Ms Poppins
I'm sure I'm very affected by all this Disney talk
- Joined
- Mar 14, 2009
The Cast
Me – Julie – 44
DH – John – 48
DD - Abbey - 22
DS – Lewis – 14
Pre-trippie
Day 1
Sunday 4 August 2019
We were up and organised early and left home around 7:15am for our drive to Manchester Airport. The weather was good and after a short stop for some breakfast we arrived at Manchester in around 4 hours. After parking the car we dropped our bag in the airport and wandered around the shops for a bit before heading to Starbucks for some drinks. I found Terminal 1 of the airport to be very busy and not many seating areas about unless you wanted to sit in a cafe/restaurant. Maybe we missed the general waiting area.
Our flight was a bit late leaving but we made up time and arrived on time in Paris, where John from Ezyshuttle was waiting for us. Perfect service once again from Ezyshuttle. Soon we were on our way and arrived at the Newport Bay Hotel.
The reception area is beautiful. (this photo taken later that night when it was quiet)
Reception wasn't very busy, only 1 couple in front of us and we were seen to right away. I'd emailed the hotel prior to arrival to please ask for a centrally located room, near the lifts if possible. I asked about this and the CM looked at the room and said it was in a good location and showed us the map. Happy with this we completed check in easily.
We also arranged for Abbey to get a priority pass with the CM which I believe used to only be given by guest services at City Hall etc. This is a very good way to have this arranged, saving so much time in the park as the queues for Guest Services is always busy. It's the first time Abbey has had a pass, having been diagnosed with a permanent health condition last year, she has really struggled on previous visits but took nearly 2 years to be diagnosed. The pass proved to be very helpful to us, but of of course I'd much rather stand in a queue like we usually do if it meant Abbey wasn't affected as she is.
Anyway, we had our room in the West Wing, 4th floor, 4183. We'd booked room only via Expedia as we all have annual passes and the only room available was a Lake View.
The room looked nice, nice dressing table by the window with ample plug sockets, unit with TV, glasses & ice bucket and very large drawers.
Our view
I'll put a full review on the hotel review thread later - we did like the hotel, but there were a few niggles. Nothing major, probably just personal taste.
All hungry now we left the hotel and made our way to the Village. First hotel niggle.....the walkway to the left of the hotel is currently under refurbishment. The CM when we checked in made us aware of this and said it would take us longer to get to the parks, approx 15-20 minute walk.
I've read numerous posts about the walkway being closed and lots of comments about how it's only 'a few minutes more'. I will politely disagree with that. We timed the walk from the exit of the NPB to the front of the Hotel New York (our usual choice of hotel) and it was a good 8 minutes every time. Now, 8 minutes isn't the end of the world, but as the days wore on this became a real annoyance, especially if you wanted to pop back to the hotel for a rest or after a very long day. Anyway, it is what it is and I'd always rather do the extra walk than use the shuttle busses.
I love the lake and wish they'd bring the boats back.
The Hotel New York refurb is in full swing and we took some time looking at the art work here.
I noticed that the walkway to the Cheyenne is also closed - think you must now need to go down the path at Sequoia Lodge towards Santa Fe and cross the bridge?
Into the Village and Annette's was our destination. It was lovely to be back in the Village. Expecting a queue, we were pleasantly surprised that it was quiet, with only 1 family in front of us! It was around 7pm now. We were all very happy to be back here
Me – Julie – 44
DH – John – 48
DD - Abbey - 22
DS – Lewis – 14
Pre-trippie
Day 1
Sunday 4 August 2019
We were up and organised early and left home around 7:15am for our drive to Manchester Airport. The weather was good and after a short stop for some breakfast we arrived at Manchester in around 4 hours. After parking the car we dropped our bag in the airport and wandered around the shops for a bit before heading to Starbucks for some drinks. I found Terminal 1 of the airport to be very busy and not many seating areas about unless you wanted to sit in a cafe/restaurant. Maybe we missed the general waiting area.
Our flight was a bit late leaving but we made up time and arrived on time in Paris, where John from Ezyshuttle was waiting for us. Perfect service once again from Ezyshuttle. Soon we were on our way and arrived at the Newport Bay Hotel.
The reception area is beautiful. (this photo taken later that night when it was quiet)
Reception wasn't very busy, only 1 couple in front of us and we were seen to right away. I'd emailed the hotel prior to arrival to please ask for a centrally located room, near the lifts if possible. I asked about this and the CM looked at the room and said it was in a good location and showed us the map. Happy with this we completed check in easily.
We also arranged for Abbey to get a priority pass with the CM which I believe used to only be given by guest services at City Hall etc. This is a very good way to have this arranged, saving so much time in the park as the queues for Guest Services is always busy. It's the first time Abbey has had a pass, having been diagnosed with a permanent health condition last year, she has really struggled on previous visits but took nearly 2 years to be diagnosed. The pass proved to be very helpful to us, but of of course I'd much rather stand in a queue like we usually do if it meant Abbey wasn't affected as she is.
Anyway, we had our room in the West Wing, 4th floor, 4183. We'd booked room only via Expedia as we all have annual passes and the only room available was a Lake View.
The room looked nice, nice dressing table by the window with ample plug sockets, unit with TV, glasses & ice bucket and very large drawers.
Our view
I'll put a full review on the hotel review thread later - we did like the hotel, but there were a few niggles. Nothing major, probably just personal taste.
All hungry now we left the hotel and made our way to the Village. First hotel niggle.....the walkway to the left of the hotel is currently under refurbishment. The CM when we checked in made us aware of this and said it would take us longer to get to the parks, approx 15-20 minute walk.
I've read numerous posts about the walkway being closed and lots of comments about how it's only 'a few minutes more'. I will politely disagree with that. We timed the walk from the exit of the NPB to the front of the Hotel New York (our usual choice of hotel) and it was a good 8 minutes every time. Now, 8 minutes isn't the end of the world, but as the days wore on this became a real annoyance, especially if you wanted to pop back to the hotel for a rest or after a very long day. Anyway, it is what it is and I'd always rather do the extra walk than use the shuttle busses.
I love the lake and wish they'd bring the boats back.
The Hotel New York refurb is in full swing and we took some time looking at the art work here.
I noticed that the walkway to the Cheyenne is also closed - think you must now need to go down the path at Sequoia Lodge towards Santa Fe and cross the bridge?
Into the Village and Annette's was our destination. It was lovely to be back in the Village. Expecting a queue, we were pleasantly surprised that it was quiet, with only 1 family in front of us! It was around 7pm now. We were all very happy to be back here