Disneyland Paris

The beginning of April left the host family and I with the opportunity to experience a bit of fun just outside of Paris...Disneyland Paris invited us to 'venez découvrir toute la magie du monde Disney', and discover the magical world of Disney we did indeed.

We set off at the crack of dawn, with my host mother, sister, brother, and a family friend in tow, merrily singing along to a cd of french disney movie songs (interesting fact : Aladdin's 'Whole New World' translates to "This Blue Dream"; "Can You Feel the Love Tonight?" gives us "Love Shines in the Stars", the cultural barriers go on :P)  at the top of our lungs, to our delight, and the entertainment of passing cars.

After navigating the maze of roads that lead us to Disney, we eventually found where we were staying for the 2 nights there, a charming little bungalow park called 'Davy Crockett's Ranch`, where, I assure you, the `Canada is nothing but a big forest frontier, you`ll be right at home here`jokes did flow.

We got settled in, and then drove on over to the main attraction...

Disneyland Paris is technically 2 parks joined together; the Disney theme park and Walt Disney Studio Park.
Both feature a lot of rides, themed restaurants, shows, and exhibitions to go to.

Because I had never been there before everyone else (who had already been, and where therefore experts) guided me to the best rides and the prettiest spots.  Disney land Paris has a lot of very beautiful sights, from the pirate ships in Adventureland,





The Arabian markets,

Or Sleeping Beauty's Castle, right in the middle of the park.

me + chateau

Another really really great aspect of the experience is the little costumed characters running around the area....

Ignore the facial expression, I was in the middle of laughing and giving bisous to Eeyore/ Bouriquet en francais.

All in all, it was a great experience, and a lot of fun.  I definately hope to be back one day!