Originally Posted by zeus2120

I flew into and out of CDG last week. For me, I absolutely hated the experience. Heading back to the US my bags were checked 3 hours before the flight. I walked on the plane with 5 minutes of boarding to spare. Total mess at the boarding pass check, the passport control line, and finally security. When I arrived into CDG, the passport control line was so backed up and so unorganized that our entire plane was stuck on a moving walkway with absolutely no where to go -- just piling into the people waiting for passport control. Not sure if it's always like that but that was my experience.