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With Priority Pass, you can use the old Star Alliance lounge (
https://loungereview.com/lounges/sta...ss-lounge-cdg/) that is located immediately after passport control, BEFORE security. The lounge is far less crowded than it used to be, now that Star Gold members and business class customers have access to the new lounge.
You will not be able to use the new lounge (
https://loungereview.com/lounges/sta...-non-schengen/) which is located after security. Do not go through security or you'll be turned away at the lounge, and it will be a hassle to exit security and walk all the way back to the central terminal. There are agents with Priority Pass and DragonPass signs after passport control to help direct folks.
Thanks! Here now and it is shockingly empty - I knew it would be emptier with all *A gold and J/F pax going to the new lounge, but there's not even 10 people in here during the main US flight pushes (I'd expect the US to have an outsized number of PP cards from all the credit cards that offer it). Part of the reason may be the difficulty accessing it from lack of signage (and signage confusion with the new one). I accidentally entered France and quickly came back in before realizing my wrong turn.
For anyone who is trying to find it on a T1 non-Schengen to non-Schengen connection, follow the signs for gates 40-68 (can also use the Qatar lounge signage), then when you get to immigration queues, turn left and head into the elevator.
Lounge itself is solid for a PP lounge, if a little dark + low ceilings. Standard breakfast items now (including real maple syrup for the crepes, which was nice to see), standard liquor selection, and showers available for free (although I'd use your own shampoo/soap - the large bottles they have are not tamper-resistant). Decent number of plugs throughout, but they require European chargers (not universal like a lot of lounges are switching to) but luckily the lounge gave me a universal adapter so I could charge my phone.