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
Fantillusion is a three parts parade. There are four "good guys" floats, four "bad guys" floats and four princesses floats. The parade starts from Town Square and proceeds towards the Castle and to the Pizzeria Bella Notte. There are three stops, and in each stop something happens.
HINT: If you view the parade from Main Street or Town Square you will miss one or two of them! In effect the first stop happens only when all the floats are inside the park, so from those locations you will not see the stops of the first floats
During the first stop you see the good guys jumping out from one of the floats, singing and dancing.
HINT: Most likely for each stop you will have a good view only of what happens near one of the four-of-this-kind floats, so maybe it's worth to view again the parade from a slightly different position
One of the "good guys" float
The second stop is the best: the four "bad guys" have a transformation and gain power: Maleficent becomes a dragon, Jafar is transformed into a snake, Ursula inflates and the Queen ... well guess what?
Jafar's transformation
During the last stop the platforms lift up and Princesses and Princes greet the people watching the parade !
Jasmine float
Time to leave the park and to go have dinner. We had a reservation at Hunters Grill, one of the two SL restaurants.
I got the "Ranger's Rotisserie" (27.50 Euro) and had to eat ALL the following: Yosemite Salad with poached eggs, Roasted Chicken Leg, Herb Sausage, Mignon of Pork, Roast Rump steak and a dessert, while DGH went for the vegetarian menu (DGH grumped that he was not able to eat everything was included in my menu); so he only had Yosemite Salad with poached eggs, Vegetable pie with red peppers, Tomato and sweet corn relish, baked pineapple in maple syrup, pancake stuffed with rice, corn on the cob, pineapple and French beans... and of course he had the dessert too
HINT: at the Hunters Grill you will eat A LOT! Go there only if you are hungry and you will not be disappointed
MONDAY 3rd of January
We were quite tired, so we decided for a late wake up; when opening the windows we discovered with pleasure that the weather was still better than CNN forecast! Sunny !! When we were ready for our breakfast (included in the hotel fare) it was 10AM
HINT: At check in you get a ticket for each day with a fixed breakfast time. But they looks more as "pass" to have breakfast than real "time schedule", waiters don't look too much at the reserved time
HINT: You can ask for a different breakfast time for each day of your staying
We read very bad review of SL breakfast, so we were ready to try it once and to skip it in case the following days. But it was not so bad, after all. OK, you don't have "hot stuff" (you have to pay an extra if you want eggs, bacon ...) but for the rest it was OK. It's an all you can eat buffet with fresh fruit salad / yoghurts / ham / cheese / croissants / cereals; moreover you can have (from machine) orange juice / coffee / tea / chocolate / milk and something black that the French call "espresso"
It's just a few years that Paris Studios are open (DGH traded an inauguration pin!)
We were there just once, so we decided to visit the Studios in our first full day, and to start with the Car Stunt Show: we took some pictures to post on the board as preview of the WDW show...... stay tuned!
DISCLAIMER: Hints are accurate when written. There is a chance that they will be no more valid when you will need them!
First two parts of the trip report are at:
http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=710060
http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=710576
IN: Jan 2nd, 2005 (Sequoia Lodge)
OUT: Jan 6th, 2005
Fantillusion is a three parts parade. There are four "good guys" floats, four "bad guys" floats and four princesses floats. The parade starts from Town Square and proceeds towards the Castle and to the Pizzeria Bella Notte. There are three stops, and in each stop something happens.
HINT: If you view the parade from Main Street or Town Square you will miss one or two of them! In effect the first stop happens only when all the floats are inside the park, so from those locations you will not see the stops of the first floats
During the first stop you see the good guys jumping out from one of the floats, singing and dancing.
HINT: Most likely for each stop you will have a good view only of what happens near one of the four-of-this-kind floats, so maybe it's worth to view again the parade from a slightly different position
One of the "good guys" float
The second stop is the best: the four "bad guys" have a transformation and gain power: Maleficent becomes a dragon, Jafar is transformed into a snake, Ursula inflates and the Queen ... well guess what?
Jafar's transformation
During the last stop the platforms lift up and Princesses and Princes greet the people watching the parade !
Jasmine float
Time to leave the park and to go have dinner. We had a reservation at Hunters Grill, one of the two SL restaurants.
I got the "Ranger's Rotisserie" (27.50 Euro) and had to eat ALL the following: Yosemite Salad with poached eggs, Roasted Chicken Leg, Herb Sausage, Mignon of Pork, Roast Rump steak and a dessert, while DGH went for the vegetarian menu (DGH grumped that he was not able to eat everything was included in my menu); so he only had Yosemite Salad with poached eggs, Vegetable pie with red peppers, Tomato and sweet corn relish, baked pineapple in maple syrup, pancake stuffed with rice, corn on the cob, pineapple and French beans... and of course he had the dessert too
HINT: at the Hunters Grill you will eat A LOT! Go there only if you are hungry and you will not be disappointed
MONDAY 3rd of January
We were quite tired, so we decided for a late wake up; when opening the windows we discovered with pleasure that the weather was still better than CNN forecast! Sunny !! When we were ready for our breakfast (included in the hotel fare) it was 10AM
HINT: At check in you get a ticket for each day with a fixed breakfast time. But they looks more as "pass" to have breakfast than real "time schedule", waiters don't look too much at the reserved time
HINT: You can ask for a different breakfast time for each day of your staying
We read very bad review of SL breakfast, so we were ready to try it once and to skip it in case the following days. But it was not so bad, after all. OK, you don't have "hot stuff" (you have to pay an extra if you want eggs, bacon ...) but for the rest it was OK. It's an all you can eat buffet with fresh fruit salad / yoghurts / ham / cheese / croissants / cereals; moreover you can have (from machine) orange juice / coffee / tea / chocolate / milk and something black that the French call "espresso"
It's just a few years that Paris Studios are open (DGH traded an inauguration pin!)
We were there just once, so we decided to visit the Studios in our first full day, and to start with the Car Stunt Show: we took some pictures to post on the board as preview of the WDW show...... stay tuned!
DISCLAIMER: Hints are accurate when written. There is a chance that they will be no more valid when you will need them!
First two parts of the trip report are at:
http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=710060
http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=710576
