For several years Disney Village had been celebrating Chinese New Year with animation, games and decorations. We took a look inside our archives and found a photo set going back to February 2005.
Welcome to the future of the past: Discoveryland is now open!
After the re-opening of the Main Street, U.S.A., Fantasyland and Frontierland photo albums, have now all the entire Discoveryland albums returned with photos of all its attractions, restaurants and shops. Discover them now!
Left to right:
- Space Mountain: Mission 2 and Les Mystères du Nautilus
- Buzz Lightyear Laser Blast
- Café Hyperion
- Star Traders
More Discoveryland albums here.
Frontierland opens its gates!
All our Frontierland photo albums have returned to the gallery. Discover a wide collection of attractions, shops and restaurants!
Left to right:
More Frontierland albums here.
Snow and Ice Sculpture Festival Bruges 2011 inspired by Disneyland Paris
The 11th edition of the Snow and Ice Sculpture Festival in Bruges, Belgium ended today. The festival was based on the magical world of Disneyland Paris and its world famous characters. In the summer of 2011, Disneyland Paris already was the inspiration for the Sand Sculpture Festival in Blankenberge, Belgium. That’s no coincidence as that both festivals are organised by the same company and supported by the Belgian Disney Parks & Resorts team.
We took took a tour of the festival one day before all sculpture ended as a puddle of water and returned with these photos!
La Tanière du Dragon reopened after a long refurbishment
La Tanière du Dragon located under Le Château de la Belle au Bois Dormant closed unannounced before the summer season of 2011. All entrances were fenced off and some fans even speculated it was over and out for what once was the largest Audio-Animatronic ever build. Too expensive to maintain, security and safety issues were rumoured on online boards.
But then all construction fences were removed early December and guests were once again able to explore the dark dungeon under the Castle. It turned out the lighting and the animatronic received an extensive refurbishment, bringing the smooth movements of the dragon back to its original glory as it was in 1992.
We captured a multi-angle video last week:
The photo album has been updated with brand new photos as well:
Disney’s Magical Moments Festival already making way for 20th
Although an end date of Disney’s Magical Moments Festival has never been officially announced, it’s common for Disneyland Paris to have it end a couple of weeks before the new theme year begins. This year however, it all seems to end much earlier. Why is that? Well most likely due to the fact the entertainment department is preparing for the 20th Anniversary (like the complete removal of the Central Plaza Stage) and in some cases most likely due to low guest satisfaction.
We’ve put together a gallery slide-show with all the end dates, but if you can’t wait, scroll down for a complete list.
Magical Moments that will stop after 9 January 2012:
- Green Army Men Meet & Play!
- Mickey’s Magical Celebration
- Disney Dance Express
Magical Moments that will stop after 4 March 2012:
- Disney’s Once Upon a Dream Parade interactive stops
- Following the Leader with Peter Pan
- Meet Rapunzel from Walt Disney Pictures’ Tangled (although Rapunzel will likely be moved to the Princess Pavilion)
Magical Moments that will continue during the 20th Anniversary:
- Disney Princesses a Royal Invitation (Princess Pavilion)
- Smile and Say “Cheese” with Remy and Emile
- Aladdin’s Magic Lamp
- Share the Love with wall•E and Eve
- Adventureland rhythms of the jungle
- Monster Inc Screaming Academy (though already in the park since 2006)
- Moteurs…Actions! Stunt Show Spectacular Featuring Lightning McQueen
The following Disney’s Once upon a Dream Parade floats will be rethemed for the 20th Anniversary parade (Disney Magic on Parade)
- Dreams of Imagination( Mickey and friends): from 9 January 2012
- Dreams of Romance 2 (Princess unit with the Castle): from 16 January 2012
Take these dates in consideration when planning your trip!
The Fantasyland gates are open!
The final missing Fantasyland albums have been uploaded to the gallery, which now holds over 550 photos of the Fantasyland attractions, shops and restaurants!
Step through the gates of an Enchanting Castle and enter the magical world where you can sail around the world, dine with Royalty and see where dwarfs live.
From left to right:
- Le Château de la Belle au Bois Dormant
- “it’s a small world”
- Auberge de Cendrillon
- La Chaumière des Sept Nains
More Fantasyland albums here.
Bonjour Duffy the Disney Bear
Duffy the Disney Bear was introduced to Disneyland Paris early November 2011. This makes our Resort in Paris the last one of all other Disney Parks to offer the furry animal. Duffy originates from Tokyo Disney Resort where it was and still is a huge success. The concept, which is entirely based on in-park marketing and without any feature or animated film background; was quickly adopted by the parks in the United States and Hong Kong.
As part of the Christmas Season and to celebrate the introduction of Duffy, a group of European fashion designers were asked by Disneyland Paris to design unique costumes and suits for him. If you want to see Duffy in contemporary, modern or just totally crazy outfits, be sure to go look in the Disney Store windows in Disney Village before 8 January 2012. Afterwards, the entire collection will be donated to children’s hospitals in France and Belgium.
To support and advertise the sales in Disneyland Park has the Storybook Store in Main Street, U.S.A. been turned into the main Duffy store. Not only is it carrying the bear in all sizes, some of the theming of the shop has been changed too. Most remarkably, the well-known Tigger Audio-Animatronic located at the entrance has been ripped out and replaced by a large moving… Duffy!
But that’s not all that has been replaced! The Mark Twain poster located between the Boarding House (where the Duffy character performs meet ‘n’ greets) and The Storybook Store was recently over painted and replaced with a large painting of “The United States Steamship Company”, a reference to the American Waterfront area of Tokyo Disney Sea. These theme-changes were done by Disneyland Paris Imagineering to make sure the Duffy story fits in with the rest of Main Street, U.S.A. and Disneyland Park…
To take a photo tour of The Storybook Store and its recent changes, check out our photo album here.
Happy 110th birthday, mister Disney!
Today marks the day Walt Disney was born, exactly 110 years ago!
To celebrate this day, we’ve updated our Walt’s – An American Restaurant photo album with 11 new wide-angle photos of the themed rooms, all guest-free!
Enjoy this album dedicated to the man who started it all!
Mickey’s Winter Wonderland: photos and video!
The ever popular Mickey’s Winter Wonderland show has returned again this year on The Chapparal Theatre’s stage in Frontierland!
Check out our selection of photos of last week’s performance, as well as a full show recording in HD.
