Transformative Multi-Year Expansion Announced for WDS Paris

[Sir_Cliff]

Yes. There is a covenant on that area. I forget the specifics though.

Thanks for that!

Do you know if that means they can't really replace the Cars attraction with another land/one-attraction land in the future?

 

[Haymarket]

Now we’ve been to HKs Frozen land (finally) and knowing it intimately, what’s being built in Paris is virtually identical.

We’re also glad they’re not building the sleds in Paris. It would be a nightmare atbguest relations with people queueing for what they got. We walked on twice and wouldn’t queue more than ten minutes; we chatted to another British family who did queue without knowing what it was and they didn’t speak well of it (the forum software would delete what they called it). It’s more like a walk through with a slide at the end to exit.

Lion King (and Frozen) will suffer if anything from today’s way of building one attraction with a shop and QS and calling it a land, when all they are is an attraction with a shop and QS. It’s akin to building Splash in Orlando in 1992 and calling it Bayou Land when it was just an expansion of Frontierland.

When I wrote

I figured that at the planning stage they could have found or made some space for it.

I was referring to Oaken's Dancing Sleighs.

 

[Aramar]

I was referring to Oaken's Dancing Sleighs.

The problem is that they already have Cars which is the same flat ride.

 

[marni1971]

When I wrote



I was referring to Oaken's Dancing Sleighs.

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I think we’re at crossed purposes !

 

[marni1971]

Thanks for that!

Do you know if that means they can't really replace the Cars attraction with another land/one-attraction land in the future?

Pass. Like others have said it may be date / area / like for like specific. When they rerouted it for Cars I was surprised, but it also shows they couldn’t just flatten it.

 

[Haymarket]

Is it true that it's generally assumed that Star Wars will be the third land around Adventure Bay?

From an April opinion piece in Blooloop:

In France, Disneyland Paris is working on the completion of a new Frozen -themed land later this year.

This will be followed by a Lion King -themed flume that gives off a serious Splash Mountain vibe. The addition of the Lion King -themed Pride Rock mountain is expected to be followed by a Star Wars- themed land in the vein of Galaxy’s Edge at the Studios park. The Studios park will be re-branded entirely as Disney Adventure World by the end of this year.

Disney is expected to decide by 2036 if it will build a third massive theme park at the Paris resort. To do so, the French government requires the existing parks to show a combined annual attendance of 22 million by 2036. Otherwise, it will sell off the land it is holding in reserve for Disney for the project to other ventures.

This alone is a massive reason why The Walt Disney Company will continue to invest heavily in the Paris resort over the next decade.

According to the latest Theme Park & Museum Index attendance report from the TEA, the Disneyland Paris resort pulled in 16.1 million guests in 2023. It saw 10.4 million at Disneyland Paris and 5.7 million at the Studios park. Those numbers are pretty telling as to why there are so many new attraction plans at the Studios park. There is much room for growth to bring these numbers up to the required levels by 2036.

 

[nickys]

Is it true that it's generally assumed that Star Wars will be the third land around Adventure Bay?

From an April opinion piece in Blooloop:

Errr, no!

It was going to be Star Wars until COVID. Then they changed it to LK.

 

[marni1971]

Well, it’s a recent article.

That would be nice.

 

[nickys]

Well, it’s a recent article.

That would be nice.

I’d love it if it meant we get Rise in Paris.

I thought Avatar was the front runner though.

 

[marni1971]

I’d love it if it meant we get Rise in Paris.

I thought Avatar was the front runner though.

So far as I’m aware Avatar is just fan rumour but I’m happy to be corrected

 

[Supersnow84]

Now we’ve been to HKs Frozen land (finally) and knowing it intimately, what’s being built in Paris is virtually identical.

We’re also glad they’re not building the sleds in Paris. It would be a nightmare atbguest relations with people queueing for what they got. We walked on twice and wouldn’t queue more than ten minutes; we chatted to another British family who did queue without knowing what it was and they didn’t speak well of it (the forum software would delete what they called it). It’s more like a walk through with a slide at the end to exit.

Lion King (and Frozen) will suffer if anything from today’s way of building one attraction with a shop and QS and calling it a land, when all they are is an attraction with a shop and QS. It’s akin to building Splash in Orlando in 1992 and calling it Bayou Land when it was just an expansion of Frontierland.

I don’t really understand this

Sure wandering oaks is short and arguably a disappointment but it’s a C ticket. Combine that with playhouse in the woods and it actually allows arendelle to feel like a complete land

Why is that a bad thing just because wandering oaks is too short

 

[Gusey]

So far as I’m aware Avatar is just fan rumour but I’m happy to be corrected

Only official thing was last year when Bob Iger said "“We have one Avatar-based land, Pandora, in Florida. We’re going to put a second one in California. That doesn't mean we can't put one somewhere in Asia or somewhere in Europe for instance"

 

[marni1971]

I don’t really understand this

Sure wandering oaks is short and arguably a disappointment but it’s a C ticket. Combine that with playhouse in the woods and it actually allows arendelle to feel like a complete land

Why is that a bad thing just because wandering oaks is too short

It needs a disclaimer at the entrance; it just breeds disappointment after queuing 45 minutes for it. The art direction and queue are great. The payoff isn’t.

 

[Mr Ferret 75]

It needs a disclaimer at the entrance; it just breeds disappointment after queuing 45 minutes for it. The art direction and queue area great. The payoff isn’t.

Same as crushes coaster ...

 

[marni1971]

Same as crushes coaster ...

At least that is more than 53 seconds from dispatch to final brakes!

 

[Mr Ferret 75]

At least that is more than 53 seconds from dispatch to final brakes!

A whole extra minute and 2 seconds of my life I can't get back.

 

[Supersnow84]

I don’t really see why it’s bad that a c ticket is short

Like should we put a warning on the teacups

 

[ThemeParkTraveller]

I don’t really see why it’s bad that a c ticket is short

Like should we put a warning on the teacups

I think the biggest difference is you see exactly what you are getting with a ride like Teacups. People walking up to Wandering Oaken's (and who have not done any prior research) might get the wrong impression that it's similar in scale to Big Grizzly Mountain, the other semi-outdoor coaster at the park. Nothing wrong with the ride being a C-ticket, but the E-ticket level facade and queue does create a bit of mismatched expectations for people walking in blind.

 

[marni1971]

 

[Animaniac93-98]

Much less exciting is the progress on the new gift shops outside World Premier

It's funny how they built this long blvd with no shops or buildings, and now the feel obligated to stick them elsewhere