We woke up pretty early, unlike the Disney’s in the US- even if you stay in the hotel, you don’t get into the park an hour earlier- but you do get to use a less crowded entrance. Alex and I were up and ready to go right away, but Liz has two teenagers and like most teenagers, they like to sleep in. So we checked out and went ahead and they met us at the Park when they were ready.
First order of the day… breakfast! Alex didn’t know that this was the plan, but it’s always nice to surprise him and keep him on his toes.
Alex had to finish his colossal donut while walking so that we could make it over to Soaring before the line got any longer.
I didn’t get any pictures of the line for Soaring, but it has a very cool Aztec-y feel to it, constellations on the ceiling and quiz questions (all in Chinese) you can answer on the app.
Liz and Alex and Doren went on Roaring Rapids, or whatever they call the water ride…. it was not super cold, but it wasn’t above 50F so I figured I’d pass. The ride also got stuck while they were on it, so I think Jack and I dodged a bullet.
Standard everyone in front of the castle picture…. have to do it, it’s the law.
Lunch options were a little limited by where we were in the park- so we got pizza, Alex got a sausage pizza and I ended up with a pineapple sausage pizza- they were out of the Peking Duck Pizza when I went through the line though.
A Liz selfie in her free with purchase Buzz LightYear hat, in Toy Story Land in front of Rex.
Also Liz, in her free hat, but with the whole Toy Story Gang.
Inside the castle there was a glass store- it had tiaras, and mugs and glasses, and the crystal figurines… but also, it had this immense Dragon done in thousands of crystals…. and it cost more than my car here. There was also a huge Disney castle, that cost more than my last house– I don’t know why I didn’t take a picture of it, but it was pretty cool.
Alex and I on the Dumbo ride- Not a fan of Dumbo, the movie or the ride…. the things you do for love.
Toy Story land was great, it’s similar to the Bug’s Life area of California Adventure in Disneyland, but obviously Toy story themed. The design is really cute, and I would have been happy to spend a lot more time there.
Little details everywhere, and the bubbles made a nice effect too.
The popsicle benches were a great touch, and having the gift shop be in the big toy barn was great. We didn’t get many souvenirs, but I did buy a couple of small things for Alex for the neat vending machines inside.
I mean, honestly, how cute is this? I couldn’t get over the adorableness of the hunny pots and think I might prefer it to the tea cups.
The boys went in one pot, while Liz and I went in the other. The idea was that the boys would want to spin like crazy while Liz and I were planning on going slow (that didn’t happen!)
The hive in the center was my favorite, while I can’t show you in pictures, it spins and the bees go around the hive. Too Cute!
Liz and me, before the ride started. After that we started to head out from the park since we still had to get our luggage, and make it to the train station.
We stumbled onto the Alice in Wonderland maze and decided to give it a try.
Flamingoes! I felt like this was a sign we were going the right way, I love flamingos.
More Flamingos. The downside to this maze was that the boys went ahead (and of course Alex wanted to go with them instead of me) so we just had to meet them at the end.
Again, the details in the designs are great. Despite what some reviews and comments were about this Disney online, I was pleasantly surprised at every turn. And the thing to remember is that this park has only been open for two years, and they are also planning a Star Wars expansion for next year. As the park grows and gets more rides, it will be fantastic. I went in with pretty low expectations, and a lot of fears about overwhelming crowds and ridiculous lines- and I was wrong on all counts.
Reunited at the Mad Hatter’s Tea Party!
As we were making our way out of the park, we got caught up in the ending show for Christmas, including fake snow. It was such a fun way to end our Disney adventure!
Liz took the picture below of me on the metro ride back… I think it is a very accurate picture as I know I make that face often! This was a tired, tired Caitlin… but having a great time talking to Doren on the train.
Merry Belated Christmas and Happy New Year !
Traveling Expat Family 
OMG love it! Everyone poo-pooed Disney Paris before I went but I loved it! Smaller crowds and some rides that aren’t in US (Indiana Jones roller coaster for example). My bucket list is EVERY Disney Park – I just need to do all the ones in Asia. 🙂 Oh and Disney Paris had a huge crystal castle for sale too and Tony refused to buy it for me. I told him clearly he didn’t love me. Lol. It was 50k!
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Come to Asia, I’ll do all 3 with you! I won’t buy you the castle though either, that’s insane!
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