![]() The savvy travelers on TripAdvisor assured me that there was zero enforcement of any of the baggage size or weight restrictions listed on the Eurostar website and that people shove oversized luggage, huge sets of skis and (probably) tuba cases into the racks wherever they’ll fit. I did a lot of research about the luggage restrictions on Eurostar because we were traveling with our two ginormous, gone-for-three-weeks suitcases, not just a knapsack for some dirty weekend across the Channel. They have helpful maps with carriage numbers on them. When they announced boarding, we did the Disney Dash up the speed ramp and down the platform looking for our car. This is also where I tried contactless payment for the first time on our trip, and I was in LOVE! Hold yer phone next to the terminal, hold it up to your face and click the side button, then hold it next to the terminal again and you’re done (and that’s on an iPhone X-other iPhones have one less step!). ![]() I came back with a bazillion choices, but the one he loved best was the cheap Union Jack ballpoint I grabbed as a souvenir. Here’s the WH Smith where Patrick requested I get him a pen for journaling. Salmon is like bacon over there-they put it in everything! (And bacon is like ham… it’s all very confusing…) I got a toasted cheese and salmon breakfast sandwich. Patrick got a breakfast croissant because he hadn’t been to France yet and didn’t know any better… …And a sandwich shop with coffee and booze! (And they’d darn well better be serving that Pickle Train on the kids’ menu!) When you go, you’ll be able to enjoy another branch of the ubiquitous chain Pret-a-Manger. The lounge was a bit under construction when we were there. It was taken from a little roped off eating area adjacent to one of the cafes. This gives you a better idea of the departure lounge. I think this shot is supposed to show you all the convenient power outlets, but you can also kinda see the central hall and then some of the many escalators to the train platform in the back. Then they release you to a pre-boarding area below the train boarding platform, where they have a few places to eat and a minimart. After the metal detectors, you have to talk to an immigration officer because you’re about to leave the UK. Security was airport-style, but we didn’t have to take off shoes and belts. ![]() You have to scan your Eurostar ticket to get through the automated gates before you even reach security, so be sure to have that out. Finally they called out Disneyland Paris/Marne La Vallee-Chessy and the masses surged forward into the queue. In true Disney-fan fashion, people began to form makeshift pre-queues (or “crowds”) while we were waiting for the actual queue to open, and there were multiple Eurostar staffers required to part the masses so that passengers on earlier, non-Disney-bound trains could get into the queue. We were super-early so we wandered around not taking any photos. Pancras so we’d be closest to the Eurostar gate. Our cabbie of course knew exactly which entrance we needed to be dropped at when we got to St.
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