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[westie22]

Has anyone booked any of the scheduled tours to Paris from DLP? Can you tell me anything about them?
DLP Sequoia Lodge will be our home base while in Paris this summer so we will be touring and branching out from there.

Thanks!!!

[Disneybine]

The tours that Disney offers are all operated by outside tour companies, not Disney itself. Knowing that, they're all pretty good. I took the Paris day excursion quite a while back (in 1996) and loved it.

Hope this helps!

[westie22]

I see that you get a 3 hr break to do as you please. Is touring the Louvre during that time feasible?

[chezp]

I can't help you with Paris tours, as whenever we want to go into Paris from DLP, we just grab the RER train and make our own way around the city. We've been to Paris a fair few times, so we're comfortable with doing our own thing. If you did want to do that, Paris is very easy to navigate around.

[Disneybine]

I think yes, 3 hours is fine for the Louvre. Then again, I'm sure Cheryl would argue that no way she'd be able to leave that museum after only 3 hours! It's huge, yes, but if you're like me, you'll be all "museum'ed-out" after 3 hours, no matter how much of the Louvre you haven't seen at that point. So my advice is to research beforehand what you want to see and where you'll find it.

[chezp]

Originally Posted by Disneybine

I think yes, 3 hours is fine for the Louvre. Then again, I'm sure Cheryl would argue that no way she'd be able to leave that museum after only 3 hours! It's huge, yes, but if you're like me, you'll be all "museum'ed-out" after 3 hours, no matter how much of the Louvre you haven't seen at that point. So my advice is to research beforehand what you want to see and where you'll find it.

We've never been in it. We're not big on art and the lines to get into the place have always put me off - that would be my only thought about three hours for the Louvre, I don't know how long it would take you to get in? Every time we've been, the lines have snaked around to get in and it seems to be phonomenally popular. I think it's a bit like the big attractions at the Disney parks - if you want to see it without a huge line, hit it first thing in the morning...

[westie22]

Maybe if we can buy advance tickets, it will cut down on our waiting time. That seems to be a recurring theme in my planning books!!! Which since I'll have things hopefully planned down to the day we're doing things, I could purchase tix ahead online.

[Disneybine]

I didn't even think of lines! Of course, there'll be long lines in July... I second Cheryl's idea to go early in the morning.

[doombuggy]

you may have already been and gone, but I will post this answer in case anyone else is interested.

I went to DLP in Oct/Nov of 2010 and on 11/1 did the paris day tour. Part of the tour was 2 hours at the Louvre and it was no where near enough time. The place is HUGE. I spent some time looking at the art (not the Mona Lisa though) and spent some time looking at the building itself. You can get lost in that place and I almost did! We had to be back to the bus by 2pm to head off to the Tour d' Effiel and the boat cruise.

I highly recomend this tour if you don't feel comfortable on your own. Our tour guide spoke 3 languages. Run by City Tours.

[Constance09]

We did this tour right before Christmas in 2010 right in the middle of a huge snowstorm. If you can, imagine Main st USA under a foot of snow, that was our Disneyland Paris experience. We had two small children with us 3 and 1 and did not feel up to wandering around on our own in the snow our first time in Paris. Most of the tour is spent driving by the major attractions but it gives you a nice overview. We really enjoyed the boat tour. We did not attempt to go in the Louvre since we ended up only having an hour and a half and a long line to enter. (the snow delayed the start of the tour). We instead had lunch and shopped. We also skipped going up in the Eiffel tower since our children were having issues with the cold after the sun went down. We were able to get on the warm bus across the street and watch the tower light show. All in all we enjoyed the tour but we were limited on time and only had one day to do Paris (not enough time I know but we worked with what we had). You can definitely do a more in depth tour if you have the time and want to do the planning.