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Disney Parks Blog Presents Disney Paper Parks: Mystic Manor Carousel Book Designed by Walt Disney Imagineering

Decorating for Halloween often means fun and frightening features such as cobwebs, fog, or flickering lights, but how about using paper? Disney Paper Parks, created for the Disney Parks Blog, has long been inspired by Halloween and the Haunted Mansion, offering downloadable and printable 3D activity sheets for the spooky season. From crafting paper tableware and wearables to building paper…

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Favorite Disney Parks Attraction Showdown: Round 1 - Group A2

Videos and propaganda under the cut!

Mystic Manor: Hong Kong Disneyland

Propaganda:

"Albert is the only reason I am still alive"

"I haven't actually had a chance to ride this, but the discussion about it I saw in one of the Haunted Mansion books presents it as a wonderful experience."

Phantom Manor: Disneyland Paris

Propaganda:

"It’s creepy, it’s campy, she’s everything. There’s an entire plot about Death himself trying to prevent this one (1) lady from getting married. Is he her dad? Is he a former lover? Is it literally just death fucking with her? Who knows! Certainly not the average tourist. Plus the western “ghost town” sequence deserves every award ever. Okay bye"

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Round 3

Group 3 - Adventure

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Hong Kong Disneyland, day 1, part 3 🤩 Spotted Mickey right as we walked into the park! Had some delicious snacks before we tackled all the other Lands! Fantasy Land never disappoints and Mickey's PhilharMagic was really funny 😂 Toy Story Land was small but completely full of good stuff 😁 Mystic Major was amazing! I love Paris' Phantom Manor so to see another original haunted mansion was really interesting 😍 The Big Grizzly Mountain mine carts were a fun and terrifying surprise and a true scream fest 🤭 At twilight, got to see Tarzan's tree house and take a tour on the Jungle Cruise 😊

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Disney Haunted Mansions: Inspired by real haunted houses?

Haunted Mansions in Magic Kingdom (upper left) and Disneyland (lower right). Did real houses inspire each of the Haunted Mansions in U.S. Disney parks? What about the one in Tokyo Disneyland? Phantom Manor in Disneyland Paris or the Mystic Manor in Hong Kong Disneyland? Are they just reincarnations of either the Haunted Mansion in California or the one in Florida? Or are their designs conjured…

[livingwithhorrors]

Please tell me I’m not the only one that sees the Neibolt House and goes, ADDAMS FAMILY!

It really reminds me of a mix of the Addams’ Family house from the two movies and the Monster House. I didn’t really like that movie myself, but the visual is similar. 

My brother said something along the lines of who would want to live there and I’m like, Bro, fix the inside up and I would!

Like I love the whole look of Allerdale Hall.

If the place is safe and stays warm, I’d live there!

Haunted Mansions of Disney Parks, I love those as well!

Neibolt (IT Movies):

Addams Family (movies):

Allerdale Hall (Crimson Peak): 

Haunted Mansion (Movie):

Disneyland Paris Phantom Manor: 

Disneyland Haunted Mansion:

Walt Disney World Haunted Mansion:

Disneyland Tokyo Haunted Mansion:

Disneyland Hong Kong Mystic Manor:

(Not as much a fan of the design but I like the colors)

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This is officially my 999th post to this Tumblr blog! 

That’s the same number of Happy Haunts in the Haunted Mansion. So I’m going to use this opportunity to give you some fun facts about my favorite Disney Parks attraction!

The Haunted Mansion exists under that name with some interior and exterior variations at Disneyland, Magic Kingdom, and Tokyo Disneyland. The Paris version is called Phantom Manor and Hong Kong has Mystic Manor.

Shanghai Disneyland, which opened in 2016, is currently the only Disney park not to have a version of this attraction.

Mystic Manor is more of a lighthearted, fun attraction and does not have any scares or references to ghosts and spirits, due to their place of importance in Chinese culture. Instead, guests follow a mischievous monkey from room to room as cursed objects come to life. The score for the attraction was composed by Danny Elfman (who also wrote the music for The Nightmare Before Christmas, which appears in the seasonal overlays at Disneyland and Tokyo Disneyland).

Each version exists in a different land in each park. Disneyland’s is in New Orleans Square, while Liberty Square is its home in the Magic Kingdom, Tokyo has it in Fantasyland, Paris’ version is in Frontierland, and the Hong Kong variation shares its name with its location, Mystic Point. 

Both Disneyland and Tokyo Disneyland (but not Magic Kingdom) have a seasonal overlay themed to The Nightmare Before Christmas that can be seen from September through January. Disneyland’s overlay features a gingerbread house in the ballroom scene with a different design each year. The Tokyo equivalent is a frosted cake resembling the iconic hill from the movie, which doesn’t change.

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I've only rode the Haunted Mansion I didn't know there was a different version of it at the other parks, what's the other story you're posting about?

oh boy i just typed THE longest reply in the world and then god was like “bitch no one wants to read this who are u kidding” and it got deleted on accident so, kill me.

OKAY so, of all the Disney parks around the world, only the two American parks and the Tokyo park have the same Haunted Mansion. Hong Kong Disney has Mystic Manor, a ride that reminds me a lot of Night At The Museum, bc the way we portray Ghosts as scary evil dead people doesn’t really work with their culture’s view of deceased relatives, they believe their relative’s spirits watch over them and they have shrines to pray to them and all that (forgive me if I’m misremembering) so smth like Haunted Mansion doesn’t really,, work.

Then there’s The Phantom Manor at Disneyland Paris, which is the one I’m posting about lol. It’s more similar to the Haunted Mansion than Hong Kong’s version in the set up but it’s got a different story partly based on the Haunted Mansion’s story and also inspired by the novel The Phantom of the Opera.

Basically, The Phantom Manor is set up in the Frontierland (old west inspired) section of the park, as opposed to the american parks having it in their New Orleans area (disneyland california) and Liberty Square (disneyworld florida). From a western perspective the american set ups makes more sense, New Orleans is viewed as a very Haunted area of America and Liberty Square is colonial themed aka when America was first colonized by The Whites tm so the oldest our buildings and society would be, and old = ghosts. I also don’t think the old west is a very common setting for /our/ ghost stories. But I don’t think that’s an idea that extends outside of the US because I doubt y’all know about a random area in one of our states so? It makes sense that in France they changed it to just be a stereotypical western set up bc we’re just known for the old west genre by other countries. Honestly the whole story is a bit stereotypical in American Ghost Stories but I excuse it bc, ig that’s just how other countries view us, or maybe bc that’s our over done style of ghost story theyre just kind of mocking it lmao. Either way.

Unlike the American parks, ALL of frontierland in Disneyland Paris is connected by the same Lore of a man named Henry Ravenswood, a settler who found gold in Big Thunder Mountain and established a town, Thunder Mesa, and a mining company to continue mining the Mountain despite the fact that it was an indigenous area and the mountain was sacred and viewed as the inhabitants of a powerful spirit Thunder Bird who protected the area. He then built a huge Manor for his family - his wife Martha and their only child Melanie.

When Melanie was older she fell in love and was engaged to be married to a train engineer, however before her wedding there was an intense earthquake which killed both her parents and created a large chasm separating the manor from the rest of the town. Soon after a mysterious phantom begins to stalk the manor and torment her. Then, on her wedding day, this phantom KILLS HER GROOM, lures the dude into the attic and hangs him. Meanwhile Melanie’s all rearing to go, downstairs with all the wedding guests, and no one knows where the groom is. Eventually everyone assumes he got cold feet and the guests leave, but Melanie is heartbroken and vows to wait for him until he comes back to her, never finding out what really happened. So she wanders the mansion, mad with grief, never taking off her wedding dress, waiting for her Groom to return, while the Phantom fills the manor with various ghosts and ghouls. According to the lore we’re basically being told as if by townsfolk, we “don’t know if she’s dead or if she’s alive to this day, wandering the halls”, since the Manor’s still isolated from the town thanks to the earthquake.

The ride is basically a recollection of all of this, albeit poorly told due to messy structure, we see her looking out the window waiting for her groom at the start of the ride, watching in horror as her dining room fills with ghosts, weeping and mourning around the manor as the phantom stalks her, and then in the new refurbishment!!!!!! At the end of the ride you pass by mirrors and her ghost appears to you asking if you’ll marry her. (this is a reference to Haunted Mansion where you’re warned about Hitchhiking Ghosts and then pass by mirrors and the hitchhiking ghosts appear in ur ride vehicle with you)

It’s a super fun concept that could be told really well and just be a super eerie ride if they just... handled it right. The manor is this run-down southern gothic style manor as opposed to the American mansions that look more “Normal” so that they can blend with the normal realistic new orleans square and all that, so it’s got this really beautiful manor, just like gorgeous, and a really cool ghost concept, and then it :/// falls flat. But i love it!

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((While I'm here working on some replies and answers I owe (once again I apologize for my slowness), I have a question for all of you. Even though it's September and we still have a little while longer to go until October, I am still thinking ahead and considering the possibilities of things I could do for Halloween.

Here's the thing. I not only love Halloween, but the many spooky attractions throughout Disney's many parks. I am particularly fond of all the Haunted Mansion rides across the globe, including the unique Phantom Manor (especially Phantom Manor) in Paris and Mystic Manor in Hong Kong. Personally, I've only ever been to Disneyland in SoCal, but I still find the other locations to be incredibly interesting. Maybe I'll even be lucky enough to visit them someday.

Now as of recently, I've been getting alot of inspiration from all of the Haunted Mansion locations. If I were to make a temporary Halloween verse inspired by say, Mystic Manor, or the Halloween overlay of the Jungle Cruise (also in Hong Kong? Idk, it exists somewhere), would that be something you guys are interested in?

Please feel free to let me know, it would be appreciated.))

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Favorite Disney Parks Attraction Showdown: Round 1 

Here is the round one matchups

Links to polls will be added when made.

(Link to full bracket)

Note, I will specify which parks and versions more on each poll!

Group A1:

Star Tours VS. Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run

Muppet*Vision 3D VS. Mickey's PhilharMagic

Horizons VS. Journey into Imagination (1983-1998)

Country Bear Jamboree VS. It's a Small World

Walt Disney's Carousel of Progress VS. Mr. Toad's Wild Ride

Voyage of the Little Mermaid VS. WEDWay PeopleMover

Matterhorn Bobsleds VS. Expedition Everest

Frozen Ever After VS. Rise of the Resistance

Group A2:

Tron Lightcycle Power Run VS. Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind . Tie Breaker

Mystic Manor VS. Phantom Manor 

World of Motion VS. Walt Disney's Enchanted Tiki Room

Stitch's Great Escape! VS. Rock 'n' Roller Coaster Starring Aerosmith

Incredicoaster VS. Soarin’

Maelstrom VS. Remy's Ratatouille Adventure . Tie Breaker

California Screamin’ VS. Indiana Jones Adventures

Beauty and the Beast: Live on Stage VS. The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror

Group B1:

Dumbo the Flying Elephant VS. Mad Tea Party/Teacups

Seven Dwarfs Mine Train VS. Jungle Cruise

The Studio Backlot Tour VS. The Monorail 

Doug: Live! VS. Big Thunder Ranch

The Legend of the Lion King VS. America Sings

Finding Nemo Submarine Voyage/Submarine Voyage/20,000 Leagues Under the Sea: Submarine Voyage VS. Enchanted Tale of Beauty and the Beast

Pirates of the Caribbean: Battle for the Sunken Treasure VS. Avatar Flight of Passage

La Tanière du Dragon VS. Cinderella Castle Mystery Tour

Group B2:

Innoventions VS. Conservation Station

Snow White's Scary Adventures VS. Pinocchio's Daring Journey 

Adventure Thru Inner Space VS. Spaceship Earth

Rocket Rods VS. Superstar Limo 

Astro Orbiter VS. Big Thunder Mountain Railroad

Hyperspace Mountain(Disneyland Paris) VS. Sindbad's Storybook Voyage

Turtle Talk with Crush VS. Monsters Inc. Laugh Floor

Finding Nemo - The Musical VS. Splash Mountain

Group C1:

Monsters, Inc. Ride & Go Seek VS. Pooh's Hunny Hunt

Primeval Whirl VS. Goofy's Sky School/Mulholland Madness : Tie breaker

Radiator Springs Racers VS. Test Track 2.0

Web Slingers: A Spider-Man Adventure VS. Toy Story Mania!

Crush's Coaster VS. The Barnstormer

Cranium Command VS. Ellen's Energy Adventure

Disney Riverboats VS. Na'vi River Journey

Roger Rabbit's Car Toon Spin VS. Haunted Mansion

Group C2:

The Little Mermaid: Ariel's Undersea Adventure VS. Peter Pan’s Flight

Kali River Rapid VS. Grizzly River Run 

Circle of Life: An Environmental Fable VS. Living with the Land

Typhoon Lagoon Wave Pool VS. Polynesian Volcano Slide

Raging Spirits VS. Dinosaur

Disney's Aladdin: A Musical Spectacular VS. Frozen – Live at the Hyperion

Silly Symphony Swings VS. Mater's Junkyard Jamboree

Alice's Curious Labyrinth VS. The Great Movie Ride

Group D1:

Jumpin' Jellyfish VS. Maliboomer

Railroads (any of the parks) VS. Pirates of the Caribbean 

Honey, I Shrunk the Kids: Movie Set Adventure VS. Buzz Lightyear's Space Ranger Spin

Indiana Jones and the Temple of Peril VS. Journey to the Center of the Earth

Festival of the Lion King VS. Fantasmic!

Heimlich's Chew Chew Train VS. Food Rocks/Kitchen Kabaret

Aquatopia VS. Space Mountain

The Making of Me VS. Captain EO

Group D2:

Journey into Imagination with Figment VS. Alice in Wonderland

The Casey Jr. Circus Train VS. Storybook Land Canal Boats

Slinky Dog Dash VS. Test Track 1.0

Luigi's Rollickin' Roadsters VS. Gran Fiesta Tour Starring the Three Caballeros

Armageddon – Les Effets Speciaux VS. The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh

Mickey & Minnie's Runaway Railway VS. Mission: Space

Indiana Jones Epic Stunt Spectacular! VS. Lights, Motors, Action!: Extreme Stunt Show

Kilimanjaro Safaris VS. Big Grizzly Mountain Runaway Mine Cars

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Which disney park is ur fave ??

h,mmmmm disney world.. is rlly cool....bc its big and has a lot more choices and its just cooler imo......... BUT hong kong disneyland also has Mystic Manor which is a really fuckign cool ride with a lot of lore... disneyland paris also has a very interesting take on the haunted mansion that is a lot different compared to the other haunted mansons.........................original disneyland gets automatic points bc  its the original........tbh i’d probs pick disney world bc its just bigger, cooler, and more selection/more to choose from. 

if you were asking which park i liked most in disney world however,,,,i dont kno...probably magic kingdom bc im a basic bitch but also epcot bc i love epcot........

however i never actually been to a disney park before so all my opinions are solely based off documentaries, ride pov videos, and pictures ,,, so ye ah dfklgjdlfkjgdfkljg 

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And now, an excerpt from a years-old concept I had for a Disneyland third gate park to be centered on ‘horror’ roughly while still being family friendly:

“What I was imagining, instead, would be a park similar in structure to Disneyland, or Universal's Islands of Adventure: separate "ports of call" or areas with a overarching theme, with movie properties sprinkled throughout realistic realms, aside attractions not having to do with any film property. It was my goal to conceive a park that could mirror the attraction mix of DisneySea: large scale E-tickets, smaller dark rides, and walk through exhibits for a variety of experiences matched with exquisitely detailed settings. My theoretical third-gate, darker themed Disney park would be entitled The Shadow Kingdom, and have eight themed sections within united by the idea of an "alternate universe" version of Disneyland, accessed by walking through a slightly sinister travelling circus, inspired by the Disney live action film "Something Wicked This Way Comes". This would be an old fashioned style-traveling show, and serve the function of Main Street: nothing too threatening at this juncture, just slightly odd, with shops, entertainment, food, and presenting a vintage archetype guests would be as familiar with as they are an old-fashioned town square. It would serve as a "portal" to wooded paths leading to the other themed lands.

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Last of the realms, but not least, is likely my most ambitious idea for the park: Vulture Flats. This realm would be accessed through a "Western History Museum" front alongside a dusty path that dead ends at it, with a few other inaccessible buildings nearby: a horse stables, a hotel, a saloon, all seemingly abandoned. Inside, the museum would have warped wood floors and display cases of items left behind in the ghost town of Vulture Flats, that had been mysteriously abandoned in the 1870's. These items would include old bottles, spoons, cutlery, plates, clothing, dolls, spurs...all things of a domestic nature, and keeping in what you'll find in any number of western history museums across the Western U.S. A town history would be on a wooden plaque on a wall, recalling the boom days of the Gold Rush, the waning of new pioneers, and finally, the day a group of miners arrived to find the town deserted of every living soul: women, children, laborers, cooks, saloon-keepers...all vanished without a trace. After pursuing the exhibits, and a final stop in a darkened room to view strange, glowing rocks mined during the town's heydey under blacklight, guests would exit the back of the building through a supposed "exhibit" faux rock mining tunnel only to find themselves outside, at night, on the abandoned streets of Vulture Flats. This entire section of the park would be enclosed in a show building, like the entrance to Paris's Hollywood Studios park, entered through the Museum structure without guests knowing. Projections of a ghostly full moon and clouds would move across the blackened sky/domed roof, and the walls would be obscured by trees or buildings, with matte paintings in places hinting at the desert beyond. Moving past the silent buildings, guests might think they glimpse movements or odd lights behind some windows, or hear whispering in alleyways, only to find nothing when they look back. One attraction would be a revamp of Phantom Manor, keeping the European operatic horror tone coupled with free-roaming trackless vehicles as in Mystic Manor. For the main attraction, however, signposts would point the way to the Silver Dollar mine, and these would clearly be newer in style than the rest of the abandoned town. Upon reaching a rock wall with mine tunnel entrances dotting it, most blocked off, guests would queue up in a horse barn, then a series of switchbacks through the mining company's equipment room. Cast Members at the front would explain the owners of the museum have opened the mine again for tours, so guests can see working conditions of the day, and assure guests that everything has been made safe for visitors and that they will be accompanied by a trained guide who knows the caves. Groups of 16 would board open cars chained together similar to those at the Calico Mine Ride at Knott's, made of hammered steel like they'd been constructed out of old ore carts, with a headlamp on front. Then, the cars would slowly proceed into the mine, the guide telling a brief history of the Silver Dollar and it's owners, and how its' employees had vanished along with everyone else in town, never to be seen again. Once into the mine shaft, the guide would start pointing out the bands of precious metals along and inside the walls, only to be interrupted by a strange, cold wind, and knocking sounds from either side. This would be followed by voices, murmuring and whispering, and faint blasting sounds off in the distance. The guide would express some concern at this, saying he has never experienced anything like this before in the mine, but he would take guests onwards into the original caves below the mine tunnels and that there was nothing to worry about, surely it was just imagination running away with them in the dark. Inside the caves, weird, strangely glowing rock formations would be seen, and eerily glowing waterfalls here and there, making strange shapes. At one point, underneath the trestle supporting the cars, the guide would point out odd, sightless fish underneath the water (a mixture of AA's and projections) on either side. Entering a darkened cavern beyond the water-filled room, the headlamp would suddenly flicker and go out, the only light an odd blue one reflected by the rock walls. As the guide reassured guests everything was fine, off to the side there would be a sudden noise like rocks falling slowly, a misty shape slowly appearing..what appeared to be the form of a miner, eyes like blank holes, skeletal grin, wavering and flickering in and out slowly and oddly like a lightbulb. This frightful apparition would vanish slowly, into the darkness, and next the moans, low, and eerie, of many voices would be heard: men, women, and children. The cars would speed up, and the headlamp come back on, revealing a large pile of rocks dead ahead, scattered all across the cavern, a few bones poking out here and there. Then a loud rumbling would be heard, the cars shaking slightly, and the guide asking guests to remain calm, the exit was nearby, and they'd be out before any potential cave ins. Quickly, the car would zip through a few nondescript caverns, catching sight of a opening ahead into the night, trees visible and the full moon. As the cart neared it, a apparition would suddenly appear, blocking the entrance: a fully formed, blue, ghostly image of a woman holding her hands above her head, as if in fear, the rumbling getting louder. No time to stop, the vehicles would simply pass through the ghost like mist, a loud roar of rocks falling behind them as the went back to the unload area. The cave guide, visibly shaken, would say he guessed now they might know what happened to the townsfolk: a serious cave in took the lives of some of the miners and women, and the rest just up and left, not that he could blame them for that. He'd go on to say the restless spirits must be re-living the events of what happened to them, and maybe now they could find peace. Guests would unload and walk back the main street of town, having the opportunity to look around the boarded up buildings or visit a small "Undertaker's Office" selling a limited selection of merchandise of a Western nature. They would exit through another cave to the outskirts of the traveling circus/entry area, or take a one way shortcut back to the rest of the park via a door hidden behind one of the outdoors Western fronts.”

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The magic of Disney is all thanks to the tireless effort of cast members and imagineers ✨ ⁣ Disneyland in Anaheim is where it all began, but Walt's dream, or "One Man's Dream II: The Magic Lives On" as I like to call it, has found its way across the globe!⁣ ⁣ To celebrate the opening of Mickey & Minnie's Runaway Railway, I'm gonna post a countdown of my top 10 Disney rides!!⁣ ⁣ 🚂🚂🚂⁣ ⁣ (Imagineering masterpieces like Mystic Manor or Phantom Manor won't be included only because I've never been to Hong Kong or Paris) (at Sleeping Beauty Castle) https://www.instagram.com/p/B9Ue7oxB3eBjCMhudaqznVCMAyP74RemyYPCTk0/?igshid=yvcbhzy4yvss

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Must-do’s at Disneyland Paris for first-timers

Hey everyone. I really wanted to start a series of posts about DLP here on my blog. Giving you some tips, my favorite things to do, how to meet characters, etc. So first up is this one. Let’s start, shall we! 

Illuminations

Make your day at Disney complete with Illuminations. This is Disneyland Paris’ nighttime spectacular! Enjoy beautiful fireworks with projections on the castle! If it’s your first time, you definitely want to put this on your list to see at least once. (I see it every night I’m there, but hey that’s just me). The best spot is obviously right in front of the castle. However, if you want this prime spot, be prepared to secure it up to 2 hours in advance. if you do not want to wait that long, there is always some room on the left and right side of the castle. I prefer the left side because fewer trees are blocking your view of the middle of the castle.

Top tip when Illuminations is over and you want a picture in front of the castle, wait a little bit for everyone to make their way towards the exit!

Stars on Parade

The parade is classic Disney. Disneyland Paris has the Stars on Parade. With beautiful floats, great music, and so many characters, you will not want to miss this one on your first trip to DLP! If you want a front-row seat, I recommend securing your spot at least 1 hour before the parade starts. The times of parade vary per season so make sure to check this in the Program times guide or the app. My favorite spot is at the beginning of the Parade route which begins at It’s A Small World. 

Top tip get a snack if you still have to wait a long time before the parade starts!

Go inside the Sleeping Beauty’s Castle

Of course, we all know and love the castle, which is considered the most beautiful Disney park castle by many. However, did you know you there is a walkthrough of Aurora’s story with beautiful stained glass windows and tapestries inside the castle? When you walk over the bridge into the castle you can find the stairs on the left. Make sure to go outside as well for some great views of Fantasyland! 

Top tip go underneath the castle for a surprise ;) (hint: think Maleficent)

Take pictures at Cinderella’s carriage

Just by Auberge de Cendrillon restaurant, you can find Cinderella’s carriage. It’s located just right of the entrance on the terrace. You can go there without a reservation at Auberge. It’s a great photo opportunity, so take your time getting that perfect shot! Sometimes right after or before a show, you can see the performers going or coming from backstage, so be on the lookout. You never know who you might see!

Top tip I just saw on Twitter that the carriage actually SPARKLES at night! So that would also look amazing in your photos!

Meet Mickey

I always say that a Disney trip is not successful if you do not meet Mickey Mouse. Walt always used the say that it all started with a Mouse! So I think visiting Mickey is always a must at any Disney park. You can meet Mickey at his fixed location Meet Mickey Mouse in Fantasyland. However, the line can get pretty long throughout the day. So if you really want to meet him, I recommend Extra Magic Time (only for Disney Hotel guests and Annual Pass holders) or at your earliest convenience. You can also meet him at several character meals like Plaza Gardens breakfast or Café Mickey. During the Lion King & Jungle Festival, you can also book a character lunch at Hakuna Matata where you can meet Mickey in his explorer outfit and Rafiki! (really recommend this one!) 

Top tip If you are going in the coming months, you can also meet Mickey near Phantom Manor in his Phantom outfit! 

Ride Phantom Manor

Speaking of... Disney World and Disneyland have Haunted Mansion, Hong Kong Disneyland has Mystic Manor and DLP has Phantom Manor. Experience the story of the Bride and the Phantom in this spooky dark ride full of amazing effects, a great story and incredible theming. The cast members here are great too because they really are creepy when they greet you. Usually, there is not that long of a wait for this one! So put this one on your list! 

Top tip ride it when it’s already dark for an extra spooky effect!

Get a crêpe

This snack is a must in DLP. What’s more French than a crêpe? You can find it at numerous locations throughout the park. My favorite is the kiosk in Discoveryland. You have one with sugar (€3.29) and one with Nutella (€3,79). I always get Nutella, but I want to try the sugar one on my next trip so we will see which one I like better! So these are some of the cheaper snacks you can get in DLP and are well worth your money! 

Top tip get one just before Illuminations! It’s a little tradition my sister and I have and there’s nothing better to be waiting for the fireworks with a nice snack!

Ride Crush’s Coaster

This is probably the most popular attraction in Disneyland Paris. After riding it just last year, I understand the hype! It’s so good and fun. This coaster can ONLY be found in DLP, which is why this is your chance to ride it. Go on an adventure with Crush and his friends all the way to the Australian current! With sharp turns, speed and lots and lots of spins. Yes, this is a spinning rollercoaster, so if you don’t like that, I would not recommend this one. Crush’s Coaster gets extremely busy from the moment the parks open for Extra Magic Time. I couldn’t ride it in 2018 because of a lack of time. So last year, this was a priority! I recommend getting to the Studios park at 8 and wait half an hour before it opens for Extra Magic Time. As soon as you are in, make your way towards the ride. You’ll have to wait, but it won’t be as long as the middle of the day. This ride does not offer Fast Pass (which can get you shorter wait time for numerous rides), it does have a single rider queue, but even that can get up to 40 minutes.

Top tip the queue and loading area of this ride is amazing. So look around you while standing in line and take it all in! You never know what details you can find! 

Visit Disneyland Hotel

The Disneyland Hotel is the huge, stunning pink building you see just before you enter the parks. You don’t need to have a hotel reservation to go in! So make sure you do. The moment you step in, you can smell the infamous scent of this hotel. Every time I go in there, I breathe in so many times. It’s incredible (and yes, I am slightly obsessed with it, I’m aware I have a problem). You can walk around the lobby, go into the gift shop and go to Cafë Fantasia or eat in one of the restaurants! Another tradition of me and my sister is to go to Café Fantasia at the end of the day during the trip. We like to do this at least once when we are there. You can get some little snacks, cocktails, all sorts of wines and beers, hot chocolate and tea! It’s very relaxing here and the theming is amazing! Service is great too. 

Top tip if you really loveee the smell as much as I do and you are prepared to pay money for it, you can actually take it home with you. You can either buy a scented candle (€40) or scented room spray (€60). It’s super expensive but so worth it. My sister bought the room spray and just after 3 sprays, the room is filled with the smell and actually lasts a few days! 

Go to Disney Village

If you want even more shopping, have some good food or go to the movies, visit Disney Village! You don’t need to have a park ticket or hotel reservation, Disney Village is free for all! Most of the shops are open until 11 pm and World of Disney until 12 am (in the summer it’s 12 am and 1 am respectively). My favorite shops are the Disney Store, the Disney Gallery and World of Disney!  Restaurant wise I have not eaten at a lot of them, but Café Mickey is great for some good food and meeting characters (it is expensive though and I haven’t done this in a long time). In recent years, I have been to Billy Bob’s La Grange a lot. It’s a great tex-mex buffet-style restaurant with a nice variety of food and lots of desserts! (Lemon meringue pie is excellent). 

Top tip there’s also a Starbucks and McDonalds here if you want some breakfast or coffee in the morning. These open as early as 7.30 am!

So these are all my must do’s for Disneyland Paris!! I hope this post was useful to you. If you are going, I wish you the most magical holiday, whether it’s your first time or hundredth time! 

Have a magical day!

XO 

Yenai

PS. My sister and I started an Instagram account with all things Disney! You can follow us @disneysreflection