Walt Disney Studios Paris: The mouse that snored
Pardon my French, but Walt Disney Studios Paris is a complete s***hole of a park. It is poorly maintained and too crowded, with mediocre food and hardly anything to do. I can’t really recommend that anyone go there, unless you have a Park-Hopper and can go back over to Disneyland halfway through the day.
The only two good things in the park are 1) Cinemagique, which is a film that cleverly integrates live action into the movie, and 2) the Horizons props on the Backlot Tour.
The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror is a Disneyland clone (why they didn’t clone the superior DHS version is beyond me), Rock ‘N” Roller Coaster is exactly the same, Crush’s Coaster is a decent but not outstanding indoor coaster, and Ratatouille is a boring, cheap-feeling Spiderman rip-off.
Plus, most of the rides don’t even open until after 11AM!
Leonard Kinsey is the owner of Bamboo Forest Publishing, and the bestselling author of “The Dark Side of Disney”, the Anarchist Cookbook of Disney travel guides. He has lived in Baltimore for over 15 years, and enjoys drinking craft beer in unique places, eating nachos and pizza, listening to 80s hair metal, and arguing about Star Trek minutia, often all at the same time. Watch out ladies!