My top 5 Attractions - Disneyland Paris

I decided to write a post about the attractions I most enjoyed in both the Disneyland Park and the Walt Disney Studios Park - bearing in mind that I didn't get to ride every ride and some rides were also closed when I was there. Most notably both Pirates of the Caribbean and Space Mountain: Mission 2 were closed for refurbishment during my visit. However, I did go on a fair amount of rides and these 5 out of all those I went on were my personal favourites!

1. Tower of Terror

Now my favourite ride I got the opportunity to experience was most definitely the Tower of Terror. Generally, I am a fan of drop rides anyway but this is definitely the best one I've been on. Everything about the attraction to me was perfect, the look of the ride from outside and in, the theme throughout as well as the cast members who were the perfectly spooky bell hops! The ride itself is unique in how as well as dropping you, it shoots you up and moves back and forth, giving you glimpses of the outside world as you tower above it. I don't know if my seat belt was too loose or not but for several seconds I was hovering up off of my seat. Overall I think Tower of Terror is a fantastic ride although not for the feint of heart!

2. Big Thunder Mountain

Another ride I really enjoyed was Big Thunder Mountain. One thing that I love the most about Disneyland is the attention to detail that goes into every part of both parks, including the rides. All rides have wonderful themes but I absolutely love that Big Thunder Mountain is set in the wild west and that the mountain itself is such a main focal point of Fronteirland. The ride is really exciting but not so thrilling that some of the younger guests wouldn't be able to enjoy it. I never experienced the ride without the new additions that have been made such as the effects so I can't comment on how the ride is without them. However the effects are amazing and I think they really add to the overall story of it being a runaway train in the wild west. 

3. Rock 'n' Roller Coaster starring Aerosmith

In terms of thrill level I think that the Rock 'n' Roller coaster is definitely top of the list. Out of all the rides I was able to get on this was definitely the most thrilling available within both of the parks. The ride is based around the concept of matching music to a roller coaster, in this case the music of Aerosmith. The coaster is themed well to its name with all the cast members dressed in leathers and jeans. As you enter the sound rooms you see Aerosmith in the production of the roller coaster just before you're let out of the sound rooms and going through into the loading area of the coasters. This fast paced ride is mainly in the dark with flashing lights giving the rider glimpses of the track all with music being played through the head of your seat. If you love roller coasters you'll definitely love this attraction. 

4. Buzz Lightyear - Lazer Blast

This ride was probably the most fun out of all of the rides I experienced due to the fact it was an interactive ride that allows you to both compete against your riding partner or just enjoy trying to hit the targets with your lazer gun. This ride is themed extremely well with no detail left out of both the ride itself and the queue. The interactive Buzz is great and is sure to excite any Toy Story fan. The ride is suitable for all ages, as well as being enjoyable to both young and old. My dad and I are generally quite competitive so we had a lot of fun playing against one another, especially when the ride got stuck and we racked up loads of points. This is definitely a ride for most people to enjoy, even those who don't enjoy rides very much. 

5. Ratatouille - L'aventure Totalement Toqée de Rémy

This is an attraction I knew I wanted to experience however I didn't want to wait the 60 minutes that the regular line would last, also having used my fastpass' for the day. However, luckily that was a single rider line that had a '5 minute' wait that was more like a straight walk onto the ride. I am so glad I managed to ride this because it was unlike any attraction I've been on. The ride itself is trackless, using screens and the motion of the rat you'r'e riding in to make you feel as though you're the size of a rat. The Ratatouille ride is an exciting ride and is one I'd definitely recommend the single rider line for unless you manage to get a fast pass for it. The trackless aspect of the ride is unlike anything I've seen and it's so exciting ride as It's something not a lot of people will have experienced. The fact this ride is also unique to Paris means it is a must ride for anyone visiting Disneyland Paris. 

Disneyland Paris as a whole has a wide variety of amazing attractions and these five just happen to be my favourites. Apart from these rides I really enjoyed all the rides I went on making a lot of use out of the extra magic hours available to hotel guests. 

What are your favourite rides in the Disneyland Parks? Are any of your favourite rides not on this list? Are there any rides you would like to be added to Disenyland Paris that aren't already there?

Thank you so much for reading!

TTFN

Lauren

Walt Disney World Past Trip - 2002

At the ripe old age of 6 years old I took a trip to Orlando, Florida with my parents. This trip was actually 12 years ago and at the age of 18 I thought it would be interesting to look back on the trip and focus on the place where dreams are realised and made - WALT DISNEY WORLD!

Being a fan of Disney films for the whole of my 6 years, and having previously visted Disneyland Paris, I can only guess that my parents thought it appropriate to take the 9 hour journey to Orlando and visit the happiest place on Earth.

This being 12 years ago I can't remember a lot from our journey but I asked my mum to find some of the things she kept, with us both being hoarders, from the holiday and let me have a look. She found a whole photo album of embarassing pictures which I didn't really want to put on this blog and a few other things.

Now, whilst looking at these things I discovered we had visited Disney World when it was celebrating '100 Years of Magic'. The '100 Years of Magic' marked the 100th Anniversary of Walt Disney's birth. Although he was born in 1901, it was late in that year so when we visited in June of 2002 it still was within that year of celebration. One of the things my Mum kept was this :

Now, this probably isn't the most exciting piece she could have kept, but the fact it was actually something from that year I felt was quite cool.

Another thing I found was this penny press holder:

Around the Disney Parks they have these things called 'Penny Presses' where you pay 51 cents to recieve a commemerative penny or on some quarters. I took a picture of my favourites from the collection including a '100 Years of Magic' pressed Quarter.

When we stayed in America we hired a car as we stayed off site instead of on site and thinking we were unique in our thinking decided to buy a little Mickey head for the car aerial. We thought that this would help us spot our car in the massive car park, however nearly every car in the whole place had these so it didn't really help. I thought it was cute anyway.

When I was at Disney World I remember being incredibly excited to meet the characters that roamed the parks. So the go along with pictures we took I also got an Autograph book which I think is essential when going to Disney World whether old or young. I would have uploaded all of the autographs I got inside but thought it'd be a bit boring so heres just the outside!

As well as Disney World having four main Parks Magic Kingdom, Hollywood Studios (or MGM as it was when I visited), Animal Kingdom and Epcot. It also has water parks. We only went to one waterpark called Typhoon Lagoon which turned out to be really fun! We went there for two days and on the second day one of the cast members recognised me from before and decided to make me the 'Big Kahuna'. The 'Big Kahuna' basically gets special treatment on the day they are named as that. We got a private section of the beach with a few chairs and a canopy over the top, a free refillable drink mug, a free hotdog and I also got a medal that looked like this.

Typhoon lagoon was actually one of my favourite places and the way the cast members made me feel special that whole day is something I'll never forget.

I also have a few more pictures of just random things I found to do with our holiday and I'll put them here.

So, that concludes most of the stuff I can find from my 2002 holiday to Walt Disney World! I know to some people this might not be exciting but I thought it would be fun to look back and re-experience some of the memories that were made there!

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I hope you enjoyed this blog post because I really enjoyed writing it!!

TTFN (ta ta for now!)

Lauren

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