Disney Newport Bay Club is a 1,098-room resort hotel at Disneyland Paris, built in a crescent around Lake Disney and designed by Robert A.M. Stern Architects (the same firm behind Disney’s Yacht and Beach Club Resorts at Walt Disney World). It opened on April 12, 1992, wrapped in white clapboard, porches and nautical bric-a-brac meant to evoke a grand New England yacht club, and at the time it held more rooms than any other hotel in Western Europe.
It’s one of two 4-star hotels in the Disneyland Paris portfolio, sitting a notch below the top-tier Disneyland Hotel and Hotel New York in price and polish, but well above the value and moderate options. For guests who want a genuinely themed, full-service Disney hotel without paying palace prices, Newport Bay Club is usually the sweet spot.
Stats at a Glance
- Resort: Disneyland Paris
- Location: On Lake Disney, within walking distance of Disney Village and the theme parks
- Opened: April 12, 1992
- Rooms: 1,098
- Price tier: Upper-moderate / 4-star (roughly mid-pack among DLP’s seven hotels)
- Park transport: About a 15-minute walk via Disney Village, or a free shuttle bus
- Perks: Extra Magic Time early park entry, all-in-one MagicPass room key/ticket
- Theme: New England nautical, yacht-club architecture
Rooms, Theming and Dining
Rooms lean into the coastal-New England theme with nautical fixtures, navy-and-white palettes, and views over Lake Disney or the marina in higher categories. Dining includes the Cape Cod buffet restaurant, the more formal Yacht Club table-service restaurant, and the Captain’s Quarters bar, giving guests a step up from the counter-service-heavy value hotels without reaching the fine-dining ambitions of Disneyland Hotel.
Because it’s the largest hotel on property, Newport Bay Club can feel busier at peak breakfast and check-in times than smaller resorts, but its size also means more room categories and availability when other hotels sell out.
Getting to the Parks and Perks
Guests can walk to Disneyland Park and the Disneyland Paris theme parks in about 15 minutes through Disney Village, or hop the free resort shuttle bus. Like all on-site Disneyland Paris hotels, staying here includes Extra Magic Time, which lets guests into the parks up to an hour before general admission on every day of their stay — a meaningful edge for hitting headline attractions with shorter lines.
Check-in issues a single MagicPass card that doubles as room key, park ticket, and Extra Magic Time pass, which simplifies logistics for families juggling park hopping and hotel access.
Who Should Stay Here
Newport Bay Club suits families and fans who want real Disney theming, a lake view, and sit-down dining, but don’t need or want to pay for the resort’s most expensive rooms. Its size and walkable-to-shuttle location make it a practical middle ground between the value hotels (Cheyenne, Santa Fe) and the deluxe end (Disneyland Hotel, Hotel New York).
Guests who prioritize being steps from the park gates over lake views, or who want the cheapest possible on-site stay, may be better served by a value-tier hotel instead.
Explore more: More Where to Stay guides, Disneyland Paris guide.
Disney Newport Bay Club FAQs
Does staying at Disney Newport Bay Club include early park entry?
Yes. Like other on-site Disneyland Paris hotels, guests get Extra Magic Time, which opens the parks up to an hour early on each day of the stay.
How do you get from Newport Bay Club to the theme parks?
It’s about a 15-minute walk through Disney Village to the park gates, or you can use the free shuttle bus that runs guests between the hotel and the parks.
Is Disney Newport Bay Club worth the price compared to value hotels?
It costs more than Disneyland Paris’s value hotels like Hotel Cheyenne or Hotel Santa Fe, but as a 4-star resort it offers a lake setting, sit-down dining, and more elaborate theming — a reasonable step up for guests who want a fuller resort experience without paying deluxe rates.
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Photo: Victor R. Ruiz from Arinaga, Canary Islands, Spain / CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.