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Had to take some time to wipe my streaming eyes after laughing at the photos of Mark in the headgear! The store looks amazing. The murals are fantastic. I especially like the French one with characters from all three "French" movies. The Disney constellations are wonderful, too. But, HOW did you get out of there without spending anything??
Had to take some time to wipe my streaming eyes after laughing at the photos of Mark in the headgear!
Isn't it classic? I'm just annoyed I didn't get a clear shot of it, but that's what happens when you're laughing so much!
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The store looks amazing. The murals are fantastic. I especially like the French one with characters from all three "French" movies. The Disney constellations are wonderful, too. But, HOW did you get out of there without spending anything??
I'm not sure... I guess we'd bought bits the day before and I think if we'd have started, we just wouldn't have stopped...
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Sunday 7 October – part three: a wander through the Disney Village
I was pleasantly surprised to see that the previous Disney Store was still there, as I had guessed that it might have closed with the arrival of World of Disney, but which was good. We headed in there, and saw a set of four glasses with Mickey on them, so we ended up buying them on the way back to the car later on.
I have to say that the theming in here was also excellent, and better than I remembered.
We headed back outside into the sunshine, which was a bit of a shock to the system to see everything looking so bright outside.
This guy was outside the Rainforest Cafe
I was surprised at how soon we got to the end of the Disney Village. It certainly seems smaller when you’re fresh in the morning, and not walking through it when you’re shattered after a day in the parks.
We were thinking of going up in the PanoraMagique balloon, but I wasn’t sure if it was even operating, given the grounding of the Characters in Flight balloon in Walt Disney World. Whether it was operating or not was immaterial, as it certainly wasn’t going anywhere, and it was a bit windy here.
The train that runs from the resort hotels to the start of the Disney Village
We sat at the side of the lake for a while, speculating that perhaps Disney should’ve made more of this lake. There’s no watercraft, which really does seem like a wasted opportunity. It would certainly be a good way to make more money – and a boat running across the lake to the Sequoia Lodge and Newport Bay would, I’m sure, be much appreciated by guests staying in those resorts.
Talking of resorts, we headed over to the Hotel New York, as we still had an hour to kill before our reservation at Cafe Mickey. Somehow, this resort looked so much more authentic with the colours turning on the trees. Of course, the Imagineers would’ve made sure to get trees that you’d only find in New York, so they looked absolutely perfect alongside the building’s outline.
Looking over to the Sequoia Lodge... ... and the Newport Bay Club Outside the Hotel New York The view from the entrance of the Hotel New York, across Lake Disney towards the Newport Bay Club
Just had to catch up with a few installments....so my comments are a bit late...
Your meal at Walts sounded lovely. Last year, it was closed during our time frame there and it was the one place we really wanted to try. As a general rule, we were fairly disappointed in the food we ate at DLP. To be fair, maybe we didn't make the best choices in dining but overall, we felt it was lacking.
Sorry you never made it on to Pirates but overall, it really sounded like a lovely day at the parks, save the rains. I imagine you both slept quite well afterwards!
Loving the hotel pics....we never toured around the other onsite options but they do look quite nice.
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I love how beautiful Hotel New York looks in the sunlight! I'm sooooo excited about staying there for the first time in March
Chez, there is sort of a marina on the Disney Village side of the lake. They rent out pedal boats and water bikes during the summer months.
Ah - there were the magical two words "summer months"! We never go in the summer months and the only time we did was June 2010, when we stayed at the Disneyland Hotel, so we never made it down that far, as we just stayed at the resort or the two parks and that was it. That would explain why we've never come across it before.
Just had to catch up with a few installments....so my comments are a bit late...
Your meal at Walts sounded lovely. Last year, it was closed during our time frame there and it was the one place we really wanted to try. As a general rule, we were fairly disappointed in the food we ate at DLP. To be fair, maybe we didn't make the best choices in dining but overall, we felt it was lacking.
I don't think that's unfair. We've had some good meals there, but we've never been really wowed - not until Walt's.
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Sorry you never made it on to Pirates but overall, it really sounded like a lovely day at the parks, save the rains. I imagine you both slept quite well afterwards!
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I'm just annoyed I didn't get a clear shot of it, but that's what happens when you're laughing so much! 
I guess we'd bought bits the day before and I think if we'd have started, we just wouldn't have stopped... 
I suspect I know someone who'll be buying those... 
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