Anna in Disney Village Paris

Hello everyone and welcome to a new post Today, I will take you along on my adventures in Disney Village Paris, which is part of Disneland Paris, but free to visit (because all the shops are there and we are all merch victims and leave money for Disney anyway… Or maybe, they are just angels… something like that ;)).

I showcase one of my Disney pieces every two weeks, you can check out my other posts if you like. Last time I showed you my Shimamura Queen Anna Set.

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How to buy Secret Honey: A brief overview on several ways to get your hands on Secret Honey casual pieces and costumes. Including recommendations for resellers etc.
How to buy Secret Honey with Buyee: Detailed post with many screenshots detailing how to use the service Buyee to buy Secret Honey (or other stuff, of course) from Japanese websites such as mercari.jp
Of Remakes and Fakes: There are remakes of Secret Honey (costumes in particular) that are being sold. In this post I share some thoughts about the topic as well as a photo comparison of an original Secret Honey dress and a remake (spoiler: they are different).

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Paris. Well, Melun 😉

I stayed in a little town called Melun. Going from Switzerland to Paris is actually very easy. You go to Zurick or Basel, hop on the TGV and boom, you are in Paris not even 4 hours later. I should go more often actually…

Well. I had a lot of luggage for the two nights I stayed. The cosplay I took with me filled up my suitcase completely already…

Here’s all the damage 😛 I took my Harvest Anna cosplay with me because I celebrated a very dear friend’s 30st together with him and someone else, that you will see further down in the post. Also I had gifts, my outfit for Disney Village and of course the usual stuff you need for a trip like some normal clothes to wear.

I did take a few short walks in the neigbourhood of the place I stayed and Melun actually has a very beautiful path along the Seine. Just look at this! This was early in the morning when the sun was still rising.

Very nice and peaceful. At least in the morning, my neighbourhood was in party mood both nights XD I am sad I forgot to take pictures of the city centre, it was very beautiful and special! Really pretty little town, at least were I stayed. I wanted to take longer walks, but there was no time, unfortunately.

Disney Village

On Saturday, after celebrating and eating a lot of great food in cosplay, we headed to Disney finally. This was my third time in Disneyland Paris, actually. I was there when I was like 4 years old and then again at the age of 15. Eventhough DLP is very close, I am a bit of a beginner… I will probably show you stuff that is very well known and not special at all, but for me it was, because I do not know it or don’t remember, because it has been so long ^^’ I am no big park lady because I do not like big crowds of people.

Here is the first picture I took at the entrance 🙂

We had to go straight to the restaurant to have dinner first. Can you guess, what Restaurant we ate at from looking at this picture?

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Manhattan Restaurant

If you guessed Manhattan Restaurant, you were right 😉 I loved it! I absolutely love Art Deco. The restaurant was very pretty!

Here is a little overall view over the restaurant with the chandelier in the centre.

Our table was in the middle right beneath the chandelier. So I managed to take this pretty picture of it as well:

The menu focuses on Italian kitchen, which is great, I love italian. I had a vegeterian dish, these were Tortelloni with a mushroom filling and a pumpkin sauce, if I remember correctly? I should have written it down. I could also Google the menu… But I feel too lazy to do so at the moment, I googled lots of things for this article that are more important than food 😛 It was very tasty! Loved it.

The restaurant is located in the New York Hotel which is obviously Marvel themed. There was beautiful and impressive artwork everywhere, I did take a few pictures and will show you some of my favourites here. Black Panther first!

I also really liked Captain Marvel. The artist for both of these pieces is called Van Orton Design, twins from Italy. Here is a link to their website, in case, you are interested in seeing more of their work. I link the article about the artwork for NYH directly: Van Orton in Hotel New York, showcasing their work

I also really adore these little pieces! The drawing style is so beautiful and I love the way, the artist works with colour. They were done by Alice X. Zhang from the United states, I also have her website here for you: Portfolio and Website of Alice

And here is more “art”… Ella showing off the little bit of biceps she built over the last months 😛 I mean, you have to, right? If you are in Hotel New York with all the buffed heroes and heroines you have to show your own muscles as well. My buffed state is still buffering though… Haha, please excuse me, I will go and hide in the little corner of shame for that one…

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Time for Shopping

After eating, we headed to the shops to get rid of all of our hard earned money… And to take photos. I don’t remember what time it was, but it was right in Golden Hour and the lighting was magnificent, everything looked so pretty!!! Let’s start with a few impressions of the shopping area, before we enter any shops, shall we?

No idea, if you can fly with this balloon, but I loved it and it is very fitting for France/Paris to have a balloon, isn’t it? Why is it so often siblings inventing shit in France, btw.? Brothers Lumière, Brothers Montgolfière…? What is up with that?

Here is a closer look at the Disney Montgolfière:

Little statue of Mickey at one of the entrances of the main Merch shop 🙂

Maybe you know me or you have seen my photos and noticed the lego behind me in the background… My partner and love bricks and building stuff with them. So, I was especially excited about the Lego shop. In front of it, there was this gorgeous display! Wow, how cool!

I of course also have pictures of me in my outfit, thanks to my dear friend, who agreed to take some. Here in front of a Mickey statue, I think? I see Steamboat Willie, Fantasia… I could be wrong about that, though, but the flowers are so pretty, aren’t they? And yes, all of my pictures in parks etc. will always be with glasses and my watch, I need both to survive 😉 I can’t wear contacts and am blind without my glasses and I need my watch as my early warning system for panic attacks. While I love personal human connection, I hate it when they form an anonymous crowd 😉

And, to revive the good old times of my early photos: Here is the obligatory hair tie around my wrist again that I always used to forget to take off 😀

Here’s the flowers and statue in all their glory without me blocking half of the view.

I have no idea what this building is… Maybe the entrance? It is pretty and I still don’t feel like googling unimportant stuff ^^’ You see, I’m a noob. But I got pretty pictures with the golden light of the last rays of sun!

I had to strike a little pose too. The Anna dress was very comfy to wear btw. It was very warm that day, I think 25 degrees still. I was not too hot though, the dress is actually very comfy and flowy etc. I got one of these Disney bags as well, I have no idea, if these are a thing…? Apparantly there’s always new ones in different sizes. Mine is a small one, I think.

Disney Fashion in Disney Village

Now, let’s talk shopping, my friends. And my specialty, Disney Fashion. I am kind of an expert… Of course, I had to look at everything. I think, the shop I took all of these pictures in, was called Disney Glamour. I have opinions… i’ll show you the first piece and let’s see, if you have the same opinions after looking at it 😀

Ok. I know. All of these things are always a question of taste. And the design will probably have a special meaning I do not get because I never liked Daisy (or any of these guys, I was always interested in the princesses). And my opinion on this collection is not me hating on people who love it. If you love it, that is great for you and makes me happy,. But, I still need to get this question answered for myself: What in Baby Donald’s sweet name is this?

Eieieieiei… The jacket behind the dress was ok-ish in my opinion, that is cute… But the dress and the vest? I think, I will just not really ever get on board with “western” Disney clothing. I did not specialice in Japanese/Chinese Disney Fashion for no reason. I simply prefer the approach. Less bamm in your face, more thought through. There is stuff, I “liked” though, so let’s talk about things I actually did or considered buying 😉 First up, there was an Anna North Mountain Outfit!

I strongly considered buying the blouse and maybe the skirt. The vest is not for me, the embroidery is very beautiful on the west too, however. I liked the blouse a lot: Victorian style, beautiful embroidery, black. Should be right up my alley. The skirt is pretty too. It has pockets! And embroidery.

The reason I did not buy these pieces was first the price: I think, every piece was around 70 Euros… so like 150 Euros for blouse and skirt together… Secondly, while I love the style of the blouse, it is not a style that suits me very well. And the same goes for the skirt. It is cut in a narrow A-line and I prefer circle skirts with lots of volume. The outfit was a bit too… “modest and subdued” for my personal taste? I usually choose pieces that have an interesting cut over being decorated or colourful etc. Don’t know. I just could not imagine myself wearing it and feel the outfit. So, I did not buy any piece of it in the end.

Then, I did spot the sports section… And they had stuff for Elsa.

I think, there were also a tank top and a little light cardigan thing. But, what caught my eyes were these leggings. I have a Travel Elsa sports jacket and I thought, these would be perfect to complement the outfit and go for a run in a full Elsa outfit!

Spoiler: I bought them… I am training for a half-marathon and I thought, they might motivate me to, you know, let it go and run from my problem, just as Elsa often did 😉 They were 55 Euros and a collaboration between DLP and Her universe, I think. I will show you a picture of me further down in the “haul” paragraph. And a review is coming, I tested them, of course, and I have… thoughts. 😛

Other Shops

We did not enter every shop, but we also visited Deco by Disney and World of Disney to look for mugs etc. I love Disney mugs, I have a little cabinet full of them. They used to be my go to souvenir when I travelled somewhere they had a Disney Store and I have quite the collection after 15 years. Before I show you the ones I bought, I wanted to show you this one that I found in World of Disney. It is wonderfully ugly, fabulously over the top, probably not very practical and just perfection, I almost bought it!

All the Treasures

I did not buy too much stuff, since I am limiting my budget to save for some bigger life goals. But I bought the Elsa leggings, as mentioned above, because I thought, they would be useful and make me happy. Here is a little preview with one of the photos I took for the review post 🙂

Oh and: I will not buy matching shoes. I run around 30 km per week at the moment, I want my comfy and not at all matching and very ugly shoes that keep my feet and knees alive, ade, merci 😛

I mentioned my love for Disney mugs, so here are the ones I found in Deco by Disney. One is very beautiful, the other one shows 17-year old baby Koumori’s taste in men ;P Let us start with the beautiful one! I found this gorgeous Nightmare Before Christmas mug:

I love the black and white print on it. The style of drawing is very pretty. And the mug is matte, which is also really pretty but a bit prone to finger prints. On the back, we have flowers, I have no idea what flowers though. Not nightshade, apparantly, I googled, because I thought it has to be that…

And then I set my eyes on this masterpiece of a mug with my crush from when I was a teenager 😛 Oh my, how I love Hades… I adore people with self-irony that never take themselves too seriously. Nothing is more attractive to me than someone, who is so at peace with themselves that they can make fun of themselves and their quirks. It can, of course be a strategy to take the wind out of peoples sails by mentioning possible criticism yourself before anyone else does. But usually, I find that people, who can laugh about themselves are confident in who they are and have usually thought far too often about the way they work and approach the world. And found some sort of balance in it. Long story short: Hades is fabulous, I love him very much 😛 Would never date him though, there is a red flag or two as well… I have more points people need to check for me to date them 😛

I love the back too, hilarious 😀

The last thing that I have to show you is this little Anna keychain. My friend kindly gifted it to me, it is from World of Disney. Merci beaucoup, chéri :-* Pour la petite Anna, pour l’honneur de fèter ton anniversaire avec toi, pour les deux jours, tous les conversations, jouer et regarder des films ensemble et pour toujours être là <3

And what did you take a Whole Cosplay to Paris for now...?

Well, part of the celebrations was meeting Elsa 😉 I really like this picture here. I look peaceful, maybe that’s why, I haven’t felt at peace a lot this year ^^’ But here I did 🙂

It was wonderful to meet Elsa and she did such a fantastic job! She looked absolutely beautiful, obviously, perfect from the glittery hair over the wonderful dress down to the icy shoes. She was in character all the time. The way she spoke, the topics, the answers to our questions, the mannerisms, singing the songs, everything. I never met a princess before and now my stakes are very high, everyone else will have to live up to meeting Elsa (and Estelle too, she was fantastic as well, playing along with Elsa, being very kind and taking photos and videos etc. The credits for the photo above go to her). Thank you very, very much for the experience.

I leave you with some of their handles, in case you are in the region of Paris and would love to meet Elsa (or other princesses) as well:

Those were my adventures in Disney Village I hope you enjoyed coming along and having a look at at least a little part of Disneyland Paris. More to come next year 😉

Love,
Ella