As the special discount on ice cream for all Annual Passport holders at Fantasia Gelati has come to an end another special discount offer has been put in place since the past Saturday … a special discount for souvenir photos in both theme parks and selected Disney Hotels! The offer is good since the past Saturday till May 31st, 2010 and applies to one souvenir photo for the Annual Passport Francilien and Fantasy holders respectively one souvenir photo and the paper frame (“cadre”) for Annual Passport Dream holders, in both cases for the photo size 15 x 20 cm. (more…)
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Monday, May 3rd, 2010Toy Story Playland – Video Report – UPDATED!
Monday, April 26th, 2010dtvdavid1 posted a new video to youTube in his ongoing series of Disneyland Paris video podcasts / reports. At the center of the 3:19 min long report presented in English is a view of the current construction of the Toy Story Playland in the Walt Disney Studios. The material is all new, shot past Saturday, April 24th only. And there is plenty of news to discover in the report (as embedded below)…
The first news can be seen in the first seconds in the far background: the big number “1″ at the top of the Studio 1 facade facing the Frontlot has reappeared from behind the scaffolding that was added lately. As other reports coming in indicate, the number and the surrounding area as visible once again now has all been freshly repainted.
However, the view over the dark blue construction fence in front of the future Toy Story Playland is what is really exciting … dtvdavid1 is able to show for the very first time what appears to be the final parachutes for the Army Men Parachute Drop. Dark green fabric with a camouflage design now covers the metal framework on the cables above the ride’s seats! 
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29th of May …
Thursday, April 22nd, 2010
… is the day the Studio Tram Tour in the Walt Disney Studios Park will finally return to service for guests. Until then guests will be greeted by the sight as seen here on the right at the far end of the Hollywood Boulevard.
As has been widely reported the closure that by then will have been in place for several months is NOT due to an extensive update of the experience for guests – unfortunately. Instead the closure was prompted by the construction for the Toy Story Playland right next to the former road of the Studio Tram Tour. The Toy Story Playland is also responsible for the one change that so far has been known to be implemented into the Studio Tram Tour during the closure: a re-routing of the segments between the station and the Catastrophe Canyon respectively the Dinotopia temple set. But there is another change upcoming… (more…)
Chance to Win a VIP trip
Wednesday, April 21st, 2010
If you want to take a chance to win a VIP trip for 4 to Disneyland Paris at the occassion of the New Generation Festival you should visit the website Vacature and answer two questions. One of the answers you can find on the side, the second one will be a guess on how many people enterred the competition. Just keep in mind: the website (and the competition) is in Dutch.
The lucky winners will get a room in Disney’s New York Hotel for 2 nights, tickets for both theme parks for 3 nights and VIP FastPass tickets so they will not have to queue on any of the attractions that offer FastPass service.
The competition ends on the 28th April at 1.00 pm local time. Good luck!
Update from the Army Men – plus: an ice cream scoop
Wednesday, April 21st, 2010jornjokker has provided fans of Disneyland Paris with two interesting updates in the past couple of days on Twitter - in particular regarding the upcoming Toy Story Playland as he managed to grab a photo of the Army Men Parachute Drop with the future parachutes pulled up to the top of the ride during some test operation. The photo on twitpic in particular shows that the seats have been attached to the cables under the frame work for the future parachute-like covers.
Differing from the similar Jumpin’ Jellyfish ride in Disney’s California Adventure in Anaheim the future ride at WDS’ Toy Story Playland consists of only one instead of two towers with the tower only having 5 instead of 6 parachutes attached. However, while each parachute provides only two seats in DCA (bringing the total capacity per tower to 12 and therefore for the whole ride to 24) the parachutes of the Army Men Parachute Drop feature a different, more substantial seating construction providing 6 seats per parachute (two rows back to back, with each row offering three separate seats next to each other), bringing the total capacity of the tower to 30 36 seats (6 12 more than the combined seats on both towers at DCA). This also explains the much more burly, massiv impression the actual tower and in particular the construction on top of it at WDS has compared to DCA’s towers. (more…)
Snacking & Dining – the latest changes
Friday, April 16th, 2010Both theme parks at Disneyland Paris offer a wide range of dining and snacking options. Over the last 2 years the resort also has pushed once again to diversify the offerings in the various locatios more, especially in regard to the counter service locations. With the latest move to adjust the restaurant offerings in the Disneyland Park the former counter service location “Buzz Lightyear’s Pizza Planet” in the back of Discoveryland (to the right of the Imagination Institute of “Honey, I Shrunk The Audience”) has been transformed into a buffet offering. Buffet offerings have proved inxcreasingly popular at Disneyland Park. This newest buffet location according to its signage placed in the walkway out front offers salads, pizza, pastam desserts and (cold) drinks priced at EUR 6,95 for children respectively 14,95 for adults. PixieDust.be has a first photo also of the interior which seemns to have seen only slightl modifications to the counter area (which btw was created out of moveable segments in the first place).
More changes to the snacking & dining options of the resort can be found in the Walt Disney Studios … (more…)
More New Generation Festival Decorations
Thursday, April 15th, 2010
We have already talked about the rather subtle decorations for the New Generation Festival that have been carefully blended into the theme of the Main Street, U.S.A. However, not every decoration is that subtle. Case in point: the decorations set up at selected entrances of The Disney Store in the Disney Village, the Emporium on the Main Street in the Disneyland Park and the Studio Store in the Walt Disney Studios. (more…)
Go Cats! Go Away…
Wednesday, April 14th, 2010
What’s hot today is out tomorrow.It happens to most trends and it seems to be no different for the High School Musical franchise. Although the official end of the franchise might still be some time away, as a new (made for tv) movie with new actors is still supposed to be among the future projects of the original US Disney Channel, the previous trilogy’s fame seems to be fading. With the according rolling stage show in the Walt Disney Studios returned the HSM merchandise at least seems to receive its final curtain call in Disneyland Paris.
For those still loving the movies this could be good news too as prices on High School Musical products are coming down. In Disneyland Paris you can now find High School Musical items in the discount corners of various resort shops – e.g. the Emporium in the Disneyland Park as seen here.
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.
Woody, Buzz & friends
Sunday, April 11th, 2010
Since April 2 guests of the two theme parks at Disneyland Paris receive the first edition of the current park maps not only featuring indications for the special entertainment that is part of the “New Generation Festival” but also announcing the upcoming Toy Story Playland in the Walt Disney Studios Park.
The new area is already fully featured in the new park map with all three of its attractions plus the designation “Opening end of Summer 2010″ in the description. Any other noteable changes in the park maps? Yes, for the WDS obviously the route of the Tram Tour was adjusted. However, hopes shouldn’t be getting too high, the park map does not indicate anything but the adjustment of the track route – no hints of any kind that new stuff might have been placed alongside the route during the current lengthy closure of this attraction. But there are some interesting details regarding the Toy Story Playland respectively its attractions in the map… (more…)
