Adventureland, in Paris is unique. Its inspiration doesn’t just come from the jungle environement commonly used in Kingdoms. This one takes a lot from a real continent : Africa. This store and its design is a real Disney jewel, but what many people don’t notice passing by this sandy outpost is the star itself : [...]
How many snacks, fast food, and fine dining every Kingdom holds ? This many. Disneyland : Table Service & Buffet : 4 Counter Service : 11 Stands & Snacks : 6 Magic Kingdom Table Service & Buffet : 5 Counter Service : 9 Stands & Snacks : 14 Tokyo Disneyland Table Service & Buffet : [...]
This humble presention is a funky video montage I made of my 2007 visit to Disneyland. Share it if you like it :)
Intrigued or annoyed, cheerful or disapointed, worried or hungry those are the states of mind guests are in steping in the 4 City Halls of the 5 Magic Kingdoms. In every Magic Kingdoms, you find them on your left entering the park. In the oldest and youngest Kingdoms the City Halls are quiet the same. [...]
One major thing to remember when visiting Tokyo Disneyland is that those popcorn stands clearly defining any Magic Kingdom offer a different kind of corn depending on their location. In Tokyo Disneyland only can you find : Black-Pepper popcorn Curry popcorn Honey popcorn (right by Pooh’s Hunny Hunt entrance) Soda popcorn Caramel popcorn I heard [...]
They seem to be the essence, the simplest attraction and yet of the defining experience of any Magic Kingdom. They can be a gentle swirl as well the craziest spin ! This article is about the 5 Mad Tea Party attractions of the 5 Magic Kingdoms. This title was not easy to come up with [...]
These are the attendance numbers for the 5 Magic Kingdoms in the year 2007 Magic Kingdom Park : 17,060,000 Disneyland : 14,870,000 Tokyo Disneyland : 13,906,000 Disneyland Paris : 12,000,000 Hong Kong Disneyland 4,150,000 Out of the top 25 international theme parks numbers, the whole podium (1st, 2nd and 3rd) is held by Magic Kingdoms [...]
There is always a plaque to unveil, on which lays a speech to tell. These are the 5 dedication speeches of the 5 Magic Kingdoms. Disneyland “To all who come to this happy place – welcome. Disneyland is your land. Here age relives fond memories of the past and here youth may savor the challenge [...]
Or Les Pirouettes du Vieux Moulin !When designing Fantasyland Tony Baxter’s team soon realised that hey hadn’t included any link to Holland, Belgique and Luxembourg. They thought about adding a mill… Actually an Old Mill attraction was already planned for Disneyland, as seen on this Bruce Bushman’s concept from Walt Disney Imagineering : A Behind [...]
Sure but when he’s out posing with guests, who operates ? Disneyland is operated by Walt Disney Parks and Resorts, a division of the Walt Disney Company that controls both US resorts, the Disney Cruise Line and Imagineering, its chairman being Jay Rasulo. You may have heard of that name :) President of Disneyland and [...]