We saw a few things that we wanted to buy later but at 12:25 we left the park to go back to the hotel and get our sweatshirts as it was getting a little bit chilly in just T-shirts.
We stopped off in the hotel car park to look at our car tyre and as it didnt seem to have gone down any further we decided to ask at the Concierge desk if there was anywhere nearby to go and pump it up. Our first request was met with a blank stare and apology but thanks to a bit of pigeon French the Cast Member finally understood what we needed and pointed us in the direction of Val DEurope Commercial Centre about 3km away.
We decided to go round to Val DEurope straight away and once we got there we followed the signs for the Centre Auto where we found an air hose and pumped the tyre up with no trouble and free of charge.
By 1:40 we were back in
Disneyland Park where we quickly polished off Its A Small World and Phantom Manor and then made our way round to the Frontierland Railway Depot. We arrived just as a train arrived but, just like a London rush hour, we couldnt get on it because it was too full so we ended up waiting 15 minutes for the next one. We stayed on the train for almost a complete lap of the park, getting off at Main Street USA where went back to the covered arcade and ordered some crystal items that we had seen earlier. We were told that we could come back at 5:00 to pick them up so we grabbed some drinks and sat on a bench in Town Square to people watch.
We had happened to pick a spot that was right opposite where the parade started at 5:00 (or so I thought) so we decided that we would wait, watch the parade, collect the crystal and then go off to the 6:30 Buffalo Bills Wild West Show for which I had tickets. It got to 5:00 and they announced that the parade would be starting in 10 minutes and I commented to Dad that it was going to be late. They then made an announcement with 5 minutes to go and we agreed that Dad would go off and collect the crystals and come back to meet me to save a bit of time after the parade.
Around 5:20 the parade music started and despite the fact that we were sitting directly opposite the gates that the parade should be coming out of nothing happened. I then suddenly realised that the parade was obviously running in the opposite direction and sure enough when I turned to look at Main Street everybody was looking up towards the Castle. Time was now getting tight as the advice was to arrive at Buffalo Bills one hour before show time to get in and enjoy the pre-show but there was nothing we could do now as the parade was coming round between us and the exit so all we could do was stand and enjoy the floats.
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