Archive for June, 2009
Deetailor’s Mission 09|01: Le Chateau
Monday, June 22nd, 2009Getting Ready…
Monday, June 22nd, 2009
… for the summer season does not only mean, that the entertainment department is busy with the final preparations, gardening crews are bustling even more busy than normally and the final attraction closures for last minute rehabs are organized. In addition there are numerous smaller (and not so small) rehabs and construction projects in particular spread over the Disneyland Park to sprouce up everything.
In Adventureland the rehab of the Café de la Brousse, we reported earlier this week, has now been joint by a (more…)
Starbucks now open for YOUR coffee break
Sunday, June 21st, 2009
Following the grand opening party for invited guests on Friday (see our report from Friday night) the new Starbucks Coffee location in the Disney Village is now open since yesterday in regular operation. The Starbucks in the Disney Village is located in the former Buffalo Trading Company, which was completely remodeled inside and outside. The new interior resembles the regular Starbucks’ style and architecture without any major references to Disney. It picks up several of the architectural elements that dominate the newly designed exterior facade, in particular the basket-style weaved wooden texture. (more…)
More Party at the Disney Village … Fiesta Latina
Saturday, June 20th, 2009
The Disney Village is alive with colors, fun, laughter and the catchy tunes of Samba during this weekend thanks to the Fiesta Latina. Since Friday guests are entertained by street performances as well as concerts free of charge for all guests in the Disney Village.
Billy Bob’s Country Western Saloon hosts full blown concerts by latin artists as part of the festival. Last night the group “Maraca” played (more…)
Partytime… at Starbucks!
Friday, June 19th, 2009
The Starbucks Coffee shop in the Disney Village will officially open it’s doors tomorrow, Saturday June 20th, at 8.00 pm. To celebrate the opening of the very first Starbucks’ location inside a Disney resort worldwide and the new addition to the Disney Village the coffee house is – just as this news is being typed – celebrating a party in the new location with invited guests. Those not invited however are (more…)
Discotime at Walt Disney Studios Park
Thursday, June 18th, 2009
With a small entry on the list of events for which the FNAC store in the Val d’Europe mall offer advance ticket sales FNAC has announced its latest special event at the Disneyland Resort Paris – the DISNEY DISCO NIGHT!
Scheduled for Saturday September 26, 2009 from 8.30 pm till 2.00 am in the Walt Disney Studios Park, FNAC is organizing a special disco party featuring a giant outdoor dance floor playing the best of disco music as selected by Stitch, the music crazy alien of Disney’s animated feature “Lilo & Stitch”, who is currently the resident DJ in the Disneyland Park for “It’s Dance Time … in Discoveryland”. (more…)
Last Minute Rehabs…
Wednesday, June 17th, 2009
The crews are rushing to finish the last scheduled rehabs inside the Disneyland Park (and also to a lesser extent in the Walt Disney Studios) before the official summer season commences in a couple of weeks. Currently the outdoor playground “La Plage des Pirates” in Adventureland is undergoing a sproucing up (till June 19) while the “Robinson Tree House” next door undergoes a major “all around” rehab since Monday and till June 26th (the first such extensive rehab for the popular walk through attraction). For the same time window the Flying Carpets over Agrabah (in the Walt Disney Studios Park) are also closed. Alice’s Curious Labyrinth which already underwent several smaller rehabs has three more scheduled for June 22nd to 26th and 29th to 30th as well as July 1st till 3rd, basically being reopened for the weekends - however, guests should note that even if open during the date of their visit, the labyrinth since this spring has limited operational hours, i.e. opens after the park and closes in early afternoon. But attractions aren’t the only objects of rehabs in the final weeks of spring… (more…)
Studio Construction Update
Monday, June 15th, 2009
The Walt Disney Studios still remain the premier construction site at the Disneyland Resort Paris, if general rehab work is excluded. So time for a short round-up of the status-quo…
The work on the Studio Store is finished. The shop windows have been replaced with wider versions and new, wider entrances to the first and last section of the building been installed as well as the planters in front of these two entrances made considerable smaller to invite guests to take a short diversion into the shop, whose interior has also been carefully re-arranged for a better shopping experience, especially moving the cashiers closer to the exits. As a side-effect the large black limousine used as a photo backdrop for Character Meet’n#Greets was also moved further to the back of the Frontlot in front of the Studio 1, so not to block the entrance to the first part of the Studio Store.
The front facade of Studio 1 facing the Frontlot is still covered by scaffolding covered by a printed canvas of the facade. However, there is no (more…)
More Starbucks News
Monday, June 15th, 2009
As reported earlier the transformation of the former Buffalo Trading Company into the first ever Starbucks coffee shop in a Disney Resort is moving ahead – unconfirmed rumors from various sources claim it might open as early as June 20. However, so far the official website of Starbucks in France has not added a listing for the shop – yet.
In any case, the transformation of the interior and exterior of the future coffee shop in the (more…)
Staying Blu
Friday, June 12th, 2009The latest hotel to open in the Disneyland Resort Paris was the Radisson SAS hotel located on the Disney golf course, offering an upscale experience in a tranquil setting, separated from the bussle of the rest of the resort but still within a convenient distance from both theme parks – thanks to it’s own shuttle bus. With the departure of Holiday Inn (which became the Magic Circus Hotel in Val de France) the Radisson SAS became the sole hotel in DLRP outside Val d’Europe that is part of an established well known international hotel chain with a uniform brand (as the hotels managed by Vienna International in DLRP trade under unique names each). However, Now the Radisson SAS hotel underwent a change of name.
As the cooperation of Radisson with the SAS airline ceased the whole hotel chain dropped the (more…)
