Maginot Line -

Our trip was scheduled to end on Friday, but since we were in Paris and having a good time we extended it over the weekend. Instead of one day of museums, we did two. The kids were pretty good (considering all the art they saw) so we broke down and took them to Eurodisney just outside of Paris on Saturday.

Essentially, it is good but not like Orlando. We started off badly, parking next to an asinine Frenchy that could not get his car in his spot. Then the entrance queue was a total mess (under a building is not a good place for a pushy crowd). Then the first few areas we went to did not open until after noon. We waited an hour for the race cars, and just as we got to the cars they doubled capacity by opening the other lines. We did Small World and Buzz Lightyear (twice) and rode the train before going to their version of Hollywood. At Hollywood we saw the Animagique show, rode the Lightning McQueen ride, did the backlot tour, and saw the paratde before they closed.

They open at 10 and this day they closed at 8 for a "special even". Looking at Disneyworld hours, in May they run 9-10 on Saturdays with an extra hour in the AM and three in the PM for hotel guests. We noticed that you could not see any suited charachters, we only saw them during the Hollywood parade. Disneyworld runs Mickey almost nonstop (I think they have three in parallel) and they always have a few people at the front of the park. Again, it was good, but not magical. Don't waste a day near Paris going there when you have other options.

Anyway, today we drove home. We tried to stop and see some of the Maginot line, but the first place (Hackenburg) only did 2 hour tours in French and we would have to wait another hour. We drove on to Simserhof, where we also had to wait and the tour was also in French, but we were not scheduled to be underground for two hours (just 20 minutes). Acutally, they show a nice film then put you on a bus for a drive through the fort, including a couple of neat multimedia presentations inside the fort itself. Not bad, and the kids were great. Maybe we could have done two hours underground at the first fort? I guess we'll never know.

Anyway, the whole family is asleep already. I drove them all day, letting them rest and I am the one still up.

Mönkshof Original Pils - Fine for a pils. Nice bugel top bottle.

Mönkshof Original Pils