Disneyland Paris: how to plan your first visit
Start with parks, dates, tickets and accommodation. A guide to organising the decisions for your first Disneyland Paris trip.
Park · Place guide
Disneyland Park
The home of Sleeping Beauty Castle: five themed lands, attractions and shows to build your itinerary around.
Sleeping Beauty Castle. Archive photograph from 2023. Photo: Sebastian Luna. Licencia Pexels. Cropped for display.
- Destination
- Disneyland Paris
- Type
- Theme park
- Themed lands
- Five
Disneyland Park is the home of Sleeping Beauty Castle. It is organised into Main Street, U.S.A., Fantasyland, Adventureland, Frontierland and Discoveryland. Knowing these five lands helps you plan a route without reducing the map to a list of disconnected attractions.
What kind of visit it offers
The park combines attractions, character encounters, restaurants and entertainment. For a first visit, choose a few priorities and locate them by land: deciding what to do next will be easier than trying to complete the whole park in order of popularity.
Before entering
Check that your ticket covers this park and consult the official calendar for your date. Not every activity follows the park’s opening hours. Leave time to reach the shows you want to see and check their schedules again during the day. If an essential experience is unavailable, rearrange your priorities before walking over to it.
Within Disneyland Park
Includes places in its themed lands. 8 places available.
Themed lands
Themed land · Disneyland Park
Adventureland
Pirates, exploration and adventure settings at Disneyland Park, with walking routes and rides of varying intensity.
Themed land · Disneyland Park
Discoveryland
Space travel, Star Wars, Buzz Lightyear and the Nautilus share Disneyland Park’s land of exploration.
Themed land · Disneyland Park
Fantasyland
Classic fairy tales, Peter Pan and Alice’s world in one of Disneyland Park’s five lands.
Themed land · Disneyland Park
Frontierland
Thunder Mesa, Big Thunder Mountain and Phantom Manor shape Disneyland Park’s Western setting.
Themed land · Disneyland Park
Main Street, U.S.A.
Disneyland Park’s entrance avenue combines façades, shops and covered arcades on the way to the castle.
Attractions
Attraction · Frontierland
Big Thunder Mountain
Frontierland’s mining-themed roller coaster: what to expect and what to check before adding it to your itinerary.
Attraction · Fantasyland
Peter Pan’s Flight
A journey through London and Never Land in Fantasyland, aboard a ship that recreates Peter Pan’s flight.