How many days?

[woodys_girl]

Well I pulled the trigger and booked us plane tickets to Paris in June.
My kiddos will be 9, 11, and 13 and are all big Disney parks fans, having been to WDW and DL many times. We will be doing some time in Paris and choosing one or two other cities to visit while we're in Europe so I'm trying to figure out how many nights to do at DLP. I feel like about 3 days is right (we normally do 3 or 4 at DL/DCA), but I'm trying to decide if we should do 3 full days (4 nights) or 2 full days and then 2 partial days (3 nights). I'm sure we'll have a magical time either way, but I'm an over-thinker so here we are.

 

[Woodview]

How many days are you actually in Europe ?

Are You flying direct to Paris & departing from there ?

Which other Cities Do you hope to visit ?

Do this first & hire a car ( At the airport & return )

Then do Paris

 

[hardcorestitch]

Well I pulled the trigger and booked us plane tickets to Paris in June.
My kiddos will be 9, 11, and 13 and are all big Disney parks fans, having been to WDW and DL many times. We will be doing some time in Paris and choosing one or two other cities to visit while we're in Europe so I'm trying to figure out how many nights to do at DLP. I feel like about 3 days is right (we normally do 3 or 4 at DL/DCA), but I'm trying to decide if we should do 3 full days (4 nights) or 2 full days and then 2 partial days (3 nights). I'm sure we'll have a magical time either way, but I'm an over-thinker so here we are.

I would stick to roughly 2-3 days in the parks with no hopping. You can fully enjoy the Disney parks without having to worry about Disney Premiere Access so much!

 

[kyrkea333]

Overthinker here as well!
I’m a 5 day park hopper Disneyland girl because I physically need a lot of rest time. I always take afternoon naps/rests while I’m there.
My daughter and I had three nights at DLP when we spent a month in France in 2023; and while we were able to comfortably see almost everything (she had been several times before), I would have preferred at least one more night.
My husband and I are heading there in May at the end of other travel in France and I’ve booked 5 nights. It might seem like overkill but I’ll need the time, especially now that the Frozen opening has been announced.
My recommendation would be to take the extra night. For me, it just takes the panic level down a notch

 

[woodys_girl]

How many days are you actually in Europe ?

Are You flying direct to Paris & departing from there ?

Which other Cities Do you hope to visit ?

Do this first & hire a car ( At the airport & return )

Then do Paris

Good questions. We plan on flying into Paris, hitting DL first (we arrive on a Tuesday), heading to Paris, and then?
We haven't booked our return flight yet, but we have 2 weeks give or take for our whole trip.

 

[woodys_girl]

Overthinker here as well!
I’m a 5 day park hopper Disneyland girl because I physically need a lot of rest time. I always take afternoon naps/rests while I’m there.
My daughter and I had three nights at DLP when we spent a month in France in 2023; and while we were able to comfortably see almost everything (she had been several times before), I would have preferred at least one more night.
My husband and I are heading there in May at the end of other travel in France and I’ve booked 5 nights. It might seem like overkill but I’ll need the time, especially now that the Frozen opening has been announced.
My recommendation would be to take the extra night. For me, it just takes the panic level down a notch

Glad I'm not the only over- thinker out there. I feel like it's unlikely that I will regret the extra night.

 

[kyrkea333]

Glad I'm not the only over- thinker out there. I feel like it's unlikely that I will regret the extra night.

Exactly! If anything, I usually wish I’d had one more night! Really, at Disneyland or most places I travel. I overestimate my ability to get all the things done that I want to

 

[zanzibar138]

The way we approached our Europe trip was with the understanding that adding an extra night somewhere would mean we'd have to take an extra night away from somewhere else. We sat down to really understand our priorities and made sure we were allowing enough time/budget to give us the best chance of achieving everything we wanted to, which for us meant an extra night at DLP at the expense of Paris itself. It sounds like DLP is also a high priority for you, so I would do the extra night.