Disney Paris - Going next week. My mum has just died so no time to plan. Tips please!!!

[roberta3]

I've posted on other threads about it but after a long illness my mum died on 21 Feb. A few weeks earlier she insisted that our family book a holiday because she felt she was disrupting our lives. We insisted that we loved her and wanted to care for her but agreed rather than a proper holiday we'd go away for a few days because we didn't want to be away from her for too long. We hoped the kids would be able to come back and tell her about their trip to Disney.

Anyway, it was not to be as she died two weeks ago. The kids have had a really disrupted year and we want them to have a fab time and us to have lots of 'quality time' together after the loss of their Grandma.

We've booked 3 nights at the Newport Bay. The children are aged 8, 6 and 2. I've done absolutely no research as I haven't had time and now the holiday is nearly here.

Any tips appreciated. Thanks!

And at lunchtime, if you are not going for a sit-down meal, there's not much in Disney except hotdogs and it's quite pricey - you may as well nip across to Disney Village for a McDonalds - if you are going to have to eat junk food, you may as well not pay an arm and a leg for it! Or get some sandwiches and a coffee at the railway station - there's a newsagent/snack shop there - and go back in the park after.

To prove I'm not just food obsessed - if your kids are getting autographs, particularly for your older one, say the name of the character as they give "it" the book - eg "Hello Winnie The Pooh". Some sign differently if they know you are English - I watched Robin Hood sign Robin des Bois to the girl in front of us, and he signed DDs as Robin Hood as I used his name. (other French differences are Tigger=Tigrou, Chip & Dale = Tic & Tac, Pooh=Winnie, Goofy=Dingo)