After 16 years of spreading Disney magic across Europe, Disneyland Resort Paris welcomed its 200 millionth visitor this week. A lucky French family was chosen as the official 200th guest and were given free entry and a special dinner (no lifetime passes?). The park opened… Read More »200 million guests for Disneyland Resort Paris
Euro Disney SCA, the operating company for Disneyland Paris resort and theme parks, reported slower growth in the 3rd quarter. The softness was blamed on the early Easter Holiday. But hey, at least it’s growth, right. Plus other more important numbers were up: Sales at… Read More »Disneyland Paris still rebounding, just slower
Speaking of wacky YouTube finds, I located a Guest Relations video and Kevin Yee has found this short video of an animatronic (or is it a puppet?) version of Remy the Rat from Pixar’s Ratatouille. He’s “lifesize” and apparently being used to get guests to… Read More »Remy Animatronic from Ratatouille
With the Monaco Grand Prix this weekend, it seems like a good time to revisit a juicy rumor. Themepark insider picks up on the stories about Formula 1 coming to Disneyland Paris. Published reports in France have the Formula 1 wanting to move the French… Read More »Formula 1 coming to Disneyland Paris?
One of the unique entertainment aspects of Disneyland Paris is how they recreated one of the United States classic traveling wild west shows with “Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show” now known as “La Legende de Buffalo Bill.” Trent Vance, who currently plays the role of… Read More »Following the cast of Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show
Euro Disney SCA announced narrowed losses and increased attendance for the first half of the fiscal year. Interestingly most of their losses appear due to fiscal charges on the companies debt. The company and the theme park and resorts it manages turned 15 this year. They’re also planning on opening new attractions. So it should… Read More »Disneyland Paris increases attendance, spending – still losing money
[Update: ed. – Bloomberg reports that the takeover attempt was announced this morning] Reuters is reporting that Euro Disney SCA (owner and operator of Disneyland Resort Paris) may be subject to a hostile takeover bid by the little-known swiss firm Center-Tainment AG. MarketWatch had this to say: A statement from Center-Tainment’s offices said the company… Read More »Euro Disney takeover bid?
Gone are the old visuals and conscientiously French theme based on Jules Verne’s novel "From the Earth to the Moon." Instead, the ride tours the solar system before hurtling out through asteroid showers to skim past supernovas and other astronomical phenomena, portrayed with high-definition video and a host of other new effects. Paris Disneyland unveiled… Read More »Space Mountain II???