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TOP SIGHT
DISNEYLAND RESORT PARIS
It took almost €4.6 billion to turn the beet fields 32km east of Paris into
Europe's first Disney theme park. What started out as Euro-Disney in 1992
today comprises the traditional Disneyland Park theme park, the film-oriented
Walt Disney Studios Park, and hotel-, shop- and restaurant-filled Disney Vil-
lage. And kids - and kids-at-heart - can't seem to get enough.
One-day admission includes unlimited access to attractions in
either
Disneyland Park or
Walt Disney Studios Park. The latter includes entry to Disneyland Park three hours before it
closes. A multitude of multiday passes, special offers and packages are always available.
No picnic hampers/coolers are allowed, but you can bring snacks, sandwiches, bottled
water (refillable at water fountains) and the like. The resort has numerous themed
restaur-
ants
of varying quality and value; tables can be reserved online up to two months in ad-
vance. Its seven American-styled
hotels
are linked by free shuttle bus to the parks. Rates
vary hugely. There are also plenty of chain-style hotels in the vicinity.
Disneyland is easily reached by
RER A4
(€7.50, 40 minutes to one hour, frequent),
which runs from central Paris to Marne-la-Vallée/Chessy, Disneyland's RER station.
Top tips:
Preplan your day on Disney's website, working out which rides, shows etc you really
want to see.
Buy tickets in advance to avoid the queue.
The free Disney app provides real-time waiting time for attractions, but note that free wi-
fi is only available in limited areas within the park.
Once in, reserve your time slot on the busiest rides using FastPass, the park's ride-reser-
vation system (limited to one reservation at a time).
Disney hotel guests are often entitled to two 'Magic hours' in Disneyland Park (usually
from 8am May to October) before it opens to the public; however, not all rides run during
these hours.
Disneyland Park
( 10am-11pm May-Aug, to 10pm Sep, to 6pm Oct-Apr, hours can vary)
has five
themed pays (lands): the 1900s-styled Main Street USA;
Frontierland
, home to the le-
gendary Big Thunder Mountain ride;
Adventureland
, which evokes exotic locales in rides
like Pirates of the Caribbean and Indiana Jones and the Temple of Peril;
Fantasyland
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