On our last day, we packed up all of our luggage after breakfast and took it down to luggage check to have it sent over to the train station. We had paid 10 Euros to do this, but when we got to luggage check, we found out we couldnt leave DHs laptop there, so we ended up walking over to the station to drop it off anyway. I guess it was still worth it not to have to drag our other bags over, too.
By the time we got our luggage squared away, it was time for the Walt Disney Studios to open, so thats where we began our day. We started with the tram tour, and since weve done Catastrophe Canyon at Disney Hollywood Studios, we were underwhelmed by the experience. We also werent too excited by the Moteurs, Action stunt show, which we had missed at WDW because of bad weather.
We loved the Tower of Terror, though. I guess most of the riders had not been on any of the TOTs before, because they screamed amazingly loudly, like they were really surprised that the elevator dropped. We enjoyed Animagique, a puppet show with Donald Duck that was similar to Voyage of the Little Mermaid at DHS. We wish we had something like this in CA. We loved Cinamagique, too. Its a really cute film with Martin Short and Julie Delpy, the woman who wrote and starred in 2 Days in Paris. They travel through several old films, sort of the way Forrest Gump travels through history. It was very charming.
We waited in a long line, like 1 ½ to 2 hours, to ride Crushs Coaster. The cars look like turtle shells and spin forwards and backwards while zipping around the coaster tracks. At the last minute, as we were getting into the front of the car, some little brat ran ahead, pushed DH, and jumped in the front. This meant DH had to haul
to get in while the ride was moving, which is not something he can do comfortably. I hate when parents do not control their children.
Once we finally got on, it was a great ride, though. Heres what the loading area looks like :
The High School Musical show seemed to follow us all over the park, but we never stopped to watch it. Now that we are semi-empty nesters, I rarely see anything from the Disney Channel, and aside from the old classics, the shows dont hold too much interest for me.
We had seen all we wanted to see of the Studios by early afternoon, so we went back into
Disneyland one more time. We revisited a few of our favorites, did some shopping for the kids, and found a Mickey Mouse tank top for DD and some Scrooge McDuck socks for DS, something weve never seen in CA. Scrooge is DSs favorite character, and you almost never see him in CA. At DLRP, DH was waiting for me outside the ladies room, and he was accosted by Scrooge. DS was so jealous when we told him.
To finish the day, we just sat on a bench on Main Street for about half an hour and watched people go by. We were too exhausted to do another thing, but we couldnt bring ourselves to leave the park.
At 6, we walked over to the train station, got our luggage, and boarded the Eurostar. We were in 2nd class this time, so no meal to pass the time. We went back to the London hotel we had been staying in before, grabbed a bite to eat, and went to bed. Our room was on the bottom floor, close to the noisy street and a door that slammed several times before we got to sleep. Since we were both exhausted, we managed to sleep through the night anyway.
In the morning, a town car came to take us to the airport, where we picked up some Cadburys chocolates for the folks at home. On the flight, we had a young Indo-British boy sitting next to us in the window seat. His family was in first class, but left him with us. He was very sweet, but kept his window shut most of the way. Why take the window seat, then?
The inflight movie system was not working for most of the flight, and I had not brought a book on board, since I thought I would be able to veg out with a movie. I really thought I would go nuts some of the time, trapped with nothing to do. Some people got very irate with the flight attendants. I dont know why. Its not like they could control the movie system. I did convince the boy next to me to open the window a few times, so I got to see a little of Greenland, Iceland, Canada, Montana, and finally, San Francisco. DD picked us up at the airport and whisked us home.
Thats the end of our trip, unless you count the week after, where my sleep cycle was all out of whack, between the time difference and going off of caffeine. Maybe Ill use that as my excuse for taking so long to finish this report. Thats my story, and Im sticking with it!
Thanks for stcking with it!