July 7th, 2010 by Dirk
Time for the second to final round-up of the pre-summer season rehabs in the Disneyland Park. After Main Street, U.S.A. and Adventureland it is now time to go to the frontiers of the wild west i.e. Frontierland!
Nearly opposite of the entrance to Big Thunder Mountain snacks of various kinds have been offered from hot potatoes in the early years to ice cream and cold drinks more recently. Unfortunately the latest sales point consisted of pushed in cooling carts only and no longer the covered wagon from which the hot potatoes used to be sold. However, to improve the themeing a wooden structure has been added (and over the course of the last months further plussed) that now fuctions as back drop for the snack location. …[more] »
July 6th, 2010 by Dirk
Yesterday we reported about the return of the (tweaked) Enchanted Fireworks and the (also tweaked) Disney’s Fantillusion parade for the summer season. However, not every entertainment offering from the past year has made its comeback. In particular smaller offerings such as “Good Morning Studios” and the “Toon Train” in the Studios are gone (as well as the “High School Musical” performance) – without replacement, even so “Stitch or friends” are supposed to pose for photos and sign autographs on the Place des Stars for 3 1/2 hours each afternoon adding to the lineup of characters usually found in Toon Plaza, on the Front Lot and at the Monsters. Inc. photo backdrop. Interestingly the visits of Jack Sparrow to the pirates’ section of the Disney Blockbuster Cafe have been stopped as well. Â The picture at the Disneyland Park is slightly different though… …[more] »
July 6th, 2010 by Dirk
The resort raced to the finish line of the past weekend with the last major rehab projects inside the Disneyland Park. We already talked about the Main Street, U.S.A., so lets venture on into the jungle of Adventureland to take a look which rehabs were still going strong in the past weeks. Even so Indiana Jones and the Temple of Peril opened as scheduled in mid-June after a rehab the main walkway leading past Colonel Hathi’s Pizza Restaurant toward the temple’s excavation site remained closed. Crews scrambled to repair damages to the floor that the harsh freezing of the past winter had caused. The result was a maze of detour signs and congested walkways across Adventureland’s islands as access to the Indiana Jones coaster was limited to the small bridge leading from Adventure Isle to the far side of Adventureland. …[more] »
July 5th, 2010 by Dirk
Saturday saw the official return of the Fantillusion parade to the streets of the Disneyland Park as well as the Enchanted fireworks to the skies above Sleeping Beauty Castle. The two nighttime spectaculars are once again presented nightly till August 29th as part of the summer magic at Disneyland Paris. As usual both offerings received some tweaking. In the case of the popular Enchanted fireworks returning for its third summer season the tweaking concerns the actual fireworks and is rather subtle. So let’s take a look at the latest changes to Fantillusion…Â …[more] »
July 5th, 2010 by Dirk
The high season of the summer months has begun at Disneyland Paris so a slow day will be hard to find – however, for this news we look back onto the slower weekdays of the past June to tell you about one of the newer cost saving measures the resort has recently established. On busy days (such as during the summer months, on public holidays or weekends) guests can access Fantasia Gardens respectively the large plaza in front of the Walt Disney Studios through four separate gates: one straight opposite of the walkway from the main parking lot, which leads to the plaza in front of the Studios, one straight opposite of the Disney Village, which leads into Fantasia Gardens, a smaller gate to the far right, next to the RER station, which leads into Fantasia Gardens from the side, and finally a very small gate between the Disneyland Hotel and the Guest Relations building. Each of these gates has a separate bag check and requires security personel that is deployed by an outside security service company.
Therefore, to limit expenses for these security services, on most regular days only three of the four entrances are operated: the main entrance leading toward the Studios, the main entrance leading into the Fantasia Gardens and the small entrance next to the Disneyland Hotel. However, most recently the resort has decided to cut costs even further… …[more] »
July 4th, 2010 by Dirk
With the countdown to the official start of the summer officially finished since yesterday most (if not all) rehab projects of spring should have come to a closure as well. On Main Street, U.S.A. the scaffolding covering the complete Disney Clothiers building came down nearly two weeks ago and by now – if everything went as scheduled – the scaffolding at Town Square Photography should have come down as well which it unfortunately still has not done on Monday July 5. But on to change for which we actually have a photo… …[more] »
July 3rd, 2010 by Torsten Schneider
The times in which the same selection of burgers, fries and some more additional choices were served at nearly all the counter service restaurants of the parks, which made eating fast food in the resort kind of boring, are already gone some time.
But as mentioned here not long ago, the resort is still on its way to continue to diversify the variety of food that is offered in the different fast food and snack locations.
Now two smaller snack locations in Fantasyland, the “Old Mill”, at the small ferris wheel, the “Les Pirouettes du Vieux Moulin” close to the entrance of the Storybook area and the “March Hare Refreshment”, located in the middle of Fantasyland between the “Mad Hatters Tea Cups” and “Alice’s Curious Labyrinth” have undergone a “Food-Rehab”. …[more] »
July 3rd, 2010 by Dirk
With the statue of Buzz Lightyear at the front entrance to the Toy Story Playland already proudly looking over the construction fence and attracting the attention of guests in the Toon Studios area of the Walt Disney Studios one could have expected that there wouldn’t be much more progress to report for a while. Wrong! DLRP-magic.nl has provided us with photos from past Monday… …[more] »
July 2nd, 2010 by Dirk
Since 2009 Disneyland Paris has repeatedly run a promotion offering a free softdrink to be collected between 3 pm and 5 pm at selected counter service locations in the two theme parks. In fact the promotion has pretty much run continuously now with the exception of the winter months during which the free soft drink was replaced with a free hot drink.
How to get the free drink? Originally one free drink was offered with each receipt issued at a counter service location in the two parks during the morning and lunch hours. This program, while not advertised anywhere, still runs. Most lately the offer has been expanded to include receipts issued during the same time window in the shops of both parks (without any advertising as well). …[more] »
July 2nd, 2010 by Andy de Maertelaere
Walt Disney wanted to create a place where parents and children could play together, a place where parents wouldn’t have to sit down and wait until the children are done riding the merry-go-round. Now you find Disney parks all over the world where you can share the fun on the rides together, Where parents and children can ride together, where nobody has to sit on the side,… unless you’re not tall enough!
Some children wouldn’t want to go on these “scary” attractions, others are disappointed when they are turned down at the entrance of these attractions. So what’s the best solution when you can’t ride? Go shopping!
You can take a souvenir bobble head home reminding you how tall you have to be before you can go on the ride. A nice Idea for the children still waiting to grow bigger, but also nice for the Disney Park collectors who just like attraction novelties. The little one might not been able to ride, but with the new toy they can look forwards to the next visit when they see they hit the right hight.
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Time for the second to final round-up of the pre-summer season rehabs in the Disneyland Park. After Main Street, U.S.A. and Adventureland it is now time to go to the frontiers of the wild west i.e. Frontierland!
Nearly opposite of the entrance to Big Thunder Mountain snacks of various kinds have been offered from hot potatoes in the early years to ice cream and cold drinks more recently. Unfortunately the latest sales point consisted of pushed in cooling carts only and no longer the covered wagon from which the hot potatoes used to be sold. However, to improve the themeing a wooden structure has been added (and over the course of the last months further plussed) that now fuctions as back drop for the snack location. …[more] »
