowds, or rather, relative lack of. Again from reading recent posts I was worried but we were lucky and must have just missed some European holidays as the crowd levels were not too bad at all and Easter Sunday was perhaps the least busy day.
No ride closures, or none that affected us if there were any.
Loved the new Dreams sections and the show was beautifully clear on the three nights we watched. We watched from the disability area the first night but on the others we just showed up as it started and found reasonable viewing places. The middle night we watched from Winnie the Poohs raised area. We had a few distant tree branches to look through but the lasers are better further back I think and as we were all on our own I was able to sing along!
Biggest high though was the fantastic interaction DS got with characters and CMs. We are fortunate to visit fairly regularly and Oliver is very sociable despite having extremely limited speech but it was lovely to see how many characters and CMs recognised and warmly welcomed him. Others we had not met before also picked up on Olivers enthusiasm and we had a brilliant time with them all, culminating in this fabulous photo shoot beside the Character Express:
Lows
Have to really struggle here, I can only think of the faintest of disappointments like Main Street station being the only one you could board (although you could get off at any).
I was a little sad that due to the late spring this year we missed the blossom on the trees. I particularly love the pathway down from Fantasyland Station between Mickeys Theatre and Toad Hall when the trees are in full pink blossom. I also think that the flower bed planting generally was a little uninspired but that may be due to the weather as well.
Anyway, it was really hard to say, Goodbye Disney as we walked through the turnstile for the last time and we cant wait to return (when perhaps, we might not even need our coats).
Actually, thinking back, I think Thursday might have been the quietest but I really was surprised how easily we got about on Sunday thinking it would be horrendous. Driving back (or rather, west towards Brittany) yesterday evening we could see the opposite lanes were packed and crawling along for mile after mile so we thought maybe all the Parisians had headed out for the holiday weekend and that had been why it wasn't (for us) so bad. I also heard here today that the motorway south of Nantes (where we headed for a lot of our journey) was shut due to snow yesterday! 
great to see so many highs and virtually no lows! Love the photo of your DS with the characters. 
. Usually he will have quite random aversions to one or two rides for no obvious reason. For several trips now he has refused Autopia but this time it was one of his favourites. Oliver "steered" and I pushed the throttle and he really thought he was driving and was so proud of himself. He waved to every passing car madly 
In fact when I read posts about Joshua I often find similarities with Oliver although I am sure they have plenty of individual differences too.
