Free parking at Disneyland Paris: what actually works

Free parking at Disneyland Paris is possible, depending on your situation. Annual passholders (Disneyland Pass) and guests of a Disney hotel already park at Disney for nothing.

If you’re paying full price for the visitor parking lot (€30 a day for a car), there’s another route: park for free a little farther away, then get to the parks on the RER A or by bus.

First, I go over the cases where Disney parking costs you nothing, then the ways to park elsewhere for free. Above all, I tell you honestly when it’s worth it and when it isn’t, because RER or bus fares, multiplied by the number of people in your group, can wipe out the savings.

Think of this page as a companion to my Disneyland Paris visitor parking guide and my guide to the Indigo parking garage at Disney Village. Its only focus: how not to pay for parking, or how to pay less.

The official park parking lot is free in three situations. Outside of those, you pay the standard visitor rate.

Yes. The visitor parking lot is free for all annual passholders (Disneyland Pass), whatever the tier (Bronze, Silver, Gold), for a car (under 2 meters tall) or a motorcycle.

All you do is show your pass when you drive in. If you tend to come by car, it ranks among the handiest pass perks. The tiers and the rest of the perks are covered in the Disneyland Pass guide.

In every other case, the visitor parking lot costs €30 per day for a car. That’s the price to use as a benchmark when you compare it with the options below. The full details (motorcycle and RV rates, hours) are in the visitor parking guide.

Your easiest, cleanest bet is the Val d’Europe shopping mall: its lot costs nothing, and the parks sit a single RER stop away. Below are the options, each with its drawbacks.

In April 2024, the bus routes around here switched to 4-digit numbers (the former 2-digit numbers are gone), so look up the exact route and schedule on Île-de-France Mobilités before heading out.

The Val d’Europe shopping mall has a large free parking lot. It’s the best option because the parks are right next door.

From Val d’Europe, there are two ways to get to the parks:

By RER A: Val d’Europe station is just one stop from the end of the line at Marne-la-Vallée/Chessy, the parks’ station. It’s a direct ride of about 3 minutes, and the fastest way.

By bus: buses 2233 and 2234 go to the area around the parks’ station (Marne-la-Vallée/Chessy). Be sure to check the schedule on Île-de-France Mobilités.

Don’t mix up the free parking at the Val d’Europe shopping mall with the Parc Relais Val d’Europe (run by a different operator), which charges a fee (about €7 for 24 hours) and is closed on Sundays and public holidays. If free is what you’re after, it’s the shopping mall lot you want.

The Clos du Chêne shopping mall in Montévrain also has a free parking lot. To get to the parks, there’s no direct bus: take bus 2222, then the 2319 (one transfer). So it’s a bit longer and less convenient than Val d’Europe. Check the route, the transfer, and the schedule on Île-de-France Mobilités or Vianavigo before you go.

The Bussy-Saint-Georges station parking lot (the park-and-ride right next to the station) isn’t free, but it costs much less than Disney parking. Near the station, free parking is limited to blue zones (1 hour 30 minutes max with a parking disc), which don’t really work for a full day.

On the other hand, a little farther from the station, you’ll often find free street parking: you can leave your car there for the day, then walk to the station. Be sure to check the parking rules on site (zone and time allowed).

The big plus of Bussy is the RER: from the station, you’re 2 stops from Marne-la-Vallée/Chessy (with just one stop in between, Val d’Europe), so about 6 to 8 minutes of travel. It’s a fair option to weigh if you want to pay less than for Disney parking.

Not always. What you save on parking can be wiped out by the cost of RER or bus tickets, especially for a family. You need to run the numbers for your own case: the savings (the parking you avoid) versus the cost of transportation multiplied by the number of people, plus the extra time and walking.

From Val d’Europe, as a rough guide, count the price of an RER A round-trip ticket per person. For 1 or 2 people, the total stays well below the €30 for parking, so it clearly pays off.

For a family of 4 or 5, round-trip tickets for everyone quickly come close to the price of parking, and on top of that you lose time and comfort. In that case, parking is often the better choice.

Everything about the official parking lot and what it costs is in the guide to the Disneyland Paris visitor parking lot. Want a paid spot right by the parks? Have a look at the Indigo parking garage at Disney Village.

Prefer to leave the car at home? The RER A stops right at the parks’ station. And for a side-by-side look at every way to get here, see how to get to Disneyland Paris.