We are going to Disneyland Paris mid September and I would appreciate any hints/tips that anyone may have in visiting this park. We have only been able to allocate one day for the visit and are staying in Paris. The other day I could find 1day/2park tickets on offer but they have disappeared and now Disney have increased their ticket prices.
Thanks.
One day isn't enough...but you do need to do both parks.
I wouldn't worry about the tickets. Just keep and eye out. I mean the dollar is RISING against the Euro (as opposed to us..who had to deal with the bottoming out at the start of 09) so even if you pay gate price it is still worth it.
But there will be plenty more offers come up.
We spent a week at the Marriott next door with 5 park days and train day trip to Paris and a day driving to Versailles. We got the Annual Pass.
As for the parks
- Something we learned as we entered the park and started looking around was that there were people smoking
all over the place whenever and wherever they wanted. Nothing was being done about it and as we were to discover this lack of rules or regulations runs throughout the parks. I personally don't care if you smoke or not (my boss does as do 2 of my co-workers who are great people) but they smoke outside and away from their children.
EVERYWHERE (not just the smoking) there is very little enforcement of rules. Tokyo is the ultimate, WDW is pretty good, DL not so much, Paris nil. When we got the train later on these brat children decided to go under all the railings (which we were going around because we had just missed a train and there was no rush which warranted twisting my back) and then barged past us. We told the Children not to push in and then the parents arrive and abuse us and use the good old they are only children line. Now I do not yet have children but if you allow children to push in then they think it is ok. When we told this to the CM at the station she said there is no point getting upset or angry. She had no interest in park etiquette etc. and although in a US park security probably would have been called
as usual nothing was done. Even when we said we would report her inaction to City Hall she didnt care as she knew nothing would be done.
I have had children do this before for fun and then happily return to their parents. But these kids completely thought they were in the right. Of course they have been exposed to passive smoke since birth if not before so I suppose I cant expect much. If you see most Japanese children you can see how much these parents care about being courteous and maintaining discipline. They dont hit them, they just remind them whenever they are doing something wrong and they then learn.This is partly to do with protecting them from harm. I mean they let them wander a little way and then go and collect them.
Prices
I will give you a comparative you can compare to when you are in a US park.
A basic pin is 6 euros, a better pin is 8 euros. So this compares with 6.95US and 8.95US.
Plush toys. I bought a Stitch Plush and Angel Plush in the US at the Downtown Disney California for 19.95US plus tax each. Here they were 22.95euro. So a decent amount more...
MUST DO
Studios -
Crush's Coaster
Animagique
Cinemagique
DL -
PHANTOM MANOR!!!!!!
Big Thunder (this is the best in the world)
But for the smoking these are great parks. The castle is the BEST of them all. It is simply stunning.
Here are some photos of
Paris Disney
