I can imagine how difficult it was to get the toll ticket issue sorted with the language barrier! At one point I was fluent in French (though Canadian French is a bit different than Parisian, but much better than nothing!) but I've lost a lot of it with lack of use.
The resort looks really pretty, but small rooms!! This is something I remember about the trips we took to Europe when I was 11 and 16. I imagine it took some getting used to with two small kids in tow.
Sorry to hear about the lack of non-seafood choices at dinner, but your desserts looked delicious! I'm so excited to hear more about this trip. If I ever manage to get working on that All-Disney-Parks-Around-The-World Bucket List, Paris will be high on the list!
I am pretty fortunate here in Germany, because the majority of the people I interact with know English. The only times I ever run across a huge language barrier is when people stop me to ask for directions; then I'm helpless.
But yeah, the toll situation was an experience. It didn't help that cars kept pulling up behind us honking their horns because they didn't understand why we weren't moving. Thankfully, there was more than one ticket booth!
Such small rooms! I'll never criticize Pop Century again.
Disneyland Paris will have to be top of your list!
5 hours, that's not too bad at all!
Wow, crazy that the rooms are tinier than values! They are themed very nicely though.
I'm sorry dinner wasn't the best, but I'm sure it helped getting food in your bellies and those desserts do look good!
If we didn't have to worry about getting a pet sitter, Alex and I would make that 5 hour drive to Disney a lot more often!
But yes, the rooms are much much smaller. I think what also doesn't help with the size is that most people only stay a few days at Disneyland Paris. It's not like at WDW where it's not unusual to see guests on 7-10 day vacations.
Oh wow... I can't even imagine how frustrating that would have been!
Not bad at all. It's hard to get that perspective on how compact things are in Europe. I mean, here you drive a couple of states away and it is over a 5 hour drive. You crossed what, 2 borders? Not states, but countries. And still just a 5 hour drive.
Everything is very close here. Where we live, we are 30 minutes from Luxembourg, 30 minutes from Belgium, 3 hours from Amsterdam, about 4 from the Netherlands, and an hour from France. Last summer, we took the kids to a dinosaur park and crossed borders without realizing it. We didn't know until our phones sent us messages that we were roaming.
Yeah, I wouldn't expect bag check to enter a hotel lobby either! Do they check your luggage?
Oh wow... I would have never even considered that being a problem.
They didn't, but we took a side way indoors. Only the main entrance had a bag check. So it wasn't the most secure system, but better than nothing, I suppose.
First of all... why have you never seen Wilderness Lodge? You need to remedy that.
I see the WL like vibe, but honestly the pictures make me think more of the Grand Californian.
So the French do American food better? Awesome.
The desserts look phenomenal. I like your idea of paying half price just for the dessert buffet.
I have heard that Sequoia is more like Grand Californian, but that's also one I've never seen before. And man, we have planned to see that resort so many times and something comes up every. single. time. It's almost become a running joke for my family. But my mom and I are tentatively planning to eat dinner there the night we arrive in July if I can snag an ADR.
Surprisingly, yes! The chicken nuggets in DL Paris were amazing!