Disney Loving Peas / Universal Loving Peas

Yes, Rabbit is Lapin! Well, actually, Coco Lapin. Eeyore, indeed, has a very different name in French: Bourriquet. It literally means 'small donkey' although it isn't a commonly used noun to designate a small donkey these days (it's present in French literary classics, however). Winnie the Pooh is Winnie l'Ourson, 'ourson' meaning literally 'small bear' so you get the Bourriquet reference now. Since they're originally all toys, they're considerally small versions of their real-life counterparts. In English, Piglet (Porcinet or literally 'little pork') is a good example of this very trend. John Christopher is Jean-Christophe. 

The Cheshire cat is such a tongue-twister for young French kids: le chat du Cheshire. 

Did you know French people used to (and quite a few still do) call Mickey Mouse "Mick-eh Mousse" (like chocolate mousse)?    Disney France has worked hard to change this to a more Franglish compromise, Mick-eh Maws. It's working. They're not going to change Mick-eh though.  You can hear the mother go "Salut, Mickey!" here. If you ever come to DLP, you'll hear all the French kiddos scream "MICK-EEEEEH!" as soon as he appears in the parade (and probably try hard not to belly-giggle like I did when I heard 'Michel' in Peter Pan). 

I’m going to Disneyland in May, too! Two day park hoppers. Tickets & reservations went pretty swift and smoothly!

I can’t wait to start seeing some trip reports from the first visitors after reopening. I’m really curious how the crowds will look at 25% capacity. Eeeee!

You're going to have a blast! Can't wait for your to report back (ha, you *have* to now)... I love going to my Disneyland in mid-January because it's empty af. 5 to tops 10 minutes waiting for rides, nobody to stand in your way for the parade, no lines for lunch. Heaven! 

When we lived in the south and close enough for yearly WDW trips, I’d get a new VB hipster each time. Such a perfect bag for theme parks. But in CA nobody wears anything VB at alllll and I sorta feel like a goober with it.

I’ll report back after we go on 5/11! Last I heard it will be 25% capacity, so that will be different. Still waiting to find out if any restaurants will be open for sit-down dining. We have a reservation for Ralph Brennan’s in Downtown Disney after the park closes, but I’d love it if Blue Bayou is open for lunch.

Elsabelle, yes we’ve eaten at Ralph Brennan’s and really like the food. Shrimp and grits, mmm! It’s a fun spot, especially if you can sit outside.

The park is showing a few closed rides, but I assume the rest is open. They’ll probably have the rides running at low capacity and staff, so I still expect there will be lines. Hopefully not too long.

Great info on checking subreddit, honeypea! What a small world (pun not intended) that we’ll both be there on the same day. Peas are everywhere!

A Disneyland Paris vlogger got vaccinated at the Newport Bay Club and made a little video. Enjoy the French bureaucracy (I had to fill in 3 pages when I got to my vaccination centre and went through 10 - yes, 10! - checkpoints in total from beginning to end).

No drive-through vaccinations in France as you have to sit down with a doctor who'll verbally confirm your answers to the essential questions before approving you for vaccination. It's old skool. Super quick but you still need to face that medical authority first. My mass vaccination centre has a very specific approach to those isolation tent booths, too: the vaccinee has the sit down on a high Tolix bar stool and the fireman vaccinating sits down on a regular chair. I'm short so I found myself "hiking" up that bar stool oh-so gracefully as he was sitting and watching me swing my booty up there, thinking to myself: "Oh Zeus, I have not missed this silly bar stool routine since the pandemic started! I can't believe this is what awaits me again when I'm fully vaxxed. I'd forgotten. Merde." 

Oh, Skellinton , the bulk of the (small number, granted) of countries driving left in the world are former British colonies! And the right-side road dominance was actually propulsed by the French because Napoleon, a left-handed man, would ride into combat on the right as a military scare tactic to display superiority and confidence by willingly foregoing his dominant side. So, non non non, we definitely don't drive on the left, never have, likely never will. I don't recommend asking regular French people why they don't drive on the left. "Madame, ce n'est pas l'Angleterre ici !"   And so, the good ol' France-Britain rivalry lives on in yet another mundane everyday thing... 
The only countries in Europe driving on the left are the UK (obviously), the Republic of Ireland (it would such a mindfuck to switch sides on the road when crossing the border into Northern Ireland), Malta (formerly part of the British Empire) and Cyprus (former Crown colony). All four are islands. 
ETA: Found this article on how France is to blame for right-side driving.

Yes, that would be Hôtel Cheyenne! People here love old western movies. This hotel is not going anywhere! It's super popular.  

Have so much fun, julie5! I hope your son has a blast on Hagrid's ride and finds just the perfect wand.

Full freedom is an illusion anyway. One's freedom ends where it impedes another's. Law of living in society!

Hmm ours is a regular one and my son accidentally sat in it the other day. But we had promised a 2nd one for his collection anyways. But man it would be neat if they could replace our broken one. I’ll take it with us and ask.

Oh yeah we’re definitely buying a second wand. I just wanted his old one to be fixed.

Just wanted to update that we could not get sons broken wand fixed/replaced as they no longer sell them. It’s professor slughorns. So I’ll super glue it at home for him. He did the ollivanders experience and we bought the wand that chose him. He LOVED it!! We also got a free wand for buying a gift card that we then used on purchases so my other Potter head gets a wand too. So excited to see her face when we get home!!

I didn't think I'd ever participate in a Disney thread, but my husband, daughter, and husband's cousin are going to Disneyworld in December. The choices of products are over whelming, yet a lot of it looks the same. It's very kid-centric, and it will be all adults.

My idea is a 12x12 album using mostly divided page protectors and a few regular 12x12 pages with special photos. I know they are doing four parks. The last two days they are heading south to some beach. Between the cousin who has a Disney Vacation Club membership (I think that's the right term), been multiple times, and my Autistic daughter who can get very OCD about her favorite things, I am happily not involved in the vacation plans.

I'm thinking some small metal dies/border dies that are Disney-esque for journal cards. I've found a few I think will work. Keep it black, white, red, and yellow. I'd like to keep it bright and simple. It looks like Echo Park has a white based Disney line? I thought of using polka dot paper in the same color scheme, possibly some star paper too.