Sunday, January 6, 2019

DLP Update: Goodbye Hotel New York, Hello Art of Marvel, All About Disneyland Paris Hotel New York Which Will Re-Open in Summer 2020 !



On January 6, 2019, Disneyland Paris unveiled the logo of the new Disney's Hotel New York - The Art of Marvel, during an epic celebration - picture below - as it prepares to enter the most ambitious renovation in its history. Scheduled to reopen in the summer of 2020, the new hotel will infuse the inspiring and dynamic art of the Super Heroes, from Iron Man to Avengers via Spider-Man, to the elegant and vibrant atmosphere of the Big Apple.



Since 1992, Disney's Hotel New York has welcomed millions of visitors and immersed them in New York culture, the design of architect Michael Graves and the atmosphere of the Big Apple, and we will today say both "goodbye" to the Hotel New York as we know it since 1992 and "hello" to the upcoming Disney's Hotel New York - The Art of Marvel, thanks to great pictures from Max, D&M contributor and DLP Welcome webmaster, and new concept-arts released by Disneyland Paris, and more. But first a bit more with today's DLP press release about the Disney's Hotel New York - The Art of Marvel:

"As it prepares for the most dramatic transformation in its history - the hotel will reopen in 2020 with the new name Disney's Hotel New York - The Art of Marvel - Disneyland Paris celebrated the Cast Members of the hotel and its heritage while unveiling exciting new details on the new chapter in the institution's history.

"This is a new chapter that opens with unforgettable memories, both for our visitors and for all of our Cast Members who have worked there." Said Martina Sardelli, Vice President, Hotel Operations and Disney Village, "Disneyland Paris continues to move forward, to be on the cutting edge to exceed expectations. It is precisely this taste for innovation and this avant-garde spirit that we celebrate today. "

An epic transformation

The renovation of the hotel will provide an environment reminiscent of a luxurious and contemporary Manhattan. Its interior design will be elegant and cosmopolitan, recalling the style and tastes of Tony Stark and the Avengers' headquarters, and will present Marvel's art to reinvent the idea of ​​an "art hotel". Limited editions will adorn the walls of the rooms and suites. Beyond the rooms, vibrant works displayed in public spaces will present the artistic richness of the Marvel universe: comics, films, drawings, sculptures, costumes ... all in the style of a contemporary art gallery in New York . The works will include comic book covers, posters, movie illustrations, storyboards, production sets, accessories, original sketches, media and more!

The hotel will offer 476 standard rooms, 65 executive rooms and 8 standard suites. The interiors of the bedroom reflect Tony Stark's sophisticated urban style, with a palette of colors reminiscent of his Iron Man armor and works featuring the Marvel Super Heroes.

Unique suites will be designed around the Marvel Super Heroes and New York. For these suites, a Marvel artist will be responsible for creating superb works featuring Super Heroes.

New York and the Marvel universe meet in a sophisticated and fun environment, presenting Marvel's art in a new and exciting way. Disney's Hotel New York - The Art of Marvel will reopen in the summer of 2020.

An increased presence of Marvel at Disneyland Paris

In February, The Walt Disney Company announced a multi-year development plan of 2 billion euros for Disneyland Paris. This new expansion plan includes a transformation of the Walt Disney Studios Park, including three new themed areas dedicated to Marvel, The Frozen and Star Wars, as well as several new attractions and shows. This new space will allow visitors to meet their favorite heroes, from Doctor Strange's mystical arts to Spider-Man's dizzying feats. They will also be able to discover the latest experiences created by Pym Technology with Ant-Man and Wasp and will be able to team up with Iron Man, Captain Marvel, Black Panther, Captain America and many others.

But visitors will not have to wait for the opening of the new zone to live the Marvel experience at Disneyland Paris! After the first season of the Marvel Superheroes last summer, Captain America, Spider-Man, Guardians of the Galaxy and Black Widow will be back in a second edition full of epic adventures in 2019. This time new heroes, like Captain Marvel and Groot, our favorite Guardian, will join them."

Okay, now let's have a look at the real thing would we? Here are pictures of the Hotel New York as it was before its closure recently. First the outside of it which shouldn't change that much, except for the new logo of course, unveiled today and that you can see above at the top.















Let's move inside now as things will become interesting. First, here is the current hotel lobby...


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And how it will look once the Disney's Hotel New York - Art of Marvel Hotel will reopen in 2020.




Nearby there is a first restaurant...



And here is how it will look in 2020.


The pictures below shows some hallwaays as designed b Michael Graves in tribute to Manhattan when the New York Hotel opened in 1992, no doubt that the giant visuals on the floor and the walls will be changed...








...as well as the New York pictures around the elevators...


Moving up to the rooms here is the current hallway...


...which should look like this once redesigned. This is actually a picture of a "hallway test" found on Google.


Right now the Hotel New York rooms look like this:








And here is how they will look in the future Disney's Hotel New York - Art of Marvel Hotel. First, the official picture released by DLP.


And below, pictures of the test room created inside the hotel, pictures found on Google or DLPBP.


I've been told that an encrusted TV will be as large as the mirror below. Please note that these are pictures of a test room and that decor elements can - and most probably will - be changed in the final room version.




The next picture shows the current bathroom...



...and below the future bathroom, and i've been told that 20% of the rooms will have shower only, and the others rooms bathtub + shower.



Now, why is Disney completely renovating the hotel, did he really needed it? Hell, yes! As you will see  on the pictures below, considering that the Hotel New York is supposed to be a 4 star hotel DLP should be ashamed to offer rooms that are far from the standing and expected quality for the room price. Torn tapestry, stained and marked wood, delaminated wooden plinths and studs, fittings worn for years, mould stains on joints…. It’s quite an adventure! This being for the visible part, the thermal and acoustic insulation of the Windows is also deplorable.
















As you've seen, no doubt that the hotel definitely needed an urgent renovation and considering the works the 18 months announced won't be too much. So, let's meet again in 2020 for the reopening og the New York Hotel with its new Art of Marvel theming!

Pictures: copyright DLP Welcome, Disney, DR


Disneyland Resort Line Cast-Member Magazine Post Exclusive Pictures of Star Wars Galaxy's Edge Attractions


Disneyland Resort LINE is a Disney Cast member magazine, and they've posted great pictures of Galaxy's Edge attractions vehicles, actually the best we've seen until now, showing ( above ) the cocpit of teh Millenium Falcon ride and ( below ) the ride vehicle of teh Rise of the Resistance ride and the inside of teh Millenium Falcon.

Bob Iger evealed during an onterview with Barron's that Galaxy's Edge at Disneyland will open in June, and it'll be most probably - if no delay - around the third week-end of June, though there may be some AP soft-opening before. That said, there will be a price to pay to enjoy Star Wars Land as the Los Angeles Times announced today HERE that ticket and parking prices at Disneyland Resort will increase on a week or so as much as 25%...



Pictures: copyright Disney

Saturday, January 5, 2019

Disneyland Paris eBook Special Offer is Back this Week-End until Monday January 7 at 9.90€ only on Apple and Android eBook Stores !!!



Editor's note: Suite au problème avec le prix promo du livre Disneyland Paris en version eBook en français sur l'Apple iBook store, j'ai remis le prix à 9.99€ qui est valable d'aujourd'hui Vendredi ou demain Samedi à Lundi soir 7 Janvier, à la fois sur l'Apple iBook store ou sur le Google Android Book Store ( voir liens directs ci-dessous ), aprés quoi il sera à 14.99€ tout le mois de Janvier.

Important Editing: Following the problem on the Apple iBook store early last week i've put back the Disneyland Paris French version eBook price at the 9.99€ promo price. It will be valid from today Friday or tomorrow Saturday Jan 5 the latest until to Monday Jan 7 evening, both on the Apple iBook store or the Google Android Book Store (see direct links below ), after what the eBook will be at 14.99€ all January.

It is the best way to start the year at the cheapest price EVER for this gorgeous book! After what the book will be all January at 14.99€ before returning in February to its original price of 29.99€!

Pour l'acheter l'eBook allez sur l'Apple iBook Store ici: 

https://itunes.apple.com/fr/book/disneyland-paris-de-lesquisse-%C3%A0-la-cr%C3%A9ation/id1419399320?mt=11 

Ou sur le Google / Android Store ici:

https://play.google.com/store/books/details/Alain_Littaye_Disneyland_Paris_de_l_Esquisse_à_la?id=EsdmDwAAQBAJ 

 See more about the eBook special offer in the article HERE.

Meet Urban Explorer MattSonswa, Banned TWICE For Life From WDW, Exploring WDW Most Forbidden Places !



Youtuber MattSonswa is what is called a "urban explorer". You know, these folks who explore inhabited houses, restaurants, theatres, etc... But he also apparently love Disney Parks and visited some WDW places where you're not supposed to go, and actually are not even allowed to go! Result: Matt is may be the only man in the world who has been banned "for life" TWICE from WDW!

And apparently, as you'll see below, it didn't stopped him to go back and explore again WDW places that are strictly forbidden. Actually, Matt is quite a sympathetic young guy from what i can see in the first video below. Basically, i think he has a transgressive structure and he can't help and need to transgress whatever he does, may be to "push" his own limits. I like him, he looks cool and handsome, and you'll be amazed by all the risks he takes - something that of course you definitely must not do yourself. Urban exploring is great but of course doing it at WDW put you in danger and eventually breaking the law or Disney regulations, and that's why he's been banned twice "for life" from WDW.

So, i suggest that we start by this first video in which he introduces himself and explain why he was banned twice from WDW.



Before moving to Matt's videos exploring WDW extinct attractions here is one about an attraction which is not at all extinct - Big Thunder Mountain - and Matt decided to climb at night WDW Big Thunder, with the security folks at just a few yards from him! As say a Youtuber comment to the video: "He's got the biggest balls in the wilderness!" ( read the others fun comments on Youtube too )




Let's move now to the exploration of extinct attractions and in the next video Matt is inside Epcot Wonders of Life pavilion to explore the long extinct "Body Wars"!




While being inside Wonders of Life, Matt has also "visited" the now extinct "Cranium Command".




In the next video, always filmed inside Wonders of Life pavilion Matt explore the Met-Life VIP Lounge and as you'll see, the visit didn't really went well for him this time...




The next video will show you Matt exploring an abandoned Disney Quest at WDW Disney Springs before it was destroyed not so long ago to make room for the NBA building opening later this year.  And don't go away as the best is yet to come!




Decades ago Disney closed the famous River Country water park as well as Discovery Island located nearby and, no surprise, Matt explored both of them! Let's start by a visit of River Country, or what is left of it as nature invaded each inch of it.




Next stop: Discovery Island where Matt actually went TWICE! Here is the video of his first "visit" in 2017...




...and here is the video of his second visit in 2018 after a hurricane went over WDW, and as you'll see Discovery Island looks now even worse than in the first vid.




Now, Discovery Island being an Island of course, the question that many asked was "how did you went there?". You have the answer in the podcast below in which Matt shares his stories about his Discovery Island exploration.




And here is the icing on the top of the cake as Matt succeeded to find Walt Disney's famous airplane, the one that guests could see during the now extinct Disney MGM Studios Tram Tour and which is now hidden in a remote area of WDW. And not only he found Walt's plane but he went inside it!



And that's it for now for Matt's urban exploring videos at WDW, but there is plenty of others great videos of Matt exploring others places than WDW so don't miss to have a look at his Youtube page HERE.

All videos: copyright MattSonswa

Friday, January 4, 2019

Variations on the New Disney's Hollywood Studios 30th Anniversary Logo



I'm not a big fan of the new Disney's Hollywood Studios 30th Ann logo - may be because i dislike so much these new style of Mickey and Minnie, like many of you - one of my reader even left a comment on the D&M Facebook page saying "they look drunk, high or homeless"! The reason why Disney put them in this new logo is of course to promote the new "Mickey's Runaway Train" ride inside DHS Chinese Theatre opening later this year, in which Mickey, Minnie and Goofy will have unfortunately their latest look.

Anyway, so i had fun to create variations of the logo and did different try. And because it's supposed to be DISNEY's Hollywood Studios i thought that a tribute to Walt would be welcome. I also did a new version with Mickey and Minnie as we love them and introduced for some versions some gold color which always fit well with an art-deco font, though you also have a B&W version for each.

Let us know which one you prefer!









Pictures: copyright Disney

Video: Longest Characters Parade Ever at Disneyland Paris 2019 New Year's Eve !

So, here we are in 2019 and let's have a last look at what happened on New Year's Eve at DIsneyland Paris as they had an awesome New Year's Eve parade with may be the longest characters parade ever in a Disney theme park! Check this out below with this vidoe filmed by dlplicious.



Of course, shortly after the parade it was time for the 2019 countdowwn and New Year's Eve fireworks, and here is the vidoe also dilmed by dlplicious.




Top Picture: copyright Robert Stallard