As many star Wars fans have bemoaned the new “Star Tours” attraction has not (yet) been announced for Disneyland Paris and will premiere exclusively at Walt Disney World and the Disneyland Resort Anaheim only this spring. Instead, for the time being the original Star Tours will continue to take guest in Discoveryland on what is supposed to be a space trip to Endor – as the attraction has dutefuly since the park opened its doors in 1992. However, Star Wars fans nevertheless have a reason to delight. Not only have Darth Vader and his Storm Troopers as well as Chewbacca returned since last year to the parks (posing for photos and autographs regularly in Discoveryland in the proximity of the Star Tours space port). In addition more and more new Star wars related merchandise is arriving the parks as well (more…)
Posts Tagged ‘Studio 1’
May the Ohana be with you…
Monday, February 28th, 2011It’s getting hairy
Thursday, November 4th, 2010
The countdown for the big screen premiere of Walt Disney Pictures animated feature “Tangled” based on the classic fairy tale Rapunzel is in the red hot phase with under a month left. Both Disney resorts in the US have already gotten into the game by opening character meet’n'greets with Rapunzel and the movie’s hero Flynn Ryder and adding first merchandise offerings. In Europe so far only the Disney Stores (such as on the Champs Elysees in Paris) have added merchandise – but not yet the Disneyland Paris (which is still rolling out the new Christmas collection). However, Disneyland Paris is now getting into the game as well.
In time for the busy Halloween season a huge poster advertising the upcoming movie with the tagline “Adventure Is In The Hair” and showing off both heroine and hero of the upcoming feature had been added above the main doors of Studio 1 facing toward the Hollywood Boulevard in the Walt Disney Studios Park. And soon enough both stars will enter the Disneyland Park next door for real… (more…)
Tron vs. The Sorcerer’s Apprentice
Thursday, September 9th, 2010
Who would win the battle? The Sorcerer’s Apprentice with his magic or Tron and the technology? We will never know, unless they’ll make a crossover of the two Disney movies. Of course this will never happen so the only time we will see them side by side is when you walk inside the Walt Disney Studios. (more…)
Stuck Again – UPDATED
Saturday, August 28th, 2010
Only on the second to last weekend of June the front facade of Studio 1 facing the Front Lot was finally revealed from behind a giant scaffolding (see our news report). When the scaffolding came down the two giant displays (one on each side of the huge gates leading into the soundstage) became visible for the first time in years as well. While the ads on the two displays have not been replaced since the park opened in 2002 (and thus the parks latest highlights such as The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror, Crush’s Coaster or now Toy Story Playland are ignored) at least the delicate, error-prone displays were working perfectly again, i.e. the various vertical elements turned regularly so that different attractions of the Walt Disney Studios Park are advertised. However, by mid August, so only 1 1/2 months later the display to the right of the gates already has been turned off again as several off its elements are stuck.
UPDATE: a check today revealed that the display has been repaired. Both displays are working once again advertising the main attractions as defined in 2002 – no word wether or when they might be updated
Welcome Back Studio 1 Facade
Thursday, June 24th, 2010
Finally! It felt like ages – and in fact it took more than 4 years – but since the past weekend finally the front facade of Studio 1, the backdrop of the Frontlot and the park’s entrance visible to guests about to enter the park from far out ahead of the turnstiles, is finally visible in all its glory again. Starting late last week the scaffolding has come down from the facade and should be completely gone by now. (more…)
NO belated April Fool’s Joke
Tuesday, April 13th, 2010Remember when the facade of the Studio 1 formed a huge but in its simplicity gracefull backdrop for the Frontlot of the Walt Disney Studios? If not you are in good companionship as barely anoyne will be able to do so consider the years of oversized billboards and now the construction screen hiding the actual building – even so the latter at least features a recreation of the facade.
Keeping this in mind you might understand why we were so surprised to see some changes last Friday. As seen in the photo the big number “one” at the very top of the facade, that was visible through an opening in the scaffolding had just been covered and hidden behind some white cover. But, wait there is more … take a close look at the photo on the right … yes, there were several workers on the scaffolding! Their shapes can be seen through the printed on screen … and yes, they were actually working at different parts of the upper part of the facade.
The Endless Rehab
Saturday, January 16th, 2010
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…)
Out with Old, In with the New
Tuesday, December 15th, 2009New Year’s is still a far thought for most alas the Walt Disney Studios Park has already replaced some of its older decorations with new material in a move to refresh the look for return guests and avoid a dated impression due to the various posters for long gone movies. Which ones? This time we are talking about selected large oversized movie posters on the two long sides of Studio 1 as well as selected posters on the lighting and sound poles lining the parade route on Production Courtyard and in the Backlot. (more…)
Studios Construction Update
Friday, July 17th, 2009
Despite the busy summer season in full swing the Walt Disney Studios Park is seing several more or less obvious and more or less construction projects going on … time for a wrap up …
The facade of Studio 1 facing toward the Frontlot and seen already by guests approaching the park is still fully covered by scaffolding and a scrim with a printed on replica of the facade. However, geusts shouldn’t expect this to change since – as already reported – there is no actual work going on there right now, but the scaffolding has been retained to allow for easy installation of an oversized advertising poster should Walt Disney Pictures be willing to pay for such step once again. In the meantime the last work on the Walt Disney Studios Store has been finished and the stretch limousine that is used as backdrop for a Meet’n'Greet with various Disney characters has been moved back from in front of Studio 1 to its original place in front of the Studio Store in the past week. However, thereby access to one of the newly added doors have been partially been obstructed again. The real surprising construction work can be found further inside the park … and photos can be found right after this break (more…)
Getting ready for April and beyond!
Tuesday, March 24th, 2009
There is a lot of work going on at Disneyland Resort Paris to get the two parks ready for the April holidays and the summer season. The central Plaza stage is ready and so are the Stitch dance platforms, even with the problems mentioned in previous news. But there is enough other things that still needs to get ready. At Start Tours the main entrance is blocked off. Guest need to enter it between the fences and the Constellations shop, making it a narrow place for those trying to enter the attraction, leaving it, or for those shopping.
In Adventureland, just across the Hakuna Matata Restaurant, Café de la Brousse has been scaffolded for a while now. The bland scaffolding around this small takeaway isn’t very nice for the eye, so one hopes this locations restauration will be done soon. In Frontierland the work at the Last Chance Cafe seems to be done. It was surprising to see some (more…)
