If you’re differently-abled or managing a medical condition and planning a trip to Disneyland Paris, you may be wondering what support may be available to help you enjoy the theme parks and their attractions. The most comprehensive support comes with the Priority Card. This card is for those with registered disabilities and provides expedited queuing for attractions, shows, restaurants and shops and access to special viewing areas for parades and nighttime shows – we go into full detail in our blog here. However there are many people with medical conditions that may make standing in standard ride lines difficult, but who might not be eligible for Priority Pass. Here’s where the Easy Access Pass comes in!

What is the Easy Access Pass, and how does it work?

The Easy Access Pass is a card available to people with certain medical conditions, who have a doctor’s certificate to say that they do so.

The pass is aimed at those who can wait to experience attractions, but who may struggle to stand in the standard queue. After picking up your pass you will receive a card with slots for times. How this works for you and up to 4 companions is that you head to the entrance of an attraction (or sometimes the disabled entrance which could actually be the exit!) and show the card. A cast member will then write in a return time, usually roughly equivalent to the current standby wait (so how long people in the actual queue for the ride are waiting). You can then go off and enjoy the park while you wait, and then return to the attraction at your return time to be able to board with a much shorter wait. Depending on your mobility needs and the attraction itself, this could be through the Premier Access entrance (otherwise used for those who pay for expedited access to the attractions), or the ride’s disabled entrance (again, often the exit!). Cast members should be able to direct you to the right spot.

You can only have one active time slot on your Easy Access Card at a time – so if you have a return time for Big Thunder in an hour, you can’t go and get another return time for Phantom Manor while you wait. You’ll either need to come back after you’ve ridden Big Thunder, or lose the Easy Access slot for Big Thunder to gain one for Phantom Manor. This is to stop people with the cards trying to ‘stack’ rides with shorter waits, and ensures that people entering the ride via the Premier Access or Disability entrances are spread out over time, to prevent this queue from becoming unmanageably long!

What can’t I use the Easy Access Pass for?

Unlike the Priority Pass, the Easy Access Pass only works for rides!

So with the pass you cannot get return times for characters or theatre shows, expedited waits in restaurants or shops, or access to the special viewing areas set aside for the differently-abled for the parades, calvacades or nighttime spectaculars.

Essentially this is because Disney want to prioritise assistance and support to the guests that are likely to need it most – so those with the registered disabilities that qualify for the Priority Pass. This is why we’d urge anyone who is differently-abled who feels they need support to check if they’re eligible for the Priority Card first, as it’s the more all-encompassing tool. Having said that if you’re not eligible for the Priority Pass please don’t try to blag it – Disney do ask to see proof when you collect the Pass at the parks. And if you don’t qualify for the Priority Card, the Easy Access Pass might come in great help as long as you qualify!

So who qualifies for the Easy Access Card?

Disneyland Paris has a set list of medical conditions that qualifies someone for the Easy Access Card. Below is the list at the time of writing (early July 2026). However this list can and does change, so we urge you to double check on Disneyland Paris’ website if you want to apply – they have a list of the qualifying conditions here.

• severe stroke (Disney describes it as debilitating stroke) – so stroke that has had long term impacts
• long-term psychiatric disorders (this is quite vague, if you feel you may qualify under this but aren’t sure I’d contact Disneyland Paris for clarification)
• Ulcerative colitis and progressive Crohn’s Disease
• Type 1 or Type 2 diabetes in children and adults
• complicated schistosomiasis (also known as Bilharzia)
• severe primary immunodeficiency disorder requiring long-term treatment, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). While HIV is the identified condition here, other conditions that severely impact your immunity may also qualify – again you might want to contact Disneyland Paris in advance for clarification
• severe neurological and muscular disorders (including myopathy) and severe epilepsy
• haemoglobinopathy, chronic inherited / severe acquired haemolytic anaemia
• haemophilia and severe constitutional haemostatic disorders (so conditions that stop your blood clotting properly)
• chronic heart failure, severe heart arrhythmia, chronic heart valve disease, severe congenital heart disease – worth noting here that conditions like high blood pressure do not qualify
• bone marrow failure and other chronic types of cytopenia
• acute/chronic respiratory failure (so it’s unlikely that asthma would qualify unless it’s particularly severe)
• Alzheimer’s disease and other types of dementia
• chronic liver disease (hepatitis B or C) and cirrhosis
• coronary artery disease (this could be through high cholesterol but you need to be diagnosed with the disease arising from this), myocardial infarction (heart attack)
• inherited metabolic disorders requiring long-term specialised treatment (in the UK there are 6 recognised such conditions – Glutaric aciduria type 1 (GA1), Homocystinuria (HCU), Isovaleric acidaemia (IVA), Medium chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase deficiency (MCADD), Maple syrup urine disease (MSUD), Phenylketonuria (PKU))
• cystic fibrosis
• Parkinson’s Disease
• acute/chronic nephropathy and primary nephrotic syndrome (kidney failure)
• paraplegia
• severe progressive rheumatoid arthritis (so the disease has to have a severe impact on you and to be getting progressively worse over time)
• organ transplant postoperative recovery
• multiple sclerosis
• progressive idiopathic scoliosis (sideways curve of the spine that’s getting worse over time)
• severe ankylosing spondylitis
• active tuberculosis and leprosy
• malignant tumour, lymphoma, haematopoietic cancer or any type of cancer
• vasculitis, systemic lupus erythematosus, systemic scleroderma (these are all autoimmune conditions, where the body attacks itself)

What do I need to apply for the Easy Access card?

If you have one of the above conditions you qualify – but no Disney are not just going to take your word for it!

You’ll need a medical certificate signed and stamped by your doctor, and dated within the last three months. Note that just a letter might not work – it needs to be signed and stamped (although I’m sure what that looks like varies by GP). The certificate also needs to be in French or English. And the three month rule is quite strict, so if you’re planning multiple trips more than 3 months apart you’ll need to get a new certificate for each trip.

Most GPs in the UK are able and happy to supply a certificate, but note that you may have to pay for it (ours charges about £25 if that’s any help but I’m sure costs vary).

Please note that you will need the original document with you in the parks to pick up your Easy Access Card – a digital scan isn’t going to cut it (probably because they’d be pretty easy to fake up).

How to apply for the Easy Access Card

Unlike the Priority Pass, which you can apply for up to 30 days in advance of your visit, the Easy Access Card is applied for only in person.

When you arrive in Disneyland Paris you’ll need to head to a guest services location – this could be the concierge or reception of your Disney hotel, but for many folks its the guests services under the Disneyland Hotel outside of Disneyland Park. (You should also be able to apply at the Guest Services locations inside the parks too – at Disneyland Park that’s at City Hall, just as you enter Main Street USA from under the train station on the left hand side. At Disney Adventure World it’s on your right in the Entrance Courtyard just after you enter the park).

When you apply for the card you’ll need to show your medical certificate and proof of identity – so something like a passport. The cast member may ask you some questions to gauge your accessibility level – this is to check what attractions you’ll be able to access safely. Once that’s taken place they’ll then issue you with your card – and you can head to your first attraction and enjoy your time at Disneyland Paris! The card should be valid for the duration of your stay.

Can other people in my group use the card for attractions I don’t want to ride?

Short answer – no.

For the Easy Access Card to be used, the card holder has to be present and riding the ride. For attractions the Easy Access Card holder doesn’t want to experience, then other folks in the group will need to wait in the normal standby line, or pay out for Premier Access – see more details in our blog here.

While less all-encompassing that the Priority Pass, the Easy Access Card at Disneyland Paris can make navigating the theme parks a lot easier for the folks who qualify for it! Hopefully this blog was helpful – if it was please do subscribe below, you’ll receive future blogs directly in your inbox and a free copy of our Magically Different Guide to Disneyland Paris Attraction Accessibility (otherwise £3). We also share tips and tricks, including those for the differently-abled, over on our YouTube channel and we’d love to see you there! And if you’d like to support our work please consider shopping our Amazon Storefront or leaving us a tip. Thank you!