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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    The Amazing Halloween Pumpkins and Lanterns in Disneyland Paris

    If you read my article from two days ago you’ll have seen that the Halloween decorations have started to go up in Disneyland Paris, and as we stand today, it’s just one week until the season officially starts. Well much more has appeared today, and chatting to Ben from ED92 led to him surprising me with a whole bunch off amazing pumpkin photos and permission to post them on Dedicated to DLP. You can see daily updates from ED92 on Twitter but also check out their brand new blog here. Now…

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    Disneyland Paris News: Halloween is Coming, with New Entertainment and Decorations

    While my excitement level might be not be as high for Halloween as it is for Christmas, and everything that got announced in the press release last week, it’s still great to see the first signs of the spooky season in Disneyland Paris. Thanks to @InsideDLParis, who has been out in Disneyland Park taking photos today, we can see the start of Halloween 2015 in Disneyland Paris. On a side note, if you are new to Dedicated to DLP and haven’t heard of InsideDLParis before, do yourself a favour and follow…

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    Disneyland Paris News: Disney’s Enchanted Christmas 2015 – Everything you Need To Know

    Every year the news of what will make up Disney’s Enchanted Christmas in Disneyland Paris is something I look forward to reading about, eager to see what my favourite time to visit the resort has in store this year. The details are on the Dutch version of the official news website, but not the English one yet, so with the help of Google Translate, let’s see what we have to look forward to. Royal Christmas Wishes Last year Magical Christmas Wishes was the tree lighting ceremony, but this year Wishes means…

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    Could Hong Kong Disneyland’s Mickey and the Wondrous Book be Coming to Disneyland Paris to Replace Animagique?

    When the news came out in the last 24 hours that a new show of the same ilk as Disneyland Resort’s Mickey and the Magical Map called Mickey and the Wondrous Book is coming to Hong Kong Disneyland, it’s hard not to think of Animagique when you see the concept art that Disney have released. Now take a look at a scene from Animagique: We know that Animagique is closing in February 2016 and reopening again in July of the same year. Let’s look back at what Disneyland Paris said in…

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    Photos from Yesteryear: DLP in 2002

    These photos were taken by Steve in 2002 with a film camera, in the pre-digital era, and is a fun look at how DLP looked back then, what has changed and what’s stayed the same. It’s A Small World, 21st July 2002, Disneyland Paris. Pirates of the Caribbean, 2002, Disneyland Paris. Sleeping Beauty’s Castle, 2002, Disneyland Paris Earfell Tower at Walt Disney Studios, just a few months after the Second Gate opened in 2002. Sleeping Beauty’s Castle at night, 2002, Disneyland Paris. Intriguing to see how few people there are, but…

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    Disneyland Paris Rumour: Characters to Return to Onsite Hotels at Christmas

    You guessed it, @DisneylandBerry is at it again, and this time with some news that will make a lot of people very happy. From this Christmas until Spring 2016, some Disney Characters will be back the morning in the Disney Hotels — DisneylandBerry (@DisneylandBerry) September 4, 2015 It was in November last year that we got the news that characters were being removed from onsite hotels for meet and greets, and less than a year later it seems that is about to change, again. I’d be interested to know the reasoning…