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Moving on with the current of the years.
We go on
Moving forward now as one
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Ever on with each rising sun.
To a new day, we go on.
It's time to move on and move forward.
PassPorter is a small business, and for many years it supported our family. But the world changed, print books took a backseat to the Internet, and for a long time now it has been unable to make ends meet. We've had to find new ways to support our family, which means new careers and less and less time available to devote to our first baby, PassPorter.
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The photo with Daisy and Eeyore is adorable!! What a lucky day for both of you! You're right, you don't go to these meals for the food. It's for the fun.
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The photo with Daisy and Eeyore is adorable!! What a lucky day for both of you! You're right, you don't go to these meals for the food. It's for the fun.
And if the food is good, then great - added bonus!
Monday 2 May – part two: Pluto goes far above and beyond…
However, the real winner of the characters we saw was Pluto. He came by and got all the hugs and photos done with Daisy first…
Now, as you can probably see, he’s trying to get Evie’s attention. She really didn’t want anything to do with the characters, and that was fine with all of us. We get that she’s at that age where it’s not the coolest thing to do any longer, but Pluto wasn’t taking any of that. He was on a real mission!
He kept trying to get her attention, even putting a napkin on her head at one point, but she still wasn’t showing any interest.
Pluto was still determined though, and look what happened next:
He sat down and started to imitate her, which was just classic. We couldn’t believe what we were seeing. In all our character meals, I don’t think we’ve ever encountered a Pluto that’s gone this far above and beyond before…
In the end, Evie couldn’t help but smile and laugh and was tempted into petting him, as we told her Pluto was a dog, and he just wanted some attention.
Now at this point, we’d certainly had a magical experience with him, but it wasn’t over yet. Pluto decided that he’d take Mark’s butter from the table, and try to catch it in his mouth!
He wasn’t successful on the first two attempts, but he managed it the third time, and eventually “spat” the butter back out again. Absolutely classic!
Not long afterwards, all the characters disappeared, having presumably having completed their rotations, and we got Chip and Dale in return, although we only stayed to see Chip…
The others were fine with leaving without seeing Dale, as they wanted to go back to the hotel and swim, while Dave and Barb were heading off. It had been a very enjoyable experience here, and worth it for the money. They only charge €17 ($19) per person, mainly because they couldn’t get away with charging anymore for it, given you get free breakfast at your resort hotel.
Café Mickey
Food 7½ 8½
Service 7 8½
Atmosphere 9 9
Value for money 8½ 9½
Average score: 8.44
We made our way out….
…. and I noticed someone seemed to be getting the Panoramagique balloon ready to go up. We’ve never done this in all the times we’ve been to Disneyland Paris, either because we’ve focused on the parks, or because it’s not been operating. It’s a tethered balloon, and it’s what Characters in Flight was based on, so it doesn’t go up if it’s windy, and of course it hasn’t been operating the last couple of days because of the high winds. Well, today it looked like it would be… I went and had a look, figuring it would probably open at 10:00am, but no, it opened at 9:00am, so that worked for us.
We made our way back to the Hotel New York…
There, we said our goodbyes to Dave and Barb, and Dave, Tom and Mark went to load Barb’s scooter into our car, while I headed off to find a restroom. I’m glad I did, as I found some wonderful theming along the way…
Oh wow!!! Pluto was awesome! Evie and Daisy will never forget this little encounter, what an amazing time you had! I can nearly hear all the laughter at the table. So cool!
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Oh my goodness, what a great Pluto encounter!! He's my DD's favorite, so she would be thrill if he just sat at the table with us! That alone was worth the cost for breakfast!
Oh wow!!! Pluto was awesome! Evie and Daisy will never forget this little encounter, what an amazing time you had! I can nearly hear all the laughter at the table. So cool!
Oh my goodness, what a great Pluto encounter!! He's my DD's favorite, so she would be thrill if he just sat at the table with us! That alone was worth the cost for breakfast!
It really was - and my goodness, if he's your DD's favourite, then wow, that would've been amazing for her.
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What a lucky day for both of you! You're right, you don't go to these meals for the food. It's for the fun. 
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We couldn’t believe what we were seeing. In all our character meals, I don’t think we’ve ever encountered a Pluto that’s gone this far above and beyond before… 
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