Sorry to post again, but the message above was getting long. As to the parks themselves, do use fastpasses whenever you can, even if this means committing yourself to a time. For the most popular rides it's a godsend, especially with young children (do take things like Gameboys/PSPs for the queues, but keep them secure!). The other best bet is to get to the Park when it opens and do the big rides then, or at the end of the day. During the parades the queues shorten as well. The European parks are much smaller than the US ones, and wear out the shoes less! All the merchandise is hideously expensive, so you may need to ration the wish list of the children! As at the hotels, the food is awful, quite, quite awful, atrociously so (in fact, it makes the hotel food look good). However, the waffles and icecreams in Main Street are very tasty, if expensive. Beware that everything that looks as if it might be an interesting building is in fact a merchandising outfit. The train circling the park is good, but can be queues to get on, and sometimes just walking is quicker. If you can at all avoid peak UK holiday times, it's well worth it - the queues are definitely far less. The Thunder Mountain ride is great, but Space Mountain, for which I think your two will be too young anyway, is very rough on the head which gets banged about a lot, and the ride does a 360 degree loop, as does the Temple of Doom. I think Aerosmith in Studios also does, but is a much smoother ride. The Disney excusrion to Paris is very expensive (I think about ?40) and takes a day of your holiday (though if you've the stamina you can visit the parks in the evening), but I would say its very good indeed for showing you all the 'main bits' of Paris, from the comfort of a coach. No trekking around etc. It includes a ride on a bateau mouche on the Seine and a ride up the Eiffel Tower (without queueing!). We found it expensive, but really good and 'painfree'. However, we've also simply taken the RER into Paris, and done the town the proper way as well, which is more tiring but more exciting. By the way, there are no food shops in Disney at all, so self-catering, even for sandwiches, is not an option. You can take some bread rolls from breakfast (which isn't too bad apart from the vile coffee and rubbish fruit juice). Remember that the Disney hotels have queues for breakfast as well, and evening meals. And for the shuttles to the park (usually quicker to walk). The whole place is pretty tacky, but at least its relatively upmarket tack, and the children won't mind and won't care. If you do the Sequoia Lodge or hotel with a pool, it's great to have a swim at the end of the day. I think they charge for towels. Sequoia Lodge pool has a slide - great! Don't think the others do. In winter, the icesaking rink out side the New York hotel is very good, and not that hideously expensive considering. Have a great holiday - your children will remember it all their lives, so be brave and go!