Disneyland Paris officially announces "Ratatouille dark ride"

We've known about this new attraction for a while now, we've seen artwork and plans but now we finally know! Disneyland Paris officially announced the new Ratatouille attraction coming in 2014.

Disneyland Paris are always very secretive, and we've been hearing rumours for the past couple of years. Not only that, but we have seen a concrete building spring up in Walt Disney Studios Park.

Picture from @InsideDLParis

At the annual shareholders meeting, the Euro Disney Chairman Philippe Gas revealed:

"Our new family-focused Ratatouille attraction, which is scheduled to open in 2014, symbolises all of the creativity, innovation and emotion that guests associate with a Disneyland Paris experience. By developing this new Ratatouille attraction, we continue to ensure our guests can experience their favourite Disney stories in memorable ways that only Disney can provide.The theme, which is very français, is a tribute to our capital and the unforgettable characters that make Ratatouille the ideal choice for an attraction that fits perfectly at Disneyland Paris.’’

Along with this came a short description of what we can expect:

"Set to open in Walt Disney Studios Park, the attraction is part of the group’s long-term commitment to investing in high-quality guest experiences. That strategy has been fundamental to strengthening the appeal of the multi-day destination, which achieved record-breaking attendance of 16 million visits in 2012. This unique attraction will take guests into the world of the Oscar-winning Disney/Pixar movie Ratatouille which tells the tale of Remy – a talented young rat who dreams of becoming a renowned French chef. Disney storytelling and state-of-the-art technology will come together in this romantic, larger-than-life, Parisian experience."

From previous rumours and speculations, guests will become the same size as the famous rat and journey through the story with him from his point of view. Another rumour says it could be a walk through attraction.

With a 2014 opening year, can we expect that the next festival (after the extended 20th anniversary finishes) to be promoting this new ride? A Parisian theme would of course fit in with the location and also match the Ratatouille story.

Or will they have a Pixar themed festival? After all, once the Ratatouille ride is built there will be a lot to go with the Pixar title in the WDS park; e.g. Crush's Coaster, Toy Story Playland and a small Cars area. Even though this could be a good festival, Disneyland Paris have spoke about moving away from the Pixar franchise in the parks.

"Be my Valentine!" Review

On Thursday, fans of meeting and greeting characters at Disneyland Paris were in love!

Numerous Disney couples were in Disneyland Park to meet and greet guests, surprisingly quite rare couples as well. It wasn't just Princesses and Princes but less well known couples including: Bernard and Bianca from “The Rescuers”, Mickey and Minnie, Donald and Daisy, Peter Pan and Wendy, Stitch and Angel plus Chip and Dale battled for Clarice's love! Also Phoebus and Esmeralda from “The Hunchback of Notre Dame” appeared! In Walt Disney Studios Park Chicken Little and Abbey Mallard shared the love!

Pictures from @DisCharCentral

Pictures from @DisCharCentral

Picture from @DisCharCentral

 Marie, who has been seen at DLP before, was out along with her two menacing brothers: Berlioz and Toulouse from the Parisian style Disney classic "The Aristocats", which fitted perfectly with the decorated Town Square where photo shoots took place. Also the three kittens were the stars of the small "Be my Valentine!" Cavalcade through Main Street.

Picture from @DisneyMoi

Picture from @DisneyMoi

 Thank you to @DisCharCentral and @DisneyMoi for the wonderful updates and pictures!

Tweeting from Disneyland Paris

The 21st century is full of technology! Social media is one of the biggest parts of many people's lives. Updating your Facebook status, tweeting and messaging people without roaming charges are all reliant on WiFi networks abroad.

One thing many people look for when booking a holiday abroad is 'free WiFi  so, now that Disneyland Paris are introducing it, they may find themselves with more customers!

Picture from @DisneylandPFans

Disneyland Paris confirmed that Disneyland hotel now offers free WiFi to visitors, then later, they revealed that free WiFi would gradually extend to other Disney hotels, Convention centres, Golf Disneyland and Disney Village.

Free WiFi is definitely a smart decision, as in today's world many people tweet and post pictures online which could help promote Disneyland Paris even more.

New scenes for Disney Dreams!

Can you believe it's nearly been a year since the huge celebrations began for the 20th Anniversary at Disneyland Paris?

Picture from @DisneylandPFans

One major addition to guests Disneyland Paris experience is the nighttime show: Disney Dreams! Just recently DLP have confirmed that two new scenes will be added, replacing two original ones for the first anniversary of the show.

The Pixar hit 'Brave' and savannah spectacular 'The Lion King' will be replacing "The Jungle Book" and "Mary Poppins" scenes from April 2013.

Picture from Tumblr

We knew that The Lion King would somehow make its way into the show from promoted tv adverts and promotional pictures of Simba projected onto the castle, and of course "Circle of life", "I just can't wait to be king" and "Hakuna Matata" the three most well known song from the film will feature.

As for Brave, the scenes will feature "Fate and Destiny", "Remember to smile" and "Touch the sky" to compliment the Scottish setting projected onto the castle.

Picture from Tumblr

What do you think of these new scenes? Do you think these films are the right ones to add or should they maybe consider adding Wreck it Ralph, maybe an 8-bit castle would appeal to the younger audience?

The new scenes will be projected from 1st April 2013, however there may be a few "soft openings" a few days before that date.

Win Disneyland Paris 2013 pins!

Yay! I've decided to run a competition! This competition is to say thank you for everyone's support on Twitter as I have now reached 200 followers!

To celebrate this new year,  I'm giving away 4 pins from the Disney Store Parks Collection as you can see below...

Disneyland Paris 2013 Mickey Mouse pin - £6.00 Disney Store

Disneyland Paris 2013 Mickey Mouse and Friends Pin - £9.00 Disney Store

Disneyland Paris 2013 Mickey Hat Pin - £6.00 Disney Store

Disneyland Paris 2013 Mickey Mouse Doodle Pin - £8.00 Disney Store

As you can see they are 4 amazing pins, and they could be yours!

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3) Post a comment answering this question:
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The Competition ends on 14/02/13 at Midnight (GMT)

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Please note you must follow all 3 instructions in order to be entered, all entries will be checked that you have followed this blog using the blogger friends connect, tweeted the automatic tweet and left a comment below. Competition is open worldwide.

This competition is now closed. Congratulations to the winner, who was drawn randomly: 'Disneylover'. Stay tuned for the latest Disneyland Paris news and more competitions soon.

It must be love...

While the most exciting seasons have ended at Disneyland Paris (Halloween, Christmas and New Years) it may seem that we have no seasonal events to look forward to at this time of the year.

However, do not get too disappointed as on a blog post from the wonderful Character Central blog, it reveals from inside sources some special Valentines Day surprises that may be in store for visitors.

Even though last year there wasn't too much celebrations for this day, it seems this year DLP have stepped up this celebration!

Mickey and Minnie in their Valentines attire from last year. Picture from @InsideDLParis

This is probably to be in competition with the 'Limited Time Magic' Valentine events in the US Disney parks.

Please note these may not be official, so we'll have to wait and see if these happen in the next month at Disneyland Paris!

"Be My Valentine" will run just for the day of the 14th of February.

There will be some sort of cavalcade/pre-parade. It might run a couple of times that day.

Marie and Duffy will be in Town Square. Duffy might have a new outfit exclusively for Valentines Day. This will be the first time he will ever have one at any Disney Park!

Various, rare and interesting Disney "couples" will appear all over the park. These romantic couples will greet fans throughout the day, and will be ones that cannot normally be found.

Duffy and Marie will have set times throughout the day, but the other characters are more of a "pop up surprise", with no set (or at least released) schedule.

Duffy Valentine plush toys are now on sale in parks. Picture from @InsideDLParis

Character Central will be there Tweeting live from the park that day, so follow them on twitter here.

So what do you think of these special events for Valentines day? Will this bring more customers to the parks to have a romantic break away in the magic of Disney and Paris?

Let me know what you think in the comments below!

Thanks for reading!

Left or right?

If you follow The Curious Labyrinth on Twitter (@The_CuriousLab) you will know that we've just about reached 200 followers! That's is an exceptionally great achievement, and I feel very warm and humble inside to have all you lovely people following me!

To celebrate this, I wanted to go back to the very first post on The Curious Labyrinth before we changed platforms and unfortunately the post was deleted! Now we're back on blogger I thought I would re-write the post!

The topic was about which way do you go when you visit Disneyland Paris?

Once you've checked into your hotel etc and decided to go into the parks you make a dramatic stop where the decision has to be made! Left for Walt Disney studios? Or right for Disneyland park?

For me, I always go to Walt Disney studios first! I actually have no real reason, but maybe it's because I love the magic of Disneyland Park and want to save the excitement? I also feel that the studios have more thrilling attractions, I always love going on Crush's coaster (despite the long wait) plus watching Animagique and Cinémagique and of course the Tower of Terror!

However, I've always wondered if I should go to Disneyland Park first? After all, I always miss the castle and strolling down Main Street to kick off my exciting visit. You might even be in time to see the parade, or there might even be a meet n greet!

So which way do you go! Left or right? Let me know in the comments below!

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