Disneyland Park

We tried to get a early start but failed. I went to buy the interconnecting train tickets while Carol hired a wheelchair and got an Easypass because of her disability. We started at the Phantom Manor and then went on a lazy cruise on the Molly Brown paddle steamboat around Big Thunder Mountain. While passing La Cabane des Robinson we were waylaid by Jack Robin or was that Jack Sparrow and ended up on Adventure Isle. At the Chaparral Theatre we had a Tarzen Encounter and lived through a pirate attack at the Pirates of the Caribbean (one of Carol’s favourite rides). My favourite was next, Buzz Lightyear Laser Blast. We were then shrunk down to size in Honey, I Shrunk the Audience in a 3D film (Gold Reef City’s 4D is much better). Time for the Parade, we got there just as it started which meant that we did not get the best position to view it. Matthew then tried his hand at driving a 1950’s car through Autopia. Afterward a bumpy ride we visited Les Mystères du Nautilus for that underwater tour of Captain Nemo’s submarine. We then slowed down with a walk through Sleeping Beauty Castle to Le Carrousel de Lancelot for a ride on the horses and then on Dumbo the Flying Elephant. The other favourite of Carols was next “it’s a small world”, she went twice and we finished up the day at Disneyland Park with another ride in Pirates of the Caribbean. It was McDonalds then bed for us.

Disney Studios

After a late start, we found ourselves in a wet Disney Studios with our first stop at Stitch Live! Stitch was a unique experience, as he interacted with his audience. The cold rain gently fell as we rushed from attraction to attraction. Les Trapis Volants, Crush’s Coaster, Cars race Rally, Studio Tram Tour (was the best, as it showed behind the scenes of how the movies are made with a visit to a live shoot of a scene in Catastrophe Canyon movie), Armageddon Special Effects and finally CinéMagique (which was also good, showing the history of film).

Disneyland

After a good breakfast we took a bus to Dordrecht to get the Inter City train to Rotterdam. At Rotterdam Centraal we found that most of the early high speed trains to Paris were already booked. After some reshuffling we took the Inter City train to Bruxelles Midi. There was only standing room left for the first part of the journey. Because of the two hour connection changeover, we had lunch at Bruxelles Midi and walked around the shops at the station. Finally we climb on board the TGV train direct to Marne la Vallée, which is the station right at Disneyworld. While stopped at Aéroport Charles de Gaulle, the police boarded the train with sniffer dogs, presumably searching for drugs on the train from Amsterdam. It started raining as we arrived at Marne la Vallée. A short shuttle hop later we were at Sequoia Lodge. After checking in 10 hours after leaving Papendrecht, we went to meet Goofy and friends plus a ride on the Orbitron.