July 2nd, 2011
Well, its official, Emily MacAgy takes the longest to get ready of any one I know…
We left the hotel and got out to Disney just after 10. Because I was hungry for the first time since arriving in Paris, we went for some breakfast opting to visit Annette’s diner, because it appeared to be the only place actually serving breakfast.
After Annette’s we headed into the main park. There was no queue at all for tickets allowing us to walk straight in. Using our Paris Visite pass, we got the park hopper ticket for 55€.
We wondered around the park for a bit, one thing that stood out was the amount of characters just wondering around (throughout the whole day, we didn’t see a single photo op line).
After seeing what was on offer, we went to phantom manor and then got a fast pass for Space Mountain. We passed Big Thunder on the way to Phantom Manor, but the queue for fast pass tickets was so long that we didn’t bother.
After getting the space mountain fast pass, we went to Mcdonalds to use the WiFi, and get something else to eat. From not being at all hungry, I was suddenly starving.
Finishing up there we headed back iron the park and to space mountain, and when that was done, we walked into Captain E.O.
Captain E.O was an… Experience…
From there, we went to the studios park and, again, explored what it had to offer, passing Crushes Coaster, we went to the new toy story land. Which was pretty cool. We then headed to Rock’N’Rollercoaster.
For some reason, once we got past Aerosmith, and into the part off the queue where you can see the Coaster take off, they were sending empty train after empty train. Eventually though, we got on and in a pleasant change to tradition, it wasn’t ‘Love in an Elevator’ that was playing.
From there, I rode the tower of terror alone, while Emily went to some show. Then we met back at the Mickey & Walt statue, before going to queue for Crush. It was already approaching 7, the time the Studios park closes, but they let us into the line anyway.
We got out of Crushes Coaster closer to 8, and headed back to the main park for the last 2 hours. We went on some of the rides in fantasy land, before walking onto Pirates of the Caribbean. With the choice of Buzz Lightyear’s laser blast, Big Thunder Mountain, or Star Tours, we opted for Buzz, as neither of us had been on it and it was a shorter line.
Disappointment.
It was a pretty lame ride, I really don’t see why people love it as much as they do. We had decided to try and get onto Big Thunder before the park closed, but we got distracted by the dragon. When we got out of its lair, the announcement came that he park was closing. We stuck around as the crowds poured out, taking some pictures. The sun was setting behind the castle and as it got darker the lights of Main Street came on, which was nice.
Getting out, we were sore, tired and in Emily’s case, hungry. We checked the times of the RER and went into Disney Village to get food. On the way to the station, we saw a drunk guy getting escorted off the premises.
Once back at Joinville Le Pont, I grabbed some juice from a nearby shop and we went back to the room where I proceeded to have an epic nose bleed. Like a tap, it was!
Once I stopped the gushing blood, I got into bed and promptly passed out. My feet still aching.