Disneyland Paris Pictorial Update - Part One !

Here we go for a new Disneyland Paris update and it's such a big one that it will come in three parts! So, first part today, and thanks as usual to Max, D&M contributor and DLPWelcome webmaster. for his great pictures for a DLP pictorial report under the sun of September!

Sunday, September 9th was the last chance to see the 25th anniversary shows. It was time to say goodbye to « Mickey present: Happy Birthday Disneyland Paris » and Max has filmed the very last show.











While waiting for the beginning of the Halloween season on Monday October 1st, DLP parks enter in a low period. The perfect time to take a look at the works being done in the parks. All aboard the Molly Brown to have a look at the two main construction sites in Frontierland.












It's always to see how Frontierland trees have grown up since opening day...






The works on the new Chaparral Theater are progressing well, the readying of the floor was done to support the new theatre which will be completely closed.





You can see the aesthetics of the new Theatre on the blueprints above and below. The used colors are warmer than those of Frontierland other buildings, which is not surprising as, as announced since DLP opening in 1992, Splash Mountain is expected since 1994 in this part of the land to move DLP guests to the back of Frontierland and Adventureland. Don't expect, though, to have Splash Mountain at DLP anytime soon as i can tell you that it's not on the program for the coming years.
















I have a "one more thing" for you as Disneyland Paris did last week a special evening to end the 25th Anniversary celebration. Robert Stallard, faithful D&M reader was here and filmed everything, and specially the Grand Finale from the front row! You have the video below and you can see others videos of the evening on Robert Facebook page HERE.




Part two of the  update will come soon and in the next part we will talk about Phantom Manor! In the meantime for those who have missed the Summer special offer on the Disneyland Paris "From Sketch to Reality" book this is a last chance to get one of the last copies of the book at a reasonable price, in fact at the best price ever, so don't miss it!

Note: The French edition is totally out of stock but if you're French, and wish to purchase the book in its English edition i will send you a PDF file of the full French text of the French edition. The other option for French readers is to pre-order the eBook edition, see HERE. Note that the eBook edition exist for now in French language only.

Here is all you need to know to order a copy of the "Disneyland Paris From Sketch to Reality" book with the special offer. First, it's a 320 pages book with 750 pictures of the park including 250 WDI artworks! It's also probably the best gift you can find for a Disney Parks fan - and it is true! Have a look below to the mosaic pictures showing a selection of pages of the book.

To place your order for the DLP book, please send me an email at: amplittaye@gmail.com with your shipping address. The price during the special offer is 60€ ( instead of 85€ ) and shipping worldwide is 22€ ( except Belgium and Italy for which it is 29€ ).

For French readers a PDF file of the full French text of the French edition will be sent.
Lecteurs Français: Etant donné que l'édition française est épuisée, un fichier du texte complet original en Français sera envoyé aux acheteurs Français ne comprenant pas l'anglais. Ou commandez la version eBook en Français ICI.

Also, each order will receive GREAT surprise gifts!

You can pay with Paypal, credit card or bank transfer. For Paypal payments please send directly the full amount  including shipping, i.e 82€ worldwide, except for Belgium and Italy for which it is 89€ at: nme4@wanadoo.fr  If you wish to pay by credit card and bank transfer, send me an email at: amplittaye@gmail.com   and i'll tell you how to do.









If you've never seen the book before, don't miss the video below showing the full 320 pages of the book!



Pictures: copyright DLP Welcome, Disney

Last Disneyland Paris Update Before D&M August Break !

Hello everyone, here we go for a new Disneyland Paris update, thanks to Max, D&M contributor and DLP Welcome webmaster, and it will be the last one on D&M before my break all August.  It's very hot currently in France with temperatures over 30°C so if you plan to visit DLP anytime soon make sure to have always water to refresh yourself.

Before we go further i want to also let you know that it is the last three days to pre-order the gorgeous Disneyland Paris book in its FRENCH eBook edition. If you own an Apple product, iPhone,iPad or iMac you can pre-order it to me at 19,90€ and proceed tot he payment with Paypal or credit card. The English eBook edition will come later, but this end French eBook edition include more than 60 video links with a selection of the best videos of the park attractions, shows or hotels as well as making-of videos, and this is an exclusive for this eBook special edition!

Version française: Ce sont les trois derniers Jours Pour Pré-Commander le Livre Disneyland Paris de l’Esquisse à la Création en Edition Française Digitale eBook à 19,90€! DATE LIMITE pour passer commande: 30 Juillet!

Le livre en version eBook sera une "special edition" car il inclura des liens vers plus de 60 vidéos des attractions du parc, des spectacles et hotels, et des vidéos making-of! Le livre promet déjà des heures de lectures et avec les vidéos additionnelles c'est plus de cinq heures supplémentaires de lecture et visionnage. Voir à la fin de cet article pour savoir comment effectuer la pré-commande.

Pour pré-commander le livre en version eBook envoyez moi un email le 30 Juillet au plus tard à: amplittaye@gmail.com


Let's move in the park now, would we? The end of the 25th anniversary festivities are in September and fortunately because the decorations are in a bad condition or discolored.


On Main Street USA, the Victoria Home Style Cooking now offers a whole new restaurant offer, say goodbye to the hot sandwich and soda and hello to the « homemade »  milkshake and iced tea . The idea is great, the location with a view of DLP castle is ideal. But at €10 ($12) per Milkshake it is very expensive for 30cl of milk. Fortunately the flavor is there, but not the texture a bit too liquid. Overall what is disappointing is the lack of training of the team after several weeks of opening. We wait 10minutes to be placed, 10minutes to take the order and as much to serve us a single Milkshake… really?!? Because of such a prohibitive price , we took only one glass and also note that the Annual Passport discounts are not applicable there...



















Let's move to Frontierland where, good news, the scaffoldings are gradually removed while the gardens with the queue decor are still in the works. The reopening of the attraction initially planned for October has been delayed to January 2019.






At Fantasyland Le chalet de la Marionnette now has on its Adventureland side a canvas to attract visitors walking nearby this other hard to see entrance.


At last Disneyland Paris castle gradually get back its golden arrows, so far only a third of them are back.




















At the Walt Disney Studios Park, the facade of the Studio 1 building is in renovation, on the Tower of Terror side.


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The Tower of Terror facades is also in renovation and the scaffolding now cover the entire back of the tower and the side of the Hollywood Tower hotel. The total refurbishment of the facades of the Tower of Terror started on May 3, 2018. A themed canvas will eventually cover the entire tower. It's possible to see the metal brackets positioned on the back of the tower for the upcoming themed canvas. Nevertheless, we have some thoughts for DisneyAdventure when they changed the ride for Guardians of the Galaxy Mission: Breakout and changed completely the ToT facade.





























The renovation works on of the Tower of Terror is visible from all of the park, including Toy Story Playland which also has some renovation in particular for REX who is now behind fences.






Next door in the Parisian quarter, the chalets are ready for the new edition of the « Rendez-vous Gourmand » (the french version of the U.S parks « food and wine festival ») from July 27 until September 30.  Everything is ready for the return of the delicious tastings of our french regions!












Here is Max video showing the 2017 edition of the Rendez-Vous Gourmands.




Finally this summer is the moment to discover the Marvel Super-Heroes season at the Walt Disney Studios Park! Do not look for meet and greet points, there are none, the characters are only visible in the three different shows offered daily in front of the Tower of Terror, but the giant statues of Hulk, Iron Man and Black Panther are good photo locations.






Marvel: The Alliance of Super Heroes is the show of the season, it is built in two parts, the story of the Avengers and then the final fight against Thanos. If the first part is very well staged, the second part without its special effects and drones can quickly look long and even a bit ridiculous with its never ending fights. Unfortunately since several weeks the main drones are no longer used since the flying saucer has slowly fallen on the visitors during one performance, without hurting anyone. It's still a good show allowing to see many of our super heroes with great visual effects and projections ...if we close our eyes on the wires holding Iron Man when he's flying.

Here is the video of the first Show of the season.




Stark Expo is the show to see, with the famous character, Loki. Although the show lasts only 10 minutes, the 5 minutes of fighting are dense and well staged. It is the perfect show to see during the day if you are in a hurry and if Marvel is not the reason of your visit in the park.




Finally we can see Star Lord and Damora from the Guardians of the Galaxy, in a show where guests are invited to dance with their heroes.






Disneyland Paris has announced something new for the parks from 24 July to September 30, the « Access One ». For €15/per day/ per people/ AND per ride with FastPass, you have unlimited access to this attraction. The purchase comes with a small surprise (a black bracelet « Access one « ). What to say about this new product? Even the American parks didn't dared to make such a product at such price! Here again we see the need for Disneyland Paris to offer a product, not to propose a real offer for its visitors, but simply with the hope to make money with a low interesting product.

It is strange that Disneyland Paris did not create the same MaxPass of Disneyland Resort in California. The MaxPass allows for $10 (€9) per person to benefit from all the attractions with FastPass at will and also from the PhotoPass system for the pictures shot in the attractions, the meet and greet characters, but also by the twenty photographers in the different points « Postcard » all day, by park. MaxPass is a real offer, a plus during a day for a reasonable price allowing Disney to make additional money while being attractive. MaxPass allows during days of very high attendance to have a FastPass attraction per hour and more if the park has less visitors. You've understood, with €15 per person and especially by attractions that have a FastPass system…. even with a « little surprise » (the black bracelet) we are very far from the affordable service and new experience of MaxPass. It's difficult to understand the reason why DLP did this, except Disneyland Paris is technically not ready for the same system than in the U.S.

The feeling that this new product give is the will of a life-size test, to see the price that visitors would be willing to pay and eventually it will end with a MaxPass offer. But it’s pretty obvious that having a MaxPass at Disneyland Paris would be something great. Either a simple service at 10 €($12) per person for unlimited FastPass attractions, or €15 ($18) for FastPass and PhotoPass in unlimited mode per person. This would allow, despite a more expensive price than in California, to offer an experience accessible to visitors and therefore profitable considering the number of passes which would be sold per day.

And now a final note again for D&M French readers: ce sont les trois derniers Jours Pour Pré-Commander le Livre Disneyland Paris de l’Esquisse à la Création en Edition Française Digitale eBook à 19,90€! DATE LIMITE pour passer commande: 30 Juillet!

Le livre en version eBook sera une "special edition" car il inclura des liens vers plus de 60 vidéos des attractions du parc, des spectacles et hotels, et des vidéos making-of! Le livre promet déjà des heures de lectures et avec les vidéos additionnelles c'est plus de cinq heures supplémentaires de lecture et visionnage.

Pour ceux qui n'ont toujours pas le livre et qui rêvent de l’avoir, et pour les plus jeunes fans pour lesquels le prix du livre était trop élevé, le livre Disneyland Paris, de l’Esquisse à la Création sera disponible en version digitale eBook - uniquement l’édition française - dés le 31 Juillet, et vous pourrez ainsi avoir le livre tout le temps avec vous et le lire sur votre mobile, tablette ou ordinateur, y compris dans le parc! Et il n’y a pas de frais d’envois puisque la version eBook sera en téléchargement!

Le livre sera ensuite vendu sur l’Apple iBook store entre 30 et 35 euros - et un peu plus cher sur Google Books et Amazon - soit le tiers du prix auquel était la version imprimée avec les frais d'envois.

Règlement uniquement par Paypal ou carte bancaire via Paypa mème si vous n'avez pas de compte Paypal. Attention, pour profiter de cette offre vous devez impérativement posséder un iPhone, iPad ou un ordinateur Apple!

Pour savoir comment commander le livre Disneyland Paris, de l’Esquisse à la Création en version eBook avec le prix spécial ci-dessus envoyer moi un email à: amplittaye@gmail.com avec votre nom et prénom et en précisant que vous - ou votre ami(e) ou parents possèdent bien un produit Apple.

Le livre a 320 pages, raconte toute l’histoire de la création du parc et inclus 750 photos y compris 250 concept-arts de chez Walt Disney Imagineering et 62 liens vidéos! Vous pouvez voir la vidéo qui présente chaque page du livre ci-dessous.



Photos: copyright DLP Welcome