Aha! I have just this minute completed our November WDW trip report, which I'd endeavoured to finish months ago, but it's been a somewhat busy few months, so it took longer than planned, which is really a positive thing, as it means we're really close to our next trip now. So I'm sure anyone who reads my reports knows that I can't resist a good preamble, even though I'm sure you all know who we are by now. I'll try to keep it as brief as possible.
Introductions:
So, we are Lauren and Bob, tattooed, Scottish, geeky, eclectic, vegan couple, both thoroughly obsessed with Disney and all its magic. This is us a few months ago at my cousin's wedding.
Aren't we cute? 
Anyway, those who have been following our last report will know that we went to WDW a few months before my 30th birthday as a treat. It was our second trip to WDW as adults, and we still love it! Have a bonus photo from our last trip.
So, we were all set to return to WDW in October this year, but when we returned to the UK, something amazing happened. About a month after we'd come back, right before Christmas, I came bursting into the living room, shaking and crying, telling Bob I was pregnant. We'd been hoping for a long time, and this was basically the best Christmas/post-Disney gift we could have dreamed we'd receive.
I'm currently almost 22 weeks pregnant, and given that I'm due in August, we felt that the best move for us was to forego WDW this year, and so that we weren't missing out on Disney, we booked ourselves a bargain trip to DLP in May!
Trip details:
Moving swiftly onwards, we last visited DLP in March last year, and while we loved staying on property in the Cheyenne, we decided to save a bit of money and stay off-property in one of the partner hotels this time. I quickly decided that I wanted to stay in the Dream Castle hotel. It's really pretty. Here it is, for anyone who is interested.
Instead of booking tickets, I worked out it was cheaper to get us annual passes (we went for the Fantasy pass, which doesn't work every day of the year, but on most). And all that was left to do was plan our itinerary. So without further ado, here it is!
Itinerary:
Day 1 (2nd May): Our flight leaves Glasgow at 10.50am, so after leaving the cat some food for the morning (she has a cat-sitter who comes in and feeds her each day when we are away), we'll get a taxi to the airport, probably grab coffee and a snack at Starbucks, and catch our flight to Paris. We usually buy sandwiches and eat them on the plane or at the airport to ensure we have something we can eat. We arrive at at 1.45pm in Paris, and then we'll get the RER train to Disney and the shuttle to our hotel! Then we'll be in the magic and I'll no doubt be buzzing with excitement. After we've checked in, dropped off the cases and had a rest, we'll head to Sequoia Lodge (one of the Disney hotels) for our ADR at Hunter's Grill buffet. I might be exhausted after dinner, being pregnant, so we'll see how we feel and if we're tired, we'll go back to the hotel and get an early night.
Day 2 (3rd May): This is our first full day at Disney. First up, we'll go down to the hotel's breakfast buffet (included with our room) and have some bread, jam, fruit etc, before getting the bus to the main Disney park. First stop will likely be to exchange our temporary paper passes for the proper annual passes, then we need to go to guest services and get my pink pregnancy pass, that basically means I don't have to queue on any rides I'm allowed to experience. We don't have a rigid plan in place, as there are only so many attractions I'm able to do, plus I'll be tired, so we'll probably just take the day as it comes, enjoying the atmosphere and going on a few rides. I'd like to get a good few character meets in if we can, although I think I still need to queue for these, so it will depend how long the lines are. We're hoping to grab a quick service lunch at Fuente Del Oro (a Mexican place) if it's open. For dinner, we'll grab vegan burgers at Annette's Diner in the village. After that, we might grab a non-alcoholic cocktail in the village, or just head back to the hotel if we're tired.
Day 3 (4th May): We're hoping to head into the centre of Paris on this day, so it'll be a quick breakfast in the hotel, then we'll get the train, which takes about an hour, to the centre. We'll get the Metro to the Marais as we want to visit the d'Orsay museum, which we missed last time, as it was closed. We'll grab falafel for lunch, and then maybe try to track down a rumoured vegan cake place. We'll probably just spend the day chilling in the Marais, then get burgers at Hank's Vegan Burger, and if I'm not too tired, maybe head to Montmartre in the evening for a walk, before getting the train back to Disney and going to bed.
Day 4 (5th May): After breakfast at the hotel, we'll head to the Studios park to do the few attractions I'm allowed on there, and then grab sandwiches at Blockbuster Cafe for lunch. In the afternoon, I'm hoping to get the train to a local shopping centre called Val d'Europe for a wander, then we'll come back to Disney and head to the Studios park for our reservation at Chez Remy. This restaurant is meant to simulate the dining experience of the rats in Ratatouille, so all the furniture is giant-sized! I'm excited to visit. After that, we might get a non-alcoholic cocktail or other drink in the village, then back to the hotel.
Day 5 (6th May): After breakfast, we'll go back over to the main park to do any attractions we've missed. We're having buffet lunch at Cafe Agrabah at 12pm, which will be amazing, cause this place is vegan heaven. We'll do anything else we've missed, then have dinner at Blue Lagoon at 6pm, and then we're hoping to catch Dreams if we haven't seen it already.
Day 6 (7th May): This is our last day, and our annual passes don't work in the parks on this day, so we're going to spend the morning doing some last minute shopping in the village, grab some sandwiches at Earl of Sandwich, and then head to the airport to get our flight home.
So that's it folks, short, sweet, and very different to our previous trips seeing as how we'll have baby bump in tow. That said, I'm really looking forward to it. Watch this space for photos and updates on Facebook, and I'll let you all know how we got on when we get back.
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