Can anyone recommend a travel agent online for Disneyland Paris?

[Steven B]

going on the DVC member cruise out of Barcelona next year and wanting to go to Disneyland Paris before. What is the best way to book this? Thru Disney itself or is there a travel agency anyone can recommend? Looked at the Dreams Unlimited website and they don‘t list it as a destination. thanks for any info anyone can give!

 

[Karin1984]

Disneyland Paris is easy, book a Hotel, tickets and have a vague plan. And you'll be fine.
As Disneyland Paris isn't a destination on its own, unlike WDW, you don't really have specialized travel agents for DLP.

Tip 1: via Disneyland Paris you can only book package deals. These will always include park tickets for all days you are on site. If you want less park days, you can book a room only by calling, or via a platform, like booking.com.
This rarely saves a huge amount of money.

Tip 2: At the moment there are still not a lot of offers (post covid), but if there are: play around with the different country websites. It is possible that the UK has different offers than France.

Tip 3: Do not worry about language. The entire park is bilingual.

Tip 4: when you come from the airport, there are 3 ways to get to the park: Bus, train and private transport. There are pros and cons to all. It depends on you what would fit best.

That's it for now, don't make it too complicated, you can do this yourself

 

[Steven B]

Disneyland Paris is easy, book a Hotel, tickets and have a vague plan. And you'll be fine.
As Disneyland Paris isn't a destination on its own, unlike WDW, you don't really have specialized travel agents for DLP.

Tip 1: via Disneyland Paris you can only book package deals. These will always include park tickets for all days you are on site. If you want less park days, you can book a room only by calling, or via a platform, like booking.com.
This rarely saves a huge amount of money.

Tip 2: At the moment there are still not a lot of offers (post covid), but if there are: play around with the different country websites. It is possible that the UK has different offers than France.

Tip 3: Do not worry about language. The entire park is bilingual.

Tip 4: when you come from the airport, there are 3 ways to get to the park: Bus, train and private transport. There are pros and cons to all. It depends on you what would fit best.

That's it for now, don't make it too complicated, you can do this yourself

Thank you for the info!

 

[Kevin O'Brien]

Thank you for the info!

Unfortunately I don't think we allowed to recommend a Travel Agent apart from Dreams Unlimited Travel only due to the Disboard being sponsored by Dreams Unlimited Travel.

 

[erinbaderin]

For what it's worth, packages at DLP are currently only available until the end of March, so if you're going later than that there's nothing you can do right now. I've heard that booking dates will be expanded in August.

 

[erinbaderin]

I had been recommended a travel agent and was going to use her but then found out that if I did that, I wouldn't be able to add character meals, Premium Access, etc. on my own, I'd have to go through her, so I ended up just booking it alone. I think the only benefit to using a travel agent is that if there's a sale, they'll do the waiting on hold.

 

[drowningpiglet]

Canadian here -- I ended up using a travel agent based in the States who really knows his stuff when it comes to Disneyland Paris—and I'm glad I did. He lived in Paris for quite some time and also provided heaps of tips on sightseeing and transportation within Paris itself.

Price-wise, it didn't cost anything extra to book through an agent vs. going direct (although I did pay in USD, not CAD) but there were so many weird little differences between how things work at Disneyland Paris and what we're used to at Disney in California or Florida, and he really explained it all. After we booked, he sent a superb write up that went point by point through everything.

Like, their smartphone app? Completely different beast. No Family & Friends section, for example, so much harder for all to see your plans. Check-in and luggage drop-off don’t work the same at all (we could drop off bags at the train station, and we all know that trains are not a thing in Florida, LOL). Their dining plans are sort of like the ones at Walt Disney World, but with enough quirks to make your head spin. ("Lunch" is served until 5 PM?!?) And don't even get me started on dining reservations—there are like four different ways to book them, and it totally depends on what time you’re eating and which restaurant it is. Having someone walk me through all that was honestly a game-changer.

Also, just to clear something up from what someone else mentioned earlier—I was still able to book things like character dining and Premier Access myself once I got there. I did add some mid-trip. But the earliest way to guarantee them was by bundling them into my package, which my agent handled for me, and that was easy peasy. We could still change it up later, and probably did move things around a bit as the trip got nearer.

One more heads up: the hotels there are not really on the same level as what we’re used to in North America. In my opinion, the Disneyland Hotel and Hotel New York - Art of Marvel -- both 100% solid. I'd stay there next time. The rest all felt a bit dated, at least to my eye. Apparently they’re giving Sequoia Lodge a facelift soon, which is probably a good call, so maybe after 2026 / 2027 we will return, as the kids are very keen to see the new Frozen and Lion King lands!