Ms Poppins
I'm sure I'm very affected by all this Disney talk
- Joined
- Mar 14, 2009
Hotel New York Sunday 21 July - Wednesday 24 July 2013
The Cast
Me - Julie (38)
DH - John (42)
DD - Abbey (16)
DS - Lewis (8, nearly 9)
Pre-trippie
I'll start by explaining for those of you who haven't read my PTR that for the week before our trip I had really bad toothache
My dentist said it was an infected gum but after almost 3 full days of penicillin, and the pain getting worse, I had the tooth taken out. This was the Friday before our trip. I initially had 2 pain free blissful hours until the anaesthetic wore off and experienced the worst pain I've ever had in my life. I even said to DH that I didn't think I'd be able to go on holiday 
After 2 days of extreme pain killers, various frozen items on my face and trying to sleep as much as I could, I felt well enough to start packing cases and getting organised. So, on with the story...
Sunday 21 July
I was up very early due to not being able to sleep, and got everything we needed sorted out. It was a lovely morning and we left home at 12 noon. It was about an hours drive to Glasgow Prestwick airport. We hung about a bit and had a packed lunch I'd brought with us. Abbey had a Starbucks:
It's a nice wee airport, not much to do, but very efficient. Flight was called, we boarded and were off on time, 15:35. Flight was uneventful but very busy.
I enjoyed an hour or so of doing nothing and played Angry Birds with Lewis and had fun with his Lego figures.
Superman really does fly!
We landed earlier than scheduled, about 20 minutes and were through security and bag pick up very quickly. As if by magic Ezy-shuttle were waiting for us and we were loaded into a very nicely air conditioned people carrier. We had a good journey and the hour and 20 minutes flew by. First class again from Ezy-shuttle
As we drove I started to get excited when I saw the signs for Disney and felt overjoyed when the Hotel New York was finally in sight. I never thought I'd make it
As we pulled up outside and got out of the car, the hotel bell boy was at our side and unloaded our bags onto a trolley and handed me a ticket. He asked my surname and said he'd have our bags delivered to our room.
Check in was quick and easy. I'd booked through the French site of Voyage Prive and all my documentation was in French. The CM asked me if I spoke French and when I said no, I could see him looking at me as if he was wondering how I had French confirmation
He gave us our breakfast slots, 9:30 for each day. He said that the park was open at 8am, and I said I knew, but that we'd go to the park first and then come back for breakfast, to which he had a wee laugh 
Our room was in Midtown, and I had hoped for a nice view of the castle as we'd had before. Alas it was not to be. The room was lovely though.
Our view
After a couple of minutes in the room the bell boy was there with our bags. Great service
We dumped our stuff and headed downstairs to go for something to eat at the Parkside. I said to DH it was a shame we wouldn't get a nice view this time, but not overly bothered. As I had a quick browse in the gift shop, DH disappeared and came back with a smile on his face. He'd gone to reception and asked for a 'room with a view'. So we went back upstairs, got our stuff and moved, this time to Gramercy Park, 2104. Turns out that this was a Lake Side view, with dual aspect windows. I've never had that before! To be honest the view wasn't fantastic, and if I'd paid a lot more for this I'd be a bit disappointed. But, it was nice to look out over the lake in the morning and see Panoramagique.
By now we were hungry and wandered over to the Parkside Diner to enjoy the buffet. The food was good as it has been every time, with a good selection. I was stuffed after my mains but managed to squeeze in some almond and honey cake - yum
I look a bit like a zombie in this pic, and to be honest that's how I felt too - I didn't really know what was going on
The Cast
Me - Julie (38)
DH - John (42)
DD - Abbey (16)
DS - Lewis (8, nearly 9)
Pre-trippie
I'll start by explaining for those of you who haven't read my PTR that for the week before our trip I had really bad toothache
My dentist said it was an infected gum but after almost 3 full days of penicillin, and the pain getting worse, I had the tooth taken out. This was the Friday before our trip. I initially had 2 pain free blissful hours until the anaesthetic wore off and experienced the worst pain I've ever had in my life. I even said to DH that I didn't think I'd be able to go on holiday After 2 days of extreme pain killers, various frozen items on my face and trying to sleep as much as I could, I felt well enough to start packing cases and getting organised. So, on with the story...Sunday 21 July
I was up very early due to not being able to sleep, and got everything we needed sorted out. It was a lovely morning and we left home at 12 noon. It was about an hours drive to Glasgow Prestwick airport. We hung about a bit and had a packed lunch I'd brought with us. Abbey had a Starbucks:
It's a nice wee airport, not much to do, but very efficient. Flight was called, we boarded and were off on time, 15:35. Flight was uneventful but very busy.
I enjoyed an hour or so of doing nothing and played Angry Birds with Lewis and had fun with his Lego figures.
Superman really does fly!
We landed earlier than scheduled, about 20 minutes and were through security and bag pick up very quickly. As if by magic Ezy-shuttle were waiting for us and we were loaded into a very nicely air conditioned people carrier. We had a good journey and the hour and 20 minutes flew by. First class again from Ezy-shuttle
As we drove I started to get excited when I saw the signs for Disney and felt overjoyed when the Hotel New York was finally in sight. I never thought I'd make it
As we pulled up outside and got out of the car, the hotel bell boy was at our side and unloaded our bags onto a trolley and handed me a ticket. He asked my surname and said he'd have our bags delivered to our room.Check in was quick and easy. I'd booked through the French site of Voyage Prive and all my documentation was in French. The CM asked me if I spoke French and when I said no, I could see him looking at me as if he was wondering how I had French confirmation
He gave us our breakfast slots, 9:30 for each day. He said that the park was open at 8am, and I said I knew, but that we'd go to the park first and then come back for breakfast, to which he had a wee laugh Our room was in Midtown, and I had hoped for a nice view of the castle as we'd had before. Alas it was not to be. The room was lovely though.
Our view
After a couple of minutes in the room the bell boy was there with our bags. Great service
We dumped our stuff and headed downstairs to go for something to eat at the Parkside. I said to DH it was a shame we wouldn't get a nice view this time, but not overly bothered. As I had a quick browse in the gift shop, DH disappeared and came back with a smile on his face. He'd gone to reception and asked for a 'room with a view'. So we went back upstairs, got our stuff and moved, this time to Gramercy Park, 2104. Turns out that this was a Lake Side view, with dual aspect windows. I've never had that before! To be honest the view wasn't fantastic, and if I'd paid a lot more for this I'd be a bit disappointed. But, it was nice to look out over the lake in the morning and see Panoramagique.
By now we were hungry and wandered over to the Parkside Diner to enjoy the buffet. The food was good as it has been every time, with a good selection. I was stuffed after my mains but managed to squeeze in some almond and honey cake - yum
I look a bit like a zombie in this pic, and to be honest that's how I felt too - I didn't really know what was going on
The new bag check, just beside the HNY is a great idea. Once through, you can go between the village and both parks without being checked again. Saves so much time. Just wandering through the Village, I was happy 
