M-I-C-K-E-Y M-O-U-S-E!

Today we made our trip to Disneyland Paris. We were so excited for this trip; Jessica LOVES Disneyland, and I have only been to Disney twice, and both were a long time ago. This was shaping up to be a great time of play and relaxation.

We left the hotel bright and early this morning, and walked to the Metro station. To get to Disneyland, we had to take the subway, and then transfer to an RER train. The whole trip took a little less than an hour.

The train station was right in front of the main gate for Disneyland, so we walked right in to the park. We loved it right from the start. Everything was already decorated for Christmas (can you believe that it is about a month away?!).

We started down Main Street U.S.A. and then headed for Frontierland. We rode Big Thunder Mountain first and got our first thrill-ride of the day. There was also a ride called Phantom Manor that was a scary ride. I got Jessica to ride it even though she hates scary things.

We then made our way to Adventureland and the Pirates of the Carribean, Indiana Jones and Swiss Family Robinson rides. Then on to Fantasyland and It's a Small World, Mad Hatter's Tea Cups and Peter Pan.

After a quick stop at Sleeping Beauty's castle, we ventured into Discoveryland. We rode Space Mountain, Buzz Lightyear and Star Wars rides and saw the Captain EO 3D show with Michael Jackson.

We went back and rode Space Mountain again because it was so awesome.

We also saw all the Disney characters and saw their Christmas parade and "end-of-the-night" parade. The production and attention to detail of everything at Disneyland is so amazing.

We also realized that going to Disneyland in the off-peak season is the best idea. The park was not super crowded though there were more people there than Jessica or I thought would be there. But even with the number of people who were there, we never really had to wait to ride any rides. Literally the longest part of the line experience was walking from the entrance to the loading area for the ride (five minutes at the most).

Toward the end of the day, we decided to splurge a little bit and have a nice dinner. There was a full service restaurant inside Pirates of the Carribean that was called Blue Lagoon. The seating area was "waterfront" and boats from the ride came right by the restaurant area.

We had a wonderful dinner. Jessica had a shrimp cocktail and carribean chicken with rice. I had a sampler platter appetizer and crispy mahi-mahi with large shrimp. We split the flaming creme brulee for dessert. It was wonderful and a great end to our visit at Disney.

We got back to the hotel and went to bed to rest up for a big two days of sightseein in Paris. We will see more historic sites tomorrow. Au revoir!