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DISNEYLAND PARIS · MARNE-LA-VALLÉE, FRANCE

Disneyland Park

“la belle au bois dormant”

The most beautiful one — a pink château on a hill with a dragon in its basement, square storybook trees, and a Jules Verne Tomorrowland where the space mountain fires from a cannon.

Le Château de la Belle au Bois Dormant
Icon · Fantasyland

✦ the château keeps a full-size dragon in its basement — she wakes up grumpy

THE ANIMATED COLLECTION · 29 PIECES

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Main Street U.S.A.

2
Disneyland Railroad
Landmark
Steam laps of the loveliest layout.
Main Street Vehicles
Landmark
Horseless carriages and one very patient horse.

Frontierland

4
Big Thunder Mountain
Runaway coaster
On its own island — the lift dives under the river.
Phantom Manor
Dark ride
The mansion with a plot, a bride, and a grudge.
Thunder Mesa Riverboat Landing
Riverboat
Paddle-wheeling around Big Thunder's island.
River Rogue Keelboats
Boat ride
The small boats with the big views.

Adventureland

4
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Peril
Coaster
The first Disney coaster to go upside down.
Pirates of the Caribbean
Boat ride
The Paris cut — two drops and a restaurant in the middle.
Adventure Isle
Landmark
Rope bridges, caves, and Skull Rock.
La Cabane des Robinson
Walkthrough
The Swiss Family's French address.

Fantasyland

11
La Tanière du Dragon
Landmark
Under the castle, chained and breathing. Go say bonjour.
it's a small world
Boat ride
The facade clock puts on its show every quarter hour.
Peter Pan's Flight
Dark ride
Over London, en français.
Dumbo the Flying Elephant
Spinner
Le vol le plus doux.
Le Carrousel de Lancelot
Spinner
Knights' horses, gold and blue.
Mad Hatter's Tea Cups
Spinner
Under a glass canopy, for the weather.
Blanche-Neige et les Sept Nains
Dark ride
Snow White, originale.
Les Voyages de Pinocchio
Dark ride
No strings, some lies.
Le Pays des Contes de Fées
Boat ride
Canal boats through miniature kingdoms.
Casey Jr. – le Petit Train du Cirque
Landmark
The little circus train that could, could.
Alice's Curious Labyrinth
Walkthrough
A hedge maze to the Queen's castle.

Discoveryland

7
Star Wars Hyperspace Mountain
Space coaster
The Verne cannon fires you into a dogfight.
Orbitron
Spinner
Bronze planets, retro futures.
Buzz Lightyear Laser Blast
Dark ride
Zurg, en garde.
Star Tours: The Adventures Continue
Dark ride
The Starspeeder's European routes.
Les Mystères du Nautilus
Landmark
Walk through Nemo's submarine.
Autopia
Race track
Retro-futurist freeways.
Mickey's PhilharMagic
Show
Donald loses the hat in two languages.
opened
April 12, 1992
lands
Five
the icon
Le Château
my headliners
Big Thunder · Phantom Manor · Hyperspace

Paris got the best version of the castle park: the château is taller and pinker, the trees are squared like illustrations, Main Street has arcades for the rain, and the whole thing was drawn with a finer pen.

See the dragon under the castle first — it resets your expectations for everything else. Then Big Thunder across the river, and Hyperspace Mountain's cannon at dusk.

Every piece above is hand-drawn and animated — the château fires its fireworks, the dragon's eyes glow in the dark below it, and the cannon flashes before every launch.

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