Today we start in the Disney Movie Studio and want to see the car stunt show. But because of the big construction site in the middle of the park, we only get up to a few meters to the former entrance, but not closer. Apparently the new entrance is on the other side of the construction site. Signs would have been very practical. So we have to walk back and around and reach the stunt show only after it has started. And here we have quite a déjà vu experience. The stunt show is still exactly the same as when the park opened 17 years ago. Only that now, before the show, Lightning McQueen drives a bit around and not Herbie like before. The stunt show is still entertaining, but with the by now very outdated Opel Corsa and Astra models, it has clearly jumped the shark. However, the cookie and the Groot macaron we eat during the show are surprisingly good.

Then we visit the Ratatouille attraction, which was built only five years ago and which we therefore do not know yet. And the ride is surprisingly different and we like it very much! Here the visitors get into three small wagons in the shape of rats, which then drive by themselves through the area, without being tied to any rails. Sometimes one behind the other, sometimes side by side, and also in-between each other, as we ride on the back of these rats through the kitchen and have to hide from the human cooks again and again under the fridge, side tables or something else. This is really very well done and very entertaining.

In the meantime the sun has begun to shine and it is slowly getting warmer. So everything is much more beautiful than with the cold wind yesterday. We change the park and first stop at the dragon under the castle. Then we get hungry and eat a pizza and a lasagna at Colonel Hathi’s Pizza Outpost.

In the meantime it got really hot and there are almost too many people. We go back to the hotel and I try to ride the Pirate ride and the Rock’n’Roller Coaster alone. But at the first one I would have to stand in the blazing sun for 40 minutes and then we would miss the parade, and the Rock’n’Roller Coaster doesn’t run at the moment because of technical problems. After the parade we go on the Small World ride, eat waffles, and I make it to the pirates.

After visiting some shops and an even bigger tour through Disney Village we get a burger at Five Guys, which we eat in our hotel room.

Are we getting too old for Disneyland Paris? We asked ourselves that yesterday and again today. And I think the answer is: It’s not us, it’s them. After a good week among polite and courteous Englishmen, we no longer have much tolerance for the selfish, ruthless continental Europeans. In such a huge crowd of people as there is in Disneyland without a break, the differences between the cultures are all the more striking. This is most obvious when we wait for the parade in the specially reserved area for wheelchair users. Shortly before the parade begins, a Frenchwoman with a small child on her arm stands in front of Gabi, who hardly sees anything anymore. I first politely and then again less politely point this out to her and ask her to stand a little to the right. Because neither she, the girlfriend standing next to her nor the toddler have a disability and she stands in the way of my wife, who actually has a disability and therefore a reason to be here in this area. No, she can’t stand further to the right, otherwise her little daughter won’t be able to see the parade as well as here. And doesn’t move an inch from the spot. I really have no more tolerance for such persons. And yes, THIS can also be due to age. An Englishwoman would have jumped to the side as white as chalk from shame that she stood in the way of someone in a wheelchair without realising it, and would probably have apologised for it for the whole parade. The two women would definitely not have had to stand next to each other like that to see the parade well. They only did this because they are selfish through and through and they don’t care at all about other people. We certainly won’t visit Disneyland Paris again soon.