Are you planning to spend a day at Disneyland Paris? You'll have a great time with family or friends, but the Parisian park is known for its large crowds and endless wait times before boarding the attractions. We offer some tips and an optimal route to help you improve your visitor experience and be able to do as many popular attractions as possible without too much waiting in 2025. Are you ready? Here we go.
An optimal route to do the maximum number of attractions at Disneyland Paris in 2025
The first thing to do to optimize your day at Disneyland Paris in order to make the most of the park's flagship attractions that attract many visitors is obviously to arrive relatively early.Mickey's Kingdom opens its doors at 9:30 a.m. Plan your arrival by taking into account the route from the parking lot to the park entrance and the various security checkpoints.
Once you've passed through the gates, we recommend heading to Fantasyland. The goal is to do the popular and low-capacity attractions early in your day. So, plan to do Peter Pan's Flight first because the wait is very long during the day.
Afterwards, head to Discoveryland to follow up with Buzz Lightyear Laser Blast for interactive shooting in the world of Toy Story. The attraction attracts crowds after 11 a.m. Then ride Star Wars Hyperspace Mountain, formerly Space Mountain, as the wait is less than 1 hour before 10/10:30 a.m.
Then, head to Frontierland to board Big Thunder Mountain(currently closed for renovations). This roller coaster in a western setting is extremely popular and it's not uncommon to wait 1.5 hours or more in line at the end of the morning. A tip: opt for Disney Premier Access here. Then finally, visit Phantom Manor, the haunted mansion located near the mine train.
Be strategic for lunch at Disneyland Paris
Don't waste time for lunch. Choose a restaurant with quick service (Casey's Corner, Hakuna Matata, ...) and plan to eat either early (a little before 12 p.m.) or later (after 1:30 p.m.). This will avoid you being in the lunch rush. Or, another strategy: take your picnic and eat while waiting in line.
In the afternoon, go to It's a Small World, the wait is quick and it allows you to digest. You can follow up with Pirates of the Caribbean and Indiana Jones and the Temple of Peril.
During the Disneyland Paris parade, enjoy reduced wait times
Towards the end of the afternoon and around the time of the parade, we recommend you repeat popular attractions like Big Thunder Mountain if you're in Frontierland, or if you're in Discoveryland, repeat Buzz Lightyear or Star Tours. Generally, attendance decreases during the parade. Please note that 30 minutes before the floats pass, people keep their places and therefore you will have the opportunity to chain 2 attractions fairly quickly in the lands opposite the parade (Frontierland/Adventureland or Discoveryland).
At the end of the day, take the opportunity to take another ride on Hyperspace Mountain or Indiana Jones, in general, the queues get shorter. For those who love shopping, do your shopping on Main Street.
As you will have understood, upon your arrival at Disneyland Paris, the choice of the first attractions you will do is crucial. If you follow this suggested route, you will avoid long queues later in the day.
We can also advise you to download the official Disneyland Paris app for free which informs you in real time of the waiting times for each attraction. Don't hesitate to use the Single Rider queue for Hyperspace Mountain for example. And finally, for very popular attractions like Big Thunder Mountain, we can only invite you to buy Disney Premier Access.
For the question of the budget for a day at Disneyland Paris, we list all the expenses to expect.
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