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Mickey and Minnie Mouse led the celebrations wearing traditional Welsh costumes during a colourful parade.
They were joined by five talented youngsters, all winners at last year’s Urdd Eisteddfod, who also took part in a concert near Sleeping Beauty Castle at the resort.
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If those stills from the epic new Disneyland Paris TV spot whet your appetite and you’ve yet to catch the ad on any of the major broadcasters in the UK, we’ve got a treat.
The full, 40 second commercial for the New Generation Festival. Enjoy
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What did you see with the mysterious ‘Ratatouille Ride Element’? We were thinking on a Walt Disney Studios level, imagining a plain and simple dome for the top of a building. Who said Walt Disney Imagineering had no surprises left for Paris?
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An easy-to-miss detail in current casting call notices for the Disney Dream note that eligible cast members may also be asked to voice Stitch, Crush and/or Jack Sparrow. So it appears Captain Jack may be going interactive, or perhaps simply be making the ship’s announcements.
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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.
Details »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?
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I’ve thought a lot about the complex ties between the International Exhibition lineage that the 2010 Expo will continue, on the one hand, and Disney theme parks, on the other. Curiously, though, in the media coverage of the Shanghai-Disney story, the ties between World’s Fairs and theme parks has often been underplayed.
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Energy company EDF is in the first stages of plans to construct France’s largest solar-power plant right on the grounds of Disneyland Paris.
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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.
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If you happen to be on Main Street U.S.A in Disneyland Paris for any length of time, you might find yourself in need of a master tailor. Well, look no further than here.
Details »Universal Orlando Resort will debut its 20-acre Harry Potter-themed attraction, the Wizarding World of Harry Potter at Universal’s Islands of Adventure this spring, and to add more hype, Universal has bought a Superbowl XLIV commercial spot advertising the new $265 million project.
Details »Several posts ago here at DF'82 we mentioned the Star Tours attraction in Tokyo Disneyland. But I thought that today we could take a brief look at the Star Tours attraction in Disneyland Paris.
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Walt Disney Co. (Japan) Ltd. agreed to acquire Retail Networks Co., operator of Disney retail stores in Japan, from Oriental Land Co.
The stores will become a wholly owned subsidiary on April 1, Tokyo-based Disney Japan said today in an e-mailed statement. Financial terms and the number of stores weren’t disclosed.
Details »Many times in the past I have talked about the beauties and the detailing in and around Le Chateau de la Belle au Bois Dormant at Disneyland Paris.
There is so much detailing throughout le Chateau that it is easy to overlook some of it.
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Since mid 2009 Disneyland Resort Paris is on Google Earth in 3D, and so are the Walt Disney Studios. It's pretty well done and thanks to it i'm able to show you today what i call the WDS Hollywood Boulevard illusion.
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