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[Minty]

Hello,
Never been to Disney before, but going to France in July and stopping at Disney for ONE DAY - taking 9 and 11 year old. I know we won't do it justice in a day... but what should we focus on seeing/doing?
Thank you!

[andya]

I'd probably stick to Disneyland Park and make sure you use your fast passes wisely. Have a look around at whats on offer and plan your day as much as you can.

Take food (stopping off will just waste time) and enjoy!

[rocker]

Get the DLP App on your phone so you can keep an eye on queue times & if you see a short one, get yourself over there & take advantage!  Get to the park for opening & like andya says, use fast passes.  I believe you can get new passes as soon as your pass slot starts.  i.e. if you have 11-11.30 slot for Peter Pan, then you could go to Big Thunder Mountain at 11, get your passes for that & then go back to ride Peter Pan, that way you'll get an earlier slot for Big Thunder Mountain & squeeze in more fun!

If you are efficient with these, then you could squeeze in 4-5 passes in 1 day.  Personally, I'd use passes for
Peter Pan
Big Thunder Mountain
Buzz
Space Mountain (although this has a single rider queue so you go do it that way instead).

Also agree that there is so much to see & do in the main park, not worth doing Hollywood Studios if you've only got a day, plus, a one park ticket should be a few Euros cheaper than "Hopper" 2 park tickets.

Parade time is good for shorter queues if you're not too fussed about parades.  Parade time aside, 2-7pm is busiest so good time to do walk throughs like Robinson Tree, Alladin tales of Agrabah, Alice's Maze & Thunder Mesa Riverboat, Cinderella's castle, check out the shops on Main Street & have something to eat.

Pirates Of The Carribean & Small World have no fast pass, but very variable queue times so particularly worth keeping an eye on the app for these as a couple of hours in the day can be the difference between an hour long & a 10 minute queue for these two.

If you want to sit down & eat, as it's high season, worth booking in advance.  Book afternoon when rides are busiest so you can re-fuel & come out some more fun in the evening when queues will have shortened a bit.

Wear comfy shoes, you'll be covering a fair distance if you're trying to pack everything into a day.  To keep you energised through to dinner, take snacks & water bottles, which you can re-fill at fountains near many of the toilets.

Have fun... :-)