Eurodisney-the rides

I think one of the reasons I enjoyed the rides so much is that they weren't too scary. They were big enough to give me a thrill but not so big that I was puking my guts out or crying. But that's another story.

The Haunted Manor looked like it could be interesting but it was closed. Hah!

Indiana Jones and the Temple of Peril was so good we went on it again. There were some people who got to queue jump a little since they had paid a little extra for that privilege but seeing as they were only slightly ahead of us and still had to queue a bit, we were rather pleased we hadn't forked out for that.


Mad Hatter's Teacups - Josie, Kev and Chrissy had had such fun on the teacups in Disneyland that we felt it was an absolute must to do here. Of course it was smaller, and you really feel how small when you climb in the teacups and you wonder whether the ride is only meant to be for the under 10's but we managed to squish ourselves in.

Greg was turning the wheel so fast it set off Jordan's potty-mouth-o-meter. She reckons she was just following Josie's example and trying to really "relive" the experience. Hmmm.

Then there was the Space Mountain:Mission 2. It's an indoor roller coaster which is kinda freaky. Jordy and Greg did it several times but I found it too uncomfortable. It WAS a cool ride but I got shaken around too much and banged my head a few times which kinda detracted from the whole experience.

We meet Mike Wazowski.

If you look at the scream machines, you can see that the one in the middle is red. I think it's the only one that's working.

Aww why do we always get the broken one?

The blurb says, "Take an action-packed voyage through a pirate attack." But actually the scariest thing about this ride was the dark. There were so many screaming howling children in the underground.

It probably wouldn't have been so bad but there were some technical difficulties, which made the queue quite long. We derived some entertainment from watching the staff leaping round whilst trying to pretend that they had everything under control.

After about half an hour we were told sorry, the ride was closed and they didn't know if they'd reopen later. Bummer.

But they were. So we made another go of it from which you can't see this lovely picture of Jordan and I on the ride which turned out to be a very slow log/boat ride around an underground tunnel. It was quite lovely.

Alice's Curious Labyrinth

A pleasant little maze to walk around, with nice little appearances like the Queen of Hearts who pops up out over this fence.

And also what we thought was the politically incorrect smoking caterpillar who looked liked he was getting high. Herein might lie the real reason for the author's creativity eh?

Euro Disney in general

As luck would have it, our hotel was relatively close to Euro Disney. Jordan was almost breaking out of her skin with excitement and eagerness at the thought of going to Euro Disney. Even though it wasn't on our agenda at all.

In the end, what the whanau had planned wasn't really of interest to us 3, plus Jordan had done relatively well in her maths exam, so we decided Euro Disney would be a nice reward for her.

The tickets were a little cheaper than we expected, and it was unbelievably quiet as well. Don't get me wrong, there were a lot of people there but we hardly had to queue for anything and it wasn't jampacked like Rock-am-Ring.

Initially when we saw the age of most of the visitors there(under 10), we had reservations about how good it would be. Plus, there didn't seem to be so many "big people's" rides and Euro Disney just didn't look that big. As it turned out though, we barely had enough time to do everything(the big rides),and we only managed to snatch a 5 min break for a little something to eat.

Although, we were surprised how late it opened, 10am and how early it closed, 7pm. All in all, I felt it was worth the effort and I enjoyed the day.

Have to do the Eiffel Tower

Of course we had to take the Whanau to the Eiffel Tower. We didn't get so lucky with the queues this time. So we spent a long time queuing every step of the way up the Eiffel Tower and coming down as well. Greg and Jordan were going to walk up but for whatever reason, the stairs were closed.

Despite the crowd and queues, it was still nice. Especially since we were there long enough to see it during the day and then as night fell upon Paris. It was really something.

Then we had the very Parisian hotdogs and chips after for dinner. Haha.

Getting to see more of the Louvre.

This painting always sends Jordan off into gales of laughter and when we were in the Louvre she was having such a laughing hissy that Greg thought we might get kicked out.

We have dubbed this photo - Peekaboo.

One for Dad (Jordan's dad, not mine)

We deliberately try to travel light. Especially if we're traveling by plane. So our normal is one schoolbag sized bag per person. If you've ever had to carry your luggage around whilst sightseeing, you'll know why.

Despite that, Jordan packed this very special t-shirt for her dad as she had promised him to take a photo with it on in front of the Louvre. Luckily this was our second journey to Paris as Jordan had forgotten to pack it the first time. At that time we said what we always say in these sort of situations. We'll do it next time.

There's still some things in Vienna that are on that list after 3 years. Luckily we have another 2 years to accomplish some of these deeds. So it feels good to be able to cross one off.