European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 24, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Money and magic making Disney dream come Trueby Gary Pomeroy staff writer magic dust still has to be sprinkled and a lot of construction must be completed but the latest magic kingdom from the Walt Disney co. Is Well on its Way to becoming a reality. Euro Disneyland located 20 Miles East of Paris in Marne la Vallee France opens its door s and begins its bid to Garner a slice of the european vacation Market at 9 01 . On april 12, 1992. But 2,000 reporters visitors employees and their children received a sneak peek at Mickey mouse s new playground and watched the unveiling of sleeping Beauty s Castle the 150-foot-High Centrepiece of the theme Park at a press Day earlier this month. The main mouse led the raft of Disney characters and company executives who hosted the promotional look at what one Disney executive called the company s Quot most important project of this amid flying confetti thousands of balloons a marching band and much scaffolding guests were treated to Tours of the $4.4 billion project that is modelled after other Disney Parks in Japan California and Florida. What they saw was a mix of the familiar and the new. The Park contains four of the traditional themed a main Street u.s.a., drawn from Walt Disney s boyhood memories represents a turn of the Century american town. It houses the Railroad station for the steam engine that will carry visitors around the roughly circular Park. And it is Here that a brass band will Parade regularly with the Disney family of characters. A Frontier land is set in a landscape inspired by Monument Valley and the Gold Rush Era. It has a Steamboat the big Thunder Mountain roller coaster a Disney favorite and phantom Manor for those who enjoy frights. A at adventure land guests will be Able to climb an 81-foot-High tree where the shipwrecked Swiss family Robinson built their Island Refuge. Here they can also visit Captain Hook s Galleon and see Caribbean pirates and the characters from the arabian nights come alive a fantasy land based on Disney s interpretations of legends and fables entered around sleeping Beauty s Castle will also have Disney s Universal Salute to children it s a Small world. One euro Disney in ruination is that the futuristic tomorrow land will be replaced by discover Lund. Inspired by Jules Verne and Leonardo a Vinci it pays tribute to human invention and imagination. Among its High tech attractions. Discovers land will offer a 4-d film titled Captain to. The film features Michael Lackson and was directed by Francis Tord Coppola and produced by George Lucas. Included in the themed lands will be 24 shows rides and ride through adventures 5b souvenir and clothing slurps Mil 40 theme restaurants and snack facilities. Admission prices have not Boon Finali de but Disney officials estimate that a single daily ticket will Cost about $47 Tor adults and about $28 Lor children. The euro Disney resort immediately outside the Park s main Entrance will enable visitors wishing to stay overnight to select a room trom among six themed hotels. The hotels will provide 5,200 rooms and Range in Price and style from moderate to luxury. The resort will also include a Campground an entertainment Center a convention Center and a Golf course. When All construction is completed in the year 2017, Thi 5,000-acre plot of former beet Fields is expected to boast at least 19,000 hotel rooms three 18-Hole championship Goll courses and two additional theme Parks. I la first Disney Mem studios Europe is slated to open in 1944. Disney Mem will also contain movie and television production facilities. I he site was selected trom about 1 50 places in Europe and was purchased trom the French government Lour yours ago. It in tint d on Page 41 Mickey and friends it the unveiling of sleeping Beauty s Castle from left Bob Fitzpatrick Furo Disney president Michael Eisner chairman of Walt Disney corp. Roy Disney vice chairman of Walt Disney corp. October 24, 1991 stripes Magazine 3
