We are planning on taking our 4 grandchildren to Disneyland Paris (first visit for all of us) next Easter. I always check TA before booking anywhere, but I%26#39;m soooo confused this time.
It appears all the Disney Park hotels only cater for families of 4. The kids are aged 11,11,10 %26amp; 5, 1 boy and 3 girls. The eldest and youngest (11 %26amp; 5) are brother and sister and could share a room with us no problem, a double with 2 twins or a double with bunks. The older 2 girls could share an adjoining or interconnecting room in double/twin or bunk beds.
We wont have a car as either going by plane or Eurostar from Cardiff. I%26#39;d like to be either on the Park or in one of the nearby partner hotels. The Thomas Cook Explorer does Crew 6 rooms which seem ideal, but the reviews arent that good. The Disneyland Hotel says it does larger family rooms, but doesnt elaborate.
I dont want to spend a fortune on accommodation as it seems the Park itself is going to be expensive enough for food etc, but we want it to be special, as it is probably the only time we can take all four of them as the older two will be too old soon.
Can anyone recommend the best place to stay?
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You can get interconnecting rooms onsite so you could split the group up as described above - you just need to mention this when booking your package through Disney.
Alternatively as you say its the offsite hotels. I%26#39;ve just booked an apartment for 8 for our next visit in nearby Val de Europe (I too would prefer to be onsite but the credit crunch is hitting and if its the choice between off site or no trip I%26#39;ll take the offsite!). We booked the Pierre Vacance also known as Adagio City I believe and it cost us £335 in total for 8 of us for 3 nights with expedia - no tickets included. I%26#39;m not expecting great things but seen as we are in the parks for 8 and don%26#39;t leave till maybe 9 or 10 at night its only somewhere to sleep.
The things you need to bear in mind are
A - school holidays are always more expensive
B - the kids free offer if its still on saves you money but its only on the onsite Disney hotels plus the nearby Elysee in Val de Europe however the Elysee rooms would not fit your combinations
C - staying onsite the tickets are discounted into the hotel costs so they can sometimes be cheaper to stay onsite
What I would do is firstly sort out your dates as you can%26#39;t get an accurate quote without a firm date.
Then price up a package with Disney - give them a ring using the number off the website. For the purposes of the quote split the rooms with 1 adult in either in case the system will not quote for a room that contains only children - (you can sort out the actual sleeping arrangements when you are there).
Then you have something to compare to.
Then go price up tickets for the amount of days you will be there. Taking that price off the amount Disney have quoted will then give you a figure to try and beat if you look for room only off site. dlrpmagic.com/guides/…
As for the older two being too old....you are never too old for Disney!
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We have stayed in the New York before and had interconnecting rooms.
We are staying this time in the Newport Bay and again asked for the interconnecting rooms.
However both times when booking they advise you they can not guarantee these rooms so I would not rely on this way of booking just in case there are non available on your arrival.
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Thanks to both of you, Ruthiebabie and MaddieIsabelsmum for your advice.
Ruthiebabie, I%26#39;m definitely going to try your suggestion of 2 rooms with 1 adult and 2 kids per room, dont know why I didnt think of it!! Hubbie can have my daughter%26#39;s 2 and I%26#39;ll stay with my son%26#39;s 2 girls.
Still not sure on the hotel though, as I cant get prices past March. I s%26#39;pose the new price lists come out in October, same as the flights. The Explorer is the only one that seems to cater for a larger family, so will investigate that too in a month or two%26#39;s time.
I%26#39;d really like to go at Easter as getting the parents to make excuses at the different schools to get term time off isnt easy, but I realise most of the cheaper deals are during the school term (especially the kids go free bit until the end of March).
Ever been that time of year? I should imagine it%26#39;s not that warm.
Anyway, thanks again for the tips. I%26#39;ll keep them in mind.
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Hi Pushkathecat
We went in April school holidays this year and the weather was the same in that area of France as it was here - cold with snow on the first day as we travelled
However, if you remember the previous year at the same time had been a heatwave - I had children in their swimming costumes on my back garden in a pool and had to apply suncream
Pot luck with the weather at that time of year now with Global warming :D
HTH
KR x
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HI Pushkathecat
I have been in March and February and we had a little rain in March 2007 but great sun this year for one week in winterbreak holiday.
But when moving around in the park Your temperature going up, so It good that it isnt to hot.
Mutter
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