Post actualizado el día September 27, 2026 by DeiviSanzPlay
Anyway, after mulling over the idea for ages, the other day I finally took the plunge and went to Disneyland Paris. It had always seemed like something super far-off and for rich people; I imagined it as something that cost an arm and a leg and that you couldn’t get to without a car. And wouldn’t you know it, it turns out I was completely wrong about all of it.
The first thing I realized is that everyone tells you “buy tickets in advance.” Okay, sure, but that doesn’t mean anything. You have to go to the disneyland paris website official site and pay close attention, because prices change like the weather. A weekday in January can cost you 50 euros for access to one park, but if you click on a Saturday in summer, it shoots up to almost 100. Finding real deals is harder than seeing Mickey with no line. And of course, you start looking at options and you see the disneyland paris packages, the disneyland paris holidays, and you get dizzy. A lot of people combine hotel and tickets like that, in a package.
But here comes the trick I discovered: to find good disneyland paris tickets, you have to be like a bloodhound. euro disney tickets go on sale between 3 and 6 months in advance. And yes, buying online is cheaper than at the box office on the day. But watch out, because there are a thousand types of tickets: disney land paris 1 day and 1 park, disneyland and Walt Disney Studios in one day, or the ones that last more days. And then, if you’re like me, you ask yourself: how much time do you dedicate to this madness? The opinion I saw most, and that I now share, is that the ideal way to see paris disneyland and the studios one without going crazy is two days, one for each park.
Once you have the tickets, you think about accommodation. And here there are two very different paths. There are people who stay in a disneyland paris hotel. This has a huge advantage, and it’s not just the decor of the disneyland paris hotels. It’s that they let you into the parks an hour before everyone else. Imagine being able to go on the most famous rides with ridiculously short lines or see the castle without a speck of crowds. But of course, at disney france everything has a price, and these hotels inside the resort tend to be more expensive. Also, it seems that if you want just a room without the tickets included, you can’t do it online and you have to call by phone. For me, since I was on a tight budget, the option was to find a hotel in Paris and make the trip there and back in a day.
And here comes another thing that pleasantly surprised me: getting to eurodisney from central Paris is an absolute marvel. You take the RER A train line (the one with the stop marked with the Mickey icon, you can’t miss it) and in about 40 minutes and for 5 euros per trip you’re at the Marne-la-Vallée station. You get off the train, go through some turnstiles, and there are the gates of paris disney. It’s impossible to get lost.
The day you arrive, my golden advice: the official Disneyland Paris app. Without that app, you’re lost. It saves your life. With it you see real-time queue wait times, you can book a table at some restaurants, you check where the characters are, and you keep your tickets on your phone. If there’s anything that makes the difference between a stressful day and a more or less manageable one, it’s that app. And it costs you nothing to download it.
Eating inside is another world. Table-service restaurants, like Bistrot Chez Rémy from Ratatouille, fill up weeks in advance, so if you want something like that, you have to plan it well in advance. I went with the idea of spending little, so I opted for the “fast food” inside the park. I ate at one called Au Chalet de la Marionnette, for about 13 euros for the main dish with potatoes. It’s not gourmet, but it does the job for refueling. That said, most of the budget options are the usual fast food. And what almost nobody says: you can bring your own food and drinks from outside. I saw families with sandwiches and bottles of water. A friend told me to bring a reusable bottle, because inside there are fountains to refill it and you save paying 4 euros for each little bottle of water. A detail that makes a difference.
Another thing I learned the hard way: the weather in Paris is a disaster, and at eurodisney paris too. A day can start sunny and in half an hour you’re soaked. Bringing a thin raincoat, one of those that fold up, is much more practical than an umbrella, which you end up dragging around on every ride.
In the end, my summary of disneylandparis is this: yes, it’s a well-oiled money-making machine and everything is expensive. But it’s also true that with a bit of planning (and being a bit of a cheapskate, like me), you can have an amazing time without going broke. You don’t need to stay inside the resort or buy all the extra passes. You just need to know how to get around, use the app, and not be afraid to bring your own sandwich. The magic, if you’re into that sort of thing, well, it’s there, in the atmosphere, in the castle, in the music… although sometimes the greatest magic is avoiding the two-hour line to ride the trendy roller coaster.
