... The hotel is grouped with other similar non-disney hotels and there is a free shuttle bus from the train station and park, which we found was fine. We did not have to wait at any point on our 5 day visit, though of course this may not be true in busier periods.
The room:
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Advantages: Close to the park, has adjoining rooms for families Disadvantages: Not the quietest for my particular room
...(the kids being preschoolers) at the best possible rate. Reading up on www.disboards.com and trip advisor this hotel kept coming up as being good value and also being the only one I could find to have a family room with and adjoining children's bedroom as opposed to curtained bunk beds.
For this reason I decided to book it, at the time it was a reasonable £70 per night for a "crew room" which had a double bed, two twin and bunk ... ...are vary but start at the £84 rate.
This hotel is a 3 star one and is situated a short drive from the main park. The hotel is grouped with other similar non-disney hotels and there is a free shuttle bus from the train station and park, which we found was fine. We did not have to wait at any point on our 5 day visit, though of course this may not be true in busier periods.
On visiting Disneyland Paris is January 2008, I researched hotel and travel options extensively in order to make sure I got my term-time holiday (the kids being preschoolers) at the best possible rate. Reading up on www.disboards.com and trip advisor this hotel kept coming up as being good value and also being the only one I could find to have a family room with and adjoining children's bedroom as opposed to curtained bunk beds. For this reason I decided to book it, at the time it was a reasonable £70 per night for a "crew room" which had a double bed, two twin and bunk beds in an adjoining room. We were provided with a travel cot in addition to this for no further charge. Current rates are vary but start at the £84 rate.
This hotel is a 3 star one and is situated a short drive from the main park. The hotel is grouped with other similar non-disney hotels and there is a free shuttle bus from the train station and park, which we found was fine. We did not have to wait at any point on our 5 day visit, though of course this may not be true in busier periods.
The room:
The room was nautically themed and very clean. The beds were comfortable and the bathroom was fine. There was a tv with a few channels, only two of which were in English but we didn't spend much time watching tv, neither did we avail ourselves of the playstation which was available for an extra fee. Our room had one big downfall and that was that it was situated on the side of the hotel and looking over the indoor pool, which would have been fine only there was a water shute which snaked out of the building and right under our window. The pool was open until surprisingly late, around 11pm. Luckily we were tired most nights but still the sound of people shouting "wheeeee" in varying accents every few seconds as they whizzed past your window grated after a while. I think this was probably the case for only very few of the rooms, but still annoying. It was a plus that we didn't have to sit in the dark once the children were asleep due to the adjoining room.
The facilities:
Apart from the indoor pool there was a soft play area, two bars, a restaurant, a shop, a sandwich stall, an arcade and also a mini-gym for children. The soft play was a little run down but fine, and proved useful at about 3am when the youngest (then under two) decided she was wide awake and wanted to see Mickey some more! The other facilities were as you would expect; the pool was quite nice and had a giant pirate ship in it and during our stay it was being upgraded and I think extended to outside. One bar was allegedly English themed, and the other provided chips (good) and oven cooked pizzas (actually warmed up supermarket ready-made style and expensive for what they were). We didn't sample the all-you-could-eat buffet but had breakfast in the restaurant every morning as this was included in the room tarif. Breakfast was a bizarre affair. Apart from the fact that the eldest insisted on dressing up as snow white each day, the hotel provided the worst croissants I have ever had in France (cooked from frozen) and also bread rolls and "ham" and cheese. I think maybe they thought that guests would pinch the food for lunch, given the extortionate price of food in the park, so they cut up the ham and cheese into teeny-tiny pieces. This was quite strange really!
Overall:
I didn't feel we missed out on the park by staying in a non disney hotel, it was a lot cheaper though did mean we could only enter the park later than disney guests. Access to the park was good, and for what it was the hotel was fine, with a large hotel like this you are not going to get the personal touch, and basically when staying at disneyland you just need a place to sleep at the end of a busy day. This fitted the bill, though I could have done without the water slide!
Advantages: Price, Family rooms, family friendly, free shuttle to disney parks. Disadvantages: No complaints.
We stayed at the explores hotel for a weekend, there were 5 of us, 2 children and 3 adults. We booked this hotel through the eurostar website and found the price compared to Disney hotels very cheap (approximately £250 for 5 people for 2 nights bed and breakfast), we were also attracted to this hotel because it seemed very family orientated and offered larger rooms. The hotel is situated approximately 1 mile from the disneyland resort paris. We drove ... ...got closer to disneyland the hotel was signposted, the hotel offered a large free carpark. We checked in in a matter of minutes and the staff were very friendly. We arrived in our room and were very pleased with what we found. In the main room there was a double bed and 2 single beds, a wardrobed a chest of drawers a dressing table a tv with facilities including internet and a playstation (which there was a charge for) radio and some french tv channels, ...
clairemg 24.05.2006
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Advantages: Swimming pool, complimentary breakfast, fun pirate decor, free bus. Disadvantages: Very busy at breakfast and on bus.
...partner and I stayed at the Thomas Cook Explorers hotel for two nights at the beginning of this month. I won a trip to Disneyland Paris in a competition held by Thomas Cook so in this review I regret I am unable to comment on prices, however I intend to give my opinion of all aspects of our stay at the hotel.
Upon arriving at Marne la Vallee station on the Eurostar, we found several bus stops outside for the various hotels surrounding Disney. We ... ...bus stop for the free shuttle bus to the Explorers hotel, but the station staff were very helpful. The bus stop is in fact the first bus stop you come to outside the station on the OTHER SIDE of the road, and it does not have a bus shelter like the others. The bus is number 53 and it's pink so it's easy to spot, and it takes you to all of the 'outskirt' hotels such as Kyriad, Holiday Inn and Thomas Cook Explorers (which are approximately a 10 minutes ...
flizzypop 26.09.2008
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Advantages: Close to Disney, price against 'official' hotels Disadvantages: Breakfast, no tickets included
...you plan on heading to the theme parks every day you are there - you receive a Disney ticket for each day of your stay.
In addition to these Disney hotels, there are four 'non-Disney' hotels a 5 minute bus ride away from the parks. The Explorers Hotel is one of these (the other include the Movenpick Dream Castle and the Kyriad). We opted for this hotel over a Disney one because we weren't going to the parks each day (we also planned a trip to Parc ... ...early 20's) arrived at the Explorers Hotel via a shuttle from CDG airport. Having arrived in the morning, we were unable to check in for a few hours. Instead we left our luggage in the luggage room and hopped on the free shuttle bus to Disney Village. After lunch and shopping we headed back to the hotel to check in (around 3pm). Check in was quick and easy - there was no wait. We had to choose our time slot for breakfast each day (this is common ...
jo28501 27.04.2006
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Advantages: Family orientated hotel at a good price Disadvantages: Lively hotel atmosphere if you want a quieter holiday
The Explorers Hotel is located on the Disneyland Paris site and is one of three hotels constructed about 1km from the Disney owned hotels. It contains 390 rooms accommodating up to 6 persons and there is a free shuttle bus service to and from the Disneyland Theme Park Gates, which are about 3km away. The Explorers has a "pirates" style theme with a large indoor pool that has two slides, a play area built in the shape of a sailing ship, a children's ... ...softballs to jump into.
The Hotel offers 3 restaurants, 2 bars and 3 meeting rooms. There is a separate, full service restaurant called the "Captains Library", the self service “Plantation” Restaurant and a breakfast room. Bars for the adults include the "Smugglers Tavern" and “Traders Café Bar”. To keep the kids content there is a special children's menu available in the restaurants and also a pizza takeaway. Every attention has been taken to making ...
MumCC 30.05.2007
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...our children (5 and 3). The hotel staff were polite and friendly and aareas of the hotel were clean and air conditioned (great during a very hot week in August!) The real appeal of this hotel, however is the child-friendliness of it all. The soft play area is located next to the breakfast area, which meant that our children could go and play in safely whilst we loaded up on caffeine ready for a day exploring the parks. The pool was excellent and ... ...chocolate flakes for "fussy children!) The hotel kindly request that "No food be taken from the breakfast room", however most people seemed to have rather large rucksacks and furtive looks on their faces. We laughed at them on the first day, but by the second day had joined them! Given the price of food at the parks (and the fact that it is all dreadful American "fat" food), at least we had slightly healthier bread rolls for lunch!
The room itself ...
nikkiroymarsh 31.08.2008
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