September Pin Trading Releases

That's all folks! The Summer holidays are over and we're back into Autumn and another month of pin trading releases. We've been blessed with great pins so far this year, with some fantastic collections appearing on the poster each month, is September any different? Of course not! Whilst the princesses continue throughout 2013 at Disneyland Paris, they have been joined by an excellent looking Halloween Duffy, which looks an utterly charming pin....

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Frozen Disney Dreams! coming this winter.

It's news that has been a long time coming, despite the continued rumours, and news of a Winter Dreams world of Color show, Disneyland Paris has been tight lipped about what was coming to Disneyland Paris this winter. Well, no longer as Olaf presents an exciting, totally new Disney Dreams! just for you this Christmas. Meet new friends from the Disney Animation Studios film Frozen, as well as discovering your current friends presenting a Toy Story...

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Light'Ears: Success or Failure

Despite Disneyland Paris fans talking about Light'Ears for about a year, it takes a bit more work for the general public and Disneyland Paris guests to understand the concept of the product they are being asked to buy. Add to that the European guests buying habits and perhaps you have a recipe for disaster? We already know that in the past Disney have got it very wrong with the European consumers, the way we consume and buy is quite different to...

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Light'Ears, our thoughts and a plea

Unless you've been hiding under a rock the size of a pair of Mickey Mouse ears, then perhaps you've heard about the Light'Ears, the new way of lighting up Main Street U.S.A. to the Disney Dreams! Show. We all saw, and were amazed by, the pictures of the press event in March with a sea of Light'Ears in front of the castle, but is the reality any different? Well, in short, yes. These are new additions to the park this summer which you will only...

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Top 5 things I've never done

Disneyland Paris fans, we've done the entire resort multiple times right? Wrong. It's quite possible that a few things are missing off on our checklist. Perhaps it is important to have these gaping holes? It gives us reason to return, it gives us 'targets' to work towards beyond the hypothetical 'Wouldn't it be cool if...'. We each have our own personal lists, here is mine. 5: Character Dining We start off with character dining, and a confession....

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The Lone Ranger: Review

The team of Jerry Bruckheimer, Gore Verbinkski and Johnny Depp find themselves back together after the commercial success of the Pirates of the Caribbean films. The characters of the Lone Ranger and Tonto became famous through the American radio show 'The Lone Ranger' in the 1930s, that then inspired comic books, television shows and now this, Disney's 2013 live action summer blockbuster 'The Lone Ranger'. The film follows the story of John Reid,...

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DLRP Rewind: Marketing blast off!

These days, advertising for Disneyland Paris is everywhere, on websites, on television and on every single Disney DVD, viewers often see these limited time (1 year) festivals, these are essentially, a way to get you to visit the resort each year for something fresh and new. But how do you advertise something different? A brand new adventure from the land that already allows you to ride with Pirates, take a flight to Endor or be one of those crazy...

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