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Old 21 Oct 16, 03:58 PM  
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The surprise Christmas Trip to DLP...that was supposed to be a day at Legoland!

Hi and welcome to my 2nd pre-trip Disneyland Paris report.

This trip was never supposed to happen!

Every year since his 2nd Birthday I’ve taken my DS (Harrison) to Legoland on his Birthday (14th December). It’s a special Christmas Event with only some rides etc open. However it’s really well done and you get to go through the forest to meet Santa in his little cabin and we really enjoy it.

This year as usual I went to book our tickets (I’ve got a Merlin pass but it’s not included) and to my dismay I discovered that they are not open this year on 14th December.

Needless to say I was very disappointed and have to start thinking about my Plan B!

Now I am a massive Disney fan. I took Harrison to Disneyland Paris last March and we went in May this year. We are also off to WDW next April (very exciting) and DLP is literally my ‘happy place’.

On a whim I decide to price up how much it would cost to go for a night on his birthday. This then leads to me pricing up 2 nights (you can guess where this is going), and then 3 and then 4, and pricing up every combination of days and hotels possible!

In the end I manage to convince myself to press the ‘book’ button!
Several reasons -
• You only live once
• This is his last year before he starts School
• I can just imagine his face when I tell him
• It’s Christmas!
• It’s both our favourite place to be
• I won’t do him a party this year (this backfired spectacularly! See below)

So I have booked!

I’m keeping it a complete secret from him (it’s very hard!) and I’m not going to tell him until the day.

We are going on 14th December for 4 nights (5 days) and we are staying in Sequoia Lodge (Golden Forest). This is a complete first for me, however I’ve heard its beautiful there at Christmas and the hot breakfast and Hotel fast passes appealed to me.

We are travelling by Eurostar from Ashford and I’ve booked to stay in the Premier Inn the night before so we have no traffic stress on the day.

My plan for the ‘big reveal’ at the moment is to tell him when I pick him up from nursery that we are going on a surprise holiday but not tell him where we are going. I’m then either going to tell him when we wake up in the hotel in the morning or try and keep it a secret even longer until we arrive at Ashford, walk across the bridge from the carpark and see the big DLP sign.

My other big dilemma is whether or not to take the pushchair. He never uses it at home, but I am taking it to WDW next year and he did use it a bit in May when we went. Taking it drives me mad though and I’m very, very tempted to leave it at home!

In terms of meals, I’ve decided not to book the meal plan this time as I think it’s a bit of a waste. I’ve booked Inventions as another surprise for his actual Birthday dinner. I’ve never eaten there before but I’ve heard great things about it so I’m looking forward to going.
I’m also planning on booking a meal at Blue Lagoon as I love this restaurant! We will also eat (I’m sure) at Planet Hollywood and Rainforest Café during the trip.

Overall I’m very excited. I’ve not done Disney at Christmas for about 10 years so I’m really looking forward to this trip!

So thank you Legoland for being closed, you’ve cost me a lot of money but I think you have done me a massive favour 

(p.s. I am now doing him a party! All his friends are having them and I couldn’t tell him why he couldn’t as he doesn’t know we are going. December is going to be very busy!)
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Old 25 Oct 16, 02:14 PM  
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How lovely, what a great way to celebrate your DS's birthday! Can't wait to hear all about it
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Thank you. He saw an advert on TV at the weekend and was showing me. I managed to play it very cool and say 'wouldn't it be nice if we could one year at Christmas, not yet though'. I can't wait to see his face!
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Originally Posted by Stitchfan626 View Post
Thank you. He saw an advert on TV at the weekend and was showing me. I managed to play it very cool and say 'wouldn't it be nice if we could one year at Christmas, not yet though'. I can't wait to see his face!
Oh so cute, he is going to be so excited! Make sure you video his reaction when you tell him!
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