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5 best Disneyland Paris Hotels 2020

There are six official hotels and two official 'nature resorts' at Disneyland Paris. But which is the best? 

We've ranked our top 5 by looking at value for money, customer reviews, onsite facilities, and distance from the Disneyland Paris and Walt Disney Studios Park. For our price comparison we looked at three different dates from the UK, including two during school holidays and one outside of school holidays.

If you're deciding between Walt Disney World in Florida and Disneyland Paris, we've also got a guide for that.

Anyway, enough waffle, here's our top 5:

1. Disneyland Hotel - best reviews, best location, highest prices

If you've recently had a lottery win and want to shower your little princesses with (expensive) Disney magic then the flagship Disneyland Hotel is the best option.

It costs two or three times as much as the cheapest official Disneyland Paris hotel in our price comparisons but it offers a lot. For a start, it gets the best customer reviews out of all 8 hotels and resorts with an average of about 4.2/5 (we looked at reviews on TripAdvisor, Google reviews, Expedia and Booking.com).

It's also the closest to the main theme park (Disneyland Park) so you only have to walk for a couple of minutes to get back to the hotel at the end of a day of plodding the park. It's also the closest to the railway station so it's a doddle to reach from London via the Eurostar (about 2 hours 45 minutes from St Pancras). 

You also get three meals a day, whereas the other resorts and hotels only offer either half board or breakfast.

The Disneyland Hotel is a posh Victorian country house style of hotel, so it won't be for you if you want a relaxed setting for your noisy children to run around. It's got an indoor swimming pool, spa, two restaurants and a bar. The pool is the straightforward rectangular sort rather than one with flumes and wave machines.

There are some extras you can pay for which seem to be exclusively available at the Disneyland Hotel, such as princess makeovers.

Price: consistently the most expensive by far in our price comparisons. Four days for a family of four, including five days in the Disneyland Paris theme parks cost from £4179 at Easter 2021, £3721 in late July 2021 or £3430 in mid September 2021.

Alternatively...if you want a grown-up style hotel for a lower price, try Disney’s Newport Bay Club.

2. Disney’s Davy Crockett Ranch - second best reviews, one of the cheapest, spacious, short drive

We reckon ​Disney’s Davy Crockett Ranch is the best value official resort or hotel for visiting Disneyland Paris. It isn't within walking distance, but if you're bringing a car from the UK then it ticks a lot of boxes. 

It was amongst the cheapest options in all of our price comparisons, with all the dates being less than half the price of the same holiday at Disneyland Hotel 

It also had the second highest average review score which was nearly 4.2/5 (based on average scores on TripAdvisor, Expedia, Booking.com and Google reviews in May 2020). 

Disney’s Davy Crockett Ranch is described as a 'nature village' by Disney and is a bit like the posh holiday lodge parks you get in the UK. You get your own lodge along with a small kitchen and you get a much bigger range of facilities than you get at any of the official Disneyland Paris hotels.

There's a good sized themed swimming pool with a flume as well as minigolf, playgrounds and tennis courts. There's a restaurant onsite so you can have half board catering too.

According to my calculations it is a 10 minute drive to the car park, and then a walk of 10-15 minutes to the entrance to Disneyland Park. Some of the official onsite hotels are 15-20 minute walk so there's not a huge difference. 

I'd say this is a good one for families with children who need a bit of space for dashing around. Hotels are fine for older children who like to sit nicely and read a book in silence, but I fear I'd be receiving glares at the breakfast table if I took my noisy children to a posh hotel.

Price: considerably cheaper than Disneyland Hotel. When we checked, a four night holiday for a family of four including five days at the Disneyland Paris theme parks started at £1878 at Easter 2021, £1673 at the end of July 2021 or £1537 in mid September 2021.

3. Disney’s Hotel Cheyenne - mid-priced, cowboy themed, good reviews

If you want a reasonably priced onsite hotel which is walking distance to the Disneyland theme parks then Disney’s Hotel Cheyenne is a good choice.

However, there's a major caveat in that you need to be a fan of cowboys. Or more specifically, your children need to be fans of Woody from Toy Story. 

This is one of the more heavily themed accommodation options as you are basically staying in a Wild West town. 

Reviews for Disney’s Hotel Cheyenne are decent at around 4/5. It was a mid-priced option in our price comparison with not much between it and Disney’s Sequoia Lodge which is a woodland hotel with less of a blatant theme.

Disney’s Hotel Cheyenne doesn't have a swimming pool, but it's got a good novelty value so it doesn't look like any old hotel. There are also cowboy themed things like pony rides which you can pay extra for.

Price: consistently mid-priced. We looked at the price for a family of four including four nights accommodation with breakfast as well as five days entry to the two Disneyland theme parks. Prices started at £2154 at Easter 2021, £1919 in late July 2021 and £1782 in mid-September 2021.

4. Disney’s Hotel New York – The Art of Marvel ​- pricey, modern hotel, swimming pool, short walk

If your children (or your husband) are madly into comic book movies then the obvious choice is the verbosely titled Disney’s Hotel New York – The Art of Marvel.

It didn't actually rank all that well in our review score comparison and price comparisons, as it averaging the second lowest scores (about 4/5) and was the second most expensive option every time. 

However, it is one of the closest hotels to the Disneyland Park entrance (11 minutes by my count) and it has a very modern look which appeals to me. It is designed to look like a Manhattan hotel with the sort of up to date decor you might get in a decent Hilton or Marriott in the UK.

Throughout the hotel there is comic book artwork on the walls and other exclusives like a Marvel Design Studio and the chance to meet superheroes. 

There's a swimming pool, indoor and outdoor gyms, two modern restaurants and a bar. 

Price: on the pricey side. Nowhere near as expensive as the Disneyland Hotel but pricier than the rest in our comparisons. A family of four staying for four nights with five days at the Disneyland theme parks and half board catering started from £2842 at Easter 2021, £2678 in July 2021 and £2535 in September 2021.

5. Les Villages Nature Paris - one of the cheapest, waterpark and activities, short drive to Disneyland Paris 

Finally, a bit of a curveball.

Disney and Center Parcs have a joint venture called Les Villages Nature Paris which offers the whooping waterpark and big range of activities of Center Parcs along with easy access to Disneyland Paris.

The idea is that you spend a bit of time at each, with a typical holiday including four days accommodation at Center Parcs and two days off site at the Disneyland theme parks. You can obviously stay for longer if you want.

Instead of the woodland lodges that you get at Center Parcs in the UK, a lot of the accommodation is modern apartments (the site only opened in 2017). It's also a large Center Parcs, with about twice as many accommodation units as you get at the UK sites.

As with other Center Parcs the waterpark is one of the main attractions with the option to sign up for extra activities (most of which cost extra).

Overall, reviews for Les Villages Nature Paris were lower than the seven other official Disney resorts and hotels. However, the average was just below 4/5 which is still a decent score. 

The other downside is that you have to drive to the Disneyland Paris theme parks, but it's only about 20 minutes including the time it takes to walk from the car park to the entrance so hardly a massive journey. Of course, it might feel like a bit longer than 20 minutes after a day of walking round Disneyland with children...

In terms of price, it was one of the cheapest official Disney accommodation options we found, with a couple of important caveats. Firstly, prices were for 2020 as 2021 wasn't available when we checked. Secondly, prices only include two days entry to the Disneyland theme parks as they assume you'll want to spend some time doing the Center Parcs activities. So, if you just want to binge on Disneyland Paris then you'll need to buy extra tickets which will bump the price up considerably (about £800 for four days entry for a family of four when we checked.

Price: a family of four staying for four nights including two days entry to the Disneyland theme parks and half board started at Les Villages Nature Paris at Easter 2021, £1728 in late July 2021 and £1537 in mid September 2021.

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