Favorite DLP planning websites?

[iujen94]

Hello all! I am a WDW veteran in the very early stages of planning our first trip to DLP. Just wondering - what are some of your favorite DLP planning websites? For WDW, I love sites like touringplans and allears. I've found dlpguide, but I'm sure there are other good ones out there (and preferably in English!) Thanks!

 

[A Small World]

dlpguide and this site are the best.
Have a look at some of the stickys at the top on this site as Carrie does a really good job of keeping the menus up to date on the restaurant sticky

DLP is nothing like WDW in terms of planning needed - you don't need a touring plan in the same way

 

[BadPinkTink]

Disneyland Paris is a smaller more compact version of Disneyland California. It has legacy / paper fast pass machines at some of the rides. The ADRs are not necessary but I always make reservations as I find it helps me plan my day. ADR can be made at 60 days but most people either book the week before their arrival date, or at check-in or on the day at Town Hall. ADR can only be made by phone, not on-line

You wont find an on-line touring plan website for Disneyland Paris.

The best on-line resources I use for Disneyland Paris
Here on Disboards - there are a few regular visitors like myself and people who live beside DLP who post in the DLP section,
Magic Forum http://www.magicforum.eu/index.php?action=forum - Main European English speaking forum , I am also a member, same name, its a companion site to http://www.dlpguide.com/
http://www.disneylandparis.co.uk/ UK Official Disneyland Paris website

I also bought A Brit Guide To Disneyland Paris http://www.amazon.co.uk/Brit-Guide-Disneyland-Paris-2015/dp/0572044666 for my mum when I took her in 2013. She likes travel guide books and this was really good, alot of very useful information

 

[sunshine1]

Hello all! I am a WDW veteran in the very early stages of planning our first trip to DLP. Just wondering - what are some of your favorite DLP planning websites? For WDW, I love sites like touringplans and allears. I've found dlpguide, but I'm sure there are other good ones out there (and preferably in English!) Thanks!

You will be pleased to know that DLP doesnt have the same 'intensity' as WDW.

 

[ajrwdwgirl]

When I planned my first trip I used this site and the other ones mentioned. I also bought the Brit Guide (even though I'm American) because I like the tangibility of books. I also found Trip Advisor helpful as it had a pretty active forum.

 

[@MinnieFan2016]

Disneyland Paris is more relaxed in my opinion, tbh i don't really plan other than, first day, we do Disneyland Park, then studios the next day, then village etc, and we do shopping last before we come home. and of course we see Mickey again before we go,as i always get upset wen i have to be an adult again lol xx

 

[cdsmiler81]

dlpguide is certainly one of the best and was my big starting point. This forum is fantastic too, and follow some fan twitter accounts too. You get loads of info on there.

I also like http://disneykindofday.blogspot.co.uk for in park restaurant opening days/times. Not every restaurant is open every day, so keep that in mind when planning.

When I say 'planning', like others have said it's nothing like WDW - book a few sit down restaurants, make a note of any closures or parades to help you decide which park to be in which day, (for example, in this Spring season, the Goofy Garden party doesn't run on Tuesdays and Wednesdays - so we'll make an effort to catch it on another day) and plan any early queuing - again, for example, queuing early for Princess Pavillion reservations if that's your thing, or queuing for Ratatouille fast passes.... my daughter loves Parachute Drop in the Studios, but it's a slow loader, so we always try to queue early in the day for that one. The busier it gets as the day goes on, the queue can be frustratingly slow. Likewise, Autopia in the main park is a frustratingly slow loader. Orbitron is slow too. I have a rough plan for other non booked restaurants (again, Hakuna Matata for example is closed 2 days a week, so we try to catch it on an 'open' day), but otherwise we take it as it comes.

HTH!

C x

 

[DLPDreams]

Totally agree about DLRP not being a planning holiday to the dramatic scale that WDW is (I almost needed a holiday to get over our planning last summer!). However, I will say, if you are going in peak time i.e. our summer, Christmas, Easter, Halloween etc, then I do think you should do some planning and definitely book any restaurants you really want to do. This isn't so necessary outside of those times, but imo makes it easier if you know you have certain 'must do' meals booked. I've often seen people turned away from Inventions, Walts, Blue Lagoon etc if they don't have reservations (they don't call them ADRs in DLRP).

I do think, that unless it's really quiet, then you can loosely plan things like using extra magic hours (if staying onsite and I'd personally recommend that if it's your first stay) to ride as many big queue rides as poss - CDS has mentioned a few above. You can then use legendary fastpasses to do others such as BTM etc.

Depending on your budget, you may want to go for a Club room at the onsite hotels which give you an extra FP per person each day to use as you wish etc. Again, all food for thought and you can read up on these things on this site and others that are mentioned.