Day Four - So these are the weekend crowds!
After such a full on day yesterday we had a bit of a lie in. We went down to breakfast around 9.30am. Goofy was in the lobby so Jack went for an autograph.
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Both the restaurants were full this morning so we were directed around to the convention centre. We were seated straight away and found the same great selection of breakfast items as Parkside diner the previous day. Breakfast always seemed such a calm affair. A credit to the hotels organisation. We could always select what we wanted without waiting or fighting over things. Over breakfast we decided our plan of action and decided to head back to the main park today.
We arrived at the park around 10.20 and you could see it was more crowed today. We wanted to ride Autopia again and Jack wanted to do Orbitron, so we head to discoveryland. Both of these ride were showing 40 mins, however Buzz was only a 15 min wait so we happily rode this again.
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After this Orbitron had dropped to a 30 minute queue and Jack said he was happy to wait. I decided to sit this one out, so just the boys went on. It was a really warm day today, the sky was deep blue so I decided to take the time to get a few more photo’s of the castle.
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After taking some photo’s I went back to wait for the boys. I noticed that buzz was still showing a 15 min queue and yet people were queuing to get fastpasses
The boys really enjoyed Orbitron.
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Autopia was still showing a 40 minute queue so we decided to head over to Adventureland. Jack had spotted the pirate play area the other day and I really wanted to see the Tarzan show. We went to the play area first, then we headed over to the Tarzan Show. On the way we bumped into Timone and Rafiki. Timone was on top form and having loads of fun with the kids.
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Next we did the Tarzan show. This was great, however I was a little distracted deciding if Tarzan muscles were real or not
It was 1.40 ish by now so we decided to get some lunch. We’d passed Hakuna Matata earlier and the food looked quite good so we headed back there. We found seating inside in a great little alcove, sadly I didn’t get a photo. We shared two portions of chicken strips and hakuna fries between us. I really liked the theming in here and Lion King is one of my favourite movies so of course the music was great too. The chicken was a bit greasy but still very edible, fries were delicious.
Jack had noticed Woody Round Up on the park map early in the trip and so we decided to head there next. Now I have to say this was one of the biggest disappointments of the trip. The whole place looks so rundown and other than a couple of photo sets the rest is just empty sheds
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It was really hot by this time and the park was crowded (Pirates was showing a 40 mins wait time) so we decided to head back to the hotel for a break. We rested at the hotel for an hour or so before heading back to the park just after 5pm. We had reservations at Walt’s for 7pm so checked the tip board to see what we could fit in. We decided on IASW followed by a ride on the railroad, as we hadn’t done this yet.
I loved this flower bed
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We got back to main street station around 6.15 so had a little look in the shops before heading to Walt’s. We were slightly earlier but they said that was fine.
I totally fell in love with this place. I can see why it’s so popular. We found ourselves saying ‘oh look’ ‘oh look’ while going through the reception area and up the stairs. We were shown to a lovely table by the window overlooking the side entrance to Liberty Arcade. This turned out great as while we were finishing up desserts Jack sat on the window ledge and watch the parade
I understand the rooms are themed around the park lands. Does anyone know what area ours would have been?
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We had a lovely server, called Charaude, I think. Food was excellent:
Asparagus and goats cheese starter:
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Steak with Bernaise Sauce:
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Duck with Cherry Sauce:
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Jack also had the Walt Kids Burger which he enjoyed. I was planning on having a cocktail but the weather had been up in the higher 80’s so I polished off a bottle of sparkling water instead. I also tried the Gourment Coffee for dessert, the little Creme Brulee that came with this was to die for
Our bill came in at €78 which for DLP was great value for money.
As we had such a lovely meal we decided this would be a good opportunity to visit the DLH. We had a moment of confusion upon entering ‘Where’s the Fantasia Lounge?’ but soon found our way up the stairs and over the main part.
Now you’re all going to groaned at me now but I was a little disappointed by the DLH. I think the problem was that I’ve been lucky enough to stay in some of the big Deluxe hotels in WDW and this just didn’t have the same Wow factor that places like the Grand Floridian & Animal Kingdom Lodge have. It’s missed the grand lobby......That’s not to say I would happily stay in the castle club if I got the chance.........We found our way to the Fantasia Bar where I finally got to try a DLP cocktail.
The Sol Majeur - Vodka, Apple juice, Cranberry and Cherry Syrup. Yum Yum.
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Fantasia Bar is lovely and the staff are very attentive. There was also the most fabulous pianist playing so I soon got over my disappointment and started enjoying the place. Does anyone know what piece of music the wallpaper is? My music reading skills are very basic but I sure it must be something. Disney never does anything by chance.
As we left the bar Goofy was out in the lobby so Jack and another little girl had a dance with him. It was the sweetest thing ever seeing them all skip around the lobby
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After this it was time to head back to the hotel. We were leaving for Paris the following evening and I needed to do some packing. We got back to the hotel around 9.40 and I was not a happy mummy trying fit everything back in the case. We were finally in bed around 10.30.
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He thought he had left him in the children's corner of the bookstore. I went to explain to the staff what had happen and ask if there was anyway we could go back to get him. I really thought they would say no but they were great. I lady took me though a back entrance and walked with me to the bookstore. There was the bear still sat on the stool 
Potential disaster adverted we went into the departure lounge.
(Just a word of warning here; the machines are easy to use however they do not seem to take euro notes, only cards or coins. Chip & pin works fine thought) We caught a very crowned RER train to St Michael but luckily it was only 2 stops down.
We headed off the train and through the Disney Village to the Hotel New York. This was to be our home for the next 3 nights. It was around 9am and there was no-one at check in. We picked breakfast slots for 7.30am and were told a room was ready for us! We had been given a lovely room with high ceilings over looking lake disney, however it had a bed and a sofa bed. I knew Jack wouldn’t sleep so well on a sofabed so phoned down to see if there was any chance of having a 2 double bedded room? They had that was fine but it wouldn’t be ready till later. No problem as we hadn’t expected a room so early. I did feel very ungrateful as it was a lovely room but disney and a good nights sleep are a must 
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