We have arrived in Paris and went right outside
of our terminal to board a bus for
Disneyland, Paris.
Lucky for us, they have a non-stop flight from
SLC to Paris on Delta airlines and with
all of the fun movies to watch, I didn't
even sleep! Our flight leaves at 5:00 pm so
with the 9 hour flight you are arriving at
2:00 am.
I don't believe in the "stay up all day and go
to bed at your regular time" philosophy.
Been there, tried that, hated that! I felt like
the walking dead. We have found that if we
head straight to the hotel and take a 2 hour nap
we can get up and enjoy a full day and then go
to bed at the regular time and sleep through the
night. Works like a charm for us.
Sleeping Beauty's Castle
inside the entrance is magnifique!
I love all of the French influence.
My favorite part is that they let you walk upstairs
and out onto a parapet. No one lets you do that
anymore!
(This is the parapet on the front,
you get to walk around the parapet
on the back side.)
This is the inside railing and the roof inside
the castle.
Look at these columns holding up
the roof. What would it be like to
be a Disney Imagineer?
From here you can go outside
on the back parapet and look out over
the land.
The upstairs has magnificent stained glass
windows
and stunning tapestries. This one is
huge and incredibly detailed.
After you leave the Sleeping Beauty Castle,
just around the corner there is a
carriage waiting for another princess.
There wasn't a soul in line to take
pictures by Cinderella's carriage.
The front of the castle has water fountains
that are going off regularly and are a
beautiful part of the Disney Dreams
spectacular at night.
Disney Dreams is their nighttime
fireworks, music and laser light
show celebrating 20 years
of Disneyland, Paris. It ends
in September.
Paris in the springtime is
spectacular but you can't find
more spectacular flowers
than here at Disneyland.
They just blow your mind how
stunning they are.
The Phantom Manor
(not Haunted Mansion)
is unique and the changes in it
make for a fun ride. It takes the
theme of a bride all the way through
the ride.
The grounds are cleverly
filled with spooky music and
fun walkways. There is so much space
here and they have used it so well to
create intrigue.
Alice's Curious Labyrinth
is an incredible maze that ends
with more parapets you can climb
up to and walk around.
Afterwards, pose for pictures at
the Tea Party.
Over by Pirates of the Caribbean
they have a fun pirate ship you can board.
They also have massive
Skull Rock that is a maze
of caverns that you can explore.
So some might by disappointed that
they don't have Splash Mountain or
the Matterhorn, but all we could say
all day was,
"Enchante!"
We loved the uniqueness of
Disneyland, Paris
and were thoroughly enchanted by it.
We were thrilled that we got to see
the Disney Dreams
spectacular at night even though it wasn't
a weekend. The fireworks show is
always my favorite thing to see.
The most enchanting part was how uncrowded
it was all day.
This is my fantasy - to be at Disneyland
without massive crowds. We didn't even
need a FastPass all day!!!
Leaving at night we had this
fabulous moon! What a great
first day in Paris!
(Well, actually it is a little ways
out of Paris, but in Disneyland, Paris!)
We are staying in the
Disneyland Hotel. The park
entrance is just an extension of the
hotel. I decided I had to stay
here when I saw it was PINK!
We aren't more than 100 feet
from the entrance of the
park and the hotel sits
right between the two parks.
Talk about convenience!
This is the back side of the
entrance and it is restaurants
and lounges. This is where we
retired to after a long day at Disneyland
for a hot cocoa.
The Disneyland Hotel knows how to
make hot cocoa!
What a fabulous presentation - a block
of rich and creamy chocolate on a stick
to melt in your warm milk with a sugar
cookie spoon - yum!
I have nothing to say but
Je suis ENCHANTE!
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