I don't know, turn my back fro a few days and you all start squabbling!
Too much egg nog on your cornflakes! I hope we can all get back to the happy way we were - maybe we're all a bit lacking in Disney magic at the moment.
Disneyland Paris: we went there in 2003 for the Whitsun holiday. We stayed at the Hotel New York for 4 nights, arriving from London by Eurostar. At the time our DS were 9 and 3, and it was a first experience of character for DS3. One day less would not have been a problem.
The hotel was lovely, very comfortable and a short walk through the Disney village (shops and restaurants to you and me
) to the park. Some of the rides are the same, some are better, (no Splash Mountain
) but as its VERY small compared with WDW (correct me if I'm wrong, but I think Disneyland Park and MGM would fit into MK - you might need a bit of the car park to fit it all in). The shows and parades are excellent as you'd expect.
The weather was very hot when we were there -hot for Paris, 28-30 degrees C - and you did need to go into certain rides/shops/shows to cool down. The stunt show and the area outside the castle (where the Winnie the Pooh show was held) became VERY hot. The characters were generally not so well handled as in the US - think more Universal, few proper lines and often not even a handler. Its also a no picnic zone - you have to eat your own food outside the gates. And being France don't go looking for free iced water, or a reduction if you don't want a vegetable with your meal. And don't even THINK about asking to split a dish, or get an extra bun for your burger
If you are eating breakfast at your hotel, you will notice loads of people making up cheese and ham rolls and fruit to take to the park. We also took small bottles of water and refilled them from the fountains. These all got through with no problem but you couldn't take the size of coolers you see in the US. You could probably manage without a stroller for any child over 5.
You'll find more recent trip reports on the UK board or the DLP thread, these are my impressions based on nearly 3 years ago! However, if you want a Disney fix as part of another holiday you will probably find it will do you fine.
I'm doing Jury Service for the next 2 weeks so may not get to post very much (and probably won't keep up!)
Mr. Kate!!
