Posted on Saturday, 30th October 2010 by WebmasterLeah

Post written by Jennifer Grinold As the Mom of an American family living in Europe, I was determined not to miss Halloween this year.  So I booked a family trip to Disneyland Paris for the Halloween season and bought tickets to the “Mickey’s Not So Scary” Halloween party.  I want to share our Halloween experiences [...]

Tags: Disneyland Paris, halloween, Halloween in Paris, Halloweenland, Jack Skellington, Mickey's Not So Scary Halloween Party, Phantom Manor
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Posted on Monday, 6th September 2010 by Dave Parfitt

A Total Recall of his Forbidden Journey Part 1 of 3: From Films to Theme Parks Recently, I spoke with theme park designer Thierry Coup, Vice President of Creative Development for Universal Creative and the executive in charge of all media production for Universal Parks and Resorts.  He is the brains behind the new Wizarding [...]

Tags: Amazing Adventures of Spider-Man, DIS Interview, Disneyland Paris, Harry Potter, harry potter and the forbidden journey, Islands Of Adventure, Lights Motors Action, Space Mountain, Thierry Coup, Wizarding World of Harry Potter
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Posted on Tuesday, 31st August 2010 by Dave Parfitt

In May 2010, Disney Editions released a new book titled “Walt Disney Imagineering: A Behind the Dreams Look at Making More Magic Real” written by Melody Malmberg with a lot of help from the Imagineers.  This is a sequel to the book published almost 15 years ago with the similar title “Walt Disney Imagineering: A [...]

Tags: Aquasphere, Dan Goozee, Disneyland Paris, Imagineering, Kevin Rafferty, Marty Sklar, Melody Malmberg, Tokyo Disneyland, Tokyo DisneySea, Walt Disney Imagineering
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Posted on Wednesday, 24th March 2010 by Dave Parfitt

Have you ever wondered what all goes into opening a Disney Theme Park?  Knowing the eyes of the world are upon you, and 10,000 people are ready to descend for dinner?  I was able to sit down and talk with two friends of the DIS Unplugged: Lee Cockerell, former Executive Vice President of Operations for [...]

Tags: DIS Interview, disney, Disneyland Paris, France, Lee Cockerell, Pamela Landwirth, Paris
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Posted on Friday, 27th November 2009 by Dave Parfitt

I recently had the opportunity to sit down and chat with Pamela Landwirth, President of Give Kids The World.  Pamela has an extensive background in the theme park and resort operations industry from her 16 years at the Walt Disney Company.  She discussed some of her experiences with Disney including the opening of EuroDisney (now [...]

Tags: DIS Interview, disney world, Disneyland Paris, EuroDisney, Give Kids the World, GKTW, Henri Landwirth, Pamela Landwirth
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