Just back. Left yesterday at 4.00pm. Arrived at Eurotunnel for 5. Grabbed a quick bite to eat. Departed Folkestone at 17.50. Arrived France 19.25. Arrived at the hotel (Dream Castle) at 21.50. The Roads in France are excellent and from the tunnel we did not hit one bit of congestion.
The hotel looked great from the outside. Inside was a different story. Check-in was very slow. They supplied us with a King Room instead of a Family room (which we requested). We also requested a non-smoking room but it was quite obvious on entering the room it had been smoked in and quite heavily. These problems may have warranted a complaint if we were staying longer, but no big deal we were only in the room for nine hours so decided to get an early night.
In the morning we left the hotel at 7.30am and drove over to the Disney Villages (empty) multi story car park. Jeez was it cold, but really fitted in with the whole Christmas theme. We then walked over to Cafe Mickeys. We were seated immediately and the characters where everywhere. The buffet breakfast was great.
We then headed over to the Disneyland park. Hannah still didn't have any idea where we where until she noticed the castle and then started getting really excited. First impressions of the park were great. The theming really suited bitterly cold weather and the park and all surrounding areas were very quiet.
We walked up to Fantasyland and in order did Peter Pan, Tea cups, Pinocchio , Belles Christmas village and Alice's Curious Labyrinth. Then over to Adventureland and did Pirates of the Caribbean which was fantastic.
After pirates we waked over to Father Christmas's Christmas village and queued to see Father Christmas. The queue was really slow but he does spend some time with your party, so it more than made up for the long wait.
We then took a brisk walk over to the Chaparral theater for Mickeys Winter Wonderland. Hannah has a real fascination for anything to do with ice skating at the moment so this was perfect.
Then it was back to Main Street to pick up a few gifts and check-in for our 1.30pm Walt's reservation. The meal was good. We both had caeser salads and sirloins. Hannah had the Fish and Chips off the teenagers menu. We were close to the window so were able to watch it "snow" on main Street.
After the meal we headed straight back to the car and left the resort at 3.00pm. After a brief run in with the local gendarmerie and me coming off 90 euros lighter! we headed up to Abbeville and spent an hour with my MIL (surprise visit in hospital with a hip operation), then we checked in at the Eurotunnel for around 7.15pm and back to the UK for 7.15pm (-1 hour) and home for 8.00pm.
Overall a great day with a very tight schedule!
A few pics:
The hotel looked great from the outside. Inside was a different story. Check-in was very slow. They supplied us with a King Room instead of a Family room (which we requested). We also requested a non-smoking room but it was quite obvious on entering the room it had been smoked in and quite heavily. These problems may have warranted a complaint if we were staying longer, but no big deal we were only in the room for nine hours so decided to get an early night.
In the morning we left the hotel at 7.30am and drove over to the Disney Villages (empty) multi story car park. Jeez was it cold, but really fitted in with the whole Christmas theme. We then walked over to Cafe Mickeys. We were seated immediately and the characters where everywhere. The buffet breakfast was great.
We then headed over to the Disneyland park. Hannah still didn't have any idea where we where until she noticed the castle and then started getting really excited. First impressions of the park were great. The theming really suited bitterly cold weather and the park and all surrounding areas were very quiet.
We walked up to Fantasyland and in order did Peter Pan, Tea cups, Pinocchio , Belles Christmas village and Alice's Curious Labyrinth. Then over to Adventureland and did Pirates of the Caribbean which was fantastic.
After pirates we waked over to Father Christmas's Christmas village and queued to see Father Christmas. The queue was really slow but he does spend some time with your party, so it more than made up for the long wait.
We then took a brisk walk over to the Chaparral theater for Mickeys Winter Wonderland. Hannah has a real fascination for anything to do with ice skating at the moment so this was perfect.
Then it was back to Main Street to pick up a few gifts and check-in for our 1.30pm Walt's reservation. The meal was good. We both had caeser salads and sirloins. Hannah had the Fish and Chips off the teenagers menu. We were close to the window so were able to watch it "snow" on main Street.
After the meal we headed straight back to the car and left the resort at 3.00pm. After a brief run in with the local gendarmerie and me coming off 90 euros lighter! we headed up to Abbeville and spent an hour with my MIL (surprise visit in hospital with a hip operation), then we checked in at the Eurotunnel for around 7.15pm and back to the UK for 7.15pm (-1 hour) and home for 8.00pm.
Overall a great day with a very tight schedule!
A few pics:
