It was a very excited Pegs, a less excited Jim Jams and Toby Jug and two reluctant parents who ventured to Paris Disneyland today. After indulging in croissants from the patisseries across the road for breakfast and checking out a market set up in front of our apartment, we headed to the attraction, which is about a 40-minute train trip from the city.
The attractions are split into two parks: Disneyland Paris and the Walt Disney Studio Park. We decided just to tackle the one and started in Disneyland Paris with lunch at the Hakuna Matata Cafe in Adventureland. We avoided the 'big' rides as Kim isn't up to it after her recent horse accident, I'd done them before and the parentals don't like to line up. Instead we explored, and got lost, in the 140 acre park. The entire Disneyland Paris complex covers 4800 acres. It's cheesy and completely aimed at children, but there is something completely magical about this place. I've been twice in Tokyo and am now determined to visit them all. Nothing like being a child again.
The lines were quite reasonable on most of the rides we wanted to go on: It's a small world, the carousel and the Mad Hatter Tea Cups. There was only one parade today: The Disney Once Upon A Dream Parade at 5pm. Since we'd arrived before lunch, it was a big day. We scored front spot for the parade (I may have demanded that we wait along the route early to do so). The announcements were given in about four or five languages, but there appeared to be no translation for "Disney Once Upon A Dream Parade". My favourites were seeing Mary Poppins and the Winnie the Pooh float.
We spent a bit of time browsing the shops before we headed back home for tea in the apartment.
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