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Irish Princess because Cinderella said so!
- Joined
- May 18, 2010
I'm just back from 5 days in Paris and will be doing a trip report when I get around to it but first wanted to post highs and lows!
It was myself and my Momma that went. We stayed in the Cheyenne which was great! We had gone in 2012 and swore we wouldn't go back because of the rudeness and other stuff but spotted a good deal in October and decided to try it again. So compared to last time:
Highs:
-One complaint I had last time was dirt on rides none of that and wait times were 5-10 minutes.
-Character mobs were 90% gone, people actually queued, most waited their turn and interactions were great!
-Another complaint I had last time was the toilets were filthy and stinking with wet floors when it wasn't raining and this time every toilet we went to was clean
-Pin trading last time was awkward. CM's would examine the pins as if there was something wrong. Some said they would only trade if I had nice pins or wanted to pick their own off my lanyard which wasn't the way I was used to trading with CM's in America. This time there was very little of that. Every CM traded what I asked for and most of them for whatever I wanted to give. There was only 3 that wanted to chose.
- Tried a few new restaurants this time and in particular Bistro Chez Remy was fabulous.
- When people tried to skip lines/break rules CM's actually tried to do something about it where last time they just ignored it.
- Tea-time treat vouchers we weren't expecting. We had half board standard and didn't know these went with that meal plan but those and the meal plan itself were a great help
Lows:
- More photopass photographers are needed at characters or around the park in general.
- Still a few around that don't think they have to queue.
- People breaking rules in the park. They announced several times no smoking in the park and no selfie sticks and still there was tonnes of people smoking and I saw a few with selfie sticks. The selfies sticks wouldn't bother me so much but the smoking did. I did see CM's going over to people telling them to stop though
- Taxi back to the airport arrived an hour earlier than booked and we weren't ready to go.
- Two of 4 suitcases getting broken
Overall it was great and I would definately go back this time of year again as the crowds were low. It was freezing though so I think i would invest in a snow suit or something so that I was warmer as it was I had 2 tops, 2 jumpers and a coat on and was still freezing but that's not the parks fault like
It was myself and my Momma that went. We stayed in the Cheyenne which was great! We had gone in 2012 and swore we wouldn't go back because of the rudeness and other stuff but spotted a good deal in October and decided to try it again. So compared to last time:
Highs:
-One complaint I had last time was dirt on rides none of that and wait times were 5-10 minutes.
-Character mobs were 90% gone, people actually queued, most waited their turn and interactions were great!
-Another complaint I had last time was the toilets were filthy and stinking with wet floors when it wasn't raining and this time every toilet we went to was clean
-Pin trading last time was awkward. CM's would examine the pins as if there was something wrong. Some said they would only trade if I had nice pins or wanted to pick their own off my lanyard which wasn't the way I was used to trading with CM's in America. This time there was very little of that. Every CM traded what I asked for and most of them for whatever I wanted to give. There was only 3 that wanted to chose.
- Tried a few new restaurants this time and in particular Bistro Chez Remy was fabulous.
- When people tried to skip lines/break rules CM's actually tried to do something about it where last time they just ignored it.
- Tea-time treat vouchers we weren't expecting. We had half board standard and didn't know these went with that meal plan but those and the meal plan itself were a great help
Lows:
- More photopass photographers are needed at characters or around the park in general.
- Still a few around that don't think they have to queue.
- People breaking rules in the park. They announced several times no smoking in the park and no selfie sticks and still there was tonnes of people smoking and I saw a few with selfie sticks. The selfies sticks wouldn't bother me so much but the smoking did. I did see CM's going over to people telling them to stop though
- Taxi back to the airport arrived an hour earlier than booked and we weren't ready to go.
- Two of 4 suitcases getting broken
Overall it was great and I would definately go back this time of year again as the crowds were low. It was freezing though so I think i would invest in a snow suit or something so that I was warmer as it was I had 2 tops, 2 jumpers and a coat on and was still freezing but that's not the parks fault like