Theme Park Tips

wow...mentioned in the E-mail ;D
Will be saving that one in the inbox

Disneyland paris, much the same ideas, try a learn some french for moneysaving type items, ie. "small hot choc no cream" also watch out for the waffles not just price wise, waist wise ::) still dieting from 2002!!

It's good, don't know why it's loosing so much money still, i would expect poorer service because of this, as whens money's tight the staff are sure to go first.

Would suggest you take the RER A from Paris Nord rather than driving, but you may have booked that already?

Pick up the virtual que tickets (not sure if thats the right name but you get the idea) since then you can get space mountain done quickly.

If your in France for a few days look at the cost of the hopper pass between disneyland and disney studios paris. If you only have the one day (renegging on my prebook tip) then pick up your tickets in advance from any disneystore, rather than risking them being full.

When the parades and shows are on it's the best time to get on busy rides, providing you don't mind missing them of course.

Honey i shrunk the audience, is also shown in different languages at different times, looking these up means you won't need to wear the multi-lingual headphones, which smell funny!!

Would suggest you give the kids an allowance for the day, there are soo many shiny plastic things that their bound to beg for hours, at least if you can play the 'it's you money card' then they can think about it and maybe you can rest for 5 minutes!!

The restaurants their are huge so the lunchtime rush shouldn't be such a problem, but try and stagger your times anyhow.

Be sure if you let some kids free with a mobile it's properly set up to ring you, it seems like trying to crack the enigma code just to call next door in france!!

I found Bouygel (sp) was the best network for me.

Bring 3 poly(e)thene bags with you, wrap phones in it, then the other, then the other, then you can go on the water rides!!

If you have essentials, such as milk powder, bring extra, who knows you might get delayed overnight, astounds me all the people on airport/airline show who only packed the exact amount, then worry when the plane is delayed?!?

Eurodisney is good, make sure you see the lion king show, it's great in the states so should be good their too!

People don't argue, it depends on the park. Legoland has a few clear days at the beggining of the holidays which i assume are still in that 'isn't it nice to have the kids home' stage, before 'quick get them out the house' stage

I don't know what alton towers is like, but again their may be some overlap, how much i don't know. Parks tend to get different capacities for no reason, again last sunday was empty (before the rain came ) and it was a special pirates day an all!
Hence why i would suggest you ring the park if your only a bit away, or if visiting the area have two interchangable days, one at park one at say grannies, ensuring of course both plans are easily changable.

Additionally we don't take leisure vouchers for purchases just for admission (where do people obtain these anyhow, are they a work related bonus?), so spend them at the gate preferably.

Also for big events, such as the fireworks don't come in the morning, by late afternoon the kids are tired and i often see parents standing making 'wow' noises while little one is happily dreaming, come in at 2-3pm and you not only get a clearer day as many go home without the fireworks for various reasons but also the kids are likely to remain awake to see the fireworks

I'm afraid complaining about que times in the UK prob. won't work, after all we're british, it's what we do

Don't know much about this, but some customers have mentioned to me they do this, a house swap, americans for disneyland, parisians for disneyland paris, this works only if you live near another themepark, but i would imagine large savings can be made.

If anyone has any questions, no matter how strange you think they are (cleanest toilets by papa moles etc..) then feel free to ask them, this message is on notify and i'll try my best to get back with an answer in a few days, failing that PM me if it's something more personal.

Thanks to the people that nominated me for Post of the month, most kind, cheques and entry passes are in the post :P ::)

HTH

Petree