The key to our trip was organization. This let us have fun without going crazy.

We rented a car not to depend on anyone else and to do things our own way.

Our days started early. We had our passes with us, we made some special agreements on what to have outside the usual menu (because when going on vacation with kids, you need to make concessions), and we couldn´t wait to take hundreds of mental photographs of those dreamy views.

I would be lying if I said being there didn’t take me back to my own childhood.  It made me so happy.

I enjoyed with my kids, what I didn’t have the chance to enjoy with friends as a child because we were always moving houses.

We visited four theme parks where all the movie characters became our friends.

Lily’s dream came true. She visited Cinderella’s castle dressed up as the princess she is; I felt like a pirate of the Caribbean and Benjamin became an interstellar knight in the Star Wars galaxy.

And the views! You should have a look at Claire’s Instagram posts; she was totally fascinated by them.

We didn’t take a single family photo in which our smiles didn’t compete with the attractions of the parks. We hadn’t laughed like that for ages!