Paris Disney

Welcome to Paris Disney: The best way to transition from American life to French life!
Really, this was a great way for our family to transition. Much of it looked and felt American, and yet most everyone was speaking French (and virtually everyone would also speak English as needed). Paris Disney is where we got over our jet lag and got used to a language that was not our own.
Some of the most enjoyable things weren't the rides or the shows, but things like these ducks:

We did get to all the rides and shows we wanted. Usually we were able to do this without standing in lines for too long. However, here we are in the midst of an hour-long wait. The ride was fun, but we encouraged the boys to choose something else rather than stand that line again.

The boys also went "ice skating." It wasn't actually on ice, but a white plastic that acted enough like ice they could use regular ice skates. They even use a zamboni to clean it each evening.

Since we stayed on site, the boys had lots of opportunities for photo ops with the characters. As you can see, our children didn't care about this aspect of The Disney Experience nearly as much as many children do:
We also had a fun family bicycle ride through Disney Village:


And the parents shared job responsibilities. Dad was in charge of skating with the children. Mom was in charge of riding spinning rides with the children:

We spent four days/three nights at Paris Disney and that was just right for our family. Many guides will say 1 day is enough for Paris Disney, but our family would have been miserable trying to fit it all in. With three nights, we didn't have to rush or push ourselves to make sure we rode all the rides and see all the shows we wanted, we had plenty of time to do the extras like swimming and skating, and we could go back to our hotels for a rest or a change of pace whenever we wanted. And our daily cost at Disney was about the same as our daily cost in Paris. Whew.