Disneyland Annual Passes

Today I’m writing about something a little different than Dylan, or childhood cancer or PTSD.. I am writing about Disneyland Paris, my happy place! (Well until we can possibly get Dylan on a plane to America that is). And no this is not an advertisement I simply want to share a little tidbit we found out..

After going to Disney last year for Dylan’s make a wish we were determined we wanted to go back sooner rather than later. Then we suggested going for Bryce’s birthday to him, as it is Star Wars ‘Season Of The Force’ throughout February and March, and he jumped at that idea! We priced it all up and without any meal plans we were looking at £1600 ish for four nights and five park days. Great stuff!!...

We then started looking at whether we could go back later in the year for the warmer weather season. There is a centreparcs resort affiliated with Disney nearby that looks stunning but you only get one days park pass with bookings. To buy tickets for all the extra days soon becomes expensive. So I looked into Disneyland’s annual passes..

Much like with Merlin passes over here, which we used last year, if you plan on spending more than five days in the parks it can be more cost effective to buy annual passes. The basic pass starts at €139 with some date restrictions of course though. However there are some perks that make it even more worthwhile if you upgrade to one of the more expesive passes...

For the €399 pass, for example, which is the top deal there are no date restrictions. You get 20% off in the shops and 15% off in the restaurants and character breakfasts (not including meal plans), up to 50% off hotel room prices. A FREE annual photo pass each worth at least €70. Discounted entry for friends and family at €35 a day. Free stroller or wheelchair hire worth €20 a day. Privileged viewing areas for shows and parades. Free access to swimming pools in hotels even when not staying on site. AND if that wasn’t enough we also learnt that you can pay monthly spreading the cost over the year if you wish. Also another top tip.. set one pass up before you go to receive your hotel booking discounts but do the rest when you arrive as you get 10% off the price of each pass after that and if you sign up three people you also get six months extra added on free to the original pass.

We chose the Infininty Passes and they have actually paid for themself and more within the first stay. Admittedly we only pay for 3 passes at the moment as I qualify for a carers ticket each day, and Logan is under 3 but all our passes came out at €1197 and the hotel cost us a measly €400 so pretty much in line with our original quote, then if we go back we only need to pay hotel costs next time. Plus we saved a fortune in the shops etc, got our free photo pass and hired Dylan a wheelchair for four days free as he got tired. It really was worthwhile and I strongly suggest anybody looking into travelling to Disneyland Paris to price up all the options first and see if it works for you..

http://annual-passes.disneylandparis.co.uk/