Hotel l'Elysee Val d'Europe

[Inkmahm]

We're here now. Two nights down, two to go. Just waiting to go to the studios today so I thought I'd post my hotel report.

Pros-

This hotel qualifies for early morning magic hours. Great!

Very close to the train station. We take the train to and from the parks so we don't worry about a bus schedule, crowded buses, etc.

Packages that you accumulate buying things in the park are waiting for you in your room when you get back to the hotel at night. That service is concierge service at WDW! It is really nice not to have to carry the stuff or even go get it from the shop when you're back in the hotel.

Beds are comfortable and the room is clean.


Cons-

The controls for the heat and a/c don't seem to do a thing. We cool the room by opening the window which works fine at this time of year.

There are no electric outlets in the bathroom at all. There are no mirrors in the room near an electric outlet. How do French women do their hair? I had to get an extension cord from the hotel manager to plug in my curling iron close enough to the mirror on the wardrobe to use it to do my hair.

There are no washcloths in the bathroom. I had to buy one of those compressed ones at Disneyland where you put water on it and it expands to being a washcloth. How do the French wash their faces without wash cloths?

There is no tissue/kleenex in the room. Odd for a hotel, all hotels in the U.S. have tissue.

Breakfast is 12 Euros and defiitely not worth it.

 

[Cyrano]

In the UK and mainland Europe there are a number of differences
Legislation does not allow for electric sockets in the bathroom. Only a two pin plug suitable for an electric shaver is allowed.
Anything with a higher wattage will blow the fuse

The Disney hotels in keeping with other hotels don't have a face cloth.

I don't think apart from our stays in 5 star hotels in UK/Europe have we come across hankies in the room. We just use toilet roll Although I still prefer linen hankies

 

[giuly09]

There are no washcloths in the bathroom. I had to buy one of those compressed ones at Disneyland where you put water on it and it expands to being a washcloth. How do the French wash their faces without wash cloths?

We dont have them in Italy either, i have got to know them from my english partner so i suppose it must be the same in France, just a matter of doing things one way or the other, for me i wash my face putting soap straight in my hands.

 

[giuly09]

We just use toilet roll Although I still prefer linen hankies

Oh no toilet roll is too hard and makes your nose red LOL

 

[lojo]

I've never been in a hotel that had a washcloth, and I've holidayed in most of Europe, New York and also Japan. They're widely available for home use in UK and Ireland (don't know about rest of Europe). Most people I know never use them (well, not for faces anyway!) - just hands straight onto face. In Europe, tissues are usually only provided in 4 star hotels and above. Toilet roll suffices for normal use - if I have a cold/hay fever I carry balm tissues anyway (sooo soft).

Did you buy a ticket for the RER each day or get a multi-use ticket?

So, in general you'd recommend Elysee?

 

[Inkmahm]

In the UK and mainland Europe there are a number of differences
Legislation does not allow for electric sockets in the bathroom. Only a two pin plug suitable for an electric shaver is allowed.
Anything with a higher wattage will blow the fuse

The Disney hotels in keeping with other hotels don't have a face cloth.

I don't think apart from our stays in 5 star hotels in UK/Europe have we come across hankies in the room. We just use toilet roll Although I still prefer linen hankies

That's odd then because I was in Deauville, France before coming here and the hotel there had an electric outlet in the bathroom that worked just fine. It had wash cloths, too. Actually kind of a mit that I thought was very cool and practical. And tissue (not cloth hankies, just kleenex.)

 

[Inkmahm]

I've never been in a hotel that had a washcloth, and I've holidayed in most of Europe, New York and also Japan. They're widely available for home use in UK and Ireland (don't know about rest of Europe). Most people I know never use them (well, not for faces anyway!) - just hands straight onto face. In Europe, tissues are usually only provided in 4 star hotels and above. Toilet roll suffices for normal use - if I have a cold/hay fever I carry balm tissues anyway (sooo soft).

Did you buy a ticket for the RER each day or get a multi-use ticket?

So, in general you'd recommend Elysee?

I've never been in a hotel room that didn't have tissue that I can remember. I'm sure the New York hotels must have had wash cloths, I've never seen a U.S. hotel that didn't.

We weren't sure when we'd use the shuttle bus or the train so we bought individual tickets for the train (they are only 1.4 euros). Turns out we haven't even bothered to try to find the shuttle bus because the train is just so convenient. It literally picks us up from across the street and dumps us at the gates to Disney Village/Studios/Disneyland. You can't get any closer!

I'd stay here again, yes. But I'd bring and extension cord, wash cloths and more kleenex with me than I usually carry.

 

[Ware Bears]

Great to hear from you, hope you had a good time at the Studios.

 

[Inkmahm]

I meant to add that another pro for this hotel is that it is really really quiet. You don't hear any hallway noise and no noise from other rooms around you even though you know they are filled with little kids!

I'm at the airport waiting for my flight home today. We spent all 3 days between Disneyland and the studios and really enjoyed them. There are some things I like much better at the French versions and some I like much better in Orlando, but overall I really enjoyed this trip. I'd do it again given the opportunity.

 

[Cyrano]

Glad to hear that you had a great trip

 

[Ware Bears]

Glad you enjoyed yourselves, have a good trip home.

 

[Inkmahm]

*bumping* for the person looking for info on this hotel