Posts Tagged ‘Cars’
Monday, October 11th, 2010
Sure there will be another year-round festival kicked-off in April. There will be some minor tweaks in the Disneyland Park (which for young girls will be really big in case of the Princess meet’n'greet in the former it’s a small world post show pavillion), the Earl of Sandwich restaurant will add another dining option to the offerings at the Disney Village (rounding out the offerings in the budget range in particular). Then there is still the question what will move into the large upper-level space originally occupied by the now closed Hurricane’s night club. Also, hopes are still up among fans that with a bit of luck the long awaited “World of Disney” (mega-)store will open in front of the Gaumont cinemas sometime in 2011 (which would bring up the question what to do with the large space currently occupied by the “Disney Store” in the Disney Village). Based on this one could assume the further development of the Disney Village could be the big theme for 2011.
To some degree this is true as the changes to 2011 might be the most obvious “news” for many guests in the resort coming 2011. However, there is some other more exciting “theme” that is under preparation … apparently management has decided to finally tackle the Disney hotel issue and roll out a major refurbishment program for the seven Disney lodgings… (more…)
Tags: 2011, Cars, Disney characters, Disney hotel, Disney Princesses, Disney Village, Disney's Hotel Santa Fe, Disney's Sequoia Lodge, Disneyland Paris, Disneyland Park, Festival, Hotel, it's a small world, meet'n'greet, refurbishment, World of Disney
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Sunday, September 5th, 2010
Friday evening the Shareholders’ Club members were invited to enjoy the all new Toy Story Playland at Walt Disney Studios Park after park closure. Considering the late nightfall and early park closing of the Walt Disney Studios the event was the first opportunity to enjoy the new addition to the park with its lighting design in full display.
During a visit to Toy Story Playland earlier in the day numerous additional, temporary lights were found to be standing in the new area, however, those turned out to be not necessary at night and were not used. 
Most propably they had been placed in TSPL already in anticipation for the major press event scheduled for Saturday night. But then for Friday’s Shareholders’ Club event the regular lighting needed no extra add-ons. This also had the big advantage that guests could enjoy the light design as it was intended by Imagineering… (more…)
Tags: Cars, Cars Race Ralley, Crush's Coaster, Finding Nemo, Pixar, RC Racer, Shareholders' Club, Slinky Dog, Slinky Dog Zigzag Spin, The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror, Toon Studio, Toon Studios, Tower of Terror, Toy Soldiers, Toy Soldiers Parachute Drop, Toy Story, Toy Story Playland, TSPL, Twilight Zone, Walt Disney Studios, Walt Disney Studios Paris, Walt Disney Studios Park, WDS
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Thursday, April 15th, 2010
The new Disney heroes generation is concerned with the youth of today. They are concerned that youngsters aren’t reading enough! To try and convince the children books are a good alternative to the new generation of video game entertainment they have agreed to put up their images to try and convince kids to get reading again.
What better way to start enjoying the power of the word and strengthen childrens’ imagination than with a good Disney story?
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Tags: Book, Books, Cars, City Hall, Disneyland, Disneyland Paris, Disneyland Park, Incredibles, Main Street, Main Street U.S.A., Main Street USA, Mainstreet U.S.A., Monsters Inc, New Generation, New Generation Festival, Paris, Storybook, Storybook Store, Toy Story
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Saturday, March 27th, 2010
Ever wanted to drive Lightning McQueen, Luigi or another one of the great automobiles from Disney / Pixars blockbuster Movie “Cars” yourself?
But you weren’t sure so far if you can make it up to their sometimes kind of stubborn character or whose cars personality would fit the best to you?
No problem: Just go on and speed-date them all.
In front of Disney Villages “Hollywood Pictures” an absolute professional high-speed speed-dating-test-track for the Cars-cars has been installed.
Meet the Cars, try them out – and take your favorite one home for a ride!
Tags: Car, Cars, Disney, Disneyland, Hollywood Pictures, Paris, Village
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Monday, October 5th, 2009
Merchandise for the movie “G-Force” is found in numerous shops all around Disneyland Paris, in particular the Disney Store in the Disney Village, the Disney Hollywood Store and Studio 1 in Walt Disney Studios and Emporium in the Disneyland Park but also in other shops; in fact there is more G-Force merchandise than merchandise for UP. Plus the G-Force merchandise is placed more prominently then the new UP movie is.
Could it be that the cuddly factor makes the big difference here?
G-Force is a Jerry Bruckheimer produced Disney feature starring computer animated guinea pigs saving the world (the first movie for Bruckheimer starring computer animated characters in the lead parts).
G-Force has also an exclusive for Disneyland Paris. The “I was born ready” T-shirt can only be bought at the Paris resort. Next to the T-Shirt there are the action figure toys for the boys and the more cuddly plush for the little once and the girls.
With UP getting rave reviews more collectibles might find its way into the shops, but even if the characters are likable it will not be easy to beat the possibilities G-Force has in merchandise and its bigger market appeal. However, even with their nice display and choice, G-Force might not be able to brake the Cars merchandise success. Cars premiered in 2006 and merchandise of this Disney/Pixar feature is still going very strong at all Disney shops around the globe.
Tags: Cars, Disney, Disneyland, G-Force, Paris, Pixar, shop, shops, UP, Village, Walt
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Friday, September 18th, 2009
When the Country and Western store “Buffalo Trading Company” closed to make room for the new Starbucks it was to be expected that the stores interior would change. With this change taking place some items where going to be stored away. Luckily some of these items will also find new homes. This is the case with the red trunk that was on display in the former shop.
The trunk has now been added to the Disney Hollywood Pictures shop. The red trunk can be found at the far end of the store and is used for displaying some of the stores item. What better choice then to add car related items in the trunk. So to no once surprise the trunk is loaded with Cars merchandise.
The red front side of the cars also used to be on display at the middle left hand side of the Buffalo Trading Company. It was leveled about 2 meters above the ground sticking out over the edge with cow horns on top drawing the attention from shopping guests.
Tags: Buffalo Trading Company, Cars, Disney Village, Hollywood Pictures, shop, Starbucks
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Wednesday, April 1st, 2009
The new parade in the Walt Disney Studios hasn’t started yet when the news comes to us that the Star’n'Cars parade will only last for 1 season. After the 2009 Summer season most of the cars will return to its original location in Walt Disney World. It looks like the cars will be used over there for a new good morning parade. The parade will be similar to the Disney Stars and Motor Cars that premiered on 1 October 2001 as part of the 100 Years of Magic Celebration, but it will be in a shorter form. It is unclear why this decision has been made, or when it was made, but our very reliable source said that once the summer season is oven Disney will start shipping most of the cars back.
Did you noticed we said “most”. Not all cars will be returned as the Hollywood Studios new morning parade will feature a couple of new cars. The cars left behind in Paris however are not enough for a full daytime parade. Our source could not give any information on what cars would stay in Paris but mentioned that those staying in DLRP will be used inside the Studios park for other purposes. This could be to drive characters around the park, something already done with Mickey Mouse on some occasions. It is unclear if the guest in Disneyland Resort Paris will have to go to the Studios without a new parade in 2010. Once we know more you’ll find it here on the news blog.
Tags: Cars, Characters, Disney, Disneyland, Hollywood, Mickey, Motor, Mouse, Parade, Paris, Resort, Star'n'Cars, Studios, Walt, World
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