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From: tad@Ingres.COM (Tom Drynda)
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Date: 17 Jun 93 15:15:16 GMT
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Newsgroups: rec.arts.disney
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Subject: Finally, the EuroDisney Report (Long - 1350 lines)
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EuroDisney Report
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Hi there. This is a fairly detailed report of our recent
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trip to EuroDisney including a short excursion to Paris.
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The report is in three parts :
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Part One is a description in chronological order without
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detailed descriptions of attractions (unless appropriate). I've
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also included any problems we found with travel, etc. here.
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Part Two contains the descriptions of the rides, restaurants, and
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shops we visited separated into their separate lands.
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Part Three contains miscellaneuos items and I've detailed
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a few extra topics which I felt needed extra explanation such as
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new rides under construction and guide books. A number of people
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email'd me specific questions which I endeavoured to answer as
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fully as possible. As well as answering these people directly
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where possible and applicable, I've included these in Part Three
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of the report.
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We arranged the trip through the Air-Miles scheme. This
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scheme only operates in the UK (I believe) and is a system
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whereby you collect Air-Mile vouchers from various purchases and
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use them as part or full payment against filghts and
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accomodation.
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We bought a number of guide books specifically about
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EuroDisney (The Official one, and two 'Unofficial' ones). The
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most useful one without a doubt was Bob Sehlinger's Unofficial
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Guide.
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Our trip started on Monday May 31st 1993.
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Part One
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Day 1
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Flight
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We decided to take the early (0730) flight out of London
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Heathrow with British Airways. The whole flight was uneventful
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and we landed at Roissy-Charles de Gaulle airport ahead of
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schedule thanks to a following wind.
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Coach
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The EuroDisney shuttle coach seemed to be the most
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sensible way to get from the airport to the resort as it stopped
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right outside our hotel. Problem was, we didn't know where to
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catch it from. The directions in Sehlinger's guide are very vague
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and incomplete. We asked at a tourist information booth in the
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Airport and they gave us accurate directions. We also bought our
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tickets at the tourist booth for FF75 each one-way which is FF10
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more than mentioned in Sehlinger's guide.
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The shuttle runs either every 30 minutes or every 45
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minutes alternating every day. On Mon, Wed, Thu, Sat the shuttles
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run at 30 minute intervals starting at 0730. On the other days,
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the shuttles start at 0745. This is from memory, I could be
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slightly wrong.
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When we got to the shuttle-bus stop, we saw a queue of
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about 40 people already waiting. Aparently the previous bus
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hadn't turned up, but the next one was due in about 10 minutes,
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so we took our place at the end of the queue and waited. And
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waited.
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The bus-stop at CdG airport is not a very pleasant area
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at all. It is very inconvenient and is not really designed to be
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a bus stop. It's difficult to describe. From the terminal you
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have to cross a fairly quiet service road to get to it and when
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you are on the right side of the road the vertical supports
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holding up the rest of the airport make queuing difficult and
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uncomfortable. Of course, it may have been better if the shuttles
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were running on time.
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So, finally, after nearly an hour's wait, two coaches
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turned up. We were just about the last people to board the first
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coach. Boarding took absolutely ages. These people could do with
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some training from Disney on how to move people around (that goes
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for most of non-Disney France that we visited actually).
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You could consider catching the RER train to the
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EuroDisney resort. The nearest hotels to the RER station are The
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Hotel New York, and The Disneyland Hotel. They are within 4-5
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min's walking distance but I wouldn't fancy doing that with a
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bunch of heavy luggage on a hot day. The Sequoia Lodge (where we
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stayed) is about 8-10 mins walk from the station, and The Newport
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Bay Hotel would add another 5 minutes to that. Other hotels are
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much further from the RER station. I was not aware of any shuttle
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bus to the hotels specifically for passengers arriving via RER.
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Hotel
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After just under an an hour's coach ride from the
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airport, we arrived at our hotel - The Sequoia Lodge.
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The Sequioa Lodge is an enormous hotel (by my standards)
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built (as the brochure says) in the style of the grand hotels
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found in American national parks. Basically it's a seven storey
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redwood and stone building with a green copper roof.
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There was a small pre-check-in desk just outside the
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hotel which we had to register with before officially checking in
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at the front desk. Here they give you a small plan of the resort
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area showing you the location of the hotels, station, etc. and an
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A3 newspaper-style guide to the hotel, events, opening times,
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etc..
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Checking in turned out to be a real problem. We queued
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and waited ... and waited .. and waited. We couldn't really see
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what the problem was. It seemed to take ages to get people
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checked in. Finally our turn came and we began to realise what
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the problem was. The staff behind the desk were undergoing
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training and were having a great deal of hassle getting around
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the computer check-in system. We asked if we could get a room
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upgrade since we were members of the Magic Kingdon Club and this
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caused further problems. Fortunately a supervisor was near to
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hand and helped solve our problems.
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We left the check-in desk only to realise that not only
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did we not know where our room was but that there was also no-one
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to help with our luggage. This could be a bit of a bummer if you
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are travelling alone or you're travelling with people who are not
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fully mobile.
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When we got to our top-floor room we were pleasantly
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surprised to find that it offered a superb view of the lake (Lac
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Buena Vista), Festival Disney (more about this later) and the
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park in the distance. We could even see the castle !
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Unfortunately, we ended up in a smoking room despite having
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requested a non-smoking room originally. By this time we were too
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exhausted to complain, but once the windows had been open a few
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minutes, the room was pleasant and fresh.
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The room itself was clean and tidy. The beds were wooden
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and very high (my feet only just touched the ground and I'm 6ft).
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There is an enormous and solid rocking chair in the room as well
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as the usual gear (table, chair, chest of drawers with TV on top,
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bedside table, etc.
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The beds were very comfortable to sleep in, but after a
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standard Disney day I could've slept on broken glass !
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After unpacking a little, and resting a little, we
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pondered on what to do next. We had thought that since it was now
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just about 1pm and the park would be closing at 7pm, it would not
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be worth actually going in to the park itself and we would just
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have a relaxing wander around the general area to get a feel for
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it and see what else there was to offer.
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Festival Disney
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We exited our hotel and headed for the lake through the
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gardens of the hotel. The Sequoia Lodge gardens are well laid out
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and peaceful. Mainly conifers and large rocks. Interestingly
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enough, all of the tall/mature trees (and there are a significant
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number of those throughout the resort) are supported by at least
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3 steel cables. This is because the mature trees have been
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transplanted here directly and therefore their roots have not
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managed to get enough hold on the soil to fully support the tree.
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I wonder how long it will take until they can support themselves ?
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It's also interesting to note that there are places where the
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trees have obviously 'failed to thrive' and are starting to die
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or have already been removed. I didn't notice many of those
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however.
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We started to walk around the lake. The lake itself is
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quite large and quite obviously man-made. With our backs to our
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hotel, to the left of the lake you could see the marvellous
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Newport Bay Hotel with it's miniature lighthouse. The Newport Bay
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Hotel looks very ellegant and from it's looks alone I wouldn't
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mind staying there next time. To the right of the lake is the
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ugliest hotel - the Hotel New York. Blech. Monstrous outside.
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Fairly monstrous inside - sepecially that nasty "Mets" logo on
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the floor down one of the passages leading away fromn the lobby.
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The lake is actually quite pleasant. Some details to look
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out for are the maintenance panels on the street-lights and at
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the Hotel New York end of the lake there are some Dumbo heads
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spouting water into the lake. We passed the Hotel New York on the
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way to the rest of the resort and noticed that the ice rink
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outside was drained (well, it was approaching mid summer) and in
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fairly bad condition - crumbling around the outside and the map
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of New York which would be under the ice area was very tatty.
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Festival Disney
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We passed the Hotel New York, and approached Festival
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Disney. This area is marked by the enormous silver and red
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vertical columns apparently supporting nothing but a bunch of
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wires. These wires are actually supporting small lights, but
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during the day they're obviously not switched on. At night, they
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look quite good, but the pattern they form is only obvious from
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close-up. The enormous columns contain mainly small kiosks
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and/or speakers which emit music constantly while Festival Disney
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is open (0830 to 0200).
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I imagine the idea of Festival Disney is to evoke a party
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atmosphere in the way Pleasure Island does at Disney World. It
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doesn't quite work out that way though. The architecture does
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nothing to help this atmosphere and just emphasises the cold wide
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open space.
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Festival Disney consists of a number of nightclubs,
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restaurants, shops, kiosks, and Buffalo Bills Wild West Show
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(more about that later !).
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The shops are your average Disney stores slightly themed
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but with nothing spectacular inside. I saw nothing there that I
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wanted and couldn't get cheaper at my local Disney Store.
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Just before the exit to Festival Disney (the DisneyLand
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end), to the left there is a large building which contains
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Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. Just in front of this building is
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a small corral area where we saw people riding horses around. To
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the right is the fifties style cafe called Annette's Diner. This
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place had some fifties/sixties cars parked outside. There was
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one fifties (?) french car - a Renault I think - that was totally
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ugly and out of place in terms of style and elegance (it had
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none). We didn't have time to try out this place. It was probably
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very expensive.
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While at the Buffalo Bill building, we ordered two
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tickets for the late show for the following day. With our Magic
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Kingdom Club Gold Card, we qualified for an incredible 20%
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discount on the total cost of the tickets.
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On exiting Festival Disney, we passed the RER Station on
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our right. This is in the final stages of completion (or maybe
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that's just the way it looked). It's a clear glass and steel
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structure with nothing really interesting about it.
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Next we passed through a small arch into the gardens of
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the DisneyLand Hotel (Fantasia Gardens) and the entrance to the
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park. It's here that you'll find your first Hidden Mickey created
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by the circular ponds. The Fantasia Gardens are very nicely
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arranged and very pleasant to look at and walk through. There are
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a number of peaceful areas here where you may want to rest tired
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feet.
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The DisneyLand Hotel is wonderful to look at and even
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better inside (more about that later). It has a marvelous clock
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tower - the clock being the biggest Mickey Mouse watch I have
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ever seen ! Make sure you see the weather vanes too. We passed
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under the hotel on our way to the entrance to the park to get our
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3-day passes.
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Bank Holiday
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We did not intend to enter the park today because we were
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under the impression that the park was only open from 0900 to
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1900 until the middle of June. We were VERY pleasantly surprised
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to find that this Monday was a Bank Holiday in France (as well as
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England) and as a result, the park stayed open untl 2300 ! This
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had the added advantage that the Main Street Electric Parade
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would run and Fireworks would finish the evening. Normally those
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two events are only performed at weekends or when the park is
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open late.
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We purchased three-day passes at FF508 each including our
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10% discount for being members of the Magic Kingdom Club. There
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are 1, 2, and 3 day, and a one-year passes available. The one-
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year pass costs FF990. I really really wanted the one-year pass
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but we were on a budget. Bummer. I'm not sure of the prices for
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the other passes, but I've included some phone-numbers at the end
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of this report that should be able to give you an up-to-date
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price as well as a host of other information.
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The Park
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We entered the Park about 1400, ignoring Sehlinger's guide
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(to our peril) and just followed our noses around the park. Of
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course we ended up exhausting ourselves !
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Rather than give the details of all the rides we visited
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here, you can read about them below.
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There was some excellent live entertainment in
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Adventureland, quite close to the main entrance which itself was
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beautiful. The entertainment consisted of a band of four African
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musicians playing drums and bells with incredible rythmns and
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volume. There was some incredibly embarrassing audience
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participation which I really couldn't do justice to here ... you
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just had to be there ! Of course it was only embarrassing for the
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participants !
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The parade at 1600 was very enjoyable. Follow Sehlinger's
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instructions on where to watch this from (close to Small World).
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We chose to have our evening meal at the Blue Lagoon
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restaurant. This is the restaurant you pass when riding the
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Pirates of the Carribean. The food was excellent. The fruit
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cocktail we drank (obviously non-alcoholic) really hit the spot.
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We couldn't face dessert - just couldn't fit it in anywhere ! The
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meal was pricey, but with our fabulous Magic Kingdom Club Gold
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Card we qualified for a 10% discount.
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The Main Street Electric Parade took place at 2015. It
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was ... well ... the Main Street Electrical Parade.
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The fireworks at 2255 just about concluded our evening
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and we wandered back to our hotel for a beer and a well deserved
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rest (by this time we'd been awake about 20 hrs).
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Day 2
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Sehlinger's Guide Saved Us Agony !
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We got out early this morning in order to take advantage
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of Sehlinger's guide. We decided to follow the Two-Day Touring
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Plan A and it did us proud !
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We took with us an expensive take-away continental
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breakfast from the hotel (two bread rolls, a croissant, some jam,
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some butter, and a small carton of orange juiice).
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Without going in to too many details, Sehlinger's guide
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got us through half the park and attractions with MINIMAL (i.e.
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less than 10-15 minutes) standing in line. We finished the first
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half of the touring plan by 1115 !
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This was great. We decided just to wander slowly about
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the park watching everybody else get irate and take in some of
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the details that really make Disney more than just a fun-ride
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park. We've never had much of an opportunity to do this at a
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Disney park before and we really appreciated it this time !
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We decided to eat lunch at the Explorer's Club. In all of
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the guides it says this is a table-service restaurant. In
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Sehlinger's guide it mentioned that due to lack of interest there
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was a chance that it may be turned in to a fast food place. When
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we got there, it was a fast-food place and it was virtually
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empty. We ordered our adequate food and sat in a very nice place
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by a waterfall. It was nice and relaxing, but the atmosphere was
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totally non-existant. I would advise avoiding this place. It's
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only really good point was the fact that it was almost deserted.
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Of course, that may have been due to the fact that we ate there
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at about 1430 - well past the rush.
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Buffalo Bill
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We continued wandering about the park, enjoying it
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immensely until it closed at 1900. We then made our way towards
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Buffalo Bill's Show. You don't get allocated seats until you
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enter the building just before the show. I'd advise anyone going
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to see this to start queing fairly early as the earlier you get
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your seats, the closer to the action you are.
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The tables aren't really tables as in a normal
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restaurant, but just a bench that can hold about ten people with
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a long table in front of you over which you see into the arena.
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The tables all overlook the arena and so everyone has a good
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view.
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We were just about second in the queue, behind a large
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family. We got in and were issued with our 'table number' and our
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cowboy hats.
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The 'table numbers' are coded by colour letter and
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number. The lower the number, the closer you are to the action.
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The letter defines the sector in your team area in which you will
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sit, and the colour defines the team you will support during the
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show. The team colours are representative of American ranches.
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After being issued with that hats, we passed through to
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the extremely large bar having our photo taken officially on the
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way. The bar is truly enormous, but fills up quickly. Order a
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beer as soon as you get there. You could order a beer in their
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souvenier beer glass which is in the shape of a cowboy boot. I
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did this (sucker for unique souveniers). You can also order
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cocktails here.
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If you want to order wine with your meal, you have to go
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to a smaller bar that you pass on the way in before you get to
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the main bar.
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Pre-show entertainment and cowboy training takes place
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before the arena is loaded. The entertainment we had was the band
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currently appearing at Billy Bob's Country and Western Nightclub
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(which is in Festival Disney). They played a number of country
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and western songs and took us through "How a cowboy cheers"
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(lifting your "chapeau" off your head, waving it in the air and
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shouting YAAAAHOOOOOOOOOO at the top of your voice) and a host of
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other fun-type things. This is good fun and really set us up for
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the show.
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The loading of the stadium takes place a colour at a
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time. The colours are green, red, yellow, and blue. Our colour
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(green) was the last to load. This is where our problem started.
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The family in front of us had ordered tickets for all of the
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adult members but not for the three children under three years
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old. This is fine according to the rules, but when they came to
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take their place at the table, the children all took up an adult
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place each including cutlery etc.. This meant that we had to be
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re-seated out of our prime seats ! The head waitress in our area
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asked to see that families tickets, but the family claimed to
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have "lost" the children's ones. Yeah sure. Oh well, we took it
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calmly, hoped they'd choke on their food and/or get dirt kicked
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up in their faces from the horses hooves and took our re-seated
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seats right up at the highest point in the arena. As it turned
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out, we did have an excellent view and weren't too far from the
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action. We did however sit at a very boring table with people who
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either didn't understand the languages (French, and English) or
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just were too boring to join in the fun and games. It was just
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the two of us wearing and waving our hats and whooping it up on a
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table of about 12. We didn't care. We had a great time.
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I don't really want to spoil the fun of Buffalo Bill's
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Wild West Show, but just let me say the food was very good, the
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beer was as much as you could drink (whenever the staff came
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'round to your table with their pitchers) and the entertainment
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was funny, exciting, and in short it was one of the best
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evening's out I've had in a very long time. Do not miss this. DO
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NOT MISS THIS ON ANY ACCOUNT !
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I have never seen the Hoop De Doo Review, so I'm not sure
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if it bears any resemblance to this show.
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Day 3
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Paris
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After that late evening at Buffalo Bill's, we decided not
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to get up to early. This was the day we decided to go into Paris.
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We read through a few guide books and it seemed easy
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enough. Just to be sure we went to the Maison Tourisme in Fantasy
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Disney. Here we were told which ticket to get (Formula1) and a
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map of the metro and train lines.
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Travelling in to Paris took about 50 minutes. We decided
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to go to the west of Paris first and head East visiting the
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Eiffel Tour first, followed by the Louvre, Pont Neuf and Notre-
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Dame, the Pompidou Centre, the Bastille, and finally back to
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EuroDisney.
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Eiffel Tower
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Our plans were scuppered by the fact that it took us
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about two hours to get into the Eiffel Tower ! Only one ticket
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booth was open and only one lift was working. Apparently, they
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are modifying the ticketing operation at the moment. I suppose we
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could've taken the stairs up to the top but that's not for the
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faint-hearted or lazy ! I was glad we opted for the lift once I
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saw how many stairs there were to climb ! The view from the top
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|
was amazing and enabled us to get our bearings a bit better.
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Mistake in Sehlinger's guide
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There is a mistake in Sehlinger's guide which you should
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|
know about if you intend to travel to the Eiffel Tower. The guide
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|
says to take the RER A-Line to Porte Maillot. As far as we could
|
|
make out from the maps, Porte Maillot doesn't exist on the RER
|
|
A-Line and it would be a damned awkward way to get to the Eiffel
|
|
Tower if it did ! Far easier to take the RER A-Line to Ch. de
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|
Gaulle-Etoille, and change there into the metro line 6 (green)
|
|
and head south to Bir Hakeim. Exit the station at the end where a
|
|
sign mentions the Eiffel Tower, and keeping the river to your
|
|
left walk for about 10 minutes until you come across the Eiffel
|
|
Tower You can't exactly miss it !
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|
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|
Because of the time it took to get up and down the tower,
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|
we decided to cut out the Pompidou Centre, and the Bastille and
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|
leave them for another day.
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The Louvre
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|
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The Louvre was another place we spent a long time in. You
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|
really need a couple of days to see it all. We ended up just
|
|
looking at the Mona Lisa, the Venus de Milo, and whatever else
|
|
took our fancy until our feet could stand it no more. The Louvre
|
|
is a very impressive place and the renovation is not yet
|
|
complete.
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|
Notre-Dame
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|
A welcome sight after a hard days walking. A very
|
|
impressive place. We approached Notre-Dame early evening, but it
|
|
was still light enough to see the architectural detail and enjoy
|
|
the stained glass windows inside.
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Cost of Travel
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|
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We purchased the "Formule 1" travel tickets at the
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|
Chessy-Marne le Vallee (EuroDisney) station. These tickets enable
|
|
you to travel anywhere within Paris and out to EuroDisney without
|
|
paying any extra. If I remember correctly, they cost FF85 each
|
|
(Sehlinger's guide says they cost FF75 each) for adults.
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Day 4 - Our last day .. <sob>
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We spent the morning following Sehlinger's Two-Day Plan A
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|
and again finished early and happy. This was the time to start
|
|
checking out all of the places we hadn't eaten at in a bit more
|
|
detail. We also wanted to take a longer look at Main Street and
|
|
check out some of those names in the upstairs windows. More
|
|
detail on those below.
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|
Walt's
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|
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|
One restaurant we had been meaning to check out since the
|
|
first day (actually since first reading about it) was Walt's on
|
|
Main Street. This is described as having Disney Memorabilia
|
|
around the walls, etc.. OK, being serious Disneyphiles, we just
|
|
had to take a look around.
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|
|
|
We talked to the woman at the front desk and asked her
|
|
about reservations. She said that they were not required and you
|
|
should turn up when you wanted to eat. We then asked if we could
|
|
just have a look around. She said we could and we entered.
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|
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|
The restaurant is L shaped with the entrance being on the
|
|
corner. One side of the restaurant runs along main street and the
|
|
other along a side-street. There are two floors in the restaurant
|
|
(ground and upstairs). The ground-floor rooms are just elegant
|
|
rooms surrounded by Disney memorabilia. The upstairs rooms have
|
|
separate themes linked to the different lands. Some rooms have
|
|
separate tables catering for couples or families. Other rooms
|
|
have just a single banqueting table clearly catering for large
|
|
parties (conference guests, VIP's, etc..).
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|
|
|
When you enter the restaurant the whole feel of the place
|
|
seems to be that of a luxury appartment or hotel (or maybe even
|
|
restaurant !) in Paris at the turn of the century.
|
|
|
|
The entrance lobby is quite interesting, containing hand
|
|
carved wooden furniture and nice stained glass. To the left is
|
|
what I'd imagine is the Maitre d's desk which is interesting in
|
|
itself. It has one of those spring-loaded message-passing
|
|
systems. For the technical persons among you, this is the system
|
|
where you plonk the message in a box, yank a handle, and the box
|
|
containing the message whangs up through the ceiling to the
|
|
upstairs desk and vice-versa. The message-whanging system is very
|
|
ornate in heavy scrolled brass.
|
|
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|
Incidentally, for Disneyphiles only, the address of the
|
|
restaurant his the same address of the workshops in Glendale,
|
|
California (1401 Flower Street). Flower Street is a side turning
|
|
off Main Street. According to the official guide book, the logo
|
|
with the initials W.D. appearing on the gas lamps, some
|
|
furniture, and windows was designed for the balcony of Walt's
|
|
appartment in Disneyland.
|
|
|
|
Ahead of you are the lift and the stairs. The lift is
|
|
what really gives the impression of a turn-of-the-century Paris
|
|
interior. It is constructed (or appears to be constructed) in
|
|
ornate black cast iron scroll work with multi-coloured
|
|
stained-glass windows. The lift is fully functional but we didn't
|
|
use it.
|
|
|
|
The upstairs rooms are themed, as mentioned before, to
|
|
coincide with the various lands in the park. The rooms have to be
|
|
seen to be believed. I will not describe them fully here as I
|
|
wouldn't be able to do them justice. However, they are as
|
|
follows :
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|
|
|
- A gothic style room represents Fantasyland.
|
|
|
|
- An Edwardian style library represents Frontierland and
|
|
is supposed to be a library in a western mansion. A
|
|
number of indian/cowboy-on-a-horse sculptures can be
|
|
seen to enforce this.
|
|
|
|
- One corner of a large room is draped as though in a
|
|
fine Arabian tent and is clearly supposed to represent
|
|
Adventureland.
|
|
|
|
- Our favourite room (and probably the most detailed) was
|
|
Captain Nemo's room. See this. I cannot describe it.
|
|
This represents Discoveryland.
|
|
|
|
You get quite a good view of Main Street from upstairs at
|
|
Walt's.
|
|
|
|
We tried to check out all of the other restaurants but
|
|
didn't have time. Descriptions of the ones we saw are in Part
|
|
Two.
|
|
|
|
We also had a good long look at Main Street to try to
|
|
take in the detail in the upstairs windows, etc. An impossible
|
|
task to do completely. There were so many familiar names in the
|
|
windows that it would've taken precious time and expensive filem
|
|
to phtograph them all. Let's just say that ALL the names were
|
|
there with appropriate descriptions of their 'jobs'. We took some
|
|
time to listen to the strange noises that came out of some of
|
|
these windows too - particularly the dentists in the Town
|
|
Square.
|
|
|
|
Disneyland Hotel
|
|
|
|
Finally we left the park. Sad. Before making our way
|
|
home, we wandered through the Disneyland Hotel. Now this is how I
|
|
expected our hotel to be. Loads of staff to cater for your every
|
|
need ! The entrance lobby is elegant, spacious, and well kept.
|
|
Walk up the stairs to the Main Street Lounge for a great relaxing
|
|
view of Main Street (unfortunately, the area closest to the
|
|
windows was closed off). The Inventions Restaurant looks superb,
|
|
and the shops seem better stocked. This is where we want to stay
|
|
next time. Damned pricey though.
|
|
|
|
Coach
|
|
|
|
It was time to head back to the hotel, pick up our
|
|
luggage, and catch the coach to the airport. The coach was
|
|
reasonably on time (less than 5 minutes late). The journey back
|
|
to the airport was uneventful.
|
|
|
|
Flight Home
|
|
|
|
The flight home was smooth, but we landed with a heck of
|
|
a bump. Back to reality in more ways than one.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Conclusion
|
|
----------
|
|
|
|
EuroDisney has had it's bad press. It is certainly over
|
|
priced by a LONG way ! If you are staying on site and have no
|
|
transport then you are basically forced to eat and drink at the
|
|
resort. They've got you cornered. Having said that, I'd go back
|
|
at the drop of a hat. The park is excellent, and we found the
|
|
cast helpful and friendly.
|
|
|
|
We are not fluent French speakers, but language was
|
|
certainly not a problem. We found that if you tried to speak in
|
|
French to a cast member, they would assume you were French and
|
|
rattle off at ten to the dozen in French ! We got wise, and gave
|
|
up our attempts at advanced linguistics. Paris, of course, is
|
|
exactly the opposite in that respect.
|
|
|
|
There is a lot of construction still going on and we
|
|
counted three new rides scheduled to be opened this summer (more
|
|
on that in Part Three). The EuroDisney project is planned until
|
|
2017 and probably later. The park will be changing and growing
|
|
from year to year.
|
|
|
|
In my opinion, EuroDisney is a success, and will continue
|
|
to be quality entertainment for the forseeable future.
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|
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Part Two
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|
|
Main Street, USA
|
|
Attractions
|
|
Main Street Station
|
|
Nothing special, but nice detail in the
|
|
EuroDisney Railroad logos.
|
|
EuroDisneyland Railroad
|
|
Very leisurely journey around the park.
|
|
Unfortunately crossing a number of
|
|
service roads and places where
|
|
construction is going on thus diminishing
|
|
some Disney magic for the sensitive
|
|
people in your party. Some interesting
|
|
views of behind-the-scenes Disney and
|
|
construction for the Disneyphiles in your
|
|
party.
|
|
Horse-Drawn Streetcar, and Main Street Vehicles
|
|
Leisurely journies up and down Man St..
|
|
Discovery Arcade and Liberty Arcade
|
|
Back entrance to shops and restaurants in
|
|
Main St.. Very pleasant turn of the
|
|
century style interiors with gas lamps
|
|
and lots of interesting displays of
|
|
inventions and curios of both American
|
|
and French (but mainly American) origin.
|
|
Main Street Motors
|
|
Nice old cars which you can apparently
|
|
actually buy (if you have your AmEx Gold
|
|
Card with you presumably). A number of
|
|
auto-oriented Disney/Mickey memorabilia
|
|
for sale.
|
|
Restaurants
|
|
The Ice Cream Co.
|
|
Didn't get a chance to try this place.
|
|
The Coffee Grinder
|
|
Didn't get a chance to try this place.
|
|
Market House Deli
|
|
Didn't get a chance to try this place.
|
|
Walt's - an American Restaurant
|
|
W O W ! ! !
|
|
Cable Car Bake Shop
|
|
Didn't get a chance to try this place.
|
|
Cookie Kitchen
|
|
Basic Cookie shop selling incredibly
|
|
over-priced cookies (FF9 each - that
|
|
makes it over a pound sterling for a
|
|
single biscuit !)
|
|
Casey's Corner
|
|
Didn't get a chance to try this place.
|
|
The Gibson Girl Ice Cream Parlour
|
|
Didn't get a chance to try this place.
|
|
Victoria's Home-Style Cooking
|
|
Didn't get a chance to try this place.
|
|
While standing outside this place, you
|
|
should check out the noises apparently
|
|
emanating from an upstairs window !
|
|
Plaza Gardens Restaurant
|
|
Very nicely detailed and clean.
|
|
Apparently good food, but we didn't get a
|
|
chance to try it out.
|
|
Shops
|
|
Plaza West and East Boutiques
|
|
Basic Disney Merchandise.
|
|
The Storybook Store
|
|
Mainly childrens books. Also videos and
|
|
stationery items. Don't forget to look up
|
|
when you go into this shop - you're in
|
|
for a treat !
|
|
Ribbons and Bows Hat Shop
|
|
Hat shop. Also sells Mickey-ears and they
|
|
can sew your name into them too.
|
|
Town Square Photography/Silhouette Artist
|
|
Where to get all your photographic needs.
|
|
The silhouette artists were never busy.
|
|
Boardwalk Candy Palace
|
|
Interesting displays. Loads of stuff to
|
|
make the kids (and the adults) sick.
|
|
Emporium
|
|
Didn't get a chance to try this place.
|
|
Harmony Barber Shop
|
|
Didn't get a chance to try this place,
|
|
but no sign of any singing when we passed
|
|
by.
|
|
Disney Clothiers, Ltd.
|
|
Didn't get a chance to try this place.
|
|
Harrington's Fine China and Porcelains
|
|
Mainly figurines and usual Disney
|
|
merchandise.
|
|
Disnyana Collectibles
|
|
Some collectibles, but never much more
|
|
than you could get in a good Disney
|
|
Store. The only original collectibles I
|
|
saw were some ED badges each with one of
|
|
the lands on and some 1992 commemorative
|
|
items (I guess they made too many ?).
|
|
Disney & Co./Glass Fantasies
|
|
Usual small glass-blown items and
|
|
engravings.
|
|
Newsstand
|
|
Didn't get a chance to try this place.
|
|
|
|
Frontierland
|
|
Attractions
|
|
Rustler Roundup Shootin' Gallery
|
|
Fun shootin' ! Don't know if it's exactly
|
|
the same as in other Disney parks. It was
|
|
a fun relaxing thing to do when we'd
|
|
finished Sehlinger's tour and were in
|
|
"Explore Mode". All human exclamations
|
|
are in English.
|
|
Thunder Mesa Riverboat Landing
|
|
The place to pick up the River Boat
|
|
(paddle boat). The commentary is mainly
|
|
in French with occasional English
|
|
translations. The commentary doesn't mix
|
|
too well with the taped English sections
|
|
which I think are probably generic to the
|
|
riverboat cruises in all parks.
|
|
Phantom Manor
|
|
A favourite of mine and it didn't let me
|
|
down. The cast really get into the
|
|
pre-show part early on in the day when
|
|
not busy (thankyou Sehlinger) and they do
|
|
a really good job of spooking the kids.
|
|
Later on in the day they are just
|
|
concerned with getting people through as
|
|
quickly as possible.
|
|
Hang back when you exit the 'lift' to
|
|
check the detail in the changing
|
|
pictures, etc..
|
|
All comentary is in French. All songs are
|
|
in English. Leslie Neilson still lives as
|
|
one of the Grim Grinning Ghosts.
|
|
At the end of the ride when you pass by
|
|
the mirrors, a ghoul peers over the top
|
|
of your buggy with its arms around the
|
|
buggy. I think that may be different to
|
|
the others. My memory of the American
|
|
parks is vague, but I seem to recall you
|
|
seeing yourself sitting next to another
|
|
ghoul, or see yourselves 'replaced' by
|
|
two ghouls.
|
|
Apart from that - it's very very similar
|
|
to the rides in the American parks. The
|
|
surrounding area has grave stones with
|
|
epitaphs in both French and English.
|
|
Interestingly enough, when the ride
|
|
stops, the message "... spooks have got
|
|
into the machinery..." is played in both
|
|
languages. Safety I suppose.
|
|
Grand Canyon Diorama
|
|
Yawn.
|
|
You pass through this on the Euro-
|
|
Disneyland Railroad.
|
|
Big Thunder Mountain
|
|
Yeeeehar ! This is probably the best ride
|
|
in the land (next to Star Tours) in my
|
|
opinion. It's mainly similar to the other
|
|
BTM's, but has a lot more black-out areas
|
|
than I remember in the others.
|
|
River Rogue Keelboats
|
|
Slow ride around the 'river'. The guides on
|
|
this ride are multilingual and will speak
|
|
in French, English, German and probably
|
|
others depending on the majority in the
|
|
boat.
|
|
Indian Canoes
|
|
A fairly interesting ride. You get to see
|
|
ducks and swans and all sorts. Not to
|
|
mention the Indian camps. Best of all,
|
|
you get to acually do the work (with your
|
|
team). The cast seemed to love this ride
|
|
and spent a lot of time just horsing
|
|
around and entertaining us. Commentary is
|
|
as in the River Rogue Keelboats.
|
|
Cottonwood Creek Ranch/Critter Corral
|
|
Here's a good place to relax out of the
|
|
way of the crowds. They have a number of
|
|
basic farm animals here which you can
|
|
peruse at your leisure. Right next to the
|
|
Frontierland Depot where we (and
|
|
Sehlinger) reccomend you catch the train
|
|
from rather than Main St. Station.
|
|
Frontierland Depot
|
|
THE place in the park to catch the train
|
|
from. Put it this way. We caught the
|
|
train here and were second in a queue of
|
|
about ten people. Compare this to when we
|
|
passed the Main St. Station. Well the
|
|
queue there was trailing down into the
|
|
town square. We just couldn't believe how
|
|
many people were willing to wast the best
|
|
part of an hour waiting for the train.
|
|
Heck ! I don't even do that on my way
|
|
home from work !
|
|
Restaurants
|
|
The Lucky Nugget Saloon
|
|
Great entertainment in the style of an
|
|
old western saloon. There is some
|
|
audience participation and the food is
|
|
substantial. The show is bi-lingual. Some
|
|
parts are in other languages too.
|
|
The Last Chance Cafe
|
|
Didn't get a chance to try this one.
|
|
Silver Spur Steakhouse
|
|
Didn't get a chance to try this one.
|
|
Fuente del Oro Restaurante
|
|
Didn't get a chance to try this one.
|
|
Cowboy Cookout Barbeque
|
|
There is live entertainment here in the
|
|
form of a Country and Western band who
|
|
play a number of times a day. It's a
|
|
fast-food restaurant and you can sit
|
|
inside the cavernous barn or outside. The
|
|
band played outside while we were there.
|
|
Shops
|
|
Thunder Mesa Mercantile Building
|
|
Tobias Norton & Sons Frontier Trading
|
|
Bonanza Outfitters
|
|
Eureka Mining Supplieas and Assay Office
|
|
Most of the above sell cowboy style
|
|
items. None were really unique.
|
|
Pueblo Trading Post
|
|
Sells mainly Whinnie the Pooh items.
|
|
Quite a few things I hadn't seen in our
|
|
local Disney Stores.
|
|
Woodcarvers Workshop
|
|
They sell your name in wood and other
|
|
small carvings.
|
|
|
|
Adventureland
|
|
Attractions
|
|
Adventure Isle
|
|
You really can get lost in the maze of
|
|
twisty little passages - all alike !
|
|
There's also a rope bridge, a barrel
|
|
bridge, and not a lot else. Fun though.
|
|
Set the kids loose here and go and relax.
|
|
La Cabane des Robinson
|
|
This is basically the same as in the
|
|
other parks. Be aware, however, of the
|
|
excellent views of the park and the
|
|
castle you can get from various places in
|
|
the tree. Signs are either in French, or
|
|
French and English.
|
|
Pirates of the Caribbean
|
|
Cool. We rode this countless times (about
|
|
8 actually). Rarely having to queue more
|
|
than 30 mins.. Usually queuing less than
|
|
15 mins.. An excellent ride - better than
|
|
at any of the other parks. The
|
|
animatronics are smooth and very life-
|
|
like. There is a significant difference
|
|
between this ride and the ride in other
|
|
parks too. It seems longer and more
|
|
detailed.
|
|
The walk down to the boats (normally the
|
|
queue !) is interesting and switches and
|
|
turns enough to confuse the heck out of
|
|
you.
|
|
All the songs are in English (American)
|
|
and all the dialogue between the pirates
|
|
is in French. All of the signs are also
|
|
in French.
|
|
Just before you disembark, the skull and
|
|
cross-bones above your head speaks in
|
|
several different languages telling you
|
|
to "stay in your boats me hearties" etc.
|
|
Restaurants
|
|
Explorers Club
|
|
One of the guides we read (not Sehlinger)
|
|
said that this was a really romantic and
|
|
quiet table service restaurant. Sehlinger
|
|
said that this was the case at the time
|
|
of publishing, but that it may shortly be
|
|
turned into a fast-food place. When we
|
|
got there it was a fast food place.
|
|
Fairly empty. Small portions. Pricey. A
|
|
bit of a disappointment really if it
|
|
weren't for the pleasant water-fall
|
|
setting.
|
|
Blue Lagoon Restaurant
|
|
A really nice place to eat in a quiet
|
|
romantic setting. Reminded me of the
|
|
Moroccan restaurant in Epcot. The Pirates
|
|
of the Caribbean boats float by as you
|
|
enjoy your meal under a deep blue 'sky'
|
|
and in tropical surroundings. Service was
|
|
excellent, food was good.
|
|
Aux Epices Enchantees Restaurant
|
|
We didn't try this one, but it looked
|
|
good - mud style huts and plenty of
|
|
out-door dining areas. Check out the
|
|
interior of the restaurant.
|
|
Cafe de la Brousse
|
|
Didn't have time to see this one.
|
|
Captain Hooks Galley
|
|
Didn't have time to see this one.
|
|
Shops
|
|
Adventureland Bazar
|
|
A nice place to wander around. Pricey
|
|
gifts. Fascinating interiors. Lots to
|
|
see.
|
|
La Giraffe Curieuse
|
|
A pretty dull shop with a giraffe's head
|
|
poking through the interior.
|
|
La Reine des Serpents
|
|
Les Tresors de Scheherazade
|
|
North African style gifts.
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L'Echoppe d'Aladdin
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Aladdin merchandise. Strange since
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Aladdin hasn't been released in Europe at
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the time of writing.
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Le Chant des Tam-Tams
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Average shop.
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Trader Sam's Jungle Boutique
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Average shop.
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Le Coffre du Capitaine
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Sells loads of pirate gear.
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Fantasyland
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Attractions
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Le Chateau de la Belle au Bois Dormant
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Excellent castle. We weren't sure whether
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some of those tiles on the roof
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|
constituted Hidden Mickeys. There is a
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story inside which is well worth seeing
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if only for the tapestries and stained
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|
glass windows.
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La Taniere du Dragon
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No other Disney park has this. It's worth
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|
seeing if only for the reactions of the
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|
kids watching it. This is basically the
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Dragin's lair. The dragon sleeps
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peacefully next to his pool with the
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occasional snort of smoke. Then his tail
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|
twitches, more smoke and he begins to
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awake... then you realise his chain is
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|
broken ! Loved it.
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Le Theatre du Chateau
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Small shows are performed here. We saw
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Mikey's Magic Book. Basically the Snow
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|
White story. The Magic book is enormous
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|
and as each stage of the story unfolds,
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|
so do the pages of the book with
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|
pop-up scenery.
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Blanche-Neighe et leas sept Nains
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Snow white's ride. Very fast. Too fast.
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Over in a jiffy. Shame.
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Les Voyages de Pinocchio
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Pinnocchio's ride. Very fast. Too fast.
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Over in a jiffy. Shame.
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Le Carrousel de Lancelot
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An enormous carousel. We didn't try this
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one.
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Excalibur
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Sword in the stone.
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It's a Small World
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Small World. Seen it too many times.
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After exiting the ride, try to avoid the
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extra show afterwards which is something
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to do with French television or
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|
telecomm's. Tedious.
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Fantasyland Station
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A fairly normal station. Nothing
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|
outstanding. It's above the Fantasy
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|
Festival Stage.
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Fantasy Festival Stage
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|
Song and dance shows performed here.
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Songs seem to be mainly in French, the
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|
rest are in English. We saw an excellent
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|
show here and it's a good place to meet
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Mickey and the whoever else is in the
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|
show (Donald, Cowboy-Goofy, Donald, Pluto
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|
were some we saw) before the show because
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the crowds seemed to be generally light.
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|
Alice's Curious Labyrinth
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|
A hedge maze. The hedge is filled with
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|
tiny blue lights. The maze has become
|
|
fairly badly damaged over time. Some of
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|
the surprises did not work (The Queen of
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|
Hearts did not spring out and shout "Off
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|
with her head" too well) and much of the
|
|
mechanics behind these surprises is
|
|
totally visible due to the hedge wearing
|
|
thin. An attraction for the younger ones
|
|
really. This is also the place where the
|
|
"jumping water fountains" are - where the
|
|
water appears to jump from place to
|
|
place. Good to watch and relax.
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|
Mad Hatter's Tea Cups
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|
This was a first for me. I enjoyed it but
|
|
wouldn't fight to go on it again. This
|
|
ride is covered by a large circus-tent
|
|
style roof unlike in the other parks.
|
|
Dumbo the Flying Elephant
|
|
Didn't get time to try this one. Looks
|
|
pretty much the same as the Dumbo rides
|
|
in other parks.
|
|
Peter Pan's Flight
|
|
Same as usual. I suspect the galleons in
|
|
which you ride may have been different,
|
|
but memory fails me as to exactly where.
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|
Restaurants
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|
Au Chalet de la Marionnette Restaurant
|
|
Pinocchio's restaurant. Pleasant
|
|
interior. Note the Figaro character
|
|
leaning agains the "Exit" sign inside at
|
|
one of the entrance's/exit's. This is
|
|
fairly significant to serious
|
|
Disneyphile's !
|
|
Auberge de Cendrillon
|
|
A table service restaurant. We didn't try
|
|
this one, but had a good look around.
|
|
Spacious and apparently very high
|
|
quality. In the courtyard you can see the
|
|
wishing well and Cinderella's coach. The
|
|
courtyard here is an excellent quiet
|
|
place to sit and relax a while (so long
|
|
as nobody is eating there and the
|
|
restaurant is not busy). You can look
|
|
over the wishing well and onto the rear
|
|
of Le Theatre du Chateau and watch Mickey
|
|
in his Fantasia outfit and other
|
|
characters come out of the dressing room
|
|
just before apopearing on stage there.
|
|
Give him a shout and he'll wave at you
|
|
(well, he did for us !).
|
|
Pizzeria Bella Notte
|
|
Marvellously detailed interior containing
|
|
one Hidden Mickey. Order a Mickey Mouse
|
|
Pizza just for the hell of it. Don't
|
|
forget to look at the tray liner - it's
|
|
quite funny. Have a look at the outside
|
|
of the restaurant - specifically the mina
|
|
entrance. Is it level ?
|
|
Fantasia Gelati
|
|
Avoid. Avoid. Avoid. While the ice creams
|
|
are very nice, they are over priced at
|
|
FF20 (approx 2.50 pouinds sterling).
|
|
March Hare Refreshments
|
|
Sells drinks and Un-birthday cakes which
|
|
are slightly larger than cup-cakes and
|
|
look as sweet and sickly as heck !
|
|
The Old Mill
|
|
This was undergoing some sort of refit
|
|
when we were there. Basically a windmill
|
|
with 'buckets' at the rear in which you
|
|
can ride. Also sells french bread
|
|
sandwiches ("Sub's" to the Americans I
|
|
believe).
|
|
Toad Hall Restaurant
|
|
Another excellent interior matched with a
|
|
superb exterior. Check out the wall paper
|
|
among other things inside. Outside,
|
|
notice the detail in the chimneys and the
|
|
weather vanes. Sells fish and chips.
|
|
Shops
|
|
Merlin l'Enchanteur
|
|
A fascinating shop to browse through. You
|
|
can get through to the Dragon's lair from
|
|
here.
|
|
La Boutique du Chateau
|
|
The Christmas shop.
|
|
La Confiserie des Trois Fees
|
|
The sweet shop. Notice the three good
|
|
fairies behind the counter. How do they
|
|
do that ?!
|
|
La Chaumiere des Sept Nains
|
|
Sells mainly Seven Dwarf merchandise, and
|
|
some jewelery.
|
|
La Bottega di Gepetto
|
|
Lot's of nice cuckoo clocks, puppets and
|
|
hand carved toys around the shelves of
|
|
the shop but you can't buy these, and
|
|
there's not much else to buy there
|
|
really.
|
|
Le Brave Petit Tailleur
|
|
Didn't get time to see this one.
|
|
Sir Mickey's
|
|
Nice giant vegetable patch outside this
|
|
shop.
|
|
La Menagerie du Royaume
|
|
Furry animals and medieval style
|
|
characters.
|
|
La Petit maison des Jouets
|
|
Information and currency exchange.
|
|
Discoveryland
|
|
Attractions
|
|
Le Visionarium
|
|
Circle-Vision 360. A new film made
|
|
especially for EuroDisneyland. The
|
|
preshow is conducted in French, but there
|
|
are running subtitles in other languages.
|
|
The film is hosted by an android and in
|
|
the 360 theatre you can listen to the
|
|
show through headphones in four different
|
|
languages (English, Italian, German, and
|
|
something else). The film is quite
|
|
entertaining.
|
|
Videopolis
|
|
Large indoor stage showing Beuty and the
|
|
Beast in French. The show is filmed live
|
|
and replayed on large multi-screen video
|
|
monitors either side of the stage with
|
|
some video effects to enhance the
|
|
production.
|
|
The production is totally in French, but
|
|
we recognised the songs. There is a fast-
|
|
food restaurant in here (Cafe Hyperion)
|
|
as well. You can order your food and take
|
|
it with you to your table to watch the
|
|
show.
|
|
At the main entrance to the Videopolis
|
|
you can see the giant Hyperion air-ship.
|
|
Nice detail.
|
|
Orbitron
|
|
A carousel-type ride where you can "pilot
|
|
your own rocket ship" (i.e. make it go up
|
|
and down). We didn;t try this one.
|
|
Autopia
|
|
Yawn. We didn't try this one.
|
|
Star Tours
|
|
Yeehar ! If you've seen Star Tours before
|
|
then you're not in for much of a
|
|
surprise ... except for C3P0 speaking in
|
|
French ! R2D2 was mulitlingual. The
|
|
entrance to the ride was a little shabby.
|
|
It felt like you were just walking in to
|
|
a warehouse. Reality did not get
|
|
suspended for quite a while into the
|
|
pre-show. The other androids alternate
|
|
between French and English. The trevelog
|
|
narration also alternates between French
|
|
and English.
|
|
The video you are shown just before you
|
|
enter your Starspeeder 3000 is all in
|
|
French. You can see where they've spliced
|
|
in the French announcer - quite awkward
|
|
really.
|
|
The whole of the StarTours ride is
|
|
conducted in French.
|
|
I still didn't get to see the giant
|
|
microscope.
|
|
CineMagique
|
|
Captaine EO. Avoid (in my opinion).
|
|
Restaurants
|
|
Cafe des Visionnaires
|
|
Didn't get to see this one, though
|
|
apparently you can get excellent views of
|
|
the parades an Fantasyland.
|
|
Cafe Hyperion
|
|
A fast food restarant inside the
|
|
Videopolis.
|
|
Shops
|
|
Constellations
|
|
Interesting interior. Sells Star Wars
|
|
figures etc..
|
|
Star Traders
|
|
Has a big 'radar' dish on the top. The
|
|
roof of this was still being worked on
|
|
while we were there. We got a good view
|
|
of the construction as we passed by in
|
|
the EuroDisneyland Train.
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Part Three
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Rides Under Contruction
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|
We saw at least three rides being constructed, two of
|
|
which were going to be opened in the summer of 1993 :
|
|
|
|
Temple du Terror
|
|
- Looks like a really hot roller-coaster ride.
|
|
Never seen anything like this at the other
|
|
Disney parks before. Looks like it's based
|
|
around a ruined Aztec Temple. Perhaps based
|
|
around Jungle Book ?
|
|
|
|
Bonanza
|
|
- Just saw the sign saying Bonanza opening 1993.
|
|
No ideas at all what this one's about, but saw
|
|
plenty of evidence of heavy earth-moving, and
|
|
construction from the EuroDisneyland Train.
|
|
|
|
Unnamed
|
|
- Something in discovery land. Couldn't really
|
|
see much of this one. No notices anywhere.
|
|
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Miscellaneous
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|
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|
|
I'll try to scan in the following items and deposit them
|
|
in alt.binaries.pictures.misc if I have time. Please don't email
|
|
me for these scans unless you really really REALLY can't get them
|
|
from there or anywhere else - I found it difficult enough to find
|
|
time to type in this report ! Hopefully, some kind soul may
|
|
transfer them to an archive site eventually.
|
|
|
|
- Passport Card
|
|
- Resort Map
|
|
- Figaro Picture with Exit Sign.
|
|
- Picture of the Castle
|
|
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|
Guide Books
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|
-----------
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|
|
|
In England there are (at the time of this report) at
|
|
least six books claiming to give you the low-down on the resort.
|
|
I found that only two were really required, and if I had to make
|
|
the choice between those it would be Sehlinger's Unofficial
|
|
Guide. Sehlinger's guide proved worth it's weight in gold if only
|
|
for the touring plans and other travel advice.
|
|
|
|
EuroDisney Resort - Paris - The Guide
|
|
Harmsworth Magazines
|
|
ISBN 0-85144-671-X
|
|
|
|
The Official Guide. Useful but may be slightly
|
|
out of date. Plenty of useful phone numbers and travel
|
|
details. I'd reccomend this book for information
|
|
purposes.
|
|
|
|
The Unofficial Guide to Eurodisneyland
|
|
Bob Sehlinger
|
|
Prentice Hall Travel
|
|
ISBN 0-671-84759-7
|
|
|
|
The best guide by far. Save your legs and buy
|
|
this. I don't have shares in the company and I'm not
|
|
profiting from this in any way but I wish I did !
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|
Questions Answered ... Probably !
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---------------------------------
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|
|
Brooks Haderlie (brh54@cas.org) asked :
|
|
|
|
- What language(s) is used on the signs, in the reading
|
|
material, etc.?
|
|
Mainly French. "Sortie" instead of "Exit" for
|
|
example. There are surprisingly few signs that
|
|
need translation. Menu's outside restaurants are
|
|
in French and English. All other reading material
|
|
(guide booklets, etc..) is available in many
|
|
many languages.
|
|
- Do they have videos in the gift shops in German,
|
|
French, Spanish, Italian, etc.?
|
|
Yes.
|
|
|
|
Lori McDowell (mcdowell@hope.cit.hope.edu) asked :
|
|
|
|
- I'd really like to hear a detailled account of what
|
|
Phantom Manor (Haunted Mansion) is like at EuroDisney.
|
|
I've described the main differences above.
|
|
|
|
Someone asked :
|
|
|
|
- How does one get there from Paris?
|
|
The EuroDisney guide books (see above) describe
|
|
this far better than I could. It is very very
|
|
easy.
|
|
|
|
Jesse asked :
|
|
|
|
- What castle is there ?
|
|
Le Chateau de la Belle au Bois Dormant. Sleeping
|
|
Beuty's Castle. It's wonderful.
|
|
|
|
Robert R. Kessler (kessler@cons.cs.utah.edu) asked :
|
|
|
|
- We'll be staying at the Sequoia Lodge ... general
|
|
information required.
|
|
Bob, I hope the above report has been useful to
|
|
you. We actually stayed at the Sequoia Lodge (not
|
|
the Hotel New York as I mentioned in a post to
|
|
internet asking if anyone had questions about
|
|
ED). You WILL enjoy your stay ! That's an order !
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(c)1993 Tom Drynda.
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' ~~` DisneyWorld [Y] | 15-19 Britten Street,
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(._.) DisneyLand [Y] ()_() | London, SW3 3TY
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(_) EuroDisney [Y] (_) | England.
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`---' Tokyo DisneyLand [N] | +44-71-416 7770 ext 411
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