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Resort News - (4/15/08) Fans of Disneyland Paris may be interested in the 2008 promotional video for the resort posted to Parksmania. It does show off some footage from the new interactive Stitch Live show as well as Twilight Zone and all the other new live entertainment.
  (4/2/08) Looks like I was right… those massive and very much needed expansion plans for Disneyland Paris did turn out to simply be a big April Fools Day prank. It’s a pity though since the parks could really use an injection of new attractions like that.
  (4/1/08) According to a rough translation of this page, a presentation was sent out to the Euro Disney investment partners describing plans for the resort from 2009 to 2012, when they will celebrate the 20th Anniversary of Disneyland Paris. From the sound of things they will spend 800 million Euros by then on several new attractions and refurbishment.
  On the refurbishment side they are planning to spends lots of time and money sprucing up Disneyland Paris between 2009 and 2011. Included overhauls will be a complete refurbishment of the Swiss Family Treehouse as well as the conversion of the Autopia to use the same electric powered vehicles being used in Hong Kong. In 2011 the castle itself will undergo a transformation where they may add an additional tower that will house a luxury apartment suite for special guests. Finally they talk about two new E-tickets on the way to the park, an all new version of Splash Mountain that will go somewhere in Adventureland and be given an all new theme. The new story will touch upon a variety of other Disney movies and characters such as The Rescuers, Tarzan, Robin Hood and Little Mermaid for the final splashdown. The other new attraction seems to be called The Safari of Timon and Pumba and may be built near the Indiana Jones coaster.
  Meanwhile at the Walt Disney Studios Paris it sounds like they have plans to upgrade the Rock ‘n Roller Coaster and Armageddon attractions somewhat. The Studio Tram tour will add a new Narnia forest scene. As for new attractions, the website claims that Soarin’ over France will be installed somewhere between Cinemagique and Stitch Live and then they will begin work on Expediton Mont Blanc, seeming to be a copy of Florida’s Expedition Everest. It also mentions two new possible dark rides themed to Monsters Inc and Ratatouille.
  In short, this sounds like an amazing, too good to be true, plan of action for the Disneyland Paris resort… except for one thing. The timing… it is April 1st after all so I’ve got to wonder if this is all just one big joke or not. As I seem to recall, the origins of April Fools Day itself do go back to France after all.
  (1/24/08) According to Forbes, the Euro Disney is reporting a 20% jump in sales in the first quarter along with growth in park sales, hotel revenues and attendance growth.
  (11/14/07) You can read through the Euro Disney year-end financial report here, but the bottom line is that they broke their previous attendance record and have apparently reduced their debt levels by nearly half.
  (7/27/07) Euro Disney has announced a 12% increase in sales for their Q3 over the previous year. Attendance has also increased 9% in the April to June time period. Sales for Q3 was up to 321.7 million Euros from 286.6 million the year before.
 

Ride Rehabs - The following information is not guaranteed to be 100% accurate.
Indiana Jones - 5/26/08 through 5/30/08
Pirate's Beach - 5/26/08 through 6/6/08
Pocahontas Indian Village - 5/13/08 through 5/23/08
Space Mountain - 5/20/08 through 5/22/08
Phantom Manor - 6/2/08 through 6/13/08

2008 - Nothing is known at this time...

WALT DISNEY STUDIOS - PARIS
Outside Paris, France (Abbreviation: WDS)

Park News - (6/29/07) A 14 year old Spanish girl passed out while riding the Rock ‘n Roller Coaster at the Walt Disney Studios park. Media staff tried to revive her but by the time the ambulance arrived, she was already dead. The exact cause of the death is still under investigation but inspections have already determined that the ride was operating normally.

Ride Rehabs - The following information is not guaranteed to be 100% accurate.
Nothing is known at this time.

Late 2007 - Twilight Zone: Tower of Terror - (4/30/08) Even though it’s been open for awhile now, you can see pictures from the grand opening of the Tower of Terror posted to Photos Magiques. Of course to best get the feeling of the experience and the incredible looking video projections on the tower, you’ve just got to see the video of the event posted here.
  (4/14/08) Parksmania has posted an an official making of video for the Twilight Zone: Tower of Terror at Walt Disney Studios Paris.
  (2/12/08) A new series of 30 second TV ads for the Twilight Zone: Tower of Terror have been added to YouTube. The good news is that they’re all in English and they’re all quite funny. (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
  (2/5/08) Disneyland Paris has launched an all new website for their new Tower of Terror attraction at DisneyTowerOfTerror.com. While the site is now open, a great deal of the main content wont launch until February 25th.
  (12/26/07) A Screamscape reader sent in a couple of photos taken on December 22nd after the new Twilight Zone: Tower of Terror was opened to the public.
  (12/10/07) You can catch more preview photos from the new Tower of Terror at Disneytheque.com.
  You can also see a great trip report showing off the new Walt Disney Studios Paris version of Twilight Zone: Tower of Terror here.
  (10/29/07) More construction footage of the Tower of Terror has been posted to Disneytheque, including a video of the Tower’s lighting at night and shots of the Placemaking work around the ride.
  (10/24/07) Photosmagiques has sent in several photos showing off the Twilight Zone: Tower of Terror as well as the look of the new surrounding area.
  (1/14/05) Disney has confirmed that Tower of Terror will open in 2008. This will be the same ride system that just opened at California Adventure and is also under construction at Tokyo Disneysea, but it seems nearly certain that it wont use the “Twilight Zone” name and like the Japanese version, it may make up a custom storyline.

2008 - Stitch Live! - (2/29/08) According to WDSFans.com, the Stitch Live passholder preview dates will be March 8-9, 15-16. They’ve also sent in a few new pictures of the building.
  (1/22/08) A new sign has gone up at the Walt Disney Studios for the new Stitch attraction but it seems they’ve decided to change the name from Stitch Encounter to Stitch Live! You can find pictures of the building and new sign over at Disneytheque.
  (12/26/07) Screamscape sources tell us that Stitch Encounter is expected to open by March 22nd.
  (4/6/07) WDS Fans sent us a piece of concept artwork showing off what the entrance to Stitch Encounter is expected to look like.
  (3/16/07) Stitch Encounter has been confirmed as opening in early 2008 in the annual shareholders meeting.
  (1/16/07) Sources have confirmed that Stitch Encounter will open in the Television Tour building in early 2008.
  (10/11/06) More details about the rumored Stitch Encounter plans can be found over at DLRP Magic. They report that the attraction could open by November 2007 and placed inside the Walt Disney Television Studio Tour in the previous location of the Zapping Zone where Art Attack is currently. The plan is to have four shows an hour in different languages (French, Spanish and English). It’s also a given that this Multi-language environment is also why Stitch Encounter was chosen since most of his Stitch-speak is hard to understand gibberish anyway, but easily identifiable as Stitch in much the same way that everyone knows Donald Duck’s voice. (Also a factor in why he was chosen as the main character of Philharmagic, currently only in WDW and HKDL).
  (10/10/06) Screamscape has heard a rumor that a copy of the new Stitch Encounter that just opened at Hong Kong Disneyland may arrive soon at the Walt Disney Studios - Paris. In essence it is a copy of the popular Turtle Talk with Crush attraction at Epcot and Disney’s California Adventure parks, but redone with a SciFi theme instead. Anyone know more?

2009 - Disney Stars & Motor Cars - Rumor – (2/29/08) The latest rumor is that the soon to be retired Disney Stars and Motorcars parade from Disney’s Hollywood Studios (formerly Disney/MGM Studios) will be coming for the 2009 season.
  (2/22/06) Just as rumors start for the Disney/MGM Studios in Orlando getting a parade from California, it seems that the park’s current parade, Disney Stars & Motor Cars will make it’s way to Walt Disney Studios Paris.

2009 - Playhouse Disney: Live - Rumor - (2/29/08) We’ve heard a new rumor claiming that a new version of the Playhouse Disney: Live show running at both of the US resorts will make it’s way to Paris. According to the rumor the new show may go into the same building at the new Stitch Live attraction in the former Disney Channel Studios.

2009/2010 - Philharmagic - Rumor - (2/16/06) If the rumors posted to DLP.info are true, the next major attraction coming to the Walt Disney Studios theme park will be a copy of the popular Philharmagic 4D theater attraction currently running at Walt Disney World and Hong Kong Disneyland. They believe that the new attraction will be fitted into either the Animagique (Soundstage 3) or Cinemagique (Soundstage 2) theaters. Disney did state that when they designed Philharmagic, they intended it to be something that could be rolled out to all of their parks across the globe, which is why there really isn’t any major dialog and a major reason why Donald was selected to be the main character... because he pretty much mutters incoherently in every language.

2010 - E-Ticket Attraction - Rumor - (4/13/06) Plans to add a Journey into the Center of the Earth attraction are apparently in the works for 2010. These plans will replace a former plan to add a copy of Soarin’ to the park in 2009 due to the impact of Everest on Animal Kingdom.
  (4/5/06) If the latest rumors are true, the park may already be looking forward to their next major E-Ticket attraction. It seems that the high attendance impact caused by Expedition Everest on Animal Kingdom’s traditionally slow draw is being thought of as exactly the right kind of spark to help develop the Studios’ lagging attendance trends. However it is not a copy of Everest that is being talked about it seems, but rather another mountain sized project from the far east... Journey to the Center of the Earth. This is ironic since we’ve heard several rumors over the past couple of years about adding a version of this to the Studios park in Florida as well. Lets wait and see what happens.