One of my childhood dreams came true this month, I went to Disneyland Paris for the first time in 24 years and it was incredible. I discovered a whole new world, the world of amusement parks. You should know that I had never done it, so it was a very nice discovery.
Luckily, I was accompanied and I think we were very lucky that day because we were able to do all the attractions we wanted in both parks. And thanks to the application, we were able to see the waiting time and take the rides accordingly.
Initially, we focused on Disney Studio. As soon as it opened, we went to Nemo's attraction, Crush's Coaster. We waited about 70 minutes before we could do it but it was worth it. On the other hand, I absolutely did not expect it to move so much. When people said Némo to me, I imagined something soft, with water. But not at all, it's a thrill ride. Well, it's not the strongest, but it moved and shook well.
Then we did Ratatouille, with a 30 minute wait. It was pretty cool and immersive.
Then we moved on to the Tower of Terror. It was great. I think it was the one that shook me the most of everything we did in both parks. It was very scary but super fun. At the same time, this ride lives up to its name.
And finally, we went to the Avengers Campus where we tested the Spider-Man attraction, where you have to catch robots with wires like the hero would do, as well as the Avengers Assemble - Flight force, which is a thrill ride.
For the Spider-Man one, there was a 50 minute wait so we decided to do it in Single Rider where there was only a 10 minute line. On the other hand, for the second ride, we didn't wait at all, it was great.
Having done all the attractions we wanted at the Disney Studio, we moved on to the main park. To tell you, we stayed about 4 hours in this first park. And 5 hours in the second.
I was delighted to see with my own eyes the store aisle that leads to Sleeping Beauty Castle. It is so beautiful ! I felt like a child.
After a few photos at the castle, we immediately moved on to the attractions of the park. First, we did Buzz Lightyear, where you had to shoot at the targets, the Hyperspace Mountain, a Star Wars-themed thrill ride (and we were lucky because it was temporarily closed, from So, we did Buzz Lightyear while waiting and right after, it reopened, so we didn't have to wait too long to take the ride), and Star Tours, an immersive attraction in a spaceship accompanied by C3PO and R2D2.
Then, we continued with It's a small world, which is a small ride that shows us the diversity of the world with singing dolls; Pirates of the Caribbean, which is also very calming, because it is a tour of the island of Tortuga; Indiana Jones, a thrill ride but which is very fast; Big Thunder mountain, a ride with an average sensation, because it moves but has no wolfing; The haunted mansion that I loved; and finally, we finished with Peter Pan where we tour London and Neverland on a flying boat.
We finished just in time to go see the Christmas parade, where we got to see Mickey and his friends, as well as a few princesses on the floats.
And then, we finished by going around the stores to buy some souvenirs. Personally, I took a pair of Minnie ears, because it's the base, a Stitch plush toy, a key to the Tower of Terror, and a Star-Wars t-shirt which I find just sublime.
Photo credit: Candice Marmonier & Amélie Marmonier
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