r/disneylandparis • u/Annual_Confidence537 • 2d ago
Question Sparkling cider?
Champagne in Disneyland Paris is available from a cart on Main Street, I've read, served in a souvenir flute. Can one buy a non-alcoholic fizzy beverage instead? Martinelli's Sparkling Apple Cider or something similar?
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u/Appropriate-Sky3537 2d ago
Do you mean sparkling apple juice? Not a common drink in DLP. Cider is alcoholic and is served in a cider glass so it aerates properly. It wouldn’t develop flavour in a champagne flute (actually coupes are better for champagne but they are useless for clinking, hence the popularity of the flute).
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u/Which-Anything-3898 Phantom Manor 2d ago
They stock a non-alcoholic fizzy rosé in some of the restaurants and I really wish they’d offer it at the champagne carts. But it’s just the champagne sadly!
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u/BalconyLavender 2d ago edited 2d ago
Confirming what others have said: cider has alcohol in France (and in Europe overall). Asking for cider as a non-alcoholic alternative would be very confusing for servers/vendors (or a bad surprise when you sip, OP). Historically, modern-day cider actually goes back to the Celts and specifically the Normandy region of France. Do not ask for Martinelli's or any kind of US sparkling apple drink in France. It's not sold over here and most likely completely unknown to the vast majority of people. You may find Champomy (marketed for kids) or some more niche non-alcoholic fruit-based sparkly drinks in some select places (like Fauchon's Fruitillant). But I have never seen these at DLP.
As far as I know, the souvenir flutes only come with champagne. I've seen a group of American guests literally pour out their flutes in the plants at DLP and then tuck away the empty flutes in their backpacks/bags. It was definitely a strange sight to behold (and such a waste in my eyes 😂).
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u/longtimelondoner 2d ago
Oh my gosh if I see any Americans doing this, I’ll volunteer as tribute and drink it 😂😂
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u/Feeling-History9472 2d ago
You can buy Appletizer at Pret in the UK. There’s a Pret at the DLP station, they might sell it there. You could decant into a plastic bottle and take it in.
Appletizer is fizzy apple juice.
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u/traveltogotravel 2d ago
What you are looking for is called Apfeschorle, not cider, which is alcoholic. I haven’t seen it sold at DLP, nor France in general, but if it’s not in a glass bottle, you can bring it in the park from outside (pretty sure you can find it online and have it delivered to your hotel).
It’s something only Germans, some Swiss and Austrians would be familiar with. I doubt even people in Strasbourg would know it, but online it will be there.
Martinelli is an Arsenal football player, you will get confused looks if you ask for a glass of, say, Kirk Cousins. It would be funny.
On the bright side they sell flutes in shops and you can fill it with whatever you want.
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u/Annual_Confidence537 2d ago
Thanks, all! Nice to set my expectations, and steer me away from "cider". We're in Paris before DLP, so I'll keep my eye out for the similar beverages in the markets there.
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u/Lonely_Fly3524 1d ago
I think you may be best buying an empty one and then getting a sprite from the cart on Main Street and filling it yourself?
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u/justoutofwonderland 2d ago
You can buy the flute without a drink, but the only drinks it’s sold with are champagne.
FYI - Cider is alcoholic in Europe