I will never, ever forget my birthday party on this disco bus. Never! It was by far the most raucous, hilarious and outrageous birthday party I've ever thrown, let alone attended. Weeks later I still break out into enormous giggle fits and receive text messages from friends with funny memories of the night. But like all good things in life, the decision to celebrate my birthday on a moving bus was not the easiest one to make. I had been struggling for months to figure out a memorable way to celebrate a big birthday of mine. I usually do discreet little gatherings, but for this one I wanted to go ALL out. I had entertained the idea of privatizing a bar, going bowling, having a ping pong party. I debated and discussed with my husband non stop, and then one day as we were at the window of our apartment thinking about what I could do, a giant bus with flashing lights rolled by blaring disco music and as it went by I could see people bouncing and dancing with their hands held high. We both turned to each other and said: That's it!!! I found the listing online and asked for an estimate. It was a bit pricey but not out of control, and I asked if they could lower the fee a bit because it was out of my budget and they did! I created a money pot for friends to contribute 20E each and I took care of the rest. You know how with most parties (especially in France) it takes people an hour or three to warm up, small talk, drink glass after glass of whatever alcohol before they feel ready to hit the dancefloor? Well it took less than 30 seconds from the time we boarded the bus before the entire group was jumping, laughing and dancing their way around the bus. There's just something so liberating about being confined to a small space with the sole purpose of having fun. Add to that the fact that you're riding around Paris, getting high fives from passerbys and even seeing people you know (true story) driving and waving alongside the bus, that you feel like a total rock star. To add to the disco theme I downloaded Saturday Night Fever to be aired while we rolled around town. The DJ Angelo assigned to our party was amazing and totally respected my no French music and loads of Michael Jackson wishes and had us dancing for two hours straight. Really, I couldn't recommend this service more, just be sure to invite me to your party should you decide to throw one! read more