Disneyland Paris More Magical Than Ever Covered by a Heavy Blanket of Snow !

If you follow the news you probably know that France and Paris had heavy snow falls the last three days and this of course include snow at Disneyland Paris. A LOT of snow, may be more than the park ever had, and cast-members did their best so the show could go on, and guests even had a parade at the end of the afternoon!

Thanks to Max, D&M and DLP Welcome photographer we have a fantastic video - filmed in 4K and uploaded in Full HD - and you'll have a walkthrough the park just like if you were there! In addition you'll find below more than one hundred pics showing each area of the park covered by a magical blanket of snow! Enjoy the tour!

Here is the video of Disneyland Paris parade filmed by Max on that snowy day!





Don't miss the Part Two of this article about Disneyland Paris covered by snow HERE, this time with pictures with a clear blue sky! A new DLP pictorial update will come soon, and in the meantime if you don't own it yet order your copy of the acclaimed Disneyland Paris book while is still available in its English edition. The French edition is now out of stock but if you're French, and wish to purchase the book in its english edition a PDF file of the full French text of the French edition will be sent to you.

Lecteurs Français: Etant donné que l'édition française est épuisée, un fichier du texte complet original en Français sera envoyé aux acheteurs Français ne comprenant pas l'anglais.
Egalement, Il me reste trois exemplaires de l'édition collector française, état neufs, 250€ pièce, si intéressé me contacter à l'adresse email ci-dessous.

Also, each order will receive two surprise gifts - actually there is more than two - and these are GREAT gifts that each DLP fan love!

Here is all you need to know to order a copy of the "Disneyland Paris From Sketch to Reality" book for those who have never seen the book. First, it's a gorgeous 320 pages coffee table book with 750 pictures of the park including 250 WDI artworks, all DLP attraction posters, and dozens more of sumptuous artworks! The text by Disney historian Didier Ghez tell the story of the creation of the park from dozens of interviews of WDI Imagineers who built the park. It's also probably the best gift you can find for a Disney Parks fan - and it is true! Have a look below to the mosaic pictures showing a selection of pages of the book.







To place your order for the DLP book, please send me an email at: amplittaye@gmail.com with your shipping address. The price during the  special offer is 75€ ( instead of 100€ ) and shipping worldwide is 22€ ( except Belgium and Italy for which it is 29€ ).

You can pay with Paypal, credit card or bank transfer. For Paypal payments please send directly the full amount  including shipping ( 97€ worldwide, except for Belgium and Italy for which it is 104€ ) at: nme4@wanadoo.fr  If you wish to pay by credit card and bank transfer, let me know in your email and i'll tell you how to do.

If you've never seen the book before, don't miss the video below showing the full 320 pages of the book!




Pictures and video: copyright DLP Welcome

Warner Bros Abu Dhabi Unveil New Visuals of the Park Iconic Attractions !

Warner Bros Abu Dhabi the 1.65 million-square-foot indoor theme park which will open its gates this summer unveiled visuals of some of its iconic attractions and a look at two of its six themed lands, Metropolis and Cartoon Junction.

Warner Bros Abu Dhabi is located on Yas Island and will offer 29 rides, interactive attractions and live entertainment on six lands including Metropolis, Gotham City, Cartoon Junction, Bedrock, Dynamite Gulch, and Warner Bros. Plaza.

Metropolis will be a Manhattan-like skyscraper city protected from villains by DC superheroes like Superman and members of the Justice League including Wonder Woman, Aquaman, Green Lantern, Cyborg and The Flash, in addition to the Teen Titans.

The Daily Planet will be home to "Superman 360: Battle for Metropolis", an attraction that features the Man of Steel in a battle of good versus evil.




Justice League: Warworld Attacks will be a dark ride with immersive media and special effects and "a visually immersive pulse-pounding attraction that features a riveting battle of good versus evil to determine the fate of Metropolis".



Other attractions featured within Metropolis include "Green Lantern: Galactic Odyssey", a 4D “flying theatre” attraction, and the "Teen Titans Training Academy", a multi-level play area featuring a biplane.

Restaurants will include Ace O’ Clubs
Bibbo Bibbowski’s quick service restaurant
 and Park Ridge Market: grab-and-go cafe.

“With the park well on track to open its doors to the public within mere months, we are incredibly excited to share our story with audiences around the world, and will be announcing the exact opening date very soon” said Mark Gsellman, the park’s general manager.

Cartoon Junction will feature characters and animated stories from Looney Tunes and Hanna-Barbera such as Tom and Jerry, Scooby-Doo, Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Tweety, Sylvester, Tasmanian Devil (Taz), Pepé Le Pew, and Elmer Fudd.

The main rides will include "Tom and Jerry Swiss Cheese Spin" which looks to be a spinning coaster...



...and "Scooby-Doo The Museum of Mysteries", a trackless dark ride where "guests will hop in their own Mystery Machine to follow Scooby-Doo and the gang as they try to untangle the silly, spooky secrets of the museum.



Other attractions of Cartoon Junction include:

Ani-Mayhem: "an interactive ride that takes passengers on a rollicking mission to deliver their own cartoon chaos."
Meet Bugs! (and Daffy): a walk-through experience "where guests can join Bugs Bunny on stage."
Cartoon Junction Carousel
ACME Factory will include three kiddie rides: Daffy's Jet-Propelled Pogo Stick, Tweety Wild Wockets, and Ricochet Racin' with Taz

Cartoon Junction restaurants will be:

ACME Commissary: quick service
Huckleberry Hound Pies
Penelope Pitstop Cotton Candy

Cartoon Junction will also include the ACME Company Store; C.J. Mercantile; Hare Salon, which celebrates Bugs Bunny’s disguises; and Fudd Hardware.

The man-made Yas Island is also home to the Ferrari World, the first Ferrari-branded theme park in the world boasting the word’s fastest roller coaster. Plans are also underway for the massive marine life theme park SeaWorld Abu Dhabi, which will be the first SeaWorld outside the U.S., to open on the island in 2022.

Building indoor theme parks is part of Abu Dhabi’s efforts to step up competition with nearby Dubai as a playground and tourist destination. Both these United Arab Emirates cities are enjoying strong tourism growth, though Dubai still leads the way.

Dubai theme parks comprise the recently-opened IMG Worlds of Adventure touted as the world’s largest indoor family entertainment venue, as well as the even larger adjacent Worlds of Legends theme park expected to open in 2019 that will include 12 Nickelodeon-branded rides inspired by properties such as SpongeBob SquarePants and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Already opened in Dubai are Legoland Dubai, Motiongate Dubai, and Bollywood Parks Dubai which are all part of the Dubai Parks & Resorts complex spread across 30.6 million square feet.

Pictures: copyright Warner Bros Abu Dhabi

Space Age and Tomorrowland Spirit Relive as Space X Big Falcon Rocket Lift Off Successfully at Kennedy Space Center !

Tomorrowland spirit was back today a few minutes ago with the launch of Space X huge Falcon rocket at Kennedy Space Center a few minutes ago. It was the launch of the biggest and most powerful rocket on Earth, and the biggest since the Saturn V rocket who sent men to the Moon more than 40 years ago. And, WOW, that was a big WOW, the giant Falcon rocket lift off without any problems and the two side boosters separated and went back to Earth, so everything went flawlessly! Incredibly thrilling moment with all the excitement of the folks at Cape Canaveral. Long time that a space mission hasn’t been that exciting!

No satellites inside the rocket for this test flight but a car (!), a Tesla roadster with a mannequin inside the car dressed as an astronaut and all are on the road now to Mars orbit! Next exciting mission in a year or two when two ( rich ) tourists will travel for a round trip to the Moon ( with no landing ).




Above, short video showing the lift off of the big Falcon rocket and a full video of the launch with multiple cameras and footage of the car at the top is available HERE. Go directly in the video to 27.30 min as the lift off sequence don’t start before. LIVE footage of the car in now available below.




What a historical moment, really, and this idea of sending a Tesla car to Mars and beyond is the publicity stunt of the century! Here are some pictures of the car and the mannequin dressed as an astronaut who are at the top of the big Falcon rocket who lift off a few minutes ago, and all this on the music of David Bowie "Space Oddity". The first four pictures of the car, now floating in space, are real pictures, not CGI shot by the cameras inside the rocket. I like the “Don’t Panic!” on the screen in front of the astronaut mannequin!





















Pictures and videos: copyright Space X