General Resort

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.

Two more New Gen TV spots and the ‘Making Of’

Tuesday, 2nd March 2010 3

General consensus is, these are some of the best commercials for Disneyland Paris in several years. Want more? We’ve got another 2 brand new TV adverts to share and some photos from the ‘making of’ in California…

Main Street’s Springtime windows span generations

Tuesday, 2nd March 2010 4

As a new season approaches, things happen like clockwork at Disneyland Paris. New advertising launches, new decorations appear (or thankfully in this case, disappear) and on Main Street USA, the quaint boutique windows prepare for Spring.

RC Racer adds purple, orange splash to the Studios

Monday, 1st March 2010 18

Following Toy Soldiers Parachute Drop, the second towering new landmark of Toy Story Playland has topped out after just a single week of connecting piece A to part C (right?). Take a look at the much-anticipated RC Racer halfpipe, from Toon Studio and across the park…

Remy’s ‘Ratatouille roadster’ for Stars ‘n’ Cars revealed

Friday, 26th February 2010 1

The second exclusive preview from the official New Generation Festival website covers the new addition coming to Disney’s Stars ‘n’ Cars — revealing a brand new motor car, piled high with kitchen utensils, for Remy and Emile.

New Gen website connects you to the festival stars

Thursday, 25th February 2010 1

How would you like to follow Mike Wazowski or Remy on Twitter or Facebook? That’s exactly what the brand new official New Generation Festival website is offering, along with fresh new pages and a few surprises as it finally launches.

Explore the Art of Disney… only every half hour?

Thursday, 25th February 2010 4

More Toon Studio tinkering has been going on besides the Animagique photo rule-bending. From last Sunday, 21st February 2010, Art of Disney Animation switched from continuous presentations to a limited timetable of half-hourly shows.

Animagique’s brief step into the home video spotlight

Wednesday, 24th February 2010 8

Normally kept strictly under UV blacklight, live theatre show Animagique at Walt Disney Studios Park recently took a surprise move to allow photography and video recording …before promptly banning it again this week.

New Generation Festival TV spot in pictures

Wednesday, 24th February 2010 10

The plan is set, the New Generation Festival is almost ready to take to the air. From next week, the “new” characters of this all-new Disneyland Paris theme year will be raining down on TV screens across Europe. Want a sneak preview?

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…

Pizza Planet to become a Buzz Lightyear buffet

Tuesday, 16th February 2010 7

Is the Pizza Burger about to get a promotion? Following rumours late last year of changes coming to Buzz Lightyear’s Pizza Planet restaurant in Discoveryland, here’s the word from inside the resort: It’ll change to an “all you can eat” format starting July 2010.

‘New’ official website celebrates soft opening

Tuesday, 16th February 2010 2

We’re entering a new era. The old, October 2006-launched official Disneyland Paris website has just seen its first major update in all that time. Whilst new pages themselves are yet to come, this soft opening finally replaces the squashed, Flash-intensive, design with a, erm, wider Flash-intensive design.

Hurricanes Nightclub groove to end short of 18 years

Thursday, 4th February 2010 7

“Having climbed the spiral staircase, you’ll be swept up into the whirlwind of nightlife” …but not for much longer. After several false alarms, Festival Disney’s “disco nightclub” is to close just shy of its 18th birthday.

Worlds apart? Walt Disney Studios, meet World of Color

Wednesday, 3rd February 2010 1

Two different parks, two different continents. Originally joined in their disgrace of the Disney name, the fortunes and futures of Walt Disney Studios Park and Disney’s California Adventure are now worlds apart — or are they?