EuroDisney photos

We had the best time at EuroDisney despite some problems finding our B&B. We had been reassured by our carrier we would have coverage in France, but that was not the case. Our B&B host said to just call him when we got close to Disneyland and he would pick us up. We ran into friends from Bahrain outside of Disneyland and they let us borrow their phone, but the guy didn't pick up. We took the bus to the neighborhood the apartment was in. We were a block away, but didn't know it. We had our luggage, two kids, sitting on a bus bench at 10 p.m. at night wondering what we were going to do. Get a taxi to whatever hotel we can? Bu Roger found a McDonalds that was open and had WiFi. He e-mailed the guy a text, and next thing we know there he is ready to take us to the place! Whew! Such a blessing it worked out. And from now on- we are buying local SIMS at airports.
EuroDisney was really neat. It is two-thirds the size of regular Disneyland. I think. There are some differences, like the Swiss Family Robinson Tree House didn't make the Tarzan switch. The Haunted Mansion is in the Wild West and has this crazy dead cowboys and saloon girls thing right in the middle that made no sense. There is an Alice in Wonderland topiary garden maze with a castle instead of the Caterpillar Ride that we really loved. There is no Toon Town and instead of the Submarine Ride, they had a replica of the Nautilus from 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea. The Pirates of the Caribbean didn't have the Johnny Depp / Captain Jack Sparrow updates. The cave mazes were all pirate inspired vs. Tom Sawyer inspired. No Matterhorn. But they did have....Captain EO!!! Roger was so excited to see it in all its glory.
It was so much fun. Evelyn's favorite ride was Space Mountain. Edward liked the Peter Pan ride and the Buzz Lightyear Blasters ride. We all had fun driving around on Autotopia.
Instead of California Adventure, they have Walt Disney Studios, which is kind of like Universal Studios. We saw a really neat car stunt show, an interactive Lilo and Stitch show and met some characters- Buzz and Jessie were the favorites. They had a Cars themed ride, a Slinky Dog ride and a RC Racer ride that were good. We did the Armageddon stunt show and the backlot tour which Edward hated because they were loud and scary. Evelyn and I did the Tower of Terror and the French cast member said a bad word to us! That was pretty interesting- the cast members were just typical French people- not super-perky, super-pretty, college-aged Californians! Line management seems a lot better in California too- but it wasn't too bad.
We got poured on our first day and my sweater wouldn't get dry so I ended up buying a GAP sweatshirt I wore the remainder of our trip. Luckily I packed more layers for everyone else! After the rainstorm, the park cleared out so that is when we got most of our rides in. How is that for a silver lining? Also, don't catch the last free shuttle out of the park. I can see how people get trampled to death and that was a mild-mannered crowd of kids, parents and grandparents. Luckily a transit authority was able to establish order and we made it back okay! 
We had a really wonderful time. The kids were the perfect ages for it. It was a lot of fun seeing them have so much fun.