Disneyland Paris - Advice please (with a nearly 5 yo and 2 yo)

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Hello, I would love thoughts on taking a nearly 5 year old and just turned 2 year old to Disneyland Paris (+ the other park).

Is this too young? Would we be better to postpone for a further year (however I’m keen to undertake before my oldest turns 5 to go outside school holiday dates)?

Also, how many days / nights in total would you recommend for both parks? We plan on staying in a Disney hotel.

Thank you!

I'm off peak and before the little one turns 3 as its free before then. stay onsite aswell

I wouldn't do it at that age.
The youngest is too young to remember much.
Go to Lego land instead

there is something to be said for waiting until both children are 1.2m tall so they can go on almost every ride (as well as having stamina for queueing etc).

My daughter loved Tokyo Disney at 5 and Paris at 6. But we just went to a relatively crappy theme park and she said it was better than either... because now she's 8 she can go on almost all the rides. At 5/6 Disney has enough to do, and the kids rides do tend to have shorter lines, but the 2 year old will just be hanging with you most of the time. If you are Disney-people then maybe. But if you can put it off a couple of years I'd say both kids will get more out of it.

Took my 2.5 year old and 5 year old and honestly my youngest remembers so much about it still and talks about it. He might have been a bit young but to him it was absolutely magical

It's a lot of money OP. It isn't just the ticket and room: everything seems to cost, even a bottle of mineral water, plus it is really hard on the children not to get a plush toy, mickey ears, balloons, costumes etc because all the other children are wandering round with them.

I'd save the money and wait a year or two until it will have more impact. Ages 7 and 4 would be a much better use of the money. Even 6 and 9 isn't too late.

The cost is not as huge going outside of school holidays and with a 2 year old as it is going inside school holidays and with a 3 year old! We’re going next year just before DS turns 3 so he’s still free, hopefully we’ll go again in the future.

I love Disney, so this is not a negative comment. I would wait a little - I think you will get more out of it when they are a couple of years older. There are so many great and low stress holidays when they are teeny. Disney done right is a bit of a mission and not always super relaxed (even though it is super great) and suits older kids better IMHO.

Disneyland tickets aren't actually expensive. It depends on when and how you get there. I live near Paultons Park and my parents a disneyland park. A two day ticket for Disneyland is cheaper than a single day Paultons Park ticket on a per day cost.

Theme parks in the UK are crazy expensive.

It's the accommodation and extras.

The meals at the more fun park restaurants are the cost of a really nice meal out and yet the food is very ordinary, and that's being euphemistic. I find them barely edible.

When you go for several days, it all adds up unless you are living on crepes and popcorn. Even the popcorn in the Mickey ears popcorn buckets costs about 25 euros. And then both dc want their own ...

It's no one thing that tips the budget, and Disney is very good at marketing the extras as standard.

I'm not anti-Disney. In an ideal world, I think every dc would go at least once. I just think it being a little older makes sense.

Just don't. Well not until they are older.

If its a one off trip, do 7 and 4.

Go in the summer holidays or only take 9 days out of school. It will be unauthorised but no fine.