Hi,

I'm staying in Paris for about a week (just near the louvre and am very confused on how to get there and back by train.

also how to know im getting on the right train each way.

thanks for all your advice in advaice.

Adam

RER A goes there so no problem either direction. You want the train to Marne la Vallee Chessy. The train stops right at the park.

I am also interested in this info.
How long os the train trip?
Is it worth visiting ?
How does it compare to Disneyland in Anaheim?
Thanks
Donna

It is about a 30-40 minute trainride (with the RER A) from Paris (depending on where you get on the RER).

To get there you take the RER A direction "Marne la Vallée Chessy" (this is the Disneyland-station). This is the end-station.

To get back to the city you can take any RER from that station (direction Cergy/Poissy/St. Germain en Laye).

It is a very easy train-ride.

I personally think it is worth visiting (I have also been to WDW and Disneyland Anaheim). There are two themeparks; the Disneyland-park (Magic Kingdom) and the smaller Walt Disney Studios. The Disneyland-park is regarded among Disney-fans the most beautiful and most detailled park.
Compared to Anaheim the park is bigger in area, but has less attractions. For instance there is no Splash Mountain or Jungle Cruise. Other classics such as POTC and Haunted Mansion are there and are really beautiful.

You can easily spend a nice day there.

One warning; smoking is still allowed there. Some people find this evry irritating.

Their best attraction is probably the Lion King show an abridged version of the one performing in both London and New York. You have to queue for a little while to get tickets in advance; there are about 4 or 5 shows a day several in English and several in French.

As another point, generally when we go out there we buy mobilis tickets on the RER pour les zones un a cinq (1 to 5); this enables us when leaving the park around 1800 to go out to dinner in Paris and not have to buy any other transportation tickets for the day!

(Also if you're in to dinner attractions you could try the Buffalo Bill show in the Disney village...if you're familiar with American dinner shows from the Orlando area, it is a Western based show about Annie Oakley and Buffalo Bill with the usual namely unlimited beer or soda (I think wine too) and a meal consisting of chilli, spare rib and sausage, potato, corn on the cob and dessert. It is price though what with the exchange rate between the euro and the US$ probably close to $70 but if you are American and want a piece of Americana and are sort of home sick, you might find it okay.

Disneyland Paris is a worthwhile experience for anybody who like the Disney product. It is always interesting to see the different parks in different countries. The cultural differences are sometimes remarkable -- Disney learned this in Europe the hard way, but now they are more or less on an even keel.

Actually, I find the most amusing thing in the area to be the Disney Village restaurant and entertainment zone -- a sort of hyper neon America that never existed anywhere.

As for how you know you are getting on the right train. There are overhead electronic signs over the quay when a train comes in, telling you which train it is. The train itself also has that on the front of it, as I recall, but that can be hard to see somtimes, so be sure to check the electronic board which changes with every train coming in. AS I recall, they list the "name" of the train (which is a short nickname, sort of, for a particular route) and perhaps the final destination city. So you do have to know a little about what those are for what you want, although there are large signs on the walls periodically with entire train schedules and the "nicknames" of the trains, etc.

Now that train line is the A4 (which is important, as the A2, which you can get at the same stations, goes to an entirely different point). The end point will be Marne-la-Vallee Chessy (which is the same stop as Disneyland), so look for that. Some of those trains on that like stop early, for example, at Boissy-st-Leger. If you make a mistake and your train stops there, just get out and wait for the next one to your final endpoint, no harm done.

On the schedule I have, the train nickname to get to Marne-la-Vallee is QEVO (any one going there on weekday mornings, but I've only looked at a few hours, so there may be others). So the train front and the overhead boards may say QEVO and then Marne-la-Vallee-Chessy.

You can go into www.ratp.fr and print the train schedule for line RER A if you want.