Disneyland Paris September 2019

As I mentioned earlier in the week, during my blogging hiatus, myself and Sam went to Disneyland Paris with my parents for the 100 characters Annual Pass party. We went Friday-Monday, and because it was such a busy but short trip, I thought I’d put it all in one trip report, instead of splitting them like I usually would. So, here we go.

We arrived at Disneyland Paris on Friday afternoon, so we went to check in to Hi Park, got changed, and headed to the Disney Village for food. We ate in Planet Hollywood, which was very nice indeed, and then we headed towards the park to get in the queue. We queued for about 2 hours to get in, and as soon as we got in all hell broke loose and people were running everywhere. Sam and I headed over to Phantom Manor to meet the Ravenswoods, and that was about the most successful part of the night. 

After walking around in the pitch black and getting turned away from the Tarzan and Pocahontas queues, we got in the Lion King queue hoping to get the hyenas. DLPs one photo and move on rule broke down when the rare characters came out, and so we got Timon. After that we found out the Betty Rose/Jimmy Ocean queue was short, so we went to get in that, but only met Betty as Jimmy had gone. Fast forward past us not being able to meet others as their queues were closed, we met Lumiere, and then went back to meet Jimmy and Betty together, and then that was it. We then watched the final show, which was really good, but we, like so many others, left the party with a bitter taste in our mouths.

Saturday morning we had a little bit of a lie in after not getting to bed until 4am, so we went in the parks and got a BB-8 burger. The parks were insanely busy, so we got the LE pin I wanted, watched the Jungle Book Jive twice, went on Star Tours, looked around some shops, and went back to the hotel early via Earl of Sandwich, for a lovely bubble bath and an early night.

Sunday was a bit more productive. We went to the park, met Donald and Scrooge, went on Casey Jr and the Teacups and caught some Turtwigs (it was community day on Pokemon Go) before getting in the queue for Rhythms of the Pride Lands. The show was amazing, and it made Sam all emotional, so I’d say it was a success. We then went over to the Studios and checked out le Rendezvous Gormand for lunch, and we also met Parisian Minnie.

We then headed back over to the Disneyland park, where we went on Small World, Star Tours and Hyperspace Mountain, got another BB-8 burger (Sam loves them) watched the parade, and went to Cafe Fantasia for one of the seasonal cocktails. Mine was delicious and I’m glad we made time to go get them, as we sat outside on our own, so it felt like we had our own private balcony. We then went and looked in the shops in Disney Village, and went back to the hotel to pack and sleep before our 5am airport pick up on Monday morning.

All in all, it was a bit of a busy trip, but Sunday definitely saved it from being an absolute write-off. As always, I enjoyed the magic of Disney, and the atmosphere, but not the sheer amount of people.

Nic

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Disneyland Paris June 2019: Day Three

The final day of our Disneyland Paris trip was a planned day of Marvel, with a couple of meets and a couple of shows that we wanted to see, so, after checking out of the hotel, we went to the Studios and got straight in line to meet Captain Marvel. She was an absolute dream and I loved the meet, but the second meet we did ended up being my favourite of the whole trip.

After we’d met Carol, we got in the queue for Captain America, and our timing was perfect once again, as the queue grew very very long not long after we’d joined. Whilst we were waiting for the meet, we half watched the Guardians of the Galaxy Awesome Dance-Off, and the Stark Expo shows, as they were both on the outdoor stages. We then met Captain America and it was seriously amazing! I chatted to him for ages, hugged him and I got to hold his shield, which means I am Captain America now. It has firmly cemented its place in my top 10 character meets ever!

After the best meet ever, I saw that Tiana and Naveen we’re out in the Disneyland Park, and, as we’d decided to go to Fuente Del Oro for lunch, we went over there and met them, had food and went on some rides, with the last one being Star Tours. We then went back over to the Studios, watched the two outdoor stage shows again, had an Avengers Croque Monseiur and another Captain Marvel pavlova and looked around the shops again before heading back to the airport to come home to some lasagne, with our next holiday now firmly on our minds.

Nic

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Disneyland Paris June 2019: Day Two

Day two of our Disneyland Paris trip started with Extra Magic Hour, during which we met Minnie Mouse, Donald Duck, rode Peter Pan’s Flight and had breakfast in Market House Deli. We managed to do everything at the perfect time, because the queues for everything got really long after we’d done them. 

After official park opening, we decided to wander round and take photos for a bit, we also went in the castle because it’s just stunning up there, and then we headed over to Frontierland to meet Phantom Mickey. It wasn’t my favourite meet of the trip, as it felt like we were kind of being rushed through, but it was cool to see Mickey in his spooky outfit. We then rode on a couple more rides before heading over to the Studios to have a peek at the Marvel stuff. 

When we got to the Studios, the heavens opened so we decided to get some lunch in the form of the Captain Marvel menu, which had the nicest dessert in the whole world (passion fruit pavlova) I’d 100% recommended getting it if DLP ever bring it back, it was so nice. After we’d eaten and taken some photos of the giant Marvel statues, we decided to go and watch Super Heroes United, which was amazing, and then it was time to go back over to the main park for parade.

After parade we went in the Princess Pavillion again and met Ariel, who was delightful as always, and we then went on more rides and then had some food and a wander indoors, as it had pretty much rained all day. We both also got really cold so had to buy jumpers, so we decided to skip the fireworks again and headed back to the hotel via the Disney village, and had a bath to warm up before bed, where Sam managed to find some news to watch, and I managed to get a glorious nights sleep.

Nic

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Disneyland Paris June 2019: Day One

I’m here with another trip report series for you; this time it’s Disneyland Paris from the start of June, but next time it’ll be a slightly longer series from Walt Disney World, which, if you didn’t know already, I visit for the first time ever in just 19 days! Anyway, on with the trip reports for this past trip.

We arrived at about lunch time as usual, and started our holiday with Sam’s favourite; BB8 burgers from Cafe Hyperion, and then our traditional first ride of the trip; Star Tours. After that we rode on Hyperspace Mountain, Big Thunder Mountain, got some ice cream from Fantasia Gelati (they’ve gotten rid of the Fantasia flavour) and headed over to Phantom Manor. I’d not been on this ride in a very long time, and I really enjoyed the changes they’ve made to it in its long refurbishment period, it’s certainly rejuvenated my love for it. 

After riding on Phantom Manor, we went on some Fantasyland rides whilst we waited for the parade. After that, I saw that Rapunzel was in the Princess Pavilion so we went and met her. Meeting Rapunzel is always so much fun and this time was no different, and I’m very glad we saw her. After we met Punzie, we went for hot dogs and did some browsing/shopping before calling it a day. We couldn’t last until 11pm for the fireworks as we were both really tired from getting up at 4:30, so we walked back to HiPark and had an early night.

Nic

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