There's not much to report...May was a relatively quiet month aside from the two weekend trips we took (WDW and Disneyland Paris) and adventures with Avalanche! May is testing season at school, so students and teachers are tired and anxious; it's always a relief when everything is done and this year was no different! The big celebration of the month was our two godkids graduating from high school...we are so incredibly proud of them and can't wait to see all of the great things their futures hold!
my favorite pic from our WDW trip
another cool Star Wars Lego build
Mother's Day gift from Avalanche
had a fabulous trip to Disneyland Paris
rainbow nails!
we love them so much!
the bracelets I wore to their graduation
a perfect gift from one of my besties!
Summer is finally in sight and I will be counting down the minutes to our summer travel!
Since we had a long weekend due to Memorial Day, we took our sixth trip to Paris! Outside of Canada and the U.S., it is the place we have visited the most and we absolutely love it there! My birthday is also at the end of the May, so it was the perfect place to celebrate!
Unlike our other trips, when we spent time in Paris AND at Disneyland Paris, this trip, because it was so quick, was solely dedicated to Disneyland Paris! We flew over on Air France, sitting in the very last row of the plane because we had a pair of seats to ourselves, and flew home on United, which had a 2-3-2 configuration, so we again took advantage of a pair of seats to ourselves! We did pay for concierge service to get us through customs/passport control at the airport because there had been horror stories of travelers spending hours in line and it was some of the best money we could have spent because we were off the plane and at baggage claim in about 20 minutes! We took an uber from CDG straight over to Disneyland Paris, spent our time enjoying the parks, and returned to the airport a few days later, never venturing into Paris itself this time!
Despite its sort duration, we had an amazing time! The weather was unusually hot and the parks were pretty crowded, but we stayed at the Disneyland Hotel and it LITERALLY took one minute and forty seconds to walk from our room to the entrance of Disneyland, so we were able to easily go back to our room to escape the crowds and the heat whenever we wanted!
sunset and my favorite castle
The Disneyland Hotel:
we loved our room!
the chandelier in the hotel lobby is absolutely stunning!
it wasn't easy to capture the magic
of the chandelier in a photo, but this video
shows how it sparkled and reflected light
all around the lobby!
the entire lobby is beaitiful!
quick video of the amazing lobby
breakfast view!
the entrance to Disneyland as seen from the hotel!
dedicated park entrance for hotel guests
DIsney Village:
Disney Adventure World:
perfect example of a Disney detail that most guests walk right past...one headline reads, "Samantha, Lost in Woods, Found"
Disney has done an incredible job of creating Arendelle
the Tangled ride is gorgeous!
excited about this upcoming Up-themed attraction!
Disneyland Paris:
we had an entire boat to ourselves!
we were literally the only poeple in the queue!
resort guests can enter the parks an hour earlier than other guests and it was so nice to be able to walk down an almost completely empty Main Street!
Links to my posts about our other trips to Paris:
- March 2007 (no blog post for this trip, as it was before I started this blog!)
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