16 Tips for Dining at Disneyland Paris
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- Опубліковано 13 лип 2024
- Over our many trips to Disneyland Paris we've made many errors when it comes to food. To help you make your next trip as joyful and stress free as possible I've put together a list of 16 tips learnt from our time in the parks.
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I'm going back in November for 3 days and originally only booked breakfast. Worked out where I wanted to eat then did some number crunching. I've now added standard half board to my booking and its saved me nearly £40. I didn't realise you could get Chuck Wagon, Downtown New York and Remys on the standard meal plan.
Some fab tips x thanks so much for sharing - I really enjoyed watching from your newest subscribers x
You can also use your magic pass to get free coffee,chocolate or tea at the coffee machines in the disney hotels
Thanks Lucy, some great tips there. We are heading to Paris later this year as a family for the first time. I have been years ago and things have certainly moved on, for the better ❤
Fantastic content thank you. Very helpful for our trip this year. Best of luck with the channel.
Great video, thank you. Love the basic meal plan tip.
Great tips Lucy, thanks
Fantastic tips!
Some fantastic info for first timers here, thanks for this!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Brilliant, thanks
Fab video thank you 🎉
Really good tips, Lucie! :)
If it got your approval I'm def watching this and taking notes!
Ace Lucie! if you’re staying on site (and maybe have a meal plan) you can get breakfast in your hotel reasonably early, so if you’re on the ball, you can eat at 7 and hightail it over to the park for EMH!!
Also, we take loads of multipacks of haribo with us every time to keep the boys happy in those queues 🤣🤣
Thanks for content, please do a vid on breakfast particularly can you use meal plan vouchers to get a breakfast in park (even if staying at DCR)
Will do! I’d like to do that one next time we’re in the parks, then I can show the options… but it may end up being another sit down vid… we’ll see xxx
Just to add with booking table restaurants that April is open now and has been a while. Although it says 2 months on the app it doesn’t seem to be the case so I would keep checking on there rather than relying on 60 days.
Completely agree with this. When we were going in Feb (moved it now) we had our restaurants booked back at the beginning of Dec, and even then you could book out to March.
Hi! Your videos are so helpful, thank you. We are taking our 4 girls (8,7,5 & 1) to DLP for the first time on Boxing Day for a few days this year! Have you been over Christmas before? Have you got any tips that may be specific to Christmas to help make it even more magical? Thank you
Could be a good one for us to do a show about at some point. We have talked about Christmas in the past, but maybe a tips video could be a good idea for later in the year!! In terms of tips, my big one is it can be absolutely freezing so wrap up warm, and take some of those instant heat packs for your pockets. They’re brilliant! 🤣 - Chris
Great video, thank you! What time does hotel new york breakfast end? Wondering if we can do extra magic hour then make it back for breakfast afterwards...🤔
I think it’s quite late - like 1030/11 but not absolutely certain. we’ve always eaten really early then headed in for EMH. Tends to be busiest between 8 and 930 - Chris
Hi there, thanks for the tips. We are a family of 2 adults, 2 children (7/8) and looking at going mid October this year. It's our first time and we've also never done anything inclusive. We've been back and forth on which hotel and which meal plan, and the Full Board Standard looked like a cost effective option but they have pretty much discontinued it as only available at Davy Crockett and Santa Fe now. We really weren't sure over the 3 nights/4 days whether to go for the Half Board Plus or the Full Board Plus. On paper they seem about equivalent if you do the expensive places on the Half Board meals and quick service PAYG for the rest, but if you want to do anything above quick service then the Full Board is then better. Or just Half Board and go nuts at breakfast. As it is our first time, I am tempted to just do the Full Board and not stress about it, especially as with two hungry kids I am sure they will eat well, but I can't make my mind up! What would you please recommend for a first time family?
Hi, we’ve done both full board and half. The benefits of full are that you get to try a load of restaurants out and, as you say, you don’t have to worry on the day as it’s all paid for. With half board, you can always eat at quick service for one meal a day, and that works well, too. I’d say have a look at the menus on the app and weigh it up based on where you’d like to eat. This recent trip we got so much variety, the Full Board was a no brainier, and not having to worry to find the money for every meal whilst there because we’d already paid was actually great. - Chris
@@37DisneyStreet Thank you for the quick reply! I think I will stop bouncing and just go for the Full Board. At least we will know then for any future trip. I get 5% discount on the overall DLP Holiday packages anyway, which makes it even more cost effective.
@@JDtheHutt what we did with the kids was make sure we had a buffet meal every day so we knew there was food for them, then lunchtimes were places like Captain Jacks, Chez Remy etc. where they maybe didn’t like the options as much, but they’d had big breakfasts and got a buffet later on… It worked well (although we did have to buy the occasional snack), and the restaurant choices helped us plan and space out our days, too. But it is a lot of food, so be mindful :-) I’m hoping to do a video on meal plan tips in the next week or so, actually. - C
Great video. My question is does Disney Paris within the park also dinning rules like most of the city where they close and reopen ?
As in they close late afternoon and re-open early evening? I don't think this happens, no. But if you check the Disneyland Paris app, the food section will give you the opening and closing times of all of the restaurants. most open from 11:00. If you're planning on going to DLP, I'd recommend connecting your tickets to the app so that you can book table service or buffet restaurants in advance, particularly at busy times, as they can get booked up quite easily... - Chris
I am going with my kids this summer and they are 7 and 4 years old. The first time I took my 7 year old was back in 2017 for the 25th anniversary. We bought the popcorn bucket. Can I take it this year or do the bucket refill discounts only work for the trip when you bought it?
Hi, I’m not 100% certain you can, but I have seen on some forums people saying they’ve taken theirs back on future trips. It would make sense because you aren’t paying for a container… if you can fit it in, I’d go for it!!! - Chris
I don't know about anyone else but I get breakfast at 7:30 and hold on to pastries to snack on.
I know that’s frowned upon but lots of people do it, and understandably!! We saw a couple making ham sandwiches and wrapping them in foil at their table for lunch!! We also saw a family with Fanta bottles full of the fresh orange! - Chris
This video needs an update. The dining plans are completely different (or did you talk about the US-American ones?) and the Disneyland Hotel has changed quite a lot regarding the characters you can meet in the restaurants as well as the names of the restaurants. Other than that your tips are still very useful. 😊👍💖
Yeah a lot has changed since Lucie pulled this together. I’ll mention it to her and see what we can do to refresh!
Being a constant WDW visitor only, I’m shocked at how fast the restaurants sell out!
It’s like every restaurant is Ohana or something!
What time do the reservations unlock 60 days out 🇬🇧 time?
Here’s the problem; DLP don’t *appear* to have a set time to release. The most accurate prediction seems to be 1am, but the internet is lettered with examples of people being able to book earlier, or being locked out until 8am etc. Plus, it says two month, not 60 days, on a lot of the literature. So depending on the length of the month it’s worth checking 61/62 days in advance.
Don’t give up hope either, we’ve had several good spots as walk ups when we got there. Or just keep trying the app xxx
Hi im planing to go by july, you know if there is people that help you planing your trip like in the us parks?
Btw, im loving your videos, they are very helpful
Hi, I’ll check with Lucie, I’ve never seen this. The App can be quite useful for planning these days. You can put in the rides you’re interested in, book your meals etc. and effectively have an itinerary… - Chris
There are private travel agents who can help you with park reservations etc. but if you mean companies like Touring Plans, I don’t think there is, sorry 😞
Glad you’re enjoying videos, you’ll have an amazing time in July! Fingers crossed Avengers Campus is open for you -Lucie x
@@37DisneyStreet thanks for the infomation
Loved ur vlog. Just wondering would you do 1 on the breakfast options please??? 🙏
Hi Norma, I’m going to be doing a meal plan vlog and ones will talk about the buffet breakfasts there. Do you also want to know what other options there are for breakfast in the parks and village? I may be able to do something on that in a few weeks’ time - Chris
@@37DisneyStreet the meal plan vlog would be plenty thanks Chris. We've decided to go with the compass club in NPB so we've breakfast included. But thank you so much for getting back to me. Really enjoy the vlogs 👌🥰
@@normamurray5245 I’ve already recorded the meal plan one twice, but it has had problems both times!!! I’ll be re-recording it tomorrow at some point!!
@@37DisneyStreet looking forward to it.
Can you do the character breakfasts if you are staying outside of Disney?
Yes, you can x
I'm in the middle of planning our first trip to Disneyland Paris so your tips are very helpful. There's one thing I can't find an answer to, maybe you can help. We're planning on paying for a half-board meal plan and if I understood correctly we will get vouchers. Does the whole party needs to eat together to be able to use them? We're all adults so maybe the boys want spicy Mexican food for dinner but the girls want to try something lighter at Captain Jack's, can we do that? Or half of us want to eat at 7PM and the other half only around 9ish?
Hiya, I’m pretty sure you don’t all have to eat together, no. When people go to eat, you give over your magic pass and say how many are eating and they’ll take those ‘credits’ from your meal vouchers. Just book your tables for the right numbers and the cast members will sort it all out for you :-) - Chris
Hiya, I’m pretty sure you don’t all have to eat together, no. When people go to eat, you give over your magic pass and say how many are eating and they’ll take those ‘credits’ from your meal vouchers. Just book your tables for the right numbers and the cast members will sort it all out for you :-) - Chris
@@37DisneyStreet Thank you, that's good to know. Us girls in the group tend to gravitate toward salads and lighter options and this was the boys' greatest concern. That they will be stuck with "rabbit food" to quote one of them. 🤣 I know there are all kinds of food available in the all you can eat restaurants but it's nice to know that we can go separately to explore our options if we want to. I appreciate your help.
Hi and thanks for this fab video. We are headed to Disney in 5 days! We are half board so I know we can fill up at our hotel (Newport) for breakfast and do one other meal. All the restaurants were fully booked as soon as we were able to check! 😦Does that mean we can only eat at our hotel now or can we still walk in to some restaurants on the day? Help! Not understanding as this is our first trip. X
It's always worth trying for a walk-up. They does sometimes work. Failing that, try asking the hotel concierge - they can often find out for you.
Or do what both the Fletchers and the Raines do - increase your chances by going for an earlier lunch! 😆
Hope you enjoy your trip whatever happens! - H
@@37DisneyStreet thank you v much ☺️
Can you take your own water bottle ? Are there stations to refill your bottle ?
Yes, you can! And yes, there are! It gets hot in Summer, don’t go without one!
Hi, I already asked you earlier about the meal plans when we were just planning our trip and your answer was really helpful but now that it's time to execute our plan, I'm stuck. 😂 Maybe you can help again, it's worth a try. 😁 I just booked our stay in Sequoia Lodge and I want to add a meal plan to it but for the life of me can't figure out how. Every tutorial, video, help I go through, they all say the same: choose your meal plan and add it to your booking. But how? I can't find any option for it on the website, even if I find a link somewhere saying "you want to add a meal plan?" it just takes me back to the information page about the meals, in my "manage booking" menu I found the "my meal plans" option with the rest of the extras but it's empty, just says I didn't add any meal plans yet but no option to actually do so... I know that maybe two months ago when I first started checking the website for prices and such it was part of the booking process, you could add it to your booking at the same time you booked the hotel but they removed it from there and now I can't find it anywhere...
Have you booked direct? - Chris
@@37DisneyStreet What do you mean? Directly on the DLP website? Yes, I did book there.
@@viktoriatoth5809 ok. In all a honesty I don’t know the answer to this as I’ve always booked through a partner and just contacted them to ask them to make changes. I’d maybe call the number on the website to speak to their experts. They should be able to review your booking information and tell you how to do it… - Chris
@@37DisneyStreet Thank you ☺
Diseny site doesn't actually offer to do online ,you have to call them directly to add meal plan
Anybody know if DLP have Dole whip? I didnt try it till my last day in Florida WDW and id love to have it again.
They dont have "Dole" as such, they have their own Pineapple Whip in a waffle bowl. You can pick it up from Cafe de la Brouse in Adventureland (When they're open, and in stock) - Chris
So I finally got to 60 days before my visit and I jumped on the moment they opened my first day and Princess Dining already sold out, day 2 same thing 😥 I brought her the most beautiful Belle dress ready for the Princess Dining, I just want to sob 😥 what Princesses are on the parade?
Depending on the weather, most of the princesses are usually there in the parade, I think. Have you tried calling about the Princess dining? Always worth trying other avenues… you never know! Chris
Is there a certain time of the day that they go live on the app?
@@nathw8740 1am Paris time.
I'd noticed there is a lot of Nutella, not very good if you have family with Nut Allergies!
We joke about the Nutella a lot on our show,
But I don’t think it’s as prevalent as it used to be. Yes it’s a topping for crepes and waffles, and they have individual
Sealed packs at breakfast, but they are good at supporting people with allergies. - Chris
Tip number one " this isnt Walts Disneyland. They copied everything. One thing they couldn't take was the Magic...and the kick ass weather of southern California.
DLP is far from a carbon copy of DLC, though, and the magic is there, it’s just different. Unique walkthroughs, a Beautiful castle, twists on classic rides, and, cultural differences make it a different, yet familiar experience. yeah - no California weather, but it’s still pretty decent during the summer, and wrapping up warm for Christmas makes it all the more special - C
Their obviously different...thats usa california THIS IS PARIS IN FRANCE EUROPE ,HOW CAN YOU compare the 2