Going to Disneyland Paris - any tips guys?

bawbag_2

We had an amazing time!

Thanks everyone for all the great tips in this thread:

Flights:

Flew Ryanair from Prestwick, cheap flights and almost on time both ways.
Parked in CarPark 5 there and prebooked - £20 for 5 days.

Transfers:

Thanks to Jazzy B and his tip, we prebooked with Transerial for the transfers. Two kids, four and 22 months - the few extra euro it cost was *well* worth it. Excellent, fast service in an air con private minibus direct to hotel door with a friendly english speaking driver. 260 euro in total (more than the flights!) but really worth it. Landed at Beauvais at 9.20, were in hotel at 11am.

Hotel:

Holiday Inn at Marne La Vallee, booked direct with them online and got a great rate. Paid for family room and they gave us a free upgrade to family suite. Room clean, large, 2 TV's, kids loved it even though the wee one took it upon himself to sing 'Amarillo' at midnight most nights!

Pool was poor though - not too clean, no lockable lockers, no lifeguard. Still - didn't go for the pool I guess. Staff were pretty good, too, in general.

Hotel breakfast was excellent every day - truly good, and not overly busy. I've stayed in *many* hotels that were inferior foodwise. We only ate breakfast though, not evening meals - apart from one night we had pizzas at the bar area (usual fare).

Park tickets:

Bought beforehand at 365 tickets, saved a few quid. Tickets freely available at hotel and park gates too. 3 day hopper passes.

Used Pep's pink flexibus(free) for park transfers - fast, frequent, but busy.

General stuff:

Yes - many rude europeans who will try and trample over you and your wee ones to get a picture of their kid with a character / get onto the bus before you. Every english speaking family we met were lovely. Park was very busy, french now on school holidays too!

Very warm - drink a lot of water, wear shorts and decent socks/trainers etc. Long days, but fantastic.

Didn't bring buggy, bought 2 for 40 euro at the auchan supermarche at val d'europe and brought them home. 4 year old is *long* out of buggy but my word was it a good shout to get one for her in the park, with the heat and walking!

Any more hints or tips PM me and I'll try to respond!!

Thanks again everyone - next stop Orlando I think!!
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