I think £10 per day to park the Eurostar train sounds quite cheap!

You don't need to spend anywhere near £30 a day on food, you COULD do that quite easily but when we went we had breakfast included at the hotel and just bought sandwiches from the wee shop in train station for during the day.
We ate out at Planet Hollywood and a couple of other places for dinner but you could just as easily eat at McDonalds every day if you didn't want to spend too much.
We flew to CDG when we went(we're in Glasgow so Eurostar isn't much good) and just got the TGV train to the park, took 10 minutes and was completely stress free.
I'd also recommend getting breakfast with the characters as they just come round the tables whereas the queues to meet them elsewhere are ridiculous and continental europeans just don't get the concept of orderly queuing, expect much jostling and attempted queue jumping. Not a good idea to get into a fight at a kids theme park.

Disneyland Paris isn't a cheap break. Just a word of warning, here are a few costs

£140 in fuel and tolls for me (I live 140 miles from home to Dover), total of about 700 mile round trip. In reality it is closer to £325 if you factor in the real cost of driving a car at 35p-45p per mile if you don't have a company car. (Unsure what 35-45p per mile means, read up before commenting)

Food and drink in Disney can set you back £30 each easily a day.

Parking about £10 a day

£40 for AA European cover, possibly cheaper with other companies, unless you already have cover, some bank accounts include breakdown.

Health insurance extra, check your bank account may include travel insurance

Exchange rate is 1.08 € to £, not great, so everything will be expensive. A burger, fries and drink for four would cost a minimum of £75 at Annetts Diner if you bought the cheapest €16 burger and €4 soda each.

You have to allow upto 4hrs driving from calais to Disney with a stop. The last time I went was when the exchange rate was 1.4 and had 3 days in the parks, 4 nights in hotel plus all the above costs. Spending over £1000 for 3 days in the cold, wet, miserable parks. So we decided to never return and have been to florida three times since, booking last minute, our last trip in June cost £5000 for the whole holiday and expenses for a luxury villa with pool, massive suv, ate out all the time, flights, treats, disney and universal tickets, photopass for the memories. £5000 is much more than a Paris trip, but had 2 weeks in Florida. If you ever get the chance to go to Florida, you won't go back to Paris, but if you have never been Parc Astrix nearby is great and so is Disney Studios.

Just got back from using this deal, had a great time (y)

It depends when you go what offer you get, I tried booking next August and got offered 2 days free and U7's free, so £666 for a family of four in summer hols which seemed good.

Not voting either way, but only 5 months ago you were able to get 2 extra days and an extra night with more flexibility on dates for pretty much the same price #ThanksBrexit
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Completely agree about the height though I would say that there are as many rides that she can go on now and will not want to when older so I guess the answer is a trip every year :smiley: We only did Disney last year next year doing Universal et al and it really ups the cost but then we are there for 3 weeks :smiley:

I'd also like to add that my 2 year old son ate free at the buffets. He also loved everything at Disney and I have never seen so much joy on his face when he met Winnie the Pooh. The grin on his face lasted for a week.

We went in May and had absolutely glorious weather, it made all the difference as we could have been in Florida. We did the hotels via Avios (Air Miles) and on Eurostar via Nectar points. The Avios people get very good deals for their points and you don't lose out with airplane taxes.

We went half board plus as you save 10-15% on the restaurants. Make sure you pick the best ones on the list. The buffets are good in the Sequoia lodge and the Newport Bay, also try out Chez Remy for a decent meal.

You can also pick up vouchers for money off Earl of Sandwich (which is relatively inexpensive) and Planet Hollywood. You can also go one stop on the train to Val d'europe and there are plenty of restaurant at reasonable prices.

We stayed at the Santa Fe - the hotel is passable, there are issues with queuing for Breakfast and there's no hot food.

We did the Mickey breakfast which is good fun and you only pay a little extra over your breakfast voucher from your hotel.

Enjoy

I can absolutely understand that but when we went to DLP the wee one wanted to go on so many rides she wasn't big enough for yet. I'd hate for the same thing to happen in Florida, it would feel like she wasn't getting the full experience. I'm going to wait until she's old enough to enjoy WDW and Universal, and to be perfectly honest it's for my benefit too as I do enjoy a good rollercoaster and my partner absolutely hates them. Ended up going solo on a lot of rides at DLP! :laughing:

For people saying that the Florida one is better, at 10 times the cost what the hell do you expect! Numptys on here lol

We took our daughter to Disneyland Paris at 2 and Florida at 5 and will be taking her again at 7 they are surprisingly resilient. There are pros and cons of waiting but IMHO if you want to capture that Disney magic you need to take them there whenthey are younger at 5 there is so much they love and really believe is magic that they will not when they are even a few years older and this is not something you can get later when it is gone it is gone.

We flew via Montreal left LHR at 2pm arrived at Montreal local time at 4pm we stayed overnight in an airport hotel and used the lag to get up early and get the 7am to MCO this worked for us as it removed much of the jet lag and I think the long flight was only about 5.5 hours.

We live in Kent so not as far as many w have annual passes as it was cheaper than three days tickets we bought them in June and they worked out £130 ish now with the weakness of the pound they are £165 ish we were there n May and this weekend and everything seemed more expensive if you translate £1 = €1 hot dog, chips and coke in Disney village €12.99 ! We bought two cheese rolls, 2 deserts, 2 latte, pan chocolate and a coke in the station €26.99. We stayed in an apartment and had a full kitchen and fridge so had breakfast and dinner there and took snacks, drinks and fruit into the parks saved a fortune.

As I mentioned before lots of rides are closed, Thunder Mountain, Star Tours, River boat, Crush, Pinocchio, Alice in Wonderland and there are lots of hoardings up not only does this mean that you don’t have these rides to go on but the queues for the other rides are much longer and the park feels busy I strongly advise checking on Disney’s website wat will be open before you book. As we have annual passes we can enter one of the parks each day 2 hours before it opens to the public which is great but even then it was busy, on Sunday the Disney studios was open from 8 we were there ate 0800 we went staright to Rattatouie SP we walked straight on and went on again waiting maybe 8 minutes when we came off at say 0830 the queue was 35 minutes 10 minutes later it was an hour, before the park opened the queue for Tower of Terror was 50 minutes, 45 minutes for the parachute drop and this is before the park is open to anyone other than Disney guests or annual pass holders, though to be fair there are probably lost of locals that have annual passes and want to go on a Sunday when the weather is good. On the Saturday we got in Disneyland park at 0800 and had done 7 rides by 10am we left the park as it started to get busy at noon and went back to have lunch and have a nap we went into the Studio park around 5.30 and aside from Ratatouie and TOT it was not too bad, we switched back to Disneyland Park at about 7 and it was still fairly busy though the kiddie rides were empting and by 8pm we got on Pirates and Phatom manner with no queue at all.

Of course you also throughout the day have rides closed or “technical problems” On the plus side since the Disney Corp have again started pumping money and influence in (Disney does not own Disneyland Paris) the staff’s attitude has improved 10 fold which made the experience much better though it is still very understaffed compared to the US parks.

I will not be renewing our Disney passes two days at the weekend cost £104 for the Euro Tunnel €43 tolls £50 fuel £105 two nights in apartment €150 food and general spends and we had passes so say £450 for 2 days and we took food with us so £225 per day.

Florida last year £1400 for flights and Car hire (August school holidays) £1500 spending including food(and we brought some home) , £800 in good accommodation, I know that we had to buy the Disney passes they were £800 for three of us for 2 weeks, you get so much more value in Florida so £4300 for 14 nights so about £300 per day but with food and we eat out every meal except some breakfasts.

We took our daughter to Disneyland Paris at 2 and Florida at 5 and will be taking her again at 7 they are surprisingly resilient. There are pros and cons of waiting but IMHO if you want to capture that Disney magic you need to take them there whenthey are younger at 5 there is so much they love and really believe is magic that they will not when they are even a few years older and this is not something you can get back later when it is gone it is gone.

We flew via Montreal left LHR at 2pm arrived at Montreal local time at 4pm we stayed overnight in an airport hotel and used the lag to get up early and get the 7am to MCO this worked for us as it removed much of the jet lag and I think the long flight was only about 5.5 hours.

Go to the shop at the Train Station and stock up with drinks and snacks before you enter the park so much cheaper.

Lol
worked wonders for my kids too...and that was over 30 years ago!

Disney Tokyo is the best Disney

We went a couple of weeks back. It isn't cheap but it is a fantastic weekend and the memories made there are worth every penny. My only real complaint is that the food out there is crap.

I've booked Disneyland Paris for New Years, 4 days at the Newport bay club. If anyone has any tips on where to go with a nearly 6 and nearly 2 year old girls and bet places for not too expensive quick meals etc that would be great!

From someone that is in Orlando right now, I'd agree that Florida is fantastic - but I've done Paris and Orlando 6 times each - I can't say I've ever been disappointed with Paris - we'll go back for New Years again this year - its quick and cheaper for a Disney 'fix'!

I wouldn't be overly concerned, legislation cannot be backdated and I there are no plans for any such legislation in the coming weeks. then you need readings of bills etc.. etc.. think currently there are far more pressing issues, but be aware EUR prices will cost you 30% more than 1 year ago.

We've been to DLP many times, and Florida once. With 3 kids the price difference is significant. Both were good, and often we've stayed in Paris rather than on the park, so get some time in Paris as well which is a benefit. My daughter chose to celebrate her 21st at DLP, which in my opinion is a bit over the top but does show she enjoyed it.

Price for this deal is very good, and the Santa Fe hotel is fine for young kids.

I love DLP. Great place to go. Have been to WDW previously, and still love DLP as much. 3 days really isnt enough for me. I like to take a week at the very least to see and do as much as I possibly can. Good deal tho and voted hot!

As another who's has done both, I'd never touch Paris again with a bargepole.

Florida is worth saving for years for if you plan the holiday right. DL Paris is a collosal disappointment by comparison, and the service, weather and 'magic' just isn't there.

I guess there is value for people whof genuinely can't save that level of cash, but if you can, it's worth every penny

Actually, if you're just doing Disney you don't need a car at all. They have excellent internal transport.

showing as £461.55 for me.

Agree with last comments

Who did you book this deal with,am looking for somthing for my 3 kids

Totally agree! Been to Florida 6 times, Disneyland Paris once. I always say to people DL Paris is ok if you've never done Florida. If you have, don't bother; you instantly compare the two and obviously, there is no comparison.

No worse than teaching your child a poorly constructed sentence :smiley:

I'd say so. I took my son when he was 8 and it was a perfect age. He's now 11 and at high school and I think he'd find Disney too babyish now. Not to say we wouldnt go to Florida again, but we'd probably spend more time at Universal instead.

You can't say sickness on doing that your teaching your child to lie.

Check out ride closures on your dates, we went last year and a few top rides were being refurbished, Smallworld etc
I know the pirates of the Caribbean ride is due to be closed soon.
Oh and check for french half term as well, we didn't, it was packed :disappointed:

http://www.disneylandparis.co.uk/calendars/park-hours/

If anyone going wants a photo pass then I have one for sale at £20. Its valid till March 25th as was purchased with my annual pass.

its showing up as 432 quid for me :disappointed:

Pontins, seriously? I hardly think that's a fair analogy, Disneyland Paris is a good introduction if you want a cheaper, closer break and the parks are fine.

Ask the school for a holiday form, they'll confirm what their stance is when they receive that from you. theyre likely to say it will be unauthorised absence but that doesn't mean you can't take them out of school

The price difference is probably about the same too! Although that isn't the issue for me and never was tbh.
I'll be going to Orlando at some point, I want to go to Universal too so it'll be a much longer trip and I'd rather my daughter was old enough to fully enjoy it. DL Paris was a nice introduction for her, she loved it and doesn't know any different and I'd still recommend it.

You have free Magical Express with Disney which takes you from the airport to the hotel. Then free transport on bus/boat and monorail within the gigantic Walt Disney World.

Just skip EuroDisney as compared to WDW it's Pontins.

Does the price include migrants?? :neutral_face:

I suppose it depends on the children, I didn't want an 8/9hr flight being my daughters first time on a plane.
Personally I think a trip to Disneyland would be wasted on a 2 year old, there'll be loads they can't do and they'll barely remember it but that's just me.
I'm going to wait till my daughters 10 at least before going to the expense of Florida.

5 and 2 year old too young for Disney Florida?

Calpol works wonders :wink:

I dont disagree its £5k to go to Florida. But it also isnt £554 all in to go to Paris, and its only 3 days. The point is I'd rather pay more and go for 2 weeks and have a proper holiday where its warm!

8.5hr flight time vs less than 2hrs when travelling with a 5 year old is a huge difference. You also need a car to get about in Orlando whereas once you're in the park at DL Paris that's you, it's all within walking distance. Having said that I still plan to go to Florida in the future.

It's not a few quid extra, for a family of four you're talking £2k for flights, plus accomodation and tickets. You're talking £5k

Disneyland Paris isn't a cheap break. Just a word of warning, here are a few costs

£140 in fuel and tolls for me (I live 140 miles from home to Dover), total of about 700 mile round trip. In reality it is closer to £325 if you factor in the real cost of driving a car at 35p-45p per mile if you don't have a company car. (Unsure what 35-45p per mile means, read up before commenting)

Food and drink in Disney can set you back £30 each easily a day.

Parking about £10 a day

£40 for AA European cover, possibly cheaper with other companies, unless you already have cover, some bank accounts include breakdown.

Health insurance extra, check your bank account may include travel insurance

Exchange rate is 1.08 € to £, not great, so everything will be expensive. A burger, fries and drink for four would cost a minimum of £75 at Annetts Diner if you bought the cheapest €16 burger and €4 soda each.

You have to allow upto 4hrs driving from calais to Disney with a stop. The last time I went was when the exchange rate was 1.4 and had 3 days in the parks, 4 nights in hotel plus all the above costs. Spending over £1000 for 3 days in the cold, wet, miserable parks. So we decided to never return and have been to florida three times since, booking last minute, our last trip in June cost £5000 for the whole holiday and expenses for a luxury villa with pool, massive suv, ate out all the time, flights, treats, disney and universal tickets, photopass for the memories. £5000 is much more than a Paris trip, but had 2 weeks in Florida. If you ever get the chance to go to Florida, you won't go back to Paris, but if you have never been Parc Astrix nearby is great and so is Disney Studios.

Thanks, but what do people actually do? As I said, I'm new to it all so don't know if people just take the child out and go, let the school know ahead even if unauthorised, would it likely bring about action if you let them know/didn't let them know?

We are here at the minute be warned many many ride shut for refurb still enough to do but because many shut the queues are very long

Sorry to have to ask, I'm not sure how it works (Child has only been at school since September). If I wanted to take my child on holiday, say these dates, would I tell the school I'm taking them out for holiday reasons? Sickness? Attendance won't be an issue but curious what most parents say. Thanks (Voted hot).

we booked a few weeks ago and have taken advantage of a couple of inset days, and are going 9-12 Feb, £466 for 3 nights for a family of 4 including ferry crossing, park tickets and half board at Santa Fe. well chuffed!!

Just be careful as the government hasn't given up on this. Last time i read about this the Isle Of Wight had decided they were not going to waste anymore money but the government said it had to continue and they would fund the appeal.

Derbyshire council now alow 2 weeks holiday in term time per year fee free

I just take them out of school too

As ever no good if you've got school age children :disappointed: