MICKEY'S DREAMERS
WDW or Hawaii? This is the question!
- Joined
- Mar 28, 2002
CAST: I (Laura) and DGH (Disney Grumpy Husband)
IN: Jan 2nd, 2005 (Sequoia Lodge)
OUT: Jan 6th, 2005
Before leaving the Studios we visited two more attractions:
Armageddon, a special effect show (themed like the movie), which doesn't exist at WDW. It's the reconstruction of the interior of the space ship where a number of special effects happens (fire, smoke, quakes ...). Nothing exceptional after all.
Armageddon
While rain was decreasing, we went to the Art of Disney animation, a three part attraction. There was the same movie than in the "old" WDW attraction (a mix of classic animation movies), the same "Mushu" show as in the "new" WDW attraction and an interactive area similar to L.A. California Adventure.
Back to the main park. We had a snack at the Pizzeria Bella Notte and we saw again the Christmas Parade entering inside the Park. There was a major problem with Belle float which was obstructing the entrance to the park and not able to move. So the dancers were instructed to keep on dancing in the same place. It was very funny to see Mary Poppins chimneysweeps continuing to smile while repeating the same dance lot and lot of times, in the same place and under the rain!!!!! Finally the broken float was removed and Belle's cooks (already in the Park when Belle float broke up) were dancing in front of Santa Klaus float, replacing the usual elves (which have been dismissed due to the missing float) ... but I am sure that nobody else, from other places of the park, was able to realize that
While waiting for the Enchanted Fairytale Ceremony the rain started to increase again. We still waited to see what was happening ... at WDW for sure the show should have been cancelled with so much rain, but here we are in France. If, due to bad weather, they should decide to cancel a Parade, there would be very few Parades during the year; so we were quite curious to see what was going to happen. Quite a surprise!!! Princess and Princesses appeared ... with umbrellas ... and a "minor" ceremony was performed in spite of the heavy rain.
The rainy Enchanted Fairytale Ceremony
At this point we were really soaked. Time to go back to the hotel for our last dinner at Beaver Creek, the second SL restaurant. We both had the Discovery Menu (21 Euro): an appetizer (smoked duck for DGH, liver terrine for me), an entrée (pasta and chicken for DGH, duck for me) and a dessert ( yummy apple crumble !!!!)
Time to dry and to start packing.
HINT:Rooms don't have hairdryers, but they are supplied for free if you request them
THURSDAY 6th of January
We had to leave the hotel at 9AM, this was the time when Silvershuttle was booked, and fortunately also the time when VEA was stopping at SL.
We had the cold breakfast and went back in the room to finish packing... with a major power outage ... it was still quite dark ... hopefully we didn't forget anything.
We went outside to wait for a shuttle, no Silvershuttle around! .... so we took the VEA shuttle. Our winter break is really over, now. But I gifted to DGH a "garden dwarf" to remind this excellent vacation
THE GARDEN DWARF
Now I have just to wait that my other countdown expires
THE END !
DISCLAIMER: Hints are accurate when written. There is a chance that they will be no more valid when you will need them!
First parts of the trip report are at:
http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=710060
http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=710576
http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=710854
http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=711237
http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=711286
http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=711369
http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=711918
http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=712069
http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=712184
IN: Jan 2nd, 2005 (Sequoia Lodge)
OUT: Jan 6th, 2005
Before leaving the Studios we visited two more attractions:
Armageddon, a special effect show (themed like the movie), which doesn't exist at WDW. It's the reconstruction of the interior of the space ship where a number of special effects happens (fire, smoke, quakes ...). Nothing exceptional after all.
Armageddon
While rain was decreasing, we went to the Art of Disney animation, a three part attraction. There was the same movie than in the "old" WDW attraction (a mix of classic animation movies), the same "Mushu" show as in the "new" WDW attraction and an interactive area similar to L.A. California Adventure.
Back to the main park. We had a snack at the Pizzeria Bella Notte and we saw again the Christmas Parade entering inside the Park. There was a major problem with Belle float which was obstructing the entrance to the park and not able to move. So the dancers were instructed to keep on dancing in the same place. It was very funny to see Mary Poppins chimneysweeps continuing to smile while repeating the same dance lot and lot of times, in the same place and under the rain!!!!! Finally the broken float was removed and Belle's cooks (already in the Park when Belle float broke up) were dancing in front of Santa Klaus float, replacing the usual elves (which have been dismissed due to the missing float) ... but I am sure that nobody else, from other places of the park, was able to realize that
While waiting for the Enchanted Fairytale Ceremony the rain started to increase again. We still waited to see what was happening ... at WDW for sure the show should have been cancelled with so much rain, but here we are in France. If, due to bad weather, they should decide to cancel a Parade, there would be very few Parades during the year; so we were quite curious to see what was going to happen. Quite a surprise!!! Princess and Princesses appeared ... with umbrellas ... and a "minor" ceremony was performed in spite of the heavy rain.
The rainy Enchanted Fairytale Ceremony
At this point we were really soaked. Time to go back to the hotel for our last dinner at Beaver Creek, the second SL restaurant. We both had the Discovery Menu (21 Euro): an appetizer (smoked duck for DGH, liver terrine for me), an entrée (pasta and chicken for DGH, duck for me) and a dessert ( yummy apple crumble !!!!)
Time to dry and to start packing.
HINT:Rooms don't have hairdryers, but they are supplied for free if you request them
THURSDAY 6th of January
We had to leave the hotel at 9AM, this was the time when Silvershuttle was booked, and fortunately also the time when VEA was stopping at SL.
We had the cold breakfast and went back in the room to finish packing... with a major power outage ... it was still quite dark ... hopefully we didn't forget anything.
We went outside to wait for a shuttle, no Silvershuttle around! .... so we took the VEA shuttle. Our winter break is really over, now. But I gifted to DGH a "garden dwarf" to remind this excellent vacation
THE GARDEN DWARF
Now I have just to wait that my other countdown expires
THE END !
DISCLAIMER: Hints are accurate when written. There is a chance that they will be no more valid when you will need them!
First parts of the trip report are at:
http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=710060
http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=710576
http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=710854
http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=711237
http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=711286
http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=711369
http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=711918
http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=712069
http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=712184
it would do just fine if the Wilderness Lodge wasn't avaliable. 
