French/Eurodisney Experience

[bladeplayer]

Just back from Eurodisney Star Wars spectacular, with herself & the chap , was cold but we had a good time & the chap, a star wars nut had a ball , its our second time over there (last june) ..

The staff at Eurodisney with one exception were great, i had to tell one waiter to cool his jets & there was no need to be rude, then people at 2 other tables said he had been rude to them 2 , im not having that at the cost of stuff over there & we would not be rude to them

The French people in general that we encountered on both trips were rude arrogant & impatient , more than once i had to & saw others having to tell them to stop que jumping etc ..

I spoke to a few other Irish & English visitors in ques around the hotel / dinner etc & most seemed to have same opinion ..

Ive only ever encountered Paris & Eurodisney in France , just wondering what are ye more experienced France visitors thoughts and experiences

Thanks

 

[Lord Tyrion]

That's France / Paris for you. I found it to be okay but nowhere near as friendly as Florida. A good tester whilst you save up for a Florida trip. They really mean it when they say "have a nice day". The organisation in Florida is also better, queues well organised, so you don't have the queue jumping issue.

Having had a long weekend in Paris a few years ago I can sympathise with the queue jumping issue and lack of friendliness. There seems a complete lack of understanding relating to queuing that drove me to distraction. I got into more than one argument, one in particular for the Eifel tower, when people just walked past me in the queue. Not having it. Waiters, shop staff etc are also generally miserable and hostile in Paris.

As many have said before, Paris would be wonderful if it wasn't for the French. As it happens the further south you go the friendler the French become. Get to the south and they are almost pleasant. Not Spanish friendly but enough.

 

[Rooter]

Disney turns parents into horrible creatures. We have had the same, you get parents pushing their kids physically to get closer to a character, its a horrible experience.

We went to DL last summer, i actually complained as when we went, so many rides were shut, no characters about, generally poor. I have a free family pass to go back, but not sure we will use it.. Even though we drive past it on the way to my mums most summers!!

And yes, i agree, the english speakers are the best behaved (best manners) the french do seem to be the worst, but the asians (yes, i brought a whole continent into it, it was chinese, japanese, indian, pakistani) were pretty bad too.. The amount of times i considered removing a shoe and battering a door knob of parent were quite worrying.

 

[Crazyface]

I hate France. I've been there for holidays in the past and a more miserable lot you couldn't wish to meet. I will never go there again.

 

[Khamelion]

Did Euro Disney a few years back as part of a works jolly, was meant to be at a firewall seminar but the boss took us to Disney instead, anyway, as you say, the French were generally rude, used their bairns push chairs as weapons, pushed in where they could and just had that mightier than thou demeanour.

Disney in France, never again, awful place.

 

[upsidedown]

The French do not queue, but on my numerous visits to the country and in particular the ski resorts it's not a problem and find away from the tourists spots the French are very friendly and hospitable.

What I do have a problem with is tourists who believe the way to communicate is to shout louder and louder.

 

[Val]

Pedantic alert :rofl:

Euro Disney doesn't exist, it went bust over 20 years ago. It's called Disneyland Paris or DLP

 

[Smiffy]

We go to France every year, albeit to the deepest, darkest depths of the countryside in the Mayenne region.
Never really had any problems. Whenever we have gone out shopping, or for a meal, we have found the locals to be reasonably friendly and amenable.
The only example of rudeness I have encountered was by a young female sales assistant in a shoe shop in St. Malo.
Despite it being empty, we spent absolutely ages waiting for assistance, with the girl totally ignoring us, despite our attempts to gain her attention.
Eventually we were graced by her presence. I asked if she had the particular shoes I was after in a size 43 to which she just replied "Non" and walked away.
She deserved a slap that one.