Paris to Disneyland Paris — the distance, and how long it really takes
Disneyland Paris is not in Paris. It is at Marne-la-Vallée, about 40 kilometres east of the centre, and that gap is the thing most itineraries get wrong. Here is the real road distance from the city and from each airport, how long each one takes, and what the alternatives cost you in changes and luggage.
Distance and journey time
| From | By road | Driving time | Private transfer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paris | about 40 km | 45 min – 1 h | €85 |
| Paris Charles de Gaulle (CDG) | about 46 km | about 45 min | €75 |
| Paris Orly (ORY) | about 52 km | 50 min – 1 h 15 | €80 |
| Beauvais Paris Airport (BVA) | about 120 km | about 2 h | €150 |
Road distances to the resort gates. Driving times are typical rather than guaranteed — the A4 at six on a Friday evening is its own event. Each fare is for the whole vehicle.
Driving yourself
Forty minutes on the A4 from the Porte de Bercy, signposted Marne-la-Vallée the whole way. The resort car parks are a ten-minute walk from the gates and charge by the day. Worth it if you already have the car; rarely worth hiring one for, because it then sits parked for the length of your stay.
By RER and by TGV
From central Paris the RER A runs to Marne-la-Vallée–Chessy, the station at the park entrance — around forty minutes from Châtelet–Les Halles when nothing is wrong, on trains rarely built for four people with suitcases. From Charles de Gaulle there is a direct TGV out of Terminal 2, ten minutes, a handful of departures a day. From Orly there is no direct anything: Orlyval, then the RER B, then a change at Châtelet onto the RER A.
A private transfer
One car, one price for the whole vehicle, and the door of your hotel inside the resort rather than the station concourse. We hold your flight or train number, so a delay moves the pickup instead of losing it, and the child seats are fitted before you arrive. The expensive option if you are travelling alone, the cheap one from about three people with luggage.
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