Hey peeps! This is another an overdue entry from me. Yeah, I know! I have quite a few overdue posts in my list to be honest. At the end of April, on the 30th. to be exact, me and my wife celebrated our 5th. anniversary. Alhamdulillah, it has been a wonderful journey for the past 5 years for us and we are grateful to be blessed with two lovely kids to complete our life.
We decided that this time for our 5th. anniversary we wanted to celebrate it in Disneyland, Paris. Firstly because the kids are definitely gonna enjoy it and secondly, it reminisces some great memories that me and my wife share together, I'll let you know later =). So for a change, we decided to take train instead of flight, just to experience something new. Adam surely enjoyed it very much because he loves train but not Mia, she just could not stay still even for a while. We had to take turn to entertain her. We started our journey from London St. Pancras in the morning to Lille, France for interchange. The journey took more than an hour and we stopped there for about an hour before we took the train to Marne-La-Vallee, which is the train station for Disneyland. There are actually direct train services to Disneyland from London but only very few trips per day and the cost is more expensive.
We stayed in one of the Disneyland hotels, Dream Castle Hotel, so it didn't took us long to get to the hotel from the train station by taking the free shuttle bus. The hotel is well decorated with Disney characters and the kids loved it so much especially Adam. The first day, we just spent our time at the hotel and went to La Vallee designer outlet, just nearby. Shopping? Nah! We did not get anything for ourselves because it was just too expensive for us. We just had ice cream! The second day was when all the excitement happened, we went to Disneyland Park!
This particular seat is exactly where me and my wife seated together about 8 years ago. Here is where I first said the magic "L" word to her and here is when we decided to begin our journey together. Alhamdulillah (Prais be to God), we make it until this very moment and hopefully for many, many years ahead.
This picture was taken in front of the Adventure Land.
Look at how happy Adam was when he met some of the famous Disney characters. The look on his face and his smile were definitely priceless!
On the third day, our initial plan was to go to the city centre of Paris because I only bought one day ticket for the parks. Paris is approximately an hour journey by train from Disneyland. Unfortunately that day, there was a train strike, so most of the train services almost dead and the taxi services took advantage of it by charging a ridiculously expensive fare to those who want to go to Paris. So we decided to go to Walt Disney Studio which we did not go in the previous day because we did not have enough time. Walt Disney Studio is located just next to Disneyland Park. So I bought another day tickets for both parks (there's no ticket for single park, it has to be both). I thought it's gonna cost me a lot more than the first tickets that I bought online before we came, but surprisingly it's slightly cheaper! Phew! We thought it was actually good that we did not get to go to Paris because we were sure that the kids would not be able to enjoy it as much as in Walt Disney Studio and Disneyland Park. Whenever we plan for any trips, we always have to make sure that the kids will be able to enjoy it, if not they are gonna get cranky and moody and at the end of the day, noone will have a great time. So the rule is simple, if the kids are happy, then everyone will be happy! It's a win-win situation...Hehe...
Here are some pictures in the Walt Disney Studio....
Everyday, both the Disneyland Park and Walt Disney Studio, they have a parade before the end of the day. Basically, all the people will fill up the spaces along the main road in the park to watch the parade of all the cartoon characters. We saw that even an hour before the parade people were starting to pack the areas just to get the best viewing position. We didn't come early but we were lucky to be able to find quite a good location for ourselves. Adam also had a great opportunity to join the parade with the other kids.
Glad to see these two kids were happy and had a great time. It's just worth everything, priceless!
