Disneyland Paris Family holiday

We travelled to Disneyland Paris by Eurostar from Ashford. We stayed the night before at a hotel 5 minutes away which also included the parking which worked out perfect for us.

This was my first time on the Eurostar and we were very impressed by how easy and simple it was. We also went Premier select which is equivalent to first class. This was just superb and well worth paying the extra. You get a light breakfast or light dinner and lots of leg room and the seats are so spacious. It’s a really nice start to the holiday.

We stayed 3 nights at the Newport Bay Club and had a lovely room on the admiral floor overlooking the lake and onto the New York New York hotel. The hotel was lovely. It had a really nice pool and the staff were very friendly. We had several characters visit the hotel lobby each day.

The first day we spent at the Disney Park and arrived for 8am, but most rides didn’t open until 10pm. The children’s rides in Fantasyland were open such as Dumbo and the neverland ride. We had a lot of fun seeing the characters throughout the day and meeting for cuddles and autographs.

We spent a day at Universal studios and then another day at the Disney Park, but later in the day went to Universal for the parade then back to Disney again. The great thing with the tickets included in the holiday is you can do this, change from park to park.

As it was my husband and I with our 11 month old baby and 3 year old. We really did benefit from the baby switch service. This is a service which allows parents to go on the ride. What happens is one parent will que for the ride while the other one stays with the children, then once they have been on, the other parent can then go straight on the ride. Our daughter Erin loved this as she went on with each of us on each ride.

We did the character breakfast which was very good. It would be a great shame to go to Disneyland and not do this as a treat. We had seven characters visit during our breakfast and it was lovely as they come round each table. The buffet breakfast is also very good with a good choice of food.

During the evenings we ate out at the Rainforest café and Planet Hollywood. Both were good food. We dined at approx 4pm- 5pm which was a good time as it isn’t busy. We made the mistake one evening of going out at 7.30pm and trying to find somewhere to eat without at least a 30 minute waiting time was impossible, it was crazy. Even the huge McDonalds there was packed and no one was moving fast in the que. A lot of people were moaning about this. So my advise if you are going with smaller children especially, eat early.

On our last day, we checked out, handed our luggage in and then we didn’t see our cases until we collected them at the Eurostar express point. This allows people to spend the day in the parks without having to worry about luggage.

We had a lovely family holiday and seeing how much fun our 3 year old was having made it all so special. Our baby Ashlea was also loving every moment of it. To me, going by Eurostar is the way to go to Disneyland Paris.