Could you even get a cup of tea there.
Disneyland Paris - a review
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Could you even get a cup of tea there.
DRM
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- Location
- West Yorks
When we visited Puy de Fou, My son, and myself found it highly hilarious, that during the "Medieval Show" Monsieur Le Cannonier was an absolute bell ringer for for the French look out in Monty Python & The Holy Grail, cue much talk of "I Fart in your general direction" "Your Mother Was A Hamster & Your Father Smelt Of Elderberries" along with much giggling, much to the bemusement of the French audience, who became even more baffled by calling to "Cherche La Vache" along with mooing, Mrs DRM & Daughter were not impressed either!
DRM
Guru
- Location
- West Yorks
I'm the same, I seem to get better just as we're ready to go home, but I've always found that if you at least try, then the French will tend to help you out when you become stuck for a word, and appreciate you at least having a go, the only weird place we went to in France was Alsace, where they speak French with bits of German thrown in for good measure, the buildings seem to be a more traditional German style too, with little murals on some with the German style gothic letters.
bikingdad90
Guru
We went to Disneyland Paris in the summer of last year.
My observations were:
Family T-shirts are a thing which I find weird.
Streets were clean with lots of bins, but you didn’t see many cleaners so towards the end of the day the bins were full.
Disney is very good at hiding the queues and lines for the rides and shows! You think oh that’s not too busy and how wrong you are. However once you are in you are stuck in the line!
The noise and smells eventually drive you mad. By the end of the day I was sick of the background music everywhere to avoid silence and the fake smells. I found it an assault on the senses.
Food wasn’t as expensive as I thought it would be. Agree the quality is nowhere near as good as outside Disneyland.
The gift shop however was stupidly expensive and I don’t understand the Disney hype. Apparently there are people who livestream from the store as a business, add a fee on then ship the gifts people have requested.
The shows, particularly in the Pixar studies are great. We enjoyed Frozen and the Together: a pixar adventure the most.
I enjoy music so quite liked the marching band. They come out with so much enthusiasm and passion day after day it is to be commended! Some good toe tapping tunes played.
We stayed in Village De Nature which is a European Center Parcs. The apartments were dirty and in need to repair but it served a purpose as a base for exploring Paris and Disneyland.
My observations were:
Family T-shirts are a thing which I find weird.
Streets were clean with lots of bins, but you didn’t see many cleaners so towards the end of the day the bins were full.
Disney is very good at hiding the queues and lines for the rides and shows! You think oh that’s not too busy and how wrong you are. However once you are in you are stuck in the line!
The noise and smells eventually drive you mad. By the end of the day I was sick of the background music everywhere to avoid silence and the fake smells. I found it an assault on the senses.
Food wasn’t as expensive as I thought it would be. Agree the quality is nowhere near as good as outside Disneyland.
The gift shop however was stupidly expensive and I don’t understand the Disney hype. Apparently there are people who livestream from the store as a business, add a fee on then ship the gifts people have requested.
The shows, particularly in the Pixar studies are great. We enjoyed Frozen and the Together: a pixar adventure the most.
I enjoy music so quite liked the marching band. They come out with so much enthusiasm and passion day after day it is to be commended! Some good toe tapping tunes played.
We stayed in Village De Nature which is a European Center Parcs. The apartments were dirty and in need to repair but it served a purpose as a base for exploring Paris and Disneyland.
That was another Sequoia Lodge weirdness. The hotel rooms had Earl Grey and Camomile Tea only.
I asked the concierge, and she confirmed that they do not put black tea / breakfast tea in the rooms.
I asked that as black tea is the most popular tea in both the UK and Europe was money really so tight at Disney that they were only putting tea in that few people would drink?
She agreed with me and said that they have told management many, many times. She arranged for some breakfast tea to be sent to the room. Most people were just taking it from the breakfast buffet area I later discovered.
Really weird.
roubaixtuesday
self serving virtue signaller
Complaining about French being spoken in France seems... ...une malaise Anglaise.
Being surprised that theme park food is terrible and overpriced is also, well, surprising.
Being surprised that theme park food is terrible and overpriced is also, well, surprising.
Given that area of France was part of the English empire Shirley it’s not unreasonable to expect them to speak medieval English at least.🫣
steverob
Guru
- Location
- Buckinghamshire
I would put it at about 90% chance that these were American families. Family / group / special occasion t-shirts are a HUGE thing in the US Disney parks (you'll see at least 5 or 6 groups a day wearing them) but it's rare to see them in DLP. So my guess is either it's an American family who are on holiday in Europe, or (much less likely but possible) a European family who have been to the US, seen this idea, liked it and have imported it.
