One important question to answer for any Disneyland Paris trip is where are you going to stay. Unless you’re lucky enough to live very close by (we’re not jealous. You’re jealous.) having a base near the parks is great for getting the most out of your trip. While there are a lot of off-site hotels in the area, Disney own and manage six on the Disneyland Paris site – all with unique themes, amenities, and price points! In this blog we’re providing a brief summary of the six hotels to help you pick the perfect one for your trip!

(Please note than in this blog we’re not covering Davy Crockett Resort – while Disney owned it’s not on site!)

Why should you stay on site?

With so many hotels around the Disneyland Paris area you might be wondering if there’s any point staying at a Disney hotel. Honestly the only person who can decide that is you and your family group. But there are perks that all the onsite Disneyland Paris hotels share:

• Extra Magic Hour – This is probably the biggest perk of staying with the Mouse. Disney hotel guests get access to the two parks one hour before those staying offsite. While not all attractions will be open during this time, it’s a great opportunity to knock out some of the more popular rides before the parks get too packed. Being in the park early also allows you to be at the front of the line for popular character meetings, or be in poll position to be among the first to board the rides not open for Extra Magic Hour.
• Earlier booking for dining and experiences – Disney hotel guests can book their dining as soon as they’ve booked their stay up to one year in advance. Yup, a WHOLE YEAR! (Remember when folks used to whinge about the 180 day booking window at Walt Disney World? I think Disneyland Paris was like ‘hold my champagne…’) Off-site guests can book dining 60 days out. As you’d expect, this means that tables at popular spots can be all gone by the time booking opens for off site guests, especially at busy times of year. Disney hotel guests can also add on experiences such as My Royal Dream, and priority spots for the fireworks and parades to their bookings. Again, this means spots are harder to come by for off site guests.
• Disney Express service – If you arrive at Disneyland Paris by train, with this service you can leave your luggage at the dedicated desk in the onsite train station, and pick up your park ticket / hotel key. Your luggage is then transported by Disney to your hotel for you to pick up later. There’s an upcharge for the service (naturally) but it means you can go and enjoy the parks immediately as opposed to having to run to the hotel first (handy for morning and early afternoon arrivals). On your departure day you can leave your luggage at the hotel, and then pick it up later at the train station when you’re ready to leave.
• Walking distance to the parks – You can reasonably easily walk to both theme parks from the onsite hotels. Of course it varies by hotel – as you’d expect the more expensive ones are closer! But even from Hotel Santa Fe, the furthest away resort from the parks, you can do the walk in about 20-25 minutes or so.
• Shuttle buses to the parks – Don’t want to walk to the parks? Then grab a bus instead! All the hotels offer this apart from the Disneyland Hotel which doesn’t need it, it’s right at the park gates! (Many offsite hotels offer shuttles too). It can be a bit of a bun fight getting onto the buses, particularly after park close.
• Package delivery – Don’t want to carry that giant Stitch plushie? You can have that sent to your resort, to pick up from the resort gift shop.
• Free wifi – The Disney wifi can be a bit patchy at times, but it’s there, and it’s free! Handy for those trying to avoid roaming charges.
• Opportunity to buy the dining plans – With all the onsite hotels you have the option to buy a dining plan, where some of your meals are pre-paid. What plans you can get vary by hotel but from all of them you should be able to get either just breakfast, or breakfast and one main meal at least. Note with these though it’s up to you to book the tables at the restaurants you want to eat at!
• Room charging – If you want you can put charging privileges on to your room key, so purchases in the park are charged to your room bill. Great if you don’t want to cry about how much money you’ve spent until checkout!
• Room amenities – all the resorts offer ensuite bathrooms, TVs, in room safes, and coffee and tea making facilities (apart from Santa Fe where you get free credits at drink vending machines instead!) There are also accessible rooms for those that need them.
• Opportunities to meet Disney characters – All the resorts offer a daily chance to meet at least one character on site.
• Free parking at the resort and the theme parks
• Disney theming and service – All the resorts are wonderfully themed, and you do get that Disney service too (French style, so a bit less in your face than the USA resorts!). All the hotels also have a dedicated concierge on site to help with bookings and ticket queries.

That’s quite a few perks. So why wouldn’t you stay onsite? Cost! The Disney hotels are a pricey option. In our hotel comparison below I’ve included the cost for a family of four to stay in that resort during the last week of July 2025 – summer season, so one of the most expensive! I’m also using standard rooms for the prices. Please note that these are the packages available in the UK at the time of writing (and prices can vary depending on special offers and availability), and include park tickets. Another reason you might not want to stay onsite is that you want more space than the Disney hotels offer (most rooms sleep up to four or five), or that you want to be nearer Paris to visit there too. As I said in the intro, it’s down to your family!

So let’s dive into those hotels…

Disneyland Hotel

Theme: Disney Princess meets upclass French elegance in a fairytale like setting

Location: At the entrance of Disneyland Park. You literally need to walk under the hotel when heading into this park!

Time to walk to parks: Disneyland Park – none! Walt Disney Studios Park – a few minutes tops.

Dining: Three table service restaurants – Royal Banquet, a buffet featuring Mickey and pals in regal attire; La Table de Lumiere – character table service attended by princesses and their princes; and La Foret Secrete – an upscale fine dining experience inspired by Disney stories. There’s also the Fleur de Lys Bar offering snacks and drinks. You can order room service too.

Amenities: Disneyland Hotel offers the most amenities of any of the hotels. There’s My Royal Dream, where folks can get made over Princess and Prince style; A Disney Royal Encounter, where you can book a spot to meet a princess that’s unique to hotel guests; and the Royal Kids Club where little ones can take part in fun activities for a couple of hours. There’s also a large indoor pool, fitness centre, and spa. And there’s a gift shop offering some hotel exclusive items.

Price: Expensive! This is a deluxe experience and you pay the big bucks. For a family of four arriving 28th June and staying 4 days, 3 nights the cost for a holiday package is £4088 for a standard room. If you want to book the Castle Club (concierge level) or a suite then the cost rockets up even more. (The Castle Club and Deluxe rooms are both over £5000 for the same dates).

Notes: The Disneyland Hotel recently came out of its massive makeover that saw the resort shut for quite a long time. People love the bougie princess vibes and the location really can’t be beat, but you are paying a premium for that convenience.

Disney Hotel New York – The Art of Marvel

Theme: Marvel superheroes. Different floors are themed to different characters, and the resort has over 350 pieces of Marvel artwork within it. It’s a dream come true for comic book fans!

Location: Directly next to Disney Village. This is the second closest of the hotels – the parks are just a stroll through Disney Village away.

Time to walk to parks: 5-10 minutes, depending on how quick you’re going

Dining: There are two onsite restaurants. Manhattan restaurant offers Italian inspired flair. Downtown restaurant offers a buffet – and a very popular one with some Marvel themed treats. Book early! There are also two bars – Skyline bar features screen views over the New York skyline (with the odd superhero cameo) and the Lounge Bar offers Doctor Strange inspired sips. Room service is also an option here.

Amenities: Unique to Hotel New York are the Super Hero encounter, where you can book a slot to meet one of the Avengers, and Marvel Design Studio, where you can learn to draw some comic book characters. There’s also indoor and outdoor pools, a fitness club, sauna and steam room. A shop also offers some Marvel and Disney themed souvenirs.

Price: Hotel New York – the Art of Marvel is another Deluxe themed hotel, although the prices are a bit less eye-watering than the Disneyland Hotel. Price for a standard room for a family of 4 checking in on 28th July and staying 3 nights is £2641. The price leaps to over £3000 for the Empire State Club (Club level).

Notes: Apart from the Disneyland Hotel, the Hotel New York – Art of Marvel (blimey that’s a mouthful!) is the most recently refurbished of the hotels. For any Marvel fans it’s probably a dream spot to stay in! It’s pricey as a deluxe experience but easier on the pocket than the Disneyland Hotel.

Disney’s Newport Bay Club

Theme: New England seaside vibe, with nautical themed rooms featuring Mickey and Minnie Mouse.

Location: On the shores of Lake Disney opposite Hotel New York, on the far side of Disney Village.

Walking time to parks: About 10-15 minutes depending on speed

Dining: Newport Bay offers two restaurants. Once, Yacht Club, is a table service with a focus on New England Cuisine with Mediterrean touches (think a lot of seafood but there are other options). The other is a buffet called Cape Cod, also leaning heavily on the seafood. You can grab a drink in the Captain Quarter’s Bar. Room service is also an option.

Amenities: As well as being able to meet Disney characters in nautical garb, guests at the hotel can enjoy an indoor and outdoor swimming pool, fitness centre, and sauna. There’s also an onsite shop with souvenirs and snacks.

Price: Newport Bay Club is classed as a moderate resort, but the more upscale of the two moderates onsite so the price is a bit more. For our family of four arriving on 28th July for 3 nights, a standard room package costs £2336 – so only a few hundred cheaper than the Marvel hotel! It’s just over £3000 to book a club level room.

Notes: For Walt Disney World visitors, think of Newport Bay along the lines of ‘Yacht Club Resort light’ – it shares some similarities and theming with the Yacht Club resort in Disney World, but has a few less amenities (and is cheaper!) It’s the only resort on site to feature Mickey and Minnie Mouse in its theming.

Disney’s Sequoia Lodge

Theme: Sequoia Lodge has a rustic, outdoorsy theme. Disney describe it as a ‘forest lodge’. It takes some inspiration from the American north-west. So think lots of wood, fireplaces, stonework, and some Disney animal friend inspired touches.

Location: On the shores of Lake Disney, on the far side of the Lake from Disney Village.

Walking time to the parks: About 15-20 minutes depending on speed, round the Lake and through Disney Village

Dining: There are two buffet restaurants at Sequoia Lodge – Beaver Creek Tavern and Hunter’s Grill. The buffets at both are similar, with a heavy accent on meats and American style fare. The bar, Redwood Bar and Lounge, is one of the cosiest spots in Disneyland Paris, featuring a roaring fire and stonework. You can grab drinks and snacks here. There’s also a Starbucks on site, although it’s been closed for a while due to refurbishment work.

Amenities: You can meet Disney characters in the lobby here. There’s also indoor and outdoor swimming pools, and a fitness centre. Plus there’s a shop where you can grab souvenirs and snacks. This is also a pretty hotel to walk around the grounds.

Price: Like Newport Bay, Sequoia Lodge is considered a moderate resort, but with less amenities and being a bit further away from the parks it comes at a cheaper price point. For our family of four staying for 3 nights and arriving on 28 July, the cost for a package is £2046. A club level room for the same period time costs about £500 more.

Notes: If Newport Bay is to Disney World fans ‘Yacht Club light’, then Seqouia Lodge could be called ‘Wilderness Lodge light’ – the inspiration behind both is North West USA woodland lodges. It’s long been rumoured that Sequoia Lodge will be the next hotel to have a massive refurbishment (its last was quite a few years ago now), but there’s been no sign of this kicking off yet. When it does expect to see and hear construction round the hotel – if they don’t close it completely for the work like they did with the Disneyland Hotel!

Disney’s Hotel Cheyenne

Theme: The Wild West is the theme of this value resort, with buildings named after well known western figures. In the rooms there is a Toy Story theme, particularly Woody, Jessie and Bullseye and Woody’s Roundup.

Location: Hotel Cheyenne is a stroll down the river leading from Lake Disney, and sits opposite the other value resort Hotel Santa Fe.

Walking time to the parks: About 20 minutes, although it could be longer if you are the furthermost side of the hotel from the parks. It’s a lovely walk along the river and around Lake Disney though.

Dining: There’s one buffet restaurant on site here – Chuck Wagon Cafe which offers breakfast in the morning, and western themed fare like meats and ribs in the evening. The on site bar is called Red Garter Saloon and offers a variety of themed cocktails as well as other alcoholic beverages. This spot used to offer live music some weekends. For caffeine addicts Starbucks is also here, although it’s been closed for refurbishment for a while.

Amenities: A lot of the amenities here at Hotel Cheyenne are great for kids! As well as being able to meet Woody and Jessie, there’s an outdoor playground, and in warmer weather pony rides! There’s also an onsite gift shop of course. Worth noting that there’s no swimming pool at this resort.

Price: Cheyenne offers less amenities than most of the other resorts, but at a more value price point. A standard room for a family of 4 for 3 nights from 28th July will cost £1954. There’s no club level at this resort.

Notes: Of the two value hotels, Hotel Cheyenne is our favourite. Partly it’s because the Wild West theming is done so well, but also because this resort has air conditioning where Santa Fe does not! Some of the rooms feature a double bed and a sofa that separates into two beds, as opposed to having two double beds like most Disney hotels.

Disney’s Hotel Santa Fe

Theme: Hotel Santa Fe is inspired the American South West, particularly around Route 66, and has a very cute car theme. Think paths marked like roads, traffic cone and license plates accents, and buildings named after the Cars characters.

Location: Like Hotel Cheyenne, Hotel Santa Fe is based along the river running from Lake Disney; and opposite the Cheyenne.

Walking time to parks: 20-25 minutes, depending where you are based in the hotel.

Dining: The one buffet restaurant on site, La Cantina, offers breakfast in the morning and Tex Mex offerings in the evenings – it’s a real crowd pleaser. The Rio Grande bar offers cocktails, drinks and a few light bites. There’s also a Starbucks for caffeine fans (although its been closed for refurbishment for a while).

Amenities: Hotel Santa Fe offers character meetings in the lobby – this tends to be members of the fab five, wearing seasonal or sometimes racing inspired garb (or sometimes their typical outfits – it seems to be a mixed bag). There’s also an on site gift shop. Although not a playground outside, there’s a lot of bits of theming with tourist style attractions from the south-west (like the ‘world’s smallest volcano’ – allegedly). Also while not an on site amenity per se, there’s a petrol station where you can buy some grocery bits just outside the door.

Price: This resort is pretty basic, but it is a value resort and has a price to match this. For our family of 4 staying for 3 nights from 28th July, they would pay £1733.

Notes: The rooms at Hotel Santa Fe are pretty basic, as are the amenities, but it certainly does the job of injecting some Disney magic into your stay at a cheaper price point! Two things to note about this resort though is that there’s no pool on site, and the rooms also don’t have air conditioning – probably worth thinking about in the summer.

So which hotel appeals to you the most? We’ve stayed at them all (although some were a little while ago and we hope to revisit soon!), and they all have their up sides! Subscribe to the blog to receive our future blogs about all things Disneyland Paris straight into your email inbox – and there’s more hotel blogs to come!