Saturday,
30th December 2017
I had an early start this morning, as this was the day we travelled to Disneyland! We got the Eurostar from Ebbsfleet International, which took about 2 and a half (very slow) hours. We arrived in Disneyland at about half past two and thanks to Disneyland Express, were able to head straight to the parks! We went for a family favourite to start off our trip; Pirates of the Caribbean. However we never made it on the ride, as it broke down! So we headed off to explore a little bit more around the park. We had a bit of mare with our tickets for the Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show and had to sort that out in Disney Village. We actually ended up heading to Walt Disney Studios Park after that and I went on one of my favourite rides called Crush’s Coaster - a Finding Nemo themed rollercoaster. My mum and sister were too scared to ride (they don’t like rides!). We explored the Studios a little more, and then we headed to Disney Village to watch Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show, which is a dinner show. I ate a chicken leg, a sausage (it was a kids portion which is why the sizes are quite small) and some new potatoes, all of which was delicious! It was kind of hard to watch the show whilst eating, especially since it was dark! One of our family friends got involved in the show since our team won (well done team blue!). The day ended here, and we headed back to check into our hotel. We were in building 14, room 242 on the second floor, and this building was located right next to the exit for the park, which was convenient. It wasn’t too far to get to the restaurant either! We went to bed as soon as we got back, as we had an alarm set early the next day!
I had an early start this morning, as this was the day we travelled to Disneyland! We got the Eurostar from Ebbsfleet International, which took about 2 and a half (very slow) hours. We arrived in Disneyland at about half past two and thanks to Disneyland Express, were able to head straight to the parks! We went for a family favourite to start off our trip; Pirates of the Caribbean. However we never made it on the ride, as it broke down! So we headed off to explore a little bit more around the park. We had a bit of mare with our tickets for the Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show and had to sort that out in Disney Village. We actually ended up heading to Walt Disney Studios Park after that and I went on one of my favourite rides called Crush’s Coaster - a Finding Nemo themed rollercoaster. My mum and sister were too scared to ride (they don’t like rides!). We explored the Studios a little more, and then we headed to Disney Village to watch Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show, which is a dinner show. I ate a chicken leg, a sausage (it was a kids portion which is why the sizes are quite small) and some new potatoes, all of which was delicious! It was kind of hard to watch the show whilst eating, especially since it was dark! One of our family friends got involved in the show since our team won (well done team blue!). The day ended here, and we headed back to check into our hotel. We were in building 14, room 242 on the second floor, and this building was located right next to the exit for the park, which was convenient. It wasn’t too far to get to the restaurant either! We went to bed as soon as we got back, as we had an alarm set early the next day!
Entrance sign for the park
The Sleeping Beauty Castle, taken from Main Street USA
Sleeping Beauty Castle from Discoveryland at night
This is from the entrance to the Ratatouille ride
Sunday 31st
December 2017 (New Year’s Eve!)
We had an alarm set for 7:30am – another early start for me, then! But it was worth it to experience the parks when they were a bit quieter during the Magic Hours! What this basically means is guests staying in a Disney hotel can access the parks an hour before they open to day guests. Our family friends were having a lay-in this morning, to ensure their 5-year old son wouldn’t be too tired for the New Year’s Eve Parade and fireworks! We went to breakfast at about 8:15, and I enjoyed a croissant and some bread. Upon arrival at Disneyland Park, we went on few rides in Fantasyland, getting quite a bit done. We then met up with our family friends and grabbed some fastpasses for Peter Pans Flight (a walkthrough of the movie Peter Pan). We then rode the Pirates of the Caribbean ride we missed out on yesterday and went back to do “it’s a small world” that the others hadn’t done (we did it earlier). It was then time to tackle Space Mountain! I’d never been on this rollercoaster, so was quite nervous, but really enjoyed it, as did my dad’s 5-year-old godson, who was only just tall enough to ride! We then got some lunch and explored Discoveryland a bit more. Next we used our fastpasses for Peter Pan’s Flight and headed back over to Discoveryland, where we rode the Star Tours simulator ride, which made me feel quite sick (we were in the front row too, so the 5-year-old was the ‘captain’)! We had to then sort out our tickets for the New Year’s Party, and went back to our hotel to wrap up warm ready for the park to reopen and the New Year Celebrations to begin! We headed back over at about 8pm ready for the New Year’s Eve Parade to start at 8:30. The parade was amazing! Not only was pretty much every Disney character in it (see highlights below), but it was made up of old floats which I remembered from my previous trips and the old songs were played too, along with the new 25th anniversary songs and floats, as this parade was also sort of dedicated to the 25th anniversary. Once the parade ended (later than expected as it broke down for a bit) we grabbed some dinner from Casey’s Corner (their hotdogs are to die for!) and then played the waiting game for the fireworks. We browsed the shops for a bit and then took our positions for the fireworks, which were brilliant. We then headed back to our room to get some sleep – no alarm set for tomorrow!
We had an alarm set for 7:30am – another early start for me, then! But it was worth it to experience the parks when they were a bit quieter during the Magic Hours! What this basically means is guests staying in a Disney hotel can access the parks an hour before they open to day guests. Our family friends were having a lay-in this morning, to ensure their 5-year old son wouldn’t be too tired for the New Year’s Eve Parade and fireworks! We went to breakfast at about 8:15, and I enjoyed a croissant and some bread. Upon arrival at Disneyland Park, we went on few rides in Fantasyland, getting quite a bit done. We then met up with our family friends and grabbed some fastpasses for Peter Pans Flight (a walkthrough of the movie Peter Pan). We then rode the Pirates of the Caribbean ride we missed out on yesterday and went back to do “it’s a small world” that the others hadn’t done (we did it earlier). It was then time to tackle Space Mountain! I’d never been on this rollercoaster, so was quite nervous, but really enjoyed it, as did my dad’s 5-year-old godson, who was only just tall enough to ride! We then got some lunch and explored Discoveryland a bit more. Next we used our fastpasses for Peter Pan’s Flight and headed back over to Discoveryland, where we rode the Star Tours simulator ride, which made me feel quite sick (we were in the front row too, so the 5-year-old was the ‘captain’)! We had to then sort out our tickets for the New Year’s Party, and went back to our hotel to wrap up warm ready for the park to reopen and the New Year Celebrations to begin! We headed back over at about 8pm ready for the New Year’s Eve Parade to start at 8:30. The parade was amazing! Not only was pretty much every Disney character in it (see highlights below), but it was made up of old floats which I remembered from my previous trips and the old songs were played too, along with the new 25th anniversary songs and floats, as this parade was also sort of dedicated to the 25th anniversary. Once the parade ended (later than expected as it broke down for a bit) we grabbed some dinner from Casey’s Corner (their hotdogs are to die for!) and then played the waiting game for the fireworks. We browsed the shops for a bit and then took our positions for the fireworks, which were brilliant. We then headed back to our room to get some sleep – no alarm set for tomorrow!
The adorable Chip and Dale!
Moana (not the clearest photo but all of these were taken on my phone!)
Ariel
Nick and Judy from Zootropolis
Mickey Mouse - Minnie was on the other side, so not in the photo :(
Peter Pan swinging boat float (Peter Pan is in the photo but blends into the background!)
Fire breathing dragon (Maleficent)
Frozen's Olaf and Sven
Monday 1st January 2018
After a breakfast of bread and croissants ad a trip to the shop to buy a poncho due to the pouring rain, we reached the Disneyland Park at about 11am. The first thing we did was grab 4 fastpasses for Big Thunder Mountain (AKA the runaway train) for myself, my dad, his 5-year-old godson and his dad. We then enjoyed a few rides, such as Pirates of the Caribbean (it’s inside!), my dad and I went on Indiana Jones and the Temple of Peril (it’s a rollercoaster so my mum and sister didn’t come on) and Phantom Manner (a haunted house). We then met up with our family friends, just in time to use our Big Thunder Mountain fastpasses! We enjoyed some more rides before watching the 25th anniversary Stars on Parade. This is quite the spectacle – Disneyland have really upped their game for their 25th anniversary! Some of the floats include a swinging boat for Peter Pan, a Toy Story spinning wheel and a fire breathing dragon! These (apart from Toy Story) are pictured above. Once the parade ended, we decided to have a sit down meal dinner at Planet Hollywood, where I ordered steak and 3 different types of chips (regular, curly fries and criss-cross). Yum! We then went over to the studios to watch the evening Christmas show there, which was a mixture of live action and projection on the Tower of Terror. It was brilliant! We then went back into the main park, where we went on Pirates of the Caribbean before taking our position for Illuminations – the night time spectacular for Disneyland Park. The show was amazing, however it was a shame that I was watching it freezing cold and squashed against a fence! The show included scenes from many different Disney movies, such as Frozen, Star Wars and The Little Mermaid. Once the show ended, we went back to our room to go to bed.
Fireworks #1
Fireworks #2
Fireworks #3
Fireworks #4
Fireworks #5
Tuesday 2nd January 2018
Today was the day we had to leave! Packing was easy and we were able to get it done this morning before checking our bags in to pick up at the train station later. We headed to the Studios first, to ride the Studio Tram Tour, a behind the scenes tour giving an insight into the world of movie making, and to watch the show Mickey and the Magician. Our seats were right in front of where some of the characters came in, so we were lucky to get quite an interactive experience! The show was amazing, featuring Mickey Mouse trying to tidy a magician’s office, but different objects transport him into many different movies along the way! Once the show ended, we had to rush for our fastpasses for Rockin’ Rollercoaster, which my dad and I had picked up earlier in the day. This is quite an intense rollercoaster, so as you can imagine, my mum and sister skipped out on this one! We then went back into the main park to meet Darth Vader before leaving to grab dinner at McDonalds (yes there’s a McDonalds in Disneyland!) and head to the train station. We waited quite a long time to check in and go through security, and got straight on the train. We arrived back at Ebbsfleet and parted our separate ways, arriving home at about 10pm.
Well, there
you go! This post was originally going to contain tips and advice for anyone
visiting, or looking to visit, Disneyland in the future, but the post is
already long, so let me know if this is something you’d be interested to see in
the future! Thanks for reading, and I’ll see you on Sunday!
Ellen x
Очень классный статья о диснее места каждого ребёнка ,я например считал о велосипеде ,так и несбылось,это класно когда у тебя есть время сидеть и делать то что тебе нравится,мне не хватает 7 дней чтобы заработать и оплатить свои мамины ссета ещё есть брат инвалид ,да ещё посмотришь коментарии в нете и завидуеш вот бы мне мама счета платила ,а я бы бы про людей всякие гадости писал...
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