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Introductions:
Hello everyone and welcome to my 2016 Disneyland Paris trip report!
Over the past six years, I have written 5 Walt Disney World trip reports, but this is my first one for Paris. My family and I had the opportunity to visit the parks last September, and I cannot wait to discuss our trip. This was our first experience visiting a Disney park other than WDW, and Disneyland Paris did not disappoint.
On this short but altogether wonderful trip were myself and my husband, Alex:
Together, the two of us fill our house with as many Disney touches as possible. We have dozens of park coffee mugs, hundreds of pins, and several posters lining our walls. We visited the parks together in 2010 and since then have competed in two runDisney events, honeymooned on the Disney Magic, and experienced 6 different WDW resorts. Alex works hard in the military, and I man the fort at home until my children are old enough for me to return to work. Currently, we live in Germany but our real home is Florida, where both our families live and where we hope to settle down many, many years in the future.
But enough about us. We are just minor characters in these reports. The real stars are the two kids we claim as our own.
Landon:
He was 3 at the time of this trip, and he is the one who keeps Alex and me on our toes. He’s smart, loud, and extremely particular. With 7 Disney vacations on his resume, he knows his Disney rides and isn’t afraid to let us know what he wants to experience.
Then there’s Evie:
Sweet, shy little girl was 11 months old at DL Paris and provided us with many smiles and cherished memories. While not the veteran her brother is (she had only been to a WDW park twice) she learned the ropes quick and realized what she liked soon enough. Or, better yet, she discovered what she did NOT enjoy rather fast.
Also tagging along was my mother (referred to by all now as Nana):
If you have followed me here from my previous trip reports, you know that my mom goes to Disney with us quite frequently, but this has to be the farthest park she has ever traveled to with my little family.
This Disney trip came about spur of the moment. My mom was visiting us from the states, and Alex came home from work with news that he had a 3 day weekend. Living in Europe, there are ample destinations to visit, but Alex and I were itching to see Disneyland Paris. I mean, it was a new park within driving distance. It had been 5 months since our last Disney vacation, and that was about the amount of time between typical visits, so the theme park itch was hitting us hard. We needed to scratch it, and the long weekend seemed too perfect an opportunity to pass up.
I hopped online and looked up costs for the packages. The Paris website works a little different than the WDW version. Prices and deals are broken up by countries, so you have to do some digging to figure out what the best rate will be. For instance, the U.S.A. package in dollars could only include tickets and room and cost more than the French package, which comes with a half board meal plan in Euros.
I clicked through Germany, Ireland, France, and the U.K. and finally found a selection I thought would work for our budget and timeline. It was two nights onsite with 3 day tickets and free breakfast. (A quick note: The breakfast package is not included in resort stays, anymore.) I could have booked a partner hotel and purchased military discounted tickets at the gate, but with such a short trip I really wanted to utilize Extra Magic Hours by staying onsite. So, I made the call to pay a little more and get the full Disneyland Paris experience.
A computer transfer to my husband, who took French in high school and could read it better than me, and we were booked!
Our dates were September 14 through 16, 2016 at the Sequoia Lodge.
I sincerely hope you will join this Walt Disney World vet as she recalls her first experience at Disneyland Paris. There were many fabulous moments, peppered throughout with silly blunders and hilarious learning curves. It was a wonderful trip, one that I can’t wait to make again, and I look forward to talking about our travels in new (to us) Disney parks.
Thanks for reading!
Until next time…
Hello everyone and welcome to my 2016 Disneyland Paris trip report!
Over the past six years, I have written 5 Walt Disney World trip reports, but this is my first one for Paris. My family and I had the opportunity to visit the parks last September, and I cannot wait to discuss our trip. This was our first experience visiting a Disney park other than WDW, and Disneyland Paris did not disappoint.
On this short but altogether wonderful trip were myself and my husband, Alex:
Together, the two of us fill our house with as many Disney touches as possible. We have dozens of park coffee mugs, hundreds of pins, and several posters lining our walls. We visited the parks together in 2010 and since then have competed in two runDisney events, honeymooned on the Disney Magic, and experienced 6 different WDW resorts. Alex works hard in the military, and I man the fort at home until my children are old enough for me to return to work. Currently, we live in Germany but our real home is Florida, where both our families live and where we hope to settle down many, many years in the future.
But enough about us. We are just minor characters in these reports. The real stars are the two kids we claim as our own.
Landon:
He was 3 at the time of this trip, and he is the one who keeps Alex and me on our toes. He’s smart, loud, and extremely particular. With 7 Disney vacations on his resume, he knows his Disney rides and isn’t afraid to let us know what he wants to experience.
Then there’s Evie:
Sweet, shy little girl was 11 months old at DL Paris and provided us with many smiles and cherished memories. While not the veteran her brother is (she had only been to a WDW park twice) she learned the ropes quick and realized what she liked soon enough. Or, better yet, she discovered what she did NOT enjoy rather fast.
Also tagging along was my mother (referred to by all now as Nana):
If you have followed me here from my previous trip reports, you know that my mom goes to Disney with us quite frequently, but this has to be the farthest park she has ever traveled to with my little family.
This Disney trip came about spur of the moment. My mom was visiting us from the states, and Alex came home from work with news that he had a 3 day weekend. Living in Europe, there are ample destinations to visit, but Alex and I were itching to see Disneyland Paris. I mean, it was a new park within driving distance. It had been 5 months since our last Disney vacation, and that was about the amount of time between typical visits, so the theme park itch was hitting us hard. We needed to scratch it, and the long weekend seemed too perfect an opportunity to pass up.
I hopped online and looked up costs for the packages. The Paris website works a little different than the WDW version. Prices and deals are broken up by countries, so you have to do some digging to figure out what the best rate will be. For instance, the U.S.A. package in dollars could only include tickets and room and cost more than the French package, which comes with a half board meal plan in Euros.
I clicked through Germany, Ireland, France, and the U.K. and finally found a selection I thought would work for our budget and timeline. It was two nights onsite with 3 day tickets and free breakfast. (A quick note: The breakfast package is not included in resort stays, anymore.) I could have booked a partner hotel and purchased military discounted tickets at the gate, but with such a short trip I really wanted to utilize Extra Magic Hours by staying onsite. So, I made the call to pay a little more and get the full Disneyland Paris experience.
A computer transfer to my husband, who took French in high school and could read it better than me, and we were booked!
Our dates were September 14 through 16, 2016 at the Sequoia Lodge.
I sincerely hope you will join this Walt Disney World vet as she recalls her first experience at Disneyland Paris. There were many fabulous moments, peppered throughout with silly blunders and hilarious learning curves. It was a wonderful trip, one that I can’t wait to make again, and I look forward to talking about our travels in new (to us) Disney parks.
Thanks for reading!
Until next time…
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