MICKEY MADE IT TO DISNEYLAND PARIS!
Really I could just leave it there, but of course I won’t. I met up with an exchange friend from high school in Paris to fulfill our Disney dream that has been 5 years in the making! We had almost three full days in the parks and were there from opening until closing. 🙂 We rode nearly every ride (and even a few that were new for my friend who has been there multiple times) and soaked in the splendid Disney magic! Disneyland Paris had great walk-through attractions that took you through different movie stories like “Alice’s Curious Labyrinth”, “Aladdin’s Enchanted Passage” or the stained glass and storybook portion of Sleeping Beauty’s castle. One of my favorite attractions in Magic Kingdom though was “La Tanière du Dragon”, which was the prison that held Maleficent in her dragon form beneath the castle. The animatronics were so realistic and a few times it even scared me! You could see the dragon breathing, clench its claws, and nonchalantly swish its tail in the water while it slept. When it woke up it would blink, roar, blow smoke out of its nostrils, and swing its head! There was an adorable parade every afternoon with great music and dancing, but the final firework show at closing was by far the best. The projection show was top-notch, although it was a little strange to have an English-speaking Peter talking to a French-speaking Wendy. 😛 Although it was cool to hear some Disney songs in French and also made me realize how many of their movies are set in France and/or Paris.
We were easily able to park hop between Magic Kingdom and Walt Disney Studios, which worked super well with our plans. For February, we had pretty good weather the whole time and since it was the off-season the parks weren’t overly crowded! If nothing else though, we certainly ate well – Disney does a good job with that! I took way too many pictures on this trip and had so much fun posing Mickey and spending time with my friend! It was certainly a birthday week to never forget! 😀
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