The Vault

The Dedicated To DLP Vault is the vast archive of articles and posts about Disneyland Paris written before the great site refresh of 2021. Search the vault for historical reviews, news and trip reports by D2DLP founder Steve Riley.

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    Booking For The runDisney Disneyland Paris Half Marathon Weekend Is Now Open

    Just one week later than originally planned, booking for the runDisney Disneyland Paris Half Marathon Weekend is now open. This is for packages only, which include accommodation, as just race registration opens in January 2016, with limited spaces. There are a variety of travel agents who have partnered with Disneyland Paris to sell these packages, and these are listed here. Alternatively you can contact Disneyland Paris directly here. Using greatdays Holidays, and their website runtothemagic.com, it works out that for one person to stay at Hotel Santa Fe, and pay the…

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    Disneyland Paris Diary: Halloween 2015 – Day 1

    I’m home! Today I arrived in Disneyland Paris, and at this time of year every day is Halloween. This is one of my favourite seasons the parks celebrate, and I’ve been lucky enough to experience it for the past three years so this time I thought I’d bring you all along for the ride and to share the magic. Each day I’ll try my best to post photos and a bit of information from the day so you can all feel a little closer to the place we all love. Hope…

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    Disneyland Paris Rumour: Tarzan Coming Back to The Chaparral Theater, and He’s Bringing Merida

    It seems Disneyland Paris rumours are coming thick and fast these days, with a lot on the grapevine about upcoming shows and attraction changes. Not too long ago, in fact less than a fortnight, we got details of the new show coming to The Chaparrel Theater which would include Pocahontas, Rapunzel & Flynn Rider. Let’s add to that, with this latest tweet from @DisneylandBerry: Pocahontas, Rapunzel, Merida and Tarzan (among others) will be present in the exclusive new show at The Chaparral Theater from February 2016 — DisneylandBerry (@DisneylandBerry) October 6,…

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    Disneyland Paris News: Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony Float Concept Art

    Cast your mind back to September 18th when news broke of what can for Christmas 2015 in Disneyland Paris, and discovered the new name for the Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony, that being Mickey’s Magical Christmas Lights. We also learned there that characters would be involved, but now, thanks to those wonderful people at DLRP Express and a photo of a page from the Annual Passport magazine Envie de +, we can now see that a float will be present for the ceremony too. The first thing that struck me was that…

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    Disneyland Paris News: Frozen Summer Fun To Return in 2016

    If you visited Disneyland Paris this summer then you’ll have experienced Frozen Summer Fun, either the sing-along show and Arendelle market area in Frontierland or the Royal Welcome of Anna and Elsa on Main Street, U.S.A. Having experienced it myself in late May, and though I had a few reservations beforehand, every part of the season was brilliantly conceived and developed, especially the sing-along in The Chaparral Theater. Earlier today many of you will have received an email from Disneyland Paris, advertising an early booking offer. On that was some detail…

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    Disneyland Paris News: Pocahontas, Rapunzel & Flynn Rider to Star in New Show at The Chaparral Theater

    Remember last month when we were speculating about a new show that was rumoured to be coming to The Chaparral Theater and I wondered if it would be Frozen 2.0 or something completely new? Well it seems like the latter is what is happening, after the casting poster was released yesterday asking for people to audition for the roles of Pocahontas, Rapunzel & Flynn Rider, and @DisneylandBerry tweeting that there will be a new show in The Chaparral Theater from February to May 2016. To add credence to DisneylandBerry’s Tweet, @InsideDLParis…