It’s a Disney park, so we all know what to expect. The rides were decent, albeit short. The character meets were wonderful. Plenty of access to food, drink and toilets. The parades were excellent as was the light and fireworks show at the end of the day. Staff throughout were brilliant and helpful.
Now, onto some more negative thoughts.
We stayed at the on-site Newport Bay Hotel which is a 10 minute walk to the park gates. This is mostly pleasant, alongside the lake which has Santa Fe and The Marvel hotels on it too. However, once past the lake you get rudely ushered through a tent with paramilitary-looking security people to scan/x-ray everything. I understand that security is important but surely there is a way of making this more in keeping with the Disney theme and less oppressive? Maybe dressed as Storm Troopers or something? Then through the Disney village into another “checkpoint” before finally being able to get through the park gates themselves.
After dark the park is very dark, the lighting isn’t great. Golden Hour with the hotels is pretty much useless as the vast majority of rides are closed. It also seems that no one queues, personal space is a problem, and no one smokes quite like the French. Despite signage, the park is full of people walking round smoking and vaping.