Fantasyland

New Generation in tasteful park decorations shocker

Thursday, 11th March 2010 12

As Sleeping Beauty Castle finally loses its Mickey’s Magical Party makeover (yes, it’s really gone!), we look ahead to what New Gen decorations may await… only to see some rather tasteful, not oversized nor identical, lamppost designs…

St David ends the Magical Party with a bang

Sunday, 7th March 2010 7

And 338 days later, Mickey’s Magical Party finally came to an end. The year had its last hurrah just hours ago as the St David’s Welsh Festival fireworks lit up the night sky… one last chance for the departing theme year to spoil your photos!

Refurb roundup: Town Square Photography shies away

Thursday, 4th March 2010 4

Let’s take a look at what’s happening around the parks. In Main Street, two prominent buildings are now “en réhab”, in Adventureland more of the crumbling terrain is being replaced and in Fantasyland an end date for the Castle Bridge is set.

Refurb roundup: Disney Clothiers wrapped up

Tuesday, 16th February 2010 1

It’s time for another stroll around the current refurbishments of Disneyland Paris. Whilst Disney Clothiers, Ltd. on Main Street has been prepared for a scheduled freshening-up, the walls of the Castle bridge appear to have fallen and the TV Studios is missing finishing touches…

Refurb roundup: From Peter Pan to Castle Bridge

Sunday, 31st January 2010 3

‘Tis the season to be refurbishing. The time between New Year and February half term is traditionally a busy time for refurbishments at Disneyland Paris. Here’s a look at two ongoing projects in the parks yesterday.

More Princess Tiana – plus a talk with her creator

Saturday, 30th January 2010 1

As promotions for The Princess and Frog step up a gear in our part of the world, we get another look at future park star Princess Tiana — and an exclusive talk with the supervising animator who created her.

Castle bridge under wraps as frost thaws

Saturday, 16th January 2010 8

Disneyland Paris may well enjoy the most varied seasonal differences of all the Disney resorts, but it has an expensive maintenance bill to pay in return. Latest project: the Castle bridge, wrapped in scaffolding with no warning…

Let it snow! Beautiful wintry pictures of Disneyland Paris

Wednesday, 13th January 2010 15

And still the snow comes tumbling down! This unusually cold Winter in Europe has brought extended periods of extensive snowfall to the lands around our beloved Magic Kingdom — and, as these stunning pictures show, Disneyland Paris itself has been given quite a dusting, too…

Princess Tiana’s first Disneyland Paris photo shoot

Thursday, 7th January 2010 4

The unexpected sighting of Princess Tiana and her dashing Prince Naveen back in November has finally morphed into our very first photo of the beautiful new Disney Princess live in Disneyland Paris…

Small World’s grand scale Celebration, in video

Tuesday, 22nd December 2009 1

Determined not to lead you up to Christmas with a negative, let’s take a better look at something which makes the Walt Disney Studios Park situation even more of an anomaly: the aptly-named “it’s a small world” Celebration.

Snow White’s Happily Ever After gets new hag-hurdle

Sunday, 6th December 2009 2

Since the start of Christmas Season, the Castle Stage has been alive again thanks to new event Snow White – Happily Ever After. Originally a medley of the happier scenes, a certain Old Hag has now arrived to put an end to that…

It’s a Small World – Celebration all-round!

Sunday, 22nd November 2009 0

Yesterday saw the grand opening of “it’s a small world” Celebration, the reawakened festive version of the classic Disney attraction, returning to the Disneyland Paris Christmas line-up after several years’ absence.

Shannen Doherty tops Mickey’s Christmas invite list

Wednesday, 11th November 2009 0

‘Twas the Christmas launch weekend, and all through the parks… VIPs with special red badges did roam. Topping Mickey’s guest list, actress Shannen Doherty, in a week when even David Guetta dropped by…

Thierry Marx whips up first batch of sweet treats

Tuesday, 10th November 2009 0

French celebrity chef Thierry Marx, tasked with bringing a whole new flavour to the art of theme park “street food”, gave a demonstration of his new treats during the Christmas launch events. Want to taste the first batch?

Tree Lighting Ceremony, Ice Palace in pictures

Monday, 9th November 2009 1

Update: Extra photos! Now to the main events: The return of the Tree Lighting Ceremony on Town Square and the new interpretation of Sleeping Beauty Castle’s illumination, part of a new nighttime Party Time…