Now, I was going to write a long boring breakdown of every moment, but I've gotten the dumb idea of writing a story inspired by it instead. I don't suppose it will be any good but I am quite enjoying doing it at the moment. I don't suppose that will last, but whilst it does I'm going to spend my time on that instead.
So, here is a quick run down of our little holiday...
We stayed in a hotel in London last Sunday and travelled to Disneyland on the Eurostar from St Pancras on Monday morning. We took the Eurostar from London last time we went to Disneyland (from Waterloo that time I think) and found it to be so quick and easy that I didn't really think to hard about travel options. Or the fact that we had Zack with us this time. If I'd had any sense, I think I would have arranged to drive to Ashford in Kent and take the Eurostar from then.
But it was fine and Zack was an angel on the train there. He also had no idea what was going on. Until we got to the hotel to find Minnie Mouse dancing in the lobby. Then he had absolutely no idea what was going on but seemed to understand it must all be a Good Thing.
Check in - quick shuttle bus ride back to the park - scare boy out of his wits.
Yes confession time: we terrified our not-yet-two year old boy by taking him on a ride where it all got a bit dark and scary. And yes, this was the first thing we did when we got to the park. In our defence, we only made this mistake once. On each day.
Rides we shouldn't have taken Zack on:
Day 1 - Blanche-Neige et les Sept Nains (I have just discovered that in the Californian park, this ride is called Snow White's Scary Adventures!)
Day 2 - Peter Pan's Flight (not really scary, just dark in places)
Day 3 - Pirates of the Caribbean (scarier than I remembered it being!)
[Before Vicky reads this and makes me do it, I'm adding this note clarifying it was all, entirely, my fault ;o) ]
Never mind. Each fright was successfully remedied with help from a ride on Dumbo the Flying Elephant. The Dumbo ride was absolutely Zack's favourite. Apparently a bit scared of the dark but not of high or fast moving rides; this at least gives me hope that, at some point in the future, I will no longer have to queue for all the best rides on my own!
The other highlight for Zack was definitely meeting all the characters, and he did meet, kiss and cuddle all of his favourites.
All in all it was a great trip and Zack had a terrific time. We were blessed with beautiful sunshine and my only other regret was (a) shaving my head just before we left, and (b) not taking a hat. The burning has now eased though I'm still rather flaky. *eeew* ;o)
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