EuroDisney

Well we went and it was fun. I particularly enjoyed the man in the Lego shop who assumed from our greeting that we were French and was happily embarked on a conversation with us in French until we got to a bit where he was too fast and we had to switch to English. 

I particularly did not enjoy a ride which I assumed was some sort of tyre ride/log flume thing. It turned out to be a particularly vicious rollercoaster. It was dark, wet, constantly rotating as well as switching direction, had at least two corkscrews in it, and was absolutely terrifying, even with my eyes shut. I held on and prayed for it to be over. I was still shaking over an hour later. There are videos on YouTube if you are brave enough to check them out. It was called Crush's Coaster and the horrors start at about 1.45 in. They do not quite convey the utter awfulness and scariness of the ride. Be advised that the maniacal laughter you can hear  is not coming from a happy punter but is on the soundtrack of the ride itself. Even the OH , a rollercoaster fan, did not enjoy this. 

But apart from that Mrs Lincoln, how was your evening? Well I have to say that I wouldn't rush back to EuroDisney. It was decades since we had last been and it has obviously got larger, more popular and a lot more commercialised since we were last there. It also doesn't wok particularly well in winter, despite all the Christmas theming. This is partly because somehow the Christmas theming looks quite tacky in France in a way it probably doesn't in the US and partly because a lot of the things we enjoy about Disney are the things you do outside and it was just too bloomin' cold to do them. Quite a lot of the food outlets were also shut, although I noticed that all the shops were still open. I also found myself very distressed by the constant playing of Christmas music and carols giving out a message of peace and goodwill to all men in a theatre of rampant, and I mean rampant, consumerism. 

That said, we went for the rides. For us Disney is just a giant funfair and we did all our old favourites, some of them several times. We also walked miles, which is a plus, and saw one of the parades, which was Christmas themed and fine, if you get  excited by that sort of thing which really, we don't. 

And yes there are photos. 

Our hotel, inside and out 

The Christmas Tree on Main Street

 and a view of Main Street itself

Alice's teacups - one of my favourites. A waltzer by any other name really.The OH manfully came on it with me, despite his well known dislike of waltzers. 

A couple of pictures of the Christmas parade

Italian food, Disney Style. Not sure if you can see it but it came with a packet of pre-grated parmesan. (!!!)

Took his one while the OH was riding Space Mountain. I thought it was a fun shape, but we didn't ride it. 

The carousel - which is my favourite, now that they have ruined the Peter Pan ride by speeding it up so much you might just as well not bother. It need a new soundtrack too, the old one is almost worn out. The carousel however did not disappoint. 

This is Canada from the infamous Small World ride. I was appalled. It seems that if you say Canada to a Disney exec.,  ice hockey, moose, mounties and a random totem pole is all he's got. 

Holiday souvenirs - Christmas themed Lego Brickheadz 

Summing up - glad we went, wouldn't go again!