DISNEYLAND PARIS V.I.P TRIP!

DISNEYLAND PARIS V.I.P TRIP!

Well for those of you who don't know, I won a V.I.P trip to Disneyland Paris with AttractionTix!!!

The moment I saw the post on their facebook page saying that you could win this trip I knew I had to put effort into attempting to win such an amazing prize.

The brief was to film a video with only 2 main components. Firstly, you had to say which Disney character was your favourite as a child and why. And then secondly, you had to do an impression of that character.

When I was around the age of 3, Snow White was my favourite character. She was the Princess I aspired to be and would re-watch the film over and over and over again. So she was the character I chose for the video. I brainstormed a few ideas on a Microsoft Word document. My first option was to make up a song (which I had done previously for a different competition to win a trip to Disneyland which unfortunately I didn't win!) I started trying to come up with some lyrics, but soon scrapped this idea. Then all of a sudden I had a brainwave, I was going to show how I was the complete opposite of Snow White and why I want to be like her, then I would magically transform into her and be able to do all the things I couldn't. I knew I wanted it to be humorous, as I thought this would stand out. 

I watched the film for the 100000th time and read her wikipedia bio. I wrote down 4 themes on paper.

1. Baking

2. Talks to animals

3. Cleaning

4. Likes apples

This was all I needed to come up with my final idea. I will leave the video below so you can see precisely what I am talking about.

Click Here to see my Competition Entry!

I waited anxiously all day during the day it was being announced. I had found a couple of other entries on YouTube and comping groups and was sure I hadn't won, even though I was actually really proud of my entry. About 7pm I gave up staring at the Facebook page and refreshed it to go to my timeline. When all of a sudden I spotted my video at the top of my timeline! I literally screamed!!! I was shaking, couldn't believe I'd managed it!

Okay so enough of all that, here is the really exciting bit! The prize details....

Firstly, Lucy, Pete and Disneyland newbie Meryn are coming on the trip with me, and I could not be happier!

We are travelling down on the Eurostar, which means that we get to spend a day eitherside in London too!

We are staying in the Newport Bay Hotel for 2 nights, which I am really excited about because I stayed there as a child and loved it!

We have the Disney Express Luggage Service added to the package which is great as I suffer from CFS and dragging luggage is the hardest part of a trip for me.

We also have the Full Board Plus meal plan which is truly amazing! We had a meal plan for my birthday trip in June and we adored it. This time we are going to try Bistrot Chez Remy which is somewhere I've always wanted to try!

As well as this, we have Plaza Gardens for a character dining Breakfast and Buffalo Bill's on our first night!

We have V.I.P Fastpasses for our trip and V.I.P Parade and Firework Viewing! Which is truly magical! I can't wait to see Illuminations close up.

Me and Lucy are going to be going on a V.I.P guided tour which has been a dream of mine since I first went to a Disney park, I love learning facts about the parks (although I probably already know them all!)

And lastly, there is apparantly going to be a Disney surprise in the room when we arrive!

I am literally freaking out about how amazing this prize is! We leave for London on the 13th of November, we're in Disneyland the 14th - 16th and then have the 17th in London again! If you're going to be in the parks let me know so we can say hi!

A-Z of Characters - The Letter T!

T is for...

I had never met Tarzan until 2016. I asked a cast member where to find him in Animal Kingdom and they pointed us in the right direction.

I have met Tigger on a few occasions so I am going to try and pull as many photos as I can find into this blog post!

Tinkerbell was really sweet. She got mad when she saw Wendy on my shirt until I pointed out that Tinkerbell was pulling her hair on the shirt! Then we discussed who could pull the funniest face!

I have met the Tweedles a few times over the years too, they are always really funny!!

The A-Z of Characters - The Letter G

G is for...

Gaston! He was on my Disney World bucket list and I got to meet him in 2016 at Magic Kingdom! I was able to swoon over him! 

Geppetto I got to meet when I was 3 in Disneyland Paris. He met with Pinocchio then and he still does now. I haven't met him in a long time though. Maybe this year?

Gideon is a rather rare character from Pinocchio that I got to meet in Epcot in 2014. He was such a fun meet too.

And now we get to the one and only GOOFY! I have met Goofy so many times, from Paris to Orlando! So I am going to just post the photos I have with him, because he is honestly one of my favourite characters to meet! He is always so fun and well..goofy!

The Grinch is a character I wanted to meet, I would have preferred to have met him in his Jim Carrey style, but we spotted him in Islands of Adventure in 2016 with Sam I am, so we jumped in for a photo.

The Green Army Man from Toy Story was hilarious in 2012. He stole my mum's camera and made her get in a photo while he took it. Considering we wanted a photo with him, it didn't quite work out well as you can see.

The A-Z of Character Meet and Greets! - The Letter D

D is for....

Obviously the first character who comes to mind is Donald Duck! I have met Donald Duck several times at both Disney World and Disneyland Paris.

Daisy Duck, Donald's long-suffering girlfriend can also be seen above. But I met Daisy Duck three times in 2016 on her own too!

Doc! I got to meet a few of the dwarves, but I got to kiss Doc on the cheek! I think he was smitten!

Dale! We read about meeting Chip in the letter C, however I also obviously met Dale; once when I was 6 and then again in 2016!

I got to meet Drizella at the 1900 Park Fare Cinderella Dinner. She was hilarious and had so much fun running around the room to the music!

I have met Doc Brown in Universal Studios twice! Once with Lucy in 2013 and then again with my friends in 2016! He is always one of my favourites to talk to, he gets really involved about where we are from etc.

Dopey is the cutest dwarf from Snow White. I was lucky enough to bump into him in Disneyland Paris when I was only 3! I loved him! Snow White was my favourite movie back then.

The A-Z of Character Meet and Greets! - The Letter B

B is for...

Baloo! I have met Baloo twice in Disney World. Once in Animal Kingdom when I was 6 and then again in Animal Kingdom in 2016. He is always a fun character to meet!

Baymax is a character I never thought I'd get to meet. And to be honest I was so nervous about popping him! But it was fun nonetheless.

Brer Bear and Brer Fox I met both at the same time so I will stick them together! I have only met them or even seen them once, when I was 6 in Magic Kingdom! But they were a lot of fun, they picked me up and were playing with my hair!

Buzz Lightyear I have met twice. Once when I was 6 in Hollywood Studios and then in 2016 in Magic Kingdom!

The Beast was my most anticipated meet and greet ever! I was determined to go to Be Our Guest in my Beauty and the Beast dress and get my photo taken with him!

Belle was another princess that i had never met until 2016. We had a breakfast meet and greet with her at Akershus in Epcot.

Big Al is one of the more rare characters I have met. I was sat having a break on a bench in Disneyland Paris in 2009 and out walked a lot of random characters. I was gobsmacked, as I was the only one sitting there they flocked over. Big Al was one of them. I recognised him as a Country Bear but had no idea what he was called till later.

I have met Betty Boop twice in Islands of Adventure. She is always fun to get a cute pouty picture with. Met her in 2012 and 2016. 

I am not entirely sure of his name but for the purpose of this I am calling him Bubba Gump Shrimp! I didn't even know he existed until we spotted him on the way out of Universal Citywalk in 2016. We had to get a photo!

Bart Simpson, he wasn't as fun to meet as his Dad Homer, however he is still another character to add to my repertoire. 

Bullwinkle is a character I believe isn't available for meets anymore, I doubt many kids will even know who he is. But I enjoyed meeting him when I was 6 in Islands of Adventure. 

This character I am naming Blue Fish for the purpose of this blog post, as he is a generic Blue Fish I met in the Spongebob parade! But he was awesome!

Took me a while to figure out which dwarf this ws, but apparently it's Bashful! I loved meeting dwarves, as I was only 3 and Snow White was my favourite movie ever! We were sat in Disneyland Paris and all of the dwarves just walked out in a line! It was magical!