Lisa and team cottage gets the prize - we broke down and took the kids to Disneyland Paris! There are at least 734,475 ads for it on the metro and the girls did not miss one of them. We figured that they have been real troopers on this trip and they deserved a day that would really top this vacation off for them.
Our overall impression (and I'm not sure why this surprises me), is that it is pretty much indistinguishable from the original. I was expecting (read: had hoped for) a little nod to Europe. A few little tongue in cheek touches that would remind me I'm not in California or Florida aside from the absence of palm trees. But, alas, there were none that I could discern. R2D2 and Buzz Lightyear were speaking French but for every character speaking French, there were 5 speaking English. The food was disconcertingly amusement park faire - pizza, burgers etc. We ordered an Astroburger and it came with a potato patty on it. Luckily, it had pickle slices on it, otherwise, it would have been without any texture (or flavor) at all. Again, surprising only in that I had expected France to up the anti a little on the quality of the food and also the items available. The only slightly surprising food item was gingerbread flavored popcorn. After my last popcorn experience, I didn't try it.
They also had a playground so we had to get that in - just to stick w the theme.
All that said, the girls had a blast and Natalie managed well with the truncated naps and feeds on the run. We staggered home at 7:00 pm, tossed the kids into bed and enjoyed a quiet and civilized meal at Bar30, which is, thankfully, just around the corner from our apartment.
Our overall impression (and I'm not sure why this surprises me), is that it is pretty much indistinguishable from the original. I was expecting (read: had hoped for) a little nod to Europe. A few little tongue in cheek touches that would remind me I'm not in California or Florida aside from the absence of palm trees. But, alas, there were none that I could discern. R2D2 and Buzz Lightyear were speaking French but for every character speaking French, there were 5 speaking English. The food was disconcertingly amusement park faire - pizza, burgers etc. We ordered an Astroburger and it came with a potato patty on it. Luckily, it had pickle slices on it, otherwise, it would have been without any texture (or flavor) at all. Again, surprising only in that I had expected France to up the anti a little on the quality of the food and also the items available. The only slightly surprising food item was gingerbread flavored popcorn. After my last popcorn experience, I didn't try it.
They also had a playground so we had to get that in - just to stick w the theme.
All that said, the girls had a blast and Natalie managed well with the truncated naps and feeds on the run. We staggered home at 7:00 pm, tossed the kids into bed and enjoyed a quiet and civilized meal at Bar30, which is, thankfully, just around the corner from our apartment.
We won, we won! I can't believe we won!
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