KAYJAY1975
Earning My Ears
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- May 1, 2010
We were at Disneyland paris last week, we had a fab time thanks to many of the tips i picked up on here!
There was me (35) hubby(36) DD(10) DS(5) and DD(3). It was our 3rd trip having been before in 2003 and 2006. Here is my trip report;
Monday 31st may
Left at 4.30am for the 2 hour drive to eurotunnel, we had left plenty of time to get there for our 7.50am train luckily as we arrived early we were allocated the 6.50am train so were soon on our way to france. Arrived in Calais and drove to davy crocketts ranch in 3 hours arriving at 12 noon (the French roads really are easy to drive on!). checked in (only 2 people in front of us) and were told our cabin was ready, we had booked a premium cabin so were on tomahawk trail, right near the breakfast hut which was handy. The cabin was clean and well laid out (think the kids bedroom may have been a bit tight with 4 kids in though, we had 3 and there wasn’t much space between the beds) we dumped our bags ate the picnic lunch i had bought with us and then headed off to the parks.
We hit main street usa at 2pm just as the showtime spectacular was starting, this was a great way to start our holiday. First stop was star tours as requested by my star wars mad son, he really enjoyed this. We then headed to fantasyland and did the tea cups and small world, both had small queues, after that we went over to bella pizza to get a spot for the parade (thanks to the tip on here telling us this was where the princesses danced) we saw the all stars express going the other way and then the parade began, Disney really do an amazing job with these, the floats are great and the music really catchy. This was my daughters first glimpse of the princesses and she loved it.
After the parade we had a go on the carasoul and then headed back to davy crocketts for dinner. Tip: Take the path to the right of the castle where the dragon is and you can get some good pics in front the castle without all the other people in them!!
Croketts tavern was a good place to eat, there was a good selection of food, plently that the kids would eat and the desserts were yummy! Pluto and Donald duck were outside when we came out so the kids got their books signed and we got some good pictures after that it was back to the cabin for an early night.
Tuesday 1st june
Up about 7am and went to queue for breakfast at about 7.20am, already a bit of a queue and the CM was a bit slow (they really could do with making breakfast available earlier for those that want to get into the park for EMH). Had a quick breakfast, made some rolls up for lunch using the breakfast bread and some fillings we had took with us (this is great advantage of DCR as you have a fridge etc you can take stuff for picnics and save a fortune on lunches) we were in the park by about 8.30am and headed straight for buzz (one of my favourites) we went on this twice and then did orbitron.
Next stop was big thunder mountain, so we went to join the queue in front of frontierland ready for rope drop at 10am. Really was a bit of a mob here, people trying to push through to the front, had to keep hold of the kids hand to avoid loosing them in the stampede once the gates opened!
Joined the btm queue and had about a 30 min wait so not too bad. After that we headed for the princess meet and great but the queue was massive so we decided not to wait much to my 3 year olds disappointment, fortunately the little sleeping beauty show was just starting the other side of the castle so we went to watch that which cheered her up.
Then we did alice’s maze and bumped into tweedle dee, we jumped on the train at fantasyland and did a trip round the park (much better to get on the train at one the stations in the ‘lands’ and avoid the big queue at main street). After a break for lunch we did the tea cups and the carasoul again and thne using the fast pass we got earlier did peter pan and then snow white’s ride (whilst i appreciate that the scary bits are all part of the story i do think that could have focussed a bit more on the happier bits and made then more suitable for young children, the snow white ride is mostly about the scary forest! – there are plently of other rides in the park if you like the scary stuff).
After huge candy flosses, we headed to adventureland and did POTC (our kids weren’t keen on this) and then headed to the pirates playground to chill out a bit, it started to rain when we were here and became quite persistant as we headed back to pizza bella to watch the parade.
So we watched the parade in the rain, and although the princesses didn’t get off and dance the rain didn’t spoil it. I took the girls on the tea cups and the carasoul again whilst my hubby took ds to star tours planning to meet up again to watch the 5.20pm showtime spectacular from the back this time!! Unfortunatley this was cancelled due to the rain so we headed for the village and had a wander round the shops before our cafe mickey booking at 6.15pm. – this was the highlight of our trip – see separate review on cafe mickey thread.
more to follow....................
There was me (35) hubby(36) DD(10) DS(5) and DD(3). It was our 3rd trip having been before in 2003 and 2006. Here is my trip report;
Monday 31st may
Left at 4.30am for the 2 hour drive to eurotunnel, we had left plenty of time to get there for our 7.50am train luckily as we arrived early we were allocated the 6.50am train so were soon on our way to france. Arrived in Calais and drove to davy crocketts ranch in 3 hours arriving at 12 noon (the French roads really are easy to drive on!). checked in (only 2 people in front of us) and were told our cabin was ready, we had booked a premium cabin so were on tomahawk trail, right near the breakfast hut which was handy. The cabin was clean and well laid out (think the kids bedroom may have been a bit tight with 4 kids in though, we had 3 and there wasn’t much space between the beds) we dumped our bags ate the picnic lunch i had bought with us and then headed off to the parks.
We hit main street usa at 2pm just as the showtime spectacular was starting, this was a great way to start our holiday. First stop was star tours as requested by my star wars mad son, he really enjoyed this. We then headed to fantasyland and did the tea cups and small world, both had small queues, after that we went over to bella pizza to get a spot for the parade (thanks to the tip on here telling us this was where the princesses danced) we saw the all stars express going the other way and then the parade began, Disney really do an amazing job with these, the floats are great and the music really catchy. This was my daughters first glimpse of the princesses and she loved it.
After the parade we had a go on the carasoul and then headed back to davy crocketts for dinner. Tip: Take the path to the right of the castle where the dragon is and you can get some good pics in front the castle without all the other people in them!!
Croketts tavern was a good place to eat, there was a good selection of food, plently that the kids would eat and the desserts were yummy! Pluto and Donald duck were outside when we came out so the kids got their books signed and we got some good pictures after that it was back to the cabin for an early night.
Tuesday 1st june
Up about 7am and went to queue for breakfast at about 7.20am, already a bit of a queue and the CM was a bit slow (they really could do with making breakfast available earlier for those that want to get into the park for EMH). Had a quick breakfast, made some rolls up for lunch using the breakfast bread and some fillings we had took with us (this is great advantage of DCR as you have a fridge etc you can take stuff for picnics and save a fortune on lunches) we were in the park by about 8.30am and headed straight for buzz (one of my favourites) we went on this twice and then did orbitron.
Next stop was big thunder mountain, so we went to join the queue in front of frontierland ready for rope drop at 10am. Really was a bit of a mob here, people trying to push through to the front, had to keep hold of the kids hand to avoid loosing them in the stampede once the gates opened!
Joined the btm queue and had about a 30 min wait so not too bad. After that we headed for the princess meet and great but the queue was massive so we decided not to wait much to my 3 year olds disappointment, fortunately the little sleeping beauty show was just starting the other side of the castle so we went to watch that which cheered her up.
Then we did alice’s maze and bumped into tweedle dee, we jumped on the train at fantasyland and did a trip round the park (much better to get on the train at one the stations in the ‘lands’ and avoid the big queue at main street). After a break for lunch we did the tea cups and the carasoul again and thne using the fast pass we got earlier did peter pan and then snow white’s ride (whilst i appreciate that the scary bits are all part of the story i do think that could have focussed a bit more on the happier bits and made then more suitable for young children, the snow white ride is mostly about the scary forest! – there are plently of other rides in the park if you like the scary stuff).
After huge candy flosses, we headed to adventureland and did POTC (our kids weren’t keen on this) and then headed to the pirates playground to chill out a bit, it started to rain when we were here and became quite persistant as we headed back to pizza bella to watch the parade.
So we watched the parade in the rain, and although the princesses didn’t get off and dance the rain didn’t spoil it. I took the girls on the tea cups and the carasoul again whilst my hubby took ds to star tours planning to meet up again to watch the 5.20pm showtime spectacular from the back this time!! Unfortunatley this was cancelled due to the rain so we headed for the village and had a wander round the shops before our cafe mickey booking at 6.15pm. – this was the highlight of our trip – see separate review on cafe mickey thread.
more to follow....................
