food IS a theme park
During today’s IAAPA (International Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions) Expo, Josh D’Amaro — the current Chairman of Disney Parks, Experiences and Products — gave a whole BUNCH of updates about attractions, lands, restaurants, and hotels coming to Disney parks around the world.
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In terms of Disneyland Paris, we got some updates about the new Avengers Campus coming to Disney Studios Park, a peek at the Marvel hotel, and more!
Today, the Walt Disney Company is sharing LOTS of information with its shareholders on their fourth-quarter earnings call!
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The fourth quarter, and the fiscal year, for the company ended in late September, and we’re really beginning to see the results and consequences of COVID-19 on Disney’s financial status. Disney reported over $14 billion dollars of revenue loss, and $2.4 billion of that was losses in the Parks, Experiences, and Products division. CEO Bob Chapek also shared how well Disney theme parks around the world fared. We’re taking a look at that now.
The global health crisis has rocked the world for almost the entirety of 2020 so far. This year, every single Disney theme park around the world has had to close, and it’s been a slow road to reopen them.
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Already, we’ve seen Hong Kong Disneyland close for a second time and reopen again and now Disneyland Paris has announced its second closure due to the global health crisis.
Back at the beginning of October, Disneyland Paris implemented the Virtual Queue Disney Standby Pass.
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Just over a week later, the Standby Pass system was temporarily paused in order to improve the experience for guests. And now, the Standby Pass has made it’s way to Disneyland Paris…again!
French President Emmanuel Macron has recently ordered a nightly curfew which will impact roughly a third of the country’s population.
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As reported by Reuters, Macron said the curfew is intended to slow the resurgence of COVID-19, which has been tied to parties and private gatherings. The curfews will take effect beginning this evening, and will run nightly from 9PM to 6AM until December 1st. The Paris region is one of the areas included in the curfew, which means Disneyland Paris will be impacted.
Things have been rapidly changing at Disney parks around the world.
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Recently, Disneyland Paris announced reopening dates for two of its hotels, but also announced that another would be re-closing. Now, we’ve got more updates about the theme parks over at Disneyland Paris and some changes that will be coming soon to their operating hours.
While our eyes have been closely watching the reopenings of Walt Disney World’s EPCOT and Disney’s Hollywood Studios today, there’s another park reopening across the ocean!
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Disney shared the news of today’s opening of the Disneyland Paris theme park, Walt Disney Studios Park, Disney Village, and Disney’s Newport Bay Club Hotel.
Disney’s international parks outside of the U.S. are known for incredible creativity. They are all beautiful and unique in their own way, with Disneyland Paris’ stunning castle (with a full-sized dragon hiding underneath!) as well as Shanghai’s MASSIVE castle!
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And if there’s something ALL of the Disney Parks are known for, it’s their SNACKS. Some of the CUTEST Disney park snacks can be found outside of the U.S.A.. Let’s take a virtual trip around the world to see a whopping 23 international Disney snacks we wish we had back home in the states!
Disney theme parks around the world have been temporarily closed due to the current health situation. These closures not only affected Disney Parks, but many organizations, communities, and people everywhere. Due to this, Disney VoluntEARS (volunteer teams made up of Cast Members) have once again joined forces to give back to the community during these unprecedented times.
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While Cast Members from Disneyland Resort, Walt Disney World, and Disney Cruise Line have donated their time and resources, Disneyland Paris is also doing their part and recently donated over 1.5 MILLION EUROS in food, protective gear, and medical supplies. [Read more…]
Disneyland Paris now has a reopening date!
Disneyland Paris
This morning, Disney announced the reopening of the premiere European Disney resort at Disneyland Paris. We’ll be strolling by Sleeping Beauty Castle again on July 15th, but in the meantime, we’re taking a look at some of the health and safety measures we can expect when we head back into Disneyland Paris.
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