Disneyland Park (Paris)
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| Location | Marne-la-Vallée, France |
| Opening Day | April 12, 1992 |
| Resort | Disneyland Resort Paris |
| Theme | Various |
| Website | Disneyland Resort Paris homepage |
| Operator | Euro Disney SCA |
Disneyland Park is a theme park which is a part of Disneyland Resort Paris. Owned by Euro Disney S.C.A., it is one of two theme parks in the complex just outside of Paris, in Marne-la-Vallée, France.
The park is based on a formula pioneered by Disneyland in California and further employed at the Magic Kingdom in Florida and Tokyo Disneyland in Japan. Occupying 650,000 m² (140 acres), it is the largest Disney park based on the original in California. The park opened as Euro Disneyland on 12 April 1992.
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[edit] Dedication
To all who come to this happy place, welcome. Once upon a time... a master storyteller, Walt Disney, inspired by Europe's best loved tales, used his own special gifts to share them with the world. He envisioned a Magic Kingdom where these stories would come to life, and called it Disneyland.
Now his dream returns to the land that inspired it. Euro Disneyland is dedicated to the young and the young at heart... with the hope that it will be a source of joy and inspiration for all the world.
[edit] History
For the fourth park to be based on the original in Anaheim, California, modifications were made to the concepts and designs of the park. Amongst these changes was a shift from Tomorrowland to "Discoveryland", giving the area a retrofuturistic theme rather than futuristic. Other elements that were altered include the Haunted Mansion, which was redesigned as Phantom Manor, and Space Mountain. The park's location in Europe brought forth its own challenges. For instance, the castle is said by its designers to have been necessarily reevaluated for a continent on which authentic castles stand.[1]
Modifications to the park were made to protect against changes in weather in the Parisian climate. Covered walkways were added and Michael Eisner ordered the installation of 35 fireplaces in hotels and restaurants. “People walk around Disney World (sic) with humidity and temperatures in the 90s, and they walk into an air-conditioned ride and say, ‘This is the greatest,’ ” said Eisner. “When it’s raining and miserable, I hope they will walk into one of those lobbies with the fireplace going and say the same thing.”[2]
The park, as well as its surrounding complex, initially failed to meet financial expectations. This resulted in an image change in which the word "Euro" was phased out of several names, including Euro Disneyland.
[edit] Areas of Disneyland Park
In 2007, the park map lists 48 attractions in five areas known as "lands."
The Disneyland Railroad runs along the perimeter of the park and stops in Main Street, U.S.A., Frontierland, Fantasyland and Discoveryland.
[edit] Main Street, U.S.A.
- Horse-Drawn Streetcars
- Main Street Vehicles
- Liberty Arcade
- Discovery Arcade
- Dapper Dan's Hair Cuts
- City Hall
- Disneyland Railroad Main Street Train Station
[edit] Frontierland
- Phantom Manor
- Big Thunder Mountain
- Thunder Mesa Riverboat Landing
- Rustler Roundup Shootin' Gallery
- Legends of the Wild West
- River Rogue Keelboats (Coyote and Raccoon)
- Pocahontas Indian Village
- Critter Corral
- Disneyland Railroad Frontierland Depot
- The Tarzan Encounter at The Chaparral Theater
[edit] Adventureland
- Pirates of the Caribbean
- Indiana Jones et le Temple du Péril (Indiana Jones and the Temple of Peril)
- La Cabane Des Robinsons (Swiss Family Treehouse)
- Le Passage Enchanté d'Aladdin
- Adventure Isle
- Pirates' Beach
[edit] Fantasyland
- Le Château de la Belle au Bois Dormant (Sleeping Beauty Castle)
- La Galerie de Belle au Bois Dormant
- "it's a small world"
- Peter Pan's Flight
- Blanche-Neige et les Sept Nains
- Les Voyages de Pinocchio
- Dumbo the Flying Elephant
- Le Caroussel de Lancelot
- Mad Hatter's Tea Cups
- Alice's Curious Labyrinth
- La Tanière du Dragon
- Casey Junior, Le Petit Train du Cirque
- Le Pays des Contes de Fées
- Les Pirouettes du Vieux Moulin
- Disneyland Railroad Fantasyland Station
[edit] Discoveryland
- Space Mountain: Mission 2
- Orbitron, Machines Volantes
- Autopia
- Star Tours
- Buzz Lightyear Laser Blast (formerly Le Visionarium)
- Honey, I Shrunk the Audience
- Les Mystères du Nautilus (The Mysteries Of The Nautilus)
- Arcades Alpha & Beta
- Disneyland Railroad Discoveryland Station
- La Légende du Roi Lion (The Legend Of The Lion King) at Videopolis Theater
[edit] Trivia
- Shareholders of Euro Disney S.C.A. have access to a private lounge at the park, Salon Mickey, which allows them to bypass the regular turnstiles.
- The Simpsons parodies the initial response to Euro Disneyland in the episode Itchy & Scratchy Land.
- In the movie Escape From L.A., Snake Plissken and Map-to-the-Stars Eddie are hangliding over what looks like Disneyland in the postapocalyptic Los Angeles. Plissken remarks "Is that what I think it is?" and Eddie replies: "Yeah... Place changed owners so many times then went out of business. That place in Paris killed them!"
[edit] Additional images
 Le Château de la Belle au Bois Dormant |
 X-Wing fighter from Star Tours |
 Internal shot of Buzz Lightyear Laser Blast |
[edit] References
- ^ Imagineers (1998). Walt Disney Imagineering: A Behind the Dreams Look At Making the Magic Real. Disney Editions. ISBN 0786883723.
- ^ http://209.85.135.104/search?q=cache:_OZmL6CkLn0J:www.thunderbird.edu/wwwfiles/pdf/about_thunderbird/case_series/a15990007.pdf
[edit] External links
- Disneyland Resort Paris Official Website
- DLRP Magic! (Park Guide)
- The Disneyland Report - Disneyland Paris and Disney news
- Dlp.info - The Guide to Disneyland Resort Paris
- Google Maps (Satellite Image)
- Everything you need to know about Disneyland Park
- Petition on line to re-open the Bazar in Adventureland (in French)
- Hotels near the Disneyland Resort Paris
