He's right about the train though. We did just this out on Monday back on Thursday. What a pleasure it was. Manchester to Disney Paris in six hours, seamless travel, the ability to get up and walk about, potter, not worry about excess baggage charges, yes there was security but it was as simple as 1,2,3 you did have to take coats off, but not shoes or belts, the staff were polite and multilingual. We changed in Lille on the way out, direct back in, and have had experience of eurostar, tgv and virgin over the last week and all in all it was excellent. The trains from London and Lille were bloody fantastic, lots of legroom and wide comfy seats, a buffet car you could stand up in as if in a continental cafe. It knocks flying for six. We worked out the time difference between flying and train and reckoned on around 1/2-1hr in favour of flying (transfers and check in time accounted for), but when you add in the hassle of passing through an airport then the train wins hands down, I say this as current serving airline staff.