Disneyland

For Christmas last year, Mark's mom and dad bought Jonathan, for his Christmas present, a weekend trip to Disneyland Paris....WOW!


I know we went in May this year before i began this blog, but i thought it too nice an entry to miss, so back tracking to May, this is our weekend in Disneyland and Paris.



We travelled down to Dover by coach to pick up the ferry, it was an extremely long and arduous journey which started at 3.30am and wasn't very enjoyable but at least we had nice people sitting near us and that helped the journey to pass a little quicker.


Once on the ferry we had chance to walk around and stretch our legs, Jonathan was a little unsure and went a nice shade of green!

The journey from Calais to Paris was quite long but we caught up on some sleep and then had the beautiful French countryside to admire. It wasn't too long before we arrived and were able to get some food and have a walk around, although by now it was nearly 10pm so we were feeling bleary eyed.

This is where we ate.


Jonathan liked this fruit and veg stall.





This is the Sacre coeur church, we didn't go inside as it was too late but it looked nice from the outside. The surrounding streets were bustling and typically Parisian and it gave you a true feel of the place.


We then got the coach again for our last lap of the journey, back to our Hotel. It was basic but clean warm and comfortable and we all crashed out and slept like babies.



The next morning one very excited little boy got up for his breakfast, today was "D" day... and he'd waited patiently since Christmas for this day to come, he could hardly contain himself.....Jonathan was pretty excited too!! LOL

Disneyland here we come!!

Wow it was a dream come true and we acted like 10 year olds not just Jonathan.


Though several of my friends had been and told me all about it nothing could have prepared me for the sight that next met my eyes.....




Sleeping beauty's castle.

We had a lovely day despite the rain, which turned out to be a blessing as the queues for some of the rides were up to 45 minutes but once the rain started a lot of the local people went home and the waiting times dropped to about 10 minutes..Result!





Jonathan's fave ride was Thunder Mountain.

We had a really wonderful time, one which we shall never forget.

We even caught a glimpse of these 2 special people which made Jonathan's day but the best part of the day for me was the Disney Parade.. it was brilliant and the rain had stopped too.

Magnificent!


On the following day we had a tour of Paris itself before coming home. We saw the arc de triumph which is quite literally awesome in size.










and Jonathan got his
photograph taken next to the Eiffel tower.

Although it was a tiring weekend it was one of the best we'd ever had.