Ms Poppins
I'm sure I'm very affected by all this Disney talk
- Joined
- Mar 14, 2009
The Cast
Me – Julie – 42
DH – John – 46
DS – Lewis – 12
Pre-trippie
Day 1
Day 2
Sunday 5 February 2017
Alarm went off at 8am and I gently got us all up. The weather was dry, yippee!
Breakfast this morning was in the convention centre and there was quite a bit of a wait to get in, about 15 minutes which I’ve never waited before. Must be due it being a weekend. Enjoyed our breakfast and were soon on our way to the park.
By the time we got outside the rain was pelting down and it was also really cold. We wrapped up and headed off to the parks.
Lewis wanted to try for Crush so we made for the Studios. It was just after 9:40 and there were some queues building to get in. We got inside and veered right to look at the Crush queue. Wait time was already 110 minutes and the park wasn’t even officially open yet No thank you. The rain was heavy so we headed for Ratatoullie and were soon enjoying the ride using the single rider line again practically a walk on. The main queue was showing 50 min wait. Lewis and I were in the same rat today.
We left here and fought against the rain. Cars was almost a walk on but we didn’t fancy getting soaked on this so didn’t stop. We thought about doing Art of Animation as it’s inside but everyone else must have had the same idea as the queue for this was already long. Cinemagique again wasn’t showing yet so we left the Studios via the shops and went over to Disneyland Park.
It was still raining
We hadn’t browsed the shops in Main St yet so enjoyed some time in Lily’s Boutique and the other shops. I wanted some more dish towels we’d bought last time but there were none to be found in any of the shops. We also wanted some new coasters but again none anywhere.
Lewis got another (smaller) pick’n’mix in the sweet shop and I got some of the wonderful strawberry fudge I’d had last time for later.
BTM was our next destination to get fast passes for later. Return time 13:35 – 14:05. My passes didn’t scan this morning so I had to use the swipe function. Someone behind me with an AP kind of bumped into me to show me how to do it and then tried to get some more for himself – in the confusion I ended up with only 2 fast passes. I tried all our AP’s again but they all said I already had a pass. There wasn’t a CM at the fast pass area so I went to the main queue and spoke to a lovely CM who wrote a note on one of the passes so we could all use them. He said if any problems to ask for him and that sometimes the AP’s don’t give a ticket. So, I don’t know if it was AP problem or the ‘helpful’ gent behind me that caused the problem
We looked at Phantom Manor again but the queues were already long. As much as we enjoy this ride, it’s not one that I’d stand in a 30 min queue for. I suppose that’s the joy of having been so many times before, it’s no big deal if we don’t do something as we know we’ll be back again soon. Lewis had a go at the shooting gallery whilst we were there.
The rain was really heavy now so we left the park an popped into Salon Mickey to warm up. It was around 11ish now.
We all relaxed and enjoyed muffins and hot chocolate. There was only one other family whilst we were there and it was lovely to shelter from the rain in such lovely surroundings and make the most of our shareholder perks.
We left here and thankfully the rain was off. I could see the Paddy Wagon arriving at the Main St motors stand in Town Square. We hopped aboard and enjoyed the ride to the castle.
Into Fantasyland to look for some inside rides and I think everyone else must have had the same idea as it was very busy. We could see Alice out again beside the maze.
Lewis got some photos in the Mad Hatters chair as it was missing last year for a refurb and was looking very vibrant again.
Tigger and Eeyore were out for a meet and Gepetto was outside Bella Note.
I checked an app I had on my phone (not the official Disneyland Paris app) and it was showing 15 min wait for Buzz so off we went. We got there and the queue time was 35 minutes and we didn’t want to wait that long when we know we can do it during EMH. Lewis loves Autopia and as the rain had stopped we joined the queue. This was a 30 min wait but there was nothing else we wanted to do and the time passed quickly enough.
Space Mountain currently closed for refurb.
Lewis drove himself and John was my chauffeur, lol. We had great fun on this as Lewis was on the track beside us so we raced against each other the whole way round
After this we thought we’d maybe try for the train around the park. We headed towards Discoveryland station and then I remembered it was closed. We noticed a small line and Stitch was meeting just beside Space Mountain. We joined the queue and met him within about 5 minutes.
Me – Julie – 42
DH – John – 46
DS – Lewis – 12
Pre-trippie
Day 1
Day 2
Sunday 5 February 2017
Alarm went off at 8am and I gently got us all up. The weather was dry, yippee!
Breakfast this morning was in the convention centre and there was quite a bit of a wait to get in, about 15 minutes which I’ve never waited before. Must be due it being a weekend. Enjoyed our breakfast and were soon on our way to the park.
By the time we got outside the rain was pelting down and it was also really cold. We wrapped up and headed off to the parks.
Lewis wanted to try for Crush so we made for the Studios. It was just after 9:40 and there were some queues building to get in. We got inside and veered right to look at the Crush queue. Wait time was already 110 minutes and the park wasn’t even officially open yet No thank you. The rain was heavy so we headed for Ratatoullie and were soon enjoying the ride using the single rider line again practically a walk on. The main queue was showing 50 min wait. Lewis and I were in the same rat today.
We left here and fought against the rain. Cars was almost a walk on but we didn’t fancy getting soaked on this so didn’t stop. We thought about doing Art of Animation as it’s inside but everyone else must have had the same idea as the queue for this was already long. Cinemagique again wasn’t showing yet so we left the Studios via the shops and went over to Disneyland Park.
It was still raining
We hadn’t browsed the shops in Main St yet so enjoyed some time in Lily’s Boutique and the other shops. I wanted some more dish towels we’d bought last time but there were none to be found in any of the shops. We also wanted some new coasters but again none anywhere.
Lewis got another (smaller) pick’n’mix in the sweet shop and I got some of the wonderful strawberry fudge I’d had last time for later.
BTM was our next destination to get fast passes for later. Return time 13:35 – 14:05. My passes didn’t scan this morning so I had to use the swipe function. Someone behind me with an AP kind of bumped into me to show me how to do it and then tried to get some more for himself – in the confusion I ended up with only 2 fast passes. I tried all our AP’s again but they all said I already had a pass. There wasn’t a CM at the fast pass area so I went to the main queue and spoke to a lovely CM who wrote a note on one of the passes so we could all use them. He said if any problems to ask for him and that sometimes the AP’s don’t give a ticket. So, I don’t know if it was AP problem or the ‘helpful’ gent behind me that caused the problem
We looked at Phantom Manor again but the queues were already long. As much as we enjoy this ride, it’s not one that I’d stand in a 30 min queue for. I suppose that’s the joy of having been so many times before, it’s no big deal if we don’t do something as we know we’ll be back again soon. Lewis had a go at the shooting gallery whilst we were there.
The rain was really heavy now so we left the park an popped into Salon Mickey to warm up. It was around 11ish now.
We all relaxed and enjoyed muffins and hot chocolate. There was only one other family whilst we were there and it was lovely to shelter from the rain in such lovely surroundings and make the most of our shareholder perks.
We left here and thankfully the rain was off. I could see the Paddy Wagon arriving at the Main St motors stand in Town Square. We hopped aboard and enjoyed the ride to the castle.
Into Fantasyland to look for some inside rides and I think everyone else must have had the same idea as it was very busy. We could see Alice out again beside the maze.
Lewis got some photos in the Mad Hatters chair as it was missing last year for a refurb and was looking very vibrant again.
Tigger and Eeyore were out for a meet and Gepetto was outside Bella Note.
I checked an app I had on my phone (not the official Disneyland Paris app) and it was showing 15 min wait for Buzz so off we went. We got there and the queue time was 35 minutes and we didn’t want to wait that long when we know we can do it during EMH. Lewis loves Autopia and as the rain had stopped we joined the queue. This was a 30 min wait but there was nothing else we wanted to do and the time passed quickly enough.
Space Mountain currently closed for refurb.
Lewis drove himself and John was my chauffeur, lol. We had great fun on this as Lewis was on the track beside us so we raced against each other the whole way round
After this we thought we’d maybe try for the train around the park. We headed towards Discoveryland station and then I remembered it was closed. We noticed a small line and Stitch was meeting just beside Space Mountain. We joined the queue and met him within about 5 minutes.