what is you favourite means of travel to dlrp? we flew from edinburgh/ glasgow on our first 4 trips then decided to try driving. we went from portsmouth to le havre twice, dover to calais once and several times by the rosyth ferry from beside edinburgh to zeebrugge. we have settled now for p&o from hull to zeebrugge as this isn't nearly as expensive as the rosyth crossing and also a much shorter drive. we really enjoy the freedom that driving gives us, both to sight- see in britain and belgium/france. we usually take a day out of the park at the weekend and go touring- just love provins. we have taken lots of wrong turns, seen many unintended places (cental paris and charles de gaulle airport to name but two !!) and every time we see the first sign for the park we are really glad to know that we are almost "home." :) :)
my favorite means (only one ive really done) is driving, because we turn that 5 hours of travel into 7 or so... we tend to stop at some towns here and there. this year will be different because
1: baby cousin this time
2: no room in car so baby cousin and aunty are flying
3: because they will be there faster we will need to go non stop :P
Ferry is great, Flying is great but flying can cause more problems
Lived in Germany and in the U.K. Drove there in Germany. Drove and ferry from U.K. Hubby wont even consider the tunnel :roll: :)
Quote from: "tubbsy"Lived in Germany and in the U.K. Drove there in Germany. Drove and ferry from U.K. Hubby wont even consider the tunnel :roll: :)
weird, mine is really keen to do the tunnel but i won't!!
Must say I am not overly keen on it myself. Hubby likes the fact he gets a longer break and a walk around on the ferry.
the 1st time we went, we live in the midlands area we flew from manchester, from the time we left home to the time we stepped of the shuttle busses in disney was 10 1/2 hours and returning home was a night mare from losing the plane at CDG to getting no steps to leave the plane :roll:
the 2nd time we went we used eurostar, we left for london on national express about 2am in the morning and found out the driver had sold our seats in manchester so they had to take us to bham by taxi, but once we got to london we had about an hour wait and straight onto the train no problems at all, coming back was better as we had a night planned in london :D
for us now eurostar wins every time with a night in london both sides of disney
first I went by train... from Amsterdam to Disney but that is no longer possible so I travel no by bus.... it takes me about 5 or 6 hours to get there by bus so that is reasonable... I have to be in Prinsenbeek at 7.00 and at 13.00 we should be arriving at the hotel... so that is really fast but I would prefer the train if it goes non stop again :)
My favorite method of travel has to be train, as it gets you right to the center of the resort! :D
Quote from: "Angela"first I went by train... from Amsterdam to Disney but that is no longer possible so I travel no by bus.... it takes me about 5 or 6 hours to get there by bus so that is reasonable... I have to be in Prinsenbeek at 7.00 and at 13.00 we should be arriving at the hotel... so that is really fast but I would prefer the train if it goes non stop again :)
You can get the Thalys to Paris Nord and hop on the RER, so you don't need to sit in a bus for 6 hours :shock: You can also get the train to Brussels and hop on the TGV to Marne-la-Vallée.
First time - coach trip via Dover.
Second time - flew from Manchester to CDG Airport, then shuttle bus (nightmare) to DLRP.
Third time - overnight drive and ferry crossing myself, nice, easy and stress free and will be the method for all future visits.
Driving also means I can bring back more Belle stuff!
8)
we have only ever done it self drive, but have done few variations!!!
Ideally i would ALWAYS use the Hull/Zeebrugge Ferry - it is so easy as its 10 mins drive from my house, then when we're on the ferry we can sit in the bar while the kids are in the ball pools, or play in the arcade, try to make it a FREE trip via the casino (not worked yet!), then have a good -ish night sleep, dock in the morning at 8.30 am then its a very easy 3 hour drive to the park. Trouble is, that the prices vary, we have just booked to go in November - 2 nights on ferry & 3 nights at Sequoia for £200 for the ferry but our normal visit to DLRP is in Summer, tied in with a week in a cottage, because its a long stay & high season its around £500 - so its cheaper to drive to Dover, stop off at say Woburn or Whipsnade, and then used both Tunnel (very quick & easy) and ferry (Seafrance - nice boats).
One tip I've read somewhere before, and I have to agree with, is that it is cheaper to get the evening dover crossing & sleep in France (Formule 1, B & B, etc), than it is to sleep in a Travelodge and get morning crossing.
I forgot, we always fill the boot with cheap wine from the duty free!!
as you do
Quote from: "jazzluvva"I forgot, we always fill the boot with cheap wine from the duty free!!
as you do
I don't - my boot's full of Disney stuff.
Belle if I could get her in.
He he.
You can get the Thalys to Paris Nord and hop on the RER, so you don't need to sit in a bus for 6 hours :shock: You can also get the train to Brussels and hop on the TGV to Marne-la-Vallée.[/quote]
I am alone with the little one in a baby carriage... so I just want to go non stop.. that is way easier for me. I have done Paris nord and then the RER, it gave me some problems. And getting to Brussels really early in the morning is not really doable either and like I said with 2 suitcases and a stroller... it is just impossible in my opinion... when little one is older and don't need a stroller anymore and could carry his own suitcase.. we will be going by train again :)
we've tried it all ways really, the first 4 times we went by eurostar which is really our favourite still, just the price prevents us from using it more frequently. however next year i believe we can buy eurostar tickets wiht our many nectar points so we will be likely to do this again.
we hated driving but that's purely because we went on the shuttle from folkestone which is a 7 hour drive from home then a fair few hours the other side.
last 4 or so times we've flown, had no problems with the vea shuttle buses and have often managed to get cheap flights from leeds bradford.
but i still prefer the eurostar cause it gets you straight there.
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I have been 3 different ways, coach, eurostar and plane, and then even mixed plane and eurostar together in a trip :lol: . My favourite has to be the eurostar, never had a problem, never been late and really is easy to catch even when I set off at 5am from my hometown down to London.
Whereas planes rather annoy me a bit, sometimes theres delays, problems, like on new years day last year one of the cabin crew called in sick I wonder why, and the flight was delayed by 1 hour. Not to bad, but cdg is a rather boring airport to sit in.
Coach, well what can I say, leger are just awful, it takes forever, the ferry is tedious and yeah I just don't like sitting in one position for around 12 to 16 hours depending on driver.
We mostly drive get the tunnel then drive to Paris especially if we;ve got my sister as she is in a wheelchair and with how crammed the van is we can't get the wheelchair out on the ferry so we'd have to stay in the car :S And we can't fly with all her specialised equipment she needs. Plus we're off to Center Parcs after.
Previously I have flown, taken the ferry and coach (it was a school trip so a school trip) so the coash has been the most fun but that's because it had 40 of my friends on. Normally I like driving.
Quote from: "PATMAGIC"Coach, well what can I say, leger are just awful, it takes forever, the ferry is tedious and yeah I just don't like sitting in one position for around 12 to 16 hours depending on driver.
Sounds bad.
Driving took me around 7 hours, with a few stop offs (and taking out the ferry journey). And with Disney music all the way, didn't mind it at all.
:lol:
Always flown. Twice from Edinburgh > CDG direct (Air France),
but mostly Easyjet from Edinburgh>Luton>CDG.
Heard that Easyjet are flying new route direct from Edinburgh to CDG starting in September.....Woo Hoo!!
We have flown as we are only 40 mins from Gatwick which was ok, but for us it has to be Eurostar via Ashford ( again 40 mins on the train ) and then its only 2 hours direct to the magic, we are wondering if we will have to go to Ebbsfleet when it opens or whether they will run a direct service from Ashford, im guessing we will have to change at Lille though if we want to continue to go from Ashford. Getting to the Airport so early and hanging around is so boring
First time we drove, second time by coach (14 hours of screaming kids hell, never again :roll: ), third time by eurostar. I definatly prefered the Eurostar, we drove down to london, parked at waterloo station then hopped on the Eurostar, brilliant :D I would like to perhaps fly next time, if not definatly worth saving a bit longer and going by Eurostar.
i first went on plane from manchester, second eurostar from london, 3rd i went on coach but was a school trip and we were locatd in a really traditional french village so then had to drive like 2 hours from there to disney for like a 5hour stay in the park, i suffer with travel sickness so the trip from hull, to dover to france was loooooooong. however my sickness only came on when we travelled back to where we were staying from paris. The ferry was a bit annoying, its boring and plus on the ferry i fell down the stairs inside and because they had metal on i bruised all my side really badly, it was so bad it was painful to sit on the coach and even to put my swimming costume on. next time we are going on plane from manchester we wanted to go form humberside but the travel agents couldnt get us that. i really enjoyed the eurostar, it was 9 years ago and i was only 7 at the time and loved the goody bag, and the characters, its really relaxed and gets you in the mood for disneyland!
First time, by train. Second time, by car.
Next time, by Thalys to Paris, spend the evening on Pont des Art, and then drive to DLRP early the next morning. 8)
Travelled by plane, eurostar and coach. plane and coach were shocking, would never ever do that again. lol
Eurostar is amazing! :-D no faffing about!
The first time in 94 I went with my mom. We went to Paris by bus from Portugal. We stayed there three days, one of them we spent in (former) Eurodisney.
The next time, in 2002 I went with some friends. We drove from Portugal to Amsterdam, and stayed three days in Paris. From Paris to DLRP we went by train.
This year I'll be going by plane :) The fasted way by far lol
I can't remember very much from when I was younger, but I think we went by Ferry and then car. But as I got older we started to go on Eurostar, simply because it was so quick and easy.
Now however, we fly. We've flown for the past 5 visits we've had and I find it so much less stressful. We can get some great flight deals from Doncaster Robin Hood.
dlrp-mad :mickey2:
We've always flown so far (using up our air miles) and never had any problems. I'd really like to drive though because then you don't have to worry about baggage allowances or things breaking on the way home. (I've never bought a snow globe for that very reason).
Every time i've went to DLRP by plane and then the VEA buses.
We always go by Eurostar :) We're about an hour away from Ashford International and then it's only about a 1hr 45 mins on the train trip to DLRP! (That's if there's no delays!)
Isn't there a new high speed route being built for the Eurostars towards DLRP? It will be great being able to get to the resort even quicker! :D
Quote from: "dlrp-mad"We can get some great flight deals from Doncaster Robin Hood.
dlrp-mad :mickey2:
Where are you from then dlrp-mad?
Quote from: "Suzy"I'd really like to drive though because then you don't have to worry about baggage allowances or things breaking on the way home. (I've never bought a snow globe for that very reason).
It really is easy Suzy, nothing to the drive.
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We can get some great flight deals from Doncaster Robin Hood.
they've stopped flights to paris from march, and even stopping to florida from oct