Christieand
Mouseketeer
- Joined
- Jul 20, 2012
This morning we woke up at 6:45 to get ready for Extra Magic Hours. It was very lovely to see the hotel and park entrance all lit up out of our window as we got ready. DLH magic
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By 8:10 we had made our way to the entrance, which we were surprised to find that the entrance is now at the main bit for EMH and not next to the DLH entrance as it had been on our previous trips. There were lots of people there and we thought it was going to be really busy, but it turned out to not be too bad. We think most people were there to see the characters.
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I had a request from my dad to have a picture with goofy. I didn't want to queue so this seemed like a good compromise!
We were heading for Peter Pan but stopped quite a few times for pictures! The ride was a walk-on and seemed improved, it wasn't jolting at all and the lights were good. After that, we went to the castle via Rapunzel's meet and greet spot where we took a few photos.
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We ate macarons as a morning snack on the balcony of the castle!
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Then we went on Dumbo and got wet bottoms! Waited about two minutes for Dumbo so considering that we were expecting EMH to be busy due to the amount of people at the gates we did quite well.
Decided to do Buzz which was also a walk-on. Charlotte was good but Beth & I not so much...
By this time daylight had arrived at we went back to the hotel for breakfast. We weren't seated with a view of the castle because it was quite busy, but we didn't mind. The tea was not very good! We had cooked breakfast to begin with followed by pastries and doughnuts and then melon.
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It was very nice and we were very full! A quick detour to the room and then to reception because we messed our hotel fast passes up by using ones for the wrong day yesterday, and we were ready to go to the Studios. I felt very embarrassed when trying to explain the fastpass situation. The lady at reception was less than understanding and made me feel very stupid.
The plan was to go on Parachutes but it was closed, so instead we went to investigate fast passes for Tower of Terror to be told they weren't available (all day). Not to be defeated, we decided to use our hotel fast passes for Ratatouille. The queue was short, and the ride was really fun but it did make me feel a bit sick. Charlotte and Beth were fine though.
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Then we went to World of Disney where I bought a Disneyland hotel pin and a Sleeping Beauty vinylmation box which to my delight contained the fairies. Poor Merryweather, however, has no hat. I thought about going back in to the shop and asking if I could swap it (we could tell which vinylmation box held the fairies as they are lighter than all the other boxes), but I felt silly so I didn't! I also bought an Elsa and Anna Tsum Tsum for two work friends who are quite fond of Frozen...
On the way in to the arcade we saw Marie doing a meet and greet! We've read that this doesn't happen often so that was quite cool.
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A rest halfway down the arcade and we were ready to get Fast Passes for BTM. The sun had come out which necessitated the nice pictures and the shedding of layers. Then we went to Pirates.
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After a wander through some shops to try and locate a specific 2014 pin for Charlotte, we went to get a spot for the Christmas Parade. We stood up opposite castle stage which was nice, and Charlotte went to get popcorn. The parade soon started and that too was nice, if a bit short. Also Beth experienced annoying children pushing in to her once again.
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Casey was showing a 25 min wait but the queue didn't look that long so we decided to wait in it. In the end it took about 15 min and was, er, also nice.
THEN it was time to use BTM fast passes. We enjoyed LOTS and were at the very front.
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We were going to queue for the railroad but it was 45 mins! So we went back to the hotel. We went up to our room and found that housekeeping were in it so we went to the shop (didn't buy anything) then had a sit down in the bridge before going back up to our room. Put 101 Dalmations cartoon on, and had a nap (wild afternoon for us then...) There was a knock on the door to turn down the beds but because we were in the room they just handed us the chocolate santas!
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After our rest we slowly got ready to go to Annette's, then, at the last minute, we decided to go and watch the tree lighting ceremony. We arrived at five to and a nice man offered to take a photo of all three of us together which was really nice of him. Even better, the photo turned out well!
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The lighting ceremony was lovely and I thought it was better than the Christmas Dreams! Then we quick marched to Big Thunder to assess the queue time but it was half an hour so we just went to Annette's.
There was no wait and were served by a nice lady. We all had the Euro Chick which was a breaded chicken burger. The man who brought the food and drink over was quite odd and pretended to not give us the last drink and meal. Would have been funny for a child but we had to feign amusement!
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The bill was 51 after annual pass discount and we left the server lady a 2 tip because she was really nice.
We went in the shops in the village which were a bit of a let down really. Charl got two more Tsum tsums in the Disney store and we enjoyed looking around the Lego store, though it was more expensive than at home (I work on a toy department so I know quite a lot of the English prices. The campervan we sell at work is £80 but was 110). Then we went in to Art on Demand and Charl bought a lovely limited edition framed Bambi pin set with the money she got from our Nan for Christmas. The village was very busy by this point because Dreams had finished, so we go some churros from a stall in the village. It was quite a disappointing experience because the lady was grumpy and the churros tasted like Yorkshire puddings with sugar on!
We felt sooo lucky walking back in to Fantasia Gardens with no one around. It was amazing. We took a few pictures in front of the hotel then went up to our lovely room!
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The plan was to watch Tangled but in the end we just ended up relaxing before we decided to go to sleep.
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By 8:10 we had made our way to the entrance, which we were surprised to find that the entrance is now at the main bit for EMH and not next to the DLH entrance as it had been on our previous trips. There were lots of people there and we thought it was going to be really busy, but it turned out to not be too bad. We think most people were there to see the characters.
DSC04071_2
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I had a request from my dad to have a picture with goofy. I didn't want to queue so this seemed like a good compromise!
We were heading for Peter Pan but stopped quite a few times for pictures! The ride was a walk-on and seemed improved, it wasn't jolting at all and the lights were good. After that, we went to the castle via Rapunzel's meet and greet spot where we took a few photos.
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We ate macarons as a morning snack on the balcony of the castle!
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Then we went on Dumbo and got wet bottoms! Waited about two minutes for Dumbo so considering that we were expecting EMH to be busy due to the amount of people at the gates we did quite well.
Decided to do Buzz which was also a walk-on. Charlotte was good but Beth & I not so much...
By this time daylight had arrived at we went back to the hotel for breakfast. We weren't seated with a view of the castle because it was quite busy, but we didn't mind. The tea was not very good! We had cooked breakfast to begin with followed by pastries and doughnuts and then melon.
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It was very nice and we were very full! A quick detour to the room and then to reception because we messed our hotel fast passes up by using ones for the wrong day yesterday, and we were ready to go to the Studios. I felt very embarrassed when trying to explain the fastpass situation. The lady at reception was less than understanding and made me feel very stupid.
The plan was to go on Parachutes but it was closed, so instead we went to investigate fast passes for Tower of Terror to be told they weren't available (all day). Not to be defeated, we decided to use our hotel fast passes for Ratatouille. The queue was short, and the ride was really fun but it did make me feel a bit sick. Charlotte and Beth were fine though.
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Then we went to World of Disney where I bought a Disneyland hotel pin and a Sleeping Beauty vinylmation box which to my delight contained the fairies. Poor Merryweather, however, has no hat. I thought about going back in to the shop and asking if I could swap it (we could tell which vinylmation box held the fairies as they are lighter than all the other boxes), but I felt silly so I didn't! I also bought an Elsa and Anna Tsum Tsum for two work friends who are quite fond of Frozen...
On the way in to the arcade we saw Marie doing a meet and greet! We've read that this doesn't happen often so that was quite cool.
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A rest halfway down the arcade and we were ready to get Fast Passes for BTM. The sun had come out which necessitated the nice pictures and the shedding of layers. Then we went to Pirates.
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After a wander through some shops to try and locate a specific 2014 pin for Charlotte, we went to get a spot for the Christmas Parade. We stood up opposite castle stage which was nice, and Charlotte went to get popcorn. The parade soon started and that too was nice, if a bit short. Also Beth experienced annoying children pushing in to her once again.
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Casey was showing a 25 min wait but the queue didn't look that long so we decided to wait in it. In the end it took about 15 min and was, er, also nice.
THEN it was time to use BTM fast passes. We enjoyed LOTS and were at the very front.
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We were going to queue for the railroad but it was 45 mins! So we went back to the hotel. We went up to our room and found that housekeeping were in it so we went to the shop (didn't buy anything) then had a sit down in the bridge before going back up to our room. Put 101 Dalmations cartoon on, and had a nap (wild afternoon for us then...) There was a knock on the door to turn down the beds but because we were in the room they just handed us the chocolate santas!
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After our rest we slowly got ready to go to Annette's, then, at the last minute, we decided to go and watch the tree lighting ceremony. We arrived at five to and a nice man offered to take a photo of all three of us together which was really nice of him. Even better, the photo turned out well!
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The lighting ceremony was lovely and I thought it was better than the Christmas Dreams! Then we quick marched to Big Thunder to assess the queue time but it was half an hour so we just went to Annette's.
There was no wait and were served by a nice lady. We all had the Euro Chick which was a breaded chicken burger. The man who brought the food and drink over was quite odd and pretended to not give us the last drink and meal. Would have been funny for a child but we had to feign amusement!
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The bill was 51 after annual pass discount and we left the server lady a 2 tip because she was really nice.
We went in the shops in the village which were a bit of a let down really. Charl got two more Tsum tsums in the Disney store and we enjoyed looking around the Lego store, though it was more expensive than at home (I work on a toy department so I know quite a lot of the English prices. The campervan we sell at work is £80 but was 110). Then we went in to Art on Demand and Charl bought a lovely limited edition framed Bambi pin set with the money she got from our Nan for Christmas. The village was very busy by this point because Dreams had finished, so we go some churros from a stall in the village. It was quite a disappointing experience because the lady was grumpy and the churros tasted like Yorkshire puddings with sugar on!
We felt sooo lucky walking back in to Fantasia Gardens with no one around. It was amazing. We took a few pictures in front of the hotel then went up to our lovely room!
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The plan was to watch Tangled but in the end we just ended up relaxing before we decided to go to sleep.