Paris: Day 4 - DiSNEYLAND pt. 5

Tomorrowland!






By this point of the day, I was pretty beat. The mister left me to sit and doze while he ran off to snap some Tomorrowland photos. We didn't ride a single ride! Too sleepy! Instead, we wandered into the arcade - the REAL kind! For a bit of a break from the weather and a hot cocoa. There are two arcades in DLRP - one themed for the Statue of Liberty & one themed for Da Vinci. The 'Liberty' arcade lead you to the retail sections and the 'Da Vinci' arcade had all the take-away food windows. Both had spots to sit and relax and they were both relatively quiet.

We opted to stick around the park for dinner and tried our luck at the Blue Lagoon (the restaurant inside the Pirates ride). We waited about 5 minutes for a table! Excellent! I LOVE DLRP! No lines, no real crowds, and no waiting for a table!



It's not themed at all like the Blue Bayou. It's more 'tropical' - as it's supposed to be a pirate hang out in some exotic locale. You couldn't really see the ride as the restaurant is incredibly dark! I tried to peep out from the foliage lining the deck, hoping to wave to a passing boat. I could hear them pass but, couldn't see anything. Oh well! Back to the dinner! I had some kind of tropical 'jambalaya' and Jeff had ostrich flambe!


Funny, all my pictures are of the pitch black darkness!

By the time we finished our dinner, the park was beyond closed. A cast member had to escort us from Adventureland (to make sure we didn't try to pull a trick 'From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler' and stay after closing). We meandered down Main street and back to the RER station. A quick transfer to the Metro and we were soon snoring away in our beds. The next day was going to be exciting AND exhausting! We were going to visit Versailles!

Next Up: King Louie's Place!

Paris: Day 4 - DiSNEYLAND pt. 4

After wandering thru Adventureland (and riding the Indiana Jones ride), I suddenly realized that I hadn't taken a good look at the castle! I was expecting very good things for this castle (Hello! We're in Europe! We can go see 'real' castles! Step it up, Disney!)




Look! Tinkerbell on the top of the castle! Although watch out! This pixie's dust will CUT you!

I thought the castle was BEAUTIFUL! It was everything I wanted in a castle AND you could even walk around the "battlements" or the second floor (which we meant to do but, kept forgetting to do. Oh well! Guess we have to go back!). But, what truly made this castle special was the dark secret hiding in it's belly, something so fierce and frightening none would dare attempt to plunder THIS castle. What could it be, you ask?

A DRAGON!!




Running in fear of our lives (and coughing from the 'dragon fire') we arrived, happily in Fantasyland! The Fantasyland for DLRP felt ENORMOUS! I feel like we missed tons of stuff in it because it was so spacious and, just like Disneyland, Fantasyland was the most crowded part of the park. Le sigh.

The hat shop:

The CEILING of the hat shop:

The Teacups:

Small World:



There were more restaurants than you could shake a stick at! We were still full from our tasty lunch at Walt's so we just walking and snapping pictures, some of which even came out!



Up Next: TOMORROWLAND

Paris: Day 4 - DISNEYLAND pt. 3

Off we went to Adventureland! I fell in love with the entrance to this section of the park! It reminded me of Morocco in Epcot! Once we entered, it suddenly reminded me of Animal Kingdom. It blew my mind!!




Doesn't this remind you of the jeeps in Animal Kingdom?! Crazy!


We only rode ONE ride in this section (actually, we only hit TWO rides in the entire park! The hell is wrong with us?!). This one was a 'can't miss' ride for us! We didn't realize this sucka pulled a loop-de-loop on it and we therefore completely unprepared for it when it occurred. This mean that I jammed my neck a little on that loop. I was really worried that I'd have a HUGE headache for the rest of the day. Luckily, this was not the case (I think the hot cocoa we had later cured my ouchy neck).




We didn't actually eat here (sorry). I just thought the building looked really great! I had to snap some photos of it.



When I saw the awesome pirate ship, I got all excited thinking DLRP had a Chicken of the Sea restaurant in a boat near Skull Rock. Nope. It's just a fun playland for your wee ones. Is it wrong that I was disappointed?

Up next: Fantasyland!

Paris: Day 4 pt. 2

After our tasty lunch, we forged into Frontierland, in order to ride The Phantom Manor (DLRP's Haunted Mansion). I'd heard great things about this ride and couldn't WAIT to try it out!





The line was long - it's a popular attraction. Luckily, we got to skip said line (thanks, City Hall!) and head right in. Almost immediately, we were beset with "spooks" that disrupted the ride. I believe we had to stop 6 times on the ride! Too many to truly enjoy it. The biggest difference we could see (since we were stopped so often) was that the Phantom Manor went for truly scary stuff! Not terrifying! Just more classically scary. It was nice. Their graveyard scene was spectacular and we thought going "underneath" the graveyard was neat and kinda creepy! It was over too quickly. We discussed going on it again and just never got around to it.



After the ride, we wandered a bit in Frontierland:






Up next: Adventure(land)!