Paris - Day 4

Wow, what an amazing day! I think if Henry was old enough to talk, he'd say it was his best ever. He's currently absolutely zonked out in his cot and we are finally resting our very achy legs. It turns out it's almost impossible to get a baby to nap in such an exciting place as Disney and so he's been out like a light the last two nights.

We started off in Disney Studios this morning, the second park at Disneyland. It is much smaller than the main park, with a lot less rides, but seemingly the same number of people. This made for enormous queues that weren't at all Henry-friendly. Mr B and I went on the Rock n Rollercoaster and Tower of Terror, both of which we absolutely loved, but we didn't go on anything else. We were really looking forward to going on the new Ratatouille ride with Henry but they'd closed the Fast Track ticket machines and the main queue had a waiting time of 120 minutes! No thank you. Luckily Henry isn't old enough to be disappointed, but if he'd been older and been looking forward to it, I would have been really cross. Obviously queues are to be expected, but 2 hours?! Really? Anyway we decided to head back into the main park and we went on lots of baby friendly rides today which was lovely. Henry particularly enjoyed 'It's a small world' for the second time and a lovely little boat ride around gardens themed as fairy tales.

After a long day of walking around the parks, we headed out to Disney Village for dinner. We decided on Cafe Mickey and I'm so glad we did. One of my best memories of Disney when I was little was of the characters walking around the park and having our photos taken and our autograph books signed. We saw 1 character walking around the parks in 2 full days which was really disappointing. Luckily, unbeknown to us, the characters visit Cafe Mickey all day so Henry got to meet Mickey Mouse, Tigger and Donald Duck whilst eating his tea. I would have put money on him being shy or upset when he saw them, but he was the exact opposite, he was absolutely thrilled! We told him to give Donald Duck a little kiss, which he did, mouth wide open on Donald's beak! He then did the same on Tigger's mouth and Mickey's nose without us even telling him too. Very very cute! It really made our last meal in Disney super special and actually, the food was really tasty too. Henry certainly enjoyed his seafood linguine which he shared with my mum.

When we got back home, Mr B and I headed to the spa again while Henry had his bath, and now we're all back in the room ready for an early night in bed. We've had such a magical time in Disneyland but I'll post more about that in the next few days. Tomorrow we have a full day here before heading back so we are planning to visit the aquarium, very exciting!