Taking 3 year old to Disneyland Paris

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Has anyone took a child this age to Disney? I have got a good deal to go to Disneyland Paris on his actual 3rd birthday for 3 nights.

We are am debating wether it it worth the hassle to be honest at this age or to just wait until he is older. Can anyone share their experiences.

Personally I’d wait a couple more years.

Deoends what you want out of it. Longblasting memories, once in a lifetime e style trip... wait.

A fun few days, realising you might need to take breaks and won't see everything... worth it.
Caveat with make sure he won't be terrified if all the big costumes.

Yes I have. Don’t bother. It was awful. Queues for hours. Loads of rides broke down, then reopened, then had a three hour queue. Fucking awful. I wouldn’t go again if you paid me.

I wouldn’t bother yet unless you really want to go yourself

We first went when DD was 3.5 and she absolutely loved it. Spent the whole time randomly saying thankyou to us.
She is 11 now so doesn’t remember it but it was absolutely worth it.

Thank you for your replies. We would be going on a Thursday and Friday in term time so not sure if this makes a big difference for queues?@Moveoverdarlin Where the queues long even for the toddler rides?

Thank you for your replies. We would be going on a Thursday and Friday in term time so not sure if this makes a big difference for queues?@Moveoverdarlin Where the queues long even for the toddler rides?

I took a nearly 3 year old to DLP and then when he was nearly 4 to WDW. Had an amazing time and he enjoyed it. The only issue we had was tantrums in gift shops.

If it’s a one off and you won’t go again then wait. If you’d go again in the future then why not! It’s great fun, so much to do at any age and magical for them. I have videos of my nearly 3yo calling for woody and Mickey in the parades.

I’ll be taking that same boy (now 6) and his little sister to WDW again next year.

It also isn’t just about little one. Do you want to go? If so then great go for it!

My only advice at that age would be to stay on site. It was so easy popping in and out the parks, back to hotel for a nap or swim.

The queues won’t be as bad in term time during the week but beware of other countries holiday dates too.

And what you can do is do the odd fast pass for the rides you really want to do that have queues. So for example we paid for ratatouille ride. Again staying on site helps to as you get early magic time and we got a ride or two done straight away. Then as it got busier in the afternoon we popped back to the hotel for a nap or swim.

We did and she loved it,it was so good we will go again whereas had thought it was a once kind of trip.its amazing.

My dc loved it when they were tiny though it was a different sort of trip. We did the original Disneyland in California when they were 3.5 and 18 months old- favourite thing was princess story time basically Cinderella reading other Disney books! They also loved the dumbo ride, small world and the carousel. We did just one day and that was plenty in terms of time as no queues, collected lots of autographs, watched a parade and the park shut at 6. Perfect day out basically but not about big rides (my now exh did go on a few whilst I was at story time)

I took my now 5 and 3 year old last July. We had the BEST time. We went term time, queues weren’t bad and we paid for fast passes for the ones that were. In longer queues we played games and had snacks. It was amazing. Yes we didn’t see or do everything but we saw and did everything we wanted to! Parent swaps means you can both do big rides taking it in turns and only queueing once.

pram and tonnes of snacks were must haves. Having a budget for some fast passes helps but not essential. Staying onsite is also super beneficial for easy park access and an extra hour of park time before opening to general public when it’s quiet

I would be tempted to wait until they were older and have a better chance of remembering, but if you want to go now I would definitely pay extra for Fastpasses as no 3 year old wants to wait in a 45 minute queue for a ride. Also get there early and do lunch early then you can get on some rides with shorter queues when everyone else is at lunch.

I took my 12yo in the quiet week between Haloween and Xmas theming last year. Mid week (2 week half term that fell late) we didn’t go in many rides but queues weren’t bad for those we did.

I haven't done it yet (taking a 3 year old) but we are considering booking for a bit of a last minute November trip this year! DS is closer to 4 (he'll be 2 months away from his birthday). We've never been to Disneyland Paris but I've been to Disney World twice.
People say wait but then again, what's pushing me to book it is this is the only time we'll be able to go out of school terms and school holidays. I would like to take DS to both Disneyland and Disney World. We went to Disney World in May of 2018 and never had to queue with our fast passes, we walked straight on every ride.

DD was 3yo but closer to 4 (3y10m) - we'd been to Alton Towers so I knew that she liked rides at least. It was amazing (and then we went to Florida at 4y2m). It helped that she was reliably toilet trained so I wasn't worried about accidents in queues etc, didn't need milk at bedtime - stuff that you can get around but it's easier if you don't have to! She loves rides and princesses so it was perfect.

I took my 3yr old recently. He loved it & he has never actually watched any Disney films so didn’t know any of the characters. It was very busy but he was fine.

Only thing I would say is go before he actually turns 3 as he’ll be free otherwise you have to pay for him.

My dcs have loved it at 3yo as they are big theme park fans and there are plenty of rides they can do. We have a disabled person in the family so didn't need to queue much, and we stayed on site, although we spent the whole day in the park and didn't use the hotel except for sleeping (they napped in their buggies). They couldn't last until the fireworks though so we missed that. It wasn't much hassle to get there as we're close to a Eurostar terminal - easier than travelling to Alton Towers for us. Even if they've stopped using a buggy regularly I'd bring one or hire one for the day as it's a lot of walking.