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    Disneyland Paris Trip Report May 2013: Staying Off Site at Séjours & Affaires Serris Val d’Europe

    I have covered the driving there part of this trip report and now comes where we stayed. For the first time in 14 trips, we were going to stay off site, not in one of the Disneyland Paris resort hotels. I’d priced it all up before, but never seemed to find a price which was cheaper than staying on site. That was until I explored more than just the partner hotels, and also factored in annual passports. In the past I had heard people talk of how cheap it was to…

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    Disneyland Paris Trip Report May 2013: Driving There

    This most recent trip to Disneyland Paris, May 26th-30th, was a last minute visit booked just a few weeks before departure. Usually we get plans sorted at least 6 months in advance, so I wasn’t quite prepared for the £500 cost of booking the Eurostar, our usual method of transportation between the UK and France. What to do now? Well, I could drive, I mean, I’ve been a passenger on a drive to Disneyland Paris, didn’t look that hard. I’ll confess, before this trip I had never driven abroad, let alone…

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    Sven’s Disneyland Paris Trip Reports: December 2012 / January 2013

    Monday December 31st 2012 5 am at hometown Izegem. The last visit to Disneyland Paris in 2012! It wasn’t just any visit, it was my 20th visit! Next to that, it was my second New Year’s Celebration in the resort. Together with three friends, I was ready for a new and crazy adventure. We took the TGV en direction de Marne La Vallée and arrived at the gates at 8am30. Have a look by the way at this guy hanging on the ceiling of la Gare de Lille Europe! Before going…

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    Laura’s Disneyland Paris Halloween 2012 Report Video

    A little while ago I introduced you all to Laura’s Disneyland Paris YouTube channel. Well, she’s made a video of her recent Halloween trip, as you probably guessed from the title of this post! Kudos first off all to Laura for saying the word Vlog, several times, without stumbling. That’s one of hose words I always struggle with for some reason! Laura also talks about pins, one of my favourite subjects. Anyway, on with the video – enjoy everyone! httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f-eTz7OAfX8&hd=1 You can see Laura’s trip report over at magicforum here, her…

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    I Finally Rode Big Thunder Mountain in Disneyland Paris

    Last weekend was my 13th visit to Disneyland Paris, and on my previous 12 visits I had not once ridden Big Thunder Mountain. In fact it’s probably fair to say that I hadn’t even contemplated it. I’m what you’d call a thrill avoider when it comes to rides – the falls in Pirates of the Caribbean and Casey Jr are enough of an adrenaline rush for me. However, many of you have said that Big Thunder Mountain is the best ride in the resort, and my wife has told me it’s…

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    Sven’s Disneyland Paris Trip Reports: October 2012

    Our resident Disneyland Paris trip reporter Sven Popelier is back with another tale of his adventures in the happiest place on Earth. See Sven’s previous trip reports from February 2012, April 2012 and September 2012. Saturday October 27th 2012 7 am at my home in Belgium. I’m ready for a new Disneyland Paris adventure with three friends and this time, it’s going to be scary! We were ready for some petrifying villains and a night of terror! It started of very well… 1 hour of delay because of a traffic jam……