Disneyland Paris, Ile-de-France, France

3Lindylou146 5:00 PM Jun 11, 2022

Be prepared to queue…queue….queue!
We stayed at the Newport Bay hotel for 4 nights so were able to walk into Disney every day, so managing to get into the park before the crowds descended at 9.30. As a large family group with older and younger children our choice of rides was varied, but disappointingly we didn’t expect to find such a large number of rides closed in all areas. What really spoilt it for us was just how many people were allowed into the park…too many to be safe for sure! This and the number of rides that kept breaking down led to huge queues at all rides…..ranging from 20mins wait at the less popular ones to over 2 hours at the most popular and all this for a ride of 2-3 minutes! This with children was very tiring and boring …so we had to spend out more money buying fast passes which ranged from €5 to €13 each ! We bought fast passes costing €91 on our last day, but the ride broke down and didn’t come back into service before we had to leave! Restaurant food was rather disappointing and very expensive….the little ones lived on pizza and chips. The few shows that were advertised were also extra money. Disney Paris seems to be more of a money grabbing exercise compared to Disney in Florida where fast passes and shows were free. Food was much cheaper and it certainly felt far less crowded. Disney Paris needs to control the number of people allowed into the park every day and get their rides sorted so that not so many break down and also get the rides that are closed reopened asap to help with the queues! Reading many other reviews this problem seems to be getting worse……so would we return? Probably not! This was a once in a lifetime holiday with our 4 and 7 year old grandsons…. we didn’t expect to hear the words “I’m bored” quite so many times! (And all due to queuing )

4Mummabearof1 5:00 PM Oct 27, 2021

Overall - fabulous but far far too busy!
Traveled as a family of 3 for 2 nights and 3 days during October half term. We had amazing time and we're so lucky with the weather, however there are a few oddities that I want to highlight to anyone who is planning a Disney Trip with a young family. Firstly it appears Disney unlike other attractions has not reduced it's park capacity numbers (since covid). I checked during our stay and you could still book park tickets for the following day which felt ridiculous as the park was heaving already. Queues on average were 60-120 mins long. With a young child these wait times are too long. The free fast past system was scrapped in July 21 so now you pay for a premier access pass at €14 per person! You choose a time to return and then you can jump the queue. If you wanted to do all the attractions in one day this is really the only way to do it and some rides don't even have this option. Crush coaster is one of them which is always at around 80 mins plus wait. In France currently it is obligatory to wear a face mask. Masks are enforced all around the park. Outdoors and in! The security are militant about this and I suspect this is partially due to the fact they can keep increasing park capacity. This could be a bit of a unwelcome shock to travellers from the UK who only are required to wear a mask in medical settings. On the shuttles and indoor queueing this is very uncomfortable especially when you are standing in long queues. On to shuttles, do not leave it to the last minute to leave the park. It is like a stampede trying to board a bus back to your hotel and people behave in the most disgusting way - pushing and shoving children out of the way to get a space. It is very tempting to stay late but bear in mind if you have a pushchair or little ones this is most unpleasant after a long day and obviously dangerous. Toilets are far and few throughout the park and you will have to queue for using the toilet. Again unfortunately with children who don't plan when they may need to go it's always too late and you will have delays getting in. You will queue for everything. Food outlets, toilets, buses, park entry, rides, character meets, parades and snack shacks. This is again tricky for little people considering it seems all you do is queue you won't get much done in a couple of days which is frustrating when you don't understand why you are waiting so long all the time . Personally next time I will book 3+ days in the park to make sure we don't miss out on things we wanted to do. Overall it's a fantastic holiday and still magical in covid times but I would say the masses and crowds did spoil it a bit for us. It's hard to enjoy your stay when all you seem to do is queue and wait for anything. Go out of term time if you can, otherwise try may half term as the french children do not share this half term with the UK so it should be quieter!!