It's a crying shame that they put the Star Wars overlay on Space Mountain, and didn't keep the original Jules Verne 'From the Earth to the Moon' theming. I haven't done it since the Hyperspace Mountain overlay, but did the original version and 'Mission 2' that came slightly later. Hyperspace looks like a hollow shell of what the ride was before.

@DeenaMilkers

5 ай бұрын

absolutely. so short sighted and emblematic of the worst of disney. imagine if they threw away its a small world to put in some marvel ride?

@frozenuruguayball6436

5 ай бұрын

Mission 2 was a solid heir to the og theme. It continued on the Jules Verne theme since the story behind mission 2 was it was going beyond the moon to deep space. Also it’s soundtrack is the best coaster soundtrack

@alphawinnergx9127

5 ай бұрын

Definitely agree. A SW attraction is great, but that's not how a Disney park should do it, this poor overlay just doesn't meet their standards.

@jordanberndt4157

5 ай бұрын

🤞Fingers crossed that after Galaxy's Edge opens at Studios, they restore Space Mountain to it's former glory.

@NathanHydra

5 ай бұрын

I’ve only ridden it in hyperspace form and my goodness do I despise what’s inside. I hope they give it a Python re-track and bring back Jules Verne theming.

I agree with almost all of what you say. The Paris park is the best “castle park” Disney has built. The attention to detail is off the scale. However, you got one thing wrong: the park did big attendance numbers from its very first year. It was always popular. It was the 5000 hotel rooms they built next to it that dragged down the bottom line. They used the Florida model of needing their own hotel rooms without noticing that Orlando in the 70’s and 80’s was much smaller than Paris. It was a big mistake to build so many hotels next to a city that, unlike Orlando, already had plenty of hotels. People stay in Paris and make day trips to Disney, not the other way around.

I love this park for all the reasons you mentioned. Definitely has the best Thunder Mountain and Space Mountain (in its original theme). One of my favorite unique features is the arcade passageways on either side of Main Street that I don’t think I discovered until my second visit. They each have beautiful architecture and I love the gas lamps. You can definitely tell that legend Tony Baxter designed the park with his passionate attention to detail. There are some great interviews with him that highlight the care that went into the park to make it the best it could be. The original vision for Discoveryland was incredible and it’s sad that it’s slowly being taken over by Disney Star Wars.

@soundwave591

Ай бұрын

Did they change it back?? A year ago it was Star Wars

The original 'De La Terre a la Lune' was awe-inspiring. Kind of grateful I got to experience it when it first opened.

From outside visiters this park is probably great but for someone who went here 6-7 times already and seeing small to no changes to the park is just sad, glad they are trying to do some more with it

@CoasterStudios

5 ай бұрын

I really do wish we'd see more investment into this park specifically.

FINALLY some respect for DLP, in my opinion the best castle park and the second best Disney park!

@LEWIS1992

5 ай бұрын

Agreed! Disney Sea has to take the top spot.

@Alex-ro5of

5 ай бұрын

@@LEWIS1992 definitely!

@jackdr20roblox29

Ай бұрын

For me it’s the best Disney park alongside studios

Fun fact. The terrible Indiana Jones coaster may have been built by Intamin but the layout was designed by a name you either love or hate in this industry. Pinfari. Pinfari was even the original company of choice to build it but their schedules were fully booked and they didnt have time to build a ride for Disney. So instead they contracted it out to Intamin. If you want to see what the Pinfari version looked like the look up "Looping" at Tivoli Karolinelund or "Crazy loop" at Brean theme park.

@CoasterStudios

5 ай бұрын

a Pinfari at a Disney park sounds like a weird fever dream

@XParks

5 ай бұрын

It's even stranger that they decided to open a clone of the coaster at Tokyo DisneySea. Although I've heard that its clone is significantly better due to it having modifications compared to the original.

The vision they had to bring everything from the American parks to Europe in a more beautiful and spectacular way has really paid off. Personally, I would consider Frontierland to be the best land, BigThunder Mountains island and the whole lore around Phantom Manor is just great. Discoveryland is unfortunately no longer quite what the original idea of the area was. Hyperspace Mountain is still a great roller coaster, but the loveless Star Wars theme is simply out of place. It would be nice to see an extra Galaxies Edge, then Discoveryland could be brought back to its former glory. In the Studios, only Ratatouille and the Tower of Terror are really great.

I went to Disneyland Paris in 2016, and now seeing this video I feel like I didn't do enough there. I rode Space Mountain (before the Star Wars retheme), Pirates, Phantom Manor, and some of the smaller rides. I also remember there being lots of construction around the BTMR area, and I never really got to see some of those secret passageways you mentioned. Very beautiful park though.

Glad you enjoyed our walkthroughs there are my favourite part of the park 😍

Tomorrow there will be a new preshow with drones doing electrical parade in the sky above the Castle, I wonder how that will look, going to the premiere tomorrow night

@CoasterStudios

5 ай бұрын

that's awesome!

Hi there, I’m gonna help you with the nighttime shows: In 2012, Disney Dreams debuted for the 20th anniversary. In 2017, Disney Illuminations debuted for the 25th anniversary. In 2023, Disney D-Light debuted for the 30th anniversary. (The first drone show at Disneyland Paris, which is a 10 minutes pre-show) Later in 2023, Disney Dreams was brought back by popular demand, being part of the Grand Finale of the 30th anniversary. And recently, Disney Electrical Sky Parade debuted, replacing Disney D-Light.

last year Isaw construction of frozen land from the top of the toy soldier parachute drop in toystory land

Disneyland Paris is truly amazing! The whole experience was top notch; our hotel had everything, we loved the restaurants, and of course the rides were incredible! Great review btw :)

@jackdr20roblox29

16 күн бұрын

Agreed!

This park is incredible, it’s just missing that S tier, one of the best in the world level attractions. If it gets that, then I think it might be one of the best parks in the world.

@nugget_music

5 ай бұрын

I have a plan like this to fix the entire park. $2 Billion Investment Discoveryland - Retheme Space Mountain back to "From the Earth to the Moon" and give the queue line proper theming. Also, fix the damn cannon. - Replace Buzz Lightyear with a new ride/show themed to Jules Verne. Have the ride system be the same as Danse Macabre at Efteling. - Replace Star Tours and Mickey's Philharmagic with a "Journey to the Center of the Earth" clone from Tokyo Disneysea or - Soarin, but themed to "Around the World in 80 Days." - Update the Mysteries of The Nautilus again and put all the Jules Verne references back, to include the squid attack. Fantasyland - "Enchanted Tale of Beauty and the Beast" clone along with the restaurant "Be Our Guest." This gives Disneyland Paris a true dark ride. Adventure Land - Keep the theming but replace "Indiana Jones and the Temple of Peril" with a brand new extreme coaster from Intamin. Something like Taron or Velocicoaster. Frounterland - A brand new log flume/Splash Mountain not themed to any Disney IP. Have it continue the the story of Fronterland (or have it explain the area better!) If Disney did all this, I'd then argue day and night it over Disneyland Paris being the best Disney park period.

The thing with castles is that in Europe we actually have them. For real. No brag builds by some eccentric billionaire in the 20th century, but real castles older than the United States. So we know them very well and would not stand for some poor copy. 😂 😂 😂 Great video!!!

@sebastiannolte1201

5 ай бұрын

So it is funny that the Disney castles are mainly inspired by a famous German castle built by an eccentric billionaire in the 19th century, and not a castler older than the US

The one thing you have to consider vs tokyo disneyland is food cost. Everything is so much cheaper in tokyo if eating is a big part of your day that counts for a lot of points in the rankings.

I work at the Disneyland Hotel which is opening to guests soon! Can't wait!

I might go to France in the next few years and I would love to go here and Parc Asterix

I went here in 2011 as a kid and loved this park. I remember being lucky enough to fastpass btm which was the coolest thing as a kid

Hopefully Disneyland Paris can shake off this dark cloud that's been hanging over them for so long (and justifiably so) - before the pandemic they'd started reporting a small profit, and did last year too - on the back of their excellent 30th anniversary (we'll see how the past year went when they report in March). Good to see investment in the Studio park, but it'd be nice to see a little something for the castle park too - they have several expansion spaces available in most of the lands, they just need that investment to keep the momentum going.

@abrandenburg10

5 ай бұрын

The disneyland Paris story is full of heartbreaking moments like that. 2017-2019 mightve been the parks best years from a financial perspective and then ofc a once a century pandemic happens to set the resort back again

that place looks amazing.

Wow, I gotta get back there. I was at both Paris Disney parks just under 20 years ago, and the day was a blur. But I do remember loving the Space Mountain uphill launch, and that the Indiana Jones coaster was running backwards at the time - I am a sucker for anything backwards, especially a vertical loop, but I could see how basic and janky it would be just running forwards. We didn't have a lot of time that day, so I definitely did not get to appreciate all the little things you mentioned, which I would easily highlight on a future visit.

this is my main disney park I visit about 6 times a year. II absolutely love it. I think youmissed 1 big thing. the entertainment besides the nighttime shows. the rythms of the pride lands lion king show is one of the best shows in a theme park ever. I watch that every day I am there. the other seasonal shows they do, especially when they had their dream and shine brigher for the 30th, was AMAZING. best castle show ever with a amazing vibe. I saw some footage of it in this video. it is hard to also look at entertainment when everything is so now and fresh. but it is fef worth your time!

I visited this park for the first time in early december, and it blew my mind! Imo, it's definitely a better version of Magic Kingdom (except Phantom Manor, I'd take Haunted Mansion over it). Discoveryland and the Pirates lands were the highlights for me! Idk if I agree with you about the park needing a new coaster, since Big Thunder and Space Mountain is a pretty good top 2 and the park isn't necessarily centered on coasters, I think the park really needs a new dark ride or a simulator. Replacing the Indiana Jones coaster for the EMV dark ride would be the perfect fit imo

I believe they don't update the lineup because the castle park crushes almost any other park in Europe and France. People are attracted here because of the IPs alone, they don't know a lot about the rides here. That's why updates are focused on details like shows, merch, food, meet n' greets, that builds up the whole experience they're selling. Hopefully, this will have to change when Universal will open its UK park, Disney will have to keep up against this brand new competitor. They won't be able to rely on their brands alone, and would probably add new rides.

@Juup2003

5 ай бұрын

This is not true, Europe has many parks with many big attractions. Disneyland is attractive due to it’s legendary status under the name “Disney” that is held up by a park that is indeed good. But if you look up parks like “Europapark” “phantasialand” and “Efteling. You will see that there are parks on the same level or above as Disney.

@alphawinnergx9127

5 ай бұрын

@@Juup2003 I definitely agree that Europe has a lot of parks on the same level as Disney. However, I tend to think that these parks still don't get as popular as Disney because they don't have the same cultural significance. For instance, I believe that Phantasialand is even better than Disney in terms of rides, theming and experience, but I have never heard about it before becoming an enthusiast. That's why I think that Disney stands so much above other destination parks, because they deliver a cultural experience, as opposed to other destination parks that only deliver excellent park experiences. So, that's why I say Universal could be a serious competitor against Disney, as they're the only ones to offer a cultural experience of that caliber. Unlike EP, Port Aventura, Phantasialand... , parks like Disney and Universal appeal to more than park goers, they can target a wider IP fans audience.

@Juup2003

5 ай бұрын

@@alphawinnergx9127 I don’t like that it will be in the uk though. For me, it is much more of a hassle to go to the uk, crossing the water, different currency, different driving, than just driving anywhere to Europe, so I am not sure how soon I would visit it compared to Disney.

@alexisbelfer7881

3 ай бұрын

@@Juup2003 Plus you forgot the weather! Addind to everything you just said, just a horrible suicidal idea from Universal to put it in UK.

I had the un monde qui s'illumine song at my wedding haha. Great tune

I like the Disneyland Paris resort over all. It's got the "Disney bubble" feel of Disney World that Disneyland lacks, minus the overwhelming stress of planning a Disney World vacation.

This park can use a proper expansion with some big themed rides and lands.

Love/hate relationship with this park, I’ve lived 15 minutes from Disneyland CA my entire life. The locals not appreciating Disneyland Paris headed by one of the best, my personal favorite imagineer, Tony Baxter really changed park investment for the worse. We didn’t get WestCot, DisneySea in Long Beach CA or tomorrowland 2055 because the locals/tourists refused to appreciate this park. Which is probably the best castle park, now it has a cult following but they really set back parks and resorts 2 decades with that bad attitude…

I said this once and I’ll say it again… European Parks > American Parks

Well Main Street looks like the others ones but there's a huge difference with the 2 arcades on the sides wich are really helpful to exit the park at closing time but also when it rains.

I went here in 2018 and didn't have a full day at the park unfortunately. We did enough at least, it just makes me want to go back!

Small World at Paris does have the same repetitive song, but it doesn’t have a streaker climbing on the sets and ruining the experience!

@CoasterStudios

5 ай бұрын

ope

I loved Disneyland Paris. I miss the days before when rock n roller coaster wasn’t rethemed, and when space mountain wasn’t rethemed to Star Wars. It was so cool

I disagree about the Indiana Jones coaster, any jank isn't that bad and it's part of the character of the ride, it's literally simulating an out of control mine cart!! I like it.

the issue with indiana jones is the layout. If you didn’t know, it was designed by pinfari. It is literally a fair ride design.

I love Disneyland Paris, agreed disneyland park needs new attractions although I think before that they need to update the dark rides like Snow White and Pinocchio, they are super dated. I would love to see more dark rides in Disneyland park as I feel like that’s the vibe of that park, something like Winnie the Pooh or under the sea from MK

I know Indiana Jones and the Temple of peril is not the best, but I honestly think it is underrated, I remember it being unique and quite fun. Still nowhere near as good as Hyperspace though.

@LLLLLLLLLucas

5 ай бұрын

I agree, it's not supposed to be super sophisticated or smooth. It's a mine cart!!!

They’re getting a frozen land soon which could add rides.

I am glad that at least their Entertaiment gets a good budget to counter balance the lack of new rides. The only things that I would do would be to build Indiana Jones Adventures and take out the rollercoaster and bring back De la Terre a la Lune for Space Mountain.

I agree: it's the most beautiful Disney castle park on the planet. Spacemountain used to be my favorite ride. Now, as Hyperspace Mountain, it's crap!

5:50 why isn’t it in the studio park?

Im going to disney in a month after 8 years, we planned it a year ago but then I found out the big thunder mountain is closing for 2 months. It was my favourite ride 😭😭😭😭

2024 year video of Disney.

I would love it if they replaced indiana jones with a intamin straddle like juvelen but way more theming, better capacity and a drop track and stuff

Yes it's nice but I think its still missing a lot of stuff, the thing is that everyone is talking about how bad wds is and they forget that the attraction lineup of the main park is still very incomplete

It's soooooooo crowded there, I barely rode anything. I would have been happy to wait in line, but unfortunately I had limited time

I agree that the park needs more love. Like its a million times better than walt disney studios next door and i could totally see why disney would prioritize fixing THAT park, but disneyland paris still hasnt had a major ride added since space mountain all the way back in 1995. Maybe disney will start doing work on this park once the frozen land opens

"jenky" LOL - That's one way to describe it.

You need to read into the story of Phantom Manor Taylor

Everyone says the park need some love. They haven't expanded since 1995. Also, they removed the ferris wheel in Fantasyland.

You know what's kinda funny? They could probably just plop a clone of Magic Kingdom's Snow White and the Seven Dwarves Mine Train right behind the current Indiana Jones coaster, rip out parts of the old coaster itself for a new queline while integrating the rest of it into the new coaster's theme and story, and they would effectively be killing two birds with one stone at a fraction of the cost it took them to replace the old Snow White ride in Magic Kingdom. And if they wanted a little more variation with their version so that's a little more thrilling, they could just make the drops a little longer and steeper.

I think a Pooh's Hunny Hunt would work in Fantasyland

Disney Studios will be undergoing a massive renovation starting in August 2024 through late 2025. Also, if you're planning to go in 2024 remember: The Olympics is in Paris this year and it will be insane throughout the summer. I'd advise planning to go early in the year or after August 11th when the Olympics end.

Buzz Lightyear replaced the original version of The Timekeeper, known as Le Visionarium in Paris.

1: You didn't comment on the weatherproofing of the park. Because Paris is notoriously rainy, they created many covered areas. As you go down Main Street, there are arcades on both sides behind the storefronts. Most of the rides have queues that are covered. 2: Paris is the only park serving alcohol openly, not just in restaurants. One of the faults of EuroDisney when it opened was no wine. Now, there are carts serving Champagne on Main Street. 3: I was at the Park late one night and got on Indiana Jones, thinking is was just a dark ride. While you may not like the ride, but I got a fright when I couldn't see the track and it did a loop. Mon dieu! Where did that come from?

I went a few months ago and absolutely loved it. The studios section absolutely sucks though.

I think Tokyo Disneyland is still miles ahead of Disneyland Paris in terms of the sheer amount of what they offer. However, I understand how people from outside Japan not understanding how they can experience certain rides, shows, restaurants, and more at T.D.L. due to how the park is primarily catered towards its most dominant guests, Japanese. Also, the merchandise game, alone,, at Tokyo Disney Resort is still unmatched by any other theme park out there maybe aside from Universal Studios Japan

There is a high speed train from CDG airport which takes 10 mins for about €17, much better than 37 mins.

All Disney Parks have something the others don't have, that's how they make you go to them all.

Im not a Disney Fan but it looks to me like the 4 Florida parks offer more for every type of person.

Great park but could benefit with more investment

I wonder why this parks Space Mountain has inversions but the others don’t

@JustinCoasters

5 ай бұрын

It was built after California, Florida, and Tokyo

I don’t wanna really visit this park. Idk my first and only Disneyland was Tokyo and I have Phantasialand and Europa Park not far away from me aaaaand Parc Asterix is awesome 😅

@Innovation1778

5 ай бұрын

Did you like the Paris Disney firework show about Peter Pan better than the other one or were they both as good in your opinion ?

I visited once in July of 2023. Unfortunately, pirates of the Caribbean and Buzz Lightyear Astro blasters were closed during my visit. It's alright. In my opinion, it has a severe lack of attractions compared to other similar parks like Europa-park, Efteling, or Phantasialand, all of which I prefer over Disneyland Paris. Perhaps it is a one-off that I had a bad experience, however, the ticket prices are too high for me to ever return. I would rather go to another park like Parc Asterix for 2 days if I had the money and was in the area. Also very shameful that they removed the original theming from space mountain and replaced it with a cheapskate star wars theme. Now I have even less of a reason to return.

@CoasterStudios

5 ай бұрын

I do think it could use a few more supporting attractions, but as I said at the end of the video, it seems like most of their focus has been putting that at Walt Disney Studios instead of the main park

The fact that it hasn’t had any new rides in years is why many Europeans (especially Brits) just tend to go to the Florida parks. They may be more expensive, but there are four parks and so much more to do. It just doesn’t seem worth it to do DLP unless you have really small kids who can only do Fantasyland rides. They really need to invest some more in Europe.

The park isn’t install in Paris because it was the best location, but because it was partly funded by the French government to boost tourism. Spain was arguably the better location, mainly because of the weather .

It's a great park, but as a European I haven't been back there in a decade because it's so expensive and they haven't had anything new basically ever.

@CoasterStudios

5 ай бұрын

Honestly that’s totally fair and I completely understand that.

its funny that the worst ride at Disneyland Paris (Indiana Jones) was "quote me if I'm wrong," the most expensive ride there, costing 100 million dollars to build (Same price as Expedition Everest), why is it so expensive I don't know, it looks like an average well themed wild mouse.

5:58 walt disney studios ? Play land ?

@marlonrvlogs

5 ай бұрын

Buzz Lightyear Laser Blast was opened in 2006 and Toy Story play land was opened in 2010, they didn't now in 2006 that there was a Toy Story themed zone coming, and the concept art of Toy Story play land came out around 2008 and they started building around early 2009 and Buzz lightyear laser blast was about space and then space mountain was also about space and Star Tours is also about space so Buzz Lightyear Laser Blast fit in that zone. And Disneyland Paris wanted in the 2000s a Toy Story themed attraction because in the 2000s was Toy Story very popular and Buzz Lightyear was more popular than Woody in the 2000s because of the DVD release of Toy Story's 10th anniversary special DVD in 2005 and the Buzz Lightyear tv show so they made that attraction because Buzz Lightyear was very popular at the time and it's true Toy Story was very popular in the 2000s that's why they made a 3rd Toy Story movie in 2010 and Toy Story was even more popular in Europe in the 2000s.🇪🇺🤷🏼‍♂️

Im in the UK but never really considered going tbh cos Im more for the thrills, but really wanna take my girlfriend for her birthday. I just need to find me one of them first tho...

Great place, went last year and came out as trans on space moutain

It's a shame about walt Disney studios only crush's coaster tower of terror and ratatouille are rides i care about the restaurant in avengers campus with the big small food looks interesting but other than that i am not very impressed with avengers campus

I was really impressed by the amount of prep work done for this video. Great research and information. And then we hit the castles... "The locals here are used to these big, impressive castles," a phrase you highlight by showing a photo of Caerphilly Castle - in the UK. This is followed by Windsor Castle, a castle that is actually one of the residences of the British Royal Family and one of the most-famous non-French castles in the world. The third castle you show - this one's going to hurt - is part of the Tower of London. Did you maybe go digging through the wrong folder? (Been there...) The castles that are local to the locals would be: Château de Fontainebleau Château de Chantilly Château de Pierrefonds Château de Vaux-le-Vicomte Château de Vincennes (I've been to none of the French castles... 2025!... but I've been to Windsor and the Tower of London, which is why I noticed.)

@CoasterStudios

5 ай бұрын

I was referring to locals, as in 'Europeans.' Sorry I should've clarified. I haven't been to any French castles, but I have been to several in the UK, so I showed pictures I took at those locations.

@kevinbhieey9188

5 ай бұрын

@@CoasterStudios French people don't go to the UK! LOLZ! But seriously, they don't. I've heard French in all their neighbor countries but I don't recall ever hearing it in London, which you'd expect. Though they're also the type to go to the UK and not admit it to anyone. Next time you go to Parc Asterix, go to Chantilly. It's really close, :25 if you've got a car, probably 4 days if you have to go by train. And if you ever go to Futuroscope for the one credit they have, there are all kinds of great fairy-tale castles nearby, which is where Disney gets many of its ideas for its own castles. (Azay-le-Rideau was apparently a big influence on Paris's Sleeping Beauty Castle, I'm assuming in the spire department. We were there on France's Heritage Day when entry was free and you should've seen the French people piling into that place!)

Also 100% agree that Indiana Jones is a terrible roller coaster.

Its a beautiful park, but the French castmembers ruin a lot of the magic for me

@jackdr20roblox29

Ай бұрын

The cast members are a hit and miss

Better for coasters than californias Disneyland, but a worse Disneyland imo.

Jules verne is better than

How dare you call this a good Disney :( We have legit one of the worst Disney. Disney California has old attraction but some created by Disney himself. Only the magic kingdom is worst but all others except maybe epcot are better. I even think that our studios are way better than the main park

@jackdr20roblox29

Ай бұрын

We don’t have the worst Disney

Lost me at "I don't care about Mickey Mouse..." Your opinion is garbage.