Off for a few days there soon and looking for any tips and recommendations for when on site (travel and accommodation already sorted).
Got 2 seven year olds for context.
Any rides to definitely avoid? - won't like anything too fast / scary, and I'm not sure the kids won't either :-)
Any places to eat recommendations? Any any general recommendations on how to eat for a few nights without the need for a 2nd mortgage
Thoughts on the evening shows, split of different parks and time needed, things they might like best etc
Any other thoughts or advice gratefully received
In addition - anyone who has been with kids with additional needs, how did you find it etc?
thanks
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She was ok with most of the rides but one that freaked her out a bit was the Pinocchio ride. It looks pretty tame from the outside but a bit like a ghost train inside. You'll know which roller coaster rides your kids will be ok with but the Hyperspace Mountain is fairly full on and goes upside down. The runaway train is great.
Didn't do the Wild West show but by all accounts is very good (we're doing it when we go again at Easter). Food is expensive but not as bad as I thought it would be. There are plenty of restaurants just outside the main entrance gates, where the wild west building is.
Managed to do most of the rides/things we wanted to do in the 4 days we were there but as I said, it's a long day.
They do fast pass tickets for the popular rides, you get your ticket stamped with a time slot, usually a couple of hours or so after you check in and you come back and go straight to the front of the queue. However, you can only do one fast pass at a time, so pick the ride you really want to do.
If you need to chill out for a bit, go to the Disney Junior studio as they do live shows every 90 minutes or so and is a good opportunity to flop out for an hour while the kids get involved.
Quite a bit to do other than just the rides, Alice in Wonderland maze etc so you don't have to spend all your day queuing up!
If the kids can stay awake, the light and firework show at the end of the evening is worth catching at least once.
Therefore definitely give those a go.
We did do the Wild West show and it was very good and as DM says you really should do the light & firework show at least once.
The Moteurs Action stunt show is decent if you havent seen it before (Disney Studios). 7 Year olds will love the Rattatouie ride which is very clever. My tip on that is go via the single riders queue. You won't sit next to your family but you will be in the same group of cars and it only takes 5 minutes and you will be wearing 3D glasses and won't talk to teh person sitting next to you. If one of your party isn't, you can just wait for them at the end.
Pirates of the Carribean has some water shutes but they are not massive and 7 year olds should love. They should also like the Star Wars and Buzz rides in the future zone as well as the Haunted mansion ride. The Peter pan ride is ok for 7 year olds and they will enjoy small world. They will also like the cars which they control the throttle but are steeredon rails. Probably more for 7 year olds in the main park - Crush Coaster is good but it is a roller coaster - upside down etc... if they are not into that. The studios ride is a bit old but worth it for the flood and fire scene and this is often pretty empty.
In the studios there is an animation show, where at the end of it they show you how to draw a disney character. This is quite fun to instill some family rivalry in who can draw the best one. Find out the time of the parades in the Disney park - the best place to view the parades is where they exit the park near the front of the park. If you go through the indoor shopping bit along main street - the left one if you are heading towards the park entrance and exit, you should find a less crowded spot to view parades as you get out in the open.
Hope this helps.
we went Friday - Sunday, definitely do as many rides as possible on the Friday (we didn't queue more than 15 mins for anything) however on the Saturday the queues were 1 hour+ on everything......we did Disney on the Friday and then the Studios on the Saturday and watched all the shows (we definitely think we made the right choice)
we managed to stay Saturday night for the fireworks which were amazing, loads to do including the parades which my kids loved.
we had a 'character' dinner on the Friday evening - total rip off.
stayed in one of the hotel's served by the shuttle buses about 10 mins away, should've eaten there really.
rides wise, 'It's a small world' took me back to my childhood and is great....also the Buzz lightyear one is a must, will queue whenever for that - but it's well worth it.
do the bag drop thing at the station when you get there, they then take your bags to your hotel for when you check in and you can go straight in the parks, same when going home, put them in at the station to then collect them before the train home
Dont take the piss, but I shat myself going round on that in the dark, getting spun left right and centre.
My boy is 9, and has been going to various Disney parks since he was 3. He has always gone on rollercoasters as soon as he was tall enough - and he loves the mine train in Paris.
Both my daughters are disabled and it was a godsend not to have to worry about access and queues.
My sensible grandkids declined to go on Space Mountain. I went on out of nostalgia for when i took my own kids to Florida. Mistake. The Paris ride is a lot more white knuckle. I swear you need a crash helmet....the amount of times it threw my head against the side of the seating area.
No chance
Prepare to come back absolutely knackered, up early, up late, pretty full on, as others have said once you get your head round the prices, just don’t think about it too much.
I did the rock n roll rollercoaster on my own as the kids were too small, I’m still recovering!
I hope you have a fantastic time, I loved it, I think we stayed in one of the hotels on site, so it was easy to get into in the morning, we did the Disney breakfast with the characters, again not cheap, but it’s sorta thing that you do when you’re there.
Full TOTAL cost was £1300 , 2 adults and a 6 yo
The food vouchers alone could have totalled £1200 for the four days.
All Staff were brilliant through out the park and couldn't do enough for you. Even the professional photographers who take your photo with the characters take a photo with your mobile and not even the hint of wanting a tip.
Brilliant place and would go again
Fantastic place
Ratatouille is a great ride (Studio's Park), everyone will enjoy that, plus Pirates of the Carribean, Small World. If you can get to see the Stunt Show in the Studio Park do it, it's brilliant.
We are spending four days in Paris and the younger kids have asked if we can spend two days at Eurodisney.
I told them to fuck right off.
Paris is for drinking Bordeaux reds, dining al fresco on Haute Cuisine and ogling les belles femmes Parisiennes not hanging about with fucking Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck in a fucking theme park.