Disneyland Paris - Advice needed - Summer 2012

[Awesome_guy]

Intercot!

Headed to Paris this summer. Four adult guys and good friends. I'm probably the Disneyest (haha) of the bunch but everyone is great sports about a Disney day (or two?) and keen to make it happen.

I have some specific questions but ANY advice/tips/ideas are very welcome.

• How long is sufficient? Can we do the park in a day? Can we even do the Disneyland Park and the best bits of Studios in a day?
• It's truly under an hour by train from Paris to get there? Is staying nearby worthwhile?
• The 20th Anniversary nightshow looks great; the dinner plan for a reserves spot seems overkill? Thoughts here?
• I've never done any Blue Lagoons... was thinking a late lunch/early dinner here (to maximize other times for attractions). Thoughts? Are prices crazy?
• Any other advice? Things to think about? Should we be getting tickets in advance, ticketing seems so different from WDW and DL.

Can't wait to add a third Disney park to the passport. Really looking forward to it all!

[Zawadi]

One Yes, it is 1 hour by train from Paris. Marine la Vallee station is
2 min walk from Disney security. Once through security the that's it done with for both parks.

Disneyland could be done in a day if attendance figures are low.

Compared to WDW we consider the following to be better in DLP...

Buzz
Space Mountain
Big Thunder

In studios...
ToT is same design as California.
See Cinemagique & Animagique shows
Must do the Crush rollercoaster
Armageddon is interesting
Rock n Roller we thought was worse than in WDW.