Hôtel l'Elysée Val d'Europe at Disneyland help/other hotel sugestions?

[anna42hmr]

hi

in my seach into disney hotels for next march i have several hotels in mind, and found this one, (and revewis seem ok and is the cheapest one so far)

i note on the disney site, although they are not a disney hotel you can get extra magic hours at this particular hotel, does any one know, is this only if you by a disney package from disney or would it be the same if i booked the trip via expedia and tickets via disney??

also what is the transport like to dlp from this hotel as its not on site, and what are peoples opinion of the hotel

other hotels we are considering is disneys santa fe and, explorers and kyriad, however this one is the cheapest and we dont really anticipate spending much time at the hotel, we are staying for 4 nights in march next year

 

[A Small World]

Hi and welcome.

Ive never stayed at this hotel before but I know others on the board have and Im sure they have all been completely happy.Im sure you can get EMH even if its not booked as a package as its the hotel id you need to show.
Also Im sure there are regular shuttle buses to and from the park.
Im sure someone else will be able to give you more info.

We've stayed at Explorers and Santa fe and really liked both if you do end up going for those options - you would get EMH with Santa Fe as its on site but not Explorers or Kyriad as they are not Disney hotels.

Explorers has a great swimming pool and childrens play area- not sure if this would be something you would want especially as the park may close quite early in March (7/8?)

 

[anna42hmr]

thanks for the reply i appreciate it, i didnt think about the park closing earlier in march, so a pool may be an idea for the evening, saying that, i think we may give the disney village a go in the evenings

 

[vettegirl]

We are staying at this hotel next month, and I was told just show your room key for the EMH as I booked my room through expedia too!

 

[anna42hmr]

We are staying at this hotel next month, and I was told just show your room key for the EMH as I booked my room through expedia too!

thanks, hope you have a good trip, would you mind posting what the hotel was like on your return?

are you flying to disney? as how have you planned to get to the hotel from the airport, as i am currently trying to work out if it is easy to get to the hotel from the airport? as i have been told a taxi is expensive (between 60-80 euro) so am trying to see if there are any shuttle busses to this hotel or trains that i can get? because if i am having to pay over 120 euro for taxis to and from the air port, it may be cheaper to go to one of the more cheaper disney hotels and use the vea shuttle that disney put on

 

[hildasmuriel]

The VEA shuttle is available for anybody to use between the airport and Disneyland, but it is not free for anyone. Even people staying in Disney hotels have to pay for it.

 

[DLPdaft]

Hi Anna,

You can take the VEA from CDG to the Disneyland parks bus station (its the terminus for the VEA buses) and then get the RER (train station is right next to the bus station) to your hotel at Val d'Europe.

If you stay at the Explorers or Kyriad, you can also get the VEA from CDG (some of the VEA are specifically for the associated hotels, like the Explorers and Kyriad, as opposed to the Disney onsite hotels). Or, you can get the VEA which goes to the Disney hotels, and get off at the bus station again, then get the free shuttle from there to your associated hotel.

 

[anna42hmr]

Hi Anna,

You can take the VEA from CDG to the Disneyland parks bus station (its the terminus for the VEA buses) and then get the RER (train station is right next to the bus station) to your hotel at Val d'Europe.

If you stay at the Explorers or Kyriad, you can also get the VEA from CDG (some of the VEA are specifically for the associated hotels, like the Explorers and Kyriad, as opposed to the Disney onsite hotels). Or, you can get the VEA which goes to the Disney hotels, and get off at the bus station again, then get the free shuttle from there to your associated hotel.

thanks for the reply, that helps alot i apreciate the assistance

 

[penry]

Hi Anna
I stayed at this hotel in July for one night and it was fine, would definitely stay there again. I have never stayed onsite but imagine it's a bit lacking in character compared to disney hotels, but we only used it to sleep and shower. Our plan was to make use of the EMH (we have annual passes so not on a package) and were told to just show the cardboard slip the room key came in. In the end we didn't do this as didn't get up in time!

The shuttle buses went from outside and seemed pretty regular (again we did not use them as had a car), starting before 9 and finishing after 12 I think.

Hope you have a great trip.

 

[edinburghlass]

Hi Anna

If you are considering an onsite resort I'd suggest the Cheyenne as being a bit more comfortable than the Santa Fe and in a similar price bracket.

 

[anna42hmr]

thanks for the reply,

i would love to do a dinner and show at the moulin rouge as well, however as this is in central paris, and we are staying near disney, would this pose a problem getting transport back to the hotel afterwards?

 

[gemmybear83]

hi

in my seach into disney hotels for next march i have several hotels in mind, and found this one, (and revewis seem ok and is the cheapest one so far)

i note on the disney site, although they are not a disney hotel you can get extra magic hours at this particular hotel, does any one know, is this only if you by a disney package from disney or would it be the same if i booked the trip via expedia and tickets via disney??

also what is the transport like to dlp from this hotel as its not on site, and what are peoples opinion of the hotel

other hotels we are considering is disneys santa fe and, explorers and kyriad, however this one is the cheapest and we dont really anticipate spending much time at the hotel, we are staying for 4 nights in march next year

Hi I stayed at this hotel for 5 nights in 2006 and thought it was great value for money, and a brilliant location for days to Paris and disney as the train station is across the road (but you can't hear it by the way!!). The hotel is very quiet as there is only 150 rooms, we slept very well!

We only used the free shuttle buses in the morning as the times werent that frequent so we used the train back home as they are every 10 mins and the journey only takes a couple of mins.

Rooms were modern and clean, as was the rest of the hotel. If you need some snacks and stuff wander over to the huge Auchan superamrket as it much cheaper than the mini bar in your room. If you have any questions just let me know!!!

 

[gemmybear83]

thanks for the reply,

i would love to do a dinner and show at the moulin rouge as well, however as this is in central paris, and we are staying near disney, would this pose a problem getting transport back to the hotel afterwards?

No just use the metro and RER, we went out for dinner and got the metro back at 11pm on nights and it was perfectly fine, just some common sense like dont sit in an empty carriage or one where the people look a bit ahem "dodgy" (not that we ever did see this!!!).

It takes about 30-35mins to get from central Paris back to the hotel.

 

[Tillybud]

out of the hotels you have mentioned we stayed at the Explorers in June 2007 and I have to say we were really pleased with the hotel and the room. I'm of the same opinion as yourself, we never really spend that long in the hotel due to making the most of the time in the park but the Explorers was more than adequate and had the added extra of tea/coffee making facilities in the room which our usual hotel (the Cheyenne) doesn't. The explorers also has a great pool, etc and the shuttle buses to and from the Park run frequently. You can get the VEA shuttle bus from the airport but you will need to get off at the Disney Village and then use a 'free' shuttle bus to the Hotel if you were to choose the Explorers as the VEA only seems to go to the onsite Disney Hotels. I think you can organise trips through Disney itself if you wanted trips into Paris, etc but this may increase the cost for you rather than doing it yourself.

 

[anna42hmr]

out of the hotels you have mentioned we stayed at the Explorers in June 2007 and I have to say we were really pleased with the hotel and the room. I'm of the same opinion as yourself, we never really spend that long in the hotel due to making the most of the time in the park but the Explorers was more than adequate and had the added extra of tea/coffee making facilities in the room which our usual hotel (the Cheyenne) doesn't. The explorers also has a great pool, etc and the shuttle buses to and from the Park run frequently. You can get the VEA shuttle bus from the airport but you will need to get off at the Disney Village and then use a 'free' shuttle bus to the Hotel if you were to choose the Explorers as the VEA only seems to go to the onsite Disney Hotels. I think you can organise trips through Disney itself if you wanted trips into Paris, etc but this may increase the cost for you rather than doing it yourself.

thanks for the reply, i appreciate it

i have had a suggestion from a friend as well, who has also suggested as we internd to spend a day/evening in paris, that we could get a cheap hotel in paris (a couple i have found on expedia for around £50-£70 for the nights, not bad really considering it will only be an extra £25-35 each, including Hotel d'Amiens, Lyon Bastille Hotel, Le Havane, Hotel Monte Carlo ) and suggests what they did when they went to disney the same lengh of time we did (4 nights, with almost 5 full days as the flights we are looking at land in paris on the arrival day at 9.10 am and the flight departs on our last day at 6.45pm) and what they did, instead of packing, had the disney hotel booked for all 4 nights, (as the price they got when booking was not much differrent doing 4 nights vs 3 nights, ) they left their bags at the disney hotel and took a small back pack with clothes to wear the night they were in paris, and left the rest of their stuff at the disney hotel

how they worked it out was

Friday am - arrived in paris, went straight to hotel, checked in and dropped off bags, went to one of the parks for the whole day
sat am - got train from hotel to paris itself, checked into paris hotel spent saturday day (sightseeing in day and night in paris (they went to moulin rouge and an evening cruise on the seinne)
sunday am - couple hours sight seeing then had lunch and got train back to hotel in disney land
sunday afternoon - spent afternoon at one of the parks
monday - at parks and then shopping later on then back to disney for some wild west show??
tuesday - at park for a few hours, then went to collect bags to get train to airport to catch the flight

what are peoples opinion on this, do you think we could manage it, myu friend did, but dont know if that was a fluke or not, they did say they were exhausted when they got back though