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Best Theme Parks for a First Trip to Europe: Choosing Your First Park
Choose a theme park for your first European trip by weighing transport, total costs, seasonal availability, and attraction preferences—not rankings alone.
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Disneyland Park (Paris)
Score7.8
🇫🇷FranceTheme parkEurope
Chessy, Marne-la-Vallée, France
Europe's most visited theme park, with the most decorated Disney castle.
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Best for
Best for FamiliesOpened
1992
Size
124 acres (50 ha)
Rides
40 attractions
Avg. visit
9 hours
Ticket range
$68–$120 USD
Disneyland Park (Paris) overview
Disneyland Park (Paris) at a glance
Europe's most visited theme park, with the most decorated Disney castle.
Disneyland Park at Disneyland Paris is the most visited theme park in Europe. Le Château de la Belle au Bois Dormant is the most elaborately designed castle in the Disney chain, and the park's Discoveryland, Phantom Manor and Big Thunder Mountain are all distinct from their US counterparts.
A long-running refurbishment programme has restored much of the original detail; wait-time management and food pricing remain common criticisms.
Our editor's recommendation
Yes, if you already have a reason to be in the region. It ranks #15 of the 50 parks we score, at 7.8/10 with 40 rides and attractions and a typical visit of about 9 hours. Tickets run $68–$120 a day. The strongest reasons to go are its family-friendly range. The honest catch: tickets are expensive for what you get, and queues average around 25 minutes. Best time to visit: May to June, and December.
Disneyland Park (Paris) highlights
Rides & attractions at Disneyland Park (Paris)
These are the top attractions at Disneyland Park (Paris) — 9 rides and experiences hand-picked and verified by our editorial team, including 3 signature rides you shouldn't miss. Use the filter bar below to narrow the line-up by rider height, zone, category or thrill level.
- SIGNATURE
Big Thunder Mountain
MODERATE102 cm min- 3m 30s
- 65 km/h
- 22 m
- 1200 m
- 0
- 1992
Single rider lineSkip-the-line eligible - SIGNATURE
- SIGNATURE
120 cm min- 1m 45s
- 70.8 km/h
- 32 m
- 1036 m
- 3
- 1995
IndoorSingle rider lineSkip-the-line eligible 
140 cm min- 1m 15s
- 58 km/h
- 18 m
- 566 m
- 1
- 1993
Skip-the-line eligible
Orbitron
MILDNo height requirement
Plan your visit to Disneyland Park (Paris)
- Operating hours
- Typically 9:30am-9pm, later during summer and seasonal events
- Operating calendar
- Open every day of the year; hours vary seasonally and are extended for special events.
- Extended hours
- Extra Magic Time gives Disney Hotel guests early access to the parks.
- Seasonal closures
- Open year-round
- Queue-skip pass
- Premier Access One per ride or Premier Access Ultimate for a bundle; prices vary by date. From about $25 USD.
- How long to stay
- 2 days recommended
- Multi-day tickets
- Multi-day tickets covering both Disneyland Park and Walt Disney Studios Park, cheaper per day than singles.
- Season pass
- Annual or season pass from about $200 USD.
Disneyland Park (Paris) map
Official park mapDisneyland Park (Paris) events & shows
Disney Enchanted Christmas
Christmas season with the Main Street tree lighting, seasonal parade and festive decoration.
Disney Halloween Festival
Autumn season with Halloween decor, villains-focused entertainment and special cavalcades.
Disney Illuminations
Nightly fireworks, projection and laser show on Sleeping Beauty Castle.
Disneyland Park (Paris) in the news
Disneyland Park (Paris) reviews & ratings
Amusement Park Ranker overall score
7.8
An aggregate of 3 public review platforms, each normalized to a 0–10 scale and weighted by review volume.
Disneyland Park (Paris) wait times
- Typical day
25
- Crowd & wait score
5.8
Disneyland Park (Paris) records & achievements
Most-visited theme park in Europe
1992Disneyland Park at Disneyland Paris is consistently Europe's most-visited theme park in the TEA/AECOM Theme Index.
Attractions near Disneyland Park (Paris)
Sea Life Paris Val d'Europe
Aquarium with a 360-degree ocean tunnel, next to the Val d'Europe centre.
Parc Zoologique de Paris
Vincennes zoo built around its landmark Grand Rocher.
Château de Vaux-le-Vicomte
Baroque château and gardens that inspired Versailles.
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