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Disney sickness - Not an overload of cute by any means - Disneyland was suprisingly uncute, but still nicey nice nice and very clean - Disney sickness was a self inflicted condition. A lack of sleep, very hot days and very cold showers, not enough food and in particular not enough protein, physically demanding days, a lack of caffiene, long travel times and stress from other party members, and Big Brother withdrawl symptoms, lead to everyone virtually dying on the Sunday.
Disney Village - Big, loud, quite French, very American, and an intentional overload of tack, Disney Village entertainment complex outside the park was loud and brash to a level which could almost make one wince. Ironically enough, George, who had previously expressed reservations about Disneyland being a tacky and smutty carnival, liked Disney Village the best of all the areas.
Dog Food - 'Something smells of dog food' commented Simon on the first night in the park. It soon transpired that the baked potatoes with cheese and chilli that Emma, George and Sazzle were eating were the things which smelled of Pedigree Chum.
Don't mind - The official Simon Quote of the Holiday, along with 'mmmhmm, uh huh, maybe, okay' and 'whayhey'.
Disappearing act - George was the master of the disappearing act - one minute she's there in the Fastpass queue for Big Thunder Mountain, the next minute she's disappeared off the face of the earth. The art of the Disappearing Act was also practiced by other members of the party, but no-one ever managed to equal George's level of expertise.
Earfull Tower - The name of the water tower landmark with Mickey ears in the centre of the new Disney MGM Studios Paris themepark; with a title like that, cancel any future holiday plans now.
Fans - As Hotel Santa Fe is officially the hottest hotel in the entire world, ever, the Disney people like their guests to boil to death by not installing any type of air conditioning. Instead, every room has a paddle ceiling fan: which just makes a lot of noise and gets in one's way when jumping on the beds. Ballard for the air conditioning within Sequoia Lodge, then.
FastPass - A Disney invention to help people avoid queues, we instead kept collecting FastPasses for Big Thunder Mountain, and for one reason or another, never used them.
Fish - One member of the party who small remain nameless spent a good amount of time on the first night walking along the Rio Grande river trying to spot fish.
Groan - Sazzle, Emma and Simon, the karioke queens at hotel Santa Fe, emitted a very very very loud and pointed groan when a fellow karioke competitor went up to sing Britney Spears on the last evening. Probably the most embarrassing moment of the holiday, attempts were quickly made to rationalize the actions - 'We weren't groaning at her, just the song', the hecklers argued. Emma helpfully pointed out later on, 'If we cheer really loudly when she next goes on, that'll make up for the groans'. Yeah, and that won't sound totally sarcastic.
Hattifattners - When dressed up in a Disney pac-a-mac, Emma convinced herself that she looked like a Hattifattner from the Moomins.
HIDDEN MICKEY! - Upon spotting a Hidden Mickey (that is, objects in the scenery or architecture which have been specifically arranged to form the sillouhette of a Mickey head), everyone decided to yell out the phrase 'HIDDEN MICKEY!' at ear drum bursting level, just so any other passing tourists would be totally clear as to what that big circle with two ears was meant to represent.
Hurricanes - The nightstpot of immense doom, outside which Sazzle and Emma allegedly displayed frankly no talent whatsoever at lying whilst trying to sneak in. To compensate for the fact that they couldn't get past the doormen into this club, they went and did the next best thing to occupy themselves for the evening: went to the Esso garage and bought filled rolls, whilst being sworn at by irate French people.
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