• DLP Design & History,  News

    10 Things We Learned From Celebrating 29 Years of Dreams

    For its 29th anniversary celebration, Disneyland Paris treated fans to a beautifully produced  walk & talk video through the park and its history. With insights and stories from Imagineers, Cast Members and even a former Park President, here are ten interesting highlights we learned from the special hour-long presentation.  There used to be a real Venetian Gondola outside Bella Notte Pizzeria  According to Imagineer Yves Benyeta who has been part of the original DLP team since 1990, the Walt Disney Imagineering head in charge of creating Fantasyland, Tom K. Morris, made…

  • Food,  Reviews

    Review: The Lucky Nugget Saloon – A Dining Gem

    There's more than meets the eye at The Lucky Nugget Saloon. This Frontierland favourite has a few tricks up its sleeve, being a counter and table service hybrid restaurant. In this review, we explain why The Lucky Nugget has so much to discover, for prospectors of all ages.

  • Hotels,  Reviews

    Review: Sequoia Lodge Hotel

    One of the first hotels operational on opening day in 1992, Sequoia Lodge is situated on Lake Buena Vista between the New York Hotel and the Newport Bay Club, an enjoyable 10-minute walk from the parks. It is styled after a U.S. National Park resort, surrounded by large sequoias, and the natural stone-and-wood interior gives it a distinctly intimate mountain-retreat atmosphere. Sequoia Lodge may feel cozy, but this 3-star hotel boasts a mighty 1011-room capacity, spread out over the main building and six exterior lodges, one of which houses an indoor…

  • News

    Home Again

    Welcome to the all new Dedicated to DLP site! We wanted to make this a home for all fans, friends and families who love Disneyland Paris, need information about the parks and hotels, enjoy tips from seasoned regulars or simply want to keep up with the latest developments surrounding Europe’s only Disney theme park. Some of you may know that D2DLP has been around since 2010, and there’s a treasure trove of articles from the previous decade which you can find in The Vault. But 2020 was obviously a topsy-turvy year…

  • DLP Design & History,  Featured,  News

    Stories in Stained Glass: Illuminating DLP Details

    On the 20th of March 1993, Disneyland Paris opened La Galerie de la Belle au Bois Dormant inside Sleeping Beauty’s Castle. This stunning walkthrough on the upper level of Sleeping Beauty’s castle epitomized the craft and art of all the imagineers and artisans who worked to create the magic of Disneyland Paris. Carefully carved ornaments, intricate tapestries and detailed decorations painted on the inner dome of the castle are already awe-inspiring, but the showstopper up here must be the stained glass windows retelling Sleeping Beauty’s tale. The nine arched windows were…