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    When real life reminds you of Disneyland Paris

    A few days ago I decided to have a stroll around the industrial state near where I work and take some photographs of the factories. It wasn’t until I got back and started looking through the photos that I realised that one of them looked a bit like Space Mountain, even with a hole in the clouds where a rocket could be fired through. See what you think… Here’s a photo of the actual Space Mountain in Disneyland Paris, taken when I visited in July 2005: This is what Factory Mountain…

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    Disneyland Paris Pins for July 2012 – Brave arrives with World of Disney & Phantom Manor

    A massive 19 pins are being released in July, which must be some kind of record? Without further a do, here they are in all their glory. I’m not keen on the handbag pins, but then I have a feeling I’m not the target demographic for these two releases. There are two more of the slightly over-priced 20th Anniversary train pins, this time featuring Goofy and Chip & Dale. If you collect all of these then they would very nice in a long frame with a decent background. The white picture…

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    Disneyland Paris 20th Anniversary Trip Thoughts: Toy Story Playland

    This was my third visit to Disneyland Paris since Toy Story Playland opened, but the first time I’ve actually been on any of the rides. In 2010 we never got past the Cars Rally ride as that was my son’s absolute favourite and at just 2 he was a bit young for anything in Toy Story Playland anyway. In November last year, a friend and had our whirlwind visit and we only got to Toy Story Playland on day 2 of 2 and it was really busy with long queues for…

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    Disneyland Paris Pins for June 2012 – A massive 14 pins, including Duffy

    The pins are coming in thick and fast in Disneyland Paris these days and June 2012 sees 14 released, all different types of pin as you can see from the poster. In the top left you can see the pin game that was launched this month as part of the May 2012 releases and I talked about previously. It looks like there is a 3 pin set that comes out in June that goes with the game and together it forms a train with 3 carriages. That 3 pin set costs…

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    Disneyland Paris 20th Anniversary Magic Everywhere CD

    This is the news that I and a lot of other people have been waiting for, and thanks to tweets from @InsideDLParis we can see that the first CD of the 20th Anniversary has been released. All three photos are from @InsideDLParis so make sure you follow him on Twitter for daily updates from Disneyland Paris. This is the single release of Magic Everywhere, and includes the parade version as well as the instrumental version that’s used as the postshow of Disney Magic on Parade. We’ll have to wait for news…

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    Video: The making of the 2012 Sand Sculpture Festival

    It’s an annual event and the sand sculpture festival in Blankenberge, Belgium has a history of including scupltures of Disneyland Paris characters, attractions and buildings. In this video you’ll see that a Disneyland Paris 20th Anniversary statue is the first one featured in this video. httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5u3-Pc9JsM4 Direct Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5u3-Pc9JsM4 The official website of the festival can be found here and includes the following information: The Sand Sculpture Festival will be built on the festival site on the King Albert I-laan in Blankenberge and will open its sand-crusted gates to the public…