Disneyland Paris January 2020

On Wednesday, January 1, we got up, packed, and checked out of the Paris Airbnb. While we would have liked to have taken the train from the city to Disneyland Paris, the transit strike resulted in us taking an uber, which was about an hour-long ride. We dropped our luggage off at the storage lockers at the train station right outside of Disneyland Paris and then spent several hours at the parks. We bought annual passes when we were here this past February, so we wanted to get as much use out of them as possible!

For this final leg of our trip, we stayed in another Airbnb. When we booked it, the location seemed perfect because it was a five-minute train ride from the parks. Of course, that was before the transit strike, so the place was not nearly as conveniently located as we had anticipated and we ended up taking an uber to and from the parks every day. Not a big deal, but it did require more planning and waiting around than we would have preferred!

After we picked up up our luggage at the train station, we took an uber so we could check in at our Airbnb. The owner met us and he was very nice, showing us around and answering questions. The place itself was just beautiful! Spacious, clean, modern, with several Disney art prints on display...we loved it! And the artwork you see when you walk into the apartment? Up. We were clearly meant to stay there!

We spent Thursday and Friday splitting our time between the apartment and the parks, because it was cold and rainy, but the weather on Saturday, our last day, was spectacular, so I was finally able to get a few good photos!

While Le Château de la Belle au Bois Dormant - Sleeping Beauty Castle - is absolutely my favorite castle, the management of the parks leaves much to be desired. My main complaint is the smoking. It is everywhere (including in lines for attractions) and it is disgusting. I could go on and on about how much I despise it, but I will just say that I expect a lot more from a Disney park. Completely unacceptable.

We left Disneyland Paris on Saturday afternoon and took an uber to the airport. While we were sad to be leaving, we'd spent 15 nights away from home on this trip and we were eager to see our pups! As always, my mom spoiled them rotten, and we were so lucky to have C's mom and dad come down from Canada to stay at our house to help my mom while we were away. What on earth would we do without these three awesome people?!?

We flew home on Air France, which was so superior to our experience on Virgin Atlantic! We try to always take a selfie on the plane of each of our trips - I put one at the top of this post - however, in doing so, we obviously take many that are "fails" for one reason or another, which are immediately deleted.

I've decided to share one of our "fails" because while it is far from a perfect picture, it does capture us perfectly. After two weeks alone, one might think we'd be kind of sick of each other. But as you can see, that was not the case. C was making me laugh, as he has since our first conversation back in 1988. If you want to know what a ridiculously happy marriage looks like, here you go:

Check out the other parts of our trip here:

London 2019
Paris December 2019

Happy Tails to you!