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Disneyland Paris

Entrance to Walt Disney Studios Park at Disneyland Paris during the 25th anniversary celebrations in 2017.

Disneyland Paris, known as EuroDisney when it opened, is a short train ride from Paris, France. It’s made up of 2 parks, Disneyland and Walt Disney Studios (very similar to Hollywood Studios state-side). There are several hotels here to choose from, including the Disneyland Hotel, which opens right out into Disneyland Park, Newport Bay Hotel, which is nautical-themed, and the Hotel New York – The Art of Marvel which is newly renovated as of 2021. If you happen to be passing through Paris, as one does, I highly recommend stopping at Disneyland Paris for at least a day. Yes, I know you’re in a beautiful European country with rich culture – why would you stop at DISNEYLAND. When I was visiting, I took a day-tour to Paris and the tour guide asked me exactly the same question. Other than the obvious, Disney theme parks are fun, Disneyland Paris has a truly unique Tomorrowland – Discoveryland.

Tomorrowland has a perpetual problem. “The future”, as it was imagined in 1960, is extremely dated by 1970. So it’s re-imagined and by 1980, it’s extremely dated again. Disneyland Paris took a different route – “the future” as it was imagined by authors around the 1870s. Some of the attractions are designed after specific works. Discoveryland’s Space Mountain is De la Terre à la Lune – also known as From the Earth to the Moon, which was written by Jules Verne (although this is currently themed to Star Wars). Incidentally, there is a crazy film from 1902 titled A Trip to the Moon, which is based off the same. In the lagoon next to The Columbiad is a walkthrough attraction of the Nautilus, from the Disney film 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, inspired by Jules Verne’s work of the same name. Discoveryland is truly one-of-a-kind with no reproduction anywhere else on the planet.

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