Tag: Disneyland Paris

Review: Disneyland Paris 25th Birthday Renovation

5 September 2017
by Le Parcorama
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This year Disneyland Paris is celebrating its 25th anniversary. This is a big milestone so they’re giving their guests a mixed bag of a programme as a gift: new parade, new stage shows and nighttime castle projection show, attraction updates and also the end of ✨Project Sparkle✨: a massive program aimed at refurbishing the whole resort after two decades of absolute neglect. As I’m not a specialist of theme park entertainment, I’ll focus on attraction updates and refurbishments in general.

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A Guided Tour of Disneyland Paris with Tony Baxter

2 April 2017
by Le Parcorama
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As a part of Disneyland Paris 25th anniversary celebrations, Disney organized a very special event for a handful of lucky DLP long-time lovers: a guided tour of the park with the man who supervised its design: Walt Disney Imagineering legend Tony Baxter.

He’s the person you should thank for making Disneyland Paris’ castle so elaborate and romantic, with square trees and a fire breathing dragon underneath. The one who decided to put Big Thunder Mountain on an island because why not?! The man who made the most spectacular Disney castle park ever made, with dozens of highly detailed walkthrough attractions. The list goes on and on.

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Disneyland Paris Turns 25: The Dawn of a New Era?

1 November 2016
by Le Parcorama
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We’re just six months away from the 25th anniversary of Disneyland Paris. In the ever-tumultuous story of Disney’s European destination, this might mean a little more than a typical birthday celebration, but also, maybe, a turning point.

Last week, Disneyland Paris press service announced the programme of the festivities:

  • Celebration will start on 26th March 2017
  • A new daytime pradade called “Disney Stars on Parade“
  • The much anticipated ride update “Star Tours: The Adventures Continue“
  • A new revamp for a classic ride: “Star Wars: Hyperspace Mountain“
  • A new show : Mickey Presents “Happy Anniversary Disneyland Paris“
  • Another new show on the castle stage: “The Starlit Princess Waltz“
  • A complete show update on the guest favorite Disney Dreams Nighttime Spectacular: “Disney Illuminations“

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For a detailed look at all these additions and the unprecedented way Disneyland Paris announced the programme, I encourage you to have a look at DLPToday’s comprehensive series that breaks everything down.

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Must See: Amazing Fan-made Tribute to Star Tours

6 April 2016
by Le Parcorama
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As the last original version of Star Tours still in operation shut its doors a few days ago at Disneyland Paris, Star Wars mega fan and EndorExpress.net creator Kris Van de Sande decided to turn his sorrow into the most amazing tribute ever done to a theme park attraction. If you haven’t seen it already, stop everything you’re doing and watch this brilliant project called Star Tours: Before The adventures Continue.

Kris spent a lot of time and energy documenting and capturing the essence of Star Tours, from the queue line to the exit, as it was in early 2016. His immense talent and passion show in the videos he created. Kris was kind enough to answer a couple of questions I asked him about such a massive project, but before we get to the chit chat and of course, the video playlist tribute itself, here is an amuse bouche: a special trailer that the nerdiest Star Wars fans will definitely be familiar with :

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Disneyland Paris Reveals Refurbishment Plan

10 June 2015
by Le Parcorama
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Depuis une dizaine d’années environ, la politique de Disneyland Paris (DLP) s’est concentrée à la suppression de toute dépense ‘inutile’. A tel point que la qualité, l’essence même des parc Disney s’en est trouvée fortement endommagée. Pannes à répétition, installations en mauvais état dus à un entretien réduit au strict minimum, prestations hôtelières déclassées, nourriture et produits dérivés de qualité médiocre… Ces dernières années à DLP, l’expérience de haute qualité qui fait depuis 60 ans la réputation des parcs Disney dans le monde ne tient plus qu’au design original de 1992. Si bien que les fans de Disneyland Paris ont fait entendre leur déception il y a deux ans au travers d’une lettre ouverte signée par plus de 8000 personnes. Quand vos premiers ambassadeurs signifient leur confiance non renouvelée, difficile de ne pas reconnaitre l’étendue du problème.

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Must See : Stunning ‘Space Mountain de la Terre à la Lune’ CGI recreation

13 January 2015
by Le Parcorama
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Grégory Noacco est fan de Disneyland Paris et en particulier de Space Mountain, version originale “De la Terre à la Lune”, cela va de soi. Déçu, comme tout le monde, par le paresseux reboot “Space Mountain Mission 2” de 2005, il a décidé de recréer entièrement et au détail près la version originelle en images de synthèses. Rien que ça. Cet énorme projet habilement nommé “Discovery Mountain : Origins” a pris deux ans de travail avant d’arriver au résultat spectaculaire qu’il a partagé sur YouTube (ci-dessous). C’est bien simple, aucune vidéo on-ride de Space Mountain (version 1 ou 2) ne montre aussi fidèlement les décors et l’expérience en général.

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