Disneyland Park, Paris Review

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Part Mummy Part Me's Review of Disneyland Park, Paris

17th Jun 2009

Overall Rating

3.5 stars
  • Value for money
    2.5 stars
  • Ages suited for
    Under 12
  • Date of visit (month/year)
    June 2009
  • Other info / Tips?
    go off peak, stay at a disney hotel as you get in
Good Points

Great rides, great atmosphere but do go off peak.


Bad Points

The peculiar thing about Disneyland, Paris is that you can't get a decent coffee for love nor money. Not in the park, the studios, the village nor the hotels. There wasn't a Gaggia in sight.

I had to make do with Nescafe espresso or, worse, Nescafe cappuccino - the kind that started life as a dry powder and owes its foaminess to E-numbers. I'm surprised the Disney staff haven't mounted a strike in protest.

We made the mistake of thinking Big Thunder Mountain was a family ride. Disney bill it as such, my daughter exceeded the minimum height requirement and from where we were standing the ride looked fairly tame. We were so wrong.

It is not a fast train ride. It is a roller coaster without the loops. We closed our eyes and screamed through the entire ride. I know that's de rigeur on roller coasters. But we were both uncomfortably scared. Although, later in the day I must admit that we looked back on the experience and felt a stoic sense of achievement.

So be warned - what Disney, or others, think is age appropriate may not be, depending on how fearless you and your child are. my daughter and I are fairly evenly matched. Clearly, she has a better excuse for being a wimp " she is only five.


General Comments

My daughter and I had a great time at Euro Disney this Tuesday and Wednesday. The weather was amazing, the queues bearable (the longest we ever had to wait for a ride was 30 minutes) and the atmosphere happy and upbeat.

I had steeled myself for an onslaught of unbridled consumerism and in-your-face American-style Disney overkill but was pleasantly suprised.

I'm not denying that food and merchandise were expensive, they were. But the French are, well, French and so their Disney-ness was expressed with a smile and a 'Hello Princess'. They were charmingly free of faux enthusiasm, tending towards friendliness instead. A refreshing experience for any visitor to Paris.

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