When Will Disney Do Something New at Disneyland Paris?

I do wonder if some issues with Disney just so burned on how DLP never quite lived up to expectations that it just let it slack off. I agree, something new there would be a good spark and get more eyes on it.

This is a strange article.
While I agree DLP needs a huge injection of cash, some of the info on this article is just wrong

Toy Story Land with 3 new attractions launched in 2010
And 2022 saw Avengers Campus plus the new WEB Adventure attraction

That’s totally against the claim that there’s not been a new attraction in 17 years or a development for 28 years!!!

I feel like Disneyland Paris is exactly what it's meant to be: Perfect for introducing kids to the magic of Disney.
Also, I can't think of a ride there that should be gotten rid of or isn't popular, which is something you can't say of a lot of Disney parks.

#fatboyslick - Robert is referring to the actual Disneyland Paris Park - the two rides you mention are in the second park - Walt Disney Studios :-)

@Mime Rhodes sorry no, he’s referred to it as Disneyland Paris. That’s the resort. If he was specific about a park he should have referred to Disneyland Paris Park. He didn’t make that mistake when referring to Disneyland in California when he listed example parks that have had developments….why not include Walt Disney Park Studios where the developments have been occurring.
Just feels like selective journalism

Fatboyslick, Walt Disney Studios is listed, maybe you missed it.

I live in France, not very far from Disneyland and, as many people I know, have not visited the park in 10+ years.
We go to other parks with new lands/rides, like Parc Asterix, Europa Park etc..
Disney is now a first-timer/fan park, letting much of its initial larger audience go to the competition.
The new Frozen land won't change that, unless they go really big, because Disney's now got that low-investment low-excitement reputation. Too little too late.

I know Disney had to essentially buy the resort out, as its previous owners were in debt and unable to maintain, much less upgrade the parks. Is this a balance sheet thing? Is Disney trying to pay down their investment before making some big moves? I also can't help but wonder if they've done the math on how many Florida visitors are from the UK or EU, and determined that better numbers in Paris would cannibalize Orlando. I am not knowledgable about the actual numbers, can anyone confirm if that's a factor?

I think there are a couple big problems, the first being the place loses money like crazy in the winter. Yea it can be a pretty good business in the spring-fall, but I have had the displeasure of being there in January, the place was totally empty. They have to keep the place staffed and operating for months while losing money like crazy. Most sane people do not want to spend good money and vacation time, pay for hotel, park tickets etc when they know its going to be 30-40 degrees and likely freezing rain. At least other parks in Europe can close for a few months but its impractical for DLRP to do that and as a result they burn through a lot of the cash they made during the year.

I think this has led top execs at Disney to view DLRP with apathy over the years. It gets the "why should we invest major capital into something that's just going to lose money?" mentality, which I think we all disagree with because we see the result which is being outclassed by their competition which makes the problem worse.

There is also another issue is that I think for many years people in France and across Europe did not want to go because they hated the whole idea of it being in Paris. The newer generations now do not have this type of negative attitude towards it like older generations do, so part of me feels like Disney let the French investors lose all the money and now that it has a brighter future the Walt Disney Company stepped in and bought it for cheap thinking it has a brighter future ahead because of generational attitude changes.

I agree with Robert though this park needs new attractions badly. Even the stuff they added to WDS over the years has been mediocre at best and that includes Avengers.

>>When Will Disney Do Something New at Disneyland Paris?

Well making money would be new to DLP…

Unfortunately Disney will never make any significant profit with DLP resort. Unlike the Americans the Europeans don't spend an ungodly amount of money in a theme park. We have a ton more vacation weeks and need to spread our money over that period. Above their there is fierce competition from it's neighbor as it is a stunning city. Above that a lot of local theme parks in Europe are stunning and doesn't smell like a corporate money grab.
Above that the park sometimes gets a watered down land or ride. The fans know that and it doesn't sit well with them.

A telling moment on the Imagineering doc series on Disney+ is talking Euro Disney, Eisner saying they spent so much on hotels and such expecting folks to be staying multiple days and "that was really dumb."

Their key mistake was thinking Europeans vacationing like Americans do and that cost them big when it opened and years to recover.

I knew I must have imagined all those Europeans in Orlando every time I visit.

I'm glad this artivle shines a critical light on Disneyland Paris. Even if they announce something new right now, it probably wont open until 2026, thats 20 years between attractions!

Absolultely ridiculous. C'mon Disney, yes Walt Disney Studios has gotten love but the flagship needs something new.

>> Unfortunately Disney will never make any significant profit with DLP resort. Unlike the Americans the Europeans don't spend an ungodly amount of money in a theme park.

And when we do, we go to Florida.

@Chad H: because we pay less and get more as well as new attractions AND the weather is 10 out of 12 months better!

The problem here is the price.
Since Disney took over prices have gone through the roof. It used to cost about 300 euro a night for a family of 5 at the Sequoia Lodge and that included park tickets and breakfast.
They are currently advertising prices at from 150 euro per person per night and that does not include breakfast and that is in the low season.
Add to that Disney Genie and lightning lane which also used to be a free fastpast service.
When you add that up prices have at least tripled. I had stayed in Disney on at least 9 occasions but have not been in years as the prices are ridiculous.
On the other hand other parks such as Portaventura have continued to improve with Street Mission and a new coaster to open shortly based on "Uncharted".
They had a special offer of 30per cent off booking recently and I booked a week in high season including breakfast tickets staying at the Gold river Hotel on site for under 2700 for a family of five.

The problem here is the price.
Since Disney took over prices have gone through the roof. It used to cost about 300 euro a night for a family of 5 at the Sequoia Lodge and that included park tickets and breakfast.
They are currently advertising prices at from 150 euro per person per night and that does not include breakfast and that is in the low season.
Add to that Disney Genie and lightning lane which also used to be a free fastpast service.
When you add that up prices have at least tripled. I had stayed in Disney on at least 9 occasions but have not been in years as the prices are ridiculous.
On the other hand other parks such as Portaventura have continued to improve with Street Mission and a new coaster to open shortly based on "Uncharted".
They had a special offer of 30per cent off booking recently and I booked a week in high season including breakfast tickets staying at the Gold river Hotel on site for under 2700 for a family of five.