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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    Disneyland Paris Photo Friday: Swing into Spring…and more!

    Just a couple of week’s ago my podcast co-host Mark visited Disneyland Paris and took a lot of photos, to say the least! We will be adding galleries of Swing into Spring celebrations to the website, but until then, here are just a handful of the choice shots he captured. You can hear all about Mark’s trip to Disneyland Paris on episode 36 of the podcast – that’s the episode with a special competition at the end!

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    Disneyland Paris News: Carl and Russell From UP Invade Adventureland

    Big news in Disneyland Paris yesterday, and thanks to our friend @InsideDLParis we have photos of these new additions to Adventureland. Namely Carl Fredricksen and Russell from the film UP, who can be seen near Colonel Hathi’s Pizza Outpost. On the one hand, there’s the question of why they feel the need to add characters to such a nice area in Adventureland. Surely there are enough characters all over the resort that we don’t need to spoil such a beautiful area of natural beauty with man made models of characters from…

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    Hipark Serris-Val d’Europe (Near Disneyland Paris) – Studio Review

    Last November I visited Disneyland Paris for the launch of the 2013 Christmas Season, and on the Friday night I stayed for the first time in a studio at Hipark Serris-Val d’Europe. I had seen quite a few people speak favourably of these apartments so wanted to give it a go – plus at £52 it was only £2 more expensive than Séjours & Affaires. I got off the train at Disneyland Paris, and then got another train to Val d’Europe. The walk to Hipark was about 20-25 minutes, which was…

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    Disneyland Paris Photos: St Patrick’s Day 2014

    I know what you’re thinking, St Patrick’s Day was last month, why are you talking about now? Well as it happens I have been pretty bust over the last couple of months, and in that time photographer extraordinaire Bert Snyers visited Disneyland Paris, and sent me some wonderful photos of St Patrick’s Day. So here I am with a spare lunch hour and these great photos, which it is never too late to share – so enjoy, and as an added bonus there are even some great shots of of the…

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    20 Questions with a Disneyland Paris Fan – Kizzy Quigley

    1. When did you first visit Disneyland Paris? We first visited in March 2010 and stayed at the Santa Fe. Myself and my now husband brought our then 4 year old daughter and Shane’s brother and niece also joined us. It was only a short trip of 2 nights 3 days and we were instantly hooked! 2. How many times have you been in total? So far 8 times with trips 9, 10 and 11 imminent! We will have stayed at all the onsite hotels as of May and I’m so…

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    Disneyland Paris Pins for May 2014 – Stars, Stripes, Dreams!, Ratatouille

    Is it almost May already? Where on earth did April go, I swear it only started a few days ago! So here we go, Disneyland Paris pins for May 2014. Stars & Stripes Main Street, U.S.A. I don’t get this series of pins that are released on May 3rd at all. If you are going to celebrate Main Street, U.S.A. then have pins that feature some of the amazing buildings and visuals, don’t take the cheap way out and just feature the American Flag. I can understand seeing these in a…