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Costuming canopy comes down, Tram Tour route moves to make way for Ratatouille

DLRP Today — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 13:29:47 +0000

Hard to believe now that, just a month ago, all was quiet on the Ratatouille dark ride construction site as Disneyland Paris awaited the necessary funding. Then, on 10th January, it came: a €150m package from The Walt Disney Company, and this long-awaited Toon Studio addition was finally go! Just 10 days later the site [...]

Central Plaza swaps unpopular stage for temporary tents as remodel hits sub-zero weather

DLRP Today — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 22:40:37 +0000

If you’re reading this in Europe, no doubt you’ve felt a very seasonal but very sharp chill in the air this past week as winter has belatedly made its mark. Disney Parks, magical as they are, aren’t exempt from wild fluctuations of temperature either, which can lead to such surprising measures as this: covering the [...]

Landing stage refurbishment cause for lengthy Thunder Mesa Riverboats closure

DLRP Today — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 21:38:34 +0000

With attractions such as Autopia and Captain EO recently closed midweek in low season, a lengthy closure for Thunder Mesa Riverboat Landing this winter might have looked like more cost saving — or we should say, “demand-based” operation. In fact, it’s a renovation of the landing pier itself to cause for these two months of [...]

Ratatouille dark ride’s Restaurant side-order confirmed by new construction notice

DLRP Today — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 14:00:40 +0000

What’s the one thing Walt Disney Studios Park needs more than a dark ride? This: a new restaurant! While the initial planning notice for the Ratatouille dark ride only noted a project known as “Toon Studio D”, this new full-blown Marne-la-Vallée construction notice, spotted by Mouetto of Disney Central Plaza, confirms that both an attraction [...]

Disney Characters All Star Party Express to return… as 20th Anniversary Celebration Train

DLRP Today — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 22:40:47 +0000

“Time for lemonade and Cracker Jacks, Casey Junior’s back, Casey Junior’s back!” – You didn’t think he’d miss the 20th Anniversary, did you? Yes, the endlessly reincarnated train, last seen as the Disney Dance Express, will return again from April 2012! At least this time, for the first time since his return as the Disney Characters’ Express five years [...]

Construction site cleared of remaining trees for Ratatouille “Kitchen Calamity” dark ride

DLRP Today — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 17:34:55 +0000

If we needed any final evidence that construction is at last ready to begin on the first dark ride at Walt Disney Studios Park, here it is! The view from the top of Toy Soldiers Parachute Drop, captured here by @ParkZone_es, now reveals a vast plot of cleared land after final tree clearance work throughout [...]

Hit show The Tarzan Encounter to return for second encore season this summer

DLRP Today — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 20:42:44 +0000

Can you swing through the trees like an ape? Are you a talented gymnast with a passing resemblance to Jane Porter? Disneyland Paris is giving you another chance to make your big break — and for thousands of new park visitors to watch in amazement — as it confirms: The Tarzan Encounter will return again! [...]

Disney Magic on Parade! concept art for floats and costumes officially paraded out

DLRP Today — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 14:44:41 +0000

We’ve already had a glimpse at the concept art for Disney Magic on Parade! thanks to some leaked images late last year, but now here they are in all their high definition, officially-endorsed glory! The 20th Anniversary preview video released by Disneyland Paris on Friday teased fans with an immediate challenge to “screencap” all the [...]

Disneyland Paris 20th Anniversary preview video reveals “Disney Dreams!” – and more surprises

DLRP Today — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 19:18:25 +0000

“We’re gonna bring the Second Star to the Right and ignite it above the castle…” It’s not a sentence you hear every day but, in this exciting new preview video for the 20th Anniversary released by Disneyland Paris today, Steve Davison casually drops it in amongst a plethora of other surprises. Walt Disney Imagineering’s Creative [...]

Ratatouille dark ride is GO! Construction permit appears for “Toon Studio D” attraction

DLRP Today — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 14:43:10 +0000

It turns out, a construction permit really can be this exciting to see. A mere two days after The Walt Disney Company agreed to loan Euro Disney S.C.A. funding of €150m for park expansion, a fresh “permis de construire” has appeared at the rear of Walt Disney Studios Park for a project ostensibly titled “Toon [...]

‘Meet Mickey Mouse’ construction continues with new colours at Fantasy Festival Stage

DLRP Today — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 13:00:12 +0000

And for his first trick, Mickey will transform Fantasy Festival Stage with a whole new colour scheme! Work continues at the former Fantasyland theatre for this new, permanent, 20th Anniversary meet ‘n’ greet location, with the previously dark green corners of the exterior given a bold new red (photo above by @InsideDLParis). Could we see the [...]

Walt Disney Company gifts €150m to Disneyland Paris for multi-year Studios Park expansion

DLRP Today — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 11:00:23 +0000

The Walt Disney Company has begun 2012 with a €150 million boost for Disneyland Paris’ investment funds. Providing the loan agreement as an “additional standby revolving credit facility” to Euro Disney S.C.A., the operator of the resort which is 39.8% owned by Disney, it comes on top of an existing credit facility worth €100 million, [...]

La Tanière du Dragon’s beast given revitalised “snap”, renewed effects for 20th birthday

DLRP Today — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 23:30:56 +0000

If 2011 was the year Le Château de la Belle au Bois Dormant regained its glory, 2012 might be the year La Tanière du Dragon regains its growl. The almost 20-year old dragon beneath Sleeping Beauty Castle, still a show-stopping exclusive of Disneyland Paris, recently awoke from a lengthy two month refurbishment in its snarliest mood since 1992. Not [...]

Several Magical Moments to end early January, others “extended” into 20th Anniversary

DLRP Today — Sun, 01 Jan 2012 15:41:57 +0000

It’s 2012 (Happy New Year!) and time for a fresh start. For Disneyland Paris, that appears to mean several key elements of the current Disney Magical Moments Festival, marketed to run until 4th March 2012, will be cleared out early. Rumours long suggested the main Mickey’s Magical Celebration show on Central Plaza would face an [...]

Disney’s Once Upon a Dream Parade won’t be suspended for “Magic on Parade” makeover

DLRP Today — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 16:04:12 +0000

Here’s a little relief for anyone planning a trip to in the next three months, before the launch of the 20th Anniversary: Disneyland Paris has confirmed to us that the parade route won’t be left empty while the current Disney’s Once Upon a Dream Parade undergoes its makeover into the new Disney Magic on Parade!. [...]

Swiss Family return to Adventureland as La Cabane des Robinson reopens right on schedule

DLRP Today — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 14:56:27 +0000

We almost thought we wouldn’t get to climb up into the branches of the Swiss Family Treehouse again this year. But the closure of La Cabane des Robinson, which had been ongoing for months, since the first half of 2011, has now finally come to an end with a successful re-opening this weekend. As the [...]

Disney in ice! Disneyland Paris sets the theme for Bruges Snow and Ice Sculpture Festival

DLRP Today — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 14:12:14 +0000

First sand, now ice: The weather in north west Europe might still be unseasonally mild outside, at least compared to this time last year when we were being hit by heavy snow, but that hasn’t hampered the efforts of the “Ice Wonderland” Snow and Ice Sculpture Festival in Bruges, Belgium one bit. For the first [...]

Disney’s Stars ‘n’ Cars officially drops stage production stop for full run of the parade route

DLRP Today — Sat, 26 Nov 2011 18:27:25 +0000

They’re going the wrong way! It seems like the set-up for a classic something-goes-wrong Disney attraction, but the diversion of Disney’s Stars ‘n’ Cars at Walt Disney Studios Park you see above is actually entirely planned. Since May this year, in fact, the plan has been for the part-parade, part-show event to become a simple [...]

Fan Survey: Disneyland Paris asks its fans “How are we doing?” in exclusive online questionnaire

DLRP Today — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 16:00:06 +0000

In a unique first, Disneyland Paris is launching an official online survey, right at this moment, seeking only the feedback of one particular group of visitors: the fans! The questionnaire aims to not only build more of an understanding about why we become fans and what we appreciate the most about Disneyland, but what we expect [...]

La Cabane des Robinson restoration underway ahead of 17th December reopening

DLRP Today — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 12:14:03 +0000

Great news, treehouse fans: The Swiss Family Robinson have finally begun their restoration work at La Cabane des Robinson. Closed for much of the year, the Adventureland walkthrough became a hot topic as fans debated the reason for its closure. With these recent photos by DisneyGazette showing scaffolding amongst its branches and a large amount [...]

Mark Stead replaces Greg Richart as Chief Financial Officer for Disneyland Paris

DLRP Today — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 22:09:27 +0000

There’s a change at the top for Disneyland Paris today, in the form of a new Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Euro Disney S.C.A., the company behind the European resort, announced late yesterday that Mark Stead has replaced Greg Richart in the role. Mark joined Disneyland Paris in 2006 and has held the position of Vice President, [...]

“it’s a small world” Celebration adds new music, costumes and lights to returning festivities

DLRP Today — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 17:57:31 +0000

The nations of “it’s a small world” are celebrating their end-of-year festivities again: “it’s a small world” Celebration has returned to the Fantasyland for its third year in a row. Revived with much thought and effort in 2009 after several years’ absence, the seasonal overlay brings back all its now-traditional “extras” to the classic ride. Redesigned [...]

Reductions across the board for park ticket prices — if you’re paying in pound sterling

DLRP Today — Sun, 20 Nov 2011 09:41:22 +0000

We’ve no doubt become acclimatised to the biannual Disneyland Paris ticket price rises in April and November each year — a pound here, a Euro there — but this season holds a pleasant surprise for visitors from the United Kingdom, at least. Rather than ticket prices jumping up again, as they did with a big [...]

Disneyland Hotel brings the Grand Floridian Christmas gingerbread house tradition to Paris

DLRP Today — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 18:42:58 +0000

Disneyland Hotel is infamous for the signature fragrance that wafts through its hallways, but this Christmas you might spot a new scent in the lobby: gingerbread. And if you can’t smell it, you’ll certain see it — the huge new Christmas gingerbread house! Constructed on-site and piece-by-piece using real gingerbread pieces baked by the chefs [...]

Disney’s PhotoPass system now being trialled in Paris for simpler souvenir photos

DLRP Today — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 10:42:18 +0000

From rumour to reality: Disneyland Paris has just begun trialling its very own Disney’s PhotoPass-style service for souvenir character photos. Word spread across Twitter last month that it might be happening, now low and behold @InsideDLParis has provided the very first look at one of the new cards. The “Disney’s PhotoPass” branding is conspicuously absent [...]

20th Anniversary Disneyland Paris brochure now available, events line-up confirmed

DLRP Today — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 09:30:06 +0000

Here it is: the 20th Anniversary Disneyland Paris brochure! The multicoloured edition has been spotted out in the wild at travel agents in the UK since its limited launch a couple of weeks ago, but now it’s available online for all to see. Check it out here. Of course, there are new prices, new options [...]

Disneyland Paris welcomes 250 millionth guest – a quarter billion visitors in less than 20 years!

DLRP Today — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 21:45:35 +0000

1, 2, 3… 250,000,000! A huge milestone was celebrated at Disneyland Paris yesterday, 15th November 2011, as the resort welcomed its 250 millionth guest into the parks. That’s a quarter of a billion visitors in just 19 years, 7 months and 15 days. Yes, ok, so they’re still not able to turn a consistent net [...]

More visitors but higher losses in 2011 Financial Results as Disneyland Paris invests in assets

DLRP Today — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 17:50:37 +0000

Increased revenues from the Parks, Hotels and Disney Village failed to outweigh the extra investment pumped into maintaining those assets during the past year, Disneyland Paris has recorded in its Fiscal Year 2011 Results, leading to a net loss of €64 million. Though these Resort operating revenues rose by €60m to €1,275.2m, they couldn’t make [...]

Opel rejoins Disneyland Paris as official vehicle partner, fleet of electric cars to come

DLRP Today — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 05:35:24 +0000

After a 5-year relationship between 2002 and 2007, during which time the company sponsored Moteurs… Action! Stunt Show Spectacular, German car manufacturer Opel has returned to Disneyland Paris as its official vehicle partner. There’s no comment yet whether the General Motors subsidiary could return to sponsor the Backlot stunt show, but it will certainly make its [...]

Construction begins for Magician Mickey meet ‘n’ greet at Fantasy Festival Stage

DLRP Today — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 22:04:03 +0000

Besides spots of Central Plaza being quietly torn up for that nighttime spectacular, the impending 20th Anniversary isn’t quite bringing us the fever of construction we might have hoped for in the parks. Nevertheless, there is one new attraction on which construction has been ongoing for a couple of months already: the Magician Mickey meet ‘n’ greet [...]