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Disneyland Paris

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A Place To Go Before Heaven!!!

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5 Jul 14th, 2007  (Jul 12th, 2007)

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wicked experience on the rides, good weather in July

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Can be Very Crowded

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Paris Paris Paris is definitely the place to be before you die. If you think I’m lying just try it for yourself because a word of mouth isn’t good enough right? I went to Disneyland Last year in the summer and stayed around the park for four days or five days (if you sleep four nights it makes it five day innit?) the experience was just extraordinary except for one little thing (I’m not going to tell you the problem at the moment I’m going to hide the problem in between a paragraph so if you are really are curious about knowing the problem you might have to read the whole review my friends!!.

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>A few places to eat that I member
In the Main Street U.S.A I kind of noticed some restaurants which you can eat in. There was one called Plaza gardens (and the restaurant was advertising some buffets don’t know if they still offer them) I also noticed market house deli and Walt’-An American restaurant.
In frontier Land there is Cowboy coconut bbq (they serve mainly chicken), Last chance café (don’t know what they serve but I’m pretty sure it’s food), the lucky nugget saloon, Silver spur steak house (because of the name I’m sure they serve steaks) etc. I also had a day Visit at the Walt Disney Studios and the only eating places I found were En coulisse (were I had me lovely hot pizza kind of disappointing really because I was expecting different menus that differ from the English menu) and studio catering company which I only walked past. The Disney Village is more of a family area and they provide menus with selected adult foods and children foods.
An example of an Adult menu: soft drinks, ice cream or sorbet, burgers, pasta, mineral water etc. To my surprise the kids menu actually had a wide range of foods including, hot dogs, sandwich with different filling, chocolate mouse, French fries etc. The adult menu tend to cost around £18-25 and the children menu tend to cost around £8-12 so there is a big difference there. Nice restaurants to mention are the Planet Hollywood, Rainforest café etc. You can save some time by pre booking half board meal plans. This is an easy and affordable way to help you pay for either lunch or dinner. Simply by pre-purchasing half Board you could make up to a 15% saving I don’t know if the offer is still available. The foods can be expensive, so come prepared.


>>>>>>>>>>>>ATTRACTIONS:
Main Street U.S.A doesn’t actually have a lot of attractions it’s possibly for old people... and I mean very very old people lol. It does have a few Souvenir shops, that’s were you catch the train that gives you a tour around the Disney park. It’s only good for the children if they want to see Ariel but the character might have changed to something else (don’t know really).
Frontier Land is were most of the fun is you get a chance to ride on the Big thunder Mountain, you might think it’s a moving mountain but it’s actually a train ride that goes around a mountain we had to wait about 20 minutes to go on this ride but it was worth it in the end. There is also a Phantom manor which is a ride in a haunted house, if you have been to Chessington the U.K it’s more the same as the haunted house that is there but the Disneyland one is scarier and yes I mean scary. There is also a Pocahontas Village which is designed for children (it’s an open space). There are also other rides in this area but forgot the names and can’t be bothered to look them up the net.
Adventure land is an area which is for pirate fans I’d say because everything in the area is to do with ships and pirates which never comes to an end unless you get out of the area. However, the best ride in this area is the Indiana Jones which is wicked it’s a must try ride, other rides in this area includes the pirate of the Caribbean, the Robinson’s tree house, pirates beach were children participate to be pirates and pretend (you know those kind of childish activities but you best be careful or you could get stabbed by a child).
Fantasy land is probably the best place to take all your children as it’s a place were you find a lot of children’s rides such as snow white and the seven dwarfs, mad hatters tea cups (I actually forced my mates to come with me on this ride, not because I was curious but because there was hardly any one standing on the queue), “it’s a small world” is a really childish and annoying ride, I only went on it because I thought it was going to be a wild ride at the end. But guess what? The boat we were in took us into this little house were there children made out of wood and was clearly there that there were fake, and they were singing this really annoying song. The journey was so boring and it pissed me off more when we waited at this little junction to see all these fake children singing along together the journey was so slow and took over five minutes of my valuable time, I was screaming when I got out. Other rides are dumbo the flying elephant, Peter pan ride and other childish rides.
Discovery land is not a bad area but it’s possibly aimed at the boys because there is an arcade to do with space wars and there is also a space ride which was quite fascinating but a bit scary because it seemed so real. The most fascinating activity or should I say ride?? Was “Honey I shrank the Kids” which shrinks totally everything... it seems so real (of course it’s fake, no one can shrink nothing lol).

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> WALT DISNEY STUDIOS.
Everything in Walt Disney studios is to do with filming and I mean everything (well almost)!! Disney studio 1 is probably the interesting activity out of all the activities provided in the Walt Disney studios. You have a chance to take a tour round the whole studio and if you are lucky you might see a film in the making, you also get a chance to make you own movie, and you can always listen to some tips on how to become a movie star (you are very unlikely to get a contract from them though unless you turn out to be Tom Cruise or one of those big stars lol). You can also visit the CineMagique (were you can also watch some classical Disney clips), Flying carpets (yes the carpets actually fly and they go wherever you tell them to go lol, just kidding), Animagique (were you actually see the full videos of classical Disney stories) and also the Disney animation Centre. For some real fun visit the “backlot”, were you get the chance to experience the Armageddon special effects, a rock and roller coaster starring aero smith or you can watch a speed chase of fast moving cars (I didn’t say ride the fast cars I said you get to watch the fast moving cars lol don’t get me wrong here boys if the action was that thrilling I’d be in Disney land all day wouldn’t I?).

Because I went in July the Park was more than crowded, a lot of things were happening. I think in July and August the park isn’t family friendly at all the as the park has lot of people to take care off. (what I mean is their staff don’t seem to be enough for crowd of people that come in the summer and it seems hard for them to meet the customer needs individually).
The queues for some of the rides are just too long I had to wait about 30mins to just get onto some rides, but the experience is worth the wait for sure ;) but it is also worthful to buy a VIP fast pass which can be quite expensive if you buy for one ride, a whole day pass tend to be cheaper from my memory.

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>DISNEY VILLAGE
As I said before this place is mainly focusing on families and it is located between the Disney land park and the Walt Disney studios. It’s possibly the place to be when the Disney Park has closed because the shops in this area will still be opened. There are also a few concerts held in this area you can also try bowling or the indoor leisure centre. You can also attend the Wild West show with some real cowboys (don’t know if they are fakes but they told us they were real.) blah blah blah

>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Accommodations
I stayed in the Disney’s Hotel Santa Fe which is two star rated by Thomson and is 20 minutes walk away from the Disney Park. The bedroom I stayed in had a double bed (I was sharing of course). There are some family bedrooms with bunk beds and the bunk beds are not suitable for people over 80kg which is a shame if you happen to be over weight. Facilities in the hotel includes a bar (with karaoke), restaurant, bureau de change (were you can change your money), games arcade, a free ride to the Disney parks or you can walk (it’s optional). Per person it cost me around £400 which includes a train ride and one ticket entry to Disney and Walt Disney Park and hotel accommodation for four nights (was a package) for a child it only costs them £205. You can also get a car package, how does this work? Well, they will reduce the price if you go there with your own car. There is also a plane package which is more expensive than the train package and the car package. You can choose the packages with different night; you can choose a car package, train package or plane package with ether one day accommodation, two day accommodation, three day accommodation or four day accommodation.
Other accommodations are the Dream castle Hotel which is a four star Hotel. Therefore it’s more expensive than my package. The same package that I got will cost you £500 which is a £100 more mainly because the hotel has more facilities than the one I stayed in. Some of the extra facilities that the hotel have are the fitness suite, a Jacuzzi, sauna steam room etc. There is also the big one which is the Disney land Hotel itself and its rated 5 star. This hotel is really expensive and when I was price comparing the packages, my package cost from £700 to a huge £1050 which is almost triple the money I used for the same package but using a different hotel.
The plane package will cost you just around the train price though which is a bargain. A child train package with four night accommodation in the Disney hotel will cost you £210 which seems to be a bargain. If you go on certain days the Children will go free and stay free as you might know already. They do offer some cool facilities though e.g. swimming pool, gym, they will also give you a VIP fast pass which lets you jump the ride queues, restaurants etc. There are other Hotels in this area but I don’t really remember a lot bout them, but I did give you an idea on accommodation options. If you want cheaper accommodation you might have to look in the inner Paris (the town).

I don’t really remember a lot and I can’t really explain the experience in words, I might have to put up some pictures I took but won’t be very interesting. If you read the whole review you should have now came across the problem occurred. When I went there the weather was hot the whole week, so it was good timing for me. The end of July is definitely the time to go. GUESS WHAT?? We are in July so you should all be booking your tickets: D

(Will continue the review one day . . . but don’t hesitate to ask Questions) 

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hughesmonger 08.06.2009 01:41

Quality review for your first. ^_^

xdonzx 31.05.2008 20:05

Great Review! x

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I'd like to go here with my nephews and niece :)

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