RoseBug
<font color=royalblue>I'm a Geordie, we don't own
- Joined
- Jun 20, 2011
A day full of travelling and the arrival:
Rosebug woke up at 8am and the first words out of her mouth were Are we going to Disneyland? TODAY? As soon as we said yes, she was running round squealing like a lunatic and it took some effort to get ready to go. We were on the road by 11:30am and not looking forward to the 3 hour drive up to Glasgow airport; but tbh it wasnt as bad as we thought, Rosebug was exceptionally well behaved, playing on her Disney games on her innotab and listening to the Frozen soundtrack on repeat.
We made only one stop to grab a McDonalds and a toilet break and made it to the Park n Fly carpark at 3pm, and I was surprised how easy this was. We pulled up; signed in and the bus was already there to take us to the airport. Within 10 minutes of pulling into the carpark we were inside the terminal waiting for bag drop to open. We dropped off our bags and headed through security; picked up our Euros and sat for a while in Starbucks with a hot chocolate waiting for our gate to open.
Once onboard Rosebug started to get super-excited so we got her focused on some colouring and her innotab to stop her from exploding and before we knew it we were landing at CDG!
As we were waiting for our luggage we got chatting to a couple from our flight and Rosebug played with their daughter; turns out they were from the town where I work and we have mutual friends. "It's a small world after all!"
Our luggage took only a few minutes to come through and we headed out to be greeted by our Ezyshuttle driver; who was the same lady who picked us up in February 2012! We were slightly gutted as we pulled out and realised it was torrential rain!
I just had a bad feeling that this was going to set the precedent for the trip but tried not to let it bother me.
As we were driving to the hotel Rosebug and I were chatting about what we wanted to do and see, and she said she wished we could stay in the pink hotel and look out the window at the Castle. I told her it was very expensive to stay there, but we would one day. Then as we pulled in I could see her looking and the realisation hit her that we were at the pink hotel; she practically jumped out of the car and jumped up and down shouting I knew it! I knew it! The pink hotel! Oh my I am so excited! Are we really staying here? The princesses stay here too mammy!
The second we walked through the doors that wonderful, magical scent of vanilla and sandlewood hit us and tbh I was a bit in awe that we were finally staying there. There was no queue at check in; as it was now nearly 9:30pm. We were checked in by a wonderful CM who gave Rosebug balloons and we practically skipped up to our room. We were given a room on the 4th floor and it was only a few doors away from the lifts. As we walked in Rosebug exclaimed how pretty the room was and ran straight for the huge window; climbed up on the sill/window seat and flung the curtains open and shrieked with delight at the view.
To the left we had a view of Fantasia Gardens and the Studios; straight ahead was the main building of the hotel all lit up and magical and to the right we had a view of Main Street!
Such a perfect room with a magical view. We then noticed there was a gift for Rosebug on the table and as she was occupied with this I sneaked her Princess goody bag and letter onto the bed.
After she had read this and opened her bits and bobs, we explored the room and I took photos of all the little magical features:
DH said he wanted to go downstairs and speak to the manager. We went down to reception and he asked for the manager by name, introduced himself and thanked him for the lovely room and gift for Rosebug. The manager was lovely and asked Rosebug if she liked her room and view, she told him she did and wanted to stay in it forever. After we said our goodbyes, DH said he had emailed earlier in the week asking for a nice room with a view for Rosebug but close enough to reception for a quick dash back if needed, and that he had received a lovely personal reply back from the manager and had wanted to thank him.
We went back to our room via the boutique where Rosebug bought herself the Aurora dress up doll play set and I booked Rosebugs princess makeover for 11am the next day. We went for the 50euro package as there was no option for an Elsa package and when Rosebug was getting ready for bed I sneaked back down to the boutique and bought the Elsa dress and pin to surprise her with before her make-over. We got back to the room and Rosebug played for a while in her new favourite spot in the window.
We finally went to bed around 11pm but I didnt get to sleep until about 3am as I was just too excited to sleep!
Rosebug woke up at 8am and the first words out of her mouth were Are we going to Disneyland? TODAY? As soon as we said yes, she was running round squealing like a lunatic and it took some effort to get ready to go. We were on the road by 11:30am and not looking forward to the 3 hour drive up to Glasgow airport; but tbh it wasnt as bad as we thought, Rosebug was exceptionally well behaved, playing on her Disney games on her innotab and listening to the Frozen soundtrack on repeat.
We made only one stop to grab a McDonalds and a toilet break and made it to the Park n Fly carpark at 3pm, and I was surprised how easy this was. We pulled up; signed in and the bus was already there to take us to the airport. Within 10 minutes of pulling into the carpark we were inside the terminal waiting for bag drop to open. We dropped off our bags and headed through security; picked up our Euros and sat for a while in Starbucks with a hot chocolate waiting for our gate to open.
Once onboard Rosebug started to get super-excited so we got her focused on some colouring and her innotab to stop her from exploding and before we knew it we were landing at CDG!
As we were waiting for our luggage we got chatting to a couple from our flight and Rosebug played with their daughter; turns out they were from the town where I work and we have mutual friends. "It's a small world after all!"
Our luggage took only a few minutes to come through and we headed out to be greeted by our Ezyshuttle driver; who was the same lady who picked us up in February 2012! We were slightly gutted as we pulled out and realised it was torrential rain!
I just had a bad feeling that this was going to set the precedent for the trip but tried not to let it bother me. As we were driving to the hotel Rosebug and I were chatting about what we wanted to do and see, and she said she wished we could stay in the pink hotel and look out the window at the Castle. I told her it was very expensive to stay there, but we would one day. Then as we pulled in I could see her looking and the realisation hit her that we were at the pink hotel; she practically jumped out of the car and jumped up and down shouting I knew it! I knew it! The pink hotel! Oh my I am so excited! Are we really staying here? The princesses stay here too mammy!
The second we walked through the doors that wonderful, magical scent of vanilla and sandlewood hit us and tbh I was a bit in awe that we were finally staying there. There was no queue at check in; as it was now nearly 9:30pm. We were checked in by a wonderful CM who gave Rosebug balloons and we practically skipped up to our room. We were given a room on the 4th floor and it was only a few doors away from the lifts. As we walked in Rosebug exclaimed how pretty the room was and ran straight for the huge window; climbed up on the sill/window seat and flung the curtains open and shrieked with delight at the view.
To the left we had a view of Fantasia Gardens and the Studios; straight ahead was the main building of the hotel all lit up and magical and to the right we had a view of Main Street!
Such a perfect room with a magical view. We then noticed there was a gift for Rosebug on the table and as she was occupied with this I sneaked her Princess goody bag and letter onto the bed.
After she had read this and opened her bits and bobs, we explored the room and I took photos of all the little magical features:
DH said he wanted to go downstairs and speak to the manager. We went down to reception and he asked for the manager by name, introduced himself and thanked him for the lovely room and gift for Rosebug. The manager was lovely and asked Rosebug if she liked her room and view, she told him she did and wanted to stay in it forever. After we said our goodbyes, DH said he had emailed earlier in the week asking for a nice room with a view for Rosebug but close enough to reception for a quick dash back if needed, and that he had received a lovely personal reply back from the manager and had wanted to thank him.
We went back to our room via the boutique where Rosebug bought herself the Aurora dress up doll play set and I booked Rosebugs princess makeover for 11am the next day. We went for the 50euro package as there was no option for an Elsa package and when Rosebug was getting ready for bed I sneaked back down to the boutique and bought the Elsa dress and pin to surprise her with before her make-over. We got back to the room and Rosebug played for a while in her new favourite spot in the window.
We finally went to bed around 11pm but I didnt get to sleep until about 3am as I was just too excited to sleep!
I wish I was there. Someday I will stay in pink palace too and probably will act just like Rosebug 
! I think if I got a view like that I'd be up at the crack of dawn just watching the resort come to life.
Rosebug is adorable.
