A debt refinancing deal has allowed Euro Disney, the management company for Disneyland Paris Resort, to narrow the gap between debt and profitability. Disneyland Paris just turned 20 and has only managed to post a profit 7 of those years. Giant debt is most of… Read More »Euro Disney Continues to Post Losses, but Gap Narrows
I’ve never been to Disneyland Paris (I missed the grand opening by 3 months too early); a deficiency I hope to rectify some day soon. A new video celebrating Disneyland Paris’ 20th Anniversary fits some of the highlights of the last twenty years into a… Read More »Generation Disney – Disneyland Paris 20th Anniversary Video
After accounting for a one time real estate deal, the finances at Euro-Disney SCA, the operating company for Disneyland Paris, are still looking relatively rosy. Revenues for the 3rd quarter of 2011 grew 6.7% over last year. The parks and hotels segments both improved driving… Read More »Disneyland Paris Reports Improved Revenue
A fascinating video from 1988 provides a look inside Walt Disney Imagineering as it plans to build Euro-Disney, aka Disneyland Paris. Behind the camera is Eddie Sotto, who was the show producer for Main Street U.S.A. at the time. He takes his camera through his… Read More »A Glimpse at 1988 Walt Disney Imagineering as it plans for Euro-Disney
While it is frequently mentioned as the most beautiful of the Disney theme parks, Disneyland Paris is also a financial mess. Overbuilt hotels at its launch and some poor planning over the years saddled it with a debt load it has never quite been able… Read More »Disneyland Paris looks for money for improvements
I really can’t get enough of these tilt-shift videos from the various Disney parks. The latest edition is from Paris Disneyland: Makes you feel like the park could fit in your backyard.
Disneyland Paris released its revenue numbers for the first fiscal quarter of 2011 and the news is good. Over all revenue increased by 8.5%. Most of that increase came in the lodging side. A 14% increase in hotel revenue was the result of more bookings… Read More »Disneyland Paris Revenue Up 8.5%
Suicides are becoming a growing problem at Disneyland Paris. One is a tragedy, two is a coincidence, but three is a trend. Even if the first two were never directly associated with their work at Disneyland Paris, the perception is there. Today newswire reports indicate… Read More »Fourth Disneyland Paris worker attempts suicide