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Cruising with the Crazies
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- Apr 22, 2010
So we arrived via train after 5 night in Paris. We dropped off our bags and hit the parks.
Disneyland - Park makes a good first impression, Main Street with the view of the Sleeping Beauty's Castle is awesome is truly instagram worthy. walking around many things surprise and delight. The rides and attractions are different enough to make them unique. We loved Casey Junior's Train, Alice in Wonderlands Labyrinth with Queen Mary's maze. Climbing the Mad Queens tower and getting to ride the Big Thunder Mountain was awesome. Phantom Manor (Haunted House) has a unique backstory to make the ride interesting and the Adventure Isle/Pirates beach is a large place for the kids to explore and get lost in.
As we explored we did notice that the park definitely needs some TLC, with peeling paint and and lack of touch up, Not up to the Disney standards of the US parks. Bathrooms and overall cleanliness are also not up to standard, not horrible but think local theme park vs a Disney Park. Guests here do things that cast members in the US would never let them get away with, standing on rides, dipping their hands in the water, hoping fences to sit in grassy areas and general lack of respect for park rules or other guests like cutting in line. Also the park are not smoke free and have designated smoking areas but guests do not always follow those rules either. It feels more 6 Flags Amusement park that Disney. Not that 6 flags isn't fun it just doesn't meet the same standards Disney usually does.
Sequoia Lodge - I am not sure where to start. Imagine you are in a Motel 6 or Days Inn and its really old, they used to allow smoking even though they don't now and haven't fixed or replaced the furniture in years including the mattresses. That about sums it up. It is no where near the standard I have come to expect from Disney having stayed in multiple properties at the Wold and Disneyland Hotel in California, in fact if you plan on visiting Disneyland Paris I would recommend staying in Val d'Europe and riding the bus or train over its that bad in the hotel. This is the end of a three week stay in Europe and this is easily the worst hotel we have stayed in and that's saying something. I was surprised by how the cost of staying here at Disneyland Paris was cheaper than than a stay on property in the US, now I am no longer surprised.
Pics are the Bath Tub, One of the chairs showing wear and tear which is evident through the room, the condition of the spoon when when we arrived, under the sink, not sure what the wiring is and the corners of the bathroom where it is evident the room is never cleaned.
Disneyland - Park makes a good first impression, Main Street with the view of the Sleeping Beauty's Castle is awesome is truly instagram worthy. walking around many things surprise and delight. The rides and attractions are different enough to make them unique. We loved Casey Junior's Train, Alice in Wonderlands Labyrinth with Queen Mary's maze. Climbing the Mad Queens tower and getting to ride the Big Thunder Mountain was awesome. Phantom Manor (Haunted House) has a unique backstory to make the ride interesting and the Adventure Isle/Pirates beach is a large place for the kids to explore and get lost in.
As we explored we did notice that the park definitely needs some TLC, with peeling paint and and lack of touch up, Not up to the Disney standards of the US parks. Bathrooms and overall cleanliness are also not up to standard, not horrible but think local theme park vs a Disney Park. Guests here do things that cast members in the US would never let them get away with, standing on rides, dipping their hands in the water, hoping fences to sit in grassy areas and general lack of respect for park rules or other guests like cutting in line. Also the park are not smoke free and have designated smoking areas but guests do not always follow those rules either. It feels more 6 Flags Amusement park that Disney. Not that 6 flags isn't fun it just doesn't meet the same standards Disney usually does.
Sequoia Lodge - I am not sure where to start. Imagine you are in a Motel 6 or Days Inn and its really old, they used to allow smoking even though they don't now and haven't fixed or replaced the furniture in years including the mattresses. That about sums it up. It is no where near the standard I have come to expect from Disney having stayed in multiple properties at the Wold and Disneyland Hotel in California, in fact if you plan on visiting Disneyland Paris I would recommend staying in Val d'Europe and riding the bus or train over its that bad in the hotel. This is the end of a three week stay in Europe and this is easily the worst hotel we have stayed in and that's saying something. I was surprised by how the cost of staying here at Disneyland Paris was cheaper than than a stay on property in the US, now I am no longer surprised.
Pics are the Bath Tub, One of the chairs showing wear and tear which is evident through the room, the condition of the spoon when when we arrived, under the sink, not sure what the wiring is and the corners of the bathroom where it is evident the room is never cleaned.
