Hi guys 👋🏻
This time last week, we were in Disneyland 😭
It was such a fun trip!
If you’ve been to Disney, you’ll know how magical and fun it is. It is like no other place you’ll ever visit.
We booked a Disney package, so we were staying at a Disney hotel and had a Disney meal plan.
We stayed at Disney Santa Fe hotel, themed like the Disney Pixar movie ‘Cars’. Like everything at Disney, it was themed to perfection. It was brilliant.
We all loved it, especially my two nephews.
The Mexican restaurant at this hotel is delicious, and they also have their own shop and a Starbucks too. It’s a little further out (15 min walk) but it is a lovely walk – and you can also make use of the shuttle bus if you wish, although we enjoyed the walk.
Let’s take a look at what we got up to!
Monday 21st July 2025 ✨️
Today was a travel day really, drove down to Dover to catch the ferry this time round. The ferry trip isn’t long and stops at Calais. From here, we drove to the same hotel we stayed in last time, in Paris.
By the time we go there, we mainly just enjoyed our dinner of fresh baguettes and cheese and played a few games before bed.
Tuesday 22nd July 2025 ✨️
Today was our first Disney day! Our Paris hotel was only a little drive away from Disney, so we set off after breakfast to start our magical holiday.
Once we had checked in, we actually managed to have our first magical experience… Goofy was doing a meet and greet in our hotel foyer!!! Goofy is my all-time favourite Disney character, so I was buzzing that he was there!!
We queued up for a picture, of course! (& a hug 😄)
After that, we walked to the park enjoying the scenery from our hotel, the other hotels (some of which were only a building site when we last came!!) And the bustling Disney village.
We went to the main Disneyland Park first and enjoyed looking around, going on some rides, and just soaking it all up! I will never get bored of seeing that castle at the end of Main Street.
There was even a parade going on as we entered, so we of course watched this, my nephews loved it.
In-between rides, we also caught the end of Goofy’s magical, musical conduction of the fountains outside the Disney castle. Amazing.
Our first dinner was at Billy Bob’s tex mex in the Disney village. We came here last time and all really enjoyed it. It was just as yummy as we all remembered.
Wednesday 23rd July 2025
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This was our super busy Disney day!
We enjoyed a delicious buffet breakfast at our hotel before we headed out.
We got up nice and early to make the most of our ‘Magic Hours’, which are a perk of staying in a Disney hotel… and its where you get to go into the parks earlier than everyone else.
We went to the Disney Studios park this time. This one is super cool and has a very different vibe to the main park. It has some really cool rides too, and the relatively new ‘Avengers Campus’ that again was being built last time we came!
We went back to our hotel late afternoon to chill for a bit and me and my nephews and I started watching ‘Cars 2’
Our dinner reservation was at the Mexican restaurant at our hotel, ‘La Cantina’… The best Nachos 👌🏼
We returned to the main Disneyland park for more rides (the 5 min evening queues were very satisfying), and once we had done a few rides, we were ready to watch the evening fireworks show, a Disney tradition and a must see at least once during your trip.
I did 33,000 steps that day! Disney is not for the faint hearted 😂 achy feet is an understatement, thank goodness for the hotel bath.
Thursday 24th July 2025
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The weather was meant to be a bit worse today than other days, so we thought this would be a good opportunity to catch a few of the Disney shows. There are a few going on throughout each day and are well worth a watch (and are all included)
We watched the Lion King show ‘Rhythms of the Pride Lands’ which was brilliant.
We managed to meet Goofy again today 🤣 He’s really working over time atm, he is the character we saw the most (not that I’m complaining at all!!)
The weather didn’t actually end up being worse at all so we managed to get a few more rides in, in each park before seeing our second show of the day, ‘TOGETHER: a pixar musical adventure’ which was also really impressive.
We had our dinner for this day booked in at ‘PYM kitchen’ in the ‘Avengers Campus’. This was a new place for us as it wasn’t here last time we came. This place served an American buffet, and I was really impressed. The desserts were especially delicious. I think I enjoyed this meal the most, so I’m glad we managed to book a meal there and I would highly recommend it.
We managed to get on another 4/5 rides back in the Disneyland park before calling it a day.
Friday 25th July 2025 ✨️
Today was our last Disney day 😭
We enjoyed another delicious breakfast (top tier pastries) before managing to grab a Starbucks and then get on the shuttle bus to the park for another session of ‘Magic hours’ fun!
We went on quite a mixture of rides today, going on things we wanted another turn on, which differed from person to person, as well as going on some of our favourites together.
My all-time favourite ride is ‘Big Thunder Mountain’ but I also really enjoy ‘Ratatouille’, ‘Pirates of the Carribean’, ‘Star Tours’ and ‘It’s a Small World’
We finished off our last Disney Day with dinner at the Cheyenne hotel, which is Disneys Wild West themed hotel nearby. This was really cool as the themeing again was on point, and none of us had been before.
The food was yummy and they even offered an outdoor BBQ section to the buffet, which was different to the others. The barbecued chicken skewers were yummy, and I love how each restaurant did a few desserts to match their Disney theme
And finally some more rides at the park. Another 30,000 step day haha. Our last ride was another go on ‘It’s a small world’.
It truly is the happiest place on earth 💖
We had a brilliant trip, it is such a fun and joyful place for a holiday. I can’t wait to start planning the next time, but that’s probably not for a few years. So until Next Time, bye bye Disney 👋🏻 it was a blast!
Have you been to Disneyland Paris?
What’s your fave ride?
Until Next Time,
Roseanne 🙂
Roseanne Byford 