When Buzz Lightyear Laser Blast opened its gates to recruite guests in Discoveryland to join Buzz Lightyear and his Space Rangers in the battle against Zurg for the battery power and thus the future of the Toy Universe the shop Constellations received a small makeover. Due to its location next to the exit of the new attraction it was supposed to be turned into the Toy Story / Buzz Lightyear shop. However, while the former themeing of the shop related to the star constellations in the sky was taken out and the large centerpiece featuring Mickey Mouse in a flying machine inspired by Leonardo Da Vinci was replaced with a statue of Buzz new themeing elements were rather limited. Also the merchandise selection remained rather wide with basically only the added outdoor vending area between the exit of the ride and the shops side entrance being mostly dedicated to Toy Story related merchandise. However, early this year the themeing of the shop received a major upgrade… …[more] »
New Constellations in the Toy Universe
January 21st, 2010 by Dirk
California Grill Update
January 20th, 2010 by DirkAs reported earlier the Disney ch
aracter buffet has moved into the rooms of the California Grill for the duration of the current rehab of its regular location, Innoventions. The California Grill was supposed to over a-la-carte dining during these times in the Founders’ Club upstairs. However, this offer has been surprisingly limited. In the comments to our original post Laura did let us know that at least during the upcoming weekend the operation of the California Grill in the Founders’ Club is on hiatus. Prompted by this post we looked further into the matter. …[more] »
Got Candy?
January 20th, 2010 by Dirk
Yes – that will be the resounding answer of cast members at Star Traders in Discoveryland, Disneyland Park, as well as at the Walt Disney Studios Store on the Frontlot of the Walt Disney Studios Park.
While a couple of candy items had been added to the selection of the majority of shops and boutiques in both theme parks during the last years, this time we are talking about candy big time! …[more] »
Doc Wassell is in town
January 19th, 2010 by Dirk
Everyone in Thunder Mesa who’s got aches and pains can relieve now – because Doch Wassell’s Traveling Apothecary has arrived offering such cures as Miss J.M. Kerry’s Vegetable Compund, Prof. Arthur’s Lordon Tonic as well as various Indian medicines. The small coach that houses the apothecary has been set up between the Silver Spur Steakhouse and the (covered) terrace seating of the Last Chance CafĂ©. …[more] »
A Mickey Leopard?
January 17th, 2010 by Dirk
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] »
The Endless Rehab
January 16th, 2010 by Dirk
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] »
Tink Missing & a surprise at Sleeping Beauty Castle
January 15th, 2010 by Dirk
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] »
FastPass Update
January 14th, 2010 by Dirk
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] »
The Princess and the Frog take over the shops
January 13th, 2010 by Dirk
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] »
Let’s get ready for the New Generation
January 12th, 2010 by Dirk
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] »