A Very Merry X-mas Trip Report *All Finished* Day 4, P.3 - The DIS Discussion Forums

the_princess · 12-20-2007, 04:36 AM

I finally got my pics online and are now ready to tell you all about our great trip.

When: 11-14th of dec '07
Where: Santa Fe (It had to be a cheap trip)
Who: Me: Stephanie, My mum: Maj-britt.

My mum stayed over at my place from Monday to Tuesday because we our flight was in the morning Tuesday and I live right next to Copenhagen Airport. We got to the airport early cause you never know how long the lines are. Luckily everything went smooth and we had plenty of time to enjoy the best thing about Copenhagen airport: STARBUCKS

Before you think: WHY???? Let me tell you that the only Starbucks in Scandinavia is placed at CPH Airport, that's why!!!

We had a bit of breakfast and then it was time to go. We went with SAS, not that we like them ( or their security!) but they were cheap.
When we arrived at Charles Du Gaulle we went streaight to the Vea busses where we had to wait.... and wait.... and wait. Suddenly this guy came up to us and asked if we wanted to go by taxi, same price as Vea. Well why not, we would get their faster. My mum hated this, she didn't like the fact that we had to drive with this stranger who where driving way too fast while speaking on his phone, but we survived and got to Santa Fe.

About the hotel: We didn't like it. It's a nice family hotel but not our style at all (ok we like luxury and since you get what you pay for, we didn't get that at Santa Fe) When we booked it, we didn't think that it would matter, but it did.
However the surroundings were nice (does anyone know if the cactus is real?) and you can easily walk to the parks, just remember to cross the bridge by the hotel, then the walk is shorter.

Then we went to the main park. It was beautiful with all the christmas decoration. I think the pics say it all.

We watched the Once Upon a Dream - parade which was lovely. I like the fact that they have so many different characters in it.

Unfortunately my camera doesn't take very good night pics, so the next couple of pics won't be that good.
In the evening we got ready for the Candlecelebration. It was amazing, it's a shame that you can't see it on the pics, but it was fab.

The whole park was so beautiful in the dark. Frontier and Adventureland was quite dark which made a nice contrast to Main Street which was lit up.

I love these pics of Walt

Wow, this trip report ended up getting a lot longer then planned. Hope some of you still are with me.
Sorry for spelling mistakes and wrong gramma (English is not my first langues)

Next up: Day 2, Paris City

maleficent_man · 12-20-2007, 04:57 AM

Great report - love the pics!

kevankiki · 12-20-2007, 05:44 AM

Great report, thanks for getting me into the Disney Christmas mood for next week!

For what it's worth, I would never have guessed that English was not your first language!!!

marcus.ka · 12-20-2007, 07:08 AM

Great pictures. DLRP with blue sky is the best you can get.

tink,too · 12-20-2007, 02:24 PM

Love you photos - thanks for sharing.

Cyrano · 12-20-2007, 04:39 PM

Hearing about CPH took me back to my days traveling through to Sweden

Absolutely wonderful photographs and report. Looking forward to the next installments

Ware Bears · 12-21-2007, 06:08 PM

Lovely report.

Please don't apologise!! Your English is excellent!!

I feel very ashamed that although I studied both French and German at school I don't seem to recall much of either

yet you can write a long report in another language.

Your photos are wonderful

looking forward to the next day.

klokkeblomst · 12-22-2007, 11:02 AM

Lovely pics!!! It really gets me in the christmas mood... Didn't you go on any rides the first day???

A Small World · 12-22-2007, 11:10 AM

Wonderful photos. We've stayed at Santa Fe twice and quite liked it but it was literally only a place to shower and sleep - very basic. As you say if you like luxury it is not the best place to stay.

MJ_always · 12-23-2007, 07:06 AM

Great report! Sounds like you had a brill time and the photos are beautiful. The 'Once Upon A Dream' parade is amazing isnt it. I loved all the floats.

luv
#ashleigh#

the_princess · 12-23-2007, 08:27 AM

Thanks for reading everyone

Quote:

Originally Posted by klokkeblomst

Lovely pics!!! It really gets me in the christmas mood... Didn't you go on any rides the first day???

Yeah we did POTC (one of my favourite rides in the main park) We also went on Peter Pan and I wanted to go on Space Mountain but it was closed

The waiting times were about 5-10 min....

the_princess · 12-29-2007, 05:10 AM

Day 2!!!

We woke up early when the phone rang, it was Goofy

We had breakfast cards for 7.30 every day cause we didn't want to miss EMH at 8. Today that didn't really matter cause we were going to Paris. Even though we've been to DLP so many times and always talked about doing a daytrip to Paris, this was the first time we did it.
The train system around Paris is quite easy to figure out, so no problems there. When we first left the station we were quite lost but we finally got to Louvre.

After Louvre we walked down Champs Elysées to Arc de Triomphe. On the way we went into the big Disney Store.

They had so many cute things in there. We don't have a Disney Store in Denmark, so this was a new thing to see as well.

And then to my favourite building in the whole world: Tour Eiffel.

When it got dark we went back to Champs Elysées to see the christmas light and have dinner and then it was time to head back to DLP.

We were both exhausted after all the walking ( We didn't use the metro, but walked to everything)
This was also the day that I got my knee injury which still hurts a lot. It turned out to be an infection under the kneecap so I had to take loads of painkillers to be able to walk at all

But overall a very good day!

NIK · 12-29-2007, 05:40 AM

What fantastic pictures

Ware Bears · 12-30-2007, 06:42 AM

What fabulous pictures

I hope your knee is better now.

klokkeblomst · 01-01-2008, 04:07 PM

Looking forward to hearing the rest of your trip report

12-20-2007, 04:36 AM	#1
the_princess DIS Veteran Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Denmark Posts: 2,287	*A Very Merry X-mas Trip Report All Finished* Day 4, P.3 I finally got my pics online and are now ready to tell you all about our great trip. When: 11-14th of dec '07 Where: Santa Fe (It had to be a cheap trip) Who: Me: Stephanie, My mum: Maj-britt. My mum stayed over at my place from Monday to Tuesday because we our flight was in the morning Tuesday and I live right next to Copenhagen Airport. We got to the airport early cause you never know how long the lines are. Luckily everything went smooth and we had plenty of time to enjoy the best thing about Copenhagen airport: STARBUCKS Before you think: WHY???? Let me tell you that the only Starbucks in Scandinavia is placed at CPH Airport, that's why!!! We had a bit of breakfast and then it was time to go. We went with SAS, not that we like them ( or their security!) but they were cheap. When we arrived at Charles Du Gaulle we went streaight to the Vea busses where we had to wait.... and wait.... and wait. Suddenly this guy came up to us and asked if we wanted to go by taxi, same price as Vea. Well why not, we would get their faster. My mum hated this, she didn't like the fact that we had to drive with this stranger who where driving way too fast while speaking on his phone, but we survived and got to Santa Fe. About the hotel: We didn't like it. It's a nice family hotel but not our style at all (ok we like luxury and since you get what you pay for, we didn't get that at Santa Fe) When we booked it, we didn't think that it would matter, but it did. However the surroundings were nice (does anyone know if the cactus is real?) and you can easily walk to the parks, just remember to cross the bridge by the hotel, then the walk is shorter. Then we went to the main park. It was beautiful with all the christmas decoration. I think the pics say it all. We watched the Once Upon a Dream - parade which was lovely. I like the fact that they have so many different characters in it. Unfortunately my camera doesn't take very good night pics, so the next couple of pics won't be that good. In the evening we got ready for the Candlecelebration. It was amazing, it's a shame that you can't see it on the pics, but it was fab. The whole park was so beautiful in the dark. Frontier and Adventureland was quite dark which made a nice contrast to Main Street which was lit up. I love these pics of Walt Wow, this trip report ended up getting a lot longer then planned. Hope some of you still are with me. Sorry for spelling mistakes and wrong gramma (English is not my first langues) Next up: Day 2, Paris City __________________ Stephanie** Twitter: @stepher83 MY DISNEY PICTURES: WDW & WWOHP Dec '11: http://billeder.stepher.dk/#26.0 WDW & SW Feb '13: http://billeder.stepher.dk/#30.0 MY DISNEY STAYS: July '03-DLP Dec '03-DLP NPBC Sep '04-DLP SL Sep '05-DLP HNY Mar '07-WDW Offside (Comfort Inn) Dec '07-DLP SF Feb '08-DLP SL Oct '08-WDW Renaissance Resort SeaWorld, AKL & POR May '09-DLP SL Dec '09-DLP HNY July '10-DLR DLH Feb '11-DLP DLH Dec'11-WDW POR August'12-DLP.Jan'13-DLP Chyenne Feb'13-WDW POR Last edited by the_princess; 01-27-2008 at 01:01 PM.

12-20-2007, 04:57 AM	#2
maleficent_man DIS Veteran Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Stirling, Scotland Posts: 1,776	Great report - love the pics! __________________ 1986 - WDW - Off site 1999 - WDW - Off site; 2000 - WDW - Off site/All Star Music; 2001 - Disneyland California - Off site; 2002 - Disneyland Paris - Santa Fe; 2003 - WDW - 4th July - Off site 2004 - Disneyland Paris - Christmas/New Year Cheyenne; 2005 - WDW - Off site/AKL (June); 2005 - Disneyland Paris - Halloween - Kyriad (Oct); 2005 - Disneyland Paris - Christmas/New Year - Kyriad; 2006 - WDW - POP/Hard Rock Hotel/WL (Concierge)/ASMO (June); 2006 - WDW Christmas and New Year 06 POP, Royal Pacific Resort, WDW Dolphin, POP, POR; 2007 - Disneyland Paris - Kyriad (April); 2007 - Disneyland Paris - BSG (June); 2007 - Disneyland Paris - BSG (October); 2007 - Disneyland Paris - BSG (Christmas & New Year); 2008 - Disneyland Paris - Val D'Europe (April); 2008 - Disneyland Paris - Val D'Europe (August); 2008 - Disneyland Paris - Val D'Europe (October); 2009 - WDW Honeymoon AKL/Royal Pacific/POP (July); 2010 - Disneyland Paris - Val D'Europe (August); 2010 - Disneyland Paris - Kyriad (October)

12-20-2007, 05:44 AM	#3
kevankiki DIS Veteran Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Hampshire, UK Posts: 1,233	Great report, thanks for getting me into the Disney Christmas mood for next week! For what it's worth, I would never have guessed that English was not your first language!!! __________________ Annette Disneyland California August 1998 & Christmas 2000 Disneyland Resort Paris March 06, Easter & Christmas 07, Easter, Halloween & Christmas 08, February 09, June 2010

12-20-2007, 07:08 AM	#4
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12-20-2007, 04:39 PM	#6
Cyrano Disney VIP Anyone for haggis Aren't we all a cagey lot Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: 6,800Km from our happy place Posts: 30,615	Hearing about CPH took me back to my days traveling through to Sweden Absolutely wonderful photographs and report. Looking forward to the next installments __________________ Reid Theme Park Attractions & Strategies board 4th - 25th July 2013 2 weeks OKW/ 1 week RPR Twelve highlanders and a bagpipe make a rebellion.

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12-20-2007, 02:24 PM	#5
tink,too DIS Veteran Join Date: May 2005 Location: Scotland Posts: 4,598	Love you photos - thanks for sharing.

12-21-2007, 06:08 PM	#7
Ware Bears Elvis Fan Fridge Magnet hoarder Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: England's Sunny South Coast Posts: 26,577	Lovely report. Please don't apologise!! Your English is excellent!! I feel very ashamed that although I studied both French and German at school I don't seem to recall much of either yet you can write a long report in another language. Your photos are wonderful looking forward to the next day. __________________ Elaine WDW Holiday Inn Nikki Bird Easter 2004 DLP Explorers August 2005 DLP Explorers Christmas 2005 DLP Explorers August 2006 WDW Comfort Suites Maingate East/Grand Plaza, St Pete Beach Easter 2007 DLP Explorers Halloween 2007 DLP Explorers August 2008 WDW Comfort Suites Maingate East/Disney Wonder/Yacht Club Christmas 2009 New Year 2010 DLP Disneyland Hotel May 2011 DLP Newport Bay Club August 2012 Moderator Disneyland Paris

12-22-2007, 11:02 AM	#8
klokkeblomst Earning My Ears Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Neverland Posts: 57	Lovely pics!!! It really gets me in the christmas mood... Didn't you go on any rides the first day??? __________________

12-22-2007, 11:10 AM	#9
A Small World I always like to give a little royal wave whilst Im up there Not even looking at it til I get some housework done Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Lancashire Posts: 14,918	Wonderful photos. We've stayed at Santa Fe twice and quite liked it but it was literally only a place to shower and sleep - very basic. As you say if you like luxury it is not the best place to stay. __________________ WDW - Christmas 1991 -Off site; WDW - Christmas 1992 -Off site; WDW - Summer 1996 - All Stars; WDW - Summer 2003 -All Stars; DLP - Easter 2006- Santa Fe; DLP- Easter 2007 - Santa Fe + Explorers; DLP - Summer 2007 - Holiday Inn; DLP - Christmas 2007 -DCR; DLP - Easter 2008 - Cheyenne; DLP Summer 2008 Explorers + Sequoia Lodge; Nov 09 DDs surprise birthday trip- Kyriad; Feb2009 Disneyland Hotel; Easter 09 Kyriad; Summer 09 Newport Bay; Oct 10- DL ; Dec 11 - DL

12-23-2007, 07:06 AM	#10
MJ_always DIS Veteran Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Newcastle Upon Tyne Posts: 550	Great report! Sounds like you had a brill time and the photos are beautiful. The 'Once Upon A Dream' parade is amazing isnt it. I loved all the floats. luv #ashleigh# __________________ DLRP- December 07, Sequoia Lodge DLRP-September 08, Newport Bay Club DLRP-September 09, Newport Bay Club. ...DLRP-September 2012, Newport Bay Club...

12-29-2007, 05:10 AM	#12
the_princess DIS Veteran Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Denmark Posts: 2,287	Day 2 - Paris Day 2!!! We woke up early when the phone rang, it was Goofy We had breakfast cards for 7.30 every day cause we didn't want to miss EMH at 8. Today that didn't really matter cause we were going to Paris. Even though we've been to DLP so many times and always talked about doing a daytrip to Paris, this was the first time we did it. The train system around Paris is quite easy to figure out, so no problems there. When we first left the station we were quite lost but we finally got to Louvre. After Louvre we walked down Champs Elysées to Arc de Triomphe. On the way we went into the big Disney Store. They had so many cute things in there. We don't have a Disney Store in Denmark, so this was a new thing to see as well. And then to my favourite building in the whole world: Tour Eiffel. When it got dark we went back to Champs Elysées to see the christmas light and have dinner and then it was time to head back to DLP. We were both exhausted after all the walking ( We didn't use the metro, but walked to everything) This was also the day that I got my knee injury which still hurts a lot. It turned out to be an infection under the kneecap so I had to take loads of painkillers to be able to walk at all But overall a very good day! __________________ Stephanie Twitter: @stepher83 MY DISNEY PICTURES: WDW & WWOHP Dec '11: http://billeder.stepher.dk/#26.0 WDW & SW Feb '13: http://billeder.stepher.dk/#30.0 MY DISNEY STAYS: July '03-DLP Dec '03-DLP NPBC Sep '04-DLP SL Sep '05-DLP HNY Mar '07-WDW Offside (Comfort Inn) Dec '07-DLP SF Feb '08-DLP SL Oct '08-WDW Renaissance Resort SeaWorld, AKL & POR May '09-DLP SL Dec '09-DLP HNY July '10-DLR DLH Feb '11-DLP DLH Dec'11-WDW POR August'12-DLP.Jan'13-DLP Chyenne Feb'13-WDW POR

12-29-2007, 05:40 AM	#13
NIK Compulsive plannerin two minds Monstro or Blue Fairy? Join Date: May 2004 Location: Peterborough UK Posts: 1,049	What fantastic pictures __________________ In Ancient Egypt Cats were worshipped as Gods. My cat has never let me forget this Next visit? This year next year sometime never :

12-30-2007, 06:42 AM	#14
Ware Bears Elvis Fan Fridge Magnet hoarder Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: England's Sunny South Coast Posts: 26,577	What fabulous pictures I hope your knee is better now. __________________ Elaine WDW Holiday Inn Nikki Bird Easter 2004 DLP Explorers August 2005 DLP Explorers Christmas 2005 DLP Explorers August 2006 WDW Comfort Suites Maingate East/Grand Plaza, St Pete Beach Easter 2007 DLP Explorers Halloween 2007 DLP Explorers August 2008 WDW Comfort Suites Maingate East/Disney Wonder/Yacht Club Christmas 2009 New Year 2010 DLP Disneyland Hotel May 2011 DLP Newport Bay Club August 2012 Moderator Disneyland Paris

01-01-2008, 04:07 PM	#15
klokkeblomst Earning My Ears Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Neverland Posts: 57	Looking forward to hearing the rest of your trip report __________________

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