I thought this wasn't a rule in the Disney hotels? I know it's a French rule, but never seen it posted or enforced in a Disney hotel, is it in the Disney Hotel? (staying there in February, my previous stay in 2002 was an all girls trip, so no experience), because if it is, I'll have to let my husband bring his speedo's (which he has for French holidays)
Joining in. Your hotel room looks fab. We nearly stayed there on the last trip but went to Hotel New York instead.
Well done on the race as well
Love Landon's two Nanas comment so cute
Rainforest Cafe should totally embrace Toddler Happy Hour as a marketing technique! Sad to hear the burger was subpar as it looks delicious!
I can’t believe those cool PP plushes. I absolutely love finding unique merchandise like that. And omg your Starbucks mug!!! Swoon.
I definitely need to catch up on your blog posts about Paris (and London)?
How long was the trip from the Disneyland Hotel to the city?
I'll echo earlier kudos for knowing when to call it quits when the kids clearly have hit the wall. I see too many parents trying to push their kids into participating in every last second of an experience, which benefits neither the parents nor the kids.
We have been to a Rainforest Café once, not at WDW, but a local place for Nate's birthday one year. It was a one-and-done for us, T-Rex at Disney Springs, on the other hand, is another story!
I got serious anxiety listening to you describe listening to that guy insisting on the incorrect identification. I think I would have started singing Etta James' "At Last"... "At-lassssss" to the kids in earshot of the family. OMG, love the story about potential naming issues if you had another boy!
The Peter Pan plushies are awesome. Landon's comment is hilarious! Perhaps the original Nana could sponsor the ownership of stuffed Nana? The Tick-Tock Crock definitely would have come home with me!
Ah, thanks! It's a good thing we didn't cross paths...those two in one picture may exceed the DIS cuteness limits!
My family walked back towards the parks and our hotel, where I proceeded to make the kids pose for photos.
They look like they are saying in british accents, "Oh we just can't be bothered for a photo dahhhhhling"
Too true! We could all lead happier lives if we embraced the 5-year-old's method of friendship!Don’t you wish making friends was as easy as kids make it out to be?
“Hey, you’ve got a green shirt. Let’s go skip down that street then hop like a bunny.”
“Okay!”
That is too stinking cute!!!
I think you did great with your snazzy castle shot!I’ll stick with my day job…
It really was cool! I wish we could have had a 3-way dismeet, but unfortunately I was about to board a plane flight when you guys met!When I learned that @Dugette and her family were going to Disneyland Paris, all I had to do was change my tentative days by a few days to let us overlap. It was perfect timing, and I found it incredibly cool (just like with Lesley) that I was having the meet in Europe.
Such cuties!And thus starting the trend of Landon and Izzy insisting they take pictures together. If they were with each other, they had to share the shot. Sorry, Dugette, for a lot of your Disneyland Paris photos having my eldest child in them.
Awesome! Whatever makes her happy though!He said every time it stopped Evie would shout, “Can we do that again?!” and Alex would look at the Cast Member who’d give him a thumbs up in indication that they could stay on the attraction.
And naturally, Evie had to pick a new horse every turn.
Round 1:
Round 2:
And Round 3:
Three straight go’s on the carousel…poor Alex. He really loves you, Evie.
carouselpalooza
This ride is the exact same (minus the French) as Disneyland's version, but surprisingly had longer wait times at DLP! Normally it's almost a walk-on at DLR, but whenever I went over to it at DLP it had a wait time longer than 20 minutes-nope, not worth it! I ended up riding it during an EMH after my plans at WDS failed.we all hopped on Les Voyages de Pinocchio, which was a new dark ride for us. We couldn’t understand the story since it was in French, but it had whimsical scenes and the kids loved spotting Figaro. It wouldn’t be worth riding if the line was more than fifteen minutes long, but I was glad I experienced it once.
Wha-?
A coffee shop with no coffee?!
They did have espresso, though, so I had to go with an Americano. I was getting an extra strong caffeine kick that morning!
Before the trip, I watched a walking interview with Tony Baxter about the Disneyland Paris park and learned this is the only Disney park that has a gazebo in its center. Something Walt really wanted and intended for Disneyland.
She’s one of a handful of people I’ve known almost my whole time on the boards.
I have been working on fixing my past reports, because they went completely wonky when the DIS switched to new servers and photobucket stopped allowing 3rd party sharing (except I guess now they do?)
I especially love this one!
That is so weird that there are no options for breakfast before EMH until 7:30! And Starbucks not having any coffee, OH THE HUMANITY!
I loved all the lovely photos in this installment
They look like they are saying in british accents, "Oh we just can't be bothered for a photo dahhhhhling"
Too true! We could all lead happier lives if we embraced the 5-year-old's method of friendship!
That is too stinking cute!!!
I think you did great with your snazzy castle shot!
Loving all the photos of Landon and his new best friend
They are so cute together
Evie looks so happy in all her photos. Dads and their daughters really do have a special bond ( says me - a self-confessed daddy’s girl).
Weird about the lack of food options in the early morning. Given that the French are famous for their cuisine you’d have thought there would have been plenty to choose from
Glad you got sorted eventually. Early magic hours seem to have been a great success
Like you, I miss walking down an empty Main Street at WDW. I think it’s sad that so many things now cost an extra fee but I guess as long as people are prepared to pay it will always be that way
It really was cool! I wish we could have had a 3-way dismeet, but unfortunately I was about to board a plane flight when you guys met!
Such cuties!
Awesome! Whatever makes her happy though!
This ride is the exact same (minus the French) as Disneyland's version, but surprisingly had longer wait times at DLP! Normally it's almost a walk-on at DLR, but whenever I went over to it at DLP it had a wait time longer than 20 minutes-nope, not worth it! I ended up riding it during an EMH after my plans at WDS failed.
It was so great spending that Disneyland Paris time with your family and I'm enjoying re-living it in your updates! Izzy talked about Landon again today, by the way. Out of sight, but not out of mind. She definitely remembers frolicking through DLP with him very fondly. Thank you again for the protein bar (and later the help with where to obtain breakfast another day) - it's really amazing how hard it is to find anything at all to eat at DLP in the morning! I'm so glad it only took us 5 years to exceed the DIS cuteness photo limits! Haha, what a great quote to find!
That's really crazy that nothing was open for breakfast!! I guess we were even luckier than we realized with that upgrade on our trip since it included breakfast in the concierge lounge. We'd have been STARVING!! I'm not much of a morning person already, but no breakfast in sight...I would NOT be a pleasant person to be around!! lol
So incredibly cool that you got to hang out with Dugette & fam for awhile!! Landon and Izzy's instant friendship is about the cutest thing ever. As is Evie's love of the carousel!!
That's just... weird.
That's fascinating!
I have a few like that too. It's fun to have friends you've known for so long and have a history with.
I gave up. Just too much time involved.
I especially love this one!
At home, I make breakfast as soon as my feet reach the kitchen floor. It’s one of the first things we do to start our day, so needless to say my family doesn’t handle waiting around well. We tend to get crabby when we don’t have our grains.
I had tried to order a coffee with my meal but was told the grinders were broken.
Starbucks had no coffee.
Wha-?
A coffee shop with no coffee?!
Before the trip, I watched a walking interview with Tony Baxter about the Disneyland Paris park and learned this is the only Disney park that has a gazebo in its center. Something Walt really wanted and intended for Disneyland.
Dugette is a true DIS veteran here on the boards. I first “met” her when she wrote about her pregnancy with her daughter and I was pregnant with Landon and have followed here reports ever since. She’s a fantastic writer who captures what it’s like traveling to Disney, DL, and Aulani in an honest and entertaining way. If you haven’t read her reports, you really should give them a go. They’re great.
Landon and Izzy have similar personalities: outgoing, creative, very friendly so they hit it off immediately. You would have thought they were fellow students in their classes, the way they acted so familiar with one another.
I think everyone should ride Dumbo near the start of their day in Disneyland Paris, because it allows you such a magnificent view of the park from up high. You get to see the lush colors of the labyrinth, the massive exterior of Small World, and of course…the castle
I don't get it. How does not Starbucks not have regular coffee?? France is a very strange country.
So cool that you got to spend time with Duggette & family! I always marvel at kids who make friends instantly ... I did not do that as a kid, and I certainly don't do it as a cranky adult. The pictures of Landon and Izzy are adorable!
I think Alex deserves a "dad of the year" award for going on the carousel three times in a row. Wow.
I'm like this, too.
Wait, WHAT?! But it's...a COFFEE shop...
This is sweet!
Oh, that's cool! Also, good tip on the on the interview. I love documentaries, and also Disney, so it seems like a match made in heaven.
I love Dugette's reports! Izzy is so spunky and fun to read about, and Dugette has a great writing style.
Oh, I hadn't even thought of it before, but I can totally see this! Landon and Izzy would make excellent friends!
Filing this tip away...
What a nice morning! All the pics of the kids are adorable! So cute that Evie and Alex got some daddy/daughter time on the carousel. And exciting to have a DISmeet and the kids hit it off so well!
Starbucks had no coffee.
Wha-?
A coffee shop with no coffee?!
This task gets harder and harder as they get older and older.
The kids loved going up into the gazebo and dancing around inside: