Disneyland Paris’ Sleeping Beauty Castle Recreated with 50,000 Folds of Paper
After three weeks of work and more than 50,000 folds of paper, the best origami sculpture of Disneyland Paris’ Sleeping Beauty Castle you’ll probably ever see is now on display in London.
Behind the Scenes: Mickey Pumpkin Magic at Disneyland Paris
If you’ve hopped on a boat at Epcot’s Living with the Land attraction you may have seen a cool Mickey Mouse-shaped pumpkin or two. This Halloween season, you can’t miss them at Disneyland Paris – it’s the first ever crop created especially for the park.
Rafael Nadal Visits Disneyland Paris After Winning 6th French Open
After capturing his sixth French Open and 10th Grand Slam title, the world’s No. 1 tennis player Rafael Nadal proudly showed off the La Coupe des Mousquetaires trophy on Monday at Disneyland Paris.
During his visit, Nadal waved to fans and signed autographs while enjoying the Magical Moments Festival and his favorite Disney attractions, such as Pirates of the Caribbean, Space Mountain: Mission 2, Tower of Terror and Crush’s Coaster.
Tilt-Shift Video of Disneyland Paris
Check out this new tilt-shift video, “A Magical Day at Disneyland Paris,” and see just about everything Walt Disney Studios Park and Disneyland Park has to offer. Video courtesy of Disney Parks Blog:
Secrets of Disneyland Paris Fun Facts From Behind the Scenes
Although there are castles at Disney parks in America, Japan and Hong Kong, Sleeping Beauty Castle is unique. Other Disney castles are modelled on aspects of historic European castles located far from the parks in which they appear. For Disneyland Paris, such a castle would have been redundant. Therefore, a “fairy tale” Castle design was used, inspired by classic book illustrations, illuminated manuscripts and the animated movie Sleeping Beauty with its distinctive “square tree” landscape. The Castle also incorporates some aspects of French “châteaux” researched by Disney Imagineers.
There is one thing Sleeping Beauty Castle has in common with all other Disney castles: it faces north-to-south to prevent backlighting for guests who wish to photograph it from Main Street.
Sleeping Beauty Castle is the only Disney Castle in the world with its own dragon, sequestered in La Taniere du Dragon beneath the Castle. The largest Audio-Animatronics® figure (79 feet long, 5,500 pounds) at Disneyland Paris, this dragon was designed to resemble the “real” dragons of European folklore, rather than the animated dragons of Disney movies.
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All the Disneyland Paris magic at your fingertips on your iPhone!
Disneyland Paris is launching an unprecedented iPhone application, a first for Disney Theme Parks. Designed as a truly interactive guide, it will help the many visitors to Europe’s leading tourist destination enjoy greater comfort when preparing their visit, and when experiencing it too.
Available free of charge[1] on all iPhone models, the Disneyland Paris iPhone application provides a host of ways for guests to customise their visit, optimising the time spent at the destination. Interactivity and real-time information take centre stage to ensure a successful stay.
Prior to their visit, visitors may:
- Get information about the destination (descriptions of the Disney Parks and Hotels) and check opening hours for the parks, attractions, shows, parades, restaurants, shops and services
- Find out the various admission rates to the parks and about special offers, with the possibility of directly contacting our central reservation office to make a booking
- Customise their experience with recommended itineraries according to what they are seeking (thrills or family adventure), and with lots of advice to help get organised once on site
- Watch videos of the latest attractions at the parks (more…)
Welcome to Our Disneyland Paris Section
We would like to welcome all our you to our latest edition, our Disneyland Paris section. This will be the area where we will post the latest Disneyland Paris news and information.
Thanks for stopping by and we look forward to developing our Disneyland Paris Section for you.