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Afternoon cappuccino with espresso starter at Strada in Paris.

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Escape in Europe — Day 8

  • in-line for Extra Magic Time rope drop
  • Speed walk to first ride (some jogging)
  • 8:47a Peter Pan with 20 min wait
  • 9:09a Peter Pan
  • 9:16a Big Thunder Mountain 65 min (maybe 45 min on app)
  • 9:30a Official Park Open
  • ChatGPT confirms for us that when a line split happens, bias left. Slightly more people will pick right.
  • 9:54 Big Thunder Mountain go!
  • 10:05 Indiana Jones with five minute wait
  • 10:10 Kids do Indiana Jones
  • Do the Swiss family Robinson
  • Sea dragon and sleeping beauties castle
  • 11:30am Lunch
  • 12:15pm shopping on Main Street
  • 12:40pm stop at hotel for baggage stop
  • 1:00p enter Studios Park
  • Mazie and Tyler go off to do Crush Cruiser with 90 minute wait. The single rider line, however, is only a 60 minute wait and they accomplish the ride in around 45 mins.
  • Tammy and Jamie go to see TOGETHER: a Pixar Musical Adventure.
  • After TOGETHER, everyone reconnects at the exit of Avengers.
  • Tyler and Mazie get crêpe and beignet.
  • Little shopping. Tammy buys perfect Disneyland Paris jacket. Jamie buys a great Disneyland Paris sweatshirt.
  • Jamie stands in line for the next performance of TOGETHER, but by the time the rest of the family gets there it is too late.
  • Mazie and Tyler sneak in another quick ride on Avengers
  • Run back to the theater for TOGETHER.
  • Rush over to theater next door for Magic Mickey show
  • Mazie buys perfect Disneyland Paris hoodie.
  • Mazie and Tyler fit in one final ride on Avengers. They wait in the single rider line and end up sitting together!
  • Jamie and Tammy head back to the other park and get a muffin and a beignet from the bakery.
  • Reconnect in the other park. Tyler gets a beignet. Walk with the parade.
  • Pick up luggage from Disneyland hotel
  • 7:35p Mazie takes off to get train and return to Barcelona on her Vueling flight 😢
  • 7:40p RER A train to Aubrey
  • 8:35p M9 to Miromesnil.
  • Walk back to Airbnb.
  • 8:48p Back to Airbnb in Paris for the night.
  • Jamie gets Tailscale configured so we can watch Peacock TV as if we were at home.
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Disneyland Paris.

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We are just over half of our escape rooms done for our Escape in Europe trip. The Alchemist was my favorite so far. We’ve got some highly ranked TERPECA rooms coming up though.

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Disney Paris!

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Morning light on Sleeping Beauty’s Castle as Disneyland Paris opens.

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Escape in Europe — Day 7

  • 8:00a Up!
  • 8:30a Head to Paris Disney!
  • Take M9 to Havre-Caumartin.
  • Take RER A to Marne-La-Vallée
  • Cleared Disneyland Security
  • Drop backpacks at Disneyland Hotel.
  • 10:30a Enter the park
  • Get snack and coffee at bakery
  • Mazie and Tyler do Hyperspace Mountain.
  • Tammy and Jamie explore park and watch a parade.
  • Reconnect and do Nautilus with no wait.
  • Do Pirates of the Caribbean.
  • Explore Adventureland
  • Walk to get ice cream and blocked by parade so watched that.
  • Got ice cream
  • Tried to go to Phantom Mansion but it was temporarily down
  • While walking to small world ran into Goofy encounter.
  • Line was too long at small world
  • Tyler got crêpe with Nutella
  • Alice’s Curious Labyrinth.
  • Went to Phantom Mansion with 40 min line that seemed much longer.
  • Dinner at Bistrot Chez Rémy.
  • Check into the Disneyland Hotel
  • Ride It’s a Small World
  • Ride Pinocchio
  • Mazie and Tyler ride Hyperspace Mountain again. Tammy and Jamie find spot for light show.
  • Disney Cascade of Lights
  • Return to hotel, done for the night.
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Nice dinner at Chez Rémy Bistro at Disneyland Paris.

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We’ve got our backpacks with a change of clothes and heading to the Metro to go to Disneyland Paris!

A family of four is smiling in front of a building with a metro sign in a city setting.
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Escape in Europe — Day 6

  • Tammy goes for run
  • Jamie returns to Sango for delicious coffee
  • 10:00a Pat’s Poffertjes for Dutch Pancakes.
  • Hustle back to Hendrick’s Hotel to get luggage and checkout.
  • Hustle to Amsterdam Central.
  • 11:10a Eurostar train to Paris.
  • 2:55p Arrive in Paris at Gare du Nord.
  • Take M4 to Strasbourg — Saint-Denis then M9 to Miromesnil.
  • 3:50p check into Airbnb.
  • 4:35p CONNECT WITH MAZIE!
  • Walked to dinner along the Siene.
  • Delicious pizzas at Senza Nome.
  • Explore and experience the Louvre at night.
  • Macaron stop at Laduree.
  • Walked to Notre Dame.
  • Took the M4 to the escape room.
  • Escaped from Revolt at Lock Academy.
  • Took the M9 back to the Airbnb.
  • 11:50p Return to Airbnb
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We found Mazie in Paris!

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Arrived in Paris! 🇫🇷

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I’m very happy with how our Escaping Thjngs website has shaped up. It showcases our escape room history in fun ways, including special support for trips like our current Escape in Europe 12-room trip. More to come!

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Return visit to Sango in Amsterdam for a special espresso and capuccino. Train to Paris in a couple hours.

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Escape in Europe — Day 5

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We met Charlie and Isaac, visiting from the UK, who were making the most of their unlimited beers on the canal tour today. Charlie’s goal was to “not be able to walk off the boat.”

“I’m going to make so many bad decisions tonight.” — Charlie

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Escape in Europe — Day 4

  • 6:30a Alarm to start day to Brussels
  • Walk to Amsterdam Central
  • 7:22a M52 Zuid metro
  • 8:04 Eurocity Direct to Brussels
  • 10:08 Arrive in Brussels
  • Walk to Grand-Place
  • Brussels waffles at Maison Dandoy
  • fancy waffle as Maison fancy
  • Mok Studio
  • Chocolate: ??, ??
  • Get to escape room: M1 Stockel, M7 Vanderkinder
  • 2:00p Botanist Manor escape room! Amazing. Ran long.
  • Uber to next week event, no time.
  • 4:30p Chocolate Making Workshup
  • 6:30 speed walk to Pokémon card store
  • 6:50 final minutes at Xx before they close
  • Walk to bus to go to dinner
  • Get on M89 bus going wrong way
  • Recognize mistake, get of bus, request Uber
  • Dinner at Wolf Food Hall. Tyler and I have smashburgers. Tammy has
  • Uber to Brussels Zuid train station.
  • Get last Leige waffles before leaving Brussels
  • 8:49p Depart Eurocity train to Amsterdam Zuid
  • 10:46p Arrive Amsterdam Zuid station
  • taxi back to Hendricks Hotel
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Good morning from Brussels, Belgium. 🇧🇪

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Escape in Europe — Day 3

  • 9:50a Jamie up, enhancing Escaping Things site
  • 10:25a Time to be up
  • 11:30a Leave hotel to Central Station
  • 11:44a Intercity Heerlen line to Utrecht
  • 12:45p escape room! Amazing.
  • Stroopwaffels warm and fresh first time. Plus a sugar waffle.
  • Exploring Utrecht.
  • Magical experience at Keen Coffee.
  • music box museum
  • 4:00p Tammy steps out to get Brandi Carlile tickets!
  • impromptu Macaron stop
  • stopped at Belgisch Biercafé Olivier Utrecht
  • Dinner at Casa Damstraat
  • 6:00p Escape Room again. We liked it so much we decided to do another room!
  • Train back to Amsterdam, Walk back to hotel
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Escape in Europe — Day 2

  • 8:30a: Arrive in AMS. Not much sleep.
  • Cleared passport control and collect baggage.
  • Store luggage at airport.
  • 9:46am: Dordrecht intercity train to Delft
  • Breakfast and coffee at Kek.
  • Explore Delft.
  • 12:28p: Sprinter train to Haag Central Station.
  • Sadly Escher museum is closed today. :-(
  • Walk to a mile
  • Stop at Barista Cafe for another cappuccino.
  • Walk another mile.
  • Visit Madurodam in Den Haag.
  • 4:30pm: Tram 9 to Kalvermarket-Stadhius.
  • fan searching:TK Maxx, HEMA, Media market, K
  • Find dinner plan: EZ SMASH. They are closed.
  • Figure out Plan B: Bonobo. They are hosting a fundraiser dinner so we squeeze in before that event starts.
  • Depart dinner and everyone is cold and we haven’t a gap in schedule. Decide to go to Starbucks to warm up a bit before escape room.
  • Cannot find tram planned to take so call Uber to get us to escape room.
  • 7:50 Stqrt a Molly Game
  • 9:50 Finish Molly’s Game
  • Get Uber to AMS
  • 10:45p Pick up luggage from storage in AMS
  • 10:52p train to Amsterdam Central
  • 11:10p leave central station in foot
  • 11:27p Check-in to Hendrick’s Hotel
  • 11:45p Finally to sleep — over 33 hours since we woke up on Sunday.