Pictures: Euro Disneyland in 1992

Started by sven, January 03, 2013, 09:59:08 AM

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sven

Hi,

I found this thread in a german forum. Pictures from the second weekend of the park:
//http://freizeitparkweb.de/cgi-bin/dcf/dcboard.cgi?az=show_thread&forum=DCForumID39&om=4235&omm=1&viewmode=

Not exactly a trip report, so I decided to put it here :)

The thread contains pictures of other parks from that year, in comparison the level of theming is impressive. The opening of Disneyland must have been a shock for the european park operators. No park was anywhere near the level of perfection shown there.

perrollaz

#1
Wow- that is really very impressive, thank you for sharing.
I'm only familiar with Europapark and have to admit that, at least with their new rides, the have catched up regarding themening.
But none of them has this Disney magic and pixie dust that only DLRP has. And this is unique to DRLP and the reason I come back again and again- the atmosphere.
Whilst for Europapark I only go to experience the rides.

CinderellaSparkle

#2
Woah what is that HUGE dragon up by Thunder Mountain? Never knew anything about that before..

ed-uk

#3
Quote from: "CinderellaSparkle"Woah what is that HUGE dragon up by Thunder Mountain? Never knew anything about that before..
The HUGE dragon up by Thunder Mountain in the picture, was a float (Sleeping Beauty) in an old parade.
Ed & David

Ravenseye

#4
Thanks for posting that. My son was born exactly two months before the park opened so its fab to see pics from that time. We were lucky enough to get to see the Main Street Electrical Parade, the music was way too catchy and very cheesy but it all added to the fun.  :D
Disneyworld 1990
Disneyland Paris 1996, 2002, 2004, 2013, 2014...

Columbiad

#5
Great photos! Thanks for sharing!

Sulley

#6
great pictures :)

mickeyspal

#7
Quote from: "ed-uk"
Quote from: "CinderellaSparkle"Woah what is that HUGE dragon up by Thunder Mountain? Never knew anything about that before..
The HUGE dragon up by Thunder Moun<a  border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a>tain in the picture, was a float (Sleeping Beauty) in an old parade.
Here's a picture of the Dragon in the parade taken in 1993 (sorry about the quality)
1993 + 2005 - Hotel Cheyenne
1995 - Walt Disney World Florida
1997 - Hotel New York
1998 - Hotel Santa Fe
2000 + 2006 + 2012 + 2014 - Sequoia Lodge
2002 + 2004 +  2009 - Newport Bay
2007 + 2015 - Hong Kong Disney
2007 - DLP (1 day visit)
2017 - Disneyland Hotel - Cinderella Suite
2018 - Disney Cruise- Mediterranean
2019 - Disneyland Hotel
2020 - Disney Merrytime Cruise - Caribbean

perrollaz

#8
Back in these days we didn't had digital cameras and mobile phones :-D
I watched the parade at the same spot !

MrsPirate

#9
We went for a day trip in 1992 and took loads of photos, but my camera went wrong and I only ended up with a couple of decent ones. I'll look them out and try to scan them.


Off Site June 1992
Santa Fe, July 2009
Cheyenne, June 2010
Newport Bay Club Admirals Floor, July 2011
Sequoia Lodge, Christmas November 2011
Sequoia Lodge, June 2012
Hotel New York, Christmas November 2012
Hotel New York, Halloween 2013
Disneyland Hotel, Christmas 2014 and Christmas 2015
Newport Bay Club Compass Club, Christmas 2016 and Christmas 2018

Epcot_Boy

#10
There were some interesting photos there, especially this one.......



.....of which I have not seen before.

Thanks for that :thumbs:


David

simonandwendy626

#11
there are some real memories for us, we first went in 1993 and missed out on going on the canoes as the queues were always so long, and they are the only ride we have not gone on in either park, Its also good to see discoveryland as it was when it first opened with the grass bank instead of space mountain.

candydog

#12
When Disneyland Paris or "EuroDisney" first opened it had the most spectacular parade! There were some photos of it in it's entirety a few years ago which have since been removed - does anyone have anymore?

Festival Disney

#13
Here are some excellent videos that I've come across tonight, the first shows the Keelboats and twinkling lights on Central Plaza in all their glory!
[youtube:24s3ucd6]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uXa6amqIcYQ[/youtube:24s3ucd6]

The second shows the first parade: (First five minutes is travelling)
[youtube:24s3ucd6]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Szng2bXdinE[/youtube:24s3ucd6]
Past trips:
Nov 1997 - SF - 3 days
May 2003 - WDW
Aug 2009 - Off site - 4 days
Jul 2010 -  Disneyland Park - 1 day
Dec 2010, Jul 2011  - Ibis Val d'Europe - 6 days, 4 days
Apr 2012 - HNY - 4 days
Dec 2013  - NPBC - 4 days
Jul 2013 - SL - 5 day

mickeyspal

#14
Here's one of the floats we saw in 1993, it was in the original parade in 1992.
I am still in the middle of scanning old photos of Disney from 1993 - 2000 pre my digital camera days.


I have put this in as it has warm memories of that very first time at Disney, after Donald & Daisy cuddled they came over to cuddle my son don't have a photo but at least my husband caught it on video.

1993 + 2005 - Hotel Cheyenne
1995 - Walt Disney World Florida
1997 - Hotel New York
1998 - Hotel Santa Fe
2000 + 2006 + 2012 + 2014 - Sequoia Lodge
2002 + 2004 +  2009 - Newport Bay
2007 + 2015 - Hong Kong Disney
2007 - DLP (1 day visit)
2017 - Disneyland Hotel - Cinderella Suite
2018 - Disney Cruise- Mediterranean
2019 - Disneyland Hotel
2020 - Disney Merrytime Cruise - Caribbean