Disney Paris Holiday with toddlers

Fingalpeanut

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Just wondered if anyone had a top tips when travelling to Disney Paris with toddlers. Hard to know what to expect when travelling from CDG airport to the resort itself - we dont have any tranfers arranged yet and we're heading off in a few weeks time. Eating out with our little boy will be a challenge.. yogurts and fruit probably wont be on many menu's so I'm hoping someone will be able to give their take on how they managed with their little one's!
Thanks so much

finbarrk

Waste of time and money bringing a toddler there. The local playground would be appreciated more.

Fingalpeanut

Wow! Thanks for the feedback... anyone have any helpful insights
Cheers

Outkast_IRE

are you actually staying at the disney resorts ? if you are im sure they operate a bus transfer from the airport you might need to go onto the disney website and find it though.
Have a read through this info http://visit.disneylandparis.ie/visiting-paris/access-from-airports.xhtml

Daisy M

Have a look at the tripadvisor disneyland forum and hopefully you should get some good info there. I know families that have gone with toddlers and both parents and kids had a great time. The only thing that ever held me back from bringing my kids on foreign holidays when they were toddlers was lack of funds, if I could have afforded it I would not have considered it a waste of money, and definetly wouldnt consider any holiday with them a waste of time! Enjoy yourselves.

Carawaystick

There's a few shops in the station at disney, to get supplies etc. They probably have yohgurts and definitely have fruit in the park resteraunts

You can get a tgv train direct from the airport to disney station, and I'm sure there's bus transfers also.

Little miss Carawaystick was 2&11months and baby Carawaystick was 3 months when we went.

The parade was probably the biggest hit followed by an Alladin merry go round, teacups and dumbo

The resteraunts outside the park but in Disney are reasonable( for Ireland, badly overpriced for France)
But convenient

NiRiainRua

I would not take any child under 6 years to Disney, whether it was in Paris or here in DisneyWorld,
it's a total waste of money. I've seen it so often.....worn-out toddlers who have no idea
why their parents are putting them through all this.
It's obviously for the parents' gratification, as the toddlers are not going to remember it.
I saw one Dad trying to keep his 3-year old awake for the fireworks, he actually said "I've paid a lot of money to bring you here, you're going to stay awake!"

We recently won tickets to the Wizarding World of Harry Potter, and we saw parents who were
obviously HP fans dragging their little ones around, then getting frustrated because they
couldn't go on the rides.

There is a problem of course when you have a mix of ages, say a child of 8 and a 3-year old.
Get granny or a relative or sitter to take the little one to a playground, he'll be happier there.

THENORTHSIDER

Best thing we did when we went was to arrange transfers before we left. He was there to collect us and made the whole journey so easy.

There is a mini market in the railway station very handy for drinks and snacks before you go into the park where u will have to hand over your life savings for the same items.

Also if ur staying in a Disney hotel check what are the busy breakfast times, we usually waited til the last one as this wasn't as packed and it allowed you take as much food as you could carry;);)

RustyNut

Hi been there a few times, march was the last.

The train will bring you right to the entrance and is not too expensive.
The restraunts in the parks are a rip off as are the shops and they are everywhere.

I agree with some of the other posters that it is not the ideal place for younger kids but there are things they will love, the parade, meeting all the characters and the rides that are for specifically for the little ones.

Maybe think of a day trip to parc astrix the other side of Paris.

finbarrk

Fingalpeanut wrote: »

Wow! Thanks for the feedback... anyone have any helpful insights
Cheers

Unfortunatley for you, I'm telling the truth. You can disguise it if you want re a nice time in Paris but the bottom line is Disneyland is a waste of money for toddlers.

Fingalpeanut

Thanks guys for those who took the time to give helpful feedback... much appreciated

Really looking forward to our family holiday now and dont worry I wont prod my child with a stick to induce fun. We're lucky enough to be able to travel as a family because we cant afford to do it offten, so we'll make the best of it with what we can, even is some negative begrudge'rs think otherwise :P I also consider any time we have together a bonus.. life is short and its best spent in a positive way.

Fingalpeanut x

mikom

Fingalpeanut wrote: »

~ All negativity is an illusion created by the limited mind to protect and defend itself. ~

I remember hearing this when I was aged 4.
Oh wait, scrub that, I remember nothing aged 4.

mikom

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5NQNo_4yWY

Hobbes

As people have said if they are quite small they don't realise what is going on. As Robin Williams once said "They don't see Mickey Mouse, they see a 6ft Rat". They will also have the added stress of different foods, different bedroom.

Brought my son to Orlando this year. He is six. He enjoyed it a lot, but we went on 2 serious rides the whole time there, one of which upset him (second one). So with that and having to queue he didn't feel happy about doing that.

So we did more a less of a tour of parks, and he enjoyed the side attractions a lot. But overall there are much cheaper alternatives (until they are older).

I would recommend Legoland in England. It is closer, cheaper and the local hotels do deals, eg. Hilton when I went all kids board was free.

mikedragon32

Closing thread. OP got an answer to the query and clearly doesn't want opinions on the holiday being planned.

For what it's worth OP, we've been to France and Germany with our daughter several times in her first two years of existence and we've never had an issue with bringing our own food items with us to restaurants, particularly in daytime.

We found it easier when going for an evening meal to put our daugher into her pram for her bedtime routine and then go out, but ensuring she's well wrapped up! Even the noise in some very busy restaurants didn't disturb her.

Finally, a word in relation to snippy posts. People will offer opinions rather than advice sometimes and you might not like what you read. Best thing to do is ignore it as responding to them with smartarsery only tends to attract even more comment. Next best thing to do is report posts if you feel they're contrary to the charter and let the mods deal with it. In short, if you don't like it don't respond.