Versailles with museum pass

I don't know the answer to your first question i.e. does the pass cover those places. Have you looked at the Pass website which details what is covered pretty well? BUT I would give the Trianon a pass; there is nothing there that is very interesting if you have been through Versailles and a few other chateau or even just Versailles. The Hameau is interesting and I would do that. I would definitely do the gardens on a fountain day even if it is crowded;here are our snapshots from October of last year.
https://janettravels.wordpress.com/2016/02/15/fountains-of-versailles-a-little-chaos/
I just dialed up the official website which details that the pass does cover the Trianon and the Hameau.
http://en.parismuseumpass.com/musee-chateaux-de-versailles-et-de-trianon-64.htm

Love the picture!

Thanks for looking into the pass for me. I looked at the site but my head is swimming with all the information and couldn't figure it out. It's great to have someone looking over my shoulder so thank you very much for that!

Another thing: When you buy an extra ticket for the fountain days, the website makes a big deal about needing to print the ticket out. I was thinking of waiting until I got over there to purchase (but not at Versailles itself so as to avoid the lines) because I'm not sure yet which day I want to go, but needing a printer makes me wary. Do they really not let you show the ticket on the phone? I guess I shouldn't rely on it since the website specifies the printed copy. Maybe the hotel would let me print it?

Thanks!

If your hotel doesn't have a computer and printer for public use, you can usually forward your email to their address and they will print it for you behind the desk.

That's great. Thanks for the help!

The entrance to the garden to the right of the Chateau had almost no line at all the day we bought tickets mid morning last October. I am sure it is more crowded in the summer but I wouldn't worry about this. The giant line is the security line for the chateau.

I went to Versailles last week and the line for security was very quick but the line to get in was quite long. When we left, it was even worse. The problem is that there is no signage and the queue is disorganized. It's unclear whether the line is for ticket holders or not. It is.

We went to Versailles last Tuesday for the musical fountains. Arrived there at 9:15 or so. Security line - 8 visitors. Walked over to the left of the Chateau to the garden entrance; no line for tickets for the fountain show. Fountains didn't start their squirts until 11:00 but we walked through the gardens first.

Used the Museum Pass for the Trianons and Hamlet. Walked back to the gardens around 14:30 to catch the afternoon fountain show (different fountains operating in the afternoon). The Neptune fountain was under repair at the time of our visit.

Enjoy!

I'm glad to have all this information as it sounds a bit confusing there. My plan was to get there at 9:00, run to the hall of mirrors before the crowd gets there, then go through the rest of the palace. After that I would proceed to the gardens. So if I have my tickets already (museum pass), per the website, I should go to entrance A. Is this where the security line is located?

At what point do they collect my extra ticket for the gardens since it is a musical fountain day?

I was there a couple of weeks ago with a Museum Pass, chose a dreary, cold and rainy day and since I was catching a cold I arrived later than planned (my itinerary said--"catch train by 7:30" and it ended up more like 10:30)--total, utter chaos! Security line in the rain = bad tempered tourists. I felt the Palace didn't really let you see very much, and what you could see was mobbed by people with selfie sticks. I was not interested in the fountains.

I headed down to the gardens and then made the long journey on foot to the Trianon palaces and MA's Hamlet. It's a good 45 minutes unless you catch a shuttle. I stopped for lunch at La Flotille just before the Canal--excellent omelette.

For me the 2 Trianons and the various sites that comprise MA's Hamlet were much more satisfying; smaller, more intimate, and certainly more personal. They are renovating the house in the Hamlet section, but there's several other charming buildings and the farm animals to see. I didn't retrace my path to leave, instead chose a more direct route through the park and exited off to the side at the Queen's Gate. I was more interested in this area than the Palace, and was glad I persevered and got to see them--I think the rain kept most people from going the extra distance.

I did not realize it was so far to the other locations. I will probably opt for the shuttle if not too much hassle.

Sounds like you had challenging circumstances indeed. I'm glad to hear more about the smaller places. Sounds like it is worth the extra time/effort.

As I walked through the gardens in the rain I was mentally arguing with myself: "Go back to Paris, get out of the rain, to hell with it" vs "You came all this way and you really wanted to see MA's estate. Don't give up now." I am determined, so that won out! I would definitely have taken the shuttle, but in a driving rain sometimes it's hard to think and plan clearly, plus I was hopped up on cold meds. Fortunately by the time I had left the Grand Trianon (the first one you come to), the rain had stopped.

Be sure you get a map of the whole Versailles area (they hand them out), helped me enormously when going to the outer areas and then trying to exit without dealing with the crowds again.

Sorry to bring this subject up again, but here goes. If I show up at Versailles with my museum pass, but no extra ticket to get into the gardens (because it is a "musical fountain" day) I'm guessing they don't let you into the gardens from the house. So does anyone know if they sell that extra 9 Euro pass there at the garden entrance? I was trying to purchase the supplemental ticket online but having lots of problems with the website. Thanks!

You can buy the €9 ticket at the garden entrance. There are signs directing you to the garden entrance and ticket booths.

Great to know! That's a relief. I will plan to use my museum pass and buy the extra garden ticket when there. Didn't want to get stuck waiting in a long line to purchase. Thanks!!