What is Cheapest way to travel and accommodate at Disneyland Paris?

[OldBittyGrandma]

I am a woman of 68 years old and would love to take my two grandsons to Disney! However, I am a retired woman on her (small) pension so please bare with me. Looking at the website for Disneyland Paris I find the prices astonishingly high! The Disneyland Hotel is where I would love to take them but not at that price thank you very much! Adding transportation also bumps up the price to unknown territories it seems! Please help me here. I would like to know what the cheapest form of travel is. The Eurostar train seems convenient with there being a train station at Disneyland Paris. Are there any discounts for Eurostar? Is taking the ferry too hectic? I really am a clueless clogs at all of this.
How long should I take them? What hotel can we stay at that is low costing but still of a good standard (as I can't bare the thought of staying in a kid filled dump for the time I spend there!) ? Please remember I am on a tight budget. The school holidays for the kids is from late July and through on to the end of August so preferably then please.
I am sure there are many questions I have left out so please just clue me in on every bit of information I'd need to know. Searching on the internet is a confusing place and I often find myself in the wrong place most of the time. I hope this is the right one.
I am new to this so please consider that and I will be eternally grateful. Thank you.

 

[HFJohnson]

Firstly, don't book your travel through Disney as it always costs way more. Eurostar is a great way to get to DLP however if you're looking to go in the summer then you're not going to get a good deal on the direct train (the cheapest tickets are £69 return for adults to give you an idea). You can, however, travel via Lille and you may get a better price going this way. I've had a quick look at trains at the end of August and it looks like you could tickets for around £270 for all three of you, however these trains arrive late afternoon so you might want to look at one night room-only in one of the offsite hotels so you don't waste your Disney tickets on the first day. Have a look at the eurostar website or give them a call for more info.

The Disneyland Hotel is undoubtably lovely but not renowned for being value for money! I would say all of the onsite hotels are of a decent standard (and I'm pretty fussy) so maybe have a look at the Cheyenne. I've stayed in both the DLH and Cheyenne and had an equally fab time in both. Your grandsons will probably love the cowboy theming and the bunk beds in the rooms are more practical than the two doubles you get in the other hotels.

I would say three nights is a good length of time to see both parks. Please bear in mind though that the parks will be especially busy in July and August though. If that's the only time you can go then that's fine but you will be need to plan accordingly.

Hope this helps a bit.

 

[DLPdaft]

every hotel in or near DLP is kid-filled - especially in July/August .

 

[OldBittyGrandma]

Firstly, don't book your travel through Disney as it always costs way more. Eurostar is a great way to get to DLP however if you're looking to go in the summer then you're not going to get a good deal on the direct train (the cheapest tickets are £69 return for adults to give you an idea). You can, however, travel via Lille and you may get a better price going this way. I've had a quick look at trains at the end of August and it looks like you could tickets for around £270 for all three of you, however these trains arrive late afternoon so you might want to look at one night room-only in one of the offsite hotels so you don't waste your Disney tickets on the first day. Have a look at the eurostar website or give them a call for more info.

The Disneyland Hotel is undoubtably lovely but not renowned for being value for money! I would say all of the onsite hotels are of a decent standard (and I'm pretty fussy) so maybe have a look at the Cheyenne. I've stayed in both the DLH and Cheyenne and had an equally fab time in both. Your grandsons will probably love the cowboy theming and the bunk beds in the rooms are more practical than the two doubles you get in the other hotels.

I would say three nights is a good length of time to see both parks. Please bear in mind though that the parks will be especially busy in July and August though. If that's the only time you can go then that's fine but you will be need to plan accordingly.

Hope this helps a bit.

Thank you very much for helping me out! I really begrudge taking them out of school but it might be something I'll have to look into. What would you say is the most off peak time to visit, is there a particular month of the year you would recommend?
Having a browse on-line made me realise that it really does make a difference even at the Cheyenne what time you visit. I never thought of that before until you mentioned it. Visiting in August meant paying around 600 for 2 nights and visiting another time was around 300. Utter madness!

 

[busnae]

As a family of 4, we took our children out of school for a Friday and a Monday in march. It was between seasons so quieter but we still had a daily parade and some shows. We stayed at Santa Fe which was fine, clean and comfortable. Enough breakfast although still busy. 2 doubles though. This was 4 years ago. Children under 12 had the stay and play free at this time which I think I saw in the brochure again yesterday. That might work out a good price

 

[jillrobinson]

January to March is always the cheapest time to go with kids under 12 going free, which is always combinable with another offer eg 40 or 50% off, free dining, 1 or 2 extra night/days free, there's always offers on the official site, it's a case of which one works best for you and there are ways of swapping to other offers if something better comes along. If you want to avoid kids I'd suggest you avoid Santa Fe and Cheyenne and opt for Hotel New York, although as dlpdaft mentioned the Disney hotels are all pretty much kid filled but I wouldn't call any of them dumps though

 

[jillrobinson]

BTW Cheyenne is a favourite of many because your guaranted a double and bunk beds, ideal if kids don't want to share.

 

[mooray27]

As far as travel goes i would say it depends on where you are coming from. I live in Scotland so (as far as I could see) the best option was flying (Easyjet). I live 2 hours away from the airport and don't like flying so would love nothing more than to just jump on a train and arrive at DLP later that day.. sadly the train down south is just sooooo expensive.

The ferry was a bit cheaper than flying (but not much). But factoring in the 4 and a half hour drive to get to the ferry terminal just made flying that much more convenient.

Obviously if you live in the south of england your options are much better!