The news came from Disney Central Plaza's twitter feed this afternoon, it is the final weekend of trading in the Hollywood Pictures store in Disney Village, once closed the works will begin to transform it into the new Lego Store opening this autumn. Hollywood pictures was part of the original festival Disney when it opened in 1992 which celebrated America through stores themed to various parts (as can still be seen in Billy Bob's Country Western Saloon and Chicago Steakhouse.
What are your opinions on this store?
I personally will miss it, I really liked the theming, but also a Disney store that seemed to specialize in Male clothing which is something really lacking in the high street Disney stores which tend to focus on children (and when not children, ladies clothing!). I've bought some fantastic t-shirts from there such as a Mickey mouse playing basketball t-shirt. I will be sad to see it go, but I'm also excited to see the opening of the Lego store which seems to have become a staple of the Disney parks in the United States.
How often have you seen this sign and thought "I'm back!". Well, as of today you might need to wait for another site to have that happy thought, as overnight it was removed. This may come as no shock to those who follow @insidedlparis on twitter as a few days ago, the lettering of 'Village' were removed.
The arch was first erected in order to welcome guests to Disney Village and became the icon of the village, just one search for 'Disney Village' gives you all the images of this arch you could possibly imagine. However last year the methods of entering Disney Village and the two Disney parks changed and now you needed to pass by the tents near the Walt Disney Studios parks (and on busy days you can also pass through the old Disneyland Park arches), the Disney Village arch actually found itself to be the exit of the entire resort.
Disneyland Paris themselves have even used this arch for their own publicity for the village in resort recently, see the below advertisement for the upcoming 'British Festival' taking place next weekend
I really like the Disney Village sign, it is one of the icons of the resort, I really hope it returns in some form soon! It just wouldn't feel the same without it.
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