Disneyland Paris Fastpass Windows

[MichaelD]

Hey guys,

 

I'm wondering if anyone has had any specific experience with Disneyland Paris and the windows on their Fastpasses. In particular, arriving late for the window - are the Fastpasses still accepted? I know that both US parks will take the passes any time after their start time, but will the same apply in Paris?

[SharkTums]

^We never had an issue using them after the fact at ANY Disney Park, but Disneyland Paris was the only park ever rude about it! Be prepared with a few basic phrases in French and it shouldn't be a problem.

[MichaelD]

Thanks for that, Elissa. It's very useful to know that since an early morning "fastpass run" is a frequent tactic I use to allow a leisurely afternoon's/evening's park touring.

[robbalvey]

There was one time on Big Thunder Mountain where I turned up about an hour late and I had my FP taken away from me and was flat out told "no" that we couldn't ride.

 

I will say that though that it would only happen 1 out of about 20 times. But be prepared for it.

 

--Robb

[MichaelD]

^Ouch.

 

That's a bit of a worry, since my habit is to collect fastpasses in the morning with windows in the 10am-12 midday range and use them at around 6pm to stroll comfortably around all the E-ticket rides, a strategy which works very well indeed in the US as the fastpasses are accepted after their windows have expired.

 

Somewhat related to this...any general ideas as to crowd sizes at DLP on the Mon/Tue/Wed before the TPR UK trip starts? My reading on the topic suggests that the really busy time for Disneyland Paris will be a few weeks later, but there isn't as much info out there for DLP as there is for the US parks.