Disneyland Paris: Day 4

On Saturday, we went to California Grill for a late breakfast, and we had an amazing view of Disneyland.  I found myself wishing that every day could begin with such a spectacular view and a pain au chocolat served on a Tinker Bell plate!

The weather was less than ideal, but the debut of the Christmas parade was happening at noon, so we bundled up and went over to Disneyland.  It turned out to be a cute parade and they made "snow" fall on Main Street, so that certainly added the holiday atmosphere!

After the parade, we went to the castle walk-through, which is awesome.  We first discovered this back in 2007 on our first visit and loved it, so we were disappointed it was closed when we came back in 2016.  It was just as fabulous as we remembered it! The dragon in the dungeon of the castle is amazing, and the view of Fantasyland from the second story balcony of the castle is amazing!

The rain really started coming down, so we rode the train all the way around, which provided some different perspectives of the park!  We decided to head back to the hotel and rest while we waited for some of the bad weather to pass by, and when we got to our room, a surprise was waiting for us from the hotel - little bite-size sponge cakes with candied pistachios, complete with a card that had a quote from Ratatouille on it! How nice!  I also FaceTimed with Maddy, which was the best!

By the time the weather had finally improved, we were ready to find some dinner.  We went over to Disney Village and of all places, there is a Five Guys there!  Just about the same as at home, but the potatoes were from The Netherlands instead of Washington or Idaho!

After dinner, we returned to Disneyland, went on Phantom Manor, Buzz Lightyear Laser Blast, and Star Tours before watching Disney Illuminations again.  I am notoriously terrible at Buzz Lightyear attractions. Bordering on completely incompetent.  So you can bet I was pretty excited to outdo my best previous score many times over! After the fireworks, I was able to get super close to the castle and take some photos of the colored fountains at the end of the show, and then once that finished, they lit up the Christmas lights on the castle.  So pretty!

The last stop of the night was Café Fantasia once again…I would hang out there every night if I could!

Ears of the Day

Shirt of the Day

Check out my posts about the other days of this trip:

Disneyland Paris: Day 1

Disneyland Paris: Day 2

Disneyland Paris: Day 3

Disneyland Paris: Day 5

Disneyland Paris: Day 6

Happy Tails to you!