But plans change and now that Wednesday was free Joan and I talked about moving Disneyland Paris to Wednesday we thought we could avoid the weekend crowds on Thursday. It is Easter break in Ireland and all the other Catholic countries have their spring break over Easter as well, and all these wonderful people vacation at Disneyland so we thought it might be less crazy earlier in the week.
We got on the train and headed to Disneyland Paris, it is a direct train RER C from downtown to a station right outside the gate.
It was a little crowded as we arrived, but we chalked that up to people getting to Disney before it opened. We got to the ticket turnstile and our ticket didn't work. I had bought the ticket online and but the discount we got didn't work for this Wednesday so we went to the ticket window to upgrade our tickets. "Did you know today is a very special day?" was the first thing the Disneyland cast member said. We did not, but maybe she was going to give us free upgrades? No, we paid €16 each to upgrade and found out that it was another special day.
We had arrived on the 25th anniversary of the opening day of Disneyland Paris. I have never gone to Disneyland in the summer but I imagine that is what it would be like. There were people everywhere, however they were all joyful and exuberant about the anniversary and the extra celebrations. We got special tickets which we may sell on eBay one day to pay for our entire trip! There were special parades and special shows, and we got to ride the Tower of Terror twice, Rock 'n' Rollercoaster, Star Tours twice, and the new Ratatouille ride twice. We wandered through both parks Disneyland and Disney Studios and were there from 10 in the morning to 10 at night. Even though we missed Thunder Mountain (2hour lines) it was a good Disney day!
On the way home I was sitting acros from a man in a suit, with the Disney pin on his lapel. So I had to ask, if he had come out just for the celebration. He said he was part of the management team when Disney opened 25 years ago and they had had a reunion on the anniversary day. By the end of the day 200 people were in a restaurant in downtown Disney celebrating what they had achieved 25 years before.
We spoke of Disney and the opening day and all the work that had been put into it, we spoke about the anniversary and how great the celebration was, and then we asked him where he was working now? He chuckled, and said well that's an interesting story, he works at the Eiffel Tower. So then we spent the next 20 minutes talking about the Eiffel Tower.
Went home excited and planning to visit the Eiffel Tower the next morning.
