Hi guys, sorry for the longish absence, I had my operation (the one I thought was going to cause major disruption on the trip) and I'm still recovering. I don't think I've ever spent so much time lying down. Now, on with the show!
Disney Studios Day Part 3: Ratatouille, more parade and we shop til we drop
So when I left you last we had waited an hour to see Belle and a considerably shorter amount of time to meet the lovely Minnie. Now we were ambling back to the studios to use our coveted Ratatouille fastpasses. The reason we weren't rushing was because we were a little early for our time. However, it turned out that that didn't matter because when we got there the single rider line was only 5 minutes! Now we weren't going to miss out on that opportunity and jumped straight in. And we ended up in the same mouse! Now I cannot say enough good things about this ride; it was so cool! No spoilers, but definitely do not miss out on it if possible. After that awesome experience we marched back to
Disneyland Parc as we wanted to catch the parade again. As it was later this time we didn't get as good a parade spot but it still wasn't bad. We were on the curb opposite the bandstand in the second row. No pictures I'm afraid, because I filmed it on my phone but it was great as usual.
Our plan now was to go to Bella Notte for dinner, but when we turned up they had already closed for the night! Now I know Fantasyland closes early because of Dreams! But not that early! Having no real plan now, we headed to Disney Village and planned to jumps into the first line for hot food. Because as you may have noticed we forgot to have lunch. However that plan hit a snag when we got to Annette's (the queue was only just out the door which I thought was good) and Abi stated that there was no way she was paying that much for a burger. When I pointed out the meal deals she said she didn't want any of that stuff and asked me how I thought those prices were reasonable. Sigh. Now you'll all know that when I said reasonable I meant reasonable for Disney, but we have differing views on that. As you can probably guess, that meant King Ludwig's and Rainforest Café were also off the menu and we ended up back in the Earl of Sandwich. Luckily this turned out ok, because they now do a 'tea time' thing where you can get a pasta dish or pizza for the same sort of price as the sandwiches so I got the veg pasta bake and Abi got a cheese pizza.
We had timed it right because there was no queue to speak of and plenty of empty tables. Moods (mine anyway
) were greatly improved by hot food and a sit down and we were able to take out time seeing as we weren't rushing to see Dreams! This time around (our pick up was 9:30 tonight). After that we hit the shops. I couldn't find anything for my dad as per the norm, but I was planning on picking something up for him at the chocolate shop and wine/beer warehouse we would be visiting on the way back to Calais. My brother was another problem present wise because they hadn't released any new Star Wars t shirts since my last visit. In the end I broke and decided to pick him something from the
Lego Shop (he is the worlds biggest AFOL) and just pray that he hadn't already got it in his collection. After our shopping needs were satisfied we picked a wall outside the World of Disney and just sat and watched the crowds go by (me wishing we were staying onsite) until it was time to walk back to the coach. We were the first back on but everyone else was quick to follow. We headed back and packed up our stuff so we would be ready to leave the next morning. Coming up: the journey home.
Another great day - so looking forward to experiencing Ratatouille.
