The COVID pandemic isn’t over but we’re still living our lives. We spent 4 nights 5 days at Disneyland Paris in July. The weather was rainy, hot and a little humid but glorious.
Where to Stay?
We booked a package with a Disney resort, the newly renovated Disney’s Hotel New York – The Art of Marvel. We booked a spacious terrace room for about 800€ a night. We had about a 10-minute walk to the front gates of Disneyland and Hollywood Studios.
Now, I know you’re wondering why we booked so many days when it’s limited availability and there aren’t many people. Well, we have a 1-year-old, and spending several hours; open to close, in the parks isn’t ideal. However, we spent every hour we could in the parks and although we were exhausted we had so much fun.
Book dining reservations
You have to schedule dining reservations in advance for the sit-down restaurants. We went to several places: Manhattan Restaurant inside the New York Marvel Hotel for breakfast, we went to several ‘fast food’ restaurants for lunch and then we spent hours at these restaurants for dinner; Captain Jack’s Pirates Restaurant, Plaza Gardens Restaurant, Restaurant Agrabah Cafe & la Grange at Billy Bob’s Country Western Saloon.
There were several places… (I.e. McDonald’s, Starbucks,…) that did not require a reservation and you just walk in order and take your food to go or to find a table to sit and eat.
Disneyland
Wait times were up to 60 minutes and we ended up doing the rider swap where one adult waits with the infant/toddler and the other takes the bigger kids on the ride then switch (with a passphrase) once the ride is over. It rained 3 of our 4 days there. The rain did not stop us from enjoying ourselves.
Walt Disney Studio Park
The one ride in Walt Disney Studio Park that was really worth it was the Crush Coaster ride. No matter if the gates just opened and you ran to the ride, the wait was always 60+ minutes. They had a crush game you could download on your phone and play while you wait. The other rides were fun and had 30 minutes or less wait for each ride.
Overall, Disneyland Paris was pretty fun for our family of Five. I do recommend going and spending at least 2 days.