On the 29th of November 2017, we woke up in our questionable hotel room and had some quick breakfast before starting our second day of Disney Christmas magic in the Studios.
We arrived at the gates before opening time to avoid queues on Crushes Coaster. After enjoying a few other rides, we stopped for lunch in the Studio 1 building.
As I munched on my chicken burger with salad, we got to take in the Christmas lights inside the studio better than we had while rushing through the day before.
After lunch, it was time see the first show of the day. It was a sing-along, but nobody was singing any of the songs. Most of the songs sounded like they were written for the show, so they would have been quite difficult to sing-along to.
Right after the show, we hurried out of Disney Studios and into the main Disneyland Park to get a good spot in the queue to meet Jack Skellington in Frontierland. I managed to take a few pictures of the Christmas decorations around the entrance as we marched by them.
The wait to meet Jack was less than 30 minutes as we had arrived at the queue early. We were very lucky to be where we were in the queue, because we were the last people to meet Jack before his short break in the middle of the Meet 'n' Greet.
Our interaction with Jack was amazing. He was saddened when I had to leave, because he was led to believe that I was Sally in disguise. We were able to continue talking to him for a while after we had left him, since he started walking in the same direction after us to go on his break.
We had plenty of time to spare before the next show we wanted to see, so we browsed through the stores inside the castle and around Fantasyland until we got hungry. We may have gone on some rides in Fantasyland, but I didn't take any pictures of the rides, so I cannot fully remember.
We had never been to Toad Hall before and I really wanted to taste their Fish & Chips, so it was the only real dinner option for us. The inside of the restaurant was beautifully decorated and there were several different dining areas each with different styles.
The fish was perfectly cooked and the batter was exactly to my taste. Although I loved the fish from Toad Hall, the Roasted Chicken I had on our previous trip in Au Chalet de la Marionette still remains my favourite.
Walking through Frontierland later in the day, we happened to catch a mariachi band leaving Fuente del Oro Restaurante while still playing as they walked towards the cast quarters. The movie Coco had just been released, so the restaurant had extra decorations in place for the fans to see.
Mickey's Magical Christmas Light was next on our list of shows to catch. It was still bright outside close to the start of the show, but the sun went down just before it was time to start lighting up the lights on the tree, and we got to fully enjoy the sight of Christmas lights against the night sky.
As last year was the 25th anniversary of Disneyland Paris, the Disney Illuminations was mostly the same as it had been all year. I felt it lacked much needed Christmas magic, and I did not record or take any pictures during the show as I had seen it before.
Even though we had been out at the parks since opening time, we didn't want to end our day quite yet and had a little walk around Disney Village.
We didn't have a lot of time to shop before the last train, but since we had seen all the late night shows already we planned to leave the parks much earlier on our last day to spend a good while shopping for Christmas decorations. Our full plan and adventures on the last day of our trip can be read about on the post scheduled for tomorrow!
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