What to know about Disability and Accessibility

Priority Access Card

A Priority card gives priority (but not necessarily immediate) access to rides, shows, parades, characters, restaurants and stores. For rides you will enter via the Premier Access queue or via the exit of the ride. For characters you will normally receive a return time. For shows you enter a dedicated queue that gets first access to the auditorium. For parades and fireworks, you will have access to a special area to watch.

Priority access cardholders can be accompanied by 4 people for rides, characters and shows, and strictly 2 people for parades and fireworks.

You can apply for a priority card up to 30 days in advance to save time on arrival (this means Disneyland Paris will be expecting you, and have your photo on file). You can also fully apply when you arrive. Pre-application does not guarantee or improve your chances of receiving a priority card. They can only make a decision when they see your original and in-date documents in person.

Priority card holders also receive a 25% discount on two tickets up to 3 days in length (which now must be purchased online after a recent change) or two annual passes. You can buy these many months before you arrive but you need to be sure you will have the correct documents to get a priority card. These discount tickets cannot be used without a priority card to validate them the first time you go through the turnstile.

Unlike the previous fully in-person system, entry is not guaranteed unless you’ve bought a dated ticket and if a day is sold out then there may no be disability discount tickets available. For eligible persons, priority cards either last the length of the stay (usually a week), or for the length of the annual pass.

Documents for Priority Card must be dated within 12 months of your trip.

The Irish list of accepted documents at the time of writing (April 2025) is:

• Parking Permit/Card for People with Disabilities / Blue Badge (not a photocopy)

• Primary Medical Certificate  issued by the Health Service Executive. This is not a doctor’s note. It’s a formal certificate from the HSE normally used to vehicle adaptation in the case of non-use of a limb or other mobility issues.

• Disability Allowance (DA) - original letter from Social Welfare plus online statement

• Domiciliary Care Allowance (DCA) - same as DA.

• Autism ID Card « AS I AM » must be in date

• Invalidity pension - same as DA.

• Nimbus Access Card - must be in date. This appears on the UK list and I can confirm these are accepted for Irish guests. The card is extremely useful at multiple theme parks and attractions across the UK and Ireland.

Here is a list of accepted documents on the UK list:

We accept the following valid documents from this country:

• Disability Living Allowance

• Attendance Allowance Award

• Personal independence payment

• Armed Force Compensation Scheme

• Certificate of Vision Impairment

• U.K. Disabled I.D

• National Disability Card

• Nimbus Access Card

• Parking Card for Disabled People

• Registration Card BD8

• Adult Disability payment

• Disabled Student's Allowance

• Scottish Child Disability Payment

Note 1: Neither a doctor’s letter nor family carer’s card is not sufficient for a priority access card. A statement printed from MyRevenue may not be accepted - it’s best to request a letter from the Department of Social Welfare stating you receive the payment (in the case of DCA or a child-related payment it should have the parent and child’s name on the letter).

Note 2: A sunflower lanyard is not accepted by itself but may be worn in addition to the priority card. Awareness of sunflower lanyards is increasing but there is no restriction or qualification needed for their purchase. Sunflower lanyard will greatly improve your passage through CDG or ORY airports, but its not formally recognised at BVA.

Easy Access Card

An Easy access card is in effect a “virtual queue” card for attractions. Easy access card-holders are normally given a time to return to an attraction where they can then experience priority access. For example, if an attraction has a 45 minute queue time, you present to the Cast Member at the entrance of the attraction and they will issue a time 45 minutes in the future to return. You would normally then return to the Premier Access queue (where available) or via the exit (look out for the MagicAll accessibility logo).

To obtain an easy access card, you must have a Doctor’s certificate dated in the last 3 months indicating one of these long term chronic conditions. The letter must be as specific as possible, using the exact wording or numbering on the list of conditions and stating why the person cannot queue for long periods. There is no pre-application for an easy access card and there is no discount on tickets for card holders. This card does not work at character meets but it does work at restaurants and merchandise stores.

Expectant mothers can request a priority bracelet. A doctor’s/medical certificate confirming the pregnancy dated within 3 months should be presented. This works effectively as a priority card however expectant mothers are not advised to ride certain attractions - and therefore members of their group cannot use the priority bracelet without them. Breastfeeding is welcome in all areas of Disneyland Paris and there are bottle warming facilities at the baby care centres, with microwaves in most restaurants.