Day 5 Paris

This was our last day in Paris. We had Eurostar tickets for the 9:20 pm train to London. What we didn’t plan on was so many things to be closed on Mondays. So, we decided to spend our day entirely different from any other of our trip and go to Disneyland Paris and Studios. We rode the Rockin’ Rollercoaster and Thunder Mountain, went on Small World and the Haunted House rides and ate "American" food, which were some pretty delicious hamburgers.  We saw the daytime parade, but had to leave before the evening show. It was a fun diversion from the cathedrals, sculptures, palaces and paintings we had been seeing all week, but Disneyland Paris does not compare to the grandness of Disneyworld. It is much smaller and lacked the wonderful shows that Disneyworld has to offer. Some of that could just be the off season. Though, we did see some young Padawans fight Darth Vader, which would have been awesome to do as kid.  

If we had been travelling during the Spring or Summer, we would’ve spent this day in gardens or travelling to Giverny. It's important to have a day to take a break from museums.

We did see one more castle while in Paris, Sleeping Beauty's castle. It was fun to see the story told in stained glass and tapestries. A British family ahead of us kept saying, "Look, it's Snow White's castle. That's a picture of Snow White." That was a bit of a chuckle.