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Traceybere

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Hi All,
Looking for a little help here - I really want to take my daughter to Disney Land for her birthday - something special she will remember - I've seen a few offers online but there a little pricey - has anyone done it cheaply?
Any advice would be really appreciated.
Traceybere
 
Book your flights directly, we went with Ryanair, but check if Aer Lingus have any dates at a reasonable porice as you can get a metro from CdeG.

We stayed in "Explorers Hotel".....not an official Disney hotel but right beside and a lot cheaper than the Disney ones. They had a great swimming pool. Also, depending on your dates check if Disney are offering any special deals....4 nights for the proce of 3 etc. You will need to go off peak/midweek for the best deals.

Enjoy
 
Disneyland Paris are currently doing deals for extra free nights plus under 12s play and stay free. On the website have a look at their affiliated hotels which are not official Disney hotels but the offers also apply to and they're much cheaper. Some also give you access to the park an hour before it opens to the public. If you're going on a weekend this is invaluable.
 
Transport links from Paris to Disneyland by train are excellent, so if you can find cheaper accomodation anywhere in Paris on the Metro, you'll be able to travel to/from Disney with a 1hour train journey each way.
 
We went to Disneyland Paris and I had booked the Santa Fe but they moved us to the Seqouia Lodge which was fine. If you stay in a Disney hotel you do get the tickets to the park included. We also booked for half board and although it added to the cost, we felt it was worth it as eating out in Disney is expensive e.g. lunch alone in the Rainforest Cafe was nearly €60.

I booked through www.disneylandparis.ie but it takes you to the UK site as well I think. I booked the flights (Aer Lingus) seperately - and I think AL are having a sale now so you might get a good deal. There is a bus service from Charles de Gaulle to the Park but with the crowds its a bit of a cattle crush and the train might be the easier and quicker option. The bus cost for two adults about €30 - DD was free as she is only 2.

Hope this helps. There are also threads on www.magicmum.com on Disney as well.

It was great, I loved it and DD was in awe when she saw characters.
 
When we priced a weekend there before Christmas it was nearly €100 cheaper on every hotel to select the UK site for Disneyland Paris and pay in sterling!
 
don't go near the place at the weekends, thats the most valuable piece of advice you can get. Queues for rides can last up to 2 hours and from all accounts there is absolutely no pleasure in it at all. when there in Dec, I spoke with people who were at the weekend and they ended up leaving the place and heading into Paris itself.
Check out www.disboards.com - go to the paris thread and there is a fantastic link which lists out all school holidays in France, Spain, Uk, Belgium and Germany. Avoid the French and Spanish holidya times, I was there in April for their holidays (booked before I found the link:-() and it was hell, queues for some rides went on 90 minutes, queues everywhere, for food, toilets, everything. WHereas went in early Decmeber and we walked onto rides, max queue was 15 minutes.
I booked flights through an Aer Lingus seat sale and booked an offer through disneyland.ie.
Used a private taxi to collect us from the airport direct to the hotel - it cost 60 euro for 2 adults, one child and it was well worth the extra cost as the bus is a nightmare and when I did try the TGV, there was a strike and didn't realise it until a fellow passenger explained what the French notices were saying!!
check www.rollercoaster.ie - the the holidays forum there is a dedicated tips for disneyland paris thread
 
Thanks a million for all your help!!!

We booked the flights with Air France.

And we are going through an English website which is saving us €220 because of the sterling :D
 
Hi Tracey,
where did you book to stay and what website did you use? Has anyone stayed at the Holiday Inn @ disneyland?
 
I will be in France, camping, this June and was thinking of heading to DLP for 2 days. On their website it looks like 2 adults and 2 kids would be €300? This seems quite expensive. Are there better deals/ways to buy tickets?
 
There are tickets called Francilien, about 20% cheaper. The catch is you have to buy them at least 5 days in advance and they are date specific as opposed to general tickets you buy and just turn up with. You used to have to be french to get them but not any more. Check them out www.francebillet.fr

Not sure if you can print them out at home, we collected ours from FNAC in Central Paris but I think you can pick them up from any FNAC. At DLP don't join a general queue, there are entrances for ticket express or ticket quick (can't remember exactly) where they scan your tickets (paper not the credit card type like you buy at Disney) and give you a paper ticket you can use in the Fastpass machines.

hth
 
jomarie said:
Hi Tracey,
where did you book to stay and what website did you use? Has anyone stayed at the Holiday Inn @ disneyland?
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Hi,

I booked the New York Hotel - its the second 4* one in disney land

I used [broken link removed]

There an english company - I found them really good.
 
It made a mistake it's actually €400 for the 2 days for 2 parcs. I checked out Francilien and the cost was identical. Seems quite expensive to me as I'm sure you end up paying for other stuff once captive.
 
It is a nice place, We were there once in August, it was too hot. Enjoy the birthday
 
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For how many people?
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2 adults and 2 kids

I'm getting a return ferry, 2 weeks camping and all my diesel for 2 weeks for 1000 so 400 is a bit hard to swallow for 2 days when I know I will have to spend more once I get in.
 
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