America, where we try to fix our economy by inspecting bags
Just in case you were looking to buy a Marshmallow Gun?
They also have a board game to help you study for your bar exam
They placed the Titanic on the planes GPS
France knows how to roll...roller coaster style moving walkways!
They call this the "Moving Walkway Challenge" (formerly known as Dueling Walkways)
Right when you step off your plane the signs directs you how to get to Disneyland
OK so it didn't take long to get my first taste of French culture...a protest going on in the hallways in the airport. These people were demanding more pay by marching through the airport blowing whistles and chanting.
On our way to Marne La Vallee
Enjoying a nice drive through the French countryside
You can pass on the freeways by going into oncoming traffic
Stopped in a town to have lunch
Mmmm
Napoleon!
Almost there
Before visiting the park we checked out the city next to the park where a lot of the employees live, which similar to Celebration, was partly designed by Disney
It is noticeable in Disneyland Paris that the park is designed with much more detail than the American Parks. Here you can see Main Street is lined with bricks instead of asphalt
The classic Disneyland view
Flower Street is a street in California where the design office for Disneyland Paris was located
Other views of Americana
It has a nice mix of Disneyland and Magic Kingdom buildings, including Casey's Corner (MK) and Gibson Girl (DL). Because of the bad weather in France it also has covered streets on both sides of Main Street on the other side of the buildings that are incredibly well themed.
The stage was covered with tarps in the morning to prevent it from getting icy, but by time for the first show it was uncovered
But first we went to Fantasyland. For those unfamiliar with this park, the chief Imagineer on the project Tony Baxter did not think that a fiberglass castle similar to the American/Japanese Disney's would go well in France because of it's close proximity to real castles. They decided on a more fantasy-like castle that is unlike other European castles, and "Le Château de la Belle au Bois Dormant," or Sleeping Beauty's Castle is the result. The inside is incredibly detailed, they hired a famous French painter out of retirement to paint the stained glass windows, and there is an animitronic dragon under the castle.
Interior of the Golden Nugget, a beautifully themed restaurant in Frontierland based off of the Golden Horseshoe at Disneyland/Magic Kingdom
Layers of detail
Heading into Discoveryland
This building has molds of the attractions in Discoveryland on the exterior walls. Here is Star Tours and the Nautilus
Autopia
Discoveryland tip board
Orbitron, Space Mountain, and Videopolis
Discoveryland landscaping
Fantasyland train station, this train has the grand canyon and dino's in it similar to Disneylands (you can find the dino's at WDW at Epcot on Universe of Energy)
Space Mountain's station is next to the ride building not in it
Euro Disney concept art in city hall
Michael Eisner and Jeaques Chirac signatures
Construction picture
One of the queue props at Buzz Lightyear Laser Blast
Instructions
Hidden mickey
Buzz Lightyear explaining the mission in French and English
Time to use our Space Mountain fastpasses
Space Mountain Mission 2 line
This Space Mountain is not themed to the future since there is no Tomorrowland at Disneyland Paris, Discoveryland is themed to old European authors (such as Jules Verne) vision of the future. This Space Mountain is themed to being shot out of a cannon to the moon. It opened in 1995 and was renamed in 2005 to Space Mountain: Mission 2 with new music and effects.
The loading station
Its a Vekoma launched coaster similar to Rockin' Rollercoaster but the launch is on an upward hill and the LIMs launch you out of the cannon into space
The next morning before visiting the Studios we had breakfast at Disney's Hotel Cheyanne
Its very authentic
In the area between the two parks is the public transit station that was made specially for the Disneyland Resort. The land its on and directly in front of it is public land, so there are salesmen selling their novelties right in front of the station between the parks but if they cross the imaginary line to Disney property they can be told to move back.
We were there early in the morning so nobody was really there yet, but you can see having this is a huge plus for DLRP
The Walt Disney Studios park!
Instead of having the typical gates for strollers to enter through, they have these themed entrance doors. Another example of the great amount of detail in the parks
The parks enters through this large building that houses the main shops and Brown Derby, one interesting thing about this property is that between the covered walkways behind Main Street at Disneyland and this building at the Studios, these parks are made for the typically rainy/cold French weather.
This park is like a mix of DCA and DHS
Tower of Terror is the same as DCA's, I think this is my favorite Tower though because of the AMAZING view of the Disneyland Hotel at the top
Heres something you don't typically see in California, Tower with a line! (and people dressed for cold weather)
The ride is in French
Up next was the Armageddon Special Effects Show
The preshow is translated in six different languages
Lights, Motors, Action!
Rockin' Rollercoaster Avec Aerosmith
Tour de Force records
Toy Story Playland, new for the New Generation Festival
RC Racer, a non-spinning Intamin halfpipe and the most popular attraction in Toy Story Playland
The fencing in Toy Story Playland is made of K'Nex
And the walls are made of Domino's
This rides capacity is not stellar, i'm kind of surprised it was only posted at 80
They took part of the wall that used to surround Paris and relocated to an underground area that has now turned into a mall
SANCTUARY!
The Cathedral of Notre Dame is beautiful, gothic architecture at it's finest
For those wondering, yes you can run from the law and hide in the Cathedral and they cannot arrest you...until you are starving and inevitably leave
In Paris you have to pay to use any of the restrooms, kind of like how you can charge people to use the restroom in RCT. Took this picture in a McDonalds
At this place it is 0.50 euros to use the restroom
Sleek new convention center in the middle of a bunch of old Parisian architecture
I was a little intrigued by this sign until I realized pain is French for bread
Ok back to Disneyland...here's something I never thought i'd go on again
About to go to Endor
Blue lighting package in futuristic exit paths are neat
It was strange being able to go on the classic dark rides without the long lines
Jackass
In case no ones ever noticed, the track on Snow White is themed
The exterior of Pirates
Tried to get a picture of all the costumes...heres the male Pirates jacket
Female Pirates costume and female Pirates jacket
On Pirates here it takes your picture during the drop
Theming in the area where you can buy your Pirates on-ride photo
This ride wasn't as rough as it looked, but that doesn't mean it was any good either
The theme is a bit generic, after the park opened they needed something quick that would attract people and ended up with this
There is an awesome Wild West Dinner show in Disney Village, great food (and show!) It's also kind of funny seeing all the Europeans wearing and waving around their cowboy hats that are distributed
