chrispitts
Earning My Ears
- Joined
- Oct 6, 2003
Having last visited "EuroDisney" (as it was back then) in about 1993, I'm now planning a revisit with my wife, mother-in-law (in-built babysitter), 2 1/2 yr old daughter, and 11 and 5 year old niece and nephew, all of whom are Disney virgins.
We thought it might be nice to go over in January, partly due to the price reduction, but also because of the advertised "Chinese New Year Fireworks".
However, having read SimonV's very comprehensive book (Simon, it's an honour to be on the same forum!), I'm a little concerned about how much is likely to close at that time. And are all the characters on duty at off-peak times? Because if we don't get to see Snow White and the Dwarves, our little girl will be stamping her feet along Main St. USA in tears...
Obviously there's the big draw of "no crowds", but, living near Drayton Manor Park (I know, I know, no comparison at all!), we know how "dead" it seems off-peak, and we don't want to be wandering around a half-closed Resort.
There is also the issue of the weather.
As I remember, quite a lot is outside (even taking into account the special "undercover route" in chapter 6 - great hint, that one!), and, particularly with the little one, I'm a little concerned about hypothermia setting in!
We'll be wrapping up warm, and stopping off for regular coffees/hot chocolates, but is the cold as big an issue as I suspect - my last visit was in mid-June, so was a very different experience.
I'm a bit worried that some of the more memorable (for me, anyway) experiences - shopping in the Turkish Bazaar, looking at the little decorative touches along Main St. etc. might be slightly less enjoyable when the heavens open and it's below freezing. And I'm not touching Excalibur if I'm likely to stick to it...!
Having said all that, I'm really looking forward to my next dose of Disney (even though it's taken 11 long years to get "It's a Small World" out of my mind..... oh-oh - here it comes again!!!) .
My final question - there was no mention in Simon's book about the Chinese fireworks - does anyone have any experience of this time of year - What is on/open? What isn't?
And I was very disappointed about the "no picnics" rule - still, it's a licence to print money, isn't it!!!
We thought it might be nice to go over in January, partly due to the price reduction, but also because of the advertised "Chinese New Year Fireworks".
However, having read SimonV's very comprehensive book (Simon, it's an honour to be on the same forum!), I'm a little concerned about how much is likely to close at that time. And are all the characters on duty at off-peak times? Because if we don't get to see Snow White and the Dwarves, our little girl will be stamping her feet along Main St. USA in tears...
Obviously there's the big draw of "no crowds", but, living near Drayton Manor Park (I know, I know, no comparison at all!), we know how "dead" it seems off-peak, and we don't want to be wandering around a half-closed Resort.
There is also the issue of the weather.
As I remember, quite a lot is outside (even taking into account the special "undercover route" in chapter 6 - great hint, that one!), and, particularly with the little one, I'm a little concerned about hypothermia setting in!
We'll be wrapping up warm, and stopping off for regular coffees/hot chocolates, but is the cold as big an issue as I suspect - my last visit was in mid-June, so was a very different experience.
I'm a bit worried that some of the more memorable (for me, anyway) experiences - shopping in the Turkish Bazaar, looking at the little decorative touches along Main St. etc. might be slightly less enjoyable when the heavens open and it's below freezing. And I'm not touching Excalibur if I'm likely to stick to it...!
Having said all that, I'm really looking forward to my next dose of Disney (even though it's taken 11 long years to get "It's a Small World" out of my mind..... oh-oh - here it comes again!!!) .
My final question - there was no mention in Simon's book about the Chinese fireworks - does anyone have any experience of this time of year - What is on/open? What isn't?
And I was very disappointed about the "no picnics" rule - still, it's a licence to print money, isn't it!!!