microsan

Thanks for the update ! Looks great ; looking forward to visiting (hopefully 2011)

Thanks for your reply I should certainly have quoted it more clearly but we can't buy full disney tickets as I'm a cast member at Disneyland Resort in Paris. I enter for free in most of Disney parks except water parks and the video game complex.

Hi Gav, Thank you very much for the info ! I'll let my pals know. Any info concerning Disney water parks ?

Hi dude My name is Thomas I'm nearly 35 and I live in the close suburbs of Paris (France) I've been in touch with theme parks for a long time and visited a lot of european theme parks. I'm a Disney Cast Member at Disneyland Resort Paris and I would be glad to share infos with fellow members on major parks in Europe and of course "DLRP" Looking forward to reading you

Hi everyone, I've decided to celebrate my 35th birthday in USA and to visit Florida -Trip of a life for me !. We will be 4 "frenchies" to go and wish to visit greatest theme parks such as Universal, Bush Gardens, etc... Most of them are included in Orlando Flex Pass ticket. I'm just wondering what could be the best deal to buy it. We intend to take the one offering 6 parks. I'm also seeking the best deal to access to Disney water parks (I'm sure we can get a better rate than 40 bucks) Any info would be useful. Thanks in advance.

Hello everyone, Although this should be -as far as I remember- one of my first posts on this board, I decided to take a moment to comment different subjects I've read in this topic. Concerning the date of your trip : perhaps did you ignored it at that time but May 1st, 2nd & 3rd were "test dates". Explanation : For 3/4th of the year Walt Disney Studios regular operating hours are 10am to 7pm. On that particular days, it was both an extended and special opening as a test to keep the WDS park opened later for "very peak dates". (i.e : 8pm and 9pm) It was also crowded because in France May 1st is a bank holiday (Labour Day=Fete du Travail) and many people took a long week end -4 days- as a short break. Concerning the Flying Carpets, as far as I know, in the USA the ride is indeed in Adventureland. For any unknown reason it has been set in the WDS since the opening (March 16th, 2002). I must be honest : it won't never have as much guests as Dumbo or Peter Pan but it is not always as empty as your pictures let it think ! About "queue jumping" : One more time must be sincere : it happens ! But the cheaters are not always the "Frenchies". Just as an example : spanish people start to queue up with 2 or 3 in the party and end at 10 Next time -if any- you see it happens just advise one of my fellow crew members : even if it is not as official as it should be Disney does not joke with improper behavior (in queues for instance) Concerning the attendances of Crush's Coaster. As one of the member of TPR quoted it Crush's Coaster theorical ride capacity is ca. 900 rph (riders per hour). Considering the fact that service interruptions are now rare (compared to June 2007 during the first months of operation) and that technical issues have been fixed we can offer the maximum number of "turtles" on the track. Therefore wait times varies between 45 to 90 mn. I understand that this might look very long -especially when your time is precious- but it is unfortunately difficult to throw people away and avoid them to ride this "E-ticket". My advice : enter the line around 6.45 pm (15 minutes before the entrance of queue lines close in the park), ignore the electronic od showing a over estimated wait time and.... have fun quicker than ever in the day ! Concerning the single riders line and the fast pass for Crush it is still being processed. What is sure is that there will be at least one of the two solutions offered "soon". The issue is that when imaginers decided to set Nemo's friends in Paris they never imagine that it would be so popular. Furthermore, the minimum size to take part was 1.20 meters (vs 1.07 meters now). The main challenge is that we need to re-design the queue line and considering that the ride is still a hit, we can't imagine refurbish the ride and close the ride for now (even for 2 or 3 days). We would be in an awful mess with guests comments. concerning the question of the best period of the year to visit our resort is clearly : on week days during January. Parks are empty (as low as 7000 guests a day for both parks). I understand that this might not be the perfect place to give all these informations but I thought it was a good one at least. If you think, dear moderators, that this is not the right place, please move this post to the most appropriate thread or board. Finally, I wish to apologize for being so long and I just hope there are not too much typically english expressions in my post and not too much spelling problems. English is (unfortunately) not my mother language. Magically yours Microsan Cast Member at Toon Studios (Crush's Coaster, Cars, Art of Disney Animation, Flying Carpets over Agrabah and Studio Tram Tour Behind the Magic) Should you require further infos on the MAGIC KINGDOM in Paris do not hesitate to contact me by PM.