Started off the journey to Paris at the quiz, where we did as well as we ever do. Then we hit the road, stopping off at Tesco in Inverness for road snacks.
The plan had been for Connor to drive the whole way, it being his car an’ all, but I could see and he could feel his eyes getting heavier as tike went on, culminating in us stopping in a layby just after Blair Atholl and switching over.
We got to the airport way too early, as is tradition. Only, it turns out, Edinburgh Airport totally shuts down overnight and any opening times they may list on their website are a fantasy.
3am seemed to be the earliest things post security were listed as being open before we left, and so, it would stand to reason that security would be open 3am at the latest, right? Right?!
The security gates didn’t open until 3:35/3:40am.
All good, the Weatherspoons we were aiming for for breakfast opened (according to the site) at 3:30am, so we can go straight there and get food.
It didnt open until just after 4am.
Like, it’s all good, we got our food and other things we needed to get post-security and still had loads of time before our flight, but accurate opening times would have been nice…
The flight to and travel from CDG to Disneyland went extremely smoothly (once we found the ticket machines for the TGV-we were both sure they used to be yellow?). Arriving at Disney, the hotel’s computer system was down, so everything was having to be handwritten. Still, again, all went seemingly smoothly and we got our magic passes, dropped off our bags and entered the parks.
Within the main park, we managed to knock out Phantom, Indy and pirates before stopping off for a snack and then heading to Studios, where we did Tower of Terror, Spidey, Flight Force, Road Trip and Crush.
After we got off Crush, it was almost 3pm and the hotel had said we’d get a text by 3pm to say our room was ready. We had had no text, but opted to walk back to the hotel anyway and see if we could get in.
Their system was still down, but our rooms were ready. We got the room numbers, grabbed our bags and headed to the rooms.
Connor opened his door and went in… My key didn’t work. I left my bags with Connor and headed back to reception, which was now a lot busier than when we had last been. The guy at reception reset my key and sent me back with a phone number to call if it still didn’t work, so I didn’t have to go all the way back to reception.
It still didn’t work.
I found the phone and called up, the woman on the other end suggested that I come to reception again. After explaining that I’d just been to reception and was told to call if it happened again, she told me she’d send someone.
I hung up, and realised she hadn’t asked for my room number, but I didn’t know if that was on purpose or not. Like, would the person coming just come to the area where the call was made from and is take them to my room?
The phone rang. I answered. It was the same woman on the other end “Hi, sorry, I forgot to get your room number!”
That question answered, I waited for them to arrive at my door. They had to reset the lock but I got in.
Connor went for a nap, with the idea we’d go back out to the parks after.
Reader, we did not go out to the parks after. An extremely early night followed. I had a bath, and was in bed at 8pm.
