Adding fuel to the optimism was the fact that Europeans typically have more vacation time than do S. workers. For example, five-week vacations are com monplace for French and Germans, compared with two to three weeks for US workers The failure of the three earlier French parks was seen as irrelevant. Robert Fitzpatrick, Euro Disneyland's chairman, stated, "We are spending 22 billion French francs before we open the door, while the other places spent 700 million. This means we can pay infinitely more attention to details-costumes, hotels, shops, trash