attraction-tickets-direct.co.uk

I booked a special hotel and travel deal with Eurostar just last week to take my son to Disneyland Paris in February so I then had to scout the internet for a good deal on park tickets.

As my son is under 3yrs of age (and therefore admittance to the park is free for him), I only needed to find a ticket for myself. We're going for three nights with two full days in the middle so having assessed the ticket options available; the best ...
...2 park ticket or 2 x 1 day 2 park tickets - whichever I could get cheapest.

On the official Disneyland Paris site, the price was £72 for a 2 day 2 park ticket and that didn't include the £2 postage charge per ticket. On ebay, there were several different tickets available but all of them were going for between £60 and £75 (plus postage) which didn't seem like a particularly good deal to me, especially given the elevated risks involved ... more

I booked a special hotel and travel deal with Eurostar just last week to take my son to Disneyland Paris in February so I then had to scout the internet for a good deal on park tickets.

As my son is under 3yrs of age (and therefore admittance to the park is free for him), I only needed to find a ticket for myself. We're going for three nights with two full days in the middle so having assessed the ticket options available; the best option for me was to purchase either a 2 day 2 park ticket or 2 x 1 day 2 park tickets - whichever I could get cheapest.

On the official Disneyland Paris site, the price was £72 for a 2 day 2 park ticket and that didn't include the £2 postage charge per ticket. On ebay, there were several different tickets available but all of them were going for between £60 and £75 (plus postage) which didn't seem like a particularly good deal to me, especially given the elevated risks involved of buying possibly fake tickets or ones with short expiry dates. Several other attraction ticket web merchants offered 2 day 2 park tickets at between £66 and £69 each (plus postage) but after a little searching I came across the best price I could find of £64 for 2 x 1 day 2 park tickets from Attraction Tickets Direct thanks to their current special offer price promotion.

Initially I was a bit wary about buying from this site as their promises seemed a little too good to be true: "No Credit Card Fees, Free Delivery within 7 Days and Real Tickets not Vouchers". All this and the lowest priced tickets I could find on the web? But being the cheapskate I am, and having an element of faith in internet purchasing, I decided it had to be less of a risk than purchasing tickets off an ebay seller (as well as more straightforward and convenient) and proceeded with my purchase.

Making the purchase was really easy. The page I wanted showing the various ticket options for Disneyland Paris was displayed directly through the link that came up when I googled for tickets. If I'd have gone through from the site's homepage, I'd have simply had to select "UK & Europe" from the left hand site navigation menu then "Disneyland Paris" from the navigation menu it leads to. Down the right hand side of this page are all the various Disneyland Paris ticket options in easy to understand red bold outlined boxes. To select your tickets using these boxes you simply use the dropdown quantity selection menus besides "adult" and "child" to select the number of each type of ticket you require. The prices for each type of ticket are prominently displayed in between the words "adult" or "child" and the drop down quantity selection boxes which I thought nice and clear. The prices displayed are the prices you pay too - they really don't add any credit card or postage charges on.

I selected quantity 2 using the dropdown menu besides "adult" in the red box promoting 1 day 2 park Hopper Tickets and clicked the large green "add to basket" button beneath. This took me onto a new page where I had to select my region (UK) then click on the bright yellow "checkout" button at the foot of the page. Be warned that this page can be a little confusing though because after selecting your region there's a box asking you to select your attraction. If you've already added the tickets you require to your shopping basket, you don't need to do this - just leave it blank and click "checkout".

Next I was taken to a page to enter my contact details including my delivery address and date of departure. They aim to dispatch tickets within 72hrs of your booking (for delivery within 7 days) but reserve the right to despatch your tickets up to 14 days after your booking if they're temporarily out of stock. I then simply had to enter my payment details (available options included most major credit and debit cards) and click "Pay".

Almost immediately I received a booking confirmation email which I always like to receive as I find it reassuring that my booking has indeed gone through. The email clearly stated what I had purchased at what price, my name and delivery address, my departure date and a unique booking reference number to help me gain customer services assistance had of I needed it along with contact details for them.

Five days later, today in fact, I received a knock at the door from the postman with a special delivery for me. They hadn't charged me any extra on the price of the tickets yet had paid £4.30 postage to send the tickets to me via special delivery which I was very impressed with. Tearing open the envelope I found not only my two tickets enclosed, but also a little Attraction Tickets Direct plastic wallet to keep them in, a client copy invoice clearly showing my order details, a special 5% discount flier for their partner site "Do Something Different" and a current brochure for Disneyland Paris to help me plan my trip. I think this is excellent customer service on their part to have not only sent me what I ordered but protected my purchase in transit and sent me useful and relevant extras beside.

Overall I'm very impressed with this service and will happily use this site again in the future. Even if I find they have the tickets I want at a pound or two more than another site, I'd still rather use them knowing I'm paying to get this kind of service as I don't think any of their tickets sell for much short of a bargain considering ones I've browsed through.

Attraction Tickets Available (from this site) for UK and Europe:

London Pass
London Thames Sightseeing and Dinner Cruises
London Tours
London Helicopter Tours
London Eye
Madame Tussauds
Chessington World of Adventures
Thorpe Park
Alton Towers
Warwick Castle
Silverstone Racing Days
Balloon Flights

PortAventura
Disneyland Paris

Attraction Tickets Available (from this site) for other parts of the World:

Orlando, Florida (including Disney World)
California (including Disneyland)
New York (including New York Cruises)
Las Vegas (including Las Vegas Shows)
Deeps South USA (including Graceland Platinum Tour)
Toronto & Niagara Falls (including Niagara Falls Helicopter Tours)
Rest of the World (Links to "Do Something Different" website)

All of the pages have the same simple to understand and order from bold red boxes showing ticket prices and options. As a few examples of price comparisons, you can buy the 2 day Disneyland California pass for £63 for an adult compared to £66 from Keith Prowse Attractions. A Niagara Falls helicopter tour ticket will set you back £46 per adult or £30 per child on this site compared to £55 per adult or £35 per child from Travelbag.

If you select "Special Offers" from the menu that runs along the top of the site you can view all of the site's current offers which includes a variety of bonuses such as free days at certain attractions and "kids eat free vouchers" if you spend over a certain amount. Very handy for those booking a family holiday in Disney World in particular I noted. Group Discounts are also available using the link at the foot of this section or the link from the horizontal menu - just email them your group details and they'll come back to you with a discounted price within 24hrs.

And if you're not sure where you want to go just yet but don't like sitting in front of the computer for ages at a time then you can order a brochure to browse through at your leisure - great for passing over to friends or family that don't have net access too.
If you're still not convinced, check out their onsite Price Promise which guarantees to match any single ticket price available in a brochure or on a website (reasonable conditions apply).

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