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Disneyland Paris runDisney 2017 Diary Day 2 – The runDisney 10K
A 4:30am alarm?! Must be a runDisney race day. Getting up and motivated at this time in the morning was never going to be easy, but I just kept the thought of my second shiny medal in mind. Entering the events arena just before 6am, runners were divided into their corrals A, B or C, all leading out back on to Avenue Paul Seramy and up towards the roundabout where a stage had been set up and a DJ was waiting to entertain us for the next hour. Big screens showed…
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Disney FanDaze in Disneyland Paris – The Event, The Announcement, The Future
Though I had great fun experiencing Halloween this past weekend, that wasn’t the main reason I was there, as the Disney FanDaze announcement event was what saw me take off to Disneyland Paris once again. Like everyone else I knew very little going in, but had guessed that it would be focused on characters based on the teases put out by Disneyland Paris on social media. I was to be at Walt Disney Studios at 8.30pm on Saturday September 30th and all would be revealed! We had a pre presentation drink…
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How Far Do You Walk in Disneyland Paris?
We always come back from Disneyland Paris quite tired, but that’s entirely our own fault. We don’t plan our stays, so our navigation of the resort is on a what do we feel like doing now? basis. This means that we could be in the far corner of Adventureland and decide we want to ride Star Tours in Discoveryland, or go from Phantom Manor to Casey Jr le Petit Train du Cirque. This isn’t the most efficient use of time, but we’ve never been planners – feels too much like work.…
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From Fear to Obsession – How Big Thunder Mountain in Disneyland Paris Changed Me
Back in November 2012 I wrote an article titled I Finally Rode Big Thunder Mountain in Disneyland Paris, in which I described the first time and only time I’d been on Big Thunder Mountain before our trip last week. Reading back and the line I distinctly remember actually smiling and dare I say, almost enjoying some of the exhilarating journey baffles me somewhat. Either that was bravado on my part or that feeling disappeared pretty fast, because that’s news to me almost 5 years on! I also said that I’d ride…
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Top 10 Things To Look Forward to at Disneyland Paris this Summer
10) Big Thunder Mountain This is a maybe at the moment, as my son isn’t sure he wants to ride it. For years he was too small, then when he grew tall enough the ride went down for refurbishment for a year. Now it’s back up, some of the time, the nerves have kicked in and when I last asked him he wasn’t keen. He’s a bit like me, in that my last and only ride on Big Thunder Mountain was back in 2012 and whilst I wouldn’t call the experience…
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The Disneyland Paris 25th Anniversary Grand Celebration – World Class, and a Look Into The Future?
I couldn’t be at the official 25th anniversary of Disneyland Paris yesterday for a number of reasons, but thanks to some live streaming from Disneyland Paris themselves and some excellent coverage from fans in attendance, I managed to see a lot of what went on. It all started with the Grand Celebration of 25 Years show in the morning, that rumour had it would be big, and involve a lot of characters. Nothing could prepare us for what we saw, and while I didn’t get to soak up the atmosphere of…
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