Sensible stay to cover Euro Disney!

Old Jul 13th, 2006, 02:13 AM
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Sensible stay to cover Euro Disney!

Your experience and recommendations please on covering Euro Disney with reasonable (60 - 90 Euros)lodging facility with ease of transortation.
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Old Jul 13th, 2006, 04:47 AM
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Are you a family? How many beds will you need? Did you intend to stay -in- Paris or outside closer to Disneyland Paris?
"Ease of transportation" means 45-minute ride on the RER (suburban train) each way between Disney and Paris. It's zone 5 as far as any passes go.
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Old Jul 13th, 2006, 06:11 AM
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I don't quite understand your question. I will say that we stayed a week in Paris and traveled out to Disneyland Paris (it hasn't been called Eurodisney since about 1992) on two different days. On a good portion of the train ride, we were with the morning commuters and I have never been so packed into anywhere. I felt really sorry for my youngest kids. I'm surprised they didn't faint. (We loved DLP, by the way. It was like taking a vacation from our vacation.)
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Old Jul 13th, 2006, 07:02 AM
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We stayed on the Disney property at the Sequoia Lodge 3 years ago. (I am sure it is more than 60 Euros though) It was great. We drove to the hotel and turned in our rental car nearby. We enjoyed the park and then took the Eurostar to London. We walked out of the park and into the Train station. Very easy. We had our lugggage transferred to the train station, so we just picked up our luggage and boarded the train.
I hope this helps.
Have a great trip.

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Old Jul 13th, 2006, 07:12 AM
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You can find very reasonable chain hotels at Torcy or Noisy-le-Grand along the RER line, just a few minutes from the Disneyland RER station (Chessy) -- check the www.accorhotels.com and www.envergure.fr websites for possibilities.
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Old Jul 13th, 2006, 07:33 AM
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If you will have a car, you could use Gites-de-France for Chambres d'Hote (bed and breakfasts). I've just started using this website:

http://www.itea2.com/GDF/77/index.ph...0f466cae66aa17

(Push on the little flag up top for English)

It would cover the area around Disney and includes rural homes, some chateaux, most of which have pictures and/or websites. Many are absolutely gorgeous and you can have a home prepared meal in some (Table d'Hote). I haven't been to one yet, but we are going to try one south of Paris soon and I can't wait.

If you take a look, put in the touristic area of either Disney or Vallee de la Marne from what I can tell. (Others may be close enough as well so you could try them as well.) I would leave the nearby town blank so you get a good selection.

Ears of corn ("epis") is the rating system (quaint, huh?) 3 ears generally give the price of about 55-65€ for 2 people in the areas I was looking at. I looked a one with 4 epis and it was a bit over 100€.

I've had a lot of fun checking out these B+B's and I've just about selected one for our stay. I've also gotten very nice emails from the owners who happily answered all my questions. One even offered to make us a meal when we arrive from the airport at 10:30 pm since the local restaurants would be closed. That's certainly going above and beyond in my book.
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Old Jul 13th, 2006, 08:52 AM
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I know you asked about DLE but have you thought of Parc Asterix? [the theme is in the name!] It's just south of DLE and very french. WE [2 adults and 2 kids then aged 13 & 16 loved it. There is a hotel on site, or plenty of others in the area. I've not seen it mentioned on this board at all but ai think OPs with kids would enjoy it a lot. The web-site is www.parcasterix.fr i think.
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Old Jul 13th, 2006, 01:29 PM
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i have seen some of the disney properties for very little low season, at www.gtahotels.com , and www.bancotel.com

good luck.
i would stay at the park the day(s) you plan to go, then move into town.

there are buses at CDG that take you directly to park. i do not know if they are free when you are staying in park, or if you stayed at cdg (priceline gets you VERY cheap accomodations there) if you can get to park with those buses.

just some thoughts.. i have not been to the park except once on the train from downtown paris.. and with little children i would rather stay in park and have more of a disney experience, if that is why you are going.
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Old Jul 13th, 2006, 01:31 PM
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i have also seen "disney deals" where kids stay and go to park free with two paying adults/etc...

all this in low season.
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Old Jul 13th, 2006, 01:33 PM
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We went to Parc Asterix many years ago and enjoyed it too. Unfortunately, shortly after arriving, it started to rain on and off most of the day - the place was empty (but no lines)! Worse than that, we wanted to go to the Amphitheater show - I think there was one show that day, or else we only understood that this show existed at the end of the day - and got there just as the doors were closing. I explained that we were there all the way from the US and it was our only chance to see the show, maybe ever, and could they PLEEEAASE let us in anyway considering it was empty? Answwer? A big resounding NON! Funniest part of the day - when we left we were the only car in the entire huge parking lot!

Anyway, it was a good park, which was enjoyed all the more by us because we had had our kids read the Asterix comic books in English before going so they could appreciate what they saw.
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Old Jul 13th, 2006, 01:42 PM
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If I am recalling correctly, Parc Asterix is not open year round, while DLP is. The OP did not mention the month of the planned visit.
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Old Jul 14th, 2006, 12:08 AM
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Thanks for some interesting opinions. I am with my wife and would be traveling during 3rd week of August.
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Old Jul 14th, 2006, 03:13 AM
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The question has to be asked - why go to DLP. It's like going to Las Vegas to see "Venice"
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Old Jul 14th, 2006, 04:01 AM
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When traveling with another person, it is reasonable to plan some activities or destinations that he or she especially likes, as well as some just for you. This is true whether the other person is a child or adult. Children like rides. Some adults do, too. How is it that different from the London Eye? And it could be argued that kids would appreciate the differences between countries by comparing things they know about.
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Old Jul 14th, 2006, 04:55 AM
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And who made you the Vacation Police?

The ancient Romans staged mock sea battles in the Colosseum. The Swiss have built a palace out of ice in the middle of a mountain. A nineteenth century German prince paid a prince's ransom to have fantastical castles built in impractical places. Louis IV literally put on a stage act in which he was 'the sun', formally rising from bed each morning (in a bed specially constructed and placed for the purpose) in front of his assembled court.

Europe has been "Disney" for centuries!
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Old Jul 14th, 2006, 05:37 AM
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yildy: you need to give us more information - these 1 sentence posts are not helping much.

Are you staying in Paris at all? How long? Or do you only want to see Disney and not visit Paris? How many days do you want to spend at Disney (you probably only need one day) ? etc.

If you are also visiting Paris you can just stay in the same hotel you are using there. There is direct train service from Paris right to Disney so you do not need to stay near the park.
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Old Jul 14th, 2006, 10:32 PM
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Dear janisj,
Thanks! We would be staying 2 days in Paris and plan 3 more days for Disney during 3rd week of August and will not be renting car. Staying at Paris could also workout; any ideas, please? ......Rgds
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Old Jul 15th, 2006, 05:26 AM
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You can certainly get a hotel inside Paris, but then you have to tack on about 50 minutes travel time to and from Disneyland.
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Old Jul 15th, 2006, 05:47 AM
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You say you want to stay 3 days at Disney. If that is your plan then definitely stay near the resort. However I can't see there is enough to fill 3 days (or even 2). Paris Disneyland is smaller and w/ fewer rides than Disneyland in Anaheim and much smaller than Orlando. The "studio" side is not much to write home about.

I was just there in March. This is coming from someone who really enjoys Disneyland and who was traveling w/ a true disney-fanatic who's main reasons for going to Paris were 1) the Opera, 2) Disney, 3) Chartres and 4) the Louvre in that order. Even though my traveling companion was insistant we'd need to be at the park before opening time and stay untill closing -- didn't happen. We got there maybe 15 mins after it opened and left by 5:30 p.m. having seen just about everything. We could have stayed a bit longer but a couple of rides were down and there was little of interest in the studio side. (we only spent about an hour at the studio). I can see spending a full, opening to closing, day there - but not more than that.

So I honestly think 3 days at Disneyland is 1.5 to 2 days too much. Have you been to Paris before? If not, 2 days is nothing for that city. Why not just stay in Paris and take one full day out to Disney?
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Old Jul 15th, 2006, 07:42 AM
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Have to agree with janis on that - Disneyland Paris is easily do-able in one day, unless you have some specific interest in a detailed study of the physics of the rides or architectural techniques used in the attractions. As missypie noted, the RER can be crowded (to say the least) with commuters at peak times, but really is quite convenient and easy to use. And if you are looking to economise, you can find a room in your price range in Paris and can eat for less than inflated park prices as well.
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