sara969
My Little Tinkerbell
- Joined
- Jan 28, 2008
Finally getting round to writing my trip report!
We were there for 5 days so i think its going to be a long one!
The family:
Me: Sarah 28yrs old
Hubby: Dean 29 yrs old
Daughter: Hannah (almost 3yrs old at the time, turned 3 on 17th)
Sunday 9th November:
All packed and ready to leave the Lewis's house at 9:30am
Out National Express Coach leaves at Bournemouth Station at 10am
We arrived in London Victoria at 1:15pm and waited for my sister to meet us at the station, she is in Drama School in London, so she knows her way round, so offered to help us with the underground Tube journey, from Victoria - Kings Cross!
Well it was a complete nightmare dragging a large case, bags, pushchair and a almost 3yr old around the underground stations
We had to change tubes too!! AWFUL!
By the time we got to Kings Cross, both me and hubby said, that there is NOWAY we will do this on the way back, we will just pay the extra money for a taxi! Can you tell that we are not from the City
So we found our Travelodge Hotel, it was a 5min walk from the station.
Checked in at 3pm and the room was quite nice for £29 saver room booked online
We had a double bed and Hannah a sofa bed.
We got settled and then hubby went out to get us a Burger King for dinner.
I was soooo excited that i was trying Hannah's Minnie Outfit on her and getting all our things ready for the morning.
After dinner we showered Hannah and got her in her PJ's ready for bed!
BUT!!! NIGHTMARE to get her to sleep! She was far to excited.
All through the night she kept waking and saying ''Is it morning yet mummy''
Our hotel room was nice but was right next to train station, so we could hear trains going past most of the night. But we managed to have a nice sleep.
Monday 10th November:
Got up at 6am and got ready, and Dean had gone to the corner shop to get us some mini cereal boxes and a tiny bottle of milk, so we all ate cereal out of the tea mugs in the hotel room
Left the hotel early around 7am to makesure we had plenty of time, incase we get lost etc..
Took a photo of us beside Kings Cross Station:
We found where we needed to be easily in St Pancras Station and were there early.
We stopped for a Costa Coffee while we waited for gate for Eurostar to open.
Also picked up Hannah's activity pack that Eurostar give to the kids.
(TIP... no one tells u about these, and they are easy to miss.. as its up to u to collect it from the Information Desk.. i didnt know where they were until i asked)
We found our gate number and sat beside it as we knew it would be a mad queue otherwise.
They opened the gate and we found our carriage number and seats.
Bit of a nightmare finding space for luggage, but luckily our carriage was not too busy so it was not too bad, but theres not alot of room for cases.
We settled Hannah with colouring and snacks for the journey.
The journey was sooo quick, before we knew it, we were in France.
Arrived in Marne La Valle on time 12:30
Queues for lifts were a nightmare and i was worried that we would be late for our Cafe Mickey booking at 1:30pm
We handed our luggage to Disney Express Desk and i was in a panic about time so i changed Hannah into her Minnie Dress at the Station
Poor girl, but no time to find a toilet!
I put it over her clothes anyway, so it wasnt to bad
We then decided to speed off quickly to the Disney Village.
I quickly went into the Disney Shop to buy Hannah a Autograph book, pen and a Minnie Balloon (which was huge!)
We made our Cafe Mickey booking on time
We parked up our pushchair and was shown to a table immediately.
We looked at the menu and saw the prices and looked at each other with shock horror
But we were prepared for this meal to be an expensive one so it wasnt too bad.
Cafe Mickey was quite full for lunchtime, was a bit busy, but nothing too bad.
I ordered; Pinocco's Pasta,
Hubby: Lasagne & chips
Hannah; Kids meal, Disney shape pasta & meatballs
Here is Hannah with Mickey:
Hannah saw Prince John, Chip & Dale, Mickey, Pluto, Goofy and Baloo the Bear
Our waitress was nice and friendly and i asked if Mickey can come to our table for Hannah's birthday cake, andshe said that would be no problem and told me to be ready with camera etc at 2pm
We ate our dinner, my pasta was quite nice, hubby was moaning about his lasagne, he said it didnt taste brilliant and it was tiny! More like a ready made meal from ASDA
I was trying to force dinner down Hannah, but she wasnt interested cus she was more interested in characters.
At 2pm they bought the cake to our table...
After cake, characters all made a fuss of Hannah which was nice.
We then got Hannah her dessert from kids menu, me and hubby had a sneaky pick at the kids buffet
Bill came to 88 euro
We asked for birthday cake to be boxed and then rushed off out to park!
But im sure Hannah thought that Cafe Mickey was it, The DisneyLand, little did she know what was coming next
We were there for 5 days so i think its going to be a long one!
The family:
Me: Sarah 28yrs old
Hubby: Dean 29 yrs old
Daughter: Hannah (almost 3yrs old at the time, turned 3 on 17th)
Sunday 9th November:
All packed and ready to leave the Lewis's house at 9:30am
Out National Express Coach leaves at Bournemouth Station at 10am
We arrived in London Victoria at 1:15pm and waited for my sister to meet us at the station, she is in Drama School in London, so she knows her way round, so offered to help us with the underground Tube journey, from Victoria - Kings Cross!
Well it was a complete nightmare dragging a large case, bags, pushchair and a almost 3yr old around the underground stations
We had to change tubes too!! AWFUL!
By the time we got to Kings Cross, both me and hubby said, that there is NOWAY we will do this on the way back, we will just pay the extra money for a taxi! Can you tell that we are not from the City
So we found our Travelodge Hotel, it was a 5min walk from the station.
Checked in at 3pm and the room was quite nice for £29 saver room booked online
We had a double bed and Hannah a sofa bed.
We got settled and then hubby went out to get us a Burger King for dinner.
I was soooo excited that i was trying Hannah's Minnie Outfit on her and getting all our things ready for the morning.
After dinner we showered Hannah and got her in her PJ's ready for bed!
BUT!!! NIGHTMARE to get her to sleep! She was far to excited.
All through the night she kept waking and saying ''Is it morning yet mummy''
Our hotel room was nice but was right next to train station, so we could hear trains going past most of the night. But we managed to have a nice sleep.
Monday 10th November:
Got up at 6am and got ready, and Dean had gone to the corner shop to get us some mini cereal boxes and a tiny bottle of milk, so we all ate cereal out of the tea mugs in the hotel room
Left the hotel early around 7am to makesure we had plenty of time, incase we get lost etc..
Took a photo of us beside Kings Cross Station:
We found where we needed to be easily in St Pancras Station and were there early.
We stopped for a Costa Coffee while we waited for gate for Eurostar to open.
Also picked up Hannah's activity pack that Eurostar give to the kids.
(TIP... no one tells u about these, and they are easy to miss.. as its up to u to collect it from the Information Desk.. i didnt know where they were until i asked)
We found our gate number and sat beside it as we knew it would be a mad queue otherwise.
They opened the gate and we found our carriage number and seats.
Bit of a nightmare finding space for luggage, but luckily our carriage was not too busy so it was not too bad, but theres not alot of room for cases.
We settled Hannah with colouring and snacks for the journey.
The journey was sooo quick, before we knew it, we were in France.
Arrived in Marne La Valle on time 12:30
Queues for lifts were a nightmare and i was worried that we would be late for our Cafe Mickey booking at 1:30pm
We handed our luggage to Disney Express Desk and i was in a panic about time so i changed Hannah into her Minnie Dress at the Station
Poor girl, but no time to find a toilet!
I put it over her clothes anyway, so it wasnt to bad
We then decided to speed off quickly to the Disney Village.
I quickly went into the Disney Shop to buy Hannah a Autograph book, pen and a Minnie Balloon (which was huge!)
We made our Cafe Mickey booking on time
We parked up our pushchair and was shown to a table immediately.
We looked at the menu and saw the prices and looked at each other with shock horror
But we were prepared for this meal to be an expensive one so it wasnt too bad.
Cafe Mickey was quite full for lunchtime, was a bit busy, but nothing too bad.
I ordered; Pinocco's Pasta,
Hubby: Lasagne & chips
Hannah; Kids meal, Disney shape pasta & meatballs
Here is Hannah with Mickey:
Hannah saw Prince John, Chip & Dale, Mickey, Pluto, Goofy and Baloo the Bear
Our waitress was nice and friendly and i asked if Mickey can come to our table for Hannah's birthday cake, andshe said that would be no problem and told me to be ready with camera etc at 2pm
We ate our dinner, my pasta was quite nice, hubby was moaning about his lasagne, he said it didnt taste brilliant and it was tiny! More like a ready made meal from ASDA
I was trying to force dinner down Hannah, but she wasnt interested cus she was more interested in characters.
At 2pm they bought the cake to our table...
After cake, characters all made a fuss of Hannah which was nice.
We then got Hannah her dessert from kids menu, me and hubby had a sneaky pick at the kids buffet
Bill came to 88 euro
We asked for birthday cake to be boxed and then rushed off out to park!
But im sure Hannah thought that Cafe Mickey was it, The DisneyLand, little did she know what was coming next