A day in the park

Traditionally we pay a visit to Disneyland Paris every year around Christmas time. Even last year we had managed to squeeze into our busy schedule an evening there. This year, thanks to fantastic grandparents, we could go for a whole day as they agreed to babysit Oskar.

After another night of little sleep we left Chantilly before sunrise in direction of the park.

We were all very excited with our tickets in hand and ready to get started.

We started slow with the tour of the studios. In comparison to the tour at theUniversal  Studios in LA, this one was a bit disappointing. A couple of extra special effects scenes would have been great. This said, we enjoyed the heat of the fire to warm us up.

As preparation for the Twillight tower, we did the parachute drop from Toy Story. While this attraction is all under control and the drop very gentle (after all it's for kids), having the feet hanging in the void was a bit scary still.

While queueing for the parachute, Joy noticed another attraction nearby shaped as a U. The principle is very simple. You embark a car that rides the U. Pretty quickly you find yourself vertical vs. the ground and bouncing from one side of the U to the other one. Very steep, very very steep. To warm up my voice I screamed everything I could get out. In a world where you have to control your emotions, it's great to have a place where you can let everything out. I must have been loud because Wolfram wondered whether I took a break to breath. I do remember hearing Yann laughing.

By the time we reached the big tower, I was ready for more dropping and more screaming. Apparently I fully delivered on that one. There is even a picture to prove it.

The rest of the day was filled with more attractions. The boys riding roller coasters, several times and the girls enjoying live music and cartoons in the meantime.

We didn't miss It's a small world all dressed up for Christmas.

Nor the Christmas tree which was illuminated later at night.

We worked hard on improving our scores at Buzz Lightyear... And even discovered Oskar's planet:

Needless to say that Yann scored the highest although he didn't break his record (999 999... The display doesn't go higher).

We brainstormed on how to make the phantom house scarier. There were discussion around the floor opening under your feet and a fall into a pound full of crocodiles.

The only disappointment was that we couldn't do the Pirates of the Caribbean. The first time we tried it was closed for a technical problem. The second time we got as close as seeing the boats but after 30min waiting whatever problem that had stopped the attraction again to be solved, we were evacuated. Yep, second attraction in two years in a row that we don't complete. It starts to be a bad habit from Disney.

Again a big thank you to my parents who took care of Oskar so that we could be children again... At least for one day. We are already back into diaper duties.