Sunday 11 August
2013
We go for breakfast at 09:00 and meet Richard on the way
who tells me they have been told their breakfast is in another room away from
the restaurant and all of our room numbers have a blue line through so the
waiter knows we are in a group and are not allowed in the restaurant! I am not
happy, not happy at all!
I speak with a young man at reception, Etienne, and ask
waht is going on. There is still a sign up saying Albatross with Greys Coach
Travel nowhere to be seen.
I show Etienne my voucher which clearly states all meals
in main restaurant on tables of 2, 4 and 6 but the hotel have completely
ignored this. I call Marcy again and explain what is happening and she is
furious as she spoke and sent an e-mail to the hotel yesterday and was assured
everything would be okay today.
We ask Etienne for the managers name but he says there is
no manager in today so we ask for the person in charges’ name and I’m told
there is nobody in charge! Incredible! Marcy promises to go higher up to find
out what is happening and will call me back.
We go to the restaurant and give our room number and the
waiter starts to show me to the other room. No chance I say I am eating in
here! Another lady appears with a copy of my voucher and explains to the waiter
the problem as we go and find a table.
Why are the French so awkward and difficult to deal with?
We use Novotels a lot for overnight stops and the
difference between German and French service is astonishing. The food, service
and prices are so much better away from France that it makes you wish that
Disney had built their park in another country.
We leave at 10:00 o’clock arriving at Disney at 10:15 and
it is noticeably busier than yesterday.
The passengers go off for another day of fun with the
coach returning to the hotel at 19:00.
We spend the day in the Disney Studios and watch the
stunt show and Mickey Mouse’s Playhouse. For the Mickey Mouse show you all have
to sit on the floor which at my age is a tad uncomfortable and something I
haven’t done for a few years! It is a struggle getting up! I must start
exercising more!
It is very busy here and not as enjoyable as yesterday
but great fun nonetheless. We go on a few rides with the best probably the
Studio Tram Ride. In the Toy Story area we queue twenty minutes for the Slinky
Dog ride. Once on the ride it goes around in a circle a couple of times and
that’s it! Must have lasted less than a minute. What a waste of time!
I go back to the coach before six with Daisy who has had
enough and is tired and Dot, who has had enough and is even tireder!!
We are soon joined by everyone else and are away before
19:00 for the short journey back.
We decide to eat in the hotel so after a quick freshen up
we join Richard, Sarah, Bethany and Megan for dinner sat outside the hotel by
the swimming pool. It is a lovely evening as we have a couple of drinks and
some nice food. I ordered a burger but it came covered in raw onions (which I
can’t eat) so swapped with Dot and had her very nice toasted sandwich and
chips. It was lovely seeing all the children getting on and even Daisy joined
in the fun.
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