jothp
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Just to recap for anybody who can't remember or didn't read the PTR the cast members for this trip are
Jothp's family Jo (me), Olie and princesses Robyn 8, Harriet 5, Evie 3
and
Sparklemum's family Suzie, Jon, princess Emily 8 and Pirate Matthew 5.
We are on our fourth visit whilst sparklemums family are newbies.
Where:
We are all staying at the Newport Bay us on the Admirals floor in a family room and sparklemum in an ordinary room.
Day one began very early for all of us as we were meeting at 5.30am at the Eurotunnel terminal ready for our 6.20 crossing. Now at the time we booked having a crossing this early seemed like a great idea to maximise our time in the park but with hindsight it was just a bit too early to be starting a very busy week. The crossing went smoothly and the drive to the Newport Bay took about 3 hours so we arrived about 11. Neither of our rooms were ready but we got our tickets and even managed to get the first autograph before we had finished checking in.
from left to right the children are Matthew, Harriet, Evie, Robyn, Emily.
We headed straight off to the disneyland park
and on arriving decided on Caseys for luch. About half way through the meal it occurred to me that it wasn't the best choice because Annettes was on the plan for dinner
(Remember this for tomorrow!) We all enjoyed our hotdogs.
The first ride of the trip was small world where we all tried to pick out the different countries. As we came out there were some spots of rain in the air so we headed over to POTC to be in the dry. We rode with quite a short queue and by the time we had finished the sun was shining again. The next two rides were the carousel and pinocchio before heading to grab a spot for the parade. We sat by the bandstand opposite ribbons and bows and the dentist. This turned out to be a great spot because once the parade had started no extra people could cross the path to get onto the bandstand area and we didn't always feel like we were trying to defend our spot
By the time the parade finished we were all feeling the effects of the early morning and headed straight out of the park to Annettes. We all enjoyed our meals. We had 5 childrens meals, 4 adult main courses, 2 sides, 2 beers and 2 soft drinks. We used 4 adult half board plus vouchers and only had E30 to pay which seemed very good value compared to other places on site
By now the children were all getting over tired so we headed back to the hotel to get the bags out of the car and collect our keys. At the desk the man was very helpful and said I hope you like your room it is a better room but at this point I just thought he was being polite. It wasn't until we got to the door and it was a double door with a doorbell and the words Rhode Island Suite on it that I twigged We went inside but I was convinced there had been some kind of mistake as there were only two double beds but 5 of us(well one double sofa bed and another very large bed but I didn't fancy sharing that with one of the kids for the week
). Olie phoned down to reception and no mistake, housekeeping had just forgotten to bring the other bed so I set about unpacking while we waited for them to arrive. The room was gorgeous. There was one main room with a sofa bed, two desks, a tv, hifi, two soft chairs, two small tables, a separate toilet, a vanity cupboard and a beautiful view over the lake. There was then a bedroom also with a tv with a separate storage room and bathroom.
It didn't seem to take long for the bed to arrive, we put it next to the sofa bed and soon all of us were sleeping ready for EMH the next morning
Jothp's family Jo (me), Olie and princesses Robyn 8, Harriet 5, Evie 3
and
Sparklemum's family Suzie, Jon, princess Emily 8 and Pirate Matthew 5.
We are on our fourth visit whilst sparklemums family are newbies.
Where:
We are all staying at the Newport Bay us on the Admirals floor in a family room and sparklemum in an ordinary room.
Day one began very early for all of us as we were meeting at 5.30am at the Eurotunnel terminal ready for our 6.20 crossing. Now at the time we booked having a crossing this early seemed like a great idea to maximise our time in the park but with hindsight it was just a bit too early to be starting a very busy week. The crossing went smoothly and the drive to the Newport Bay took about 3 hours so we arrived about 11. Neither of our rooms were ready but we got our tickets and even managed to get the first autograph before we had finished checking in.
from left to right the children are Matthew, Harriet, Evie, Robyn, Emily.
We headed straight off to the disneyland park
and on arriving decided on Caseys for luch. About half way through the meal it occurred to me that it wasn't the best choice because Annettes was on the plan for dinner
(Remember this for tomorrow!) We all enjoyed our hotdogs.The first ride of the trip was small world where we all tried to pick out the different countries. As we came out there were some spots of rain in the air so we headed over to POTC to be in the dry. We rode with quite a short queue and by the time we had finished the sun was shining again. The next two rides were the carousel and pinocchio before heading to grab a spot for the parade. We sat by the bandstand opposite ribbons and bows and the dentist. This turned out to be a great spot because once the parade had started no extra people could cross the path to get onto the bandstand area and we didn't always feel like we were trying to defend our spot
By the time the parade finished we were all feeling the effects of the early morning and headed straight out of the park to Annettes. We all enjoyed our meals. We had 5 childrens meals, 4 adult main courses, 2 sides, 2 beers and 2 soft drinks. We used 4 adult half board plus vouchers and only had E30 to pay which seemed very good value compared to other places on site
By now the children were all getting over tired so we headed back to the hotel to get the bags out of the car and collect our keys. At the desk the man was very helpful and said I hope you like your room it is a better room but at this point I just thought he was being polite. It wasn't until we got to the door and it was a double door with a doorbell and the words Rhode Island Suite on it that I twigged
We went inside but I was convinced there had been some kind of mistake as there were only two double beds but 5 of us(well one double sofa bed and another very large bed but I didn't fancy sharing that with one of the kids for the week). Olie phoned down to reception and no mistake, housekeeping had just forgotten to bring the other bed so I set about unpacking while we waited for them to arrive. The room was gorgeous. There was one main room with a sofa bed, two desks, a tv, hifi, two soft chairs, two small tables, a separate toilet, a vanity cupboard and a beautiful view over the lake. There was then a bedroom also with a tv with a separate storage room and bathroom.
It didn't seem to take long for the bed to arrive, we put it next to the sofa bed and soon all of us were sleeping ready for EMH the next morning
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