I'm Back!
After an amazing time - so let's do this!
Day 1:
We had driven up to Newcastle on the Tuesday and spent the night in the Premier Inn there - I say night but it was a part of a night really as we set the alarm for 3:30am the next day!
After we had checked in our bags we needed a nice hot drink to keep us going:
Ahhh! That's better! There was a beautiful sunrise over the airport:
Everything went smoothly and we were soon seated on our chariot of joy:
Did I mention I hate flying? Actually this was a very smooth flight. Bravo Air France!
Lovely view of the engine....eeek!
How big is Charles de Gaulle? It seemed like we walked for miles before we got to the exit and baggage claim.
We had decided to splash out on a car from the airport to the hotel and vice versa. The last couple of times we've been to DLP we've found it all a bit stressful trying to get on the bus - lots of pushing and worry about getting on very full buses. So we decided to treat ourselves. This was a very good idea - it was lovely to walk to the exit and find a man holding a card with our name on. Then straight to Hotel New York in a very comfy car. Good times!
We checked in at the Hotel New York - everyone was very friendly. Our room wasn't ready so we dumped our bags and went into the parks.
We loved how convenient HNY is for the parks - just a short stroll. They now have a bag check just before Disney Village so once you are through here it's time for fun!
It was incredibly hot for the duration of our stay in Paris - Florida type weather!
It was still early as we popped into
Disneyland Park first - we went on Pirates of the Caribbean, Phantom Manor and Snow White. We couldn't believe how quiet it seemed in the height of summer!
We also got onto one of my favourite rides - Casey Jnr:
We ate lunch at Toad Hall. I had fish and chips and Simon had a chicken burger - no pics - sorry! This was okay but nothing to get excited about. Filled a hole though. We looked in a few shops then decided to head back to see if our room was ready.
And it was:
It was a lovely corner room with a huge bed - just one which was nice!
We headed back out and decided to visit Walt Disney Studios. We went on the fun spinning Cars ride:
We had a wander into the Toy Story area - last time we went it was very busy and we couldn't really get onto anything, but it wasn't so bad this time:
We had our first new experience of the holiday - a ride on Slinky Dog!:
This was a lot of fun! We walked back through Disney Village - it was even hotter! We decided to have tea at Earl of Sandwich. We had visited the one in WDW and liked it - although it was always very busy. The one in DLP always seemed to be quiet!
It was lovely and airy in the restaurant. We decided to sit upstairs and we were the only ones there:
I had the Original - beef and horseradish:
Simon had the ham and swiss:
We really enjoyed this meal - it was very tasty and the sandwiches tasted just the same as in America. We thought we would go back there some time during the week but we never did. In our opinion this is a great addition to Disney Village.
We popped back to our room to freshen up then decided to head down to the bar.
The New York City bar was closed and the bar was now situated in one of the Hotel's restaurants. The staff were very attentive and I decided to try a Fred Astaire cocktail:
This was very nice and had popping candy on top! Very cool. Simon had a glass of the 20th anniversary merlot:
They also served some nibbles with the drinks:
We decided we still had enough energy to go into the Park to watch Disney Dreams - go us!
The balloon was going up - very high!
It was very beautful in the park that evening and Disney Dreams was awesome - well, what we could see behind all the people who had their kids on their shoulders and people who came and stood right in front of you!
Well, we had had a very long and busy day! So we headed back to our hotel room feeling very happy but tired!
What would day 2 bring?