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Disneyland Paris trip Day 1 (Feb-March 2017)



I'm back from my first ever trip to Disneyland Paris which I took last week and now I am going to share with you my experience and what we did on each day. We stayed from Monday 27th February until Friday 3rd March. Me and my boyfriend Darren stayed on site at Hotel Cheyenne whilst Kelly who is Darren's sister and her boyfriend Alex stayed off site at Magic Circus Hotel but had Annual Passes to still get the Disney perks.

Monday 27th February

6am wake up ready to get to Bedford station to get down St Pancras for our 10:14 Eurostar. To get ourselves in the Disney mood we put a Disney CD on in the car. Once at St Pancras we got McDonald's breakfast which I had never had but thoroughly enjoyed and was much needed after the early start to the day. The check in process at St Pancras for the Eurostar was quite easy and relaxed. I found the whole experience very pleasant and stress free.

We arrived into (station name) 3 hours after getting on the Eurostar and the weather was horrible, it was pouring it down with rain. It was quite easy for us to find out which bus stop we needed because it was very clearly sign posted which helped a lot and we didn't have to wait that long for a bus to come along. We found the checking in process very easy, we had to fill in a form then the lady on reception gave us a map to show us how to get to our room which was in Butch Cassidy (block 23), room 2393, which we found out is one of the furthest blocks from reception and our room is the last room in that block. Our room was very simple it had a double bed, bunk bed, draws, hanging space, a safe and a telly as well as a standard bathroom with a bath shower.


We then went straight back out to the park and met back up with the other two and went straight into the main park. That feeling of seeing the castle for the first time is something I will never forget and I don't think will ever get old because it just so beautiful. We tried to queue for Dumbo but whilst we were waiting it broke down, so instead for our first ride of the trip was It's a Small World. After this we just had a wonder around the Disneyland Park and it's 4 lands as well as Main Street USA and we covered quite a lot of ground and just went on rides when we wanted. We went on Phantom Manor, Buzz Lightyear Laser Blast which I started really well on but got worse throughout the trip and Orbitron. Even though Me and Darren had Half Board Standard meal plan we were told when trying to make reservations that everywhere was full so as we were in Discoveryland we went to Café Hyperion and had a Quick Service dinner, I had a chicken burger, chips and diet coke and we sat and watched the Jedi Training Academy that goes on there.

After a bit more wondering round we went and got our spot for the fireworks which we got by a bench so no one could stand in front of us but it's amazing how people try and get their child to see the fireworks. In all we waited about half an hour for the fireworks and they were worth the wait. They are absolutely beautiful and unfortunately at the end of this month going to be changed but I am glad I got to see them, my favourite part is the Tangled part it made me cry so much. After this we slowly filtered into the Disney village and originally we were going to go to the Sports Bar to watch some football but it was full so we decided to go across the way to Billy Bob's instead which was really lovely. Me and Kelly treated ourselves to a Glowtini each and the boys had a Magners and JD and Coke. We only stayed for one drink then decided to head back so we could be prepared for our first full on day in the parks.

Hope you enjoyed reading about Day 1, until Day 2

Stacey x
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