We got back last night from Mike's birthday trip to Disneyland Paris, and boy were we exhausted! We arrived at the resort at around midnight on Friday. We had only eaten light snacks on the train, figuring we'd get some room service when we got to the hotel. Unfortunately, room service was closed when we arrived, so we ate dinner out of the vending machine! Mmmm potato chips and snickers! It didn't matter much though as we were really tired and just wanted to get some sleep for our big day on Saturday. We woke up to a wonderful breakfast at the hotel and headed over to the park. We started at Parc Disneyland, where we were happy to see that Mainstreet USA was still MAINSTREET USA! The main difference was that instead of Cinderella's Castle they had Sleeping Beauty's Castle. All in all the park was the same as the park in LA. Mike has never been to Disneyland in LA, so he was trying to compare it to Orlando. Let's just say there's a reason why one is a WORLD and the other a LAND. Generally, the shows were similar, with some of them being in French. Most things were in English, but I did glaze over during some of the safety announcements. We then headed over to Walt Disney Studios which again, had a lot of the same attractions in the US.
For dinner we went to the New York Hotel, and ate at the Manhattan Restaurant. It was a lovely dinner and we actually decided to walk the mile and a half to our hotel from there--Like we hadn't walked ENOUGH that day! When we got back to the hotel we stopped and had a few drinks at the bar where we met the Royal Valet to the Crown Prince of Denmark. He spends all of his free time in Disney, so he's been there 23 times in the past year! He was a pretty interesting person--perhaps a little off, but nice nonetheless! Sunday morning, we went back to the parks in hopes of seeing some of the shows and riding some of the rides we had missed the day prior--mission accomplished. We also managed to do some shopping--my specialty!
Then it was off to the train station for the ride back.
The biggest treat of the weekend though was watching the Giants win their spot in the Superbowl. Mike stayed up for the whole game. I fell asleep midway though, but woke up during overtime to see the victory! It ended at about 3:00AM, and then Mike had to wake up extra early this morning for work! Needless to say the Racano's are planning the biggest and best Superbowl party this country has ever seen!! We're even having some guests that say they're coming in their PJ's since it's on so late here!
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