Disneyland Paris: marks out of ten from a six-year-old

Statistics can tell us all sorts of things. They can be very complicated. Or they can be simple. But they are best when presented in the raw. So, here, uneditorialised, unedited, in a no-holds-barred list kinda format, are one six-year-old’s marks out of ten for everything-she-could-fit-into-one-weekend-at-Disneyland-Paris. I’ll warn you now, her scoring can be erratic, over-emotional, and downright dubious, but I can assure you it’s honest and it’s authentic.

In the spirit of open data, crunch her numbers however you wish. They are after the fold / below the photo.

Adventureland
La Cabane des Robinson: 9/10

Le Passage Enchante d’Aladdin: 5/10

Frontierland

Big Thunder Mountain: 3/10 [Yes, I know, I really shouldn't have "persuaded" her to ride this with me...]

Legends of the Wild West: 8/10

Rustler Roundup Gallery: 5/10

Main Street U.S.A.

Shopping, shopping, and more shopping: 7/10

Mickey’s Magical Party (show): 10/10

Disney’s Once Upon a Dream Parade: 20/10

Castle Lighting show with Mickey and Friends: 10/10

Fantasyland

Sleeping Beauty Castle: 9/10

La Carrousel de Lancelot: 2/10

Peter Pan’s Flight: 3/10

Dumbo the Flying Elephant: 10/10

Alice’s Curious Labyrinth: 10/10

Mad Hatter’s Tea Cups: 8/10

“It’s a small world”: 10/10

Discoveryland

Buzz Lightyear Laser Blast: 10/10

Orbitron: 9/10

Videopolis: 7/10

Autopia: 10/10

Disney Studios

Playhouse Disney Live on Stage!: 10/10

Studio Tram Tour: Behind the Magic: 4/10

Flying Carpets Over Agrabah: 10/10

I must also give a shout out to the kind folk at Frommer’s who gave me their Paris & Disneyland Resort Paris With Your Family to test-drive for the weekend. Remembering (in the spirit of disclosure) that I also write for them, I’d give the book’s Disneyland chapter 8 or 9 out of 10 myself. Crisp descriptions helped me immensely in choosing rides age-appropriate for my little companions. (I take full responsibility for the distinctly ill received decision to ride Big Thunder Mountain, okay.) We’d have achieved much less without the book’s explanation of the FastPass system. Perhaps the only thing missing was a bit of help finding our way to the shortest queues. But then, in the run-up to Christmas, maybe there just aren’t any after the park opens to the public at 10 a.m.

If you have any Disney feedback, or scores of your own to share, please do leave a comment. I’ll see it gets back to the appropriate six-year-old.