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I'll start the trip report in a day or two - I want to polish my others off in the Globetrotting forum first, as I think three at once is a bit much to deal with!
Some teasers....
we had a wonderful magical moment with Mickey
we got an unexpected backstage tour
we had the most amazing Disney dessert ever
I had a very close encounter with Chip and Dale
and Mark had a starring role to play...
Is that enough to be getting on with in the meantime?
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Friday 5 October – part one: wow, this place has changed!
We both headed to work as usual in the morning, but today would be no ordinary day at work as we’d both be finishing at lunchtime, and then heading off to Disneyland Paris in the afternoon! It’s always an odd feeling for me to write something like that, as obviously with every other Disney park around the world, we have no way of doing that, with usually a hideously long flight awaiting across different time zones.
Mark actually made it back before me, which surprised me, as he works further away than I do from home, but in fairness, I had gone to see if I could find some blank CDs in town, but I couldn’t, and I was a bit later leaving than I’d planned...
Fortunately, for once, both of us had just about packed everything, so there were only the last few bits to go into the case, and then we were loading up the car. As those of you who drive to Disney already know, driving is a bonus, as it allows you to travel with whatever you want, rather than worrying about how much your case is going to weigh for your flight. I usually tend to take that to extremes, throwing three or four different sweatshirts into the car.... It also means you can take your own food, so we were sure to stock up with drinks, and snacks to see us through, especially as one of us hadn’t eaten anything since breakfast!
We set off for the Eurotunnel terminal at around 12:40pm, which worked well. I figured that should get us there early enough to get us on to the earlier train, provided it wasn’t full of course...
The clouds were looking ominous as we drove down, but there was also some blue, and at least it was dry, which was the main thing...
I particularly liked the fact that the GPS had us driving across the Channel – if only!
We were soon at the terminal, but sadly obviously the train ahead of ours was full, as the only option it gave us was the one we were already booked on. Oh well, we’d tried...
We parked up and headed into the terminal building, and my goodness, this has certainly undergone a few changes since we were last here. In fairness, when we came with Wendy in June, which was our last time here, we hadn’t gone into the terminal, we’d gone straight off to the train, so I think the last time we came inside would’ve probably been for our September 2010 trip all the way through France and down to Mark’s parents’ villa in Spain. My goodness, I can’t believe it’s been that long already – where on earth does the time go?
After a quick restroom stop, Mark headed straight for Burger King to get some food. There was a long line that moved exceptionally slowly. We stood there for about five minutes, moving forward a little, but when Mark looked and realised that they didn’t have much food already prepared, he decided that was it, and left the line.
At first he stomped (and I do mean stomped ) over to duty free, where I started to browse. He wasn’t in a good mood (lack of food can do that to you... ), so I told him to go and find something in the quarter of an hour we still had before the first boarding call. Off he went, and got nicely ripped off for a sandwich and a bag of crisps (chips to you guys...). When he handed over £5 ($7.75) and got no change, he was a bit horrified...
We had a look in a couple of shops, and then headed back to the car, seeing this parking spot on the way, which Mark insisted I took a photo of...
Then we waited for the first call, with Mark having his sandwich as we waited. Then we were on our way...
For once, our luck held out and we didn’t get stopped for the nice random security check, and we were straight in line in one of the first lines to board.
This thing always freaks me out! Even though I know we can fit under it, I still worry..
We were only there a few minutes, and then we started to move. We ended up joining a line of traffic to get down to the train, but it was fine, as it gave me the chance to get some photos of the nearby countryside, including a photo of the famous Kentish horse on the hills above the terminal...
As we approached the train, the woman was waving everyone on to the top level, but we stopped and asked to go on the lower level, with me explaining that I get sick if I go upstairs (not a lie either ) and fortunately she let us go downstairs.
Within 10 minutes, we were off and running. I’m so glad that we were able to get on the lower level, as my goodness, it was probably the roughest journey we’ve ever had on the Eurotunnel. You could really feel us moving from side to side, and I dread to think what it would’ve been like, had we been on the upper level.
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as we’d both be finishing at lunchtime, and then heading off to Disneyland Paris in the afternoon! 
I usually tend to take that to extremes, throwing three or four different sweatshirts into the car.... It also means you can take your own food, so we were sure to stock up with drinks, and snacks to see us through, especially as one of us hadn’t eaten anything since breakfast! 
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