Visiting Disneyland was my utmost important part of going to Paris and we couldn't wait to spend the day surrounded by our favourite characters, it was so magical.
We took the metro to Nation before getting on the RER A that took us straight to Disney, we could use our Paris Viste passes too which meant we didn't have to pay any more. We decided not to buy our tickets in advance, hearing that with our passes we could get 20% off on the door. On arrival we wasn't sure where to buy them so spoke to a lady in the tourist information shop and she told us she had a few tickets left at 40% off - meaning it would only cost us 35 euros each instead of almost 60 euros! We were so lucky!
The park felt so Christmassy and everything was so detailed and made us feel like we were in a real disney film. It was so quiet too and we barely had to queue for anything. We spotted a few characters straight away - Winnie the Pooh and Mary Poppins!
We headed to It's a small world first and I absolutely loved this ride, although the song stuck in our heads all day afterwards. Other favourites were Pirates of the Carribean, Thunder Mountain, the Haunted House and Peter Pan's flight. The only one we weren't keen on was Space mountain as it hurt our heads too much! We enjoyed getting lost in the Mad Hatter's Tea Party Maze, although everyone kept following us but we couldn't get out, so we ended up getting everybody lost. We really enjoyed going up into the castle and looking out onto Frontier land and I definitely felt like a Princess! Ian loved Autopia, where he could drive an electric car on a track - it was his first proper driving experience ha ha.
We ate at The Lucky Nugget and although they messed up our order to begin with (& brought Ian a mushroom burger which he was not impressed with) we enjoyed the cheeseburgers and fries in the American west saloon style restaurant.
Our favourite part of Disney was the parade, where all the characters come together to sing and dance along Main St. It brought back so many childhood memories and I really just wanted to take part! After the parade it started to get dark so we decided to head back to our hostel - grabbing a subway and MacDonald's on the way back. On our last metro ride back to the hotel a young french guy tried to jump on to the train at the last minute and got stuck between the doors - it was so scary! Ian and another guy had to force the doors open to get him out but then they shut again on his head. We really thought that the train was going to start moving with his whole body hanging out but luckily he managed to get on at the last second. The French are crazy!
You're never too old for Disneyland ^^
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