Travelling by Eurostar
While the options for travelling to Disney by Eurostar have reduced in recent years, as trains no longer stop at Ashford or Ebbsfleet in the UK and no longer travel direct to Disneyland Paris, Eurostar is still a popular choice and there are two routes you can choose from
Option One
London St Pancras to Paris Gare Du Nord
Eurostar runs around 15 trains a day each way between London and Paris, with a journey time of around 2h20.
Prices can vary and are usually cheapest when first released, which for the London to Paris route is around 11 months ahead. Tickets start at £39 each way but can rise up to around £169 each way so it helps to book early! They do however offer a standard fare of £39 each way for a wheelchair user who remains in their chair and up to one companion. Being able to remain in your own chair offers reassurance that your chair is unlikely to be damaged.
Once you arrive at Gare Du Nord you need to get from there to Disney or to the Disney area. The main options for this are:
- Using the RER Trains - takes about an hour with one change and costs 5 euros per adult each way
- Using a taxi or Uber - depending on traffic could take between 45 minutes and an hour and will cost around 70-100 euros each way
- Using a Private Transfer - will take a similar time to a taxi or Uber but will be waiting for you, costs around 90-110 euros each way
There is a separate page linked below describing how to make the journey by RER.
Option Two
London St Pancras to Disneyland Paris via Lille
Although Eurostar no longer run a direct train to Disneyland Paris you can still book a Eurostar train to arrive at Disneyland Paris, this will include changing trains at Lille.
This route tends to be more expensive than travelling to Gare Du Nord and the tickets are only available to book around 3 months in advance (compared to around 11 months for the train to Gare Du Nord) but the change at Lille is straightforward and if you have assistance booked they will assist you. You will also have reserved seats on the train from Lille to Disney. There does tend to be less choice of train times for this route.
From London to Lille (and back) the experience would be the same as if travelling to Gare Du Nord as this is a Eurostar train, with the same accessibility features and assistance. The journey from Lille to Disney can be a little different as this is not a Eurostar train but this will still have wheelchair spaces and assistance. The last (or first) 10 minutes or so of the journey can be very busy as the train usually stops at the airport.
Another thing to note/check is that your train from Lille to Disney is leaving/arriving at the same station as your Eurostar. There are two stations at Lille, Lille Europe is the Eurostar station and many connecting trains do also use this station but sometime the connection uses Lille Flandres which is a very short (fully pedestrianised) walk away.
Using Eurostar to travel via Lille
This video, created by the wonderful Fairy Godmother, shows making the Eurostar journey with a change at Lille.
Wheelchair spaces on Eurostar trains
For information about travelling aboard Eurostar train, including information about train layouts, bathrooms and facilities please see the page about Eurostar trains.
This page has been last updated in March 2024
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