Disneyland Paris

Our day began early since we were staying near the Eiffel Tower in Paris. We had to make our way to the RER line that would take us all the way out to Disney. I was expecting it to be tons of families, seeing as the last stop dropped you off at the gates of the park. Not so much.... it was very "urban" and we stood out like a sore thumb (the kids in their Disney outfits). I had to laugh!

We arrived and stored our bags at our resort (Hotel Cheyenne- a western themed resort) and were thrilled to see Pluto there by the entrance! The boys got their picture taken and we were off to being our day! We headed straight for Fantasyland since it had all of the rides our kids would recognize. I was braced for huge queues but we were pleasantly surprised that it was mostly 30 minutes or less for everything! We knocked out It's A Small World, the teacups, Dumbo and got a Fastpass for Peter Pan all before stopping for lunch at noon. The boys were the ONLY kids with monogrammed outfits but I could tell people thought they were cute. Heard lots of "Americain" too ;) After we finished lunch I took to the boys to ride the carousel and let Dave rest his feet. We made it back to him just in time to use our Fastpass to Peter Pan and hopped on it with no wait (awesome!!).

Then we headed to visit the dragon under Sleeping Beauty's castle and stopped for cotton candy. I should have known that the bees we had seen all over the park would enjoy this treat as well! Bees literally came out of nowhere and chased us for that cotton candy!! I am terrified of bees and just couldn't jump in to help my kids. When I tell you there were several bees, I'm not exaggerating! Dave was left to swat them away (they had imbedded themselves in the cotton candy at one point) and race the kids to the bathroom to wipe off the sugar residue so the bees would leave them alone. Don't think you'd find that problem in Orlando!

We checked in our room after that and all took a 3 hour nap. We missed some of the events that were going on (a parade and Mickey Mouse Clubhouse show) but needed that rest! We ate a quick dinner at our resort and then headed back to the park. The crowds had thinned so we wandered into other lands. Glad we did because we found Mickey and friends! The boys were thrilled and took some cute pictures with their favorite characters. We also stumbled upon a Princess show that they boys loved (remember all those princess movies I made them watch before we left??). We rode a couple more rides in Fantasyland before finding a spot to watch the parade. We knew there would be fireworks following the parade so we picked a spot by Sleeping Beauty's castle. Our feet were killing us by the time everything wrapped up after 11 pm and we all happily went to sleep that night!

The next morning we woke up early and went to Disney Village for a character breakfast at Chef Mickey. The characters walked around and posed for pictures and that is the sole draw of that buffet. The boys wanted to wear their special outfits again but this time I spiced it up with their Mickey ears and Goofy hat. The characters signed the boys' autograph books and we will fill that with the pictures they took from that breakfast!

We were so exhausted that after breakfast we simply checked out of the resort and headed back to Paris. Our Eurostar train didn't leave until nearly 5 pm so we got a baguette sandwich and camped out at the train station. Au revoir, Paris! Theo slept the entire ride home in my arms :)