Paris, France
This morning, we woke up bright and early and had a nice long hour on the Metro. If you’ve been paying attention, you may have guessed that we were on an alphabet line and not a number line. You’re right! We were en route to DisneyLand Paris.
The sun was shining, the castle on Main Street was very blue and pink, and the park wasn’t too crowded. There were even storybook stained glass windows and a fire-breathing dragon in the dungeon. I was surprised by the number of things (signs, etc) that were in English, for example a store that was simply called “Gifts”.
We headed into Frontierland (guess that’d be hard to translate into French) and did the Thunder Mesa ride. Afterward, we went to Phantom Manor to see how different it was from the Haunted Mansion here in Florida. The gravestones were pretty cool.
In Adventure Isle, we played on the big pirate ship and did the Pirates of the Carribbean ride. I opted not to go on the Space Mountain ride, and instead wandered around taking pictures.
We caught a parade, rode the train, and then did the Rock ‘n’ Roller coaster, Star Tours, It’s a Small World, and the Storybook ride, which was really neat.
In between all this, we also checked out EuroDisney Studios, which was not nearly as exciting as one might hope. I think we were there maybe half an hour and I took something like 2 pictures.
Alice’s Curious Labyrinth in DisneyLand was my favorite attraction. The hedges were shoulder-high and there was a little castle to climb inside in the center of the maze before finding your way back out.