engagement photos inside - where is the line?
Not a commercial shoot, but more than casual phone snaps: proper camera, couple dressed up, maybe a few posed engagement-style shots. No crew. Are they likely to treat that as ordinary private photography or as a prohibited photo shoot? Tripod/selfie stick also relevant.
daytime visit entrance = NOT the grand front doors?
First visit and I would absolutely have walked straight to the big Place de l’Opéra façade. For a normal daytime visit, where exactly should I aim instead?
20–25 mins late: still inside the slot?
11:00 ticket. Train timing now looks more like 11:20 or 11:25 at the door. I keep seeing people talk about “grace periods” but I only care about the actual rule. Am I still inside the allowed window at that point?
can I leave for lunch and come back?
Morning slot, lunch booked nearby at 1, and I was hoping to do half the visit, go out, then come back for the Library-Museum. Same ticket okay for re-entry or is leaving final??
wheelchair + temporary exhibition - can I actually reach it?
The temporary exhibition is one of the main reasons we would book. I use a wheelchair. The general route is described as accessible, but I also found a note that seems to exclude the exhibition area. Can someone separate the two for me?
restaurant halfway through visit? bad idea?
We have a late-morning visit and were thinking of stopping at the restaurant for lunch, then continuing inside. But the restaurant seems to have its own outside entrance. If we leave the visitor route to eat, does that kill the visit ticket?
pushchair allowed or not?
Two-year-old, stroller, morning visit. I only need the permission bit first: allowed inside, yes or no? We can deal with stairs/crowds if it is actually permitted.
one hour between bookings - too tight?
Trying to put Garnier between two timed things. Realistically I would have about 60 minutes inside, maybe 65 if everything runs perfectly. Is that “quick but doable” or am I setting myself up to sprint through it??
save ticket offline before going in?
Travelling with my parents and I do not want to be standing at the entrance trying to load an email on bad mobile data. Is there any reason not to download the ticket/QR code to the phone beforehand?
Suitcase. Where does it go.
Hotel checkout 10:00, visit 11:30, cabin-size wheeled case. Is there a visitor cloakroom or locker during daytime visits? I keep finding mentions of cloakrooms but not whether they are actually open then.
calendar says closed/sold out, can I just try the box office?
Tomorrow is showing unavailable on the visit calendar. The building itself may still be open, so I am wondering if “sold out/closed” online just means no more web slots. Can I turn up and buy a daytime visit ticket at the box office?