Centre Parks Paris

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Has anyone been to Centre Parks Paris? What's it like compared to the English ones?

We go to Center Parcs a lot and usually take all our own food as we don’t rate the restaurants but this is definitely not the case at Villages Nature Paris – all the food we ate was excellent. Like the UK version, there are chains but they really focus on freshly prepared healthy options.
The accommodation, however, is inferior to Britain's Center Parcs villages. The design is about on par - easy-to-clean surfaces, utilitarian kitchens - but many of the best-located family options are apartments, and they are built in a way that sound and cigarette smoke easily travels.
My husband and I agreed that the milk and cheese themed soft-play at the farm ‘Lait’s Play’ is the best we have ever seen – there were huge wooden boxes built on top of each other with ladders and slides built into them so Fergus felt he was having a real adventure as he explored, there was a ‘milk lorry’ he could climb into and under, and little tractors they could drive around on.
Villages Nature separates their activities and lands into fives different worlds. We found the central area of the site was very accessible on foot and we were so busy fitting all the activities into our short stay so we didn’t have time to fit in leisurely bike rides around as well, but there are great cycling paths around the site.
The thing that’s important to know is there is actually loads to do for free, you don’t need to factor in needing to spend loads on activities to fill up the week.

I,be not stayed there so no ideas on the accommodation.

We did have day passes a couple of times and the pool is amazing....

Oh that's great to know, thank you!

Do they have a supermarket like the English ones, so that I can get baby food, nappies etc?

Yes there is an on-site Fanprix supermarket. It seemed to be fairly priced. We only needed to buy little bits like cheese (€6 for two decent sized chunks of Comte and Emmental) and also a bottle of wine, which seemed much cheaper than you would typically pay in the UK.

We went just after it opened and we are going again this summer. It was fab! Like PP said the soft play is excellent, it also has a great farm right next to it where you can go and pet then animals. You can pay to do pony rides etc.

There are outdoor play areas and the pool complex is brilliant!!!

The restaurants are great too and the supermarket whilst slightly more expensive was not the price of the uk ones. I got a lovely wine got £5. It also had rotesserie chickens and a salad bar so great option of not cooking but not eating out.

It's an eco resort so quite rustic and has these lovely gardens to walk by. In the summer there is a beach area but the lake and you can also take boats out etc.

We stayed in a premium cottage and it was about five min walk to shops/cafes and the farm (opposite direction) and ten/15 go swimming but there is a bus. This time we are staying in a VIP which is closer to the farm and swimming.

There is also the added perk of being a five min drive to Disneyland which my kids loved!

That was long but in summary I would highly recommend