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Disneyland Paris Ideas and Methods for First Timers (2025)


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Planning a visit to Disneyland Paris could be complicated for first timers.

How lengthy do you want for the 2 parks? Do you have to keep in a Disney resort or offsite? What’s one of the simplest ways to get there? How do you keep away from lengthy traces? Which rides are finest?

On this publish, I reply all these questions and share my finest Disneyland Paris suggestions and methods. Simon and I’ve visited the Paris parks a number of instances (with many extra journeys to Disney parks world wide).

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An Introduction to Disneyland Paris

Disneyland Paris castle. France

Disneyland Paris is situated in Marne-la-Vallée, France, about 32km (20 miles) east of Paris.

It consists of two parks subsequent to one another. Disneyland Park has a fairytale fort, traditional Disney characters, and probably the most rides.

Walt Disney Studios Park has far fewer rides (however some very enjoyable ones) and several other dwell musical exhibits. It’s at the moment beneath development earlier than World of Frozen opens in 2026 and is a half-day park.

See my information to visiting each Disneyland Parks in someday for a extra detailed comparability.

Disney Village can be close to each parks and the prepare station. It doesn’t require a park ticket and consists of retailers, eating places, and a number of the Disney inns.

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When to Go to Disneyland Paris

Simon and Erin at the entrance to Disneyland Paris, France
Us glad to be again at Disneyland Paris!

The Greatest Time of Yr

You possibly can go to Disneyland Paris any time of 12 months, and every season has execs and cons.

The summer season has the perfect climate and longer park hours, however costs are larger, and it’s busy in the course of the faculty holidays. We nonetheless loved our August go to, and avoiding lengthy traces is feasible.

The climate in spring and autumn is combined. You can have stunning solar, cooler wet days, or a mixture of each. In mid-September, temperatures had been delicate (16-18ºC), nevertheless it rained intermittently.

Prime tip – Our ponchos made wet days within the parks pleasant. We bought this two poncho pack from Amazon for half the worth of these bought within the parks.

Crowds are decrease in the event you keep away from faculty holidays like Easter (Could and June are quieter than April).

To see the park with the perfect decorations, go to in autumn and early winter. October is Halloween season (with parades, villainous characters, and extra), however we noticed some park decor in September.

Halloween scarecrow at Disneyland Paris, France
Halloween scarecrow ready to greet you in October

Christmas is probably the most magical time of 12 months at Disneyland Paris, nevertheless it’s one of many busiest. It runs from early November to early January with stunning decorations, an enormous tree, festive parade, Christmas present, and seasonal treats.

Whereas winter is mostly chilly, gray, and moist, it’s not too chilly to benefit from the parks with some heat garments (common most 8ºC in January) and snow is uncommon. January and February are the quietest months.

A great way to get a way of anticipated crowds is to examine the worth calendars on the Disneyland Paris web site—for tickets or Disney inns (in case you are contemplating staying onsite).

The Queue Instances website additionally lists stats for Disneyland Paris, together with the common crowd stage by month and day of the week.

The Greatest Days of the Week

Weekends are busiest at Disneyland Paris, particularly Saturdays, so journey mid-week if doable. Tuesdays to Thursdays are the quietest (assuming no holidays).

On our final journey, we visited Sunday – Wednesday as Sunday was the most cost effective arrival day for our resort (Disney Resort New York). This varies relying on the resort and season.

We discovered Sunday night time within the parks very quiet (maybe as a result of it was raining).

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How Many Days at Disneyland Paris

Main Street, Disneyland Paris, France
Important Avenue USA in Disneyland Park

Two full days is an efficient period of time for a Disneyland Paris journey. You’ll probably spend about half a day in Walt Disney Studios Park and 1.5 days in Disneyland Park.

When you have restricted time or price range, you possibly can see the highlights of each parks in a single lengthy day. See my Disneyland Paris two park itinerary for the best way to handle your time.

You may take into account three or 4 days within the parks if you wish to do all of it at a relaxed tempo—expertise all of the rides, characters, parades, purchasing, and so on. Disneyland Park is a wonderful park to discover.

Though we had three nights on our final journey, I might get monetary savings subsequent time with simply two nights. With a Disney bundle, you get a ticket for someday greater than your keep.

So for a two-night keep, you get a three-day ticket. I might pop into the park on arrival night, have a full day the subsequent day, after which do anything remaining on my departure day (leaving baggage on the resort) earlier than shifting into Paris that night.

We at all times like to mix Disneyland Paris with a couple of days in central Paris (see our someday in Paris itinerary). When you don’t need to try this, you may favor to remain longer at Disney.

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The place to Keep for Disneyland Paris

Your greatest resolution is whether or not to remain onsite in an official Disney Resort or avoid wasting cash with an offsite resort or condominium.

Whilst you might go to Disneyland as a day journey from central Paris, I like to recommend staying nearer so you may get an early begin and keep late and not using a tiring commute.

Onsite Disney Motels

There are two main benefits of staying onsite at a Disney resort:

  1. Further Magic Time – Resort visitors can enter the parks one hour sooner than different visitors. This can be a large benefit, and we often trip the 4-5 hottest rides earlier than the parks formally open.
  2. Location – Not all official inns are inside strolling distance of the parks, however these which are make life a lot simpler. You don’t must rise up so early, you possibly can take a break within the afternoon when the parks are busiest, and it’s a simple commute again to your resort after a tiring day.

The nearer inns are to the parks, the dearer they’re. These are the official inns with an instance whole value for 2 adults for lodging and tickets for two nights/3 days in mid-September 2025 (in British kilos).

Observe that it tends to be cheaper the additional forward you ebook.

Disney Motels in Strolling Distance

Disneyland Paris Hotel, France
The grand Disneyland Resort has the prime location on the park gate!

All these have free shuttle buses in the event you don’t need to stroll.

  • Disneyland Resort – This attractive 5-star resort is newly refurbished and situated on the entrance gate to Disneyland Park. £1403.
  • Disney Resort New York – We stayed at this Marvel-themed resort final time. A ten-minute stroll from the parks. £851.
  • Newport Bay Membership – A conventional, nautical-themed resort. 15-minute stroll. £667.
  • Sequoia Lodge – A US Nationwide Park-themed resort. Dated however good worth contemplating its location a 15-minute stroll from the parks (it’s solely simply past Resort NY). We need to strive it subsequent time. £579.
  • Resort Cheyenne – A cowboy/ Toy Story resort in style with households, though there’s no pool. 20-minute stroll. £579.
  • Resort Santa Fe – Motel-style lodging themed round Automobiles. No pool. 20-minute stroll. £509.
Disneyland Paris Hotel lobby, France
The foyer in Disneyland Resort

Disney Nature Resorts

In case you are driving, take into account one in every of these vacation parks a 15-minute drive away. They’re in style with households who need extra space, a kitchen, and actions for teenagers.

  • Disney David Crockett Ranch – Keep in a woodland cabin with kitchen. There’s a pool, mini golf, and tennis. £502.
  • Les Villages Nature Paris – A Heart Parcs facility with a big water park, farm, youngsters membership, spa, bowling, and lots of different actions. Lodging is in flats. £550.

Disney Resort New York Assessment

Double room at Disney Hotel New York, Disneyland Paris, France
Our spacious double room at Disney Resort New York

On our newest journey, we loved our keep at Disney Resort New York – The Artwork of Marvel.

Professionals

  • The second closest resort to the parks. It took us 10 minutes door-to-door, together with the elevator and park safety.
  • Marvel art work in rooms and all through the resort.
  • Spacious rooms with loads of storage.
  • It was refurbished in 2021, so it feels fashionable.
  • Indoor and outside pool and sauna.
  • Downtown Restaurant is very rated for its buffet (we didn’t eat within the resort, although).
  • Disney Village eating places are in your doorstep (together with our fave Earl of Sandwich).

Cons

  • It’s the second most costly Disney Paris resort.
  • A number of issues weren’t working—one elevator and ice machines on two flooring.
  • Room service was very costly (apart from a la carte breakfast, which appeared cheap—€12 for a vegan breakfast).
  • It was exhausting to search out when arriving on the prepare station (not nicely signposted). The quickest means is to stroll via Disney Village, however you’ll must undergo safety. Or stroll via the bus stops and go proper alongside the highway to succeed in the entrance of the resort.
  • We had been on the far finish of the hall, so it was a reasonably lengthy stroll to the elevators. Request a room nearer to the elevator if you need a fast exit.

Saving Time at Verify-In

One among my high Disney Paris suggestions, in the event you keep in a Disney resort, is to examine in through the app and unlock your room along with your cellphone. This avoids lengthy traces at reception.

We crammed in our particulars upfront and advised the app we had arrived as quickly as we stepped off the prepare.

You positively need to do that step as quickly as doable as there was a delay in getting our room quantity (regardless of being hours after the 3pm check-in time). By the point we discovered our option to the resort, we had our room quantity and went straight up.

Offsite Lodging

It’s virtually at all times cheaper to remain in a non-Disney resort; some aren’t too removed from the parks.

Make sure to do a value comparability together with tickets, although, as a Disney bundle in one of many cheaper inns can generally work out not way more costly than staying offsite and shopping for tickets individually.

On our first Disney Paris journey, we stayed at Grand Magic Resort. It was fashionable and comfy with a pool.

It’s a 30-minute stroll from the parks (we walked to Disney Village on arrival night), however you’ll probably need to take the free shuttle, which is shared with different inns within the space. It takes about quarter-hour.

Resort Explorers is one other close by possibility on the identical shuttle route.

On Airbnb and Reserving.com you can too discover self-catering lodging not removed from the parks, which households may recognize. Attempt trying to find Disneyland Paris, Chessy, or Serris.

Methods to E-book Disney Paris Lodging

After we stayed offsite, we used Reserving.com to search out inns (in addition they have flats).

After we stayed onsite, we booked immediately on the Disneyland Paris web site. All resort stays embody two-park tickets (together with your arrival and departure days).

Screenshot of Disney Hotel New York booking on Disneyland Paris website
Use the Disneyland Paris calendar to search out the most cost effective dates to go to (costs embody tickets).

You too can ebook official Disney inns like Resort New York on Reserving, however dates aren’t launched as far upfront (solely about six months).

The benefit of utilizing Reserving is that costs don’t embody tickets, and this could work out cheaper in the event you don’t want as many days because the official resort packages offer you.

For instance, two nights at Resort New York on Reserving in January prices £509 for 2 adults. The identical dates on the Disneyland Paris web site price £814.

When you solely wanted a one-day/two-park ticket, this might price an additional £150 for 2 adults, so it really works out cheaper to make use of Reserving.com (£659 whole).

However, if you need the three-day ticket you get with the resort bundle, this might price an additional £372 for 2, so reserving on the Disney web site is cheaper.

Whenever you ebook on the Disney website, you solely must pay a 15% deposit; the stability is due two months earlier than. You possibly can change or cancel your reserving as much as seven days earlier than arrival with out cost.

After we cancelled a resort, we had to take action by cellphone, which wasn’t very best, nevertheless it was straightforward, and we bought a full refund.

Disney UK

An alternative choice in the event you journey from the UK is to make use of the Disney Holidays web site, the official Disney website for Brits.

We used it to ebook our newest Disney World Florida journey and it was cheaper than reserving on the US web site.

On the Disney Holidays web site, you possibly can seek for packages that embody transport (flight, Eurostar prepare, or self-drive ferry) with the resort and tickets.

It’s price evaluating to reserving individually to see how a lot this protects you, nevertheless it’s place to begin, particularly in the event you aren’t positive which transport technique to make use of.

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Methods to Get to Disneyland Paris

Bistro Chez Remy in La Place de Rémy at Walt Disney Studios Park, Disneyland Paris
La Place de Rémy at Walt Disney Studios Park

Listed below are the 3 ways to get to Disneyland Paris from England.

In case you are travelling from additional afield, you’ll probably fly to Paris or take the prepare from inside Europe.

Central Paris to Disneyland Paris

In case you are already in Paris, take the RER A prepare to Marne-la-Vallée Chessy. From Chatelet Les Halles (a central station close to the Louvre), this takes 40 minutes.

The journey prices €5. You possibly can’t use a normal metro ticket (t-ticket) or the Paris transport app to pay for this route. You should purchase tickets from machines on the stations.

Observe that it is a commuter prepare and could be very busy, a minimum of till you get additional out of town.

Marne-la-Vallée Chessy Station is subsequent to Disney Village and some minutes stroll from the 2 park gates.

Eurostar Prepare

We at all times journey to Paris on the Eurostar prepare from London St Pancras because it’s a cushty, straightforward, and environmentally pleasant journey.

There is no such thing as a longer a direct Eurostar to Disneyland Paris, so you will want to alter at Paris Gare du Nord or Lille.

Through Paris Gare du Nord

Travelling through Paris offers you extra prepare choices, and it will probably work out cheaper. It’s a longer journey that requires two transfers, although.

From Gare du Nord, take the RER B or D to Chatelet Les Halles then switch to the RER A to Marne-la-Vallée Chessy (see above).

From London to Paris, the Eurostar takes about 2.5 hours.

The journey from Gare du Nord to Marne-la-Vallée Chessy technically takes an hour, however the switch took us two hours on a Sunday night as a result of lengthy traces for ticket machines at Gare du Nord and waits for trains.

Contemplate this route if it’s less expensive, however we’ll go through Lille subsequent time. I might particularly keep away from going through Paris you probably have a number of baggage or young children.

Through Lille

The opposite prepare path to Disneyland Paris is to take the Eurostar from London St Pancras to Lille Europe after which switch to the quick TGV prepare to Marne-la-Vallée Chessy. You possibly can ebook the entire journey on the Eurostar web site.

The switch at Lille is simple and the TGV prepare is quieter and extra comfy than the RER trains.

The entire journey might be faster—round 3 hours with the perfect connection (35 minutes to switch in Lille is loads).

Disney Categorical Service

If you wish to maximise your first day at Disney and are staying at a Disney resort, you would pay further for the Disney Categorical service, which is situated at Marne-la-Vallée Chessy Station.

You drop off your baggage on the station (it’s transferred to your resort room) and decide up your tickets so you possibly can head straight into the parks.

We haven’t used it ourselves however some folks (particularly households) love the comfort.

Flying

Flying to Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport (CDG) can work out cheaper than the Eurostar, nevertheless it’s much less comfy, and you need to permit extra time to check-in.

In case you are travelling from outdoors of South England, it’s price contemplating.

From Charles de Gaulle Airport to Disneyland Paris, you possibly can take the Magic Shuttle bus to the parks and inns (about 45 minutes), ebook a non-public switch, or take a prepare from Terminal 2.

The TGV prepare is the quickest possibility because it solely takes 10 minutes. It prices from €20.

Driving

Some households with young children favor to drive to Disneyland Paris from England. This may be the most cost effective possibility, and also you’ll haven’t any baggage restrictions, however it should take longer.

It could be particularly handy in the event you keep at one of many vacation parks a brief drive from Disneyland Paris.

There are two choices to get throughout the channel:

Automotive Ferry

P&O Ferries sail from Dover to Calais and take about 90 minutes. From Calais, it’s a 3-hour drive to Disneyland Paris.

Le Shuttle Prepare

Le Shuttle (beforehand Eurotunnel) prepare runs from Folkestone to Calais and takes you thru the Channel Tunnel. It takes 35 minutes.

It’s often a bit dearer than the ferry.

Value Comparability

In case you are coming from the UK, it’s price checking the Disney Holidays web site to see how the packages together with transport evaluate to reserving individually.

Listed below are some instance costs for 2 adults staying at Disney Sequoia Lodge for 3 nights in September 2025. It consists of resort, tickets, and transport.

  • Eurostar from London St Pancras through Lille – £1202
  • Easyjet flight from London Luton (different airports accessible) – £1029
  • Self-drive and ferry from Dover to Calais – £927
  • No transport – £784

In case you are travelling with a gaggle bigger than two, the saving for self-driving is even larger. With two adults and two youngsters, the Eurostar bundle prices £1946 and the ferry prices £1253.

Don’t neglect to permit for petrol prices, although.

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Disneyland Paris Tickets

You will need to ebook Disneyland Paris tickets upfront for a sure date as they’re not bought on the gates.

Ticket prices differ relying on the time of 12 months you go to. A someday/two park ticket begins from €81 for adults in off-season (akin to weekdays in mid-January) to €124 in excessive season (akin to Christmas week).

You should purchase tickets on the Disneyland Paris web site or on Get Your Information or Klook. They often have the identical costs and also you simply present the QR code to enter.

I like to recommend getting a two park ticket as you possibly can simply hop between each parks. The exception is in the event you solely have someday and are travelling with young children—you’re most likely finest off sticking to Disneyland Park.

In case you are staying at a Disney resort and ebook direct, tickets might be included (see above).

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Time Saving Ideas for Disneyland Paris

Main St, Disneyland Paris, France
Important St at Disneyland Park

Now we get to our high suggestions for Disneyland Paris!

Whereas Disneyland Paris is quieter than the US and Tokyo parks, it may be busy with one-hour+ traces for the preferred rides.

We by no means wait greater than quarter-hour, although, and by following the following pointers you shouldn’t must both.

The essential factor is to be ready and have a plan earlier than you enter the parks. Your plan must be versatile as rides do break down or traces may be longer than anticipated, however realizing your precedence rides (and when to trip them) makes all of the distinction.

Arrive Early

Early mornjng at Frontierland, Disneyland Paris, France
Empty Frontierland throughout Further Magic Time

The first one to 2 hours on the parks is the perfect time to trip the points of interest with the longest traces (I share these under).

Throughout this time, we hustle to as many rides as we will and don’t cease for meals or (many) images. We don’t thoughts crossing backwards and forwards throughout the park—it helps to be a quick walker!

As soon as we’ve ridden our precedence rides or the traces begin getting longer (above 20 minutes for us), we decelerate and calm down, get a snack, take images, and discover the quieter components of the park.

See our Disneyland Paris someday itinerary for the best way to do the highlights in simply someday.

To benefit from the morning, I like to recommend you arrive on the park gates half-hour earlier than park opening (examine the app or Disneyland Paris web site for hours in your go to).

This enables you time to undergo park safety and places you nearer to the entrance of the road when gates open so you possibly can head straight to your precedence trip.

Further Magic Time

When you keep at a Disney resort, you get a serious perk—Further Magic Time. This lets you enter the parks one hour earlier than official opening.

I extremely suggest you make the most of this. We had been in a position to trip 4-5 of the preferred rides earlier than the park even opened!

Not all rides are open for Further Magic Time, however the busiest ones are. Be sure to prioritise the rides that may have the longest queues later.

The rides which are open early can change, so I recommend checking the app a couple of days earlier than your go to to see the opening instances of the highest rides.

Listed below are the priorities for every park:

Walt Disney Studios Park

Tower of Terror at Disneyland Paris
The creepy inside of the Twilight Zone Tower of Terror

When you solely have one morning of Further Magic Time, I like to recommend utilizing it for Studios Park because it has fewer rides and longer traces.

Right here was our technique that labored completely with not more than 5-minute waits:

  • Arrive 8.10am for 8.30am early entry (9.30am official opening). This put us close to the entrance of the queue.
  • Crush’s Coaster – We walked quick there. That is the busiest trip in each parks and features shoot up rapidly.
  • Spider-Man WEB Journey
  • The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror
  • Ratatouille: The Journey
  • Avengers Assemble: Flight Drive – This isn’t open early however we timed it completely to trip at 9.30am when the park opened.

Disneyland Park

  • Arrive 8.28am for 8.30am early entry.
  • Large Thunder Mountain x 2
  • Star Wars Hyperspace Mountain
  • Buzz Lightyear Laser Blast

If you wish to trip Peter Pan’s Flight, I might trip that first. It’s not a precedence for us.

Coco Dia Dia de los Muertos display at Frontierland, Disneyland Paris, France
Dia de los Muertos decor from the movie Coco at Frontierland

Keep Late

Don’t fear in the event you don’t get to all of your precedence rides earlier than traces improve in late morning.

The center of the day is the best time to wander round stunning Disneyland Park, trip low wait points of interest (our Disneyland Paris itinerary has our favourites), see a present, store, and do walkthroughs just like the cool dragon beneath the fort.

La Tanière du Dragon at Disneyland Paris
Don’t miss La Tanière du Dragon beneath the fort

If we’re staying shut by we additionally prefer to take a break at our resort.

Keep watch over the app for when wait instances drop. Often, that is late afternoon in Studios Park and the previous couple of hours of park opening in Disneyland Park.

The final hour earlier than the parks shut is good for driving something you’ve missed or repeating favorite points of interest (thrill-loving Simon rides Tower or Terror, Avengers, and Hyperspace Mountain many times!).

Attempt the Single Rider Line

The one rider line is one other option to skip lengthy traces on sure rides. There’s a separate entrance on the entrance of the trip. You’ll trip individually from the remainder of your social gathering, so it’s not appropriate for young children.

It’s solely price doing the one rider line if there’s a giant distinction between the one rider and common queue. In any other case, it might find yourself taking even longer—the one rider line is much less predictable as you need to await a single seat to open up.

The most effective rides for single rider are Ratatouille, Star Wars Hyperspace Mountain, Spider-Man WEB Journey (generally), and Avengers Assemble (provided that the common line is lengthy).

Single rider traces for Crush’s Coaster and RC Racer are unlikely to avoid wasting a lot time. It’s not often wanted for Indiana Jones.

Contemplate Premier Entry

Free FastPass at Disneyland Paris has been changed with the paid service Disney Premier Entry, which lets you skip the traces on the preferred rides.

In mid-September, we didn’t want Premier Entry and by following the following pointers you possibly can most likely keep away from paying.

You may take into account it in the event you don’t need to rise up early or are visiting at a really busy time. You should purchase Premier Entry within the app.

You possibly can pay per trip (referred to as Disney Premier Entry One)—from €5-18 and be allotted the subsequent accessible time to trip.

Or Disney Premier Entry Final permits you to skip the queue for all accessible points of interest (one time every) at any time. At present, 14 rides are included and costs begin from €90 per particular person per day.

You’ll probably get monetary savings by simply shopping for the premier entry to particular person rides as wanted.

Verify Accessibility Insurance policies

When you or your baby has a incapacity (together with autism), examine the Disneyland Paris accessibility coverage to see in the event you qualify for a Precedence Card, which supplies you precedence entry to rides.

You’ll want proof of incapacity and might apply on-line from one month earlier than your go to.

These with sure long-term power ailments can apply for an Simple Entry Card with a medical certificates from a health care provider. This card offers you a timed return ticket for one trip at a time.

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Greatest Rides at Disneyland Paris

It’s essential to know the preferred rides at Disneyland Paris and determine that are a precedence for you.

It’s a good suggestion to examine the app every week or so earlier than your go to to get a way of the newest wait instances. These do differ by season.

Screenshot of Disneyland Paris app
Use the app to plan a wishlist of precedence rides

When you have youngsters, examine the peak restrictions, too—probably the most thrilling rides have minimal peak necessities of 1.02 – 1.4 metres.

Listed below are our picks for the perfect rides with the common wait instances in 2024 (taken from Queue Instances).

Our someday in Disneyland Paris information has extra data on the rides (plus all of the cool smaller points of interest/walkthroughs).

Disneyland Park

Phantom Manor, Disneyland Paris, France
Outdoors Phantom Manor, the most effective rides at Disneyland Park (fortunately waits are often low).
  • Peter Pan’s Flight – 43 minutes (not a precedence for us however could possibly be with youngsters)
  • Large Thunder Mountain – 39 minutes (the perfect Thunder Mountain in all Disney parks!)
  • Star Wars Hyperspace Mountain – 27 minutes
  • Buzz Lightyear Laser Blast – 26 minutes
  • Indiana Jones and the Temple of Peril – 17 minutes (it’s a tough trip so skippable)
  • Pirates of the Caribbean – 14 minutes
  • Star Excursions – 14 minutes
  • Phantom Manor – 10 minutes
Adventure Isle, Disneyland Paris, France
Lush inexperienced Journey Isle is a enjoyable space to discover when queues are lengthy

In case you are travelling with young children, you may also be occupied with Fantasyland rides like Dumbo and Pinocchio.

Character meet and greets are sometimes busier than rides, particularly Princess Pavilion and Meet Mickey Mouse, the place waits could be hours.

Walt Disney Studios Park

  • Crush’s Coaster – 66 minutes (trip first throughout Further Magic Time or pay for Premier)
  • Spider-Man WEB Journey – 39 minutes
  • RC Racer – 31 minutes (we skip this until the road may be very quick)
  • Ratatouille: The Journey – half-hour
  • The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror – 29 minutes
  • Avengers Assemble: Flight Drive – 14 minutes

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Meals within the Parks

Colonel Hathi's Outpost Restaurant at Disneyland Paris
The spectacular tree inside Colonel Hathi’s Outpost

There are many locations to eat within the parks. You’ll discover probably the most selection in Disneyland Park and there are much more choices in Disney Village simply outdoors the gates.

General, we discovered the meals high quality and snack selection missing in comparison with the Florida parks, however there are some first rate choices.

We appreciated that there’s a minimum of one marked vegan selection in every restaurant. See the Vegan at Disneyland Paris Instagram account for the highest picks.

You will discover restaurant menus on the Disneyland Paris web site and app. You possibly can filter the record of eating places by sort of delicacies (together with vegan and vegetarian) and value vary.

Desk Service Eating places

Desk service eating places are for sit-down meals. Costs are a lot larger (anticipate a major to price €30+) and a meal will take an hour or two—dangerous in the event you solely have someday, good if you need a break.

We had been postpone desk service eating places after consuming at Captain Jack’s. The theming is cool—it’s contained in the Pirates of the Caribbean trip—however the €90 we spent for 2 mains (a median veggie curry) and two cocktails was not price it.

Different in style eating places are Bistrot Chez Rémy, Walt’s, and Auberge de Cendrillon (dine with princesses).

If you wish to eat at a desk service restaurant, ebook far upfront. Bookings open two months forward or in case you are staying onsite, as quickly as your resort reserving is confirmed.

Fast Service Eating places

Simon at the baseball game at Casey's Corner in Disneyland Park, Paris
Simon on the baseball-themed Casey’s Nook in Disneyland Park (the place to go for hotdogs).

We favor to eat at informal, quick-service eating places the place you order on the counter. They’re much cheaper and quicker; you don’t must ebook.

A few of them do get busy, although, so it’s finest to eat early if doable—akin to lunch at 11am and dinner at 5pm with snacks as wanted.

If it’s busy, you would strive click on and gather on the app, however this didn’t work for us.

Verify opening instances as some eating places shut at 5pm. These which are open later are busy—we queued 20 minutes at Cocos at 8pm.

Listed below are the eating places we loved:

  • Gourmand Meals Stalls (Studios Park) – My high decide is outdoors the Ratatouille trip. We discovered the meals from these stalls a lot better than the eating places. Every one represents a unique area of France or a neighbouring nation. We had a goats cheese and honey galette from Bretagne, frites from Belgium, and a cheese pretzel from Alsace, and all had been good.
  • Casa Coco (Frontierland) – A strong selection for burritos (together with a pleasant vegan burrito). The fried jalapeños full of cheese had been additionally scrumptious (not vegan).
  • Colonel Hathi’s Outpost (Adventureland) – The decor is cool with a large tree within the center. Our meals was first rate—a vegetable curry Mickey-shaped pizza, vegan lentil dahl with rice, and onion bhajis.
  • Earl of Sandwich (Disney Village) – A fast, cheap possibility outdoors the parks. Upstairs seating is often quiet. We just like the veggie sandwich and the pizza is fairly good.
  • Casey’s Nook (Important Avenue) – Simon favored the vegan hotdog however the fries had been horrible.
  • Cable Automotive Bake Store (Important Avenue) – The Mickey-shaped cookies had been nothing particular, however the old-timey inside makes it good for a break. Different candy treats and sandwiches accessible.

Self Catering

Our technique is to have a fast breakfast in our resort room earlier than we enter the parks early. We had oat bars from dwelling and purchased bananas at Gare du Nord on arrival.

If you wish to get monetary savings, you might be allowed to convey sandwiches and snacks into the parks (simply no picnic baskets, coolers, or glass containers).

There is no such thing as a grocery store within the park space, however on the station there’s a small comfort retailer, Pret A Manger (for takeaway sandwiches), and Starbucks.

The closest massive grocery store is Auchan, one prepare cease away in Val d’Europe.

After all, convey a water bottle and replenish from water stations within the park.

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Last Ideas

I hope these Disneyland Paris journey suggestions enable you to plan a magical journey.

Bear in mind there isn’t any proper or mistaken option to go to the parks—rush round to do all of the rides if you need or take it straightforward and discover the hidden corners. Keep onsite for an evening or offsite for every week. No matter you select, I’m positive you’ll have an exquisite time.

When you have any questions on planning Disneyland Paris, go away a remark under.

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