Ms Poppins
I'm sure I'm very affected by all this Disney talk
- Joined
- Mar 14, 2009
Summer Dreams at HNY - Pre-Trippie
Sunday 21 July - Wednesday 24 July 2013
The Cast
Me - Julie (38)
DH - John (42)
DD - Abbey (16)
DS - Lewis (8 nearly 9)
As it's such a horrible rainy day here in not so sunny Scotland, I thought I'd try and cheer myself up by starting my PTR
I was trying to last until at least 30 days to go, so at 35 I'm not cheating too much 
Our last trip was in May last year to celebrate Abbey's 15th birthday. We loved Dreams so much even from the first second we were watching it, I said to DH that we MUST get back to see this again before it finished. At that time we didnt know how long Dreams would run for so I was already mentally preparing a summer trip. My Shareholders card also runs out in Sept 2014 and I want to make the most of it before I leave the club
And DH has broken my Minnie Mouse key ring, so that was it decided.....we HAD to go back!! Is that enough reasons? 
Here they are last year:
Hotel
I did my usual number crunching and wasn't too blown away by the offers this year to be honest. I was beginning to panic that we wouldn't manage a trip and thought that the 40% discount was still quite pricey and out of my dates. I had a chat with my boss at work and she very nicely agreed to swap my holidays around meaning that I'd be able to go a week earlier in July than I'd planned. So, more number crunching and very nearly booked the 25% off with half board, when the lovely Lisa (loladelorean) posted that the French site on Voyage Prive had a 50% flash sale
I panicked about booking in French, but with the help of Google translate and remembering reading on here that Voyage Prive has been used before, I took the plunge and booked. So, 3 nights at our beloved Hotel New York it is then 
Thank you Lisa 
Travel
Last year we flew Easyjet from Glasgow, but this involved staying off site on our last night, as the flight was early on the last day. I cannot bring myself to waste park time, and knowing that we would have a full day's park tickets going to waste would mess with my head
Also the cost of the flights this time was huge! So I've booked Ryan Air from Prestwick, and we'll arrive at Beauvais instead of CDG. I've also booked and paid for Ezyshuttle transfer to shuttle us to the magic 
I know we'll have a longer transfer time, but the plus side is that on our last day we don't need to be picked up from the hotel until 19:20, so we get our last full day at the parks
Meals
We got caught out last time not booking Walts, and under estimated how busy it would be. As luck would have it we did eventually manage a table, but it was very last minute. We like it there so much we agreed that we would definitely book this. So here's what we have planned:
Sunday - Parkside Diner - arrival night, and again from last year's experience of arriving late and spending ages looking for somewhere we're going to eat here for quickness
Monday - Rainforest Café - we had planned to do this last time, but never managed - Abbey's choice
Tuesday - Walts! - Booked for 18:30 so hopefully get a window seat to watch the parade
Wednesday - Annettes - this is an absolute must for us, have always eaten here every single trip - going to eat at about 5pm before queues start building
Lunches will most definitely be EOS which we love and anywhere else that takes our fancy
Looking forward to
Dreams - can't wait for the new Lion King and Brave sequences
Meet Mickey - we just missed the opening of this by a few days last time
Park Tour - after reading so many glowing reports, I've booked this for 3pm on Tuesday
Shopping - Abbey is desperate to go to the shopping village at Val d'europe - not sure when we'll fit this in, but will try for an afternoon to avoid the busy times in the park
World of Disney Store - again missed this by a few weeks
Being there - I just love it
Staying at home again this year will be our rocker, DS Mark, who is again going on holiday soon with his friends to Spain. He's also got a couple of London trips booked this summer, going to see The Rolling Stones and Roger Waters later in the year. So, whilst I would love him to come with us, he's certainly not missing out on his own fun. The plus side is that he has promised he's coming with us next year....to celebrate my 40th....which means I'll have another trip to plan
I'm actually pretty much organised - parking, flights, hotel, insurance, transfers, all booked and paid for I've also been stocking up on travel size toiletries and have mentally packed everything 
Oh, and I nearly forgot - another reason for this trip is so that I can buy a Disney apron....yes, clutching at straws now, but it's something I've decided I need and despite being able to purchase them at the Disney store and lots of other places, I really think that I need to check all the shops at DLP before making a final decision
Sunday 21 July - Wednesday 24 July 2013
The Cast
Me - Julie (38)
DH - John (42)
DD - Abbey (16)
DS - Lewis (8 nearly 9)
As it's such a horrible rainy day here in not so sunny Scotland, I thought I'd try and cheer myself up by starting my PTR
I was trying to last until at least 30 days to go, so at 35 I'm not cheating too much Our last trip was in May last year to celebrate Abbey's 15th birthday. We loved Dreams so much even from the first second we were watching it, I said to DH that we MUST get back to see this again before it finished. At that time we didnt know how long Dreams would run for so I was already mentally preparing a summer trip. My Shareholders card also runs out in Sept 2014 and I want to make the most of it before I leave the club
And DH has broken my Minnie Mouse key ring, so that was it decided.....we HAD to go back!! Is that enough reasons? Here they are last year:
Hotel
I did my usual number crunching and wasn't too blown away by the offers this year to be honest. I was beginning to panic that we wouldn't manage a trip and thought that the 40% discount was still quite pricey and out of my dates. I had a chat with my boss at work and she very nicely agreed to swap my holidays around meaning that I'd be able to go a week earlier in July than I'd planned. So, more number crunching and very nearly booked the 25% off with half board, when the lovely Lisa (loladelorean) posted that the French site on Voyage Prive had a 50% flash sale
I panicked about booking in French, but with the help of Google translate and remembering reading on here that Voyage Prive has been used before, I took the plunge and booked. So, 3 nights at our beloved Hotel New York it is then Thank you Lisa Travel
Last year we flew Easyjet from Glasgow, but this involved staying off site on our last night, as the flight was early on the last day. I cannot bring myself to waste park time, and knowing that we would have a full day's park tickets going to waste would mess with my head
Also the cost of the flights this time was huge! So I've booked Ryan Air from Prestwick, and we'll arrive at Beauvais instead of CDG. I've also booked and paid for Ezyshuttle transfer to shuttle us to the magic I know we'll have a longer transfer time, but the plus side is that on our last day we don't need to be picked up from the hotel until 19:20, so we get our last full day at the parks
Meals
We got caught out last time not booking Walts, and under estimated how busy it would be. As luck would have it we did eventually manage a table, but it was very last minute. We like it there so much we agreed that we would definitely book this. So here's what we have planned:
Sunday - Parkside Diner - arrival night, and again from last year's experience of arriving late and spending ages looking for somewhere we're going to eat here for quickness
Monday - Rainforest Café - we had planned to do this last time, but never managed - Abbey's choice
Tuesday - Walts! - Booked for 18:30 so hopefully get a window seat to watch the parade
Wednesday - Annettes - this is an absolute must for us, have always eaten here every single trip - going to eat at about 5pm before queues start building
Lunches will most definitely be EOS which we love and anywhere else that takes our fancy
Looking forward to
Dreams - can't wait for the new Lion King and Brave sequences
Meet Mickey - we just missed the opening of this by a few days last time
Park Tour - after reading so many glowing reports, I've booked this for 3pm on Tuesday
Shopping - Abbey is desperate to go to the shopping village at Val d'europe - not sure when we'll fit this in, but will try for an afternoon to avoid the busy times in the park
World of Disney Store - again missed this by a few weeks
Being there - I just love it
Staying at home again this year will be our rocker, DS Mark, who is again going on holiday soon with his friends to Spain. He's also got a couple of London trips booked this summer, going to see The Rolling Stones and Roger Waters later in the year. So, whilst I would love him to come with us, he's certainly not missing out on his own fun. The plus side is that he has promised he's coming with us next year....to celebrate my 40th....which means I'll have another trip to plan
I'm actually pretty much organised - parking, flights, hotel, insurance, transfers, all booked and paid for
I've also been stocking up on travel size toiletries and have mentally packed everything Oh, and I nearly forgot - another reason for this trip is so that I can buy a Disney apron....yes, clutching at straws now, but it's something I've decided I need and despite being able to purchase them at the Disney store and lots of other places, I really think that I need to check all the shops at DLP before making a final decision
So we're going back at the end of August to make the purchase. 
So that's another thing to add to our 'new stuff to do' list. 
We had a sunny weekend recently and when I tried on some cropped trousers they fell off me 
hopefully it will be nice whilst we're away, but too hot.....I like to be able to breath from time to time at DLP...I've printed out the corneto coupons that Jill posted and no doubt will make good use of them 
very, very painful toothache and haven't slept properly since Saturday. 
Toothache is the worst type of pain. At least you've still got a good few days to go before your trip. Hoping the pain subsides soon! 
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keeping everything crossed that the pain subsides soon. 
