Disneyland Paris Day 3 (Feb-March 2017)

Wednesday 1st March

This was the day that we decided that we spend it separately in our couples and that was nice to have but we did still have dinner together so the catch up was nice.


Fantasyland Tea Cups

Like the previous day we had breakfast early and made our way to the park ready for Extra Magic Hours. We got quite a few rides done they were Peter Pan, Pinnochio, Dumbo, Buzz and Orbitron then we had a walk around Main Street then decided to join the ridiculous queue that happens for the opening of Frontierland because everyone wants to get on Big Thunder Mountain which we decided we were going to try and get Fastpasses for. We managed to get them for 1:05 which I think was achievement considering how far back we were in queue to get into the land and then the queue for the fastpasses it was crazy but we got them. We did a bit of shopping and popped back to the hotel to drop the shopping back by this time we had killed enough time for Big Thunder Mountain. Before going on Big Thunder we were luckily enough to get Ratatouille Fastpasses as well for 7:05 which was fine because we weren't really planning on catching any fireworks.

Big Thunder Mountain

I must admit because of the unexpected of Crush's Coaster the previous day I was so nervous for Big Thunder Mountain. We were sat near the front of the train and I loved it best ride in Disneyland Paris I think it's just so good. I love how it throws you right into it from the off when you go down into the tunnel. The effects in the mountains were insane and very loud especially the last one with the dynamite which we didn't see the full effects of until later in the trip because you have to sit about halfway back in the ride to experience it all proper. As soon as I came off it I wanted to go back on straight away which I would have done if the wait for it wasn't so ridiculous. After this we were so hungry so decided to try out Colonel Hathi's Outpost which is in Adventureland and I was really impressed, it's a quick service place. I went with the Pasta and Garlic Bread meal plan and Darren had the Lasagne and Garlic Bread meal plan. I was really impressed with the size of portion we got for the money as they were a fair size which was very impressed about.

Indiana Jones

Once we had refuelled Darren wanted to go on Indian Jones which was round the corner, I didn't fancy it so I waited undercover for him as the wait was only about 10 minutes and I didn't mind waiting as he really wanted to go on it. After this we did 2 more rides which were Phantom Manor and It's a Small World which took us a while to get off because there was a backlog of boats, think it took us longer to get off then we did on the actual ride itself. By this time it was time for our booking at the Agrabah Café where we met back up with Kelly and Alex and we filled each other in on our day so far and so on. Agrabah Café was another place that accepted the Half Board Standard Dining Plan like Billy Bob's the night before. I loved the theming of this restaurant as Aladdin is one of my favourite films but the food wasn't my favourite that doesn't mean it was bad it's that the style of food they do wasn't my favourite but I enjoyed the experience of it. After this because the weather wasn't great me and Darren decided to experience the Railroad around Disney so we boarded in Frontierland and went round to Main Street USA, I then quickly popped into City Hall to get a Birthday Badge for the next day and the lady in there was the nicest person and drew a little Mickey on my badge.

My View of Aerosmith

We decided to go over to the Studios and spend a bit of time in there because we had our Ratatouille Fastpass plus Darren wanted to do Aerosmith and we found that at the end of the ride if you go through the gift shop there's some benches where people can wait for whoever is on the ride so I did that whilst Darren went on the ride which seemed to take forever. Then we went into Studio 1 to try and pick up a teatime treat with our vouchers which we were lucky to get but then whilst eating I realised I'd lost my plastic pocket on the end of my lanyard which had my park ticket and our Fastpasses in. We finished our treat and went back to Aerosmith to look for it where luckily someone had handed it in and I clipped it back onto my lanyard. What I had done was taken it off my lanyard for convenience when entering Studios Park and then instead of putting it back on my lanyard I'd put it in my pocket where it fell out whilst I waited for Darren on Aerosmith, I was very lucky. After all that it was time for the last ride of the day which was Ratatouille, I still don't think this ride is the best thing ever but I enjoyed it nonetheless.

Once we had finished we decided to head to the bus stops to go back to the hotel and this was a big mistake as the queues for the bus was ridiculous and it seemed to take ages for a bus to turn up so we decided to walk which in the end took us about 10 minutes and it was a straightforward walk so we didn't mind. Back in our room we realised we could see the lights from the Star Wars show and we could hear Dreams going and see the fireworks which was such a magical thing to be able to experience just from our hotel. We decided after I showered to go the Red Garter Saloon which is the on site bar at Hotel Cheyenne where we enjoyed some live music, drinks and some nachos. Once again another magical day in the park.

Disclaimer: All the photos in these Blog Posts were taken by us throughout the holiday, most of them mainly by Alex because his phone had the best camera.

Until next time

Stacey x