SleepingX3Beauty
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So I'm hopping along with the rest of you and starting a PTR. Never done one, and never done one in English neither so forgive me my weird sentences and spelling mistakes! 
The Summer Magic and OMG We're going to see Dreams! - Pré Trip Report
1. The plan
- Going by Car (nice 3 hour drive for us Belgians, which never passes quickly enough)
- Booked 2 nights/3 days package at Newport Bay Club for my boyfriend alone in a standard room. Will be ringing Disney a few weeks a head to let them know that I will be staying too,will be paying tourist tax at arrival and that I won't be needing tickets since I have a Dreampas. *glowing with pride*
- Arriving early morning on Wednesday 8th of August 2012 and heading back home on Friday 10th of August 2012 at about 9 PM.
2. The cast
Sharona - me - True Disneyaddict
Age: 20 years old (25/10/1991)
Favorite...
Character: Duffy, Eeyore, Winnie the Pooh, Tinkerbell, Oliver (Oliver & Co), Marie (Aristocats) & Rapunzel
Attraction: Big Thunder Mountain, Peter Pan, Phantom Manor & Animagique
Restaurant: Café Mickey and Annette's Diner
Disney movie: Rapunzel
Park Area: Fantasyland and Main Street
Glenn - My Boyfriend - Sort of gets dragged along by me and is to much of a macho to admit that he secretly doesn't mind being kidnapped each time
Age: 21 years old, 22 at the time of our next trip (27/06/1990)
Favorite...
Character: Eeyore, Jack Sparrow & Chewbacca
Attraction: Pirates Of The Caribbean, Tower of Terror & Big Thunder Mountain
Restaurant: Plaza Gardens & Annette's Diner
Disney Movie: Star Wars and the Pirates of the Caribbean movies
Park Area: Adventureland & Discoveryland
3. Previous Trips
1. Thursday 6th of August 'till Sunday 9th of August 2009
Both first-timers and it was love at first sight.
We went in the middle of Summer season so fireworks and fantilusion every night. We had feared the famous Disneyland queues yet first two days it was very calm (max. queuing about 20 minutes or so) and the last two went well with usage of Fastpass and some shopping time. We were totally unprepared, had no idea about the massive choice of restaurants, show schedules (I remember us walking on Town Square to head for the hotel and to go showering and suddenly noticing the floats of the parade going by and just stopping to watch like "Hey, is there a show on?" ), ... So we ate at the hotel twice, Pizza Planet twice for lunch and made a reservation for Plaza Gardens on the morning of the day itself and did a lot of attractions. Tough I did discover the many souvenir shops in the Village on our first night. 
Stayed 3 nights / 4 days package at Santa Fe in a standard room.
2. Thursday 4th of November 'til Sunday 7th of November 2010
Second visit, first time Christmas Season. Yet, still very unprepared. I had discovered Dlrpfans (a Belgian fan forum) a few weeks a head yet not early enough to go into intensive planning. Did get a few pointers out of there so we were a bit less lost then the first time. Stayed at hotel Cheyenne for 3 nights / 4 days and Christmas season was officialy starting the 6th of November. So first two days we saw Christmas decorations pop up everywhere and the third we suddenly were greeted by Christmas songs trough the speakers and fake snow in Main Street (which resulted into me screaming "OH LOOK IT'S SNOWING!" and needing about 10 minutes of convincing by my boyfriend that it was NOT real snow). Ate at Annette's twice, discovered Café Mickey for the first time and ate at the hotel once too. It was very calm (no one had vacation but us Belgians) so basically no queuing, which was like a dream come true!
3. Thursday 10th of November 'till Sunday 13th of November 2011
Third trip, second time Christmas season. Was vacation for almost everyone so VERY crowded (except for the first day) and lots of queuing. Went back to Café Mickey, Pizza Planet and Annette's and ate at the hotel once. Met Duffy for the first time and again, love at first sight! I bought enough Christmas decorations to fill 3 Christmas trees with. 
Stayed 3 nights / 4 days in Sequoia Lodge in a Montana room in the main building. Was active for about a year on the fanforums yet we made the mistake of thinking it wouldn't be crowded so didn't make diner reservations. This resulted into a LOT of puzzling and fiddling when we were there to make reservations at arrival for Café Mickey, seeing as there was barely anything available!
4. 21th of April 2012 - Daytrip Disneyland Park
The Disney virus had really kicked in by then. After November trip I felt like I was homesick, for Disneyland. So we decided we were going back very soon and in Januari a 30% early booking offer came on. We gladly took it and booked for August. I had already decided that I was finally (after 3 years of doubting) getting my Dreampas and ordered one on CE multiavantages that same week of booking. Yet when it arrived at home, the problems began. I had asked for one specifically trade able until 8th of august since we were arriving then, obviously, the one I got would expire on 6th of August... Only one thing to do: Book an earlier trip!
So we ended up going a day by bus and taking 2 friends a long. Yet, they totally spoiled it for us. They really didn't like anything, spent the day whining about things being expensive, rides being lame, ... I know, they're aliens right?!!
That and circumstances of the bustrip not being well (drove for 7 bloody hours! We do 3 hours over it by car! Arrived at 11 AM, left back at 8.30 PM so no Dreams and we missed the parade 'cause we didn't have time to eat otherwise), made it the least pleasant trip so far for us. So we are really looking forward to August and making the most out of it!
4. Must Do's List
- Watch Dreams!
- Watch Magic On Parade
- Watch Fantilusion
- Eat at Inventions (first time. Quite a bite out of the budget but reviews have convinced me, and the food on the pictures looks so delicious!)
- Eat at Café Mickey, Plaza Gardens & Annette's
- Start an autograph book (Yes, I AM an adult, I honestly am!)
- Meet Duffy, Winnie and Rapunzel
- Ride BTM in the dark
- Ride the Teacups in the dark
- Make it to breakfast in time both mornings (would be the first time we actually succeed in doing this tough! )
I'm being a little obsessive with my planning (My boyfriend currently runs away screaming whenever I mention the word "Dining planning" ) and probably a bit early. But with last trip being not so good, I just want the next one to be perfect!
So I'm fiddling around with microsoft office Publisher trying to make a planning to print out when we go and take in my bag. Yet I'm waiting for the first showplanning and openinghours of the summer season, which I hope will be on the Disneyland site end of June/beginning of July. So when that's on I can make it all final and ring for restaurant reservations.
Yet, my dinner planning is going to have chanced about a thousand times by then. I think I've already swapped it around like 100 times in 2 weeks. It'll help when the show planning is on tough, I'm trying to plan dinner and lunch around shows and parades so we don't miss out on to many of those. I'll try and put a printscreen on here of my planning one of these days.
Eeek I'm so excited! I've got about a month of school to go, then exams in June, and then we're going to Salou from 8th 'til 22 July so thankfully something to count down to that's a little more nearby! So July should pass fast enough, and exams usually do to so basically I just need to get trough this horrible month of classes. Thank God for forums like these were I can let it all out!
The Summer Magic and OMG We're going to see Dreams! - Pré Trip Report
1. The plan
- Going by Car (nice 3 hour drive for us Belgians, which never passes quickly enough)
- Booked 2 nights/3 days package at Newport Bay Club for my boyfriend alone in a standard room. Will be ringing Disney a few weeks a head to let them know that I will be staying too,will be paying tourist tax at arrival and that I won't be needing tickets since I have a Dreampas. *glowing with pride*
- Arriving early morning on Wednesday 8th of August 2012 and heading back home on Friday 10th of August 2012 at about 9 PM.
2. The cast
Sharona - me - True Disneyaddict
Age: 20 years old (25/10/1991)
Favorite...
Character: Duffy, Eeyore, Winnie the Pooh, Tinkerbell, Oliver (Oliver & Co), Marie (Aristocats) & Rapunzel
Attraction: Big Thunder Mountain, Peter Pan, Phantom Manor & Animagique
Restaurant: Café Mickey and Annette's Diner
Disney movie: Rapunzel
Park Area: Fantasyland and Main Street
Glenn - My Boyfriend - Sort of gets dragged along by me and is to much of a macho to admit that he secretly doesn't mind being kidnapped each time
Age: 21 years old, 22 at the time of our next trip (27/06/1990)
Favorite...
Character: Eeyore, Jack Sparrow & Chewbacca
Attraction: Pirates Of The Caribbean, Tower of Terror & Big Thunder Mountain
Restaurant: Plaza Gardens & Annette's Diner
Disney Movie: Star Wars and the Pirates of the Caribbean movies
Park Area: Adventureland & Discoveryland
3. Previous Trips
1. Thursday 6th of August 'till Sunday 9th of August 2009
Both first-timers and it was love at first sight.
We went in the middle of Summer season so fireworks and fantilusion every night. We had feared the famous Disneyland queues yet first two days it was very calm (max. queuing about 20 minutes or so) and the last two went well with usage of Fastpass and some shopping time. We were totally unprepared, had no idea about the massive choice of restaurants, show schedules (I remember us walking on Town Square to head for the hotel and to go showering and suddenly noticing the floats of the parade going by and just stopping to watch like "Hey, is there a show on?" ), ... So we ate at the hotel twice, Pizza Planet twice for lunch and made a reservation for Plaza Gardens on the morning of the day itself and did a lot of attractions. Tough I did discover the many souvenir shops in the Village on our first night. Stayed 3 nights / 4 days package at Santa Fe in a standard room.2. Thursday 4th of November 'til Sunday 7th of November 2010
Second visit, first time Christmas Season. Yet, still very unprepared. I had discovered Dlrpfans (a Belgian fan forum) a few weeks a head yet not early enough to go into intensive planning. Did get a few pointers out of there so we were a bit less lost then the first time. Stayed at hotel Cheyenne for 3 nights / 4 days and Christmas season was officialy starting the 6th of November. So first two days we saw Christmas decorations pop up everywhere and the third we suddenly were greeted by Christmas songs trough the speakers and fake snow in Main Street (which resulted into me screaming "OH LOOK IT'S SNOWING!" and needing about 10 minutes of convincing by my boyfriend that it was NOT real snow
). Ate at Annette's twice, discovered Café Mickey for the first time and ate at the hotel once too. It was very calm (no one had vacation but us Belgians) so basically no queuing, which was like a dream come true! 3. Thursday 10th of November 'till Sunday 13th of November 2011
Third trip, second time Christmas season. Was vacation for almost everyone so VERY crowded (except for the first day) and lots of queuing. Went back to Café Mickey, Pizza Planet and Annette's and ate at the hotel once. Met Duffy for the first time and again, love at first sight!
I bought enough Christmas decorations to fill 3 Christmas trees with. Stayed 3 nights / 4 days in Sequoia Lodge in a Montana room in the main building. Was active for about a year on the fanforums yet we made the mistake of thinking it wouldn't be crowded so didn't make diner reservations. This resulted into a LOT of puzzling and fiddling when we were there to make reservations at arrival for Café Mickey, seeing as there was barely anything available! 4. 21th of April 2012 - Daytrip Disneyland Park
The Disney virus had really kicked in by then. After November trip I felt like I was homesick, for Disneyland. So we decided we were going back very soon and in Januari a 30% early booking offer came on. We gladly took it and booked for August. I had already decided that I was finally (after 3 years of doubting) getting my Dreampas and ordered one on CE multiavantages that same week of booking. Yet when it arrived at home, the problems began. I had asked for one specifically trade able until 8th of august since we were arriving then, obviously, the one I got would expire on 6th of August... Only one thing to do: Book an earlier trip!
So we ended up going a day by bus and taking 2 friends a long. Yet, they totally spoiled it for us. They really didn't like anything, spent the day whining about things being expensive, rides being lame, ... I know, they're aliens right?!!
That and circumstances of the bustrip not being well (drove for 7 bloody hours! We do 3 hours over it by car! Arrived at 11 AM, left back at 8.30 PM so no Dreams and we missed the parade 'cause we didn't have time to eat otherwise), made it the least pleasant trip so far for us. So we are really looking forward to August and making the most out of it!
4. Must Do's List
- Watch Dreams!
- Watch Magic On Parade
- Watch Fantilusion
- Eat at Inventions (first time. Quite a bite out of the budget but reviews have convinced me, and the food on the pictures looks so delicious!)
- Eat at Café Mickey, Plaza Gardens & Annette's
- Start an autograph book (Yes, I AM an adult, I honestly am!
)- Meet Duffy, Winnie and Rapunzel
- Ride BTM in the dark
- Ride the Teacups in the dark
- Make it to breakfast in time both mornings (would be the first time we actually succeed in doing this tough!
)I'm being a little obsessive with my planning (My boyfriend currently runs away screaming whenever I mention the word "Dining planning"
) and probably a bit early. But with last trip being not so good, I just want the next one to be perfect!So I'm fiddling around with microsoft office Publisher trying to make a planning to print out when we go and take in my bag. Yet I'm waiting for the first showplanning and openinghours of the summer season, which I hope will be on the Disneyland site end of June/beginning of July. So when that's on I can make it all final and ring for restaurant reservations.
Yet, my dinner planning is going to have chanced about a thousand times by then. I think I've already swapped it around like 100 times in 2 weeks.
It'll help when the show planning is on tough, I'm trying to plan dinner and lunch around shows and parades so we don't miss out on to many of those. I'll try and put a printscreen on here of my planning one of these days.Eeek I'm so excited! I've got about a month of school to go, then exams in June, and then we're going to Salou from 8th 'til 22 July so thankfully something to count down to that's a little more nearby! So July should pass fast enough, and exams usually do to so basically I just need to get trough this horrible month of classes. Thank God for forums like these were I can let it all out!
Never heard of the saying "age is just a number?" As long as we're all young at heart, that's all that matters! 
At least this time there is only yourself and your BF to please. Oh, and good luck with your exams too! 
I just convinced my boyfriend this week that we are definitely going for the Halloween season! So I'm totally excited now, 'cause when we leave in August the goodbye will only be for a month or two. I love the thought of walking trough those gates the last time and meanwhile being able to count down to the next time I'll be walking trough them in the opposite direction again! 
