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Turtles, Cars and two fabulous dresses

We’ve seen visuals, we’ve seen concept art - and now, we can see the real thing. Disneyland Resort Paris has prepared some exciting new backstage photos ready to release to the press in the build-up to the launch of the 15th Anniversary Celebration, and they certainly know how to build some anticipation! Get a closer look at a turtle shell, a backstage look at a life-size Luigi and a brilliant glimpse at two dazzling new Princess dresses.

Resurfacing the red carpet?

Five years on from its opening in 2002, the world of Walt Disney Studios Park is starting to show its age. Luckily, with CinéMagique just out of refurbishment and Flying Carpets Over Agrabah scheduled for an epic clean-up in March, they’re definitely on the case. Next up, at least as far as we can tell, is the crumbling searchlight flooring of the park entrance, always a sore point with refurb-watchers!

Your ticket to the dream

Back in the “good old days”, the ever-changing designs of the park passports was always a fun element of each visit to the resort, giving a sense of something new and different about each visit - and something nice to sell on eBay all these years later! With the introduction of a more modern ticket system in 2002, generic tickets became the norm for the past five years. Now, for the 15th Anniversary, they’re finally shaking it up again…

High School Musical to bop into the Studios

It’s the Start Of Something New… Our partner site WDSfans.com exclusively confirms that High School Musical is on its way to Walt Disney Studios Park. The inescapable Disney Channel Original Movie phenomenon will arrive in mid-June 2007 as a “travelling” Summer show performed on a movable stage, replacing the Starring Cruella De Vil streetmosphere show which has been presented for the past two Summer seasons.

WDS: Gone Hollywood

Did you hear? Of course you did! Hollywood Boulevard is coming to Paris! So, now that the unbelievable news has had chance to sink in - what are we actually getting? Just how much inspiration will the new project take from its two American cousins? Could this be the surprise “pièce de résistance” 5th birthday present the park never even dared ask for?

Stitch Encounter: confirmed

The current Cast Member forum isn’t just giving details on the anniversary-centred events - it’s also giving some welcome confirmations about the future attractions. Most welcome: the confirmation of Stitch Encounter, the live CGI show attraction to replace the tour of Walt Disney Television Studios in early 2008.

Building and illuminating three new attractions

The final two articles in Le Parisien’s series of five, covering the people working on the 15th Anniversary backstage, first look at the co-ordination of the huge construction project, and then at illuminating the finished attractions. They don’t divulge quite as many details as earlier articles, but I’ve fully translated them for you all the same.

Spilling the scenery, station and shells of Crush

It seems there’s no end to glimpses into the backstage of Disneyland Resort Paris right now. Latest to join the trend with nice publicity for the 15th Anniversary and its new attractions is the long-running German ProSeiben programme Disney Filmparade, which this week takes a look at the Imagineering of Crush’s Coaster. Prepare for an inside glimpse at dark ride scenes, a Sydney harbour and a very special turtle shell…

Hooray for Hollywood, already?

Hoory for Hollywood - where you’re terrific if you’re even good! But is “good” always good enough? This is where the Imagineers’ placemaking project comes into play. We’ve long heard rumours about Production Courtyard, ‘Hollywood Studio’ and Hollywood Boulevard, but it’s all way off in the future, 2008, right? Well, in true Hollywood fashion, nothing can be predicted…

Opening dates and extra greenery

The new Toon Studio attractions at Walt Disney Studios Park continue to develop and gain colour and detail. This week, the first bushy conifer tree for Cars Race Rally was planted next to its iconic wind-sculpted rock, whilst the queue of Crush’s Coaster has now well and truly drowned in palm trees. Oh, and in other news - the opening and soft opening dates have been confirmed!

Agrabah’s new oasis finally unveiled

The Imagineers bring a long-awaited desert oasis to Paris, but the Marne-la-Vallée climate can’t quite provide the right weather. Amongst thick cloudy skies and heavy downpours of rain, guests at Walt Disney Studios Park can now discover the new tropical oasis in front of Flying Carpets Over Agrabah, opened to the public late last week.

Animation placemaking still drawn-out

The placemaking project at Animation Courtyard took a surprising step forward just before Christmas, with the construction fences around the new Art of Disney Animation trees removed in anticipation of large seasonal crowds. Why surprising? Because the new planting area still features no grass and no barrier after all these weeks - hardly an art of Disney.

Deck the Tower!

Ho ho h-oh yes, there’s no end to the Christmas puns! At The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror in Walt Disney Studios, it has been another landmark fortnight of construction progress, that’s seen weathering/dirt added, scaffolding removed, art deco added, the crane removed, and finally… elevator doors added!

It’s beginning to look a lot like the EAC

Dude, Crush has totally gone Australian with this Christmas thing - there’s not a fir tree in sight, but they’ve just added even more palms! Scaffolding on the rockwork is gone, paths are laid out and the queue line is filled with plants… it’s actually beginning to look a lot like a real Disney attraction.

Rocking around the Race Rally

Whilst many of us are surely Rocking Around the Christmas Tree by now, there’s only one kind of rock on the mind of the scenery artists of Cars Race Rally. In a similar style to Tower of Terror’s rapid construction spurt 12 months ago, December has been incredibly profitable for Lightning McQueen’s new home in Paris.

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