Disneyland Paris (DLP) Discussion Thread

[SharkTums]

Hey everybody!

 

This thread is simple! Rather than having a million little threads about everything that goes on at the Disneyland Paris Resort, including Disneyland Paris and Walt Disney Studios Park, this thread is designed to consolidate it all into one user-friendly thread. Feel free to use it to post updates, trip reports, questions, comments, and of course, general discussion. For pictures and videos of these park as well as past updates, see TPR's Disneyland Paris Park Index Page and TPR's Walt Disney Studios Park Index Page.

 

Official Resort Website

 

 

Below are some links to past updates from the resort, you may be interested in. Enjoy!

 

--Robb

 

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2005

February 14th, 2005 - Information on Space Mountain Mission 2 rehab - SEE BELOW!

November 16th, 2005 - Info on Crush's Coaster

 

2007

June 26th, 2007 - 14 year old girl dies on Rock n Roller Coaster

 

2008

April 6th, 2008 - Tower of Terror officially opens after 3 months of soft opening

 

2010

March 24th, 2010 - beyond the scenes Tower of Terror Tour to be offered

 

2011

November 14th, 2011 - Major 20th anniversary additions announced

December 9th, 2011 - 12 year-old left paralyzed after riding Tower of Terror

 

2012

January 9th, 2012 - Walt Disney Studios Park to get a major expansion!

January 23rd, 2012 - Disney Dreams & Disney Magic on Parade previewed!

March 13th, 2012 - 2 new attractions for Walt Disney Studios in 2014!

March 13th, 2012 - Captain EO to close on April 1st, 2012?

April 4th, 2012 - DLP 20th anniversary media event coverage

August 24th, 2012 - Disney considers buyout of Disneyland Paris

September 18th, 2012 - Disney refinances €1.3 billion for Euro Disney growth

October 17th, 2012 - Video reveals new 'Village Nature' project details!

November 18th, 2012 - Restructuring deal helps resort to turn a profit

December 23rd, 2012 - CFDT Union demands bonus for 14,500 cast members

 

2013

January 10th, 2013 - Board of Directors gets new chairman Virginie Calmels

February 28th, 2013 - Ratatouille attraction & Light'Ears announced!

June 17th, 2013 - New Disneyland Paris Selected Hotel opening in 2015!

September 21st, 2013 - More construction photos of the new Ratatouille ride!

 

2014

January 31st, 2014 - Paul Bocuse involved in new Ratatouille expansion

February 12th, 2014 - New details released on Ratatouille: The Ride!

 

2015

January 10th, 2015 - plans for the next 10 years

 

 

2017

February 10th, 2017 - Disney attempting to buy back Disneyland Paris

June 8th, 2017 - Disney re-purchases Disneyland Paris

 

2018

February 27th, 2018 - 2 Billion Euro Expansion including 3 new WDSP lands

October 9th, 2018 - New & returning offerings for 2019 announced!

 

2019

August 25th, 2019 - Avengers Campus expansion and Disney’s Hotel New York – The Art of Marvel details released!

 

2020

October 22nd, 2020 - Solar Canopy installation over main Disneyland Paris parking lot!

 

2021

July 1st, 2021 - Mickey’s PhilharMagic adding new "Coco" sequence!

 

2022

March 21st, 2022 - Disney Village multi-year transformation announced!

June 23rd, 2022 - "Disney Enchanted Christmas" 2022 details announced!

 

2023

November 18th, 2023 - Symphony of Color drone show and daytime parade announced!

 

2024

April 12th, 2024 - Walt Disney Studios Park to become Disney Adventure World!

 

2025

May 9th, 2025 - Huge expansion and refurbishment details released!

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I got an email today from Disneyland Paris with a link to some Information about Space Mountain Mission 2:

 

http://www.disneylandparis.com/uk/enews ... nteuro.htm

 

The funniest thing was this part:

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Crew members on the maiden flight include Jean Reno, David Copperfield and Gérard Depardieu!

 

Wow, that's one heck of a maiden flight! I wonder who they'll get when Mission 2 opens up April 9th!

 

Elissa "hoping this version will be rideable again!" Alvey

[viking86]

Hopefully David Copperfield wont make the ride dissappear

[Hattuchili]

That is great. I can´t wait to ride SM2.

 

Here is the new Space Mountain-Mission2 French Trailer to download: http://homepage.mac.com/ischlumpf/sm/SpaceMountainMission2.wmv

 

Enjoy it..................

 

--Soeren

[Hattuchili]

I just stumbled across the following concept art from Toon Studios in a presentation Jay Rasulo gave a week ago in the USA on the Walt Disney Investor Conference.

 

The rather atmospheric drawing is only a snapshot of how this area might look like under ideal conditions, but it shows some neat details.

Concept art - ToonStudios DLP

[CoasterCrazy]

It looks cool and I can't wait to see how it turns out.

Edited February 15, 2005 by CoasterCrazy

[robbalvey]

^^ Nice. I mean, anything would be an improvement at that park!!!

 

--Robb "I hope Tower is at least decent!" Alvey

[Corkscrewed]

Wow! That is one awesome trailer! Hopefully, Disneyland can get something nice and exciting like that, even if it's just a random visualization that shows nothing from the actual ride. Gets me exciting just watching it.

 

On the other hand, maybe they'll just use the same trailer and change the words!

[Ultracoasters]

Date for the (re)openning has change.

 

Before:

 

Now:

 

Reasons for this change is ....... Prince Charles :shock:

This is not a joke. Mariage of Prince Charles and ..(I don't now her name) his future wife will be April 9th.

 

They don't want medias "forget" this openning because of the mariage .... 8) =>Just a small part in newspapers and TV ...

[blackcurrent]

looks cool, only wish they would use some of the budget and imagination as they do at disney in Japan

[robbalvey]

Wow! Prince Charles marrying that beast has moved up the date on a coaster opening!

 

--Robb "Never thought I'd see the day!" Alvey

[coasters 4 me]

I wonder what thier faces will be like on it!

[CoasterCanada]

Well, Its about time they closed down the old Space Mountain ride. That ride was so old and falling apart. I remember going on that scary ride when I was 10 years old and getting hert on that crazy ride of death. Im so glad there going to have a new safe Space Mountain. 8)

[Tomizzle For Rizzle]

Sweeet, I can't wait to ride. I will be there April 8-15..like WHUT? I will also head over to Parc ASSterix to see how rough they Goudurix be.

 

LIKE WHUUUT ninja!

[disneyfan1313]

ARGH.. Travel all the way to france and I miss one of the few credits I will be able to get on this trip!! Oh well.. Perhaps I will at least get some construction pics.

[Jose Eber]

not sure I would be bragging that it took only 3 months to modify...(per press release).

[Guest]

Don't know if u guys know DJ Tiësto, but he will be giving a concert to celebrate the opening.

 

He will be playing for about 3 hours on a specially designed stage in front of the castle. Tickets will be around €119,-!

Party! 8)

 

*edit: That's €119 in stead of €199

[Jose Eber]

Meh--- doesn't look very entertaining. Looks like artists or engineers are designing these park attractions, not entertainers.

 

La dee daa, a 50 ft tall paintbrush! Oh my! The kids will love it!

[RCFreak]

^ Very jealous, but not at that Price ling:

 

Hmmmm, the promo from Screamscape (found here[10.8 MB .mov file] same thing) has English with French subtitles, very intresting. Possible Cali DL Re-launch promo?

[jonathan h]

What exactly are they doing to the ride? Are they modifing the layout or just doing all the effects up etc?

[Guest]

oh THAT STINKS! :fangs: ANOTHER cool coaster that doesn't come to america!

[Wes]

Same layout, slightly modified theme, new effects.

[vertgforces]

Well, Its about time they closed down the old Space Mountain ride. That ride was so old and falling apart. I remember going on that scary ride when I was 10 years old and getting hert on that crazy ride of death. Im so glad there going to have a new safe Space Mountain. 8)

 

i'm not sure u realiz this, but this is the space mtn. in france

[Hattuchili]

TIESTO AT DISNEY, APRIL 16!

On April 9th Disneyland Resort Paris launches Space Mountain Mission 2. This new mission sends exploronauts to the farthest reaches of space, to go where no one has ever gone before and to discover the mysteries at the edge of the universe…

 

On April 16th the Best DJ of the World, Tiësto, will also go where no other DJ has ever gone before… the heart of Disneyland Resort Paris! In this magical environment, Tiësto will make a unique combination between the Magic of Disney and his own Magik music during a 3 hour special Space Mountain Mission 2 show!

 

As a pre-show, DJ Bob Sinclar will warm up the fans from all over Europe with his magical performance on the Magik Stage just in front of Sleeping Beauty’s Castle.

 

Here is the link: http://www.tiestoatdisney.com

 

--Soeren

[Hattuchili]

It is a never ending story - but the opening date of Space Mountain: Mission 2 has been changed all over again. The first day of operation for all park guests is now, once again, Saturday April 9 - as originally planned. This saves the resort the work and cost to change all the promotional material. The poster on the construction fence on-site which had been changed to April 6 even prior to the official decision last week to move the date forward had been changed back by last weekend already.

 

--Soeren

opening date Saturday April 9

[Hattuchili]

Found at DLP.info.

 

So the public opening for Space Mountain: Mission 2 is back to where it originally was April 9 - but what to do if you are in the resort in the days prior to this all important date? Well, according to the information communicated to the relevant departments internally Space Mountain will start soft opening operations Friday April 1st - no April-joke! Unfortunately we are not talking about all out public soft openings. Instead as of this date the ride is available for special utilization e.g. Castmember-Previews, a preview for travel-agents, invited guests, the press & VIP event - or a preview for shareholders and / or annual passport holders that has been rumored on the DLP.info-Forum but is not confirmed. Special "events" for selected groups will take place most propably daily till April 8. BUT according to usually well informed sources Imagineering and the management responsible for operations of the ride plan to ask normal park guests to take a ride too at least during the first weekend of the soft opening. As of now normal guests will not be allowed on the ride unrestricted. Instead expect castmembers in the area around the attraction to approach a few guests and ask them whether they want to ride SM:M2. Remember: this information is not confirmed and plans may be changed on short notice, but if you happen to be in the resort during the soft opening phase, it might be a good idea to hang out around the attraction a bit

 

--Soeren