Showing posts with label Marne-La-Vallee. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Marne-La-Vallee. Show all posts

Thursday, 30 October 2014

007 Restaurant: Blue Lagoon

BLUE LAGOON RESTAURANT


Location: Disneyland Paris, Marne-La-Vallée, France

Address: 77777, Marne-La-Vallée, France
Bond book appearance: Never Send Flowers (1993)
Visited by 007 Travelers: 2013


Open daily:
11.30 - 20.30 or one hour before park closing (all times may vary with season)








Eat up some vibrant Caribbean zest in this not-so-hidden treasure perched within the fort from the Pirates of the Caribbean ride. There's something for the most seafaring of travelers, as plates are loaded with tantalising tastes from the deep blue, all served amid tropical palm trees, lush foliage and white sand.












Adults can choose from three different menus:

Buccaneer Menu ... €29.99
1 Starter & 1 Main Course

Ocean Treasure Menu ... €35.99
1 Starter, 1 Main Course & 1 Dessert
Plus Meal Plan menu option


Captain's Chest Menu... €41.99
1 Starter, 1 Main Course & 1 Dessert

And for children:

For children from 3 to 11 years old... €15.99

1 Starter, 1 Main Course, 1 Dessert & 1 Drink
Plus Meal Plan Option



007 Travelers had Colombo Poulet ("Caribbean" chicken colombo, served with fragrant rice and roasted plaintain) and Thick-cut salmot fillet with a lemon sauce, served with french fries and sautéed vegetables for the little Agent Traveler. Main food was very tasty and so were the desserts: Vanilla Island Crème Brûlée with Caramel Flambé  & Coconut mousse
served with vanilla biscuit and pineapple tartare.



Thick-cut salmot fillet with a lemon sauce, served with french fries and sautéed vegetables




Island Crème Brûlée with Caramel Flambé  

Coconut mousse
served with vanilla biscuit and pineapple tartare


















 
 
"Early in the evening, he ate a pleasant salmon steak at the Blue Lagoon Restaurant, under what appeared to be a tropical night sky, with the sound of surf on the beaches. The lagoon itself was visible from where he sat, and every few minutes the boats full of visitors drifted past on their way to the adventure of the Pirates of the Caribbean which, he decided, would be his next experience."

John Gardner: "Never Send Flowers" (1993)









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Sunday, 28 September 2014

007 Book location: Disneyland Paris (formerly known as EuroDisney) - Pirates of the Caribbean / Never Send Flowers (1993)

Bond bookNever Send Flowers (1993)
Place and location in the book: EuroDisney - Pirates of the Caribbean, Marne-Le-Vallee, France
Actual place and locationDisneyland Paris - Pirates of the Caribbean, Marne-Le-Vallee, France
What happens here in the book: Bond tries Pirates of the Caribbean adventure
Visited by 007 Travelers: 2013



"Early in the evening, he ate a pleasant salmon steak at the Blue Lagoon Restaurant, under what appeared to be a tropical night sky, with the sound of surf on the beaches. The lagoon itself was visible from where he sat, and every few minutes the boats full of visitors drifted past on their way to the adventure of the Pirates of the Caribbean which, he decided, would be his next experience.
Joining the line he soon found himself floating in one of the boats, through a tunnel and then down a sickening lurch of a waterfall and into the quiet of the lagoon he had been watching during his meal.
As he looked towards the diners, Bond had an overpowering sense that he himself was being watched by a malignant pair of eyes.
The smooth calm of the blue stretch of water changed as they appeared to round a headland to see a galleon under fire from cannon on the mainland. The explosions of the guns seemed very close and great spouts of water leaped into the air as shot struck the sea close to his drifting craft.
Then they were sailing slowly into the city under siege, full of pirates singing, pillaging, burning, drinking, chasing the local girls and even selling off some of the more sturdy ones.
Once more he marveled at the incredibly lifelike figures, and the consummate artistry of the experts and the Imagineers who produced such unbelievable effects, and the audio-animatronical beings."
John Gardner: "Never Send Flowers" 




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Thursday, 28 August 2014

007 Book location: Disneyland Paris (formerly known as EuroDisney) - Big Thunder Mountain / Never Send Flowers (1993)

Bond bookNever Send Flowers (1993)
Place and location in the book: EuroDisney - Big Thunder Mountain, Marne-Le-Vallee, France
Actual place and locationDisneyland Paris - Big Thunder Mountain, Marne-Le-Vallee, France
What happens here in the book: Bond looks at the people in Big Thunder Mountain train
Visited by 007 Travelers: 2013


"Coming out of Phantom Manor, he took a long and careful walk around the lake which was the main feature of Frontierland. Big Thunder Mountain reared up in the middle of the water and he watched as the rickety little train, with its open trucks full of screaming visitors, came spiralling down at speed to sweep through the water splash at the base, then rise again in a dizzying turn that would take it back to the starting point."
John Gardner: "Never Send Flowers









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Saturday, 16 August 2014

007 Book location: Disneyland Paris (formerly known as EuroDisney) - Phantom Manor / Never Send Flowers (1993)


Bond bookNever Send Flowers (1993)
Place and location in the book: EuroDisney - Phantom Manor, Marne-Le-Vallee, France
Actual place and locationDisneyland Paris - Phantom Manor, Marne-Le-Vallee, France
What happens here in the book: Bond goes to Phantom Manor as he did in his Disneyland visit in United States also
Visited by 007 Travelers: 2013

"As on his last visit, in the United States, he enjoyed the Phantom Manor as they called it here with its incredible special effects, the ballroom full of twirling ghostly eighteenth-century dancers; the terrible time-wrecked dining-room set for the wedding breakfast that never was, with the hapless bride's wraith appearing in the room; then another phantom seated, playing the organ; a glass bowl in which a pallid human woman's head talked endlessly of terrible portents, and the amazing moment on the way out when a mirror showed him seated between a pair of ghastly creatures. It was certainly value for money."

John Gardner: "Never Send Flowers










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Friday, 11 July 2014

007 Book location: Disneyland Paris (formerly known as EuroDisney) - Riverboat landing / Never Send Flowers (1993)


Bond bookNever Send Flowers (1993)
Place and location in the book: EuroDisney - Riverboat Landing, Marne-Le-Vallee, France
Actual place and locationDisneyland Paris - Thunder Mesa Riverboat Landing, Marne-Le-Vallee, France
What happens here in the book: Bond watches the riverboats
Visited by 007 Travelers: 2013


"He stood for a few minutes watching the hordes of people lining up to take a ride in one of the riverboats, Molly Brown or Mark Twain."
"He reached Central Place and took a hard left which brought him to the Riverboat Landing, leaping from the cart and climbing the metal ladder that would take him right on to the landing."

John Gardner: "Never Send Flowers







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Thursday, 10 July 2014

007 Book location: Disneyland Paris (formerly known as EuroDisney) – City Hall / Never Send Flowers (1993)


Bond book: Never Send Flowers (1993)
Place and location in the book: EuroDisney - City Hall, Marne-Le-Vallee, France
Actual place and location: Disneyland Paris - City HallMarne-Le-Vallee, France
What happens here in the book: Bond investigates EuroDisney area
Visited by 007 Travelers: 2013

"As the crowds began to jostle happily towards the main gates, passing under the arches of the Main Street Station, so Bond walked into the City Hall, showed his pass to one of the attendants and went through a door that led down to the heartbeat of the park: the maze of tunnels, changing rooms, offices, computer stations, and banks of closed-circuit TV screens which monitored every area of the Disney kingdom."

John Gardner: "Never Send Flowers" 







See the whole 007 Travel story here

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