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…
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…
We’ve come to the final day of our Gate 1 Travel 14 Day Tulip Time River Cruise with Paris. As you have probably noticed, it’s been a pretty amazing trip filled with good food and incredible sights. Keukenhof Garden was absolutely the highlight. True Confession: For us, the additional trip to Paris was…
After arriving at our hotel in Paris, having dinner and settling in for a restful night, we were ready for our day exploring Paris. Our Driving Tour of Paris Our first stop was the Dôme des Invalides, part of the Hotel des Invalides complex, which was commissioned by Louis XIV for retired soldiers. It…
After disembarking from the MS Monarch Queen, driving from Amsterdam to Brussels, exploring Brussels, and then driving to Paris, we finally arrived about 7:30 PM. Chuck had previously visited Paris, back during “EuroDisney’s’ first year. Truthfully, a return to Paris was not on his bucket list. However, Mark, the classically trained chef, had somehow never…
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,…