With Frozen, Disneyland Paris is ushering in a new era

Fans of Anna and Elsa will soon be able to sing their hearts out on a boat in a new attraction... Or simply while exploring the sumptuous fictional Norwegian village of Arendelle, overlooked by a 36-meter-high snow-covered mountain, itself crowned with an ice palace, within Walt Disney Studios Park.

The latter, opened in 2002, ten years after the classic park, in Chessy (Seine-et-Marne) will be renamed Disney Adventure World for the occasion.

In the coming years, it will host a world and an attraction themed around another major success of the company with the big ears, "The Lion King", whose construction began this fall.

At the end of its transformation, this park, generally less appreciated than its big brother, will have "almost doubled in size," said Natacha Rafalski, president of Disneyland Paris, ahead of a visit organized for many French and international media, as well as fans and influencers.

"This is a decisive step for Disneyland Paris," she insisted.

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While waiting for Simba and other savannah animals, Disney Adventure World will be organized around a three-hectare lake designed for a new 16-minute 360° nighttime show combining water jets, pyrotechnic effects, 279 aerial drones and 100 aquatic drones with unprecedented technology, according to Disney and Paris.

"Disney Adventure World will not only allow our visitors to have an even more intense immersive experience, but will also push the technological boundaries as we know them today," promised Bruce Vaughn, president and chief creative officer of Walt Disney Imagineering.

This is evidenced, according to him, by the state-of-the-art robot of Olaf, the snowman and friend of the sisters of Arendelle, presented to the press and which will be able to interact with visitors.

The new version of the park will also offer a brand new attraction inspired by the film "Tangled", similar in principle to the spinning teacups of "Alice in Wonderland" located in the other park, green spaces, a new upscale restaurant in art deco style, in the colors of the Disney princesses, as well as the very first bar in the two parks.

Eventually, the world of the Pixar film "Up" will also be at the heart of a flying chair type attraction.

Funded by the parent company The Walt Disney Company, the park expansion project, announced in 2018, is based on an investment plan of two billion euros.

Dynamic pricing

Will it be accompanied by an increase in entrance prices? When contacted by AFP, Disneyland Paris, which implemented dynamic pricing (price variation based on demand) last year, had not responded by Monday evening.

The expansion and refurbishment of the second park, which also offers areas dedicated to Marvel and Pixar, should in any case attract new visitors.

And to relieve congestion for its neighbor, whose nighttime show on the Sleeping Beauty castle will now have competition.

Originally conceived as an immersion into the behind-the-scenes world of cinema, and rather lacking in attractions, Walt Disney Studios didn't really require spending a whole day there, despite the opening of attractions inspired by "Finding Nemo" in 2007 and "Ratatouille" in 2014.

Its transformation began in 2022 with the inauguration of the Marvel Avengers Campus, which notably includes a Spider-Man attraction.

Completely redecorated, the "World Premiere" building, which celebrated the behind-the-scenes aspects of filmmaking, had reopened in May to transport visitors into the middle of a Hollywood evening celebrating a film premiere.

Disneyland Paris, which employs 19.000 people, does not release its attendance figures. However, its growth has driven that of Disney parks outside the United States, according to the latest quarterly results from its parent company.