Missish
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My 'background information' post is here!
Okay, let's get started!
Day 1 Sunday 31st August
We arrived at Bristol airport at about quarter to 1, and checked in at the EasyJet desk. We were planning to eat our sandwiches before we went through to departures, but the layout of the airport had changed since the last time wed all been there, and there was now nowhere to sit on the outside so we went straight through.
We ate our sandwiches sitting in the Burger King section (DM and DF had hot drinks, so we couldnt be kicked out!), and then moved into the shops area. Our flight was delayed, but my mother managed to find two gossip magazines that someone had left behind, so that gave us something to read!
Our flight got into Charles de Gaulle Airport at 10 to 6 (French time), and we raced off to get the coach to Disneyland Paris. After running straight past the exit that the bus stop was at (it wasnt signposted at all it was only through realising that we were going down the numbered exits rather than up them that we figured out where the bus stop was!). There was a shuttle that took us down to the coach, which we hadnt experienced last time. DM had pre-booked our tickets for the coach, but the barcode scanner on the coach wasnt working so it didnt really save us any time!
About 40 minutes later, we arrived at the New York Hotel. We checked in (the receptionist, Spencer, was very pleasant), and made our way up to room 7201.
The view out of the window was of the front of the hotel and a car park, which we were a little disappointed with at first, but it turned out to be quite an interesting view!
We had a quick freshen up, then headed straight into the Disneyland Park, around 8.
Since we were hungry by this point, we went to Frontierland and had tea in Fuente Del Oro. I had a taco salad, which was rather nice, although Im sure what they claimed was a taco wasnt really! It was more like a cold Yorkshire pudding!
The first ride of the trip was Pirates of the Caribbean. Since Im planning on joining the Pirate Society when I go back to university, I got a tricorn hat (with attached hair!) from the shop there.
After that we went into Discoveryland, and went on Space Mountain. As usual, DF and I tried to convince DM to come on it (there are certain rides that my mother refuses to go on, no matter how DF and I try to convince her otherwise!), and to our surprise, she agreed! She didnt like it, though it was so jerky and rough that her earrings kept digging into her head, and the back of one of them actually ended up folded right up against the back of her ear lobe. Owch.
Then it was Buzz Lightyear time! DF pretty much always beats me on this ride, and this time was no exception. He had 53 400 points, whereas I only had 23 300. I beat my mother though she only managed to get 6 400!
It was the last Fantillusion of the season, so we went up onto the raised part by the castle stage to watch it. We were hoping that wed be by the villains stop, since weve never seen it and have no idea what the hooded figures are pushing, or what they do! But alas, no, we werent, we saw the princesses instead.
As soon as it was over we were herded out of the area by CMs. We got a place to the right of the castle for Candleabration (a word that I really cannot say!) and the Enchanted Fireworks. None of us had seen either of these before. Candleabration brought tears to my eyes, but I didnt think the Enchanted Fireworks were all that good. Maybe that was because where I was standing I could only really see one side of the fireworks there was a tree blocking my view of the right side.
And after that, we joined the crush of people making their way out of the park, and went back to our hotel for the night!
Okay, let's get started!
Day 1 Sunday 31st August
We arrived at Bristol airport at about quarter to 1, and checked in at the EasyJet desk. We were planning to eat our sandwiches before we went through to departures, but the layout of the airport had changed since the last time wed all been there, and there was now nowhere to sit on the outside so we went straight through.
We ate our sandwiches sitting in the Burger King section (DM and DF had hot drinks, so we couldnt be kicked out!), and then moved into the shops area. Our flight was delayed, but my mother managed to find two gossip magazines that someone had left behind, so that gave us something to read!
Our flight got into Charles de Gaulle Airport at 10 to 6 (French time), and we raced off to get the coach to Disneyland Paris. After running straight past the exit that the bus stop was at (it wasnt signposted at all it was only through realising that we were going down the numbered exits rather than up them that we figured out where the bus stop was!). There was a shuttle that took us down to the coach, which we hadnt experienced last time. DM had pre-booked our tickets for the coach, but the barcode scanner on the coach wasnt working so it didnt really save us any time!
About 40 minutes later, we arrived at the New York Hotel. We checked in (the receptionist, Spencer, was very pleasant), and made our way up to room 7201.
The view out of the window was of the front of the hotel and a car park, which we were a little disappointed with at first, but it turned out to be quite an interesting view!
We had a quick freshen up, then headed straight into the Disneyland Park, around 8.
Since we were hungry by this point, we went to Frontierland and had tea in Fuente Del Oro. I had a taco salad, which was rather nice, although Im sure what they claimed was a taco wasnt really! It was more like a cold Yorkshire pudding!
The first ride of the trip was Pirates of the Caribbean. Since Im planning on joining the Pirate Society when I go back to university, I got a tricorn hat (with attached hair!) from the shop there.
After that we went into Discoveryland, and went on Space Mountain. As usual, DF and I tried to convince DM to come on it (there are certain rides that my mother refuses to go on, no matter how DF and I try to convince her otherwise!), and to our surprise, she agreed! She didnt like it, though it was so jerky and rough that her earrings kept digging into her head, and the back of one of them actually ended up folded right up against the back of her ear lobe. Owch.
Then it was Buzz Lightyear time! DF pretty much always beats me on this ride, and this time was no exception. He had 53 400 points, whereas I only had 23 300. I beat my mother though she only managed to get 6 400!
It was the last Fantillusion of the season, so we went up onto the raised part by the castle stage to watch it. We were hoping that wed be by the villains stop, since weve never seen it and have no idea what the hooded figures are pushing, or what they do! But alas, no, we werent, we saw the princesses instead.
As soon as it was over we were herded out of the area by CMs. We got a place to the right of the castle for Candleabration (a word that I really cannot say!) and the Enchanted Fireworks. None of us had seen either of these before. Candleabration brought tears to my eyes, but I didnt think the Enchanted Fireworks were all that good. Maybe that was because where I was standing I could only really see one side of the fireworks there was a tree blocking my view of the right side.
And after that, we joined the crush of people making their way out of the park, and went back to our hotel for the night!
hat!!
