Sims
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Went to Paris for New Year with my girlfriend. I was originally going to Newquay with my mates but my girlfriend got free tickets through working at Bristol Airport so my plans changed.
It was an amazing trip. We went to Disney Land on New Years Eve and a Paris excurison on new years day.
This might be a slight SPOILER!!! for anyone thinking of going but i definately recommend it. Anyway here are some pictures from my trip...
Ferry trip over was very rough and you could see snow on the hills near Calais
Day after arrived at the park at 8.30 and this was the Big Disney Hotel, something like £1000 a night each for basic room
The good old Magic Kingdom Train Station
The Train which we took all around the park first
Me standing in the love bird thing and the Castle behind
The castle
"Its a Small World" ride which was amzing 
The Haunted House
A ghost in the haunted house
Mickey Mouse Show on ice...
Night shot of All things small ride..
First of many parades. This one wasn't the best but got a shot of Mickey Mouse 
Then a picture of the last illumination parade which was amazing. Puts carnivals to shame
Disney Vilage where we went to get food just before midnight because it was Fa Fa Fa Freezing and my girlfriend was getting a bit tired. Couldn't get in anywhere cos the queues were miles long. In the end got ripped off in a resteraunt for 92 euros for 2 buffet meals. And i paid £9 for a pint!!! 
The firework show at midnight was amazing...
And the best picture which shows how good the lights were around the whole of the park...
Next day went to Paris and went on a boat trip up the siene river but could see shit all.
Then went to the Eiffel tower which had fallen over 
Then on the coach we went round which i was hoping for the Arc de Triomphe..
Coach took us past Moulin Rouge..
This was which i didn't relise in a red light district and saw a McDonalds next to a Xrated cinema
Then went up to some Cathedral which i can't remember the name of and was on a big hill...
View from the Cathedral
Shot of a Big wheel which was near Champ De Mars
Then the coach manage to stop for the Eiffel tower Sparkle
Then i played around with the Exposure time whcih i read about in a guide on hear. Think Vibro wrote it and i thought the shot came out really good...
Then the Ferry home where we could see the white cliffs of dover
Definately was a briliant trip. Only thing i didn't like was the French!!! The are so arrogant and impatient. Couple of times the triend pushing past in queues and i stood my ground so they couldn't get past. Wish i knew the french for "Back of the line dickhead". Everyone there i spoke to said the same about the french.
Anyway i definately recommend it for anyone wanting to take their girlfriend away but plan it all in advance like toursa and going up the tower if your not going with a holiday company.
Sims 
[Edited on 04-01-2006 by Sims]
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Charlene
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Looks mint, i went to disney and enjoyed it
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Jamie Walby
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No pics of the girlfriend though 
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3CorsaMeal
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its a small world!!!!
that ride is tha bomb
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Rus
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looks like you had a good time
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Sims
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yeah was good fun charlene, your never to old to enjoy the magic of Disney
Jamie Walby i was waiting for ths comment to come. Its not normally a good idea putting a picture of your girlfriend on here. lol
Best ride ever 3corsameal
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Kathryn W
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''wow! looks magical''
Looked really nice there! Would love to go
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Wrighty
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'its a small world afteralll' pmsl
loved disney land was awesome
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That looks cool.
Any pics of that free-for-all roundabout in Central Paris? :
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Simon
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that cathedral thing is the Sacre couer, very nice, i went with the ex a while ago, Paris is ace
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Sims
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Originally posted by Simon
that cathedral thing is the Sacre couer, very nice, i went with the ex a while ago, Paris is ace
Ahh thats the name of it. Did some muppet near there try and grab your girlfriend to sell some crap. I didn't speak french but i told the the guy to FCUK off and we didn't want his silly piece of string
Vegas phil thats where the big arch is that i got a picture of. I got some more of the traffic going round and it did look fairly crazy. We were told that it was nothing compared to rush hour. There are actually 12 major roads that join onto that roundabout
Korsa-Kat it is "Magical" just like the advert. Yuo should go
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I want a go 
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Nismo
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Looks cool, Can you go to Disney land as a day thing?
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Sims
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I want a go
Aparently Phil alot of the french find it a challenge going round it and some enjoy it.
Aparently its the only place in france that if there is an accident then it goes as Knock for Knock becuase there are so many accidents there that insurance companies have given up trying to make claims.
Yeah Nath i'm sure you can do day trips there. There were people in our hotel who only went to the park for one day but it took them best part of the day before and after to get there. So you would probably more or less need 3 days off work or a long weekend.
But it takes that long cos its on a coach and they have to pickup in a load of different places. I swear if i was driven the travel time would have been halfed. But then again i wouldn't have got my car on the ferry cos even the coach caught the ground when getting on
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Simon
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Originally posted by Sims
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Originally posted by Simon
that cathedral thing is the Sacre couer, very nice, i went with the ex a while ago, Paris is ace
Ahh thats the name of it. Did some muppet near there try and grab your girlfriend to sell some crap. I didn't speak french but i told the the guy to FCUK off and we didn't want his silly piece of string
Vegas phil thats where the big arch is that i got a picture of. I got some more of the traffic going round and it did look fairly crazy. We were told that it was nothing compared to rush hour. There are actually 12 major roads that join onto that roundabout
Korsa-Kat it is "Magical" just like the advert. Yuo should go
[Edited on 04-01-2006 by Sims]
not there but happened when we went under the road to get to the arc de triomphe or however u spell it. Yeah took her arm n started wrapping string round it, we didnt really know what was going on at first so let him finish and then said erm no thanks, he shouted some french at us
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Sims
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lol simon i think they are everywhere in Paris at Major attractions. The tour guide did warn us about our bags and stuff.
I was trying to take a picture of my girlfriend up at Sacre couer with Paris behind here. While i was taking it she said Adam, put the camera away. The she pointed behind me and some dodgey guy was standing behind me looking like he was ready to grab my camera.
He would have had to have run like Linford cos i would have beat his ass!
I think next time i go i will take some scisors so next time one of these "looky looky you get Boom Boom" guys tries to tie a piece of crappy string on my girlfriends arm i will just cut it off and chuck it in his face
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Wrighty
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youve made me want to go back to disney land
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Nismo
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Yeah what i mean is if i went to Paris for a weekend would i be able to go disney land for a day? Is it in or near Paris?
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Jamie Walby i was waiting for ths comment to come. Its not normally a good idea putting a picture of your girlfriend on here. lol
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please just call m Jamie
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Sims
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Yeah what i mean is if i went to Paris for a weekend would i be able to go disney land for a day? Is it in or near Paris?
Yeah should be fine. I think the paris metro goes there and it was about 30mins from their to the centre of paris on the coach. Their are ticket desks there but you might be able to get day tickets in advance.
What is also cool is they do Hopper tickets where you can go between Disney land and Disney studios which is ment to be like universal studios but its a bit smaller than the Disney Land park. We could have done this on the second day but we wanted to go to Paris.
Wrighty i want to go back to becuase ididn't get to do the Pirates of the Carrabiean ride or Indiana Jones! and we were there for 16 hours
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Sims
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Originally posted by Jamie Walby
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Jamie Walby i was waiting for ths comment to come. Its not normally a good idea putting a picture of your girlfriend on here. lol
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please just call m Jamie
lol ok Jamie
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mwg
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Cool pics. I'm flying to Paris so I wont be restricted by where a coach goes.
So where is the red light district at? Purely so I know not to go there of course 
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Sims
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Lol umm if you ask a cabby to take you to Moulin Rouge it starts directly opposite and carries on up the road....
I took this from the coach directly after taking the one of Moulin Rouge on the other side.
When you see signs saying 2 euros a peep and live sex shows eta.... you know your in the district you don't want to be
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Tom
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Looks good new years
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Sims
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yeah was awesome. I can't get over how busy it was. I was trying to findout somewhere how many people were there that day from the disney site. But no luck
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