The Pace Family · Summer 2026
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Uppsala · Berlin · Munich · Stuttgart · Disneyland Paris
June 5 – June 21, 2026 · 17 Days · 4 Travelers
About Chris: Chris has been touring Scandinavia with his choir since May 25 — Copenhagen → Denmark → Norway → Sweden. We're meeting him for his final concert at Uppsala Cathedral on June 7, then he travels with the family for the remainder of the trip. He has his own separate booking for the return flights home to Chicago and Green Bay. View Chris's full Scandinavia tour →
Every choice on this page is deliberate. If something on a given day starts feeling like too much, this section explains what's load-bearing and what's optional — so you can drop the right thing without dropping the wrong one.
Built around one fixed point: Chris's final concert at Uppsala Cathedral on Jun 7. Everything before is recovery from transatlantic travel; everything after flows naturally into Berlin. The light schedule is the point — you arrive jet-lagged and need to be present for the concert, not exhausted.
Jun 9–10 are deliberately heavy. This is the real start of the trip and the assumption is 85%+ completion. Bail options built in: drop East Side Gallery (Jun 9) or Bernauer Straße (Jun 10) if energy is low. Both are good cuts — neither dilutes the day's core.
Sequenced so the heaviest content (Dachau, Jun 14 morning) is followed by restorative biergartens. Hofbräuhaus connects Jun 13's NS-Dokumentationszentrum thematically. Last Munich night at Wirtshaus in der Au — your reward for completing the German history arc.
The trip's most personal stop. Two days with Carianne's Bruner relatives connected through Ancestry.com — the kind of meeting that simply didn't exist a generation ago. Family time wins every scheduling conflict. The museums, vineyards, and Markthalle are explicit backups for any open window.
Three nights at Newport Bay Club, two full park days, Premier Access purchased for Jun 19 and Jun 20 so no rope-drop pressure. The Jun 20 princess breakfast at Auberge de Cendrillon is the trip's emotional bookend with Chris's concert opener.
Every meaningful dinner reservation is locked in — no scrambling on the trip. The only "your call" nights are Jun 11 (Berlin, low-key after food tour), Jun 13 dinner is Hofbräuhaus (no res, walk in), Jun 16 (Stuttgart, with family), Jun 17 (Stuttgart, with family), and Jun 19 (in-park Disney).
Green Bay → Stockholm → Uppsala → Berlin → Munich → Stuttgart → Strasbourg → Disneyland Paris → CDG → Green Bay
Chapter One
June 6 – 8 · Uppsala
Uppsala tip: The city center and cathedral are a 10-minute walk from the Radisson. If the family has energy, a short evening stroll along the Fyrisån river is lovely — but don't push it after a transatlantic flight.
Concert: Sunday, June 7 · 4:30 PM
Uppsala Cathedral · Domkyrkoplan · 753 10 Uppsala, Sweden
Plan to arrive by 4:00 PM to find seats. The cathedral is a 10-minute walk from the Radisson Blu along the river.
Chapter Two
June 8 – 12 · Hilton Berlin, Gendarmenmarkt
Bail option: If the 6-hour tour leaves the group depleted, skip East Side Gallery. The Wall is well-covered in the morning tour. Head back to the hotel for a 90-min reset before Gaffel Haus at 19:00 — that's a better trip than pushing through.
Guide's note: The Holocaust Memorial, Topography of Terror, and Bendlerblock form a powerful triangle — all within 1.5km of each other. The Bendlerblock is the most overlooked site by tourists and often the most affecting for WWII enthusiasts. The courtyard where the execution happened is still there, unchanged.
Bail option: Drop Bernauer Straße. After three WWII memorial sites, a fourth dilutes rather than deepens. Let Bendlerblock be the day's quiet climax. Backup slot: Bernauer Straße is a 10-min walk from Mauerpark — fit it into Jun 11 morning before the Prenzlauer Berg food tour starts at noon.
Chapter Three
June 12 – 16 · Hilton Munich City
Chapter Three · Part Two
June 16 – 18 · Steigenberger Graf Zeppelin · Meeting the Bruner relatives
Stuttgart is the personal heart of the trip. Carianne's distant Bruner cousins found via Ancestry.com — the kind of connection that simply didn't exist a generation ago. Two days here is the right amount: enough to share real time without overstaying. The itinerary below is intentionally flexible so family time always wins; the museums and sights are backup options for any window that opens up.
Pack tonight — very early departure tomorrow. ICE 9578 departs Stuttgart Hbf at 06:52 from Track 4. Leave the hotel by 06:20. Pre-order grab-and-go breakfast from the Steigenberger the night before — at 06:20 you will not be eating in a restaurant. Lay out all travel documents: ICE ticket and each person's individual TGV ticket loaded in the SNCF Connect app. Confirmation numbers → Reservations.
Chapter Four
June 18 – 21 · Disney Newport Bay Club
TGV Seat Details: All four in Car 2, Club 4 (facing group seats) — Shannon 220 · Carianne 219 · Aaron 213 · Chris 214. Tickets were purchased via DB Fernverkehr — each person must load their own individual ticket in the SNCF Connect app before departure. Be on the platform 2+ minutes before 10:01.
DLP Insider Tips: Download the Disneyland Paris app before arrival — live wait times, show schedules, dining reservations.
Premier Access (paid skip-the-line) is available in-app.
Extra Magic Time Newport Bay Club guests get Extra Magic Time — 1 hour early entry on select mornings.
Must-do rides: Big Thunder Mountain · Pirates of the Caribbean · Phantom Manor · Star Wars Hyperspace Mountain · Peter Pan's Flight (long waits — use Premier Access) · Indiana Jones Adventure
Dining: No restaurant reservation tonight — grab quick-service meals in-park to maximize ride time, or enjoy a casual dinner at Disney Village on the walk back to Newport Bay Club. Big reservations tomorrow morning (Cinderella's Castle).
Princess Breakfast strategy: Arrive at Sleeping Beauty Castle by 8:05 AM. The restaurant entrance is on the lower level of the castle — don't try the main castle stairs. The kids will want camera-ready outfits; you'll be in dozens of photos with the princesses.
Early departure prep: Pack tonight. Private transport to CDG departs 06:30 tomorrow.
All DB ICE tickets are 1st class, non-refundable:
Jun 12: ICE 1507, BER→MUC 11:36–15:43
Jun 16: ICE 516, MUC→STR 13:28–15:43
Jun 18: ICE 9578, STU→SXB 06:52–08:16
TGV 5470, SXB→Disney 10:01–12:28
Print all tickets or save QR codes offline.
Out: GRB→ORD→LHR→ARN Jun 5 (AA/BA, Business)
ARN→BER: Jun 8, Norwegian D84505 10:00→11:35
Home: CDG→LHR→ORD→GRB Jun 21 (BA/AA, Business)
Confirmation codes → Reservations
All dinners booked:
Jun 8 Nante-Eck · 19:00
Jun 9 Gaffel Haus · 19:00
Jun 10 La Esperanza · 19:00
Jun 12 Viktualienmarkt (no res)
Jun 14 Augustiner-Keller · 20:00
Jun 15 Wirtshaus in der Au · 20:00
Jun 18 Royal Banquet 13:30 · La Cantina 19:30
Jun 20 Auberge de Cendrillon · 08:15
DB Navigator — German train tickets/times
SNCF Connect — Load TGV tickets individually
Google Maps — works perfectly for all transit
Flixbus/BlaBlaCar — backup transport option
Norwegian app — for ARN→BER check-in
Germany is increasingly card-friendly but carry €150–200 cash for beer gardens, markets, and tips. Biergärten often prefer cash. Tipping: round up for casual, 10% for sit-down. Sweden uses SEK — Radisson Blu accepts cards.
Uppsala: 18–20°C, can be cool at night
Berlin: 20–23°C, occasional rain
Munich: 22–25°C, beautiful
Paris area: 22–26°C, long days
Daylight until 22:00+ in Sweden/Germany. Pack a light jacket for evenings. Comfortable walking shoes non-negotiable.
You can bring your own food to most Munich beer gardens but must buy drinks there. Radler (half beer, half lemonade) is perfect for teens. Masskrug = 1 liter. Halbe = half liter. Always tip your server — round up generously.
All Berlin memorial sites are free of charge. English materials are excellent at all sites. The NS-Dokumentationszentrum in Munich is also free. Budget ~2 hrs each. No graphic imagery restrictions for teens — these are thoughtfully curated educational experiences.
All confirmation numbers, flight PNRs, train ticket codes, hotel booking references, and tour vouchers are kept on the reservations page — password protected for privacy.
View Reservations →