I have never accepted a guest post before from someone that wasn’t a friend or fellow blogger but since many of my readers have children or are children trapped in adult bodies, I found this post about Disneyland Paris particularly pertinent. Plus I can’t help but wax nostalgic for those carefree summers I spent as a kid making myself dizzy on roller coasters and hopping from one Disney gift-shop. Written by an expert, some things you might not have known about Disneyland Paris….
With magical shows, hair-raising rides and the chance to say ‘bonjour’ to your favourite characters, the Paris Disneyland Resort has been entertaining kids and adults for almost two decades. Here are a few things about the popular park that may surprise you.
It’s all in the Name
Originally known as Eurodisney Paris, the park changed its name to Disneyland Paris in 1994 due to poor visitor numbers in its early years. Market research found that there were negative connotations of the word ‘Euro’. The word in America is thought to suggest exotic glamour and cultured excitement, however to a European audience; the word is associated with mundane finance and dour, repetitive work. Not the image Disneyland Paris wanted!
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