Lisa Tréger

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Last December, Santa Claus offered us two tickets for a getaway, and a few weeks ago we left to pay a little visit to the most famous mouse in the world, where all dreams are allowed: Disneyland.

Having accumulated a lot of memories there (over the last 30 years) with family and friends, this was the first time I spent a day there as a couple.

You must have already seen a lot of posts about this far away place and that’s why, for this time, I would like to show you some unknown facets of this universe and thus, let you observe this imaginary country with a new eye.

Even if we were delighted to go and take some fresh air far from Paris, the agitation linked to the park gave us more desire to (re)discover the places in the way of a cultural visit. Having already worked in this magical world during my studies, Disney has no more secrets for me and I no longer have this frantic desire to rush to the attractions to reach a record of Mine Train rides.

So we took advantage of the weather (surprisingly clear when it was supposed to be rainy) to walk around like good old tourists. The advantage when you’re not in a hurry at Disney is that you’re out of step with the thirty thousand or so people nearby.

We stroll, we observe, we savor and especially, we do not run. So, it allows us to accumulate several kilometers of walk during the day while eliminating the kilos of popcorn and cotton candy that we ate just before and that, it is a good point for health!

We could visit the pretty corners that we never have the occasion to see empty, to look at the menu of Remy’s to finally opt for a meal which does not cost us a SMIC, to take our photo with Bob Razowski as the big fans of Monsters and Co. that we are and to enjoy the typical architecture of this “Happiest Place On Earth”.

I must say that personally, what I like the most there, apart from the smell of marshmallow that we smell as soon as we arrive, are the colors and the little details that we never take the time to pay attention to.

Many documentaries have been made on the maintenance of the park and the attractions and this has always fascinated me. The care given to the paint, the moldings, the gardening. These are the little things done at night, when the park is asleep, that we look at without seeing and yet make this place a magical place.

And it is for me in the evening that the real magic happens: everything lights up, the park lights up. It’s like being in a musical where Gene Kelly comes out of a store to walk on the pavement with his tap shoes.

It is at this precise moment that the nostalgia is felt, we would like to remain there and never leave. To say goodbye to the responsibilities of the daily life and to put our bags in a nearby hotel. And it is precisely for this reason that it is always a pleasure to return. We leave Disney to better find it.