Things to do near Disneyland Paris: 10 family activities

Le Parcours Aventure®

Some people know this place as Davy Crockett Aventure, or simply as Disney’s treetop adventure course. Located not far from Disney’s Davy Crockett Ranch and Villages Nature, this treetop adventure course is one of the best in the Paris region and in Seine-et-Marne.

Located in Bailly-Romainvilliers, its setting is unique. The park sits in a beautiful protected forest, a haven of peace just 20 minutes east of the capital. It offers several treetop courses of increasing difficulty, enough to keep everyone happy, from the youngest (from age 3) to the most daring adventurers.

From Disneyland Paris, it’s only a 12-minute drive. Allow half an hour by bus from Chessy station.

• Courses from £13 (15 €)
• Address: Villages Nature West Entrance (or Day Entrance), 1 Rue du Pré des Merlans, 77700 Bailly-Romainvilliers
• Website: https://www.aventure-aventure.com/

Lumigny Safari Reserve

To think you could miss out on a place that’s unique in France! It may be less famous than Beauval Zoo, but this pair of zoological parks is much more than just a zoo. 

Some of you will know, or will have heard of, the Parc des Félins and its 71 hectares devoted to 26 of the 36 species of wild cat found on the planet. Opened in 2006, the park gives the cats a unique setting in which they can enjoy conditions as close as possible to their natural habitat.

You can even spend the night in the zoo and wake up surrounded by lions ! The Le Royaume des Lions hotel offers rooms for 1 to 5 people, all with a breathtaking view over the African lion park (from £138 (159 €) a night)!

Another out-of-the-ordinary park: La Terre des Singes, the second park, where you can watch macaques,  Ethiopian geladas, capuchins and more. You can also enjoy nature experiences such as feeding the rainbow lorikeets in their aviary, or the Parrot Safari, where you’ll see more than 100 birds, each more colourful than the last.

• Prices for the 2 parks: £23 (26 €) per adult (>11 years), £15 (17 €) per child aged 3 to 10, free for children under 2
• Address: La Fortelle, 77540 Lumigny-Nesles-Ormeaux
• Website: https://lumigny-safari-reserve.com/

Sealife Paris

Who said there were no penguins in the Paris region? Just a stone’s throw from Disneyland Paris, inside the Val d’Europe shopping centre, lies one of the most beautiful aquariums in Paris.

Sealife Paris has 8 themed zones, from the tropical zone with its seahorses to the French coastline zone, via the ocean tank and its tunnel. This tank is in fact the largest cold-water aquarium in Europe, holding 600,000 litres of water!

As well as its many tanks, the Marne-la-Vallée aquarium offers plenty of educational activities to enjoy as a family. One example is Sea Scan, a very innovative app that takes young and old on an immersive, educational quest using real-time recognition of marine animals.

• Prices: dated ticket from £18.01 (€20.70) per adult, £14.88 (€17.10) per child
• Address: Centre commercial Val d’Europe, 14 Cours du Danube, 77700 Serris
• Website: https://www.visitsealife.com/paris/

Château de Jossigny and its giant escape game

Why not compare Sleeping Beauty Castle with a real castle like Château de Jossigny?

Set in the national estate of Jossigny, a 12-minute drive from DLP, Château de Jossigny regularly hosts life-size escape game events (or a murder mystery party at Halloween) in an old 18th-century manor house. According to the organiser, it’s even the biggest escape game in France!

Head to le-mystere.fr to book your experience. In January 2026, the château is running the game “l’opération Cignogne”, open to 4 to 12 players and lasting around an hour and a half.

• Prices: a single price of £304 (349 €) for up to 12 people
• Address: Château de Jossigny, 1 Rue de Tournan, 77600 Jossigny
• Website: https://www.le-mystere.fr/escape-game-chateau-jossigny

A day at Villages Nature

Owned by the Center Parcs group, this resort offers a complete change of scene just a stone’s throw from Disneyland Paris and right next to the Davy Crockett Ranch. While you can stay there, you can also visit for the day.

And this resort offers an impressive number of activities to share as a family: the Aqualagoon, the educational farm, the bread workshop, the cuddly-toy factory, the Action Factory (a fun indoor sports and activity course), pony rides, bowling. In short, there’s plenty to keep you busy from morning till night, and plenty of places to eat too.

• Prices: £30 (35 €) per adult for the day, £22 (25 €) for children
• Address: Rte de Villeneuve, 77700 Bailly-Romainvilliers
• Website: https://www.centerparcs.fr/fr-fr/france/fp_VN_vacances-domaine-villages-nature-paris

La Vallée Village

Now for something completely different, with one of the French’s favourite pastimes: shopping! This small American-style outlet village was built in 2000 and has almost 100 shops with the biggest brands and designers: Lacoste, Tommy Hilfiger, Zadig & Voltaire, Saint-Laurent.

In short, there’s no need to go all the way to Paris to go shopping. What’s more, if you’re staying at a Disney hotel, you can ask the concierge for a shuttle bus.

Prison Island

Are you the type who always ends up in jail in Monopoly? Then here’s an original idea for a day out with the family or friends: Prison Island, a rather unique escape game in Émerainville, just a 20-minute drive from Disneyland Paris.

The concept: the site has 26 cells, each one a mini escape game that will call for thought, logic, a cool head and common sense to get out.

Imagi Park: an XXL leisure complex

This mega leisure complex, which opened in April 2025, offers a simply impressive list of experiences! Three floors and 14,000 square metres of sporty, brainy and family activities, just a 13-minute drive from the parks.

• SpeedPark : 1 indoor karting track, 12 pool tables, 25 bowling lanes (no less 😶), 400m2 of arcade games, 3 quiz / karaoke rooms, 1 futuristic laser game. And the prices are really affordable too (from £19 (22 €) for 2 activities)
• Fort Boyard Aventures : who hasn’t dreamed of taking on Père Fouras’s legendary challenges at Fort Boyard? You can even get into the famous treasure room!
• Kojump : if you think it’s just a trampoline park, think again! The activities are as original as they are physical: dodgeball, basketball, mega airbag, battles, interactive wall….
• Wonder Woods : if you like the Rainforest Cafe in Disney Village, you’ll be delighted by the culinary and sensory experience this original concept offers.
• Activate : imported straight from Canada, this concept is unique in France. It’s an ultra-immersive team game experience that combines agility, thinking and teamwork.

I’ll let you discover SpeedPark, presented by Les Bouilles!

• Prices: depending on the activity
• Address: 1 Rue de l’Hymne À la Joie, 77700 Serris
• Website: https://imagipark-entertainment.com/

The Cité des Sciences at La Villette

Even if you don’t have a car, it only takes an hour by RER to reach the Pantin – La Villette area of Paris and discover the largest science and technology museum in Europe!

The Cité des Sciences et de l’Industrie, in the Parc de la Villette in Paris, is an ideal day out for the whole family. This big interactive museum lets you test, experiment with and understand fascinating scientific phenomena, from the Géode planetarium to the themed exhibitions, not forgetting the area dedicated to children, the Cité des Enfants.

• Prices: La Géode (£13 (15 €)), exhibition + La Géode package or Cité des Enfants + La Géode package (£23 (26 €) each)
• Address: 30 avenue Corentin Cariou, 75019 Paris
• Website: https://www.cite-sciences.fr/

Parrot World: an immersive zoo and wildlife park

If your children love animals, here’s an original alternative to Lumigny Safari Reserve, and it’s still close to Disneyland Paris.

Parrot World is a little corner of tropical paradise near Paris where you can watch, feed and even wake up among 120 species of exotic animals. This zoo has several special features, which I’ll introduce to you. Among them are two immersive trails that are unique in France and in Europe:

• Amazonia Trek: an immersion among iconic and rare South American species. Jaguars, giant otters, scarlet ibises and, above all, a huge aviary where young and old will marvel at parrots and more than 350 tropical birds
• Patagonia Trek : in this zone, unique in France, you’ll be transported to the ecosystem of Patagonia and its famous Humboldt penguins.

As well as day tickets (which are really reasonably priced), Parrot World offers lots of activities:

• Keeper for a day: become an animal keeper for the day, up close with the jaguars, capybaras, rheas, otters,….
• Birthday party : a visit to the park and a birthday party for the little ones
• Sleep in a lodge : Parrot World has 5 beautiful lodges inspired by Amazonian stilt houses, facing the jaguar and parrot enclosures

And all this just a 20-minute drive from Disneyland Paris!

• Prices: tickets from £12.62 (€14.50) per child and £17 (19 €) per adult
• Address: Rte de Guérard, 77580 Crécy-la-Chapelle
• Website: https://www.parrotworld.fr/fr