My husband and I are both Cast Members for Walt Disney World resort, and it’s safe to say we love it. We love working their, we love the benefits and the perks, we love Orlando, we just love it.
We decided since we were going to be in Europe, why not make our way to Paris and see Disneyland Paris! Both of us were extremely excited to see Disneyland, I was a little more excited to see the actual city of Paris, but my husband admitted to me that he was more excited to see Disneyland!!
I decided to let my husband choose where we were going to stay when in Paris, since he was more excited for Disneyland Paris he decided to stay in Serris. This is where Disneyland Paris is located, it is about a 35 minutes outside of Paris. He wanted to try out Airbnb, so at this point in our planning it turned into okay fine whatever you want. Now this Airbnb turned out to be extremely convenient it was about a 20 minute walk to Disneyland. Which meant that it was free to get there! There was also bus transportation, and lots of ubers if you wanted to do that as well.
There was lots of airbnbs in the area, there was also an inside mall, and an outlet mall about a 5 minute walk away. This was super convenient for breakfast in the morning and for any other needs you might have.
The town was super cute, and clean. The apartment buildings were white and had little antique look to them, the streets were also quiet. Which is a major perk if you want to be away from a loud nightlife.
Now there is also hotels in the area, off Disney property hotels, and Disney hotels. As we were planning we decided that the Disneyland Paris hotels were a little on the higher side, and we wanted to save more money on where we were at.
When we arrived in Paris at Gare de Lyon, we took an uber ride costing us around 55 euros to get to our Airbnb in Serris. There is a subway/metro station, but at this point we had just been on a 7 hour train ride from Barcelona, and just did not want to be on anymore public transportation. But you can take the metro for about 14 euros per person to go one way.
Unfortunately when we got to our Airbnb, my cellular was not working very well, and we could not get ahold of our host. I thought my husband had taken care of the smaller details, but it turned out he had not!! In the end we waited about two hours before we were let in. I recommend you have this sort of thing all figured out when in a foreign country, with limited talking minutes, and not perfect data!! When the drama was happening my husband looked at me and said is this what you want? Would you rather I get you a hotel? Is it okay that you’re going to be sleeping on a futon? I remember looking at him and laughing, saying its a little late now don’t you think?
In all honesty it turned out being fine. It was perfect walking distance to Disneyland Paris, and also an even shorter walk to the metro station which is what we took when we went into Paris. It truly depends if you want to be closer to Disneyland Paris or to stay in the city itself. The metro was very easy to use, just make sure you don’t get on the wrong train! (We only did that once!!)
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