The plan, formulated months before, was to do two days at Disney Paris, chosen in accordance with the weather forecasts, and spaced apart with a day or so for rest and recovery. Vicki and Penelope would do the first day, and then I would join them for the second day. Penelope indeed got to do her two days at Disney Paris, a Tuesday and a Friday, but they did not go entirely according to the plan. When I met them at the station returning from the first day, after midnight, my cold was deepening and transitioning to bronchitis. And then, later than night, Penelope came down with what Dr. Google later diagnosed as norovirus, a short-term but very unpleasant malady. The day of rest and recovery became two days. My condition was not improving, and so it was decided that I would not go for the second day. That second day at Disney went relatively well until just after the "It's A Small World" ride, when Vicki began manifesting norovirus symptoms. End of visit. They returned a few hours early on the train, and I met them again at the nearby Metro stop. The next day, Saturday, I took Penelope to CDG to rejoin her parents for their next destination, Ireland. Vicki and I spent the remainder of the weekend+ recovering. Oh, by Saturday night I had the norovirus symptoms too. Double whammy.
It was by no means our first visit to Disney Paris: other visits were in the summers of 2014, 2019, and 2022, to wit:
https://roadeveron.blogspot.com/2014/07/disneyland-paris-un.htmlhttps://roadeveron.blogspot.com/2014/07/disneyland-paris-deux.html
https://roadeveron.blogspot.com/2014/07/disneyland-paris-les-out-takes.html
https://roadeveron.blogspot.com/2019/06/ne-baise-pas-avec-la-souris.htmlhttps://roadeveron.blogspot.com/2022/06/disneyland-paris-2022.html
and they contain many, many more pix, FWIW.
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| Leaving our apartment the first day |
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| Top this, Disney: kiddie control panel on the Metro |
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| Arrival! |
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| Enjoying a parade |
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| Rides are still the main thing among P's priorities |
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| Future cast member? Fluent in French and English! |
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| To infinity and beyond! With 8,000 points and still shooting |
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| Excerpts from the night's Drone Show |
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| Not your daddy's fireworks...best ever, Vicki said |
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| Back the second day |
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| Grandma sporting the Ratatouille ears |
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| Parting shot |
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