Disneyland Paris - tips and hints please

[leoleo]

We are going for ds 3rd birthday in April on the EuroStar.
Any ideas from families gone before would be helpful, or anything on you next visit you would do differently.
Also going for 3 nights any ideas on how much spending money. We are bed and breakfast so will be eating out mostly.
Thank you

We've been twice and the prices for food had def gone up the 2nd time - we spent a lot more than the previous visit! At breakfast do what everyone else does and make up rolls with the ham and take them into the park with you - the lunch choice is BAD!!! The French don't do fast food and it shows! For a meal avoid the fast food places and Rainforest cafe -used to be brilliant but on our last visit it was apalling and friends are just back who said the same! cafe Mickey is great - expensive but worth it as the kids get to meet all the characters. DD ate her meal sittin on Geppetto's knee!!! You have to prebook. Take as many snacks/drinks as you can! You can buy thing cheapr in teh garage outside the Santa fe whoch is a lot cheaper than in the park. Fast pass amin rides like Buzz Lightyear and Peter Pan. Lion King is good at lunch time where you can sit and eat your picnic! It is fab!!

am watching this as we are going in september for dd1 4th birthday (staying in santa fe)

Looks like I am going to be ramming lots of food in the one suitcase (and making rolls up at breakfast!!)

Agree with Leslaki - I've been twice and have always smuggled in fruit,sandwiches and drinks..don't be put off by the signs saying you can't eat your own food, our bag was getting bigger everyday and the security men who searched it didn't give a toss.

Food inside the park is expensive and crap, there is a Macdonalds on the shopping bit next to the actual park which is normal prices though.

Get Fast passes as Leslaki says, if you want to see Disney characters get there 15 mins early..it'll avoid queueing time in the long run.

There are loads of maps inside the park which outline times of shows/where and when the Disney Characters are appearing so you can plan your day.

Its great though, I am dead envious..I want to to go Booo Hooo!

Thank you everyone just the sort of thing. Maybe have dinner birthday night at Mickeys Cafe? We've booked the charecter breakfast on his birthday.
Woo hoo. I's really expensive so the pressure is on for it to be perfect.

oh, it's much easier to meet the charcaters at the srtudios - no hideous queues!

Leoleo can you cancel the character breakfast? Just that Cafe Mickey isa ll about the characters so may be over doign it twice in the one day. cafe Mickey will prob be better valueas you'll end up getting the same breakfast that you get in your hotel. We did one and it wasn't really worth it. Don't think it was the all singing/dancing character breakfast - we had ours in pinocchios fast food place!

Yes when we went the Studios were deserted and you could actually get right up to the Characters for photos and a squeeze.There was a great show on at the Studios too, I know people sometimes miss the Studios out but we thought it was great, they do a good parade too.

Take your own wine... or buy from the little supermarket in the station.Long evenings in the hotel while the lo sleeps! Mickey's wine is very expensive and horrible.

Going to cancel the breakfast then if you think it wont be worth it. Thanks