First Dream Castle Trip Report Complete

[ExpatDisneyLover]

my son is going to be one of those....

Hope your little Buzz has a great trip!

oh, I love L'occitane lovely

btw is that ALL you had for breakfast??????????????

Yeah - but I did have lunch two hours later!

 

[Isila]

Hope your little Buzz has a great trip!



Yeah - but I did have lunch two hours later!

I would have had full breakfast and a lunch breakfats is the most important meal of the day.. Oh well, I like to eat

 

[ExpatDisneyLover]

On with Day 2-

After a much needed lazy morning (and an Atkins bar for breakfast) I headed off to the Studios. Let me just say what a fun day! I think I am enjoying the Studios more and more each visit. Just wish I could do all the thrill rides - alas my body doesn't cooperate. Anyway - I started in Toystory Playland. Last time I went through TSPL it was a cold, rainy very unpleasant day. This however was a fair weather day - and I really enjoyed being able to walk slowly sans rain poncho and soak in the theming a bit more. It really is well themed!

I wanted to do an attraction I had missed before so I started with RC Racer - I was a little concerned this would be too much for me - but I loved it and wasn't ill. Only thing - I went to the single rider line and was group with three teenage boys - ok no problem but I didn't know how to do anything - how to sit in the thing, put my bag in the box, fasten the seatbelt, get out of the seatbelt - - I mean I felt like the younguns had to help grandma here! It was embarrassing. Really!

Then it was off to lunch at Rendevous de Stars - and not realizing I booked for 2'oclock there was a special 25% off for annual passholders after 2pm!!

This was a gorgeous meal and I took my time and enjoyed! I also thought the chef with Remy was really good - the kids were all flocking around the Remy cart - it was very cute to see their faces light up!

After finishing with a nice coffee - included in the price of the buffet - it was off to Lights, Motors, Action - something I also enjoy probably because it is bilingual - somehow I really like that!

After that I went to Animagique - which was really enjoyable! And then it was time to shop - I decided that since this might be my last trip to DLRP I was going to get some souvies. Settled on a pin and two DLRP T shirts!

All in all - a really great day at the Studios!

 

[DLPdaft]

I love the Studios and Restaurant des Stars too .

 

[disney_princess_85]

Great report! Restaurant des Stars is one of my favourites too.

 

[Disneyfanswicklow]

Loving your trip report! and the photos are excellent! Poor you missing Breakfast - an atkins bar just wouldn't do it for me!....have to say your lunch looked lovely - have not tired this restaurant in all the times we have been - must put it on my to do list!

 

[madmish]

really enjoying this, i was there too, we had great weather, and the crowd...what crowds? hehe, i love 5 min wait times

 

[kizzabel]

Great TR, cant wait to read more. A solo trip seems so laid back and relaxed. I do hope you get back to DLP! Maybe with a bit of

 

[ExpatDisneyLover]

I love the Studios and Restaurant des Stars too .

Great report! Restaurant des Stars is one of my favourites too.

Loving your trip report! and the photos are excellent! Poor you missing Breakfast - an atkins bar just wouldn't do it for me!....have to say your lunch looked lovely - have not tired this restaurant in all the times we have been - must put it on my to do list!

Res. de Stars is something I have been doing the past few trips on my Studios day - if you don't mind a buffet, they have a good variety of dishes and in my opinion more satisfying than a burger.

really enjoying this, i was there too, we had great weather, and the crowd...what crowds? hehe, i love 5 min wait times

Yeah - the wait times were almost non existent and since the weather was pretty decent it really made for a nice trip!! Hope you had a great trip!

Great TR, cant wait to read more. A solo trip seems so laid back and relaxed. I do hope you get back to DLP! Maybe with a bit of

Yeah the joys of a solo trip are a happy discovery - I suppose as a solo traveler "Disney" has a fairly "safe" feel to it - doing what you want when you want is relaxing. May be one day I'll get to go again!

 

[ExpatDisneyLover]

Onward to Day 3 - I'll be leaving town so wanted to finish the trip report before heading to the airport.

Finally I was able to get some decent sleep the second night and so woke up at a fairly normal hour - ahhh - sleep - . I certainly didn't want to miss breakfast a second time!

I headed down about 9:30am I think and the breakfast room was not very crowded - things in general were not crowded. The breakfast was a full buffet - juices, yogurt, fruit, cereal, breads, pastries, meats, cheeses, scrambled eggs, crepes, sausages, bacon and of course coffee/tea/hot chocolate. It was comparable to the Magic Circus - nice though that the Dream Castle has a microwave to heat things up if they are cold - so you never have to have cold eggs here! I do prefer the breakfast area at the Magic Circus - just nicer in my opinion.

 

[ExpatDisneyLover]

I then headed off to Disneyland Park where I enjoyed just about everything - I decided today I'd just take photos of what I enjoyed. I started in Frontierland - Phantom Manor, Big Thunder Mountain, then headed to Adventureland to Pirates - on the Fantasyland and It's a Small World - a moment to watch the New Generation Festival and back to Adventureland to have lunch at Agrabah - one of my favorite buffets! Of course I think I did Buzz a few times in there - always trying to perfect my technique - you know it was just this trip I realized you can move the car with the joy stick - !

Love Mickey!!!

 

[ExpatDisneyLover]

I then decided to head back to the Studios - browse in the shops a bit more and take some more photos before walking back to the hotel by way of the Esso station at the Santa Fe. I had a friend who has asked me to bring her some cheese - so had to get that before packing.

 

[ExpatDisneyLover]

After a stop in the Studios I headed back to the hotel via the Village and the Esso garage near the Santa Fe - I needed to buy some cheese for a friend. I thought it was an easy walk to the Dream Castle - and took 30 minutes. I stopped by the Hotel New York and Sequoia Lodge on the way. There were hundreds of conventioners though which made me want to leave pretty quickly -. I loved the look of both hotels and if I were going to have more DLRP trips I think I have to try them both!

Another note about the Dream Castle - this trip I will say the shuttle buses to the parks were great! I hardly waited more than 10 minutes. Much improved service!

 

[Linda67]

Sounds like a lovely day

 

[ExpatDisneyLover]

Sounds like a lovely day

 

[ExpatDisneyLover]

I returned to my hotel to rest, pack and watch a little tv before bed - watched the Disney top ten in several languages.

The last day of my trip was basically a travel day - so no Disney fun - . I ate breakfast and checked out of my hotel and was at the VEA Disney Bus Stop for transport to Orly by 10:00am - had plenty of time because my flight was at 2:00pm. Honestly I much prefer CDG to Orly now that I have experienced traveling through both but the discount airlines to Turkey go out of Orly.

The weather was gorgeous - and we stopped by all the hotels picking up a few people as we went. All in all this was a really nice DLRP trip! Thanks for reading!

 

[Mum to Belle]

Ahhhh, it's all over. Thanks for sharing - some lovely photos there!

Hoping you manage to squeeze in one more trip to the magic!!

Any luck in the search for the elusive hat...

 

[ExpatDisneyLover]

Ahhhh, it's all over. Thanks for sharing - some lovely photos there!

Hoping you manage to squeeze in one more trip to the magic!!

Any luck in the search for the elusive hat...

Still haven't any luck with replacing the hat - - but I'll be at WDW for my birthday in May and plan on having a good look - the search continues! I think Mom may come with me so we can look together!

 

[Isila]

Wonderful photos, how much fun. I loved your TR. Seems you had so much fun

 

[J Marley]

Ahh its over, I have really enjoyed reading all about your trips and looking at your photos.Glad you had such a fun filled trip and who knows maybe you will make it back to DLP some day.Thank you