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[Disneyland Paris Treasures]

I know the current imagery has been taken on 21.10.2007, but does anyone know the date of the former Google Maps/Earth imagery or can give an educated guess? There is no ToT or CC yet.

If it helps to date it more precisely I can provide shots with more detail than this:





Thanks for your help!!

[Willow]

Its 2006 at the earliest as the Wonderful world of Disney parade is parked up backstage, including the Character Express as the old dumbo float, would be difficult to narrow it down more but I'm sure some people on here will have a better idea.

I would say Summer 2005-ish.

[ford prefect]

Panoramagique is missing and the columns are present in the village.  I would guess 2002/2003.

It would be interesting to see if The soccer school ground is there. Located over the road behind Sequoia Lodge.

[Disneyland Paris Treasures]

Thanks for helping me, guys!

... It would be interesting to see if The soccer school ground is there. Located over the road behind Sequoia Lodge.

No, it is not there yet:



I just checked, the soccer school opened April of 2004, which means the map has to be older than that, right?

[ford prefect]

So the photo must be between March 2002 and April 2004.  I would guess Summer 03

[Alice@Wonderland]

Wow - a bit of detective work is going on here!  :-k
Also the fauna indicates that it would be summer as all the trees and flowers are in full bloom.

EDIT: Fauna Flora! I'm getting confussed!

[The Butlin Boy]

So the photo must be between March 2002 and April 2004.  I would guess Summer 03

Sounds about right to me, it had to be before the construction on TOT, TS, Panoramagique, and Buzz had started, so that's probably a good guess :wink:

[Disneyland Paris Treasures]

Yes, it is definitely summer. All the outdoor pools (HNY, NBC, SQL) are crowded, there are six boats on the lake, everything seems to be up and running and even the visitor parking lot is bursting. So the only question that seems to remain is: is it really summer 2003 or could it also be 2002? Is there a way to find out?

@The Butlin Boy: Wow, how do you see the work on Buzz has started? What did they change on the building? Here is a shot of Buzz back then and "today":



Thanks a ton for all your help!

[The Butlin Boy]

@The Butlin Boy: Wow, how do you see the work on Buzz has started? What did they change on the building? Here is a shot of Buzz back then and "today":

 :oops: Ooops! My mistake, I was meant to say that it hadn't started yet. Sorry about that :wink:  :roll:

[never2old]

Maybe be slightly off topic, but how do you guys know the exact date of the current pictures??

[Willow]

Maybe be slightly off topic, but how do you guys know the exact date of the current pictures??

I dunno how they have got the exact date of the current images but it you can tell its halloween season 2007 as the pre-parade is parked up backstage.

[Disneyland Paris Treasures]

Maybe be slightly off topic, but how do you guys know the exact date of the current pictures??

That is something I learned from Nicholas-c in another thread:

with latest version of google earth in the bar at bottom there is a date of when the "photo" was taken

Had I known this earlier I would have checked the date in Google Earth of the old imagery in time, I am curious about its date for a long time now ...

[ford prefect]

Mobi, I am on a mission now to date this photo!

Can you provide image of Val d'europ and Val de France please?

Many thanks

[Disneyland Paris Treasures]

Mobi, I am on a mission now to date this photo!
Can you provide image of Val d'europ and Val de France please?
Many thanks

Weeee, thanks a ton!!! Here you go:

Val d'Europe:



Val De France:



If you need more detail, I also uploaded these:

Val d'Europe - Medium - 1024x658 296 KB
Val d'Europe - High - 3773 x 2423 1.483 KB
Val de France - Medium - 640 x 1028 304 KB
Val de France - High - 1402 x 2371 1.211 KB

Again, thank you very much for your help!

[ford prefect]

Interesting photos:  

Dreamcastle hasn't been started, Explorer's Hotel, Holiday Inn and Kyriad are all works in progress.

Dreamcastle opened in July 2004 and Explorer's was scheduled to open in April 03.  

Can anyone confirm when Explorer's Hotel opened?

Val D'Europe Garden Centre opened in 2004 and I can't see it.

So, It looks like the photo might be Summer 2002.