OK, the TR that never seems to finish is now underway again...must must must finish this!!!
After breakfast we walked over to Starbucks for a proper caffeine fix - the coffee at Cafe Mickey was the machine stuff, yuk! We also had a wander round the shops just for a bit and started making our way over to the Studios when Phil spotted this billboard:
It made us laugh because of my friend Verity who I should add is not in the least bit abominable, she's lovely
But Phil thought the poster was funny and that she'd find it funny. I hope you find funny hon
I love going to the Studios, I actually prefer the DLP one to WDW because its smaller and just seems more charming to me. I love the entrance and the whole Hollywood feel of it. Here's Phil at those fabulous gates:
It wasn't busy at all when we got there so we thought we'd go straight in and do something fun for Matilda so we headed for Playhouse Disney. We got there just in time, an English show was about to start so we quickly parked the pushchair and jogged in before they shut the doors. Matilda was really good waiting for the screens to come on giving us instructions on what to do next. Suddenly Stitch appears on the screen and Phil says 'I didn't know Stitch was on Playhouse Disney'
Um...that's because he's not. I whispered to him 'we're in the wrong show'!!!
Luckily there was a huge family in front of us who had made the same mistake and were quite vocal about it so we didn't feel so stupid. They decided to leave but we thought as we were already there we might as well watch the show. Am so glad we did, Tilda sat through the whole thing and we really loved it, it was really funny and the interaction with the audience was quite clever!
Afterwards we had another coffee break - yup, we drink a lot of coffee -Matilda fell asleep so we couldn't do the Tram Tour as we had planned so Phil went off to do RnR while I waited with her. After the RnR we decided to leave the Studios and walk over to the
Disneyland Hotel as it was after 1pm now so I could clearly have a wee drink
I had been dying to try a Glowtini as they look so cool in photos. I am not much a drinker, I probably only drink 10 cocktails/wine etc a year, and most of these seem to be when i'm at DLP
We headed for the Fantasia bar and we got our drinks - the Glowtini was ok, very very strong and too sweet so I didn't finish it but I loved the glowing cube, wish i'd taken it, didn't know I could so I left it in there. The bar was lovely and very relaxed but the staff were very surly, I wasn't impressed at all.
Now i'll probably upset some people here who love the Disneyland Hotel so be warned i'm going to say something slightly uncomplimentary about it...NOW
The hotel absolutely stinks...the smell of potpourri or floral incense or whatever the heck they use to scent the place was just horrible and cheap, it was actually starting to make me nauseous...and it was relentless, it was everywhere you went! Do they pipe this stuff through the air con? All joking aside I really hated it and could not wait to get out of there. Phil took some quick photos of the beautiful lobby and I practically ran out and into the Disneyland park! Lovely hotel, could never in a million years stay there unless they get rid of that smell.
We went into the Park and decided we wanted to ride the train. This is something we love doing, we have lovely memories of riding the train at WDW too, something fun and relaxing to do. We had a wait of about 15 minutes but finally were able to board.
Here's our lovely train arriving before the carnage:
Matilda was on Phil's knee and was happily enjoying the ride. We were getting off at Fantasyland to go on It's a Small World...again... We were stopped at Frontierland waiting for people to get on board when Matilda asked for milk. So we gave her her bottle.
The rest kind of seems a blur but basically this was the gist of the next 15 minutes. Train went off towards Fantasyland. Matilda vomited on Phil. Matilda cried and coughed a bit. Matilda vomited AGAIN on Phil, this time it was projectile. The whole carriage had vomit on the floor, on Phil, on her. The old couple next to us and their granddaughter climbed over the carriage to get into the next one. I mean, I know its not a pretty sight but none was on them and it wasn't kryptonite but I guess some people can't handle the smell. As a side note I was impressed that people that age could climb like that
When we arrived at Fantasyland the CM's were obviously not ecstatic to see us but they were kind and understanding and worked really quickly. I offered to clean it up myself but they were insistent they would do it themselves. We had a train full of people glaring at us which made me really mad and I started glaring back because my poor little girl was obviously not well and no one on the train seemed to care a hoot. Phil had to actually remind me that our daughter needed to be changed etc so it might be a good idea to stop giving back 'evils' to everyone on the train
Poor Matilda just seemed so upset and confused about everything. I quickly changed and washed her but Phil had to go back to the HNY to change.
We agreed to meet up in front of the Plaza Gardens in half an hour. I gave Phil our room number and off he went.
Matilda and I walked around for a bit, she was happy in her pushchair but wanting her blanket which Phil took with him as it was dirty. So I did what any mother would do in these circumstances with a poorly unhappy child at DLP - I bought her anything that made her smile
If I picked it up and she smiled I bought it. Luckily not a lot made her smile and she was a bit too young to cotton on to what I was doing! She got a big Daisy doll which she instantly cuddled and kept with her at all times, a baby Stitch doll, a bag full of Mickey plastic characters and a hat. The rest of the items she rejected
She sipped a bit of bottled water and that seemed to settle her tummy a bit, along with the Calpol. We sat down on a bench about 5 minutes before Phil was meant to meet us there and we waited. And waited. And waited. 40 minutes later we see Phil walking up the path not looking incredibly pleased with me. Apparently (this is quite funny...he can almost laugh about it now) I gave him the wrong room number and he was on the wrong floor and tried going into a room with a woman in it, even tried to get a cleaner to open the door for him
Eventually when he realised it wasn't our room and the woman who was in the room seemed bemused at his persistent attempts to get in, he had to go back to reception and get our room number. So he was not impressed with me and it didn't help that I was hysterical and crying with laughter
Phil was hungry so we decided on having an early dinner at the Plaza Gardens. We ate here last time and thought it was really good value for money, nice food and great service. Our server was fab, brought me my free AP drink and was very playful and attentive with Matilda. She obviously had rid herself on the train of whatever was bugging her so she seemed happier and hungry which is unusual for her. She had a bowl of vegetable soup and a few chicken nuggets plus some of Phil's dessert so we were very happy. And it stayed down too, woo hoo! Our server gave us free coffee's at the end of the meal as well which was nice, at least I think they were free, I don't think drinks are included with the price of the meal.
After dinner we walked for a bit around Discoveryland. We were going to ride Buzz but the CM was so rude to Phil that he actually made him raise his voice which he never does so we just walked away. That was the only bad CM we had the whole trip. No idea what her problem was.
We popped into Videopolis as we'd missed it last time. We sat down on the benches and watched the old Mickey movies. Matilda LOVED them, she giggled and laughed and it was a special moment for all of us and a nice quiet place to rest and relax. We then went to watch the parade. Tilda fell asleep again so missed the entire show. Honestly we could have gone to Butlins and she wouldn't have known the difference
I loved the parades, shed my obligatory tears when the princesses roll out (i'm a saddo I know!). We then walked back to the hotel and called it an early night.
On the way to the hotel we bumped into Robyn and Robert who were on their way to the California Grill for dinner, lucky!! Was lovely meeting them both.
So it was quite a day, a few ups and downs but mainly all I remember are the special things...and Phil on the wrong floor
Day 3 coming this week I hope!
Honestly i'm a shambolic trip report planner!!! 
She's such a little cutie!
however I am DETERMINED to finish it.
