Not for Paris - although it does work for Brussels.

For Paris, I usually go down the Disneyland (well, MLV Chessy) route if desperate - although I generally avoid actually travelling on the direct trains. There are connecting services available via Lille, and these are usually very keenly priced to MLV Chessy (less than to CDG or often the Gare du Nord, for example) but do stop at CDG, and sometimes TGV Haute Picardie.

As I often visit places on RER A, the route via Chessy isn't all that bad. Some other places I head to are extra-muros, so the RER B from CDG to Le Bourget, followed by an Autolib electric car can work well.