Summer Holiday 09 - Parc Asterix

Day 8 - Paris Parc Asterix (Fri. 17 Jul)

Parc Asterix is an amusement park just an hour drive north of Paris. The park is based on characters from the Asterix and Obelix comics a favorite of mine during my childhood. I had found a company online called Paris Vision that will arrange for entry tickets and coaches to and from the park.

Paris Vision office is situated on Rue Rivoli the street by the Tuileries and Museum Louvre. We went there early unsure of procedures. I did not even have time to eat my breakfast busy getting all the things we needed packed as its a whole day affair. As it turns out Paris Vision took us to another company that actually owns the coaches to Parc Asterix situated underneath Musee Louvre. If I had known this I assume It would be much cheaper to go straight to this company but unfortunately......

Parc Asterix opens at 10am and we had arrive by coach a good half an hour earlier. We were not the only ones there was about 200 or so people hanging about the entrance with no cafe or even a breakfast kiosk in sight. The weather too was not in our favour it was a cloudy cold windy day. Dark clouds hangs over our head threatening to burst at any moment.

In spite of the gloomy beginnings It turns out Parc Asterix turns out to be quite a treat for us, surprisingly filled with rides to accommodate all ages. Even my youngest son Noah who is only 4 and often unable to go on rides were delighted of the various mini rides a smaller version of the more thrilling rides.

Because of the gloomy weather a lot of people stayed away from the park filling the park only a quarter of the people that was there the day before, a hot shiny summers day! I knew this as I had a British mother who was there on her second day with her teenage kids. She said most rides had long queues so we were extremely lucky as we were able to go on rides again and again pretty without lining up too long.

My only problem was that all .... ALL not one kiosk or restaurants were open until noon so apparently this is the french way. So unfortunately for me I would have to stay hungry up till noon. There wasn't even a place to buy water but being a mom for so long I always have some water and snacks handy in my bags for outings like this.

By 12 in the afternoon all the restaurants and kiosk that can be found everywhere were opened and they were not at all stingy with potions...... the cotton candy was as tall as Noah so as you can imagine what that amount of sugar can do to kids......

The day ended at 6pm where we headed to the designated area to catch the coach back to Paris. We found a food court underneath the Louvre Museum that had Moroccan / halal food so we had dinner there before heading home.

It was great to see my boys so happy. They were very satisfied with the park.