Monday 20 June 2011

An amazing 4 days in Disneyland paris

So on the 16th of July I set off on the Eurostar to Disneyland Paris. We arrived in Disney at 1.30pm and was amazed by the sights, not only the studio's the park and the amazing super sized stores.

We grabbed the shuttle bus and headed to the hotel which was a 2 minute journey to check in. We had read some bad reviews about the hotel but to be honest I don't understand how people could complain, the hotel was perfect, great location, nice clean spacious rooms, excellent helpful staff and amazing food.

CARS BED COVERS :) WOOP WOOP


We hit the Disney village first did a bit of shopping and checked out the area, we had an early dinner in Mickey's Cafe and it was awesome, the food was great and we got to meet some characters. Steven my brother and his fiance picked the best seats because whenever a character come in to the restaurant they stood and posed for a photo with them.




So after dinner we hit the shops again and I will admit I did buy an autograph book for all the characters to sign but hey it is Disney. After a few hours of looking around we hit the park and took a look around to get the feel for where everything was. It was nearly closing time so we headed back  to the hotel and planned out the next day.
Day two we got up mega early and grabbed breakfast which was an all you can eat buffet, and I did eat loads of croissants and pain eu chocolates they were Delicious.
The park opens early for hotel guest so we headed down at 8am and we began the rides. First we hit the star tours and it was basically a big shuttle simulator we engaged in a star fleet battle and it was excellent a real fun ride. Then we hit the phantom manor which had amazing special effects while on a roller coaster, we had a great time exploring frontierland and we came across Woody's roundup village where we meet Donald duck and got to seat on Bullseye from Toy story and pose with Stinky Pete





After that we headed off to the pirates of the Caribbean ride and pirates beach this was one of my favorite rides it was brilliantly done.
 




Myself and Steven hit the Indiana Jones ride while the others watched, this is also one of my favorite rides it is a mine car going fast through a temple with a loop and sudden drops.
We then hopped on the Disneyland railroad and took a train ride round the whole park. Then we hit a few smaller coasters in Fantasyland, Pinnocchio's fantastic journey, Peter Pan's flight, Snow White and the seven dwarfs and 'It's a small world'.
At 5pm we went and watched the Park Parade and it was spectacular, the floats and the costumes are just out of this world.







After the parade we went back to the hotel and had dinner it was a 3 course all you can eat, there must have been about 20 different dishes available and about 30 different desserts and I tried a bit of each. Once we finished dinner we went for a walk around our complex then onto the next complex of Hotel Cheyenne it was like a mini western village it was brilliant.


Day three we hit the park to finish a few rides we didn't get to do the day before like the carrousel de Lancelot and Dumbo the flying elephant


Next we hit the Studios and this was WOW the studios are amazing. Here we hit the studio tram tour which half way round broke down but it was good what we see of it. Then we went to the Armageddon Special effects simulator and the Hotel Terror Towers, now this is a scary ride you are basically in a elevator and strapped in chairs, you travel up 13 floors of different effects then you drop 13 floors and you go up and down at high speeds at one point my ass wasn't even in the seat I was in mid air, even though it is scary it is still a great ride and I got a great picture from the ride.



me on the left in the black jacket and yellow shirt hanging on to my brother for dear life :)


Rock n' Roller Coaster starring Aerosmith
 Now the Aerosmith ride as you can see above, my brother literally dragged me on this ride and I was panicking right up to the part where I sat in the Coaster, once it set off I was loving it, it is so fast and full of loops you just don't want it to end.
At the studio's there do a different parade then the one in the park it is Star's n Cars.





Here they did a autograph time and we got our books signed by a few characters :)

After the parade we headed straight for Crush's Coaster this we queued about an hour for and we thought it was going to be a gentle coaster through an aquarium type set with water, but it was nothing like that we set of in a four seater tub on tracks and went up a steep incline and was then spun, turned sidewards thrown side to side, I screamed my head off the whole time it was nothing like I thought it was going to be, but even though it scared the life out of me it was a fun ride.
We then we to meet the stars and we met Remy, Emile from Ratatoulie, Tac and Tic the chip n dales, goofy and minnie and Stitch.




We went back to the hotel about 6pm so we could rest and get ready for Buffalo Bill Wild West Show at 9.30pm. 9.30pm came and we went to the Buffalo Bill show there was had a lovely meal which was corn bread, Chilli Con Carne, Skillet and Potato wedges then Apple crumble with ice cream. The show it's self was breath taking I loved every second of it. Sadly we couldn't take any photo's because there was chance you could spook the horses and Buffalo but it will be a show I never forget. Plus we got a free cowboy hat :)




 Our last day we redid some of our favorite rides and we watched the studio parade again.
We did the studio tram tour again and we managed to complete the whole ride this time and it was great the effects were breath taking. We went into a canyon where we experienced a rain storm, earthquake, explosion and tidal wave. Then we went on and saw some sets and props from Dinotopia, Armageddon and Pearl Harbour.



Then sadly at 6pm we had to check in to the train station to make the journey home. I was sad to go because I had an amazing four days and didn't want it to end.






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