DISNEYLAND PARIS
Outside Paris, France
Abbreviation: DLP
Walt Disney Theme Parks
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(11/30/2025) Disneyland Paris Pulls Off A Feat That No Other Disney Park Has Done For 30 Years
(9/13/2025) Disneyland Paris Adding Extra Spooky Phantom Manor Dining Experience
(7/12/2025) Disneyland Paris Shows Off New Upgrades To Their Parking Lot
(7/4/2025) Details About Lengthy Planned Buzz Lightyear Refurbishment
(6/21/2025) Big Thunder Mountain Reopens, See the Latest POV
Ride Rehabs - These dates are not guaranteed to be 100% accurate as refurbishments are subject to change.
Buzz Lightyear Laser Blast - NOW CLOSED through Dec. 19
Pirate Galleon - NOW CLOSED through TBD
Les Voyages de Pinocchio - NOW CLOSED through Nov. 14
Phantom Manor - NOW CLOSED through Nov. 14
Blanche-Neige et les Sept. Nains - Nov. 17 through Nov. 19
 Park News - (11/30/2025) An interesting article posted at Forbes this week takes aim at Disneyland Paris for pulling off something rather amazing that no other Disney theme park in the world has done. Disneyland Paris has a rather storied history of suffering from numerous financial difficulties over the years, despite being one of the most fantastically detailed and designed modern theme parks ever created. It wasn’t until fairly recently however that the park really started to turn around on the financial side of things, which all took place after The Walt Disney Company bought up the complete ownership of the resort. Previously the resort was run as a partnership with Disney only being part-owner, while earning large payments from the partnership for the use of their name and IPs, while also maintaining control of the design of everything that had to be run through Disney Imagineering of course.
This is one reason that the Walt Disney Studios Paris park was kind of under-built due to limited funds for the project being available by the Euro Disney SCA partnership, but by 2012 it was revealed that Disney was looking to make deals to take full ownership of the property, up from their previous 40% ownership share. By 2017 that vision had become a reality, with the purchase of 97% of the the remaining shares from outside investors, which would then trigger a mandatory buy-out of all remaining outstanding shares. At last Disney had full ownership of the Paris resort property and it didn’t take long to begin a series of major investments that would begin to bring the Studios park up to the size and standards of the Disneyland Paris park next door.
The interesting thing that Forbes has pointed out is that the number of attractions inside Disneyland Paris actually has not increased at all in the 30 years since they opened Space Mountain bacon in 1995, 3 years after the park itself opened in 1992. There have been some updates to attractions, and and retirement of an attraction like Visionarium to become Buzz Lightyear, but the overall total number of attractions in the park has not increased in 30 years which is somewhat an amazing stat, considering the number of new attractions Disney has added to the other “Magic Kingdom” style parks around the world in that same time period.
While the focus right now is still on the expansion of the Studios park, which will be rethemed and renamed as Disney Adventure World in Spring 2026, I don’t think it will be too much longer before Disney begins to envision some new ideas for Disneyland Paris as well. In the meantime, while the Studios park has been upgraded and expanding, Disney has been busy “upgrading” many of the E-Ticket level attractions in Disneyland Paris instead. So the park has not been stagnant, as projects to enhance the outside of Space Mountain continue, Buzz Lightyear is now being updated following the completion of the lengthy update to Big Thunder Mountain. Before that we saw a number of other attractions refurbished like Phantom Manor, Small World and more all immediately following the full purchase of the result by The Walt Disney Company.
(9/13/2025) Disneyland Paris will be offering a special new “eerie” food and beverage experiences to guests as part of an enhancement for their Halloween event. Inspired by the park’s awesome Phantom Manor attraction, look for the park’s Lucky Nugget Saloon to be transformed into the “Unlucky Nugget Saloon”, themed as an abandoned restaurant that was suddenly closed down just prior to a welcoming guests to a wedding party for Melanie Ravenswood. The party never took place due to the sudden disappearance of the groom (ahem… Phantom?) but the unsettling haunted decor remains to this day… including the wedding cake.
Sounds like a grand opportunity to “Join the Spirits in Nuptial Doom” that you wont want to miss.
(7/12/2025) Disneyland Paris reports that they are putting the finishing touches on their massive parking lot renovations, which has added a massive canopy of 80,000 solar panels over the carpark as well as a new “touch of magic” to the pathway leading to the Disney Village and park entry plaza that now features a large Mickey Mouse head engraved in the ground along with 23 shining blue stars. (23 to represent the creation of The Walt Disney Company in 1923).
All together the new solar generator is able to create approximately 17% of the resort's total power consumption, which is impressive given that the Disneyland Paris Resort features 2 full theme parks, the many shops and restaurants within the Disney Village area, as well as seven resorts.
(11/16/2024) Dronisos who has been working with Disneyland Paris to develop various aerial drone show spectaculars since 2018 will be showcasing their latest project with Disneyland Paris at IAAPA Expo 2024 in Orlando next week. The company has worked with Disneyland Paris to create award winning shows such as Disney D-Light (2022) and Avengers: Power the Night (2023), following with the Disney Electrical Sky Parade in 2024.
Next up will be the Disney Tales of Magic show that is set to launch in Paris on Jan. 10, 2025 over Sleeping Beauty Castle.
(9/6/2024) Take a deep read into the massive transformation plans for the Disneyland Paris Resort as it is undergoing a massive €2bn investment into renewing the property. This includes expansions to the two theme parks that will see new lands and unique attractions added, as well as new entertainment offerings and more.
2025 - Big Thunder Mountain Refurbishment - (6/21/2025) Big Thunder Mountain “officially” reopens to Disneyland Paris guests today, though it has been soft-open here and there in the days leading up to it. You can see a new POV video of the updated Disneyland Paris attraction experience below.
(4/13/2025) While Big Thunder Mountain is down for a lengthy refurbishment at Disneyland Paris and not expected to reopen until later this Summer, MouseSteps has just posted some pictures of the work taking place over there right now. Lots of scaffolding on the buildings and structures can be seen, and they’ve got a long way to go until they finish restoring this incredibly themed attraction.
Keep in mind that this refurbishment is also keeping the Thunder Mesa Riverboat Landing closed as well, so no ride around the Rivers of the West on the Molly Brown or Mark Twain until this refurbishment project of the entire area is finished.
Now through 2026 - Disney Village Update - (6/21/2023) Disneyland Paris has announced the next step in the evolution of the Disney Village area at the resort. Over a two-year period, starting in 2024, “all the shops and facades from Disney Store to Disney Fashion Jr will be progressively modified. These large-scale renovations will follow the opening of Rosalie, a new French-inspired brasserie, scheduled for opening at the end of the year.“
Construction work will be done in two phases to minimize the impact to resort guests. Phase one, starting in early 2024 will include the updates to Disney Fashion, Disney Fashion Jr and The Disney Gallery.
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2026 - Buzz Lightyear Refurbishment - (7/4/2025) Blooloop reports that Disneyland Paris will be closing Buzz Lightyear in August for a very lengthy refurbishment that will not see it reopen until sometime in 2026. Look for this to be an external refurbishment as well as an internal. Outdoor features such as the neon lighting and brightly colored radar dishes on the roof will be redone with a more vibrant lighting package that will likely match up with Space Mountain across the way that has also been undergoing a complete external refurbishment for months now.
Inside look for the vehicles and various animatronics and set pieces to also be restored and rebuilt, while the ride vehicles themselves will get an update to their electronic display systems.
2026 - Disney Sequoia Lodge Renovations - (4/12/2025) Follow the extensive renovations the Disneyland Paris resort has completed on the Hotel New York - The Art of Marvel as well as to the main Disneyland Hotel at the entrance of Disneyland Paris, they have confirmed that the Disney Sequoia Lodge will be the next hotel to undergo an extensive refurbishment in 2026.
???? - Future 3rd Park Plans - (2/17/20) According to the local news an agreement was made between the local government and The Walt Disney company that will see a deadline to commit to building a third theme park for the Disneyland Paris Resort extended by an extra ten years. The new date now lists 2036 as the deadline in which to make the decision to build a third park in the Marne-la-Vallee location, however there is also a requirement now set in place that attendance at the theme park resort will also have to rise to 22 million guests a year as well by 2036.
With attendance currently around 15 million guests a year, it would seem that this may likely be a reason behind the massive plans announced to extend the Walt Disney Studios theme park by adding several new themed lands and attractions, such as the Avengers Campus, a Frozen land, and even a Star Wars themed land as well as a lagoon for a night show. Should Disney not be able to meet the attendance level by 2036, there are measures in place to vote on another timeline extension, otherwise it gives the government the rights to sell off the land being held for Disney to other projects.
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