dhidra
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Jan 19, 2014
Day 3
Today was Studios day! We were at the gates before 9:30am and there were plenty of people ahead of us. My Mam headed for Ratatouille to queue for FPs initially. There was huge crowds heading towards the Rat area and she didn't know which queue to in but eventually she found the FP queue.
The rest of us went into Toy Story Playland and waited at the entrance of the Parachutes for it to open. It opened shortly after 10 and we got on the first ride of the day. DS hates this in the last trip but was happy to go on it this time. Once he was on it though he remembered he didn't like it! Oops!
After that we went to find Mam at Ratatouille. The area is so pretty, I loved it! My Mam was very impressed with the toilets and any time anyone wanted to go to the toilet all day she suggested going back there! :-D
The Ratatouille queues hadn't moved (an hour at this stage) so Mam went to ask a CM what was happening. The ride was closed and they didn't know when it would open. :-( I completely understand that rides break down unexpectedly and need to be fixed, but I can't understand how the CMs let people queue without telling them the situation. Only that Mam asked, she could have been left queuing longer. We were fairly disappointed and a bit annoyed.
After a stop off at Scream Academy, we decided to get some other FPs instead so I got 3 for Tower of Terror and 4 for Rock n' Rollercoaster. There was a short queue for Flying Carpets so we went on that. The carpet I was on wouldn't go up and down so when the ride was over I told the CM and had another turn on a different carpet. The carpet I had been on then worked with other people in it but a different one didn't! Very strange!
Cinemagique was on in 10 mins so we went in to see that. I wasn't sure what the kids would make of it as I hadn't seen it before. They loved it, as did the adults! Very clever and funny. It was over at 12pm, so just in time for Stars n Cars.
I really didn't like the circle format for this. It was a bit chaotic, with lots of pushing and shoving. The kids really wanted to meet Remy but couldn't get near him. They did get to meet Emile, but I was getting a bit stressed at this stage.
I brought DS1 into the disabled area just as the characters were changing over. It was much calmer in there and we had a stroke of luck as Stitch came over. He was great fun and was joking around with Jafar. DS1 had his Stitch hat on and got great attention from him. He was thrilled. We even got a selfie.
My sister, mam and the rest of the kids met Woody & Jessie.
It was time to use the TOT FPs so I brought my nieces on it. DN2 hadn't stopped talking about it since she had seen it in the distance the day before! I wasn't sure if she would like it but she LOVED it! Little daredevil! DN2 wasn't so keen!
Meanwhile, mam brought the two boys to the disabled area of Stars n Cars and my sister went for a wander. The boys met Woody & Jessie again, Donald and Dale.
I was going to bring the girls on RnR but we didn't have enough time as we had a lunch reservation for Bistro Chez Remy.
Chez Remy, what can I say, it was fabulous! The theming is amazeballs! We had a lovely waiter (forget his name!) and the food was really tasty. The adults had the Emile menu and the kids had the little chef menu. Everything was eaten! The kids' desserts had their names written on the plates which was a nice touch. The adults had a lovely wine called Gris Blanc which was very reasonable at €20.99. When we were leaving (after about 2.5 hours!), I gave our waiter a tip, and afterwards I found out that my mam had too! Great minds! :-D
Unfortunately the Ratatouille ride was still closed. We did a bit of shopping in Chez Marianne which is a cute little shop. I got some lovely Alice in Wonderland bits and my niece got a Remy teddy who then had to come on all the rides with us!
We caught the last showing of the day of Animagique. I was looking forward to this one and it didn't disappoint. We sat in the front row. It's a fun show. When we came out, we had a stroke of luck - Stitch Live! was just about to start in English. Me and the boys love this and I knew that the girls would too. DN2 got picked out at the start and Stitch asked her her name, age, where she was from and if she had a boyfriend! Then DS2 got picked out for having the best monkey face! I think it was because he had his Stitch hat on. Along with meeting Stitch earlier in the day, this was a real nightlight of the trip for us. He was absolutely delighted.
Next up was Slinky Dog. Short queue. The park seemed to be emptying. DS2 was braver than the last trip and really enjoyed Slinky! We checked on Ratatouille again but it was still closed. There was no queue for Cars Rally so we had a go on that. It was faster than I remembered!
A bit more shopping in Studio One where DS1 got a Stitch teddy and we picked up some postcards. Then it was on to the Lego store. We didn't stay long as we wanted to catch the 19:55 bus but the kids would happily have stayed for hours! Once back at the apartment we all had a bit of supper and were in bed early enough. We wanted to get the first bus in in the morning.
Today was Studios day! We were at the gates before 9:30am and there were plenty of people ahead of us. My Mam headed for Ratatouille to queue for FPs initially. There was huge crowds heading towards the Rat area and she didn't know which queue to in but eventually she found the FP queue.
The rest of us went into Toy Story Playland and waited at the entrance of the Parachutes for it to open. It opened shortly after 10 and we got on the first ride of the day. DS hates this in the last trip but was happy to go on it this time. Once he was on it though he remembered he didn't like it! Oops!
After that we went to find Mam at Ratatouille. The area is so pretty, I loved it! My Mam was very impressed with the toilets and any time anyone wanted to go to the toilet all day she suggested going back there! :-D
The Ratatouille queues hadn't moved (an hour at this stage) so Mam went to ask a CM what was happening. The ride was closed and they didn't know when it would open. :-( I completely understand that rides break down unexpectedly and need to be fixed, but I can't understand how the CMs let people queue without telling them the situation. Only that Mam asked, she could have been left queuing longer. We were fairly disappointed and a bit annoyed.
After a stop off at Scream Academy, we decided to get some other FPs instead so I got 3 for Tower of Terror and 4 for Rock n' Rollercoaster. There was a short queue for Flying Carpets so we went on that. The carpet I was on wouldn't go up and down so when the ride was over I told the CM and had another turn on a different carpet. The carpet I had been on then worked with other people in it but a different one didn't! Very strange!
Cinemagique was on in 10 mins so we went in to see that. I wasn't sure what the kids would make of it as I hadn't seen it before. They loved it, as did the adults! Very clever and funny. It was over at 12pm, so just in time for Stars n Cars.
I really didn't like the circle format for this. It was a bit chaotic, with lots of pushing and shoving. The kids really wanted to meet Remy but couldn't get near him. They did get to meet Emile, but I was getting a bit stressed at this stage.
I brought DS1 into the disabled area just as the characters were changing over. It was much calmer in there and we had a stroke of luck as Stitch came over. He was great fun and was joking around with Jafar. DS1 had his Stitch hat on and got great attention from him. He was thrilled. We even got a selfie.
My sister, mam and the rest of the kids met Woody & Jessie.
It was time to use the TOT FPs so I brought my nieces on it. DN2 hadn't stopped talking about it since she had seen it in the distance the day before! I wasn't sure if she would like it but she LOVED it! Little daredevil! DN2 wasn't so keen!
Meanwhile, mam brought the two boys to the disabled area of Stars n Cars and my sister went for a wander. The boys met Woody & Jessie again, Donald and Dale.
I was going to bring the girls on RnR but we didn't have enough time as we had a lunch reservation for Bistro Chez Remy.
Chez Remy, what can I say, it was fabulous! The theming is amazeballs! We had a lovely waiter (forget his name!) and the food was really tasty. The adults had the Emile menu and the kids had the little chef menu. Everything was eaten! The kids' desserts had their names written on the plates which was a nice touch. The adults had a lovely wine called Gris Blanc which was very reasonable at €20.99. When we were leaving (after about 2.5 hours!), I gave our waiter a tip, and afterwards I found out that my mam had too! Great minds! :-D
Unfortunately the Ratatouille ride was still closed. We did a bit of shopping in Chez Marianne which is a cute little shop. I got some lovely Alice in Wonderland bits and my niece got a Remy teddy who then had to come on all the rides with us!
We caught the last showing of the day of Animagique. I was looking forward to this one and it didn't disappoint. We sat in the front row. It's a fun show. When we came out, we had a stroke of luck - Stitch Live! was just about to start in English. Me and the boys love this and I knew that the girls would too. DN2 got picked out at the start and Stitch asked her her name, age, where she was from and if she had a boyfriend! Then DS2 got picked out for having the best monkey face! I think it was because he had his Stitch hat on. Along with meeting Stitch earlier in the day, this was a real nightlight of the trip for us. He was absolutely delighted.
Next up was Slinky Dog. Short queue. The park seemed to be emptying. DS2 was braver than the last trip and really enjoyed Slinky! We checked on Ratatouille again but it was still closed. There was no queue for Cars Rally so we had a go on that. It was faster than I remembered!
A bit more shopping in Studio One where DS1 got a Stitch teddy and we picked up some postcards. Then it was on to the Lego store. We didn't stay long as we wanted to catch the 19:55 bus but the kids would happily have stayed for hours! Once back at the apartment we all had a bit of supper and were in bed early enough. We wanted to get the first bus in in the morning.
There was a queue outside the FP queue for Ratatouille but it moved quickly and we were on the ride in about 15mins. While queueing I noticed that there were more FPs available for 
The photos of Auberge and the PP are lovely 
