All Disneyland Paris Resort Hotels Ranked from Worst to Best

This ranks every on-site hotel at Disneyland Paris from worst to best for vacations this year or in 2027. These resort rankings consider theme, amenities, location, dining, guest rooms, and more to determine the top accommodations near the parks at DLP.

This isn’t a straightforward list from 2-star to 3-star to 4-star to 5-star. If you want to know how Disney itself “ranks” the resorts, it’s pretty easy to visit the official website where the hotels are arranged by stars and (more importantly) prices. Instead, our rankings give weight to value for money, helping you determine which Disneyland Paris resorts are “worth it” for a splurge, what’s overpriced, which offer great bang for buck, and what’s cheap for good reason!

Objective criteria is mixed with subjective, aimed at answering: which resorts would we recommend to family & friends visiting Disneyland Paris for the first time? That seems logical, and the goal here is coming up with a list of resort recommendations for a variety of vacationers looking to book their dream hotel at DLP.

A few things to note before we get started. The first is that we’re big believers in staying on-site at Disneyland Paris. The “Disney Bubble” is arguably more compelling here than at Walt Disney World, partly because most on-site hotels are within walking distance of the parks, and partly because Disneyland Paris is not actually in Paris. It’s in Marne-la-Vallée, roughly 32 miles from the city center.

At the same time, there’s an RER train station a stone’s throw from the front gates, so if you do want to commute from Paris as opposed to switching hotels, it’s possible to do so efficiently, and likely with only a single transfer in the city. We’ve done this for one-off visits to DLP, and it was simple and straightforward, with the only downsides being the early wake-up call for rope drop and the long trudge back at the end of the night.

Speaking of off-site, it’s also worth noting that the Val d’Europe area is one RER stop from the parks, and offers a range of modern hotels that can be great bargains.

We’ve stayed in Val d’Europe a few times, and although we prefer on-site, there’s definitely something to be said for cheaper hotels near the train station or the ones that are walkable from (basically) behind Newport Bay Club. There’s also a great grocery store there, restaurants, and other amenities that can reduce your all-in cost.

Our favorite Val d’Europe hotels are the Hotel Elysée Val d’Europe and the Aparthotel Adagio Serris (which was called Hipark Serris last time we stayed there). The former is a lovely hotel near the RER station, whereas the latter is a more barebones extended stay option that prioritizes price and space, and is an easier walk past Newport Bay Club.

I would book either of these before Davy Crockett Ranch (which we’ve never done); the only other Disney-adjacent off-site option that intrigues us is Les Villages Nature Paris (which we’ve also never done but is on our list).

Second, Disney has spent the last decade trying to undo years of neglect at Disneyland Paris. For a long time, hotels were the albatross around the neck of Disneyland Paris, due to more room inventory than necessary.

As a result, some went decades without meaningful refurbishments or necessary maintenance, and were stuck in the early 1990s until the 2020s. Fortunately, Disneyland Paris is doing much better now, and a string of multi-year reimaginings have occurred with several of the on-site hotels–and more are on the way.

The bad news is that this game of catch-up is still very much in progress, and DLP could stand to speed up the refurbishments (or do more simultaneously), as a few hotels are starting to look worse for wear again.

Third, if pools are of paramount importance, these are not the rankings for you. Our experience with pools being open at DLP hotels is mixed at best, which is honestly fine with us.

To each their own, but we wouldn’t travel all the way to France to go swimming. This seems to be an unpopular perspective among Europeans; our room was near the pool at Disneyland Hotel, and we were surprised by the steady stream of guests in bathrobes heading towards it. (That’s the pool pictured above; I did check it out–it’s nice.)

Normally, I’d still at least visit the pools to check them out, take photos, etc…but there’s something awkward about a fully clothed middle aged man taking a camera down a long hallway to an indoor pool. Apologies for the gap in coverage, but hotel pools at Disneyland Paris are a definite blindspot here!

Finally, this is aimed at diehard Disney fans and not people planning trips to Paris and thinking it might be fun to do a day at DLP to see what’s different. If you’re the latter, commuting from the city probably makes sense.

This is for the fans who are taking a first or infrequent trip to Disneyland Paris, are emphasizing that as part of a trip to Europe, and spending at least 2 days in the parks. The preferences of Disney diehards are going to differ from average guests, and that’s reflected here.

We’re coming at this from the perspective of Americans with a toddler who have visited Disneyland Paris countless times over the last 15 years (well, minus the toddler for most of those trips–as the math on that would dictate). Most recently, we just spent 8 days at Disneyland Paris amidst nearly 3 weeks in France. (You do not need that many days at DLP.)

We stayed at three different hotels during that trip to Disneyland Paris, and visited all of the others. Part of the reason for this was simply that we love and highly recommend the on-site experience at DLP, appreciate how the walkable resort complex is laid out, and don’t mind changing hotels.

The other part is that, since we highly recommend the on-site experience at DLP, we want to keep apprised of ever-evolving on-the-ground conditions so that we’re not steering you wrong with our advice. After all, there is a lot happening at Disneyland Paris, even after the relaunch of Disney Adventure World!

If you’re a Disneyland Paris first-timer (or it’s been a while since you’ve visited), we’d strongly advise working with Be Our Guest Vacations, a no-fee Authorized Disney Vacation Planner. Their agents have firsthand experience with DLP and can offer up-to-date advice, book your vacation, find the best DLP deals, help work around the refurbishment calendar, and take the stress out of planning.

Be Our Guest Vacations can also offer personalized resort recommendations based on your preferences, prices and deals during your travel dates, etc. That can be very valuable, especially as rates can be all over the place and your hotel needs (and thus rankings) might differ from ours!

Below is our 2026-2027 ranking of all six on-site Disneyland Paris hotels, from worst to best, with pros & cons, and our take on each. As always, your mileage may vary, but this is where we’d put our own money, and where we’d recommend friends and family stay when doing DLP…

6. Hotel Santa Fe

Trying to balance personal preference with a semblance of objectivity, value for money, location, etc., is more difficult than it might seem. These rankings were not easy for me. That is, with one notable exception: Hotel Santa Fe. The much-maligned motel occupies the bottom of this list, and it isn’t particularly close.

The hotel is themed after a Route 66 motel in the American Southwest, such as those you’d find in Santa Fe, New Mexico with typical Pueblo Revival architecture. This sounds lovely on paper, catnip for the Vince Gilligan fans out there.

The problem is that it has less in common with the interesting architecture featured in Breaking Bad or Better Call Saul and more to do with the (spoiler alert) “going to prison” part. Now in fairness, I haven’t been to prison–neither as a guest nor as a resident–but I’d imagine one of the fancy ones might look something like Hotel Santa Fe.

There’s something to be said for the original, high-concept and abstract artistic vision of Hotel Santa Fe. But only scarce traces of that remain.

The motel at which you can stay today consists of clusters of blocky buildings without much in the way of redeeming interest. The resulting property feels cold, uninviting, and the least “Disney” thing you’ve ever seen on Disney property.

The Cars-inspired rooms do give the interiors a bit of Disneyfication, and make Hotel Santa Fe more appealing to families with younger kids. Even so, the colorful imagery of Mater and Lightning McQueen vrooming around can only do so much. To each their own, but I don’t think the rooms are enough to overcome the exterior aesthetics.

I would also add that the common areas inside the lobby feel like relics of the 1990s, and not in a good way. During my most recent tour of Hotel Santa Fe, I was actually surprised by just how much worse its amenities were than the neighboring Hotel Cheyenne. Whereas that’s a charming love letter to the Wild Wild West, Hotel Santa Fe feels almost intentionally antagonistic and hostile; the kind of ‘defensive design’ you’d do if you wanted to discourage vagrants or loitering.

Hotel Santa Fe’s unique sensibilities might “click” for some Disney fans, but I’d hazard a guess that number will be an exceedingly small minority. I’d further speculate that there’s not much overlap between Mater fanboys and those of the abstract grounds.

On the plus side, Hotel Santa Fe typically offers the cheapest on-site accommodations at Disneyland Paris. It’s the farthest hotel from the parks (~20 minute walk, with a free shuttle available), but it’s a pleasant walk.

5. Newport Bay Club

Whereas twisting the proverbial knife on Hotel Santa Fe is easy, this one hurts me a little. Newport Bay Club has a lot going for it on paper. It’s the largest hotel at Disneyland Paris, sports a yacht club theme, and feels like a European cousin to Walt Disney World’s Yacht & Beach Club Resorts.

During our 2026 trip, I was surprised to see Newport Bay Club’s common areas looking a bit rough, like they could already use another refresh. Then I remembered its “recent” refurbishment was in 2016, which, if my math is correct, is a full decade ago.

Out of curiosity, I dug into recent reviews of Newport Bay Club and they’re…not great, Bob! (Can we still use that line?) Lots of horror stories, which isn’t uncommon since reviewers with extremely negative or positive experiences often have the greater incentive to share feedback than more mundane stays.

Nevertheless, Newport Bay Club seems to garner disproportionate negative reviews. Even less ‘charged’ comments suggest maintenance issues are common and the guest rooms are looking worse for wear. We didn’t stay here this time, so I cannot comment on the guest rooms themselves, that’s consistent with my observations of the common areas. Newport Bay Club is badly in need of another refurbishment.

Another negative that’s an outgrowth of its status as the largest hotel at Disneyland Paris (and one of the largest in Europe, period) is that the hallways can be interminably long; this also makes it feel like a sister property to the Yacht & Beach Club. Anecdotally, I also noticed longer lines for security in the morning on this side than at the Hotel New York checkpoint, but that might’ve just been luck.

Newport Bay Club still has things going for it. The nautical theme is executed well. It’s only a ~15 minute walk to the parks, which is perfectly reasonable. Regardless of the wear, the rooms here have been modernized, and do a good job of balancing form and function. If I were able to score a deal here, I wouldn’t hesitate to revisit Newport Bay Club, but I also wouldn’t pay the premium pricing that is typical of its supposed 4-star status.

4. Hotel New York – The Art of Marvel

Full disclosure: my ranking of Hotel New York – The Art of Marvel is a bit of an outlier. In perusing recent reviews, Hotel New York seems to consistently earn the highest scores of any on-site DLP hotel across aggregators like Booking.com, Expedia, Google, and TripAdvisor. If you want the clear consensus, this is no worse than the #2 hotel at Disneyland Paris.

The thing is, if all you cared about is consensus you could…just as easily glance at those sites like I did, seeing the numerical score within seconds and being done with it. You have (presumably) chosen to read this post, and made it this far into it because you care about my opinion to some extent. That, or you’re hate reading. Hopefully the former.

To Hotel New York’s credit, the reimagined resort exceeded my expectations. The property now combines its Art Deco style and distinct Michael Graves architecture with actual contemporary flourishes and (as the name suggests) the Art of Marvel. As someone who is admittedly “over” the Marvel Cinematic Universe, my initial reaction to the reimagining announcement was essentially: ugh.

As it turns out, this works shockingly well, even if you’re not a fan of Marvel. Hotel New York now has a feel of timelessness mixed with modernity and Marvel. The guest rooms and common areas are much improved, and no longer stuck in the mid-1990s like the stereotypical setting for an episode of Friends or Seinfeld.

The rooms are spacious and modern by DLP standards, with Nespresso machines and plenty of other features. These are the second-nicest rooms at Disneyland Paris, with great lighting and countless thoughtful features. Not coincidentally, they’re also second-newest.

I also have to applaud Hotel New York for its amenities. As one of the major convention hotels at DLP, it has more dining options than Sequoia Lodge or Newport Bay Club, and we enjoyed several of these. Manhattan Restaurant was particularly pleasant, whether for breakfast or dinner; we also liked both Skyline Bar (who doesn’t?!) and Bleecker Street Lounge, and the latter wasn’t open at night, which basically makes it a much-needed ‘free’ seating area.

The location, about a 10-minute walk through Disney Village to the parks, is quick and easy. The dedicated security checkpoint for it and Sequoia Lodge is incredibly efficient. The Super Hero Station character meet & greet is fun for Marvel-loving kids or adults. There’s a lot to do in the hotel itself.

The biggest (objective) knock on Hotel New York is pricing. This 4-star property is typically the second-most expensive hotel at DLP, and often closer in cost to Disneyland Hotel than it is Sequoia Lodge or Newport Bay Club. If you can find a deal, though, it’s probably worth the premium to upgrade from the 3 or 4-star alternatives.

The other more subjective critique is that the New York theme has largely been replaced by Marvel decorations. Much of the underlying design can feel simple; it’s like a nice convention hotel dressed-up with Marvel artwork. This is precisely why Hotel New York does not rank or rate quite as highly for us.

On a substantive level, Hotel New York is almost unrivaled. But stylistically, Hotel New York isn’t as much to our tastes and feels more superficial in terms of design. Although this is obviously subjective, I don’t think we’re alone in that assessment.

If you’re the type of Disney fan that has lamented recent resort reimaginings, accusing them of looking like Marriotts or Hiltons, this may not be a great fit for you. I’d imagine Hotel New York appeals more to the casual visitor than the diehard Disney fan (unless you’re also a hardcore MCU fan).

Modern as it might be, there’s also a slightly cold and industrial vibe to Hotel New York. Not as bad as that of Avengers Campus, mercifully, but it still lacks the charm and warmth of our favorite on-site resorts, and that’s a quintessential “Disney” quality for us. Your mileage may vary; we know a ton of people who love Hotel New York and would rank it #1 on balance. It’s a great hotel, just not a great Disney hotel.

3. Hotel Cheyenne

Hotel Cheyenne is the best budget resort at Disneyland Paris, and arguably one of the best-in-class Disney hotels in the world. It occupies the 2-star tier, making it a Value Resort by Walt Disney World standards that should be on par with the All Stars. The biggest difference is that the common area theming at Hotel Cheyenne is actually good, which also makes it a far cry from Hotel Santa Fe.

The concept is a wild west frontier town, with each cluster of hotel buildings representing a different structure in the town. This works shockingly well from a thematic perspective, and I prefer this approach to the clusters of resort buildings at the Walt Disney World Value Resorts that are adorned with oversized icons. This feels like it’s actually themed instead of just decorated. There’s depth and dimension to Hotel Cheyenne that’s unlike those.

More pertinent for our purposes here, it feels like the polar opposite of nearby Hotel Santa Fe. This old timey town actually feels welcoming, with nary an outlaw or prison-style building in sight. (Well technically, there is a jail…but that building is purposefully themed as such.)

There’s a Toy Story layer that’s been added to the rooms and some common areas more recently that gives the cowboys-and-frontierland aesthetic a Disney IP injection, but it largely works. Unlike Santa Fe, where it feels like the Cars and prison styles are thematically at-odds, the Toy Story and western styles are more complementary and seamless here.

Hotel Cheyenne is about a 20-minute walk to the parks, which is almost identical to Santa Fe and a bit farther than Sequoia Lodge. The common areas have aged gracefully here, with the restaurant and bar being both on-theme and nice places to decompress. Layouts aside, it could be argued that Hotel Cheyenne feels more like Sequoia Lodge than it does Hotel Santa Fe.

All of this is to say that Hotel Cheyenne punches above its weight in the 2-star tier. if I were considering budget accommodations at Disneyland Paris, I would choose Hotel Cheyenne–hands down–over Hotel Santa Fe. For what it is, I think this is a very well done hotel. (With that said, I would pay a premium to upgrade to the next option if it weren’t too steep.)

2. Sequoia Lodge

If you read our recent post questioning Should You Avoid One of Our Favorite Disney Hotels Until 2028, you won’t be surprised to see Sequoia Lodge secure the #2 spot despite being dated and undergoing a top to bottom refurbishment for the next year-plus.

It also should come as no surprise that Sequoia Lodge, like literally every other Disney lodge, ranks highly for us. The vibe is U.S. National Park Lodge meets modern European design, and it works better than it has any right to. It’s rustic, but classy and not in an off-putting ‘shabby chic’ or ‘glamping’ sorta try-hard, trendy way.

At over 10 years old, the rooms are showing their age, with elements that new Disney hotel rooms haven’t featured in a while; there’s also wear and tear to the furniture. With that said, I was surprised by just how nice our room was during a recent stay.

Sure, it was a bit tired and lacking the usability improvements of their newer counterparts, but it had thematic integrity. I loved the attention to detail, texture and theme. I’m looking forward to the new rooms, but appreciated the old school quality, for better and worse.

We stayed Golden Forest Club after hearing effusive praise from friends. It was nice, but didn’t live up to the hype.

Sequoia Lodge holds up well in the common areas. There are spaces that could use a refresh and feel stuck in the past. But at the same time, the underlying lodge is timeless and iconic.

The architecture is striking, and there’s a lot to love about Sequoia Lodge. Redwood Bar will never go out of style. It exemplifies cozy, and is my favorite place in any of the DLP hotels to relax and unwind.

Whether you should stay at Sequoia Lodge now or avoid it until the overhaul is done in 2028 comes down to a combination of cost, timing, and personal preference. Timing might be outcome determinative, as you’ll probably want to avoid the overhaul to the common areas in 2027. The old rooms might make it a non-starter or you might love them.

The location is roughly on par with Newport Bay Club at about a 15-minute walk to the parks; I personally prefer this walk to that one, but that’s hardly a dealbreaker.

Where Sequoia Lodge wins is value. It typically offers better bang-for-buck than Hotel New York or Newport Bay Club, and often isn’t that much more expensive than Hotel Cheyenne. If the price to upgrade isn’t prohibitive–or the savings to downgrade are measurable–we’d take Sequoia Lodge every time!

1. Disneyland Hotel

It feels anti-climatic to rank the most expensive hotel–by a wide margin–as the best hotel at Disneyland Paris. Forking over all that money is going to yield a nicer resort. Thanks, Captain Obvious! But I will note that our similar rankings of all Walt Disney World hotels culminate in a budget resort being named #1. We weigh pretty heavily for value, sometimes to a fault.

Disneyland Hotel is the undisputed flagship resort of Disneyland Paris. The property underwent an extensive top-to-bottom overhaul for 3 years, during which every inch centimeter of the interior was reimagined, from the grand lobby to the rooms and suites to the restaurants. The end result is a new luxury concept interwoven with regal design and Disney characters.

Disneyland Hotel is now Victorian and modern at once, in ways that both do and don’t work. There are places within the hotel where it feels like a layer of modern artifice was tacked onto the core Victorian design and the result is a bit clunky.

On the plus side, Disneyland Hotel no longer feels dated in any way. Imagineers did a spectacular job of threading the needle on modern luxury and Victorian design, while injecting regal sensibilities and royal characters. It comes together quite cohesively, and feels like a truly Disney luxury hotel in every sense of the word.

We stayed at Disneyland Hotel to start our recent trip, and it set an impossibly high bar that none of the subsequent hotels could come close to matching. From the attentive service to the customizable amenities (things like a pillow menu!), Disneyland Hotel is in its own league.

The guest rooms are gorgeous, offering an elegant atmosphere and luxury amenities. Like the hotel as a whole, they thread the needle on regal and modern and Disney themed. We were in a Frozen-styled room (a Cast Member asked our daughter her favorite princess at check-in; a nice touch), and our toddler could not get enough of the ‘lighting moment’ in the Elsa and Olaf artwork and headboard. One of the nicest Disney rooms we’ve ever stayed in.

The other colossal selling point is the location and the view. Disneyland Hotel sits above the park entrance, straddling the train station, with higher-floor rooms offering views down Main Street toward Le Château de la Belle au Bois Dormant. Location-wise, Disneyland Hotel is surpassed only by Hotel MiraCosta at Tokyo DisneySea, but is above Fantasy Springs Hotel, Tokyo Disneyland Hotel and Grand Californian, which is really saying something.

Disneyland Hotel includes scheduled princess meet & greets, plus the royal kids club, and atmospheric entertainment. Our daughter absolutely adored the surprise theatrical performances from La Troupe Royale Disney, and one of her favorite “princesses” from the trip was the female lead in that. Actual Disney princesses make surprise appearances, as well. The entertainment programming around the hotel is magical, and explains why the property is locked down to outside visitors.

For a more hotel-centric stay, consider upgrading to a Deluxe Room, which includes access to the D-Lounge for breakfast and afternoon tea. It also includes separate check-in counters, which were useful for bypassing long lines and chaos at the front desk. (We did Deluxe and were very pleased; the upgrade cost was surprisingly nominal during our stay.)

If the Deluxe experience is just too darned cheap for your tastes, the Castle Club adds character breakfast, exclusive lounge access, afternoon tea, and a private elevator to the park. We have not stayed Castle Club, but visited the lounge pre-reimagining, and that view made me briefly consider a second mortgage.

The downside, as intimated above, is the price. Rack rates start around $1,000/night, with Castle Club suites basically costing “if you have to ask, it’s too expensive.” There are deals from time to time, but they’re more scarce as the reimagined Disneyland Hotel is in high demand. I’m glad we did it once, but it’s back to Sequoia Lodge for us after that bucket list stay.

If Disneyland Paris is likewise on your bucket list and you’re able to splurge or if money is no object, Disneyland Hotel is the clear winner. It offers incredible attention to detail and a true luxury-caliber experience that’s only steps away from the park entrance. Only one little problem: it is absurdly expensive!

Overall Recommendations by Tier

• 5-Star: Disneyland Hotel – If money is no object or this is a once in a lifetime trip you never want to forget.
• 4-Star: Hotel New York – The Art of Marvel – If you’re less concerned about being immersed in Disney, and want nice amenities and a great location.
• 3-Star: Sequoia Lodge – If you’re a “Lodge Person” or want good value in a traditional hotel.
• 2-Star: Hotel Cheyenne – If you’re on a tight budget, but want to stay on-site.

For the basics of planning a visit to Disneyland Paris, check out our Disneyland Paris Trip Planning Guide. Find the best place to stay in Disneyland Paris Hotel Reviews. Check out 101 Disneyland Paris Tips for some (101, to be exact) of our best random tips for doing DLP like a pro. See Disney Park Tickets Tips & Tricks for ways to save on tickets. For where to eat, check out our Disneyland Restaurant Reviews. For unique ideas of things that’ll improve your trip, check out What to Pack for Disney. Finally, for advice beyond Disney, check out our Ultimate Travel Guide to Paris, France.

Your Thoughts

Have you stayed at any of the Disneyland Paris hotels? How do the resorts rank for you? Which one is your #1? Any hotels we’ve been too harsh on or generous towards? Agree or disagree with any of our assessments? Hearing your feedback—even when you disagree with us—is both interesting to us and helpful to other readers, so please share your thoughts below in the comments!