Mum to Belle
<font color=royalblue>Thinks she may know someone
- Joined
- Jul 6, 2009
Monday 6th June 2011
It was finally here!!!!! All packed and ready to go by 5am, with one very excited 4 year old, we had a smooth journey to the airport, dropped off our luggage and had time for breakfast. Then through security where we all set off the metal detectors and had to be searched, even Isabelle! A short flight later and we landed in Paris, Orly. Ezyshuttle were waiting to whisk us & our luggage off to the Hotel New York. Oh my, that hotel smells divine, even DH wanted to ask them what the smell was & bring it home!
While I was going through check-in and collecting our tickets, Isabelle came running over, jumping up and down saying something about wanting Mickeys autograph, and I was like, yes dear Im sure well see him soon, at which point DH showed me the photo hed just taken of her meeting the Main Mouse, shed come back to get her autograph book! A perfect start to the trip then!
We were in the park by 11am and headed for the Castle, it was looking good, despite the clouds today. DD was all for going to visit the dragon first, until she spotted the signs for Adventureland, so we wandered round there and found these guys...
Baloo & King Louis
DD had a go on the bongos while we were there
Then DH said he wanted to go on a ride and as we were there we thought it would be rude if we didnt make it Pirates! As we were walking through the queuing area (5 minute queue) DD & I both joined in singing, Yo ho, yo ho, a pirates life for me...! I had forgotten how much I loved this ride!!!
Time for lunch now so we headed for Toad Hall where I got fish & chips and DH got chicken burger meal. DD ate our chips & the ice cream. I did take a photo of this, but alas, I had to delete it...
Next it had to be Its A Small World, Isabelles favourite ride. I was just taking the obligatory photo of DH & DD on the boat when my camera flashed up, Internal Memory Full which was not a good sign on Day 1! As I processed what this meant, I realised that the previous evening when I had been transferring all the photos from the camera to the laptop and formatting the memory, I had neglected to put the SIM card back in the camera!!!!!!! Ooooops. Being the person that I am, of course I had a spare, sadly, it was currently locked away inside my suitcase back at the hotel baggage area. Thus, today would be a day of few photos, and photos taken by our phones. Oh well, 4 more days to take photos!
We had time for a ride on the carousel before joining the queue for Rapunzel. DH was not impressed. We spent longer sitting on the horses waiting for the ride to start than the actual ride! Short & sweet, the girls liked it!
In the queue for Rapunzel I decided to be ruthless in the photo selection. I had space for 5 photos, so in order to get some of Rapunzel, the food ones had to go. Sorry, but hey, you know what fish & chips look like!! While we queued and hoped the clouds wouldnt empty themselves, we were very pleased to meet this handsome young thief...!
Flynn Rider
Finally our time came and we realised why the queue was moving so slowly, she was really spending time with everyone to make the meet & greet special. I had taken DDs invite with us to show Rapunzel, and she made a big show of thanking DD for coming to visit her and giving her the biggest hug before she would sign her autograph book, which was also a message to her! Then she talked to her for a few more minutes before posing for several photos (how much was I kicking myself now for not having the memory card?!!!!) and then introducing DD to Pascal. DD was absolutely over the moon totally worth the queue!!
We had a go on the tea cups next as the other rides were looking a bit busy, always guaranteed to make DD smile..
We decided to take a ride on the Rail Road around the park. What can I say, thats an hour of my life Ill never get back again! Not a big hit with us, but Im glad we did it.
Back to the hotel to grab the SD card, unpack, and change for dinner at Annettes. DD decided she would be Mulan this evening. She was really taken with the little stage in the middle of Disney Village and insisted on dancing on it every time we walked past...
For dinner I had the Philly Cheese Steak Sandwich, DH had the Rock & Roll Burger and DD had shepherds pie. Forgot to take photos as we were just too hungry! She was mostly interested in our chips, this became a theme through the week, bread rolls & French fries! Oh well, its a holiday after all! Forgot to take photos as we were just too hungry! I ordered a caramel donut for dessert and it was huge and very tasty! Got a photo of this though...
After this we headed back to the hotel, DH via the train station shop for some wine, and DD & I via the shops in the village and the hotel gift shop for my postcards. I also picked up the photo voucher pack as recommended by Adam. We managed to find the fairy stories on the Hotel TV, I have always had trouble getting the TV to work in the past but at HNY it seemed much easier. DD insisted on watching even though there is nothing to see, just audio book versions of Disney films. Then it was time for bed.
We had brought DDs portable DVD player for us to watch after she went to sleep and DH had brought his Band of Brothers Box Set. He made the mistake of bringing it on Blu Ray though, so he was stuck with DDs Disney collection instead!!! Tonight it was Finding Nemo, but I fell asleep soon after the run in with the sharks.....
It was finally here!!!!! All packed and ready to go by 5am, with one very excited 4 year old, we had a smooth journey to the airport, dropped off our luggage and had time for breakfast. Then through security where we all set off the metal detectors and had to be searched, even Isabelle! A short flight later and we landed in Paris, Orly. Ezyshuttle were waiting to whisk us & our luggage off to the Hotel New York. Oh my, that hotel smells divine, even DH wanted to ask them what the smell was & bring it home!
While I was going through check-in and collecting our tickets, Isabelle came running over, jumping up and down saying something about wanting Mickeys autograph, and I was like, yes dear Im sure well see him soon, at which point DH showed me the photo hed just taken of her meeting the Main Mouse, shed come back to get her autograph book! A perfect start to the trip then!
We were in the park by 11am and headed for the Castle, it was looking good, despite the clouds today. DD was all for going to visit the dragon first, until she spotted the signs for Adventureland, so we wandered round there and found these guys...
Baloo & King Louis
DD had a go on the bongos while we were there
Then DH said he wanted to go on a ride and as we were there we thought it would be rude if we didnt make it Pirates! As we were walking through the queuing area (5 minute queue) DD & I both joined in singing, Yo ho, yo ho, a pirates life for me...! I had forgotten how much I loved this ride!!!
Time for lunch now so we headed for Toad Hall where I got fish & chips and DH got chicken burger meal. DD ate our chips & the ice cream. I did take a photo of this, but alas, I had to delete it...
Next it had to be Its A Small World, Isabelles favourite ride. I was just taking the obligatory photo of DH & DD on the boat when my camera flashed up, Internal Memory Full which was not a good sign on Day 1! As I processed what this meant, I realised that the previous evening when I had been transferring all the photos from the camera to the laptop and formatting the memory, I had neglected to put the SIM card back in the camera!!!!!!! Ooooops. Being the person that I am, of course I had a spare, sadly, it was currently locked away inside my suitcase back at the hotel baggage area. Thus, today would be a day of few photos, and photos taken by our phones. Oh well, 4 more days to take photos!
We had time for a ride on the carousel before joining the queue for Rapunzel. DH was not impressed. We spent longer sitting on the horses waiting for the ride to start than the actual ride! Short & sweet, the girls liked it!
In the queue for Rapunzel I decided to be ruthless in the photo selection. I had space for 5 photos, so in order to get some of Rapunzel, the food ones had to go. Sorry, but hey, you know what fish & chips look like!! While we queued and hoped the clouds wouldnt empty themselves, we were very pleased to meet this handsome young thief...!
Flynn Rider
Finally our time came and we realised why the queue was moving so slowly, she was really spending time with everyone to make the meet & greet special. I had taken DDs invite with us to show Rapunzel, and she made a big show of thanking DD for coming to visit her and giving her the biggest hug before she would sign her autograph book, which was also a message to her! Then she talked to her for a few more minutes before posing for several photos (how much was I kicking myself now for not having the memory card?!!!!) and then introducing DD to Pascal. DD was absolutely over the moon totally worth the queue!!
We had a go on the tea cups next as the other rides were looking a bit busy, always guaranteed to make DD smile..
We decided to take a ride on the Rail Road around the park. What can I say, thats an hour of my life Ill never get back again! Not a big hit with us, but Im glad we did it.
Back to the hotel to grab the SD card, unpack, and change for dinner at Annettes. DD decided she would be Mulan this evening. She was really taken with the little stage in the middle of Disney Village and insisted on dancing on it every time we walked past...
For dinner I had the Philly Cheese Steak Sandwich, DH had the Rock & Roll Burger and DD had shepherds pie. Forgot to take photos as we were just too hungry! She was mostly interested in our chips, this became a theme through the week, bread rolls & French fries! Oh well, its a holiday after all! Forgot to take photos as we were just too hungry! I ordered a caramel donut for dessert and it was huge and very tasty! Got a photo of this though...
After this we headed back to the hotel, DH via the train station shop for some wine, and DD & I via the shops in the village and the hotel gift shop for my postcards. I also picked up the photo voucher pack as recommended by Adam. We managed to find the fairy stories on the Hotel TV, I have always had trouble getting the TV to work in the past but at HNY it seemed much easier. DD insisted on watching even though there is nothing to see, just audio book versions of Disney films. Then it was time for bed.
We had brought DDs portable DVD player for us to watch after she went to sleep and DH had brought his Band of Brothers Box Set. He made the mistake of bringing it on Blu Ray though, so he was stuck with DDs Disney collection instead!!! Tonight it was Finding Nemo, but I fell asleep soon after the run in with the sharks.....