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Love the pictures!! I can't imagine riding on a train like that, it seems so strange! At least you had nice weather for your boring drive. And the location of the hotel seems great. Looking forward to more!!
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Great start...what an intersting concept - the whole train ride and being in your car. I was telling Jasmine and she thought it was really cool. She had a question though...
Now you can take the train (like you did with Sue) or you can do the train when you sit in the car but she wanted to know could you just drive through the tunnel?
Told her I would ask...glad the drive to Paris went well until you got closer to teh city. The hotel room looks nice, yes I agree a bit plain, but comfortable enough but the proximity to the shopping and to Disneyland. Definitely not to be beat...
Love the pictures of their DTD....really cool and I liked the whole little Christmas Village shops.
Your train ride looks too cool. I showed my DH. That is the neatest thing. I would love to be able to do that. Disneyland Paris looks great. I love the little chalets. It is so nice seeing another part of the world. I hope to be able to go there myself one day. More please!
Great start...what an intersting concept - the whole train ride and being in your car. I was telling Jasmine and she thought it was really cool. She had a question though...
Now you can take the train (like you did with Sue) or you can do the train when you sit in the car but she wanted to know could you just drive through the tunnel?
Told her I would ask...
No, you can't drive through the tunnel. The only options are Eurostar (the train we took with Sue and Steve) and Eurotunnel (either sit in your car or the separate freight services).
Friday 19 December – part two: I wasn’t expecting you to be here!
At the end of the Disney Village, we walked past the Hotel New York and their tethered balloon, Panaramique that soars over Lake Disney, and then it was over to the Sequoia Lodge, where Sabine and Manuel were staying.
Hotel New York, complete with ice skating rink The view over to the Newport Bay Club, modelled on the Yacht and Beach Club Sequoia Lodge
We had some difficulties finding the reception, as it’s not that straightforward when you come in from the parks to find it, but we got there in the end and they were waiting for us.
We walked back to the Disney Village, as we had dinner booked at 8.30 at Café Mickey, a character buffet. The line to get in was pretty long and that was just for those who had made reservations and it was a bit odd, the way they did things. They seemed to pick people randomly to take them to their tables. At least that’s how it felt. There just seemed to be no logic to it. Finally, we were seated, but we must’ve been in line for about 15 minutes by then.
As we entered, I saw a sight that I wasn’t expecting and I just stopped to gawp. It was my donkey boy, who was obviously in residence there. I couldn’t have been happier.
Anyway, let’s talk other things first. Sabine had told me that the food here was meant to be good and so it proved, with the appetiser. Mark and I decided to share the garlic mushrooms and these have to be the best garlic mushrooms that I’ve ever tasted. They were excellent and the clove of garlic we got with it was massive. Mind you, the one Sabine got was way bigger and she’s not that much of a fan of garlic, but Manuel helped her finish it off.
Then it was on to main course. The dishes here had some weird and wonderful names to them, so when Manuel said “I’ll have Lilo and Stitch”, meaning the soup, we couldn’t help but laugh. Mine was called Ariel’s Delight and, unsurprisingly, involved seafood with pasta, spinach and broccoli. The taste was lacking a bit and the pasta was a little cold, so it wasn’t a great hit with me.
Mark had Pluto’s steak and ended up with Manuel’s, while Manuel got Mark’s steak, which was more well done. I’m told it wasn’t bad, but it wasn’t the best. Unfortunately for you guys, he totally failed to photograph his, so I can’t show you what it looked like.
However, let’s be honest, you don’t come to a character meal for the food and the characters were absolutely brilliant. It’s been a long time since I’ve laughed so much at and with the many characters we saw. There were so many too. As well as Eeyore, who was so in character with dropping shoulders, we saw Tigger, Mickey, Friar Tuck, Gepetto, the villain from Pinocchio (any offers anyone?!) , Pluto and King John and we even missed out on Mr. Smee, who just never made it to us. It was an odd selection of characters, with no rhyme or reason to the choices they had there. After all, wouldn’t you have all the Pooh characters there or Pinocchio with his fellow characters? Apparently not.
Gepetto came back near the end of the meal and was fascinated by Sabine’s folder of information about their trip
We were even visited twice by my donkey boy – the second time after he saw me, he went to see the others and got stuck coming out after he saw Mark!
Here Eeyore made an attempt to knock Mark out – he caught his head as he moved!
We had so much fun with the various characters. Highlights included the dances that they did. Whenever they announced a birthday here, they played what we could only describe as a techno version of Happy Birthday! There is nothing more funny or weird than watching Eeyore and Gepetto do a high energy dance to that music. Eeyore was jumping up and down and, as for Gepetto, when he’d finished it, he was brilliant. He went back to being an old man again and then moved very, very slowly to show how much the dancing had taken out of him. It was classic.
As for the service, it was pretty poor and very slow. We finally left just before 11.00, having been there for almost two and a half hours. It didn’t help that we had to ask for cutlery at least two or three times during the meal.
Café Mickey
Appetiser 10 9½
Entrée 7½ 8
Service 6 7
Atmosphere 10 10
Value for money 7 8
Average score: 8.30
We came out of there and headed back to the station and there was a train waiting at the platform, a great benefit of having a terminus station, although we did sit there for about five minutes before it finally left. We were back at the hotel by 11.40 and it was straight to bed, as we would have a long day tomorrow.
Today we walked – well, I have no idea, as I forgot to bring the pedometer with us! The weather today was dry and in the 50’s. The best thing today was Café Mickey. The worst thing today was the traffic jams near Disneyland Paris. The funniest thing today was Gepetto and his dancing. Today we tried staying at the Hotel l’Elysee And the result was it’s in a great location. The most magical moment today was seeing my donkey.
Eeyore!!! That would have been the highlight of my evening too! How funny to see him and Gepetto dancing like that, and then back to normal afterwards. Too bad the meal wasn't the best, but at least the characters made up for it.
I have to also say I love that shot of the Sequoia at night (I'm assuming that's what it is..) and in the foreground is a little girl holding hands with each of her parents. That is adorable. I'm sure you didn't intend to capture that, but it's just a nice little family moment at Disneyland Paris!!
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When I was showing your pictures to Kassie, she asked who you and Mark were and pointed to you. LOL I guess the only time we were with you last year was at Adventurer's Club Meet and both you and Kassie were sick so she never saw you. Next year, we'll get to see you and do a proper introduction.
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