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More beautiful pix. Nice underground dragon lair. I have a 3D castle pin from a cast member series that has a door that opens and shows the dragon under the Paris castle.
Some nice closeups and quite different perspectives of the castle, which I loved! Nice train ride around the park and more to follow!! Love, your comment about Mark depositing a C note instead of 1 cent into the fountain and having your wish come true! Disney is a business and all about the money, even when trying to keep their guests happy!
BTW, I thought I'd let you know, that I'm enjoying some Cadbury chocolate tonight as I know you love the stuff! Amazing as you've mentioned previously, (with the exception of some smaller producers) that the USA does not produce great chocolate! Just love great chocolate and usually go for European produced, which is divine! To me...Hershey's is quite gross and will turn it down always! But, I do love my plain M&M's!
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October 6, 2017-Enjoying an amazing dinner at Victoria & Albert's with PP's Dot and Drew
My TR from my most recent trip is now underway. Includes: Universal Studios Florida, Disney World and Sea World Orlando Trifecta TR -Updated December 10th! TR is now COMPLETED!
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Some nice closeups and quite different perspectives of the castle, which I loved! Nice train ride around the park and more to follow!! Love, your comment about Mark depositing a C note instead of 1 cent into the fountain and having your wish come true! Disney is a business and all about the money, even when trying to keep their guests happy!
BTW, I thought I'd let you know, that I'm enjoying some Cadbury chocolate tonight as I know you love the stuff! Amazing as you've mentioned previously, (with the exception of some smaller producers) that the USA does not produce great chocolate! Just love great chocolate and usually go for European produced, which is divine! To me...Hershey's is quite gross and will turn it down always! But, I do love my plain M&M's!
Glad you're enjoying some decent British chocolate!
Monday 17 November – part six: travelling by train around the park
Here, they take you on to the train party by party, which does work well, as it ensures the train is filled up, and they get as many people on board as possible. However, it was interesting, as there were some stations where they didn’t do this, and people were left to their own devices to board. You could see the difference, as you had the Cast Members wondering if they could fit anyone else on, and having to walk up and down the train.
While the first way of doing things is a bit irritating, as you don’t get to pick where you sit, at least it’s faster loading – and to be honest, a lot of the reason that a round trip takes 30 minutes is because of how long each stop takes. There are four stops, at Main Street USA, Frontierland (also known as Thunder Mesa), Fantasyland and Discoveryland, and if you average say five minutes per stop, which I reckon is about right, then you’re only actually moving for 10 minutes of that half hour.
They have the Grand Canyon diorama not long after you leave Main Street USA, but this was the only decent shot I managed to get of it…
Then we were into Frontierland, where you saw a bit more of the park…
The foliage here was just beautiful…
Soon we were pulling into Frontierland station…
… then we made our way over to the Fantasyland station…
I reckon here more people got off than had done so at Main Street USA. It was as if the whole train had just emptied out. Mind you, there were always plenty of people waiting at each station to fill those places.
Between Fantasyland and Discoveryland, there were some very neat views…
I do love the whole feel of Discoveryland, and to me, this is how the Tomorrowland sections of the various other parks should’ve been done. The retro, turn of the 20th century feel means it never feels dated, unlike the idea of trying to theme it around what might be in 10 or 20 years’ time, as that’s always going to date in time…
Then we were back at Main Street USA…
… where we got off. I love the way you exit past the front of the train, meaning you could get some photos of this beautiful engine.
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Great views from the train ride! I think I would find it annoying to stop for 5 minutes at every station.
The trouble is I don't think you can speed it up, by the time the train's pulled into the station, the departing people have got off and the boarding people have got on.
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Disney is a business and all about the money, even when trying to keep their guests happy! 
Just love great chocolate and usually go for European produced, which is divine! 
But, I do love my plain M&M's! 
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