MinnieVanMom
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The Thalys is so easy for us, a quick metro ride and we are at the central station, 2.5 hours later in Paris. The transfer from the B to A was so easy, just walk to the other side.
Luggage check in at the park is great. We dropped our stuff and went to salon Mickey to get freshened up from the early morning travels. We met a lovely British family who also had traveled in early.
Weather, sunny warm, low crowds.
We went to the Studios because DS said that is what he wanted. We planned on just going on a few rides and at 6 pm we left the park. We saw Lights, action, rode every ride we wanted and had a blast. Unfortunately we were exhausted so we went to the hotel.
Stargate Barbie suggested the Sejourns and affairs. It was the best deal for us because our price included breakfast. The room was good, location right by the bus and RER.
We went to the mall for McD's which is what DS will eat and then hit our hotel. Easy check in.
Next morning up at 7 am, breakfast and ready for MK at opening. It was bit colder and we knew to expect rain so we had our umbrellas packed. The park was again just perfect, low crowds. DS wanted to go on Mission Space first thing. Ok, lessons learned, it is not fun to start the day with getting our heads smashed around. Then we went on Buzz twice! Star wars wasn't open so went to fantasyland and had a blast going on the rides and enjoying the park.
We say 3 princesses through out the day and also met Alice and the mad hatter. I have the SOMK cards from WDW and got them signed. We also ran in to Baloo and got his soggy.
About 2:30 the rain hit and although we had our umbrellas I bought each of us the DLP rain ponchos. They say Paris so I justified it as a souvenir. It really helped as we know the secret to staying warm is to stay dry. We kept going and DS wanted to go on big thunder, in the rain. It was a fun ride and we know what rain feels like on the coaster. Ouch.
Phantom manor was wonderful, pirates, well you get the idea, all the rides were fun.
We saw the parade at 7 pm and had sat on the curb a bit early and had the best view. Again our WDW training still has us lining up a earlier than needed but it works.
DS said he just didn't want to stay for the fireworks. I will not push him harder than I should as it just gets ugly so no dreams this trip. I am a bit sad but there will other times.
Sat:
Started out cold but when the sun heated up the park it was great. We did some park jumping which we normally don't but we again were in line for opening, today we noticed already there were crowds. We went on buzz again, it kept breaking so we got two rides in and a great high score!
Saw a princess again this time belle. We slowed down today and just looked around a lot. We toured the castle, saw the dragon, went into a few shops, went on more rides and just had fun. Another stop into Salon Mickey to freshen up and drop a layer at the luggage place where we had put our luggage first thing. It is so easy to just drop off things. They just put our shirts in a bag rather than drag our stuff out.
We then went the Studios and DS wanted to see Stitch live but the english version was 45 minutes so we went to the Animation studio and ended up staying through to the drawing class also. We looked and it was already time to go back to MK for our tour.
They only book one group or family for the English tour so it was just us. I had my shareholder card and got the discount. DS was free. I love tours and have done the back lot in WDW. Our guide was fun and understood that we would be a bit slower and with DS it was a bit off but still great. We stopped for candy floss, a new word for us and enjoyed our tour of fantasyland and main street. That is all we got done in two hours! But we will return and finish the other lands.
When we returned another CM told us to get going to Paris to catch our train. He was right we ended up with arriving with just 15 minutes.
I liked that when we had to use our access pass they checked our AP's and our names to see that they matched. Then Eduardo on Peter pan remembered us and said good bye using our names. Nice!
It was a fun trip and yet we have more to do next time. Oh and I ended up buying that stupid 20 year celebration bear. Why?
Now for the bad and it was really bad:
Belle Note' for lunch. I explained to a CM who was busing tables that I am with DS who has issues and could he please sit in a room with that was chained off but had people in it? She said yes, I put his by the window, feel good and stand in line for about 15 minutes, when I hear a child crying and everyone of course is looking. There is my son in full melt down by the trash can. So I run to him, get him under control to find out the other CM made DS leave. So, I get the lady, have her explain to the man CM that she said DS could stay there. DS is back at nice table by window, I am back in line and guess what? It happen again. The man went back and told my son to leave. It was about 10 minutes, he could not have forgotten? It was just horrible.
I won't go on but I did go to city hall and file a report.
The other low and it could be my fault, IDK. I swear I had left my cell phone in the room on the charger. We didn't have maid service but when we back, my phone was not there. I took everything apart systematically. I started with the bedroom and then put each thing cleared item in the kitchen. I went from top to bottom, the bed, everything. My phone was never found. I asked the lady at breakfast. Nothing. Yep that is a low point. I asked at city hall but it wasn't there. I didn't think I had even brought it to the park but I had to check.
We hope to go back one more time before I leave for my work in June. The CM said to go the first week in June so we are planning already.
The Thalys is so easy for us, a quick metro ride and we are at the central station, 2.5 hours later in Paris. The transfer from the B to A was so easy, just walk to the other side.
Luggage check in at the park is great. We dropped our stuff and went to salon Mickey to get freshened up from the early morning travels. We met a lovely British family who also had traveled in early.
Weather, sunny warm, low crowds.
We went to the Studios because DS said that is what he wanted. We planned on just going on a few rides and at 6 pm we left the park. We saw Lights, action, rode every ride we wanted and had a blast. Unfortunately we were exhausted so we went to the hotel.
Stargate Barbie suggested the Sejourns and affairs. It was the best deal for us because our price included breakfast. The room was good, location right by the bus and RER.
We went to the mall for McD's which is what DS will eat and then hit our hotel. Easy check in.
Next morning up at 7 am, breakfast and ready for MK at opening. It was bit colder and we knew to expect rain so we had our umbrellas packed. The park was again just perfect, low crowds. DS wanted to go on Mission Space first thing. Ok, lessons learned, it is not fun to start the day with getting our heads smashed around. Then we went on Buzz twice! Star wars wasn't open so went to fantasyland and had a blast going on the rides and enjoying the park.
We say 3 princesses through out the day and also met Alice and the mad hatter. I have the SOMK cards from WDW and got them signed. We also ran in to Baloo and got his soggy.
About 2:30 the rain hit and although we had our umbrellas I bought each of us the DLP rain ponchos. They say Paris so I justified it as a souvenir. It really helped as we know the secret to staying warm is to stay dry. We kept going and DS wanted to go on big thunder, in the rain. It was a fun ride and we know what rain feels like on the coaster. Ouch.
Phantom manor was wonderful, pirates, well you get the idea, all the rides were fun.
We saw the parade at 7 pm and had sat on the curb a bit early and had the best view. Again our WDW training still has us lining up a earlier than needed but it works.
DS said he just didn't want to stay for the fireworks. I will not push him harder than I should as it just gets ugly so no dreams this trip. I am a bit sad but there will other times.
Sat:
Started out cold but when the sun heated up the park it was great. We did some park jumping which we normally don't but we again were in line for opening, today we noticed already there were crowds. We went on buzz again, it kept breaking so we got two rides in and a great high score!
Saw a princess again this time belle. We slowed down today and just looked around a lot. We toured the castle, saw the dragon, went into a few shops, went on more rides and just had fun. Another stop into Salon Mickey to freshen up and drop a layer at the luggage place where we had put our luggage first thing. It is so easy to just drop off things. They just put our shirts in a bag rather than drag our stuff out.
We then went the Studios and DS wanted to see Stitch live but the english version was 45 minutes so we went to the Animation studio and ended up staying through to the drawing class also. We looked and it was already time to go back to MK for our tour.
They only book one group or family for the English tour so it was just us. I had my shareholder card and got the discount. DS was free. I love tours and have done the back lot in WDW. Our guide was fun and understood that we would be a bit slower and with DS it was a bit off but still great. We stopped for candy floss, a new word for us and enjoyed our tour of fantasyland and main street. That is all we got done in two hours! But we will return and finish the other lands.
When we returned another CM told us to get going to Paris to catch our train. He was right we ended up with arriving with just 15 minutes.
I liked that when we had to use our access pass they checked our AP's and our names to see that they matched. Then Eduardo on Peter pan remembered us and said good bye using our names. Nice!
It was a fun trip and yet we have more to do next time. Oh and I ended up buying that stupid 20 year celebration bear. Why?
Now for the bad and it was really bad:
Belle Note' for lunch. I explained to a CM who was busing tables that I am with DS who has issues and could he please sit in a room with that was chained off but had people in it? She said yes, I put his by the window, feel good and stand in line for about 15 minutes, when I hear a child crying and everyone of course is looking. There is my son in full melt down by the trash can. So I run to him, get him under control to find out the other CM made DS leave. So, I get the lady, have her explain to the man CM that she said DS could stay there. DS is back at nice table by window, I am back in line and guess what? It happen again. The man went back and told my son to leave. It was about 10 minutes, he could not have forgotten? It was just horrible.
I won't go on but I did go to city hall and file a report.
The other low and it could be my fault, IDK. I swear I had left my cell phone in the room on the charger. We didn't have maid service but when we back, my phone was not there. I took everything apart systematically. I started with the bedroom and then put each thing cleared item in the kitchen. I went from top to bottom, the bed, everything. My phone was never found. I asked the lady at breakfast. Nothing. Yep that is a low point. I asked at city hall but it wasn't there. I didn't think I had even brought it to the park but I had to check.
We hope to go back one more time before I leave for my work in June. The CM said to go the first week in June so we are planning already.
