Top tips for Disneyland Paris with 7yo DD and 5yo DS in February

[MmeLindt]

Other than wear long johns

What are the best rides for this age?

What should we absolutely NOT miss?

Which restaurants are good?

Anything else?

bumpity bump

Yes to the thermal undies - we came back last weekend and it was pretty cold!
If you are thinking of doing a character meal (and I would if you can afford it) go to the Lucky Nugget at lunchtime - but must be booked in advance (hotel information can do this) We got there for 12pm and had lots of time with Mickey, Pluto, Goofy and Tigger. Most of the hotel lobbies if you are on site have a scheduled time with characters in the morning where you can get official photo's. My two 7&4 really enjoyed Star Tours (a simulator of Star Wars) and Buzz Lightyear. One show definitely not to miss (we saw it twice) is the Moteur Action Stuntshow in the Studio Park it is brilliant.
Where are you staying?

We are staying in the Cheyenne.

Have checked the long term forecast and it should be a wee bit warmer than it is at the moment

Can't remember if you can do this at the Cheyenne but we booked breakfast in the park during our visit - instead of eating breakfast in your hotel, you go into the park before it opens and have breakfast at one of the eateries there. It means you can be first in the queue for your favourite ride!

DS loved It's A Small World and I loved the Peter Pan ride. We all loved Buzz Lightyear!

Oh, some great tips here. Thanks.

I am a wuss bit hesitant about going on rides in case I puke. Are there gentler ones? Do the DC always need to be accompanied?

Thanks Korma, tip about the hairdryer is great as I would never have thought of that. We won't need adaptors though, as the plugs are the same as the Swiss ones.

It has been a long time since I was in a hotel without a hairdryer, they are pretty much standard nowadays I though. I hate the ones that you have to keep your finger on the button to keep it going.

Bet you were MrsSmug of Smugville. I would have had to point out the fact that I had my own hairdryer, and wasn't it handy that I had brought my own since there is hairdryer in the room and it would have been soooo awkward without a hairdryer every time I went into the bathroom

Yes most of the rides say children under - need accompanying. There are quite a few tame ones in Fantasyland. We had the free meal vouchers so ended up eating in the Cheyenne every night - we thought it was good especially for our fussy eaters. We kept missing our breakfast slot as our normally early risers were of course waking an hour later due to the time change!

We were there just before Christmas and stayed at the Disney Hotel, there are always lots of characters there, and I think it is open to non residents, it certainly is in the lobby.

We used the Brits guide to ED and it was very useful.

Would take ski suits for the LO's if possible as it is cold, and like someone else we took along a buggy for our 4 year old, as she is a bit lazy easilly tired.

The rides we liked were, Buzz Lightyear, The Tea Cups, Carousel, Thunder Mountain, Small World, Dumbo, Pinochio, Peter Pan ride, and Small World x 100's.

Shows were Mickeys Winter Wonderland, Animagique,and Honey I shrunk the Audience.

We also went along to the Princess lunch.

We always watched the evening parade, before going back to the hotel for the evening.

We ate out in the park for lunch, it was pretty dire, about E40, for fast food for 4 of us, we only had to pay for one lunch as we pre bought all of our meals. If you pay for the "premium" package they can be used in all hotels for dinner. It's fine for drinks and snacks.

We ate at our hotel for dinner in the evening as it was fab, plus lots of characters there. We ate at Anettes Diner for lunch once and it was good. DD's enjoyed seeing the staff in rollerblades.

You will have a fantastic time, I'm not at all jealous.

It all sounds great. Thanks all.

Forgot to ask, how long are you staying?

We were there for 4 nights, and planned to spend a day in Paris with DD's, but far too much to pack in at ED, so never made Paris.

We are arriving on Sunday and will spend the afternoon in Paris, have a (last decent, not fast food) meal in Paris then spend Monday and Tuesday in Disneyland. We do have tickets for Wednesday but we will have to head into Paris to take the train at midday so probably will not go into the park then.

I know that we are not going to see everything, so that is why I am looking to find out the Must Sees.

This is really helping.

Does anyone know if you get into the park early when staying at the Cherokee hotel?

Cool. Our DC are early risers at the best of times, but in Disneyland they will probably be up at 6am.

So we could book breakfast in the park at 8.30am and get an early start on the first morning? That would be great.

When we were there in early December, the earlybird was not running, except for at the weekend.

This actually didn't cause any problems as the park was quiet enough to be able to do the top rides several times in a row, without having to get off and queue again.

I am hoping that it won't be too busy in February too.

Thanks for all the tips.

Hello all,

We are going next week for just one day (Tues - so I will watch out for MmeLindt) with a 5yo and 3yo. Any top tips for rides...someone said the Peter Pan ride was fun. 5yo can be a bit woossy, but 3yo game for most things...

Thanks in advance!

Hi MmeLindt & Mumof2*boys

We are going next week too from Sun to Thurs and staying in the Hotel Cheyenne.
Will be looking at everyone wondering if they are fellow mumsnetters!

We've been told the Peter Pan ride is great but to go on early as the queues get really long, also been told to do Buzz Lightyear and It's a small world as they are good for little ones (my youngest has just turned 4)
but that snow white and pinnochio are abit scary for under 5's.

Hope that helps and have a great time

thanks Mrs Grumpy!

"See" you there!