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Refurb roundup: Castle Bridge, Organ Music & Tea Cups

Saturday, 10th April 2010 13

The busy holiday weeks of Easter may be in full swing, but that hasn’t stopped the refurbishments. Besides Disney Studio 1, the sparkling new Castle Bridge has been uncovered, the Tea Cups are taking a much-needed break and organ music is in the air…

New Generation decoration mixes old habits, new ideas

Tuesday, 30th March 2010 10

The New Generation Festival hasn’t just arrived in new shows and events — special decorations at Disneyland Park installed last week show that whilst old Disneyland Paris habits die hard, there are still new ideas to be tried out.

Refurb roundup: Ears gone, banners gone, trees gone?!

Saturday, 20th March 2010 9

It’s another packed refurbishment roundup from Disneyland Paris, as the park finally gets back to normality — (almost) no Castle decorations, no Emporium decorations, no Main Street banners… hey, they’ve even taken the trees!

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…

Refurb roundup: Town Square Photography shies away

Thursday, 4th March 2010 5

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…

Princess Tiana’s first Disneyland Paris photo shoot

Thursday, 7th January 2010 6

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…

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…

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…

Meet the New Generation of brochures

Sunday, 18th October 2009 3

Or at least, their covers. The first glossy images for this Winter’s new season of brochures have been released, featuring the New Generation Festival‘s cast of new-ish characters.

Refreshing new views on the magic kingdom

Saturday, 15th August 2009 10

Time for a little diversion… As the the real-life parks continue to be snubbed for photoshopped scenes and garish character designs, it’s refreshing to see a new — if very limited — series of views from the most beautiful Magic Kingdom of them all.

Le Château returns… but not for long

Saturday, 21st March 2009 4

The past two weeks have seen Le Château de la Belle au Bois Dormant lose its 15th Anniversary overlay and return to normal, prompting the question: will the Mickey’s Magical Party makeover still go ahead?