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With this last bit of adamantly delivered news, money considerations came into play again. I turned to head back to the car park, once more contemplating spending the ever-shortening remainder of the night, at a motorway service area. Sensing at last that they were about to lose a customer for one of their many empty and at this time of night, unfillable beds, they suddenly softened their stance and offered me the Santa Fe price. The security guard had won. He had generated more business for his employer. If he was gloating at his triumph as let us into the car park, he graciously showed no sign of it. We took out our bags and woke Sarah, who we had not told about our planned visit to Euro-Disney. Apart from wanting to surprise her, we knew that like any other seven year old, she would have been impossible to live with, had she known our intentions. Certainly she would not have slept peacefully in the car as we drove from Calais to Paris. As we ascended in the hotel lift, Sarah sleepily remarked that there seemed to be a lot of pictures from Disney films in this Hotel. Upon discovering more Disney pictures in our room and finding the soap came in Mickey Mouse decorated boxes, she asked whether this hotel was anywhere near Euro-Disney. Enlightened by the truth and full of anticipation, Sarah probably didn’t sleep much for the rest of the night. She didn’t keep me awake though. I lost consciousness from the moment my head touched the pillow, in the most comfortable bed that I had ever slept in.
The next morning Sarah could hardly contain herself as we went through the turnstiles into Main Street USA. First we stopped at a café for breakfast. Jane and I drank coffee and ate emaciated croissants. Sarah had a Burger and Coke. Normally, neither of us would have let her have such a breakfast, but today was her day and just about everything she asked for, she got. Then we headed for Thunder Mountain. Using a guidebook I had bought in England several weeks before, we concentrated on the major rides only. We did not have to queue for more than 15 minutes for any of them. Apart from a short break back at the Hotel from 4:00pm to 6:00pm we stayed the whole day in the park. We all agreed that the highlight was the electric parade and fireworks just before the park closed for the night. Of course Sarah asked if we could stay longer, but on that count we had to disappoint her. page 125 Copyright Frasquenet.com |
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