Using Points at Disneyland Paris

[Zazu]

Has anyone ever used their points to stay at Disneyland Paris? My family is going to be in Germany/France this summer. I was wondering if it would be wise to use points to stay for the couple of days that we are in Paris. Hit the parks for a day or two and try and take in the other Paris sites. Has anyone done this? Was it worth that points? Would you do it again?

Thanks....Zazu

 

[WDWDaisy]

Staying for the days you got the parks might be OK, you get a tickets with the room cost. But for the days you are not goig to goto the parks, Don't stay. The cost of the tickets are in the the points you use.

 

[rtp-resident]

I have the same question as Zazu, but want to know what the differences are between the Sequoia Lodge, New York Hotel and Disneyland Hotel. The point differences seem significant.

I get the idea that Disneyland is the Grand Floridian (at 72 points a night in midrange season) and then New York (at 52 points) which is comparable to (?) and finally Sequoia (at 48 points) comparable to Wilderness Lodge (?).

I know I left out Newport but this seems to be like Beach Club which is our home.

Anyone had experience staying at these various hotels and is the point difference made up in room size, amenities, etc.?

If it is winter Feb - March, would the fireplace and lodge atmosphere in Sequoia make up for other shortcomings?

Thanks.

 

[dan and scott]

We went to Disneyland Paris this past August 22-28 on friends points.
We stayed at the Disbneyland Hotel standard room which was a "corner" (much larger room) on the 1st floor.

The location of the Hotel could not be beat as you litterally walk out the door and into Disneyland.
If I would go again I would stay at Disneyland Hotel for the location and the free breakfast every morning at the hotel--if not i would stay at the Sequoia-it is the most like Disney's Grand Californian. Hotel NewYork was closer to the parks via Disney Village- but the hotel just lacked something.
Disneyland Paris was a cut above the Magic Kingdoms in the states-Themeing was very extensive throughout the park. The Studios should be "bull dozed over" as it couldn't hold a candle to its namesake in the US-Which is our favorite florida park!!
We spent probably a 1/2 a day TOTAL(most of it standing in line) at the studios during our entire stay, with 1 day sightseeing in Paris itself and the rest of the time in Disneyland.


Scott

 

[bongo59]

agree witht he last poster bigtime.............disneyland hotel is the only place to stay.........everytime we go to Paris we stay at disney on our points.

 

[normr]

When we stayed, we originally had reservations for Disneyland hotel, but they were overbooked, and asked us if we would like to stay in the New York Hotel and they upgraded us to a one bedroom suite, so we had a private bedroom and the kids stayed in the living room on the sleeper sofa, they also had a half bath.

It's a 5 minute walk through the Disney Village area and past the train station to the Disneyland Hotel and into the park,( it was pretty dark and spooky at night walking from the NY hotel to the DLH)

The Sequoia is after the New York, another 5 minute walk and the Newport was the furthest away of the premium hotels another 5 minute walk, the cheaper ones are even further away and there is no transportation.so it takes about 15 minutes to go from the park to the Newport Bay Lodge.


Check out this site:

http://www.cix.co.uk/~neverland/dlp/index.htm?village.htm

 

[Bexx]

If you feel the points for the Disneyland Hotel are just too steep, then the Hotel New York is worth considering. Rooms are the same size as the DH, and very comfortable, and room service is only available at these two hotels. The rooms at Newport Bay and Sequoia Lodge are smaller, as are the bathrooms.

I realise the New York decor is not to everyone's taste, but we found the rooms looked much nicer in "real life" than in the photos.

rtp-resident - The points difference does depend on room size and amenities, and the huge rise for the Disneyland Hotel is because of it's fantastic position. SL is a little bit like Wilderness Lodge, but the lobby doesn't compare. And bear in mind that rooms (and beds) in European hotels are smaller than their equivalents in the US.