Our Favourite Car Show

We saw the most awesome Car Show / Special Effect show at the Studios. It was AMAZING! First there was a car chase, and the drivers of the cars could do some pretty cool stunts. To see a youtube clip press here. Then there was the motorcycles (click here) and then out came Lightning McQueen, the car from the Disney movie CARS. He was getting chased by a car with a 'Secret Weapon'. Next was a car that drove up a ramp and jumped a massive way onto a big air mattress. We were shown how this would become more dramatic by adding music and special effects. Then they acted out a car chase scene from a movie, (which included fire) before putting it together and adding the special effects so we could see how it was filmed, and then how it looked when it was in the theater.

We loved this show so much that we went twice during our stay. 

Most AMAZING car show EVER!

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Disney at Night

On usual days the park closed at 7pm, but on Friday night it stayed open till 10pm (not the Studios, just Disneyland). The castle was lit up and so were the rides and the shops. We ate dinner at our favourite restaurant in the park - the one that was in the Pirates of the Caribbean Ride! (We ate there 3 times in the course of 5 days). The food was good and the setting was awesome - we got to wave at people going on the ride!

Parades and Shows

Toy Story float.
In the ones above - Peter Pan, Lion King, Ursula from Ariel

The pictures above are from the main Disneyland Paris Parade. There were big floats with characters from the Disney films. There were dancers and characters that would come up to the audience and get the kids involved. Very cute. 

The pic below is from the show at the Studios. More singing and dancing characters, but the funny thing was, all the singing and talking was in French! 

A Whole New World Lyrics in French!

Ce rêve bleu, (One True love)
C'est un nouveau monde en couleurs (A new world and colours)
Où personne ne nous dit (Where no one can tell us)
C'est interdit (It's forbidden)
De croire encore au bonheur. (Believe in happiness) 

Fun at the Studios

We had loads of fun photo stops in Disney Studios. Here are some of them...

We're singing in the rain.......la la la la la laaa

Meeting Stitch (he was short! I had to bend down to stand next to him!)

Meeting Remi from Ratatouille 

OMG! Why is Rex eating Ashlynn? Wait.....am I feeding Ashlynn to Rex? I would never do that.

See, I told you I would never feed Ashlynn to Rex. I want to eat her myself!

The Line Clowns

Daddy and I found a new way to entertain ourselves (and others) while waiting in lines for rides - Juggle! 

The balls are really easy to carry in a backpack, it doesn't take up much space and its FUN!

People would watch us as we juggled and the kids would happily retrieve the balls for us if they fell. 

It was a great way to keep ourselves occupied in boring lines...

rides@disneylandpark.com

Here are some great rides from the Disneyland Paris Park. 

p.s. the address at the title of this post is NOT real......so don't send them an email....

Buzz Lightyear Laser Blast - Go around the galaxy shooting moving targets to try and defeat the Emperor Zurg! (This ride had MASSIVE lines! We went before public opening time and just before closing time, when the lines weren't as long)

Big Thunder Mountain

Pirates of the Caribbean Ride

Walt Disney Studios

On the second day we went to Walt Disney Studios, which was smaller than the other park, but had some pretty big rides as well. Below are our two favourite rides at the Studio, Rock'n Roller Coaster and The Hollywood Tower. Even Mommy liked the Hollywood Tower, and she rarely likes big drops.