Disneyland Paris/EuroDisney - Questions & Answers

sherbie28

Hello,

My sister was taking her kids on their first holiday abroad with the in-laws but due to unforseen circumstances it's fallen through. The kids are gutted so she's trying to patch something together and I thought DLP might be a good choice. It could be for anytime during the summer holidays and there will be two adults, 3 kids (one under 7), other other two under 14. I went on the DLP website but the quote was 1,800 odd. Is that a realistic price for the number of people and the time of the year (i think it was 3 nights). Thanks

stressed_mummy

sherbie28 wrote: »

Hello,

My sister was taking her kids on their first holiday abroad with the in-laws but due to unforseen circumstances it's fallen through. The kids are gutted so she's trying to patch something together and I thought DLP might be a good choice. It could be for anytime during the summer holidays and there will be two adults, 3 kids (one under 7), other other two under 14. I went on the DLP website but the quote was 1,800 odd. Is that a realistic price for the number of people and the time of the year (i think it was 3 nights). Thanks

Would she up up to driving in france? If so hire a caravan for a week with a site that has a pool and spend a few days in disney and a few days resting and enjoying themselves!!

Taplledraw

dave_lunt2 wrote: »

Hi
Just wanted some advice really, was considering booking Disneyland for 3 nights, 2 days in the park between Christmas and New Year as a surprise for the wife/son. We have a son who will be 2 and a half at the time but was wondering if this would be too young for him to enjoy the park? He loves Mickey Mouse and many of the other characters.

We also have around 50k in Avios points and wondered if anybody had any experience in using them for Disney?

Thanks David

We used avios points to book the eurostar and off site hotel with free shuttle last year. We already had passes and the breakfast was better! Worked very well.

balletshoes

stressed_mummy wrote: »

Would she up up to driving in france? If so hire a caravan for a week with a site that has a pool and spend a few days in disney and a few days resting and enjoying themselves!!

Yes with a family of 5 at DLP in summer thats what i,d do too ~ you can get 2~day park tickets for DLP for 59 euros each through cemultiavantages.

big-cuddle

firstly, I'd like to say thanks to balletshoes for the advice she gave re booking to go for my daughters birthday. we're all booked, now.

Just looking for some more advice, we got the standard half board for free and then upgrade to full board, so I'm just wondering how the vouchers work? slightly confused. I thought there was a choice of about ten places, where we can have food, hand the vouchers over job done. but now i've read they are just worth the amount written on them, so does that mean they aren't going to be enough to cover the meals?

sorry if i'm being dull but, thought it was a good deal as we're going for 5 nights, so it worked out at £32 a night extra for all four of us, so i thought I'd be hard pushed to find food & drink for us at that price but now I'm worried that all I'm going to end up with is the equivilent of a £32 gift card that will limit us, as to where we can eat.

dave_lunt2

Taplledraw wrote: »

We used avios points to book the eurostar and off site hotel with free shuttle last year. We already had passes and the breakfast was better! Worked very well.

Thanks Taplledraw, can I ask which hotel you booked? And how long did the drive take you from Calais? Thanks

balletshoes

big-cuddle wrote: »

firstly, I'd like to say thanks to balletshoes for the advice she gave re booking to go for my daughters birthday. we're all booked, now.

Just looking for some more advice, we got the standard half board for free and then upgrade to full board, so I'm just wondering how the vouchers work? slightly confused. I thought there was a choice of about ten places, where we can have food, hand the vouchers over job done. but now i've read they are just worth the amount written on them, so does that mean they aren't going to be enough to cover the meals?

sorry if i'm being dull but, thought it was a good deal as we're going for 5 nights, so it worked out at £32 a night extra for all four of us, so i thought I'd be hard pushed to find food & drink for us at that price but now I'm worried that all I'm going to end up with is the equivilent of a £32 gift card that will limit us, as to where we can eat.

basically, the difference between half board (which you got free with your package) and full board, is one counter service meal voucher per person per night booked. Honestly? You could easily feed 4 of you at counter service for less than £32 per day. Is it too late to call Disney and get them to refund you the full board upgrade?

mummyjk

never been to DLP before, dont know where to start, live in scotland, is it cheaper to fly/train...any help would be much appreciated! thankyou!

balletshoes

mummyjk wrote: »

never been to DLP before, dont know where to start, live in scotland, is it cheaper to fly/train...any help would be much appreciated! thankyou!

it depends really - if you're flying, its best to fly into Paris CDG because the other airports don't have as many transfer options to DLP hotels etc that CDG does. Easyjet fly from Scotland to CDG, and if you book early enough that might work for you?

Your other main options are driving all the way, using either a ferry or the Eurotunnel from Folkestone (and booking a premier inn/travelodge to break up the journey on your way there and way back), or taking the train to London and then the Eurostar from London to DLP. Again you're probably looking at needing a hotel in London the night before and after your Eurostar journeys.

mummyjk

balletshoes wrote: »

it depends really - if you're flying, its best to fly into Paris CDG because the other airports don't have as many transfer options to DLP hotels etc that CDG does. Easyjet fly from Scotland to CDG, and if you book early enough that might work for you?

Your other main options are driving all the way, using either a ferry or the Eurotunnel from Folkestone (and booking a premier inn/travelodge to break up the journey on your way there and way back), or taking the train to London and then the Eurostar from London to DLP. Again you're probably looking at needing a hotel in London the night before and after your Eurostar journeys.

thankyou, ill look at this just now!