Monthly Park Hours for the first half of October 2010 and Extra Magic Hours for February 2011.

We can continue to see slightly shorter hours at Disneyland Park compared to October 2009, with the weekday hours for the first week cut back an hour from 7pm to 6pm and closing times on the first weekend trimmed by an hour from 10pm and 9pm to 9pm and 8pm, Saturday and Sunday respectively. Despite having three new attractions, the Studios sticks steadfastly to those 6pm and 7pm weekday and weekend closing times.

The full park opening times for the rest of September 2010 are now available, continuing the change we noticed earlier that Disneyland Park is losing an hour compared to last year.

There’s better news for August weekends, however, as the newly-updated hours there now give Walt Disney Studios Park an extended closing time of 21.00, 9pm, on 21st and 28th August — the first two Saturdays after the opening of Toy Story Playland, obviously presumed to be busy with visitors checking out the new land.

Find more Disneyland Paris dates, times and offers on the Calendar.

Have you paid a visit to Euro Souvenirland yet? This is our new website, launched late in 2009, which aims to collect and celebrate Disneyland Paris history — from 1992 to today.

It’s been a while since we featured the site here, so if you’ve not dropped by in all that time there’s a whole lot of new — or rather old — things to discover.

• A brand new section — the Gallery — already containing over 100 incredible photos from the resort’s past. Some you might have seen, now re-scanned in high quality, others are completely new, with plenty of rarities. From unique construction views to parades of the past and closed attractions. We’re currently adding a new photo every day from a contributor with a great collection of retro snaps like this one, never before seen.
• Plus — over 120 additional items on the Memorabilia pages. Including… Rare publications like this 1994 Magic Kingdom Club brochure, or the Walt Disney Studios Park guide map from its February 2002 previews. Even more classic postcards, complete holiday brochures from years gone by, and lots of fun miscellaneous items.
• And also — a teaser of the upcoming Timeline pages, giving a comprehensive look back over the many name and logo changes of Disneyland Paris.

Follow Euro Souvenirland on Twitter, on Facebook or via RSS to get a little piece of Disneyland Paris history in your news feed every day!

Visit the site at Euro Souvenirland.com ›

It’s another double update on the Calendar. First, new attraction Closure & Refurbishment dates for September, October and November, including “it’s a small world”, Buzz Lightyear Laser Blast and the two Storybook Land attractions.

A small refurbishment for Le Carrousel de Lancelot has also snuck into September, despite dates for the month having previously been announced, and the Blanche-Neige et les Sept Nains (Snow White) dark ride closure will in fact last until the 8th October, not the 1st as previously appeared.

The timing of the “it’s a small world” refurbishment suggests this will be the ride’s now (hopefully) annual clean-up and makeover for the wonderful “Celebration” Christmas overlay which returned last year after a long absence.

Find the full listing of closures here.

Next — another new special offer! If you missed the 50% flash sale or the 40% discount before that, you’ve currently got a chance to save 30% on arrivals up to 8th October if you book by 31st August 2010. If you’re tempted by the luxury and location of Disneyland Hotel, however, that discount increases to 40%.

Find the full listing of all current official offers here.

Great news if you’re planning a trip to Disneyland Paris in the next few months — not only are park hours for the first half of September 2010 now available, but a very limited 5 Day “Flash Sale” is offering an incredible 50% off selected dates up to 30th September!

Find more details of this and other current discounts on our updated Special Offers page.

The ever-popular Calendar has been given a quick refresh over the past week. New and updated info includes Monthly Park Hours to the end of August in a new larger format, Extra Magic Hours dates up to December and a few extra Season Dates such as Christmas, Halloween and next year’s Welsh and Irish events.

On Closures & Refurbishments you find the latest dates up to October, including lengthy refurbishments for Snow White and Phantom Manor.

Finally, our Special Offers summary has been summarised even more, putting all the current official offers on one page to make browsing through the latest discounts as easy as possible. There are also a few brand new offers, including specific dates for 1 Extra Day & Night Free (finally no trawling through the booking system) and an even more generous 2 Extra Days & Nights Free offer! If you’re super-organised and already thinking about booking for next April, there’s an Early Bird offer worth checking out, too.

Plan your visit on the Calendar ›

Our latest exclusive Disneyland Paris interview from Jérémie Noyer is now available to read:

Kat reveals how the team progressed from Mickey’s Magical Party and sought to finally integrate a new generation of characters with the old favourites.

So far, you’re pretty much seeing an exact copy of all the pages, images and files that were hosted by our old web host. Almost every single one was copied across. Even so, you might notice everything loads that much faster than before with the same speed improvement DLRP Today saw when it moved here a few months ago.

The next task is to begin clearing out all the old and redundant pages from previous iterations of the website, then start afresh with more new Guidebook pages being the top priority, using the style we began to implement with the updated maps. New information, new pictures — and a lot of work, so thank you for your patience!

DLRP Magic!

You can now find park hours up to June 13th:

Monthly Park Hours

Along with new Extra Magic Hours details up the end of September:

Extra Magic Hours

The list of upcoming attraction refurbishments has also changed slightly:

Closures & Refurbishments

Note that Le Pays des Contes de Fées (Storybookland Canal Boats) and Casey Jr. – Le Petit Train du Cirque are already listed for closure right up to 2nd July.

Enjoy our brand new high definition video of Disney’s Once Upon a Dream Parade, still just as much of a wonder to behold as it celebrates its third birthday today.

Video: Disney’s Once Upon a Dream Parade

As always, you can download it from the video page in two formats — the Portable version perfect for iPods and yes, portable devices, or the Full version which looks great on your desktop or streamed to an HD TV.

You can receive these free downloads automatically, directly into iTunes, every time a video is added. Find the portable Podcast here or the full HD Podcast here. And then there’s our YouTube Channel, useful for streaming to portable devices on the move or internet-ready TVs.