Disneyland Park, originally Euro Disneyland Park, is a

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found at

Disneyland Paris Disneyland Paris is an entertainment resort in Chessy, Seine-et-Marne, Chessy, France, east of Paris. It encompasses two theme parks, resort hotels, Disney Nature Resorts, a shopping, dining and entertainment complex, and a golf course. Disney ...

Marne-la-Vallée Marne-la-Vallée () is a new town located near Paris, France. Disneyland Paris, Walt Disney Studios Park, Val d'Europe, Université Paris-Est Marne-la-Vallée, ESIEE Paris, and École des Ponts ParisTech are located in Marne-la-Vallée. St ...

, France. The park opened on 12 April 1992 as the first of the two parks built at the resort. Designed and built by

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, its layout is similar to

Disneyland Park Disneyland is a theme park in Anaheim, California. Opened in 1955, it was the first theme park opened by The Walt Disney Company and the only one designed and constructed under the direct supervision of Walt Disney. Disney initially envision ...

in California and

Magic Kingdom Park Magic Kingdom Park, previously known as Walt Disney World Magic Kingdom (1971–1994) and The Magic Kingdom (1994–2017), is a theme park at the Walt Disney World Resort in Bay Lake, Florida, near Orlando, Florida. Owned and operated by The Wa ...

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in Florida. Spanning —the second largest Disney park based on the original, after

Shanghai Disneyland Park Shanghai Disneyland (; Pinyin: ''Shànghǎi díshìní lèyuán'') is a theme park located in Chuansha New Town, Pudong, Shanghai, China, that is part of the Shanghai Disney Resort. The park is operated by Disney Parks, Experiences and Product ...

—it is dedicated to fairy tales and Disney characters. In 2016, the park hosted approximately 8.4 million visitors, making it the most-visited theme park in Europe and the 13th-most visited theme park in the world. The park is represented by

Le Château de la Belle au Bois Dormant (French for "The Castle of the Beauty Sleeping in the Wood", but known more roughly in English as "Sleeping Beauty Castle") is the fairy tale castle at the centre of Disneyland Park and a continuation of Sleeping Beauty Castle first seen at Di ...

(Sleeping Beauty Castle), a replica of the fairy tale castle seen in Disney's 1959 animated film ''

Sleeping Beauty ''Sleeping Beauty'' (french: La belle au bois dormant, or ''The Beauty in the Sleeping Forest''; german: Dornröschen, or ''Little Briar Rose''), also titled in English as ''The Sleeping Beauty in the Woods'', is a fairy tale about a princess cu ...

''.

History

In order to make things more distinct and not be a mere copy of the

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, modifications were made to the park's concepts and designs. Among the changes was the change of

Tomorrowland Tomorrowland is one of the many themed lands featured at all of the Magic Kingdom styled Disney theme parks around the world owned or licensed by The Walt Disney Company. Each version of the land is different and features numerous attractions t ...

Discoveryland Tomorrowland is one of the many themed lands featured at all of the Magic Kingdom styled Disney theme parks around the world owned or licensed by The Walt Disney Company. Each version of the land is different and features numerous attractions t ...

, giving the area a

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theme. Other altered elements include the

Haunted Mansion The Haunted Mansion is a dark ride attraction located at Disneyland, Magic Kingdom, and Tokyo Disneyland. The haunted house attraction features a ride-through tour in Omnimover vehicles called "Doom Buggies", and a walk-through show is displa ...

, which was redesigned as

Phantom Manor Phantom Manor is a dark ride attraction in Frontierland at Disneyland Park in Disneyland Paris. Phantom Manor is the park's version of The Haunted Mansion attractions at Disneyland, Magic Kingdom and Tokyo Disneyland, although it is design ...

and a retro, more intense version of

Space Mountain Space Mountain is a space-themed indoor roller coaster attraction located at five of the six Disneyland-style Disney Parks. Although all five versions of the attraction are different in nature, all have a similar conical exterior façade that is ...

(now Hyperspace Mountain). The park's location brought forth its own challenges. Sleeping Beauty Castle (

) is said by its designers to have been necessarily reevaluated for a continent on which authentic castles stand. Modifications to the park were made to protect against changes in weather in the Parisian

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. Covered walkways referred to as " arcades" were added, and

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ordered the installation of 35

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s in

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and restaurants. The park, as well as its surrounding complex, initially failed to meet financial expectations, resulting in an image change in which the word "Euro" was phased out of several names, including Euro Disney. The park was known as Euro Disney until May 1994, Euro Disneyland Paris until September 1994, Disneyland Paris until February 2002, and Disneyland Park (English) and Parc Disneyland (French) since March 2002. Michael Eisner noted, "As Americans, the word 'Euro' is believed to mean glamorous or exciting. For Europeans it turned out to be a term they associated with business, currency, and commerce. Renaming the park 'Disneyland Paris' was a way of identifying it with one of the most romantic and exciting cities in the world." On 14 March 2020 Disneyland Park, alongside the

Walt Disney Studios Park Walt Disney Studios Park (French: ''Parc Walt Disney Studios'') is the second of two theme parks built at Disneyland Paris in Marne-la-Vallée, France, which opened on 16 March 2002. It is owned and operated by The Walt Disney Company through i ...

, was temporarily closed due to the ongoing

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. Both parks remained closed for four months, resuming operations on 15 July with strict rules such as limited guest attendance,

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, and mandatory wearing of face masks. The park closed again on 29 October 2020 following a second nationwide lockdown. The park reopened in 17 June 2021.

Park layout and attractions

Disneyland Park is divided into five themed "lands", which house 49 attractions. Designed like a wheel with the hub on Central Plaza before Sleeping Beauty Castle, pathways spoke out across the of the park and lead to the lands. The

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Disneyland Railroad The Disneyland Railroad (DRR), formerly known as the Santa Fe & Disneyland Railroad, is a 3-foot () narrow-gauge heritage railroad and attraction in the Disneyland theme park of the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, California, in the United St ...

runs along the perimeter of the park and stops in

Main Street, U.S.A. Main Street, U.S.A. is the first "themed land" inside the main entrance of the many theme parks operated or licensed by The Walt Disney Company around the world. Main Street, U.S.A. is themed to resemble American small towns during the early 20t ...

Frontierland Frontierland is one of the "themed lands" at the many Disneyland-style parks run by Disney around the world. Themed to the American Frontier of the 19th century, Frontierlands are home to cowboys and pioneers, saloons, red rock buttes and gol ...

Fantasyland Fantasyland is one of the "themed lands" at all of the Magic Kingdom-style parks run by The Walt Disney Company around the world. It is themed after Disney's animated fairy tale films. Each Fantasyland has a castle, as well as several gentle ri ...

and

Main Street, U.S.A.

* Liberty Arcade (covered walkway) * Discovery Arcade (covered walkway) * Horse Drawn Streetcars (

tramway) * Main Street Vehicles *

- Main Street Station

Frontierland

* Legends of the Wild West *

Big Thunder Mountain Big Thunder Mountain Railroad is a mine train roller coaster located at Disneyland, Magic Kingdom, Tokyo Disneyland and Disneyland Park in Paris. In Tokyo and Paris, the attraction is named Big Thunder Mountain. Big Thunder Mountain Railroad is ...

* Thunder Mesa Riverboat Landing * Rustler Roundup Shootin' Gallery * Frontierland Playground * Disneyland Railroad – Frontierland Depot

Adventureland

* Aladdin's Enchanted Passage * Adventure Isle * Swiss Family Treehouse * Pirates Beach * Pirates of the Caribbean * Pirate Galleon * Indiana Jones and the Temple of Peril

Fantasyland

Sleeping Beauty Castle Sleeping Beauty Castle is a fairy tale castle at the center of Disneyland and formerly at Hong Kong Disneyland. It is based on the late 19th century Neuschwanstein Castle in Bavaria, Germany. It appeared in the Walt Disney Pictures logos from 198 ...

' * The Dragon's Lair * Lancelot's Carousel *

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" is a 19th-century German fairy tale that is today known widely across the Western world. The Brothers Grimm published it in 1812 in the first edition of their collection ''Grimms' Fairy Tales'' and numbered as T ...

Pinocchio's Daring Journey Pinocchio's Daring Journey is a dark ride at Disneyland in California, Tokyo Disneyland, and Disneyland Park in Paris. Located in the Fantasyland section of each park, this ride is based on Disney's 1940 animated film version of the classic stor ...

Dumbo the Flying Elephant Dumbo the Flying Elephant is an aerial carousel-style ride located in Fantasyland at six Disney parks around the world. It is based on the 1941 film, ''Dumbo''. The original attraction opened at Disneyland on August 16, 1955. The four other ver ...

Peter Pan's Flight Peter Pan's Flight is a rail-suspended dark ride at the Magic Kingdom, Disneyland, Disneyland Paris, Tokyo Disneyland, and Shanghai Disneyland theme parks. Located in the Fantasyland area of each park, its story, music, staging, and artwork are b ...

Alice's Curious Labyrinth Alice's Curious Labyrinth is a hedge maze attraction at the Disneyland Park within Disneyland Paris. It opened in 1992 with the Park, and belongs to the British part of Fantasyland. A similar maze attraction, based on both the 1951 and 2010 Dis ...

* Mad Hatter's Tea Cups *

It's a Small World "It's a Small World" is a water-based boat ride located in the Fantasyland area at various Disney theme parks worldwide, including Disneyland Park in Anaheim, California; Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World Resort in Bay Lake, Florida; Tokyo D ...

* Storybook Land Canal Boats *

Casey Jr. Circus Train __NOTOC__ The Casey Jr. Circus Train is the name of a ridable miniature railroad attraction found at Disneyland and a powered roller coaster attraction found at Disneyland Park (Paris). Based on the train of the same name from the 1941 film ''D ...

* Meet Mickey Mouse * Princess Pavilion * Disneyland Paris Railroad – Fantasyland Station

Discoveryland

* Buzz Lightyear Laser Blast *

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Autopia Autopia is a race car track Disneyland attraction, in which patrons steer specially designed cars through an enclosed track. Versions of Autopia exist at Anaheim, California and Disneyland Paris in Marne-la-Vallée, France. There was also an ...

* The Mysteries of the Nautilus * Hyperspace Mountain * Star Tours: The Adventures Continue *

Mickey's PhilharMagic ''Mickey's PhilharMagic'' is a 4D film attraction found at several Disney theme parks around the world, including Magic Kingdom theme park at the Walt Disney World Resort, Hong Kong Disneyland, Tokyo Disneyland, Disneyland Park (Paris), and ...

* Disneyland Railroad – Discoveryland Station

Attendance

* 2008 – 12,688,000 * 2009 – 12,740,000 * 2010 – 10,500,000 * 2011 – 10,990,000 * 2012 – 11,500,000 * 2013 – 10,430,000 * 2014 – 9,940,000 * 2015 – 10,360,000 * 2016 – 8,400,000 * 2017 – 9,660,000 *2018 – 9,843,000 *2019 – 9,745,000 *2020 – 2,620,000 Top 3 amusement parks in Europe of annual attendance ImageSize = width:677 height:336 PlotArea = left:70 right:10 top:10 bottom:20 TimeAxis = orientation:horizontal AlignBars = justify Colors = id:gray1 value:gray(0.9) DateFormat = yyyy Period = from:2008 till:2020 ScaleMajor = unit:year increment:1 start:2008 PlotData = bar:16000000 color:gray1 width:1 from:start till:end bar:15000000 color:gray1 from:start till:end bar:14000000 color:gray1 width:1 from:start till:end bar:13000000 color:gray1 from:start till:end bar:12000000 color:gray1 from:start till:end bar:11000000 color:gray1 from:start till:end bar:10000000 color:gray1 from:start till:end bar:9000000 color:gray1 from:start till:end bar:8000000 color:gray1 from:start till:end bar:7000000 color:gray1 from:start till:end bar:6000000 color:gray1 from:start till:end bar:5000000 color:gray1 from:start till:end bar:4000000 color:gray1 from:start till:end bar:3000000 color:gray1 from:start till:end bar:2000000 color:gray1 from:start till:end bar:1000000 color:gray1 from:start till:end bar:0 color:gray1 # x: 70+((year-2007)×50) # y: 20+((305/16.000.000)×Attendance) LineData = layer:front points:(65,96)(70,96) color:yellow width:2 #2008: 4.000.000 points:(70,96)(120,101) color:yellow width:2 #2009: 4.250.000 points:(120,101)(170,101) color:yellow width:2 #2010: 4.250.000 points:(170,101)(220,106) color:yellow width:2 #2011: 4.500.000 points:(220,106)(270,108) color:yellow width:2 #2012: 4.600.000 points:(270,108)(320,113) color:yellow width:2 #2013: 4.900.000 points:(320,113)(370,115) color:yellow width:2 #2014: 5.000.000 points:(370,115)(420,124) color:yellow width:2 #2015: 5.500.000 points:(420,124)(470,127) color:yellow width:2 #2016: 5.600.000 points:(470,127)(520,129) color:yellow width:2 #2017: 5.700.000 points:(520,129)(570,129) color:yellow width:2 #2018: 5.720.000 points:(570,129)(620,129) color:yellow width:2 #2019: 5.750.000 points:(620,129)(670,67) color:yellow width:2 #2020: 2.500.000 points:(670,67)(672,67) color:yellow width:2 LineData = layer:front points:(65,262)(70,262) color:red width:2 #2008: 12.688.000 points:(70,262)(120,263) color:red width:2 #2009: 12.740.000 points:(120,263)(170,220) color:red width:2 #2010: 10.500.000 points:(170,220)(220,229) color:red width:2 #2011: 10.990.000 points:(220,229)(270,239) color:red width:2 #2012: 11.500.000 points:(270,239)(320,219) color:red width:2 #2013: 10.430.000 points:(320,219)(370,209) color:red width:2 #2014: 9.940.000 points:(370,209)(420,217) color:red width:2 #2015: 9.790.000 points:(420,217)(470,180) color:red width:2 #2016: 8.400.000 points:(470,180)(520,204) color:red width:2 #2017: 9.660.000 points:(520,204)(570,208) color:red width:2 #2018: 9.840.000 points:(570,208)(620,206) color:red width:2 #2019: 9.745.000 points:(620,206)(670,70) color:red width:2 #2020: 2.620.000 points:(670,70)(672,70) color:red width:2 LineData = layer:front points:(65,82)(70,82) color:blue width:2 #2008: 3.290.000 points:(70,82)(120,96) color:blue width:2 #2009: 4.000.000 points:(120,96)(170,96) color:blue width:2 #2010: 4.000.000 points:(170,96)(220,99) color:blue width:2 #2011: 4.125.000 points:(220,99)(270,101) color:blue width:2 #2012: 4.230.000 points:(270,101)(320,100) color:blue width:2 #2013: 4.150.000 points:(320,100)(370,104) color:blue width:2 #2014: 4.400.000 points:(370,104)(420,109) color:blue width:2 #2015: 4.680.000 points:(420,109)(470,111) color:blue width:2 #2016: 4.760.000 points:(470,111)(520,119) color:blue width:2 #2017: 5.180.000 points:(520,119)(570,123) color:blue width:2 #2018: 5.400.000 points:(570,123)(620,123) color:blue width:2 #2019: 5.400.000 points:(620,123)(670,76) color:blue width:2 #2020: 2.900.000 points:(670,76)(672,76) color:blue width:2 :

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: Disneyland Paris :

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Shows and parades

Disneyland Park hosts a range of daytime and nighttime entertainment throughout the year.

Current

Daytime Shows

: 2018–present *

Disney Stars on Parade Disney Stars on Parade is the current parade in Disneyland Park at Disneyland Paris. The parade premiered on March 26, 2017, as part of the park's 25th anniversary celebration. The parade celebrates the discovery of the lands of imagination, repr ...

: 2017–present Nighttime Shows *

Disney Illuminations ''Disney Illuminations'' is a nighttime spectacular at Disneyland Park in Disneyland Paris. It opened on 26 March 2017 to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the park and replaced ''Disney Dreams!''. Based on ''Ignite the Dream'', the former nig ...

: 2017–present (Stopped Due To

) *Mickey's Goodnight Kiss (2017–2018 2021- (Due To

))

Seasonal Events and Shows

* Frozen Celebration: 2020–present *The Lion King and Jungle Festival: 2019–present ** Rhythms Of The Pride Lands: 2019-present ** Jungle Book Jive: 2019-2020 *Christmas Season **Royal Sparkling Christmas Waltz: 2019–present **Mickey's Magical Christmas Lights: 2015–present **Disney's Christmas Parade: 2012–present *Halloween Season ** Mickey's Halloween Celebration: 2013–2016, 2018–present ** Are You Brave Enough?: 2019–present * Disney's New Year's Eve Parade: 2017–present * Sparkling New Year's Eve Fireworks: 1992–present

Retired

Daytime Shows

* Jedi Training Academy (2015–2017) * Chantons La Reine des Neiges - Frozen Sing-Along (2015-2018) * Tarzan: The Encounter (2000-2008, 2011-2012) * Winnie the Pooh and Friends, too (1998-2005, 2006-2011) * Mulan, la Légende (1999-2002) * Beauty and the Beast (1992-1996)

Nighttime Shows

* Mickey's Goodnight Kiss (2017–2018 2021- (Due To

)) * Disney Dreams! of Christmas (2013–2017) * Disney Dreams! (2012–2017) * The Enchanted Fireworks (2008–2012) * Wishes (2005–2007) *

Fantasy in the Sky ''Fantasy in the Sky'' was the first fireworks performance at Disneyland in Anaheim, California, beginning in 1958 and running until 1996 (with short engagements in 2004 and early 2015). The show also appeared at the Magic Kingdom in Lake Buena ...

(1992–2005)

Train Parades

* Disney's 20th Anniversary Celebration Train (2012–2013) * Disney Dance Express (2011–2012) * Disney All Stars Express (2010–2011) * Minnie's Party Train (2009–2010) * Disney Characters Express (2007–2009)

Parades

* Disney Magic on Parade (2012–2017) *

Disney's Fantillusion ''Disney's Fantillusion!'', sometimes known by its full name: ''Disney's Fantillusion Parade,'' and sometimes called ''Fandy'', was a regularly scheduled night-time parade, created by Ron Logan, that performed nightly at Disneyland Park (Paris) ...

(2003–2012) * Disney's Once Upon a Dream Parade (2007–2012) * Main Street Electrical Parade (1992–2003) * Disney ImagiNations Parade (1999–2001) * The Wonderful World of Disney Parade (1998–1999 and 2001–2007) * The Hunchback of Notre Dame Carnival (1997–1998) * Disney Classics Parade (1992–1997)

Shows

* The Starlit Princess Waltz (2017–2018) * Mickey Presents Happy Anniversary Disneyland Paris (2017–2018)

References

External links

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History

Park layout and attractions

Main Street, U.S.A.

Frontierland

Adventureland

Fantasyland

Discoveryland

Attendance

Shows and parades

Current

Daytime Shows

Seasonal Events and Shows

Retired

Daytime Shows

Nighttime Shows

Train Parades

Parades

Shows

See also

References

External links