Following up on the permanent “correction” of the sightline across the roof of the Disney Art of Animation toward the Toy Soldier Parachute Drop today we have a temporary sightline correction to report that is related to the Toy Story Playland as well. This time it is related to the construction site for the (so far only rumored) future Ratatouille dark ride to be added to the Walt Disney Studios Park, next to the costumeing building. When exiting the Toy Story Playland through the giant blue Barrel of Monkeys guests walk straight toward the blue construction fence that blocks access to this construction site. (more…)
Archive for November, 2010
Sightlines II & New Lights
Wednesday, November 24th, 2010Epic Mickey in Disneyland Paris
Sunday, November 21st, 2010
The new Nintendo WII “Epic Mickey” video game by Disney Interactive is strongly advertised in the whole resort. The game is an exclusive for the Wii platform and they are going to try everything to get fans and gamers attention, so the game will be found under many Christmas trees. That’s if you can wait this long as the game, previously set with a European release date on November 25, is already widely available since November 19. The release for North America is set for November 30 and it looks like the USA will indeed have to wait a little longer to get the game as there are no indications the release date will be pushed forward in the USA too. (more…)
Sightlines I
Friday, November 19th, 2010Right before the opening of Toy Story Playland Imagineering confirmed upon request that they were looking into what to do with the unthemed walkway along the new land’s outskirt, leading from the upper end of the Hollywood Boulevard (in front of the Tram Tour), between the Disney Art of Animation building on the right and the new land on the left to the latter’s main entrance. While the walkway had been widened to handle the increased amount of guests expected in the area due to the new attractions it still remained unthemed… (more…)
Spider-Man’s First Appearance
Thursday, November 18th, 2010
Bitten by a radioactive spider back in the 60′s Peter Parker became the well known savior Spider-Man. Since then he had a big influence in American Pop Culture and appeared in multiple ongoing comics, movies, T-Shirts and lots of other collectibles and merchandise. Once Walt Disney Company bought Marvel, the home of Spider-Man, it was to be expected that we might see a lot more of him and his many heroic Marvel friends in and around the Disney universe. It didn’t take long for the hero and multiple of his friends to pop up in the US parks, but Disneyland Paris was saved from a first wave of Marvel universe merchandise coming to the parks.
Now Spider-man has found his way to France and will target the young teen boys to buy some of his stuff when visiting the Disneyland parks. Those boys feeling a little to old for a nice Mickey cuddly toys, or feel left out when the princesses show of their collection have been given the chance to return home with some memories of the trip too. Even if the memory is coming from another fantasy world. (more…)
Just another brick… – or Tetris-Mickey?
Wednesday, November 17th, 2010
Someone out there who would not recognize the silhouette of Mickey head the second he sees it?
No one?
That’s what you believe!
But it looks like Disneyland Paris wants to give all Mickey-Fans a new challenge by releasing a new merchandising collection for the Mouse everything started with, with a kind of different silhouette.
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Christmas Snowglobes
Tuesday, November 16th, 2010
At Disneyland Paris guest have the chance to buy some of the nicest snowglobes out there. They show beautiful representations of Disney Classic, Pixar movies or scenes from the parks. These globes are a great addition to any Disney fan and collector and are always something nice to take home from a Disneyland holiday.
Disney is also using the same globe theme in some of it’s Christmas decoration. Especially extra decoration in front of shops. (more…)
Never leave one behind alone…
Tuesday, November 16th, 2010
Never leave one behind alone – a golden rule among most armies in this world, and one may remember the Toy Story scene when on of the Toy Soldiers asked the other members of his unit to leave him behind for the sake of the good task they had to fulfill – but of course that never happened.
But in contrast to this rule the Toy Soldier Parachute Drop was the first of the ToyStory Playland attractions with a dedicated single rider line – for one soldier alone.
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Christmas at Newport Bay Club
Monday, November 15th, 2010
Well know for its nautical theme, the Newport Bay Club is a favorite for Disney fans whom also have a soft spot for the sea, sand and sun. The nautical theme is very nicely adapted in the Christmas season, with lots of wonderful and fun decorations throughout the hotel. Wherever you look you will find decorations of miniature beach chairs, lighthouses, boats and life rings in the Christmas trees and other decorations. Colorful bows and Christmas ornaments make the Christmas decorations perfect for this fantastic hotel. The use of the nautical theme as Christmas decorations is perfect and make this place that little more special during the holiday season. (more…)
Analysts’ take on the latest numbers of EuroDisney S.C.A. [updated!]
Sunday, November 14th, 2010We already provided in-depth coverage of EuroDisney S.C.A.’s results for fiscal year 2010 on Wednesday – however, the finance world, i.e. analysts, and the general finance press have certainly taken a look as well… While many papers limited themselves to providing basically the facts only The Independent On Sunday today featured extensive by Christian Sylt who is covering the business side of Disneyland Paris / EuroDisney S.C.A. for years already. Under the tag line Losing the magic: How Euro Disney became a nightmare he not only looks at the results of fiscal year 2010 and analyzes them but also takes the history of the resort and in particular the ongoing impact of the huge amount of debt from the initial construction phase into account and scrutinizes it … and gets some surprising insight from external sources… (more…)
Christmas at Hotel Cheyenne
Sunday, November 14th, 2010
Christmas decorations at the Cheyenne hotel have gone up and are keeping it in the cowboy theme. At the main entrance guest can already see some of the decorations that set the theme at the whole hotel. Green trees with woodworks and cowboy accessories like boots, lasso’s and woodwork and even shovels. All trees in and around the Cheyenne resort are decorated with these little fun items. The big tree can be found just inside the main building. Guest queue-ing to get their room keys will already have a first photo opportunity next to the big tree, making it a very warm and Christmassy welcome even before they can go and unpack. (more…)
