Finally, reporting on our April 2025 Gate 1 Travel, Tulip Time River Cruise with the addition of Paris, and the time we added to visit Disneyland Paris has come to an end. All that’s left to do is wrap up everything Disney. We love breaking things down into the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly. …
If you’ve been following along with our Disneyland Paris adventure, we’ve covered the Disneyland Hotel, our time in Disneyland Park and Disney World of Adventure, and everything we ate during our trip. So, this blog post jumps into the “other stuff,” and what we discovered is that the one thing most of it had in…
Walt Disney Studios Park was rebranded as Disney Adventure World in March of 2026, after our visit. This coincided with the expansion of Adventure Way and World of Frozen. When we were there, there were many construction walls. The main entrance to Disney Studio 1 was still being transformed into World Premier Plaza, and we…
With just two parks to explore and staying at the Disneyland Hotel, right at Disneyland Park’s entrance, we were able to visit each park multiple times and really relax, stroll, and take it all in. The Lay of the Land The first thing you notice is that Disneyland Park has a Hub-and-Spoke layout with…
We are experienced Disney travelers. We’ve created vacation guides for friends and family visiting Walt Disney World and have done the Disney Dining Plan in various forms over the last twenty years. This trip to Disneyland Paris would be a little different. Having just come off a lengthy river cruise with breakfast, lunch, dinner, and…
Bon Jour! In our previous blog post, we talked about getting to Disneyland Paris, the Disney Hotel options, and a bit about the parks there. In this blog, we’re jumping in with the hotel we chose, the Disneyland Hotel, as well as our room and the amenities. The Disneyland Hotel We knew from the…
If you’ve been following along on our journey, you know we spent the last three weeks in Amsterdam, took an incredible Tulip Time River Cruise with Gate 1 Travel, and wrapped up the tour package with a few days in Paris. However, we decided to tack on just a few more days to…
This past April, we took a “Tulip Time” River Cruise. It was one of the things that Mark really wanted to do, and we both really enjoyed our time in Amsterdam and the Netherlands in general. There are always several things to consider when booking, from pre- and post-trips to peak-season pricing and,…