dizneeat
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Bonus Mini Trip Report
Halloween Fun at Disneyland Resort Paris
Day 1, October 30
Delays, Upgrades and . Just Slam The Door - Part 2
By that time we both felt a little hungry, so we decided to head to the Disney Village for some lunch. We had the option of parking at the main parking lot for free or to use the new parking structure at the Disney Village. Disney Village parking involved less walking so it won. When we entered the structure a poster caught my eye. Discounted parking for pass holders! My French is not all that good, but I did understand the gist of it and so once we had parked the car we went to the office to ask about the terms. Turns out that if you are a pass holder you can park there all day for just 2 Euros. Yeah! Guess that makes parking at the main lot, which is quite a hike away from the parks, an even less appealing option. So we paid our 2 Euros and went over to Annettes Diner to find out if we could get a table. We got in line and it was just a 5 minute wait and we were taken to our table. We both ordered Diet Cokes and since their speciality are burgers, we both got one.
Tom got the Double Rockabilly Burger, a double burger, fried onion ring, bacon, cheese, BBQ sauce and French fries.
The Little Italy Burger had caught my eye. It was a beef burger, mozzarella, eggplant, sundried tomatoes, ham, pesto, foccacia bread, accompanied by French fries and coleslaw.
Both burgers were really good and hit the spot. We even decided on trying dessert. Tom decided on trying Annettes Café Gourmand, coffee, accompanied by a mini doughnut, a dark chocolate brownie and a mini vanilla milk-shake.
There were a lot of nice desserts on the menu and I decided on ordering the Cheesiest Choice of Cheesecake, classic bruleed cheesecake made with Philadelphia Cheese, sautéed apples with Annettes Caramel, grilled almonds, caramel ice-cream and whipped cream.
We left the restaurant stuffed and very happy. Since we were already at the Disney Village we decided to stroll through the shops and look for new merchandise. We were surprised to find quite a few new things. Once we had gone through all the shops we headed back to the car and went to the Val dEurope shopping center to do some grocery shopping. A little after 3pm we were done shopping and went back to the hotel to finally check in. We were the only ones there and we were checked in in no time and on the way to our little house for the next 3 nights.
We tried to open the door and the key would not turn. After wiggling it a bit it did open the door, but when we tried to close it silently it would not stay shut. You had to slam the door to make it stay shut. The rest of the villa was okay, even though we were surprised that after only a few years of use it already showed a lot of wear and tear. But we were still worried about the door. I tried to lock from the inside and could not turn the key, again!
So we went back to check in, now this time there were a lot of people ahead of us. This time the guys English seemed to be much worse as he pretended not to understand what we were talking about. He promised a few times to come and have a look in 10 minutes time, but in the end just handed us a new key and I guess he hoped that we would be happy with a new key. Well, we gave up when we found out that the key worked perfectly and we just continued to slam the door shut. Would be nice to do when we got in after 1am the next day!
Halloween Fun at Disneyland Resort Paris
Day 1, October 30
Delays, Upgrades and . Just Slam The Door - Part 2
By that time we both felt a little hungry, so we decided to head to the Disney Village for some lunch. We had the option of parking at the main parking lot for free or to use the new parking structure at the Disney Village. Disney Village parking involved less walking so it won. When we entered the structure a poster caught my eye. Discounted parking for pass holders! My French is not all that good, but I did understand the gist of it and so once we had parked the car we went to the office to ask about the terms. Turns out that if you are a pass holder you can park there all day for just 2 Euros. Yeah! Guess that makes parking at the main lot, which is quite a hike away from the parks, an even less appealing option. So we paid our 2 Euros and went over to Annettes Diner to find out if we could get a table. We got in line and it was just a 5 minute wait and we were taken to our table. We both ordered Diet Cokes and since their speciality are burgers, we both got one.
Tom got the Double Rockabilly Burger, a double burger, fried onion ring, bacon, cheese, BBQ sauce and French fries.
The Little Italy Burger had caught my eye. It was a beef burger, mozzarella, eggplant, sundried tomatoes, ham, pesto, foccacia bread, accompanied by French fries and coleslaw.
Both burgers were really good and hit the spot. We even decided on trying dessert. Tom decided on trying Annettes Café Gourmand, coffee, accompanied by a mini doughnut, a dark chocolate brownie and a mini vanilla milk-shake.
There were a lot of nice desserts on the menu and I decided on ordering the Cheesiest Choice of Cheesecake, classic bruleed cheesecake made with Philadelphia Cheese, sautéed apples with Annettes Caramel, grilled almonds, caramel ice-cream and whipped cream.
We left the restaurant stuffed and very happy. Since we were already at the Disney Village we decided to stroll through the shops and look for new merchandise. We were surprised to find quite a few new things. Once we had gone through all the shops we headed back to the car and went to the Val dEurope shopping center to do some grocery shopping. A little after 3pm we were done shopping and went back to the hotel to finally check in. We were the only ones there and we were checked in in no time and on the way to our little house for the next 3 nights.
We tried to open the door and the key would not turn. After wiggling it a bit it did open the door, but when we tried to close it silently it would not stay shut. You had to slam the door to make it stay shut. The rest of the villa was okay, even though we were surprised that after only a few years of use it already showed a lot of wear and tear. But we were still worried about the door. I tried to lock from the inside and could not turn the key, again!
So we went back to check in, now this time there were a lot of people ahead of us. This time the guys English seemed to be much worse as he pretended not to understand what we were talking about. He promised a few times to come and have a look in 10 minutes time, but in the end just handed us a new key and I guess he hoped that we would be happy with a new key. Well, we gave up when we found out that the key worked perfectly and we just continued to slam the door shut. Would be nice to do when we got in after 1am the next day!
The thing is that I learned French for 4 years and can still read a bit and understand enough to follow what someone says, my problem is that it takes forever for me to put a sentence together and I don't even really try, so English it is! 
) and turn the key, but beforehand I really had a problem with it. 
)
YUM!!!
I esp love this photo
Drive by hello....getting lost between the TR's...pathetic, I know, but no doubt I'll eventually come up with an excellent excuse. 
