ThBa
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The best autograph book ever My trip report 02.01.12 until 08.01.12
Before I start let me say thanks to all of you here at this wonderful board. You made our stay with your help and tips once again magical.
My very special thanks go out to Otterpop and DoNatalie who designed wonderful autograph book pages for me.
Please excuse my bad English. I did not use a (online) translator, because I try to improve my English skills.
So ..let´s go
Day 1:
I decided once again to use the Thalys from Cologne, Germany for our travel. It was a very smooth travel to Gare du Nord and the price (29,- for an adult and 15,- for a child) is unbelievable. We arrived in 3 hours and 15 minutes and after a horrible experience with the RER last year I booked a private shuttle service in advance. John from EzzyShuttle recommends TIOShuttle, because he was booked out. The driver from TIOShuttle was in time and waited with a sign at the end of the platform. He was very friendly and helped us with the luggage. The car waited outside the station and it was very spacy and clean. He droves us to through the horrible traffic of Paris and we arrived the SQL in 45 minutes. It was a far better way to travel with 2 children and a lot of luggage than the RER. I´ve paid him 75,- and he told me that he will be back on Sunday at 10.00 am. I was satisfied with this service and would recommend them. The RER is a good way to travel too, but beware to avoid the Rush Hour!
The Check-In at the SQL was very good. I send them an email before our visit and the CM told my kids that Mickey welcomes then and that he received the mail. My daughters were very surprised and proud. This was the first of many magical moments! The CM was very helpful and friendly. In my email I asked for a refurbished room. She gaves us Room No. 2139 in the main building and it was an awesome room. We never stayed at the SQL and we were impressed about the atmosphere. It is such a wonderful hotel! I think it is fully refurbished now, because I did not see any workers or something like that. The hotel and the rooms are very clean.
We unpacked our luggage and went to the parcs. It is a very easy 10 minute walk around Lake Disney and trough the Village and we never used the shuttle bus.
Our first stop was at the Studios, because I knew that the Studio Tram Tour was only opened that day. The Canyon was fun, but the whole tour was out of date. In my opinion it is boring to see only some cars. It would be great to see more on this tour!
After walking around at the Studios we switch over to the other parc were we first stop for the rides which were not so full and easily to reach. The new refurbished castle looks great and better than ever. The whole parc was very clean and we were in the Disney spirit again at once.
The first day flew away and we walked through the exit. Suddenly my daughter saw Ariel outside the Auberge de Cendrilion. I made my daughters some custom autograph books before our trip with the help of the Diser Designers. My very proud daughters presented them to Ariel and the reaction was fantastic. Ariel looked at the autograph book .smiled and said, that she never saw such a brilliant thing and that this is by far the best autograph book ever! She took the book and went inside and suddenly Snow White and Belle came too. We were surrounded by these princesses and other CM and everyone looked at the autograph books. You can not image the faces of my daughters. This moment was worth every effort of the last year and this is one thing that money can´t buy. To see my daughters proud and lucky infront of the princesses ..unbelievable. We have a lot of special character interactions the next days with this autograph book and I will write about it.
After this special first experience we walked back through the village. I did not book any table for that night, so we planed to visit McDonalds. It was a nightmare, because it was so full that I had to wait 40 minutes to hear that Hamburger and Cheesburger were sold out !?!. We bought us some other stuff and walked tired but happy back to the SQL.
The first night was very comfort and ok and we are all asleep immediately.
Day 2 later....much more to come
Thorsten
Before I start let me say thanks to all of you here at this wonderful board. You made our stay with your help and tips once again magical.
My very special thanks go out to Otterpop and DoNatalie who designed wonderful autograph book pages for me.
Please excuse my bad English. I did not use a (online) translator, because I try to improve my English skills.
So ..let´s go
Day 1:
I decided once again to use the Thalys from Cologne, Germany for our travel. It was a very smooth travel to Gare du Nord and the price (29,- for an adult and 15,- for a child) is unbelievable. We arrived in 3 hours and 15 minutes and after a horrible experience with the RER last year I booked a private shuttle service in advance. John from EzzyShuttle recommends TIOShuttle, because he was booked out. The driver from TIOShuttle was in time and waited with a sign at the end of the platform. He was very friendly and helped us with the luggage. The car waited outside the station and it was very spacy and clean. He droves us to through the horrible traffic of Paris and we arrived the SQL in 45 minutes. It was a far better way to travel with 2 children and a lot of luggage than the RER. I´ve paid him 75,- and he told me that he will be back on Sunday at 10.00 am. I was satisfied with this service and would recommend them. The RER is a good way to travel too, but beware to avoid the Rush Hour!
The Check-In at the SQL was very good. I send them an email before our visit and the CM told my kids that Mickey welcomes then and that he received the mail. My daughters were very surprised and proud. This was the first of many magical moments! The CM was very helpful and friendly. In my email I asked for a refurbished room. She gaves us Room No. 2139 in the main building and it was an awesome room. We never stayed at the SQL and we were impressed about the atmosphere. It is such a wonderful hotel! I think it is fully refurbished now, because I did not see any workers or something like that. The hotel and the rooms are very clean.
We unpacked our luggage and went to the parcs. It is a very easy 10 minute walk around Lake Disney and trough the Village and we never used the shuttle bus.
Our first stop was at the Studios, because I knew that the Studio Tram Tour was only opened that day. The Canyon was fun, but the whole tour was out of date. In my opinion it is boring to see only some cars. It would be great to see more on this tour!
After walking around at the Studios we switch over to the other parc were we first stop for the rides which were not so full and easily to reach. The new refurbished castle looks great and better than ever. The whole parc was very clean and we were in the Disney spirit again at once.
The first day flew away and we walked through the exit. Suddenly my daughter saw Ariel outside the Auberge de Cendrilion. I made my daughters some custom autograph books before our trip with the help of the Diser Designers. My very proud daughters presented them to Ariel and the reaction was fantastic. Ariel looked at the autograph book .smiled and said, that she never saw such a brilliant thing and that this is by far the best autograph book ever! She took the book and went inside and suddenly Snow White and Belle came too. We were surrounded by these princesses and other CM and everyone looked at the autograph books. You can not image the faces of my daughters. This moment was worth every effort of the last year and this is one thing that money can´t buy. To see my daughters proud and lucky infront of the princesses ..unbelievable. We have a lot of special character interactions the next days with this autograph book and I will write about it.
After this special first experience we walked back through the village. I did not book any table for that night, so we planed to visit McDonalds. It was a nightmare, because it was so full that I had to wait 40 minutes to hear that Hamburger and Cheesburger were sold out !?!. We bought us some other stuff and walked tired but happy back to the SQL.
The first night was very comfort and ok and we are all asleep immediately.
Day 2 later....much more to come
Thorsten
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