Interesting Toy Story Playland article reveals more details
Posted by Kristof on Monday, June 21 2010

Disney Newsreel magazine featured last month an interesting article on Toy Story Playland.

Imagineer Tom Fitzgerald reveals these details:

- Benches are fashioned from Lincoln Logs
- Wall constructed of dominoes
- Trash cans designed to look like wooden blocks
- 14-foot-tall talking Buzz Lightyear action figure at one entrance
- Barrel of Monkey's at second entrance
- Tinkertoys lampposts
- Oversized holiday lights
- Andy's enormous but subtle footprints on the walkway
- Green Army Men Training Camp (queue) features life-sized green army men, a quonset hut, a plastic jeep, crates, a lookout station and a baby monitor.
- Cast Member costumes with oversized buttons.

Read the entire article:

Mysterious video hits YouTube
Posted by Kristof on Saturday, June 19 2010

This mysterious video hit YouTube yesterday.

It shows a guy wondering through Walt Disney Studios Park after closure and then running away for something, falling and being dragged back into the park.

Could this possibly another viral video for an upcoming entertainment event?

Buzz Lightyear to talk!
Posted by Kristof on Tuesday, June 15 2010

The giant Buzz Lightyear statue that will go at the entrance of Toy Story Playland will talk! Disney Newsreel, a magazine for The Walt Disney Company cast members world wide, confirmed this in a 2 pages article about the upcoming land.

The oversized toy will say his famous push-button catchphrases, just as seen in the movies and the toy versions.

Read the entire Newsreel article on WDSfans soon!

Disney Studio 1 scaffolding going down!
Posted by Kristof on Tuesday, June 15 2010

The unthinkable has finally happened. The scaffolding in front of Disney Studio 1 is finally being taken down.

Disney Central Plaza member "LHDN92" took the photo below last night showing a large chunk of the right corner being removed.

First reports say the entire façade has been repainted.

More photos here soon!

New Ice Cream Truck on Hollywood Blvd.
Posted by Kristof on Wednesday, April 7 2010

The Disney Central Plaza Facebook page reports a new Ice Cream Truck has been installed on Hollywood Blvd. The retro-style truck fits in the 1950's style of the Blvd.

No word what's going to happen with the Ice Cream shop that replaced one of the Blvd. windows last year.

Photo by the Disney Central Plaza crew:

Sony-Ericsson sign now up at Studio Tram Tour
Posted by Kristof on Sunday, April 4 2010

We reported earlier about a possible sponsor-change over at Studio Tram Tour. This is confirmed by @jornjokker on Twitter. He send us a picture of the new sponsor sign over the attraction's entrance (which is still closed at the moment).

However, before we get excited about a new sponsor, it turns out this sponsorship with Sony-Ericsson is actually a new deal brought forward by Orange, who wants to push the sales of their new Sony-Ericcson phone packs.

See @jornjokkers photo on Twitpic here: http://twitpic.com/1cy6lc

Join WDSfans on Facebook
Posted by Kristof on Tuesday, March 30 2010

WDSfans has launched its own Facebook fanpage. You can join us by becoming a fan here:

http://www.facebook.com/wdsfans

The latest Toy Story Playland photos
Posted by Kristof on Monday, March 29 2010

Enjoy these latest Toy Story Playland construction from this weekend.

The first themed elements have been installed, like the Tinkertoys lamp posts and domino blocks, which will form a low wall on one side of the Land.

All photos by http://www.photosmagiques.com

Time-lapse video of Toy Story Playland construction
Posted by Kristof on Friday, March 19 2010

A time-lapse video of the Toy Story Playland construction was recently presented at a Euro Disney SCA shareholders meeting.

Our friend Mouetto was kind enough to share it with us:


Time-lapse construction Toy Story Playland Disneyland Paris
envoyé par mouetto. - Voyage et découverte en vidéo.