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Well, that looks like it was all kinds of fun! Great pictures.
Your TR is reminding me about something else I love about DLP: the weather. Yes, the mild Floridian autumns/winters are wonderful, but there is something nice about having a bit of a chill in the air for the Halloween and Christmas seasons. Somehow it just seems more "right" to me.
Looking forward to the next installment!
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You got some great photos of the show. It looks like a blast for the kids, oh, and the adults too. Maybe you should have stayed for some of that trick-or-treating.
That show looked great! Love all the interaction with the audience!!
Do they sing & speak in English or French?
They do a comination - basically you can follow it in either language. Boo to You was the English version, but the interaction in between the songs would be a bit in French, then a bit in English, then back to French again.
Well, that looks like it was all kinds of fun! Great pictures.
Your TR is reminding me about something else I love about DLP: the weather. Yes, the mild Floridian autumns/winters are wonderful, but there is something nice about having a bit of a chill in the air for the Halloween and Christmas seasons. Somehow it just seems more "right" to me.
Looking forward to the next installment!
I do hear you about the chill - especially after all the reports I've heard from people this year about the humidity, which I believe went into early October... however, the downside is the rain, when it comes, tends to last longer in Paris than Florida.
You got some great photos of the show. It looks like a blast for the kids, oh, and the adults too. Maybe you should have stayed for some of that trick-or-treating.
We did have to dash and you'll find out why in the next installment...
That looked like such a great time!! What a fantastic show. I can just imagine the bit with Donald and the hula hoops! He's the best. This is my favorite shot:
Awwww!!!! Their costumes are so cute too. Donald!!!
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I finally ahd the time to play catch up today. DLP is so beautiful all decorated for Halloween. it will make WDW a disappointment after seeing these pictures.
I love that you got to go back stage. Some people complain about thing slike this...I live for it!
And being able to take pictures...so awesome.
This show looks so fun. What were Chip and Dale supposed to be dressed as? It looks like fried eggs to me. LOL
I ma glad I took the time to look at all your pictures. They are gorgeous.
Now that night shot near your hotel where the sky is very blue...just gorgeous. Did you have a special filter on your lens for that?
That looked like such a great time!! What a fantastic show. I can just imagine the bit with Donald and the hula hoops! He's the best. This is my favorite shot:
Awwww!!!! Their costumes are so cute too. Donald!!!
Out of all of them, I thought Donald was the cutest - I just loved the fangs!
I finally ahd the time to play catch up today. DLP is so beautiful all decorated for Halloween. it will make WDW a disappointment after seeing these pictures.
that's true. I can see us wandering around the Magic Kingdom next year, saying "oh that's not as good as at Disneyland Paris"....
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This show looks so fun. What were Chip and Dale supposed to be dressed as? It looks like fried eggs to me. LOL
I see what you mean! I'm not sure what they supposed to me - to be honest, I didn't think much about the costumes and what they were supposed to be - I just enjoyed the spectacle of it.
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Now that night shot near your hotel where the sky is very blue...just gorgeous. Did you have a special filter on your lens for that?
nothing at all - I can honestly say I don't possess a single filter and wouldn't know what to do with them. My photos are always exactly as taken with nothing done to them whatsoever.
Saturday 6 October – part eight: not over the camera!
We headed off for our lunch reservation, passing the castle on the way...
We had discussed bailing on lunch, but that had been mainly because we hadn’t expected the show to be done so soon, and it was over not much after 12:00pm, with the restaurant just a couple of minutes’ walk away. We headed back into Adventureland, and I love this entrance into the land. The detail here is just lovely, and always reminds me of Morocco in Epcot.
The Agrabah Cafe, where we’d be having lunch, was just inside on the right. We headed inside to a lovely area...
I gave our details and we were sent straight inside, and to the right, where we had to wait to pay, which was a good idea. Here, you could order your drinks, and then everything was paid for upfront. Now Disneyland Paris, and Disneyland do this for buffets. I wonder how long it will be before Walt Disney World gets the idea as well? It would be so easy to do, especially as drinks are usually included with buffets there....
Inside, the decor was just wonderful. It reminded me of a mixture of Tusker House and Marrakesh, with beautiful colours everywhere, and as for the lights – I just adore these. We had probably a 10 minute wait before we were served, but that worked for me, as I spent all my time, just taking in the atmosphere. This really is a triumph for Imagineering.
Bearing in mind the cuisine here (as you can imagine it was Middle Eastern), I was surprised at how big the restaurant was. There were probably two or three sub rooms, with lots of seating. The reason that surprised me is I can’t see an equivalent restaurant being that big at Walt Disney World, as it just wouldn’t get the traffic. However, here, it was already quite busy, bearing in mind it was only just past midday, and by most accounts, early for the French to have lunch.
We were taken to our table, which was about as far away as it was possible to be from the entrance, although in they had positioned the buffet well, so no-one was that far away from the food, which is always a good thing.
You have to leave your receipt for your drinks on the table, then your server will see it and sort your drinks out. He did, and Mark went up to the buffet first, with me looking after things at the table. When the server brought out Mark’s glass of Coke, I don’t quite know what happened, but he managed to spill it all over the table, including Mark’s camera, which he’d left on the table. I quickly grabbed it and wiped all the Coke off it, and checked it. It appeared to still be working, thank goodness. The server was full of apologies, and so he needed to be. We both appreciate that accidents do happen, but it’s just not what you want.
When Mark got back, he told me that there was a really good selection of food, and there’d be plenty for me to enjoy up there. Good, that works! His plate:
He was right. On the first round, I only made it as far as the appetisers. Some of the winners for me were the honey glazed carrots, and the beetroot with cinnamon, and I am no fan of beetroot, but adding cinnamon to it was inspirational. It made it taste so good! There was a variety of vegetable dishes, along with some rice, so I was happy with that.
For main course, I went for the tilapia, which was in some sort of spicy sauce, but sadly the description on the buffet didn’t say what it was, and I would’ve liked to have known. One nice touch was that they had recipes up on boards for what I assume are some of their more popular dishes, although they were all in French. I also got some spinach lasagne, which didn’t really fit the Middle Eastern cuisine theme, but my goodness, it was good stuff, and I ended up going back for some more, it was so good.
The naan bread wasn’t quite as nice as I would’ve liked. I personally prefer it when it’s still a bit warm, but I guess on a buffet, that’s not going to be easy to do. However, the candied grapes were a real winner for me. My goodness, they tasted lovely, so sweet, but you also still had the taste of grape in with it. It was an interesting combination, and another definite winner for me.
Not so good was the moussaka. I loaded up with it, then had a nasty thought – you can have moussaka that’s not vegetarian. I’ve just got so used over the years to having vegetarian moussaka that I didn’t think about it as I piled it on to my plate. Not to worry though, I have a meat eating husband, who could sample it for me, and quickly tell me if there was meat in it, so that’s what I did. he told me, you’ll be fine with that. Well, apparently his tastebuds are off. I may not have tasted lamb in nearly 20 years, but I knew the taste instantly, as soon as I took the first bite. I wouldn’t be eating anymore of that. It was such a shame, as I do love my moussaka. In fairness though, that was the only real disappointment of the meal, so that’s not too bad...
There was also a really good choices of desserts here, and I sampled just about everything. I had a shortbread cookie (probably the poorest of the choices here, which was disappointing), a piece of flan (again, I would’ve liked more information about what was in it – I think it was raisins, but I couldn’t be 100% sure), coconut pie (which was lovely), and fresh fruit salad, which was great. I was so pleased to see that all the fruits in it were exotic, which meant I could eat it. All too often, I have to avoid fresh fruit salad, as it has apples or pears in it, and I’m allergic to both.
I have to say a word here about the British family at the table next to us. There were five of them, with four of them all dressed in costume – one was obviously Princess Jasmine, while one of the guys looked suspiciously like Aladdin. They were all adults, and their costumes were just superb. I really wish I could’ve got a photo of them, but I couldn’t see an easy way to sneak one. We heard them talking and got the impression that they’d been in a competition of some kind, perhaps auditioning to be Cast Members.
Overall, we both thoroughly enjoyed this meal. We felt that the flavours in the food were more authentic than you’d find in Morocco. That meant that some of the items were a bit spicy or salty for us, but as I say, that’s authentic for you. I would much prefer to see Restaurant Marrakesh doing something like this, as I think a buffet would work so much better for them than a la carte dishes, as it would allow people to sample a little of everything, which is a great idea when it’s slightly more unfamiliar food.
The atmosphere here was just wonderful. It felt as if you had entered an African marketplace, and I loved the way it was decorated. This was a winner, and definitely somewhere I’d come back to again in the future.
In total, with soft drinks, the meal came to €56 ($73), which wasn’t bad for Disneyland Paris. We’ve complained in the past about how extortionate the prices are for meals here – trust me, way worse than in Walt Disney World - and so this wasn’t bad at all.
Oh, and as a side note, Mark ordered an extra Coke. I told him he’d have to pay for it, but the server never said a word about it. Mark noticed that the receipt said “transaction suspendu” on the bottom of it, and he took that to mean that it wasn’t a bill. As no-one had said anything, I ended up agreeing with him, and we figured maybe it was compensation for his Coke being spilled earlier. We later found out at dinner that all bills came with “transaction suspendu” on the bottom of it, so obviously we were meant to pay. Ooops...
Agrabah Cafe:
Appetisers 9 8½
Entrees 8½ 9
Desserts 8½ 8
Service 7 7½
Atmosphere 9½ 9
Value for money 8½ 8½
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Maybe you should have stayed for some of that trick-or-treating. 
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Donald!!!
that's true. I can see us wandering around the Magic Kingdom next year, saying "oh that's not as good as at Disneyland Paris".... 
nothing at all - I can honestly say I don't possess a single filter and wouldn't know what to do with them. My photos are always exactly as taken with nothing done to them whatsoever.
There was a variety of vegetable dishes, along with some rice, so I was happy with that. 
We heard them talking and got the impression that they’d been in a competition of some kind, perhaps auditioning to be Cast Members. 
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