Disney's Sequoia Lodge

We sayed at Disney Sequoia Loge for a week and it was ok for the price. Fron of house staff were very pleasent and welcoming.
The rooms werent the cleanest and you could see the dust on the carpet at the side of the beds. I also found it a bit dated and needed upgrading.
On one of the days it was torrential rain and everyone bailed out of the parks. We went back to the hotel to dry off and get some lunch, but we were told they didnt do lunches!!
Noticed the French dont like to queue either.
Only other moan was the pool was freezing cold.
Would i go back? NO. Save up a bit more and goto Florida. Its a million times better

9 readers found this review helpful

I stayed at the Sequoia Lodge beginning of Aug 2011 for 2 nights 3 days and came by Eurostar. Our journey was good and on time and when we arrived in Paris we gave our luggage to the Disney Express team on then transferred it to our hotel. We then went straight out of station into the parks, excellent and lots of fab rides kiddy friendly and scary ones for the adults. Now and again you see the characters and can queue to get autographs or photos with them. My girls throughly enjoyed their time whilst in Disneyland. The parades in the evening however i think are very very late for some kids, we decided to watch one on the second night which didnt actually start until quarter to eleven hence most kids are knackered by then so perhaps an afternoon kip is advised. Food at the Sequoia was very very good, so much choice and very tasty ! Kids loved it too. we went half board so you get a soft drink with it but my husband and I decided to opt for beer in which we paid 6e for, not bad ! Room was clean with 2 double beds in it, beds very comfortable, shower over bath and toilet, no tea or coffee facilities though so remember to perhaps take the bottle of water if you order at the table, take whatevers left back to your room. Breakfast was ok, basic continental bits, rolls, croissants, cereals, fruit salad, toast, tea, coffee and juices. We actually made up rolls at breakfast and took with us for lunch in the parks ! Prices for food in Parks is abit pricey but what do you expect. Just one thing, the pool was nice, very clean, slide was a big hit however was a little cold. Overall we had a fantastic experience and will definately book again and would recommend the Sequoia !

8 readers found this review helpful

My wife, two children and I stayed at Sequoia Lodge for the last week of July 2011. We arrived by Eurostar by 11.30am at the train station and quickly found the bus stop for our hotel (although the kids did try to make a run for the park!!!) Arrived at the hotel some 20 mins later and found the queue for Arrivals empty. Check in was smooth an simple and staff were pleasant through out. Got the card to the door, tickets, info sheets booked our breakfast time etc and made our way to the room. 2 double beds, a clean room, shower area and wash basin awaited, so no complaints there. Upon request was supplied with a bottle warmer, kettle and 2 extra pilows so everything ready we headed to the Parks. For the 5 4 remaining days the staff were always helpful, polite and courteous. Access to the Disney Village from the back of the hotel took about 10 mins walk (if you want to avoid the shuttle at busy times)
Overall the stay was excellent, havent got any complaints about the room, staff, location etc. If i had to be over critical the only gripe was that there was only one elevator location (albeit 3 elevators) so the walk from the elevator to the room was a bit tedious but otherwise the kids had a great time at the hotel and parks as well as me and my wife. Would definetly recommend the Sequoia Lodge hotel as i have found it to be very pleasant

7 readers found this review helpful

When we initially got there was pleased,went for my daughters 3rd birthday had an excellent day in the parks so decided to go to the resteraunt in the hotel in the evening as the children were tired by this point.
When we arrived at the resteraunt the waitress asked us to leave our buggy outside which we did with the other buggys,when we returned our buggy had been stolen,as you can imagine my children were very upset as they had there autogragh books which had been fully signed taken as well!!
The staff were very unhelpfull saying it was my fault for leaving it there (even though they told me too!) apparently they have no cctv which i find very worrying with a child friendly hotel!
will never be visiting disney paris again very dissapointing!!

4 readers found this review helpful

just come back from disney stayed in montana rooms everything was great no complaints.food swimming location of lodge was perfect for us would definately go and stay in same place again we all had great time. staff was very friendly and helpfull.

26 readers found this review helpful

We have just returned from staying at the Sequoia Lodge in Eurodisney. We stayed from the Monday 30th May until the Sunday 5th June. I thought I would write this as it may help others to survive :-).
We flew from Exeter which was very easy and arrived at Charles De Gaulle airport. Follow the signs towards the exit after picking up your cases and look for the disney bus sings above your head. You will have vouchers which you will need to place in a machine just inside the airport next to the bus pick up for disney. This gives you a ticket for the bus driver. The buses run every 10-15 minutes so you wont have to wait for long. There is someone usually there to meet you before the bus arrives. You can not miss the bus, it is a large red disney covered bus! The journey from here is about 45 minutes so get comfortable. I thought it was a shame there was no disney music playing just a video on a continuous loop advertising the USA disney which almost seemed bizarre.
When you arrive at Disney they drop you off to each of the hotels in turn. When you get to Sequoia Lodge you will be pointed in the direction of check in and you start the process of disney queuing. It wont take long and you will be through. We didn't realise until the last day but we could have asked for a disney breakfast in the park during your stay. However these are not guaranteed and are usually gone quickly. As we were staying half board plus we were given a VIP breakfast card which means you do not need to state the time you will arrive for breakfast. If you don't book half board you will need to give them a time you intend to go to breakfast. I would recommend that if you can try and go between 7-7:30 or you will be queueing again for some time. Or if you don't want to get up too early then 09:30 is also good. There is no cooked breakfast unless you ask and pay extra.
The room we stayed in had two double beds and was a similar to most premier inns I have stayed in with the extra touch of Bambi wallpaper and picture. The shower room was a shower over the bath and the sink was separate from the shower room which has been the same as each of the disney hotels I have stayed in. A few toiletries on offer.
There is no tea or coffee facilities in the room but we were left a bottle of water and some chocolate coins on the first day as a welcome. The room is made up daily and fresh towels etc are left. I feel the extra touch of disney in Florida is missing. We used to have towels left in disney shapes like mouse ears and this never happened. France is definitely not as Disney as Florida.
Staff are very friendly and helpful and can arrange bookings at restaurants.

We booked a meal before we arrived by phone at the cinderella experience. However when we arrived there was no booking for us at all. I didn't ask for email conformation so I would recommend this. We nearly didn't get a table.
The hotel at the front is covered in mesh and scaffolding as it is having a make over which is supposed to last until next year. The building work takes place during the day and not early or after 17:00 so no noise heard during our stay.
The hotel food for dinner in the evening has two different restaurants. One is full buffet and the other is a buffet starter and then chose a main course. The food is good but basic and lots of it so you wont go hungry. I would recommend booking a time for the evening meal as well as this becomes incredibly busy.
Other restaurant food is very expensive so we were very pleased we had paid up front with half board plus. You are limited on the menus in most places so tell the waitress that you have vouchers and they will advise you what you can have. If you want something else then you pay the extra cost. We did this when we had lunch with the princesses.
The pool is very cold and this noted on most peoples comments so is not new, I took wet suit tops with us as I had read this. It is also shutting for maintenance at some point soon.
Another missing part for the children is the lack of play grounds for children to play in, there was a seesaw and a rocker and that was it. I know the disney parks are there to use but some down time at the hotel would be great for children.
The disneyland park opens early 08:00 for two extra hours for guests in the hotel. I would strongly recommend going then if you can, you will beat the crowds coming in from the station and we managed to do all the early opening rides by the time the park opened fully. If you really want to do a specific ride head for that first and just start queuing. The driving experience near space mountain had an hour wait outside of it about 40 minutes before it opened.
The Disneyland park also closes late Thursday to Sunday at 22:00 and is much quieter we managed to do lots of the rides with very quiet queues. So we went swimming during the afternoon and then back to the park to eat Dinner and stay out late to make the most of the park. Disney studios is only open from 10:00-19:00 so we couldn't do everything we wanted as it was just to busy.
The bus to take you to the airport has set times and I would highly suggest you don't leave it to the closest bus to flight time. It takes again about 40 minutes to get to the airport and about 10 mins to get to the terminal as they do not drop you at the same place. It then takes about an hour to get through check in so that does not leave much time. The first bus we were going to use arrived early and just flew off as we were not stood at the bus stop properly. The second bus was nearly full and had only picked up from two hotels before us and another bus was being called for. So we were lucky to get on.
Overall we liked staying here and may try and book a suite next time to get more room and a balcony.

5 readers found this review helpful

We had a lovely stay at this hotel, it was easy transfer to the hotel and we were very lucky to have hot gorgeous weather for our 4 day stay......
Be prepared for mammoth amount of walking but all worth it. Kids had an amazing time.
Would have been nice for the hotel to have had some entertainment for the evening as for us the parks closed at 8pm.
Also as in other reports on here the food is the most expensive thing to buy, very expensive to even think of feeding a family all day so was glad to had been half board with vouchers.
The food at the hotel was lovely we ate in both restaurants with no complaints.
Unfortunately for us we had a bad last day due to food poisoning so I would maybe recommend staying away from the prawns in the buffet part of the restaurant although they seemed fine at they time.
All in all apart from last day of being very unwell and having to travel home that well we had a lovely stay at the hotel and stay at the parks.

6 readers found this review helpful

lovely place to stay very clean, plenty of towels soap etc, abit plain looking you would think it would have some disney charaters pictures around, the pool is lovely but very very cold which was ashame as i love swimming but did not enjoy their swimming it spolied it for us, and my little girl was very upset has she never got to see cinderella, who she loves but plenty ov the rest of the disney characters also no tea and coffee faciltys, and disneyland a big place, very very expensive for 3 sandwichs and 3 drinks it was 52 euros! so take plenty ov euros cos you need them!! overall 4 days was too much if i was to come again i would stay just for 2 days!! enjoy your stay if you go. x

31 readers found this review helpful

My partner and I took our four year old daughter full of great expectations...and we weren't dissapointed, it was even better than we'd imagined. on arrival at the hotel we were startled at the sheer size. It looked beautiful. Check in was very quick and effecient and check in staff were very friendly. We stayed in one of the lodges (standard room). It was nice, old fashioned North American style, nothing fancy but fine for the short time we spent there. It was clean with a clean bathroom and shower. I would not pay any attention to bad reviews, some people seem to expact miracles, if u expect top luxury then book a suite at the Disneyland Hotel. There is air-con and heating in the rooms, and the beds are clean, fresh and extremely comfortable. There is Disney tv an the room which my daughter enjoyed when we were in the room (which wasnt very often). The hotel surroundings are breath taking, giant trees and pathways make u believe u are in the middle of a forest. The hotel is beautiful, very spacious with plenty to do. After long days aroung the parks we loved nothing better than relaxing in the Redwood Lounge. There is a huge open fireplace (and i mean huge!) in the middle of the bar. You can look right through it and if you're lucky you'll get one of the sofas infront of it. The bar is addorned with twinkling lights, a really beautiful and cosy place to unwind with a few drinks before bed. The bar staff were very friendly and efficient. There is also a kiddies area, a disney shop and a games arcade. My daughter loved it and so did we. We had fine experiences with breakfast, there werent any queues and the continental breakfast was fine, quite a bit to choose from...the croissants and coffee were delicious, every thing was fresh so ive no complaints. There were meet and greet oportunities each morning which were great, the photo oppoetunities freed up a lot of time when we got to the parks. The pool was divided into 2 parts, indoor and outdoor. The outdoor half was closed due to the time of year. The pool and slide was great fun, my daughter loved it but deep so armbands are essential for young children. The shower and changing area was small and quiet cold but not a big problem. In and out as quickly as posible was the idea.
The Disney Parks were just amazing. My daughter loved it and i loved it more...i was like a child..(im a real disney lover). I could talk forever but it speaks for itself...it has to be seen to be believed. We arrived on a Saturday so it was very busy, but the following three days were great, not too busy as it was only March. The only downside is that it was VERY cold but with winter woolies and warm footwear it was fine. It was dry and to be honest i would rather go in colder season than in summer when the queues are ridiculous. It is just magical and so out of this world that cold weather couldnt dampen our spirits. It just made it all the better when we got back to the hotel and that glorious fire!
We just went bed and breakfast and found it very expensive to eat out. I think we had bad luck with snacks, places we seemed to go were very epensive and sub-standard. For dinner we went to Planet Hollywood. It was expensive but absolutely delicious and a great busy bustling place to eat. We went to another restaurant one night. I cant remember the name but it was very nice. We mostly ate at McDonalds as it was the cheapest and just bought snacks of stalls to keep us going. We are going back this year but will pre-book half board meal vouchers. We'll definitely plan our meals this time as i think we missed out on some great experiences. Due to rushing around trying to do eveything we didnt get to buffalo bills nor did we have a character meal, which we regretted and definitly look foeward to this year.
Overall we had the most amazing time. Cant wait to go back this year!!

4 readers found this review helpful

We came home last week from sequoia lodge. Our room in one of the lodges was very basic no tea and coffee making facillities no safe and no minibar. The tv did not work in the whole block and the wall paper was pealing off the wall in the bathroom. The main hotel was nice bars and restaurants though meal times were bedlam and expensive even though we had upgraded to half board and booked a table each night. The parks were good but nowhere as good as florida. Drinks and meals very expensive but character breakfast in cafe mickey good.Badly lit footpaths to lodges at night. euro star from ashford noisy but good. The swimming pool was cold and the steam room out of order though the actual pool is nicely laid out. No we would not go again prefer florida but would recomend a night in holiday inn ashford central the night before-very good hotel.