PARIS 1/3 - DISNEYLAND

Aaaaargh I've been back to Paris... three times(?!?!) I think since last summer..! I'm going to retro-blog my trips as I did lots of cool stuff and I have so much to say about all of it!! I'm going to start with my trip to Paris in Summer 2014 because that one was a lovely girly group trip and I have so many cute/ridiculous photos I never posted!!

Ok, so we went out on a Thursday evening and planned to go to Disneyland on the first morning. An off peak, term time Friday, ohhhh yeah. We took the Eurostar to Paris and stayed in the oops! hostel, which was really nice (but I'd now always recommend staying in an airbnb property if possible, as you just get so much extra space and your own kitchen and things!)

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 The day of Disneyland I was so so giddy it was actually kind of embarrassing....  I'd only been to Disneyland once when I was about 7 or something (also the one in Paris!) and while I loved it it rained the whole time..! I was looking forward to reliving the magic but maybe in the sun..?

Haha nope it was raining loads.

NEVERTHELESS I STILL HAD LOTS OF FUN LIKE WHEN I MADE MADDIE GENUINELY AFRAID OF ME ON THIS DRIVING RIDE.

We were still having loads of fun even in the rain, and I was really happy I'd got to come with such a nice (tolerant) group of (tolerant) friends!

And then... HOLY SHIT IT GOT REALLY REALLY SUNNY. AND STAYED LIKE THAT FOR THE WHOLE DAY!!! And all this fun ensued...

Maddie's favourite part of the day was definitely when I made her go on It's A Small World

The prettiest teacup ride I've ever been on!

Maddie & Lyci 

Me and Louisa!

It's crazy how much admin there is to get on the stupid Dumbo ride!!! Stop featuring it in adverts so people don't feel like they've failed Disneyland unless they've gone on this dumb(o) ride!!!! (although it is super adorable)

Cheshire cat don't care.

My favourite float!!

I BOUGHT MARIE EARS. For my second ear change of the day...

I really like carousels, and this one was really pretty!!

I also love all the stained glass in Sleeping Beauty's castle!

Sleeping Beauty was my joint-favourite Disney film when I was growing up, so I've always loved this castle and it made a huge impression on me when I was little!!

OH GOD WILL I WIN THIS SWORD???

Lyci was really, really tired (and really unwell which worried me) and then got an extreme second wind and became arguably almost more enthusiastic than me..!

I think this is my favourite ride, this or Phantom Manor. I take it very seriously.

Don't care that this picture was terrible because I think I have an identical photo like this from when I was 7 or something!

I insisted we stayed until closing to see the fireworks/projection show, which was really mean of me but SORRY LOOK HOW WONDERFUL THIS WAS!!

And... the next morning I was so tired I thought I might die, but it was definitely worth it.