Archive for February, 2010
Friday, February 26th, 2010
Cafe Hyperion is a very popular eating place for many of the guest who want a quick bite. The main reason for that might well be on of many people favorite choice on the menu, Burgers and fries. It is something most people just love to eat.
The extra fun for guest was the little decorated cart located just before the steps into the main dining area. There you could build your own hamburger to your liking. Add tomatoes, onions, salad and gherkins to create your own burger. Sauce was also available at the cart. 
Guest could fill up little cups and take as much as they wanted or needed for their newly created hamburger or for their fries. But for those that like to be creative with their food, there is bad news! The carts have been removed (most likley as early as December 2009!). Burgers can no longer be adapted to the likings of your own taste buds. Is this a temporary change and will the cart be back, or is it gone for good? We will have to wait and see.
Visiting Cafe Hyperion on your next visit? Check it out and update us here on the whereabouts of the cart.
Tags: Cafe Hyperion, Disney, Disneyland, Fries, Hamburger, Hamburgers, Paris, Restaurant, Walt
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Wednesday, February 24th, 2010
After the central tower of the Toy Soldiers Parachute Drop the second attraction of the upcoming Toy Story Playland area at the Walt Disney
Studios Park is rising high above the blue construction walls surrounding the construction for the expansion area. This time it is the halfpipe track for “RC Racer”.
User Mehdi5 managed to take a couple of photos of the bright orange track resting on the just as glaring purple supports on Monday, February 22 and published them on the MagicForum site. The photos show very well how the bright, very toy-like colors stand out compared to the green colors for the Toy Soldiers Parachute Drop attraction and the natural forrest backdrop. As the track rises high up above the blue construction fences however these bright colors bring up the same problem as the parachute drop tower: the potential risk of visual intrusion. However, at this point it still needs to be awaited whether the bare steel tracks can only be seen from the top of the lift hills of the Big Thunder Mountain or also from further within Frontierland.
While the Toy Soldiers Parachute Drop will be a tame attraction suitable also for younger children the steel track of the RC Racer now visible to extend vertically high up into the air clearly indicates that this second ride of the new Toy Story Playland is not the tame family ride many had expected but has to be considered a thrill ride more appealing to the teenage crowd.
Photo: Disney/Pixar
Tags: construction, Halfpipe, RC Racer, Toy Story, Toy Story Playland, Walt Disney Studios, Walt Disney Studios Paris, Walt Disney Studios Park
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Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010
There were times, when the American Movie and TV Industry had its first heyday, when Television and Movie Studios were more than just soulless accumulations of plain buildings made of corrugated iron, when they had a style and architecture that partly influenced an era.
It is no secret that Imagineering at Disneyland Paris tried to revive these times with some of the beautiful buildings like the ones in Frontlot or the Disney Channel building.
But it is much more of a secret, that WDI had a more subtle plan behind that.
DLP.info is proud to now reveal it!
After showing the days and times of prosperity, when the great Stars dandered around the production buildings, the Walt Disney Studios Paris will now also present the times of the decay to its guests!
A start was made with the recent renovation work at the Disney Channel building, which was covered with scaffolding for quite some time, but not to make it look new, in a heyday-style again, but to bring the days of decay back to life.
Or can there be another explanation besides the one, that a special decay-simulating paint has been put on the building, for the fact, that the building so soon after renovation shows the first signs of decline again by losing paint on several parts of its facade?
Tags: construction, Disney Channel, Disney Channel building, refurbishment, rehab, Walt Disney Studios, Walt Disney Studios Paris, Walt Disney Studios Park
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Monday, February 22nd, 2010
The Pirates of the Caribbean attraction at Disneyland Paris at this point is the only version of the attraction left in any Disney theme park around the globe that has remained in it’s original, “Jack Sparrow”-free incarnation. All other versions of the attraction (i.e. at Disneyland Anaheim, the Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World and at Tokyo Disneyland) in the wake of the success of the “Pirates of the Caribbean” movie trilogy have received a plussing introducing amongst others the character of Jack Sparrow as new Audio-Animatronic modeled after Johnny Depp.
Back when PotC 3 was opening and the attraction at Disneyland Paris went down for a lengthy rehab rumors mentioned that Paris would also be plussed with the new characters. However, when the attraction reopened it was freshened up but no sign of any new Audio-Animatronics. Instead word leaked out that some local Imagineers had given passionate presentations to the management in charge arguing that the attraction should not be updated to integrate the movie characters that guests to this day keep looking for. But this might change… (more…)
Tags: Adventureland, Disneyland, Disneyland Paris, Disneyland Park, Johnny Depp, Pirates of the Caribbean
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Sunday, February 21st, 2010
If red is your color and you enjoy cooking it’s time to go to Disneyland and get some great deals. The red wester 
style kitchenware is on sale and can be yours for a nice 50% discount.
It look like it needs to make room for a new color and in this case the new color seems to be beige. Although the beige kitchenware set has been on the shelves for some time, it seem to have found a place in more of the shops as it did before.
Tags: Cook, Cooking, Disney, Disneyland, Kitchen, Kitchenware, Paris, shop, shops, Walt
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Saturday, February 20th, 2010
New merchandise of The Princess and the Frog” can be found all over the resort, however the characters of the movie did get a special place that they can call their own. In the Disney & Co shop on Main Street US.A. They found a nice “home”. At the back of the shop, in the small area behind the name plaque “Side Show” the frog and his friends have moved in.
There are Tiana, Price Naveen (or should we just say the frog) and Louis plush, nice Tiana princess dresses, T-shirts, books and other nice collectibles on display in the back of the Disney & Co shop.
The Frog’s “crew” will be able to call this their special place until the next big Disney movie premier. But until that happen little princesses visiting the shop will have a nice place to dream.
Daddies, get those wallet out! Remember you can get Louis for only 9,90 Euro if you spend 20 Euro on other Disney items first and this is a perfect place to do so.
Tags: Disney, Disneyland, Frog, Louis, Paris, Price Naveen, shop, shops, The Princess and the Frog, Tiana, Walt
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Friday, February 19th, 2010
There is a lot of work going on in the Walt Disney Studios behind the blue fence. The Disney Workmen are hard at work getting Toy Story Playland ready for its big opening day. Disney does everything to try and make sure guests will have no or limited hinder during the work. They also try to block the view of the place as much as possible. Hence the blue fence,… but other measures are taken too. The photo opportunity platform of the Flying Carpets has been closed. Like this guest cannot have a look at what is going on behind the blue fences. However, could it be that the weather is to blame again? As the icy cold at the moment isn’t the best condition for people to climb the slippery steps, it could well be that’s the main reason for closing the platform at the moment. No worries though, DLP.Info did manage to get a good look at the new zone and is happy to share it with our faithful readers. It might not be more then a lot of concrete at the moment, but for us Disney fans it’s still a nice view of the progress that is being made.
Tags: Disney, Flying Carpets, photo, Playland, RC Racer, Slinky Dog Zig-Zag Spin, Studios, Toy Soldiers Parachute Drop, Toy Story, Walt
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Thursday, February 18th, 2010
Alligators are very cuddly creatures… well, at least the Disney alligators are! Louis, the trumpet playing alligator from The Princess and the Frog, is a fine example of such lovable alligators. Just have a look at the picture, don’t you just want to get him, take him home and hug him?
If you want, he can be your special cuddly buddy and on top of that he can be it for half price. The price tags says 19,90 Euro but if you spend a total of 20 Euro on other Disney merchandise you can get yourself the alligator just under half price. That’s only 9.90 Euro for this cuddly toy.
Tags: Alligator, Alligators, Disney, Disneyland, Louis, Paris, The Princess and the Frog
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Wednesday, February 17th, 2010
Rehabs and scaffoldings are a common sight in the Disneyland Paris parks. They are done regularly to keep the place pristine and beautiful, just like a Disney park should be. At the moment it’s the Disney Clothiers shop on Main Street U.S.A. that is being looked after.
The complete facade of the shop is being scaffolded and the Disney Workmen are hard at work to make the place look fantastic.
During the work on the building guests will have no hinder whatsoever if they want to visit the shop. The shop remains open during the works. Guests can enter the Disney Clothiers shop as normal, through the openings left in the scaffoldings that is placed around the building.
Tags: Disney, Disney Clothiers, Disneyland, Paris, shop, shopping, Walt
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Cafe Hyperion is a very popular eating place for many of the guest who want a quick bite. The main reason for that might well be on of many people favorite choice on the menu, Burgers and fries. It is something most people just love to eat.
Guest could fill up little cups and take as much as they wanted or needed for their newly created hamburger or for their fries. But for those that like to be creative with their food, there is bad news! The carts have been removed (most likley as early as December 2009!). Burgers can no longer be adapted to the likings of your own taste buds. Is this a temporary change and will the cart be back, or is it gone for good? We will have to wait and see.
