A Scrap of Life

Today was a pretty light day yet somehow we still walked over 11 miles. We started off with early entry, this time to the Disney Studios park. This park is tiny. Like really tiny. I know they are doing some additions to it right now (which is why Rock n Rollercoaster is down  🙁 ) but there are really just a few things we wanted to do here and extra magic hours is our opportunity to do those with no wait. Plus it gave us a chance to see DLP’s version of the Partners statue, since it lives in the studios as opposed to Disneyland/Magic Kingdom in the states. The first stop was an entirely new-to-us ride, Ratatouille. This is currently being added to EPCOT’s France pavilion at Disney World but it’s not open yet. The interesting thing about this ride is that it’s trackless. This means your ratmobile can scurry and scram with a really natural feel. What I didn’t love was the big 3D screens. Those really ignite my motion sickness but I did ok by closing my eyes a few times. All in all, i...

  Wow, what a day! We started out bright and early because we have extra magic hours. This entitles Disneyland Paris hotel guest to an hour of time in the parks in the morning and is one of the biggest perks to staying onsite. We had a great breakfast at the hotel before heading to see Disneyland Paris for the first time. The entry gate to Disneyland Paris is unlike the US parks, in that it is actually underneath the Disneyland Hotel. Very interesting setup. We took some pictures then entered the park. We entered Main Street and it looked familiar - a similar setup to what we have in the US parks.  But once I looked down Main Street I saw the castle and was astounded. It’s tall and narrow and a pepto-like shade of pink. It wasn’t that busy, so of course we had to take some photos.  🙂 Then we headed into Fantasyland for rope drop. It’s a tradition for our family to rope drop Peter Pan. This means we enter the park early and wait at the rope they hold at the front of...