10 Surprising Things you Didn't Know About Disneyland Paris

6. It can get so very cold.

Brrrr. Rare is the day in either North American park that you have to don a toque and mitts, but in Paris in the winter months? Oh, yes indeed! We were bundled right up and it’s the coldest I have ever been in a Disneyland. It’s a very weird feeling, for those of us who are used to jeans and a hoodie at the worst in Disneyland.

7. The merchandise is suited to colder weather and thus awesomer for Canadians.

I loved that there were Disney themed heavy jackets, toques and more available to buy in the stores, because that’s my kinda gear! We were amazed at how the merchandise was so different from the North American stores.

8. Off season is seriously off-season.

It’s cold but it’s quiet! It was surreal walking through a Disney park and not even seeing a person in some places! Some areas were literally like a ghost town and the lineups were only long at the most popular rides. With that said, the drawback is that certain restaurants are closed during the off-season, something which never happens in North American parks, everything is open all the time. So it was weird to go and have restaurants closed, some areas closed and a very quiet park.

9. The rides are the same, but different.

That was the most fun, seeing how the rides differed from the North American ones. The Haunted House turns into the Phantom Manor and has similarities, but wasn’t exactly the same. Peter Pan’s flight was the same, but smartly had a Fast Pass option. It was awesome exploring all the rides.

10. You only need two days there.

You really don’t need more even though there are two parks, they are smaller than their North American versions and in the quiet season take much less time to go through. Two full days was enough for us, I can’t see that we would ever do more than that. Seeing how we do five in Disneyland Anaheim, this was a shocker to us as well.
Has anyone else gone to Disneyland Paris and has more to add? Anything that you found surprising as well, being used to the North American versions?
It was a fun two days and I will be writing up more posts about each part, those are coming soon!



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