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Disney theme park Le Château de la Belle au Bois Dormant, or Sleeping Beauty Disnyland Park Castle, is a recognised feature of Disneyland Park Disneyland Park Location Marne-la-Vallée, France Opening Day April 12, 1992 Resort Disneyland Resort Paris Theme Magic Kingdom Website Disneyland Resort Paris homepage Operator Euro Disney SCA Disneyland Resort Paris Disneyland Park Walt Disenyland Park Disney Studios Park Disney Village Resort hotels Disneyland Hotel Disney's Hotel New Diseyland Park York Disney's Newport Bay Club Disney's Sequoia Lodge Disney's Hotel Cheyenne Disney's Hotel Santa Disneylan Park Fe Disney's Davy Crockett Ranch Euro Disney S.C.A. Disneyland Park is one of the main attractions of Disneyland Resort Paris. Owned by Euro Disney SCA, it is one of two theme parks in the resort just outside of Paris, in Marne-la-Vallée, France. Occupying 650,000 m² or 140 acres (rendering it the largest of Disney's so-called Magic Kingdom parks), it was built on a formula pioneered by Disneyland in California and further employed at the Magic Kingdom in Florida and Tokyo Disneyland in Japan. The park opened as Euro Disneyland on 12 April 1992. For the fourth park to be based on the original in Anaheim, California, the concept was largely redesigned and the park features little to no exact copies of elements in previous parks. Amongst these changes is a shift from Tomorrowland to "Discoveryland", giving the area a retrofuturistic theme rather than futuristic. Other well-known Disneyland elements that were altered include the Haunted Mansion, which was redesigned as Phantom Manor, and Space Mountain. The park's location in Europe brought forth its own challenges. For instance, the castle, a well-known Disney institution, is said by its designers to have been necessarily reevaluated for a continent holding authentic castles. Contents 1 Dedication 2 History 3 Areas of Disneyland Park 3.1 Main Street, U.S.A. 3.2 Frontierland 3.3 Adventureland 3.4 Fantasyland 3.5 Discoveryland 4 Incidents 5 Trivia 6 References 7 External links Dedication "To all who come to this happy place, welcome. Once upon a time... a master storyteller, Walt Disney, inspired by Europe's best loved tales, used his own special gifts to share them with the world. He envisioned a Magic Kingdom where these stories would come to life, and called it Disneyland. Now his dream returns to the land that inspired it. Euro Disneyland is dedicated to the young and the young at heart... with the hope that it will be a source of joy and inspiration for all the world." - Michael Eisner, April 1, 1992 History Initially the park infamously failed to meet financial expectations, rendering it the subject of much satire in the early 1990s. Euro Disney SCA responded with an image change in which the word "Euro" was phased out of all its brands, including Euro Disneyland. This initial phasing out process was managed in three steps and followed once more by a change in 2002: Euro Disneyland was the park's official name from April 1992 until May 1994, the entire destination being called Euro Disney Resort; From June of 1994 until September, the park was called Euro Disneyland Paris*; From October 1994 until February 2002, the park was called Disneyland Paris*; Finally, from March 2002 the park was to be known as Disneyland Park. With the opening of the Walt Disney Studios Park next door, keeping the brand and identity of Disneyland Park separate was once again deemed necessary. In this strategic move, the destination was in its entirety rebranded Disneyland Resort Paris. Disneyland Park is marketed to French consumers as Parc Disneyland, although a separate logo for this name has not been enforced since 2005. The branding issues that have occurred regarding the unification or separation of the initial theme park and entire property including hotels, other parks and common facilities aren't unique to Disney in France. As Disney's global resorts have expanded with theme parks and other recreational amenities that share hotels and basic facilities on property, The Walt Disney Company experimented with marketing strategies as one of the first companies to be challenged with this task. *During these periods, no distinction was made between the names of the entire resort and the current Disneyland Park. Areas of Disneyland Park In 2006, the park map lists 48 attractions in five areas known as "lands." The Disneyland Railroad runs along the perimeter of the park and stops in Main Street, U.S.A., Frontierland, Fantasyland and Discoveryland. Main Street, U.S.A. Main article: Main Street, U.S.A. Horse-Drawn Streetcars Main Street Vehicles Liberty Arcade Discovery Arcade Dapper Dan's Hair Cuts City Hall Disneyland Railroad Main Street Train Station Frontierland Enterance to Frontierland Adventureland Main article: Frontierland Phantom Manor Big Thunder Mountain Thunder Mesa Riverboat Landing Rustler Roundup Shootin' Gallery Legends of the Wild West River Rogue Keelboats (Coyote and Raccoon) Pocahontas Indian Village Critter Corral Disneyland Railroad Frontierland Depot Adventureland Main article: Adventureland Pirates of the Caribbean Indiana Jones et le Temple du Péril (Indiana Jones and the Temple of Peril) La Cabane Des Robinsons (Swiss Family Treehouse) Le Passage Enchanté d'Aladdin Adventure Isle Pirates' Beach Fantasyland Main article: Fantasyland Le Château de la Belle au Bois Dormant (Sleeping Beauty Castle) La Galerie de Belle au Bois Dormant "it's a small world" Peter Pan's Flight Blanche-Neige et les Sept Nains Les Voyages de Pinocchio Dumbo the Flying Elephant Le Caroussel de Lancelot Mad Hatter's Tea Cups Alice's Curious Labyrinth La Tanière du Dragon Casey Junior, Le Petit Train du Cirque Le Pays des Contes de Fées Les Pirouettes du Vieux Moulin Disneyland Railroad Fantasyland Station Space Mountain sends riders to the moon in Discoveryland Discoveryland Main article: Discoveryland Space Mountain: Mission 2 Orbitron, Machines Volantes Autopia Star Tours Buzz Lightyear Laser Blast (formerly Le Visionarium) Honey, I Shrunk the Audience Les Mystères du Nautilus (The Mysteries Of The Nautilus) Arcades Alpha & Beta Disneyland Railroad Discoveryland Station Incidents In early October 2006, some park employees dressed as Disney characters were caught simulating sexual acts in a dressing room, prompting media attention. Disney said that it took "appropriate action" against the employees in question. [1] [2] Trivia Shareholders of Euro Disney S.C.A. have access to a private lounge at the park, Salon Mickey, which allows them to bypass the regular turnstiles. The Simpsons parodies the initial response to Euro Disneyland in the episode Itchy & Scratchy Land. In the movie Escape From L.A., Snake Plissken and Map-to-the-Stars Eddie are hangliding over what looks like Disneyland in the postapocalyptic Los Angeles. Plissken remarks "Is that what I think it is?" and Eddie replies: "Yeah... Place changed owners so many times then went out of business. That place in Paris killed them!" References Imagineers (1998). Walt Disney Imagineering: A Behind the Dreams Look At Making the Magic Real. Disney Editions. 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