Best place to book Disneyland Paris holiday?
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Hi all,
I am looking to book up a short trip (2 days 1 night?) to take my girlfriend to Disneyland Paris as a bit of a surprise. Where is the best place to book from (Hotel and Entrance tickets) as the official Disney website is playing up and coming up with errors when i try to search.
Any other tips as the last time i went i was only little so had nothing to do with the planning?
Thanks in advance
I am looking to book up a short trip (2 days 1 night?) to take my girlfriend to Disneyland Paris as a bit of a surprise. Where is the best place to book from (Hotel and Entrance tickets) as the official Disney website is playing up and coming up with errors when i try to search.
Any other tips as the last time i went i was only little so had nothing to do with the planning?
Thanks in advance
If you've got Sky they are doing some offers at the moment - including 2 free tickets. Just need to sign in to your account online and look for the 'perks' bit.
We went recently and I wasn't overly impressed. Absolutely no sense of queueing, park was dirty, and we had our buggy stolen from outside one of the rides (although the person that did it kindly left their old, knackered buggy as a replacement).
We went recently and I wasn't overly impressed. Absolutely no sense of queueing, park was dirty, and we had our buggy stolen from outside one of the rides (although the person that did it kindly left their old, knackered buggy as a replacement).
Have booked through Disney, used the phone. And used an agent, just shopped around for the best deal at the time so no definitive answer. The last time we went Disney were offering huge discounts, we were out of season though.
Edit. And the train from Ashford. Two days won't be enough for some, two nights maybe?
Edit. Thinking about it, we booked up last year for late Nov and a it looked like a better deal came out after but when you looked at it it was no better. Examine the deals if any, they can be a little not clear. For example, meals included will be a voucher and can only be used in some restaurants (I think, if memory serves from a few years ago) and the menu is limited. I seem to remember that if you wanted to eat outside the voucher system, it was full price not knock the voucher off the end bill. I think, check the small print. On that we avoided the meals inclusive deal last time.
Edit. And the train from Ashford. Two days won't be enough for some, two nights maybe?
Edit. Thinking about it, we booked up last year for late Nov and a it looked like a better deal came out after but when you looked at it it was no better. Examine the deals if any, they can be a little not clear. For example, meals included will be a voucher and can only be used in some restaurants (I think, if memory serves from a few years ago) and the menu is limited. I seem to remember that if you wanted to eat outside the voucher system, it was full price not knock the voucher off the end bill. I think, check the small print. On that we avoided the meals inclusive deal last time.
Edited by jmorgan on Wednesday 7th March 08:38
The half board deals are somewhat obscure in how they work.
Last time we went the brochure gave one account of how it worked, the Disney website gave another explanation, the Simon Veness book gave yet another and he is usually most accurate, various websites all gave others.
In the end the version that was right was as it was explained by the hotel concierge / reception.
Depending which half board deal you are on the list of restaurants varies. Ignore what the brochure etc says about it's only lunch here and dinner there, if the restaurant is on the list and is open and has places you are OK to use, lunch, dinner whatever. If you want something extra to the menu or off menu, then you pay the a la carte price minus the face value of the voucher.
The problem is, as mentioned, that the list of restaurants is restricted on the half board, less so on the half board plus. However even with that when certain restaurants are never open, and others are fully booked with corporate / conference gigs, the choice gets even more restricted.
Personally I'd suggest avoiding the meal plans and go with the flow. The only restaurant in the park itself I would recommend not to be missed is Walt's on Main St. We've usually been the only non French diners in there.
Last time we went the brochure gave one account of how it worked, the Disney website gave another explanation, the Simon Veness book gave yet another and he is usually most accurate, various websites all gave others.
In the end the version that was right was as it was explained by the hotel concierge / reception.
Depending which half board deal you are on the list of restaurants varies. Ignore what the brochure etc says about it's only lunch here and dinner there, if the restaurant is on the list and is open and has places you are OK to use, lunch, dinner whatever. If you want something extra to the menu or off menu, then you pay the a la carte price minus the face value of the voucher.
The problem is, as mentioned, that the list of restaurants is restricted on the half board, less so on the half board plus. However even with that when certain restaurants are never open, and others are fully booked with corporate / conference gigs, the choice gets even more restricted.
Personally I'd suggest avoiding the meal plans and go with the flow. The only restaurant in the park itself I would recommend not to be missed is Walt's on Main St. We've usually been the only non French diners in there.
We went last year (6 of us) and booked through the website.
Drove and used the chunnel. Only about 3 hrs from Calais.
Agreed queuing is a pain but the fast pass on some rides is a must but get there early.
We bought food at the shop in Davy Crocket ranch and had a picnic in the picnic area each lunchtime. Saved a fortune. Went to Macdonalds on the last day which was ok and similar prices to the UK.
Its 20 years old this year and it is showin gits age in places.
Drove and used the chunnel. Only about 3 hrs from Calais.
Agreed queuing is a pain but the fast pass on some rides is a must but get there early.
We bought food at the shop in Davy Crocket ranch and had a picnic in the picnic area each lunchtime. Saved a fortune. Went to Macdonalds on the last day which was ok and similar prices to the UK.
Its 20 years old this year and it is showin gits age in places.
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