cast members
me (complete disney fanatic)
DD 6 = youngest Daughter 3rd disney trip
DD 13 = oldest daughter 3rd disney trip
DS 4 months = baby son 1st disney trip
DB = brother 1st disney trip
DS = sister 1st disney trip
DM = mum 1st disney trip
Day 5
This was to be our non disney day in which we would explore Paris. Although this was my third time visiting Disneyland Paris, I had never actually been sightseeing in Paris. Usually I would be in the parks. Dsis had been in Paris quite a few times and had arranged to take over the organising and planning for this day. We were going to take in the Eiffel Tower, Notre Dame and the Louvre.
Dsis is extremely relaxed and easygoing,
and announced we would have a sleep in and get the bus at 12pm and have plenty of time to see all we wanted to see in Paris. 
Needless to say we did not make it to Paris at all. We missed 2 buses waiting for people to get ready, and decided to go to Val de Europe and La Vallee instead.
To be honest I was not that disappointed as I was secretly planning to head into the parks later for the last few hours. This was not going to happen either though.
We finally made it to Val De Europe for 3.00pm. We did some some shopping, explored La Vallee and I picked up the VIP discount book from information.
To my delight I found a 30% discount coupon for the Dream Castle Hotel. This was definitely going to come in handy.
We spent a couple of hours going in and out of all the shops while DD13 went into overdrive in an attempt to get me to spend as much money as possible.
Unfortunately for her even the items on the sale rails could have been bought back home for half the price.
So we chose not to buy too much.
Before we knew it we had lost DB. We searched in a few shops to no avail before heading back to the main Mall. We had said before hand we would stop for some groceries at the Auchan supermarket before we went back to the villa, and there we found him waiting patiently.
The Auchan supermarket was huge and we easily spent almost 2 hours here. The bakery section offered lots of little treats and I bought lots of the various french pastries which I had developed a serious liking for. I can highly recommend the strawberry shortbread, this must be one of the most delicious things I have ever tasted.
By the time we got back to the villa, it was too late for the disney parks, so we made a nice meal, and visited the jacuzzi and steam baths again, and it was requested I take back over the role of planner.
I am a very serious planner and usually have everything timed and very well organised. I like to try to get as much as we possibly can get done. 
I quickly discovered this week that those principles can be hard to apply when your in a group (that doesn't just consist of your children). 
There had been a few jokes this week about me getting my sergeant major's uniform on. Well tonight everyone agreed Dsis included that there are benefits to having someone who has it all planned 
me (complete disney fanatic)
DD 6 = youngest Daughter 3rd disney trip
DD 13 = oldest daughter 3rd disney trip
DS 4 months = baby son 1st disney trip
DB = brother 1st disney trip
DS = sister 1st disney trip
DM = mum 1st disney trip
Day 5
This was to be our non disney day in which we would explore Paris. Although this was my third time visiting Disneyland Paris, I had never actually been sightseeing in Paris. Usually I would be in the parks. Dsis had been in Paris quite a few times and had arranged to take over the organising and planning for this day. We were going to take in the Eiffel Tower, Notre Dame and the Louvre.
Dsis is extremely relaxed and easygoing,
and announced we would have a sleep in and get the bus at 12pm and have plenty of time to see all we wanted to see in Paris. Needless to say we did not make it to Paris at all. We missed 2 buses waiting for people to get ready, and decided to go to Val de Europe and La Vallee instead.
To be honest I was not that disappointed as I was secretly planning to head into the parks later for the last few hours. This was not going to happen either though.
We finally made it to Val De Europe for 3.00pm. We did some some shopping, explored La Vallee and I picked up the VIP discount book from information.
To my delight I found a 30% discount coupon for the Dream Castle Hotel. This was definitely going to come in handy.
We spent a couple of hours going in and out of all the shops while DD13 went into overdrive in an attempt to get me to spend as much money as possible.
Unfortunately for her even the items on the sale rails could have been bought back home for half the price.
So we chose not to buy too much.Before we knew it we had lost DB. We searched in a few shops to no avail before heading back to the main Mall. We had said before hand we would stop for some groceries at the Auchan supermarket before we went back to the villa, and there we found him waiting patiently.
The Auchan supermarket was huge and we easily spent almost 2 hours here. The bakery section offered lots of little treats and I bought lots of the various french pastries which I had developed a serious liking for. I can highly recommend the strawberry shortbread, this must be one of the most delicious things I have ever tasted.
By the time we got back to the villa, it was too late for the disney parks, so we made a nice meal, and visited the jacuzzi and steam baths again, and it was requested I take back over the role of planner.
I am a very serious planner and usually have everything timed and very well organised. I like to try to get as much as we possibly can get done. I quickly discovered this week that those principles can be hard to apply when your in a group (that doesn't just consist of your children). There had been a few jokes this week about me getting my sergeant major's uniform on.
Well tonight everyone agreed Dsis included that there are benefits to having someone who has it all planned 
