Friday, August 22, 2014

Our stay at Disneyland

We arrived at our accommodation the Disney's Paradise Pier Hotel after a long day at Universal Studios.
We had booked a transfer through our travel agent and they arrived promptly. The driver was terrible, we thought we would not arrive in one piece. After an hour and a half we were there.

This hotel was one of the cheaper ones to select on the Disney website when I booked our package stay. It was not great and the restaurant was not very good. One day we wandered down to breakfast as you do at a hotel only to be told that there was a 40 minute wait for a table. Never seen that before at a hotel! I should have booked the Grand Californian which was nicer but more expensive. Oh well.....
We had two days at the the parks so we decided to go there in the mornings and evenings and return to our hotel for a rest in the afternoons. That was a good idea because we were so tired. 
Michael enjoyed Cars land at the Grand  California Adventure Park and went on some rides and saw his favourite places in Radiator Springs. Even though he is ten years old and says he doesn't like Cars anymore, he was still very excited to  be in Radiator Springs!





On the first night we returned to the park to watch the World of Colour water show. 
We had secured a 'fast pass' earlier in the day and returned at the designated time to get our spot for the show. We lined up for over an hour even with the fast pass and then found a spot. After another hour the show started.and it was really good. 


After the show we headed back to our hotel to sleep. 

On the second day we looked around Disneylsnd. I preferred this park to the first one. We want on lots of rides and checked out various attractions. It was a good day.

We had dinner at Naples Restauramt in the Dowmtown Disney District. I would recommend this restaurant if you go to Disneyland. The pizza is excellent and authentic.
The downtown Disney district is really cool for shopping. It's a hive of activity and it's not even in the park!. 




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