My Disney Class

I have visited Disneyland Paris two times- My Suggestions  Below

 

NOTE: See my blog post on Phantom MANOR- (GREAT Attraction and story)

 

http://mydisneyclass.blogspot.com/2015/11/phantom-manor-disneyland-paris-behind.html

 

 

I've done both parks in one day with a park-hopper ticket I bought on the DLP website.

 

I would personally say that unless you can find a good deal on a two park ticket, just do Disneyland Park. Walt Disney Studios Park was disappointing, and we only did two attractions before switching to Disneyland Park for the rest of the day.

 

Many of the attractions there are cloned from other Disney parks, and the only non-clone I'd recommend is Crush's Coaster. Given the typical crowds at Disneyland Paris, you really need a full day at Disneyland Park to do everything plus another 2/3 to a full day for Walt Disney Studios Park.

 

If you do want to visit both parks in one day, I would recommend arriving at least 45 minutes before the Studios park opens (an hour would be ideal). This is because instead of a rope drop, guests are free to join the queue for any attraction immediately after they enter the park(although they don't start loading until official opening time).

 

Go straight to Crush's Coaster, and with luck you will be off within about 45 minutes of opening.

 

Get a Fastpass for either Rock 'n' Roller Coaster or The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror, then ride the other. Once you've used your Fasspass, get over to Disneyland Park.

 

Nothing else at the Studios park is worth it if you only have one day (unless you're a show person, in which case there are a few good ones...pick only one or it will be too much of a time drain).

 

At Disneyland Paris, make sure you take full advantage of the Fastpass system, as the lines can be insane (on my visit, almost every ride had 60-90 minute waits for a majority of the day). I would consider the following six the park's must-see attractions:

 

Alice's Curious Labyrinth
Big Thunder Mountain
Le Chateau de la Belle au Bois Dormant
Phantom Manor
Pirates of the Caribbean
Space Mountain: Mission 2

 

Other than that, the park's got a lot of similar attractions to the US parks (although mainly in French), and a number of walkthroughs that are good for killing time while waiting for a Fastpass.

 

Other than Space Mountain and Big Thunder Mountain, the park also offers Fastpass on Indiana Jones et le Temple du Peril, Buzz Lightyear Laser Blast, Star Tours, and Peter Pan's Flight. Also note that single rider lines are practically non-existant at Disneyland Paris (there may be one or two at the Studios park, but I know for sure there are none in Disneyland Park).