Disneyland, Paris

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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