Another earlier than desired start today, but still, a better sleep than the previous night.
From the other room, I heard Connor’s cough. He’d had a cough of some sort for a few days, but it sounded extra loud and gross this morning. I checked my phone and there was a text from him saying he needed painkillers.
In the US parks, I’m pretty sure the hotel shops stock general painkillers (paracetamol/ibuprofen), so I felt sure that that would be the case here, too. After some googling on opening times, etc. We found that no, the shop wouldn’t stock them, as seemingly all medications in France are only sold at a pharmacy. The resorts first aid centres could, perhaps, provide you with something, but they wouldn’t be open until the parks were open at 9:30 (or later in the case of the village location).
I went to the Hotel’s reception to confirm and the woman at the desk told me that the only option would be the pharmacy. Which is in Val d’Europe. A few minutes away by train.
Went back to the room, via Starbucks again (this time, Pain au chocolat was the order for breakfast) and waited until the pharmacy would be open to head to Val d’Europe – thankfully, the pharmacy is like a 2 minute walk from the RER station and I knew exactly where it was. I got the meds and headed to the little monoprix to get some juice and snacks.
RER trains always have a delightfully unique gross smell of having been used as a toilet in the recent past.
Once Connor was drugged up, we headed to the parks. This time the plan was to hit up the crappy Fantasyland rides in the main park. Storybook Boats, Casey Jr, Pinocchio & Dumbo.
After that, we headed over to Studios and Avengers Campus to eat at Stark Factory. Set up like a canteen, there are pasta and pizza options as well as salads, etc. The portion sizes were surprisingly generous, we both had the macaroni which we both enjoyed and a slice of pizza. Which I ended up eating most of (and enjoyed).
Coming out of Stark Factory, we encountered Iron Man riding on the back of the Avengers car – I’m aware it was a big selling point of Avengers Campus, but having the characters out and interacting with people – we saw Groot, Ant-Man, Wasp, Spider-Man, Black Widow, Captain Marvel and Sam Wilson/Captain America in the times we visited that area of the park – it all really adds to the immersion.
Heading out of Studios, we also saw Lightning McQueen driving around.
Back in the main park, we headed to Frontierland, jumped on Phantom Manor again, before boarding the Molly Brown to sail around the Rivers of America – another first for me. It was pretty cool and I imagine would be even nicer on a nicer day.
Back on dry land, we hopped on to the wildest ride in the wilderness before heading to see The Lion King: Rhythms of the Pridelands show. Again, something I hadn’t seen/done before. The show was well done, but squeezing the story of the Lion King down into a 30min show certainly takes away some of the nuance of the story.
From there, we ended up going back to the hotel, via the hotel shop (for snacks).
At the end of each day, I’ve had a bath. Something which has definitely helped with the general aches of theme park life. Tonight was no different. I then went for a ‘nap’ at like 6pm and more or less slept right through til morning.
Oops.
