Booked for a Feb half-term, off-site trip! (Had to postpone to Easter)

[mr-paul]

Kinda a pre-trip report, but not intending on writing up the full trip. Just wanted to post my excitement of going and share what we've paid that might be a useful guide for someone!

We're going from 21st to 25th February, four adults - me, my mum, my brother and his girlfriend. We have to go at half term as my brother is a teacher. We have been many times (lost count but it's about 10+) before, and usually stay on-site. However, we're staying off-site to keep costs down, and part of our reasoning is that we don't need a hotel and ticket package, the tickets are already sorted as I work for Disney in the UK.

We're going by ferry from Dover to Calais at 7am in the morning, and staying in the Premier Inn at Dover the night before. Two rooms here came to £86 for a night and saves us getting up at stupid o'clock to drive there so well worth it for £21.50 per person.

The ferry is booked with DFDS, who I've never sailed with before, but they're including a complimentary meal, so we've got breakfast sorted for travel day, and dinner for the way back. This came to £174 return, so £43.50 per person.

The hotel we're staying is the Aparthotel Adagio Serris Val D'Europe. This is pretty much as close as you can get to Disney without being on-site - it's a 15 minute walk to the gates, so barely any further than Cheyenne and Santa Fe. There are shuttle buses if required.

We've gone for a two bedroom apartment (sleeps up to six) to give us plenty of room, but you can also get studios (sleeps two) and one bedrooms (sleep four) for cheaper. They have a kitchenette so you can make your own breakfast/other meals if required, and it's right near the Val d'Europe shopping centre and the Auchan supermarket.

We've paid £385 for four nights, so £96.25 per person. I'd really recommend it for anyone who is looking to keep costs down by saving on the room rate and food, or has annual passes/tickets already sorted.

So our costs so far come to £161 each, which is a bargain for a five day trip. Will add onto that the cost of two tanks of petrol between us, the tolls for the French motorway (about €22 each way) and a COVID test to get into France (£15). Hopefully they scrap that last one in the next few weeks!

Then the only costs are food, drink and souvenirs when we're there! No particular restaurant plans just yet other than my brother wants to go to the buffet at Billy Bob's!

Very excited that the fireworks are going to be back. Mum is gutted that it's a small world is closed for repairs!

Don't usually go for a 5-day trip, usually 3 or 4, but the driving means we'll have 3 full days and 2 half days, so can take it pretty leisurely. It also wasn't much more expensive than the 3 night/4 day option we priced up.

Anyway, hope this was helpful, happy to answer any questions!

[Guest]

Wow your hotel looks amazing for the price! Not long to go! Hope you all have an amazing time!

[mr-paul]

Originally Posted by Nanna Frozen

Wow your hotel looks amazing for the price! Not long to go! Hope you all have an amazing time!

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Thanks Nanna! I would much rather be staying in Hotel New York like you are but this one's pretty good for the price.

And yes, it's exciting to book and only having a few weeks to wait before going!

[Guest]

Originally Posted by mr-paul

Thanks Nanna! I would much rather be staying in Hotel New York like you are but this one's pretty good for the price.

And yes, it's exciting to book and only having a few weeks to wait before going!

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I would happily stay where you are if just me and DH( in fact if I enjoy DLP I think we just might!)

[Latics]

We’re staying at the Adagio on our 1st night before heading to Marvel for 4 nights. We land at night and I didn’t want to lose a park day. We’ve stayed at the Adagio about 4 times. We love it. Great location too as Val D’Europe is over the road. Plenty of restaurants and the Outlet Village. We got a fantastic deal for Marvel with tickets but I wouldn’t hesitate in future to go back to the Adagio.

[mrsbenny]

I booked that hotel last year but had to cancel. Number 1 choice offsite as very easy to walk to. On-site is getting so expensive! Have a brill time and please do a trip report!

[mr-paul]

Originally Posted by Latics

We’re staying at the Adagio on our 1st night before heading to Marvel for 4 nights. We land at night and I didn’t want to lose a park day. We’ve stayed at the Adagio about 4 times. We love it. Great location too as Val D’Europe is over the road. Plenty of restaurants and the Outlet Village. We got a fantastic deal for Marvel with tickets but I wouldn’t hesitate in future to go back to the Adagio.

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That's a great way of doing things. I always try to travel so I arrive in the morning/by lunch, but if you have a night-time arrival that's a really sensible option.

You've made me consider a split stay myself later in the year once the Avengers Campus has opened in the Studios - do a couple of nights at Adagio and a night or two at Marvel!

Originally Posted by mrsbenny

I booked that hotel last year but had to cancel. Number 1 choice offsite as very easy to walk to. On-site is getting so expensive! Have a brill time and please do a trip report!

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Oh no, I definitely do recommend it whenever you do get to go!

Ok, I will try to do some kind of round-up report even if it's not a complete play by play!

[SAM161]

Wow that’s an amazing price! Have a great time and thanks for sharing, so useful.

[MariaLynda]

Great price and looks fab. Really makes you think about the crazy onsite prices. I've been looking for 4 nights for a while now and the prices all went up a week or so back. 1500 for four nights at SL in golden forest room. Such a lot of money and art of marvel is over 400 a night! I mean.. really! Sigh.

[Gill H]

We definitely got good use out of our annual passes - our first trip was £200 for 3 nights in the Ibis, and our second was £700 for 3 nights in the Art of Marvel. I don't think I could ever bring myself to pay full price for that hotel but ohhhh, it was so good.