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VIDEO — Watch the full ‘Designers of Dreams’ Disneyland Paris fashion show

Anthony Sheridan — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 10:05:51 +0000

Disneyland Paris launched its extended 20th Anniversary celebrations with a one-off catwalk fashion show to showcase brand new Disney character costumes made by some of Europe’s most prestigious fashion houses. Titled ‘Designers of Dreams’, the one-off event took place on Saturday 23rd March for the 20th Anniversary Extended press launch. But luckily, if you’d like [...]

VIDEO — Disney Light’Ears preview with Marianne Sharpe & David Sultan

Anthony Sheridan — Fri, 05 Apr 2013 19:07:40 +0000

EXCLUSIVE — Marianne Sharpe and David Sultan of the Disneyland Paris merchandising team preview the new Disney Light’Ears at an informal panel discussion just for fansites. Learn about the design, development and production of the ears, how they work and what we can expect when they launch this July at Disneyland Paris. • Watch, like [...]

VIDEO — Disney Dreams! New 2013 Edition with The Lion King, Brave, Light’Ears

Anthony Sheridan — Mon, 25 Mar 2013 09:39:08 +0000

It’s here! Our complete, original 1080p HD video of the new Disney Dreams!, now updated for 2013 with new The Lion King and Brave scenes. This video also features our exclusive preview of Disney Light’Ears, set to launch at Disneyland Paris this July for €20. We filmed the video from directly in the middle of [...]

Disneyland Paris 20th Anniversary Extended! Launch — Live Updates

Anthony Sheridan — Fri, 22 Mar 2013 17:00:42 +0000

‘Designers of Dreams’ catwalk fashion show to mark extended 20th Anniversary launch

Anthony Sheridan — Fri, 22 Mar 2013 08:38:52 +0000

Disneyland Paris will launch its extended 20th Anniversary celebrations this weekend, with a one-off catwalk fashion show to showcase brand new Disney character costumes made by some of Europe’s most prestigious fashion houses. Titled ‘Designers of Dreams’, the event will take place this Saturday 23rd March to mark the success of Disney Dreams! and launch [...]

Pirates of the Caribbean returns from long closure with “minor” technical updates

Anthony Sheridan — Thu, 21 Mar 2013 11:56:46 +0000

If Pirates of the Caribbean at Disneyland Paris was ever going to welcome Jack Sparrow, like all its three cousins around the world, the three-month closure this winter could have been the ample opportunity. But, just as when the rumour surfaced for the 15th Anniversary in 2007, again in 2008, again in 2009, again in [...]

‘Disney Dreams!’ effects utilised for renewed St Patrick & St David’s Day fireworks

Anthony Sheridan — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 19:59:15 +0000

Even before Pixar’s “Brave” makes its grand debut with a new scene in the show itself, the technology of Disney Dreams! has brought an extra Celtic flourish to Disneyland Paris, utilised for the first time in both the recent St Patrick’s and St David’s Day firework displays. Installed before the debut of the top-rated nighttime [...]

Video: Disneyland Paris president Philippe Gas officially announces Ratatouille attraction

Anthony Sheridan — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 16:31:33 +0000

Each year, late February brings the Shareholders’ Annual General Meeting for Disneyland Paris operating group Euro Disney SCA. And each year, without fail, an optimistic few anticipate the next big attraction will be announced there on spot. This year, that actually came true. Little fanfare, even fewer hard facts and absolutely no Walt Disney Imagineering [...]

Hurricanes Discotheque belatedly white-washed into Disney Village history

Anthony Sheridan — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 14:45:37 +0000

We all have those odd jobs we never quite get round to and you’ll need to be a longtime reader of DLRPToday.com now to remember the demise of Hurricanes Discotheque back in March 2010. So it’s with some relief that, three years on, we report the unmistakably ’90s nightclub spot in Disney Village is at last [...]

St Patrick’s Day 2013 programme: Irish music and dance takes over Disneyland Paris

Anthony Sheridan — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 15:54:58 +0000

This Sunday, Disneyland Paris celebrates St Patrick’s Day for one day only with music, dance, fireworks and special character appearances. The full programme of events was released today, confirming the annual Irish celebrations will again be hosted largely in the Cottonwood Creek Ranch area of Frontierland, a tradition begun last year and continued with the [...]

Disneyland Paris officially announces “new Ratatouille-themed attraction” for 2014

Anthony Sheridan — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 11:39:25 +0000

You thought it might never happen. But at last, the Ratatouille dark ride is official. After years of winks and nods to this open secret from Euro Disney S.C.A. officials, not to mention that vast concrete shell of a showbuilding at Walt Disney Studios Park, CEO Philippe Gas has today publicly confirmed that a “Ratatouille-themed [...]

First Look: The Lion King’s Simba in upcoming new Disney Dreams! scene

Anthony Sheridan — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 14:28:19 +0000

Just can’t wait to see how one of the new scenes coming to Disney Dreams! will look? Here’s your first sneak preview, courtesy of a new teaser trailer on the official Disneyland Paris website. For a few brief seconds, visible in the screen capture above, we see the face of Simba from “The Lion King” [...]

Golden Forest Club to add new premium tier at Disney’s Sequoia Lodge from April

Anthony Sheridan — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 16:39:45 +0000

You’ve already upgraded from a standard lodge room to a Montana room, perhaps even a Lake View. But from April, Disney’s Sequoia Lodge begins offering an altogether more “exclusive” category of room with the launch of its own Golden Forest Club. Modelled on the successful Castle Club of Disneyland Hotel and Empire State Club at [...]

In Pictures: Aristocats Berlioz and Toulouse star amongst rare Valentine’s character events

Anthony Sheridan — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 14:43:26 +0000

Yesterday was a special day for character fans, as troublesome kittens Berlioz and Toulouse from “The Aristocats” made their first ever park appearance at Disneyland Paris. The pair joined sister Marie, who has been sighted rarely at the resort before, for a special photo shoot on Town Square and a brief parade event aboard the [...]

LEGO Store for Disney Village all but confirmed by assistant manager recruitment notice?

Anthony Sheridan — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 14:38:51 +0000

Long-standing rumours of a LEGO Store in Disney Village have been given new immediacy by the posting of a job recruitment notice for assistant managers. Posted on the Mercuri Urval website, the listing originally made explicit reference to a LEGO-branded retail store at Disneyland Paris and even went so far as to claim it will [...]

Free Wi-Fi coming to Disney Hotels, Disney Village and beyond in next year

Anthony Sheridan — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 08:22:54 +0000

Your 2013/2014 holiday to Disneyland Paris might now feel a lot more like a 21st Century experience. Lagging behind for years in internet access offering, Disneyland Paris has made a surprise sudden move towards offering more widespread — and crucially, free — Wi-Fi access across the resort. Announced late on Monday was that the prestigious [...]

The Aristocats to appear for “Be my Valentine!” day at Disneyland Paris

Anthony Sheridan — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 22:50:11 +0000

Disneyland Paris certainly knows how to win over the hearts of its character fans. Along with the usual special meet ‘n’ greets for Valentine’s Day on 14th February, this Thursday will also see a special mini event on the parade route featuring “The Aristocats” characters. Programmed for three performances in the afternoon — at 14:35, [...]

Disney Light’Ears: It’s “glow with the show” for Disney Dreams! first anniversary

Anthony Sheridan — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 15:25:31 +0000

There will be more than just two new scenes to light up Disney Dreams! on its first anniversary this year: you too can “glow with the show” as the illuminated Mickey Mouse ears first introduced for World of Color at Disney California Adventure will come to Disneyland Paris, the resort has confirmed. Named “Glow with [...]

New “Brave”, “The Lion King” scenes confirmed for Disney Dreams! from April 2013

Anthony Sheridan — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 23:40:29 +0000

Hurry, you’ve not got long left to see Disney Dreams! — the original show that is. Disneyland Paris has now confirmed that the show will be updated for its first anniversary with two brand new scenes based on the Pixar film “Brave” and classic Disney animation “The Lion King”. The new segments are believed to [...]

Disneyland Paris Fan Survey: Results make for interesting infographic

Anthony Sheridan — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 16:06:49 +0000

Congratulations — if you’re reading this, you’re likely one of the 85% of Disneyland Paris fans who visit fansites at least once a week. Let’s hope you’re not also one of the unfortunate 8% of fans who have never actually visited the resort. There, just two of the many intriguing statistics recently dug out in [...]

Twelve months in, massive Ratatouille dark ride showbuilding shell almost completed

Anthony Sheridan — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 15:23:56 +0000

Farewell, Rémy and Emile! Only a year ago it was a cleared parcel of earth at the back of Walt Disney Studios Park, today it’s an enormous shell of a showbuilding to envy the “it’s a small worlds” of the Disney Park world. Work on the Ratatouille dark ride celebrated another milestone last week as [...]

Debt Mountain: The Walt Disney Company agrees €1.3 billion Euro Disney refinancing

Anthony Sheridan — Tue, 18 Sep 2012 22:32:13 +0000

It’s not the rumoured share buyout, but it’s big: Euro Disney S.C.A., operating group of Disneyland Paris, tonight announced that a huge €1.3 billion of its epic debt pile will be refinanced by The Walt Disney Company itself, taking over from the banks which have stunted the resort’s growth. Given a longer lending term, less [...]

Disney Store modestly renews focus to Christmas and characters – for how long?

Anthony Sheridan — Thu, 02 Aug 2012 15:28:44 +0000

Ah, the Disney Store. Not the one in your nearby shopping mall, but the generically titled store that used to be the largest in Disney Village. Now effectively replaced and superseded in both size, style and location by World of Disney, you might well think this rather tired location will be at a loss to [...]

What’s on the shelves: a browse around the merchandise of World of Disney

Anthony Sheridan — Thu, 02 Aug 2012 09:39:11 +0000

It can be a beautiful piece of Disney architecture and filled with fun facts and details, but a shop is ultimately only as good as the merchandise its sells. How does World of Disney compare? DLRP Today.com reader Maarten has kindly captured a lengthy photo tour of the new store, showing us what’s on the [...]

World of Disney rises in new time-lapse “making of” video featuring store’s creators

Anthony Sheridan — Tue, 31 Jul 2012 14:12:17 +0000

World of Disney is now already a familiar, unique icon for Disneyland Paris. But what went into designing and building this new landmark boutique? Via the Disneyland Paris Generations website, an official video allows some of the creators to speak for themselves, as well as giving us a glimpse at the always fun time-lapse video [...]

Ratatouille dark ride foundations plotted out with help from Rémy & Emile

Anthony Sheridan — Mon, 30 Jul 2012 14:33:05 +0000

Since the first crane rose over the Ratatouille Kitchen Calamity (working title) construction site in April, a second crane has joined the effort to realise this much-anticipated dark ride and restaurant in time for 2014. With the second crane shorter, wider and less colourful than its cousin, it seems only fitting we call the pair, [...]

World of Disney officially inaugurated with grand opening ceremony — pictures, video

Anthony Sheridan — Mon, 23 Jul 2012 09:37:18 +0000

World of Disney has now completed its first full week of regular opening. The new Disneyland Paris flagship store, at the entrance to Disney Village, was inaugurated on 12th July 2012 with a special ceremony hosted by resort ambassadors Régis Alart and Osvaldo del Mistero. Just as the colourful globe and Imagineering-designed architecture of the [...]

World of Disney soft-opens for Cast Members, Shareholders, Passholders — and the public!

Anthony Sheridan — Wed, 11 Jul 2012 17:10:48 +0000

Construction of World of Disney at the entrance to Disney Village really powered through its final months, with Disneyland Paris’ merchandising teams having the new flagship store stocked and ready to open its doors right on schedule for the first time last week. First came the Cast Members, always given the privilege of first previews, [...]

Bastille Day 14th July fireworks confirmed as added extra after ‘Disney Dreams!’

Anthony Sheridan — Tue, 10 Jul 2012 17:58:40 +0000

Disneyland Paris has confirmed that a special Bastille Day fireworks will take place this Saturday, 14th July, beginning just five minutes after the end of the regularly scheduled performance of its new Disney Dreams! nighttime spectacular at Disneyland Park. The French National Day, more commonly known simply as le quatorze juillet in France, falls on a [...]

World of Disney pre-opening preview: flagship store previewed in concepts, facts, video

Anthony Sheridan — Tue, 10 Jul 2012 01:56:12 +0000

Go to Disney Village today and you can already shop inside World of Disney, but the new flagship store isn’t officially open until this Thursday, 12th July, so there’s just time to take a more detailed look at its design, construction and final fitting out. Disneyland Paris hosted a preview of the store and its [...]