American Mom in London: Disneyland Paris: Finally a Vacation for Colin!

Disneyland Paris was on the list of trips we wanted to make sure we took during our time in London, but we wanted to wait until Colin was as old as possible before going. We planned our trip for early June during our last month living in Europe. The Eurostar offers daily direct trains from London to Disneyland Paris. Three hours after getting on the train at Saint Pancras Station in London, we arrived at Disneyland Paris. We were staying at a Disney hotel (with a "Cars" theme - Colin LOVED that!) so were able to quickly check our bags and head to the park.

Disneyland Paris is much smaller than Florida's Disney World. It is closer to the size of California's Disneyland. It consists of two parks, the traditional Disneyland Park (like Disney World's Magic Kingdom) and Walt Disney Studios (like Disney World's MGM Studios). We had park tickets for three days and were able to go back and forth between the parks as often as we wanted. We probably ended up spending about 75% of the time at Disneyland Park with the remainder at Walt Disney Studios.

Colin loved our time at Disneyland Paris. He is at the right age where everything seemed magical. He was a bit shy around most of the characters but loved meeting Mickey Mouse. He gave him a big high five and touched his nose and said it was cold. He was able to go on most of the rides other than the roller coasters. Being pregnant, there were very few rides that I could go on so I spent a lot of the trip watching David and Colin go on rides.

All three of us were exhausted by the time we got back to London on Sunday night but agreed it was a great trip. Here are some pictures of us at Disneyland Paris.