The merchandise team of Disneyland Paris is trying to update the products in the shops regularly. This means on one hand new or updated merchandise shwoing up in the shops and on the other hand out-going, discontinued merchandise being offered with discounts (as currently the case with the remaining products featuring the “2009″ numbers and themes prominently.
Some of the changes to the merchandise are rather small and hard to spot others really jump into the eye of frequent guests. (more…)
For more than 4 years (out of the soon 8 years the park exists) the front facade of Studio 1 in the Walt Disney Studios has been covered by huge scaffolding. As it faces toward the Frontlot it is thus visible already to guests when approaching the gates of the Walt Disney Studios Park. Originally the scaffolding was covered with a huge oversized billboard to advertise the movie premiere (and then the DVD release) of Disney’s Chicken Little, which was then released with a huge oversized billboard / painting advertising Disney Pixar’s Cars (again first for the movie premier than the DVD release). In the meantime the scaffolding is covered by a huge replica of the facade as it was originally looking. Supposedly a rehab, i.e. re-painting, was / is going on under the cover of the scaffolding – even so in the recent years no work was witnessed by regular guests to really go on there. However, in time for the New Year season there is some sort of progress to report. (more…)
The golden statue of Tinkerbell extending from the highest turret of Sleeping Beauty Castle has disappeared! The golden Tinkerbell with her magic wand had been installed as part of the special castle decoration for the 15th anniversary celebrations in 2007 and was the only element retained when the castle was “redecorated” for “Mickey’s Magical Party Time” in 2009 and was reported missing by guests who visited the resort early this week.
During the daily Candleabrations Ceremony in 2008 as well as during the Castle Illumination Ceremony during the past Christmas season Tinkerbell magically dispensed fairy dust from her wand to transform the castle. With the end of the Christmas season on January 6 the Tinkerbell statue wasn’t needed as element of any regular show anymore and became just a “plain” decoration on the castle. However, at this time Tinkerbell is the only decoration that was taken down. The Mickey-shaped golden toppers on the turrets as well as the main “ornament” on the front of the castle still remain. (more…)
As reported in late 2009 the resort has outfitted the FastPass dispensing machines at the various attractions with an additional magnet-strip reader. Added to the front of the machines the reader allows guests to swipe their passports (whether Annual Passports or single / multi-day passports) through the reader to receive a FastPass ticket. The new method is less error prone as the original method as the passports are no longer mechanically pulled inside the machine to be pushed out again after reading the magnet stripe, which means passports can’t get stuck inside the machines anymore. Also the methods seems more intuitively for mosts guests based on observation during the busy around New Year period. Finally the new system speeds up compared to prior. (more…)
Disney’s latest animated feature ”The Princess and the Frog” has been premiering in Europe at various dates depending on the countries with France still awaiting the premiere at January 27 (members of the resort’s Shareholders’ Club can still reserve up to three free tickets per member for an exclusive advance screening of the French version of the movie on January 23rd at the Studio Theatre inside the Walt Disney Studios, normally home of Cinemagique). To accomodate the interest and demands of the international guests from other European countries (and certainly overseas) Tiana and her prince as well as all their friends have already arrived at the resort. (more…)
2010 Disneyland Paris is celebrating the “New Generation Festival” – as is hard to miss, with the festival’s theme being layered over the spring / summer brochures already all over Europe and the according posters already placed over the moving wlakways between the theme parks and their main parking lot.
Now DLRP Fan Blog and DLRP Today have found the first official trailer in English (and in case of the DLRP Fan Blog also in Dutch) for the festival that will premier in April 2010 as also embedded below. (more…)
With this winters’ extreme cold and heavy snow fall the open air entertainment at the Disneyland Park certainly had to be temporarily restricted at times, with e.g. the performance stops of the Disney Fantillusion parade being cut out or some performances of shows being cancelled even on short notice, especially during the even colder late hours of the day – e.g. the final performance on the show “It’s Party Time… with Mickey and Friends”. Speaking of the show “It’s Party Time…” the special, soft material used as the stage floor of the newly constructed stage for this show seems to need special attention during the winter season.
While the Royal Castle Stage (built in time for the park’s grand opening in 1992) can be left unattended even during the coldest days with heavy (more…)
The Rock’n'Rollercoaster starring Aerosmith underwent a lengthy rehab last fall. The result? Guests are raving again about the light effects synchronized to the soundtrack of the coaster cutting through the thick smoke which once again fills the whole soundstage housing the coaster. In other words: the rehab brought the coaster back to its original standards.
But there are additional, more subtle improvements such as a retouched paint job for the waiting areas (e.g. on the wall guests are facing in the long corridor after the pre-show) - plus one huge improvement for the cast members working at the attraction. (more…)
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As reported Friday Disneyland Paris has gifted one free Annual Passport Francilien to countless households in the vincinity of the resort. But what about everyone else? The resort came up with a special offer for everyone else as well.
Color print-outs on the windows of the ticket booths (and even the “Guest Storage” counter outside the Disneyland Park) inform guests that with each Adult Annual Passport Dream or Fantasy Disneyland Paris offers a free Annual Passport for a child up to age 7 (further conditions apply). The current promotion is limited till January 31st. (more…)
