Saw some interesting information on TheMainStreetNews Twitter recently about the supposed planned water park way back for Euro Disney including some rather interesting and familiar looking conceptual art for it.
Lava Lagoon was planned before the resort opened for a phase 2 of development (which never happened due to the financial flop of Euro Disney), and the concept art looks a little familiar for those of you well versed on water parks around the world...
(Did you immediately think... "Well that just looks like Volcano Bay!"... well you'd be right, because it was supposedly Imagineer Thierry Coup who designed the concept for Euro Disney, who later left Disney and joined Universal Creative... and now we have Volcano Bay! Coincidence? Hmmm!)
Lava Lagoon was set to be built over the road and between Sequoia Lodge and Newport Bay, with lake connections to allow for boat access too:
The water park was set to have both an indoor and outdoor area - which of course makes sense given the climate - with the outdoor area including a large sandy beach and pool, and the indoor area covered by a large dome and including a large volcano style mountain ('The Big Kahuna') with water slides and raft rides.
They have also put together a video outlining a few more of the details of the water park on YouTube -
From: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oXa1bSpKwPM
It, of course, is a shame that it was never built, as I can't help but feel that the resort would benefit from it massively right now. I don't think we'd see this concept taken any further either given that it would appear to be too close to Volcano Bay in concept now.
TheMainStreetNews also seem to suggest in the video that Les Villages Nature (which I believe is owned 50% by TWDC... although can't find the detail about it) also butchers some of the concept and demand for a water park with its Aqualagon offering.
However, I do wonder if they have been watching the success of Aquatica at Europa-Park and hopefully proven to Disney that the concept, success and demand of a water park in mainland Europe (especially with the climate in mind) would still work well - and maybe we might one day see a dedicated water park built at Disneyland Paris...?
Saw some interesting information on TheMainStreetNews Twitter recently about the supposed planned water park way back for Euro Disney including some rather interesting and familiar looking conceptual art for it.
Lava Lagoon was planned before the resort opened for a phase 2 of development (which never happened due to the financial flop of Euro Disney), and the concept art looks a little familiar for those of you well versed on water parks around the world...
(Did you immediately think... "Well that just looks like Volcano Bay!"... well you'd be right, because it was supposedly Imagineer Thierry Coup who designed the concept for Euro Disney, who later left Disney and joined Universal Creative... and now we have Volcano Bay! Coincidence? Hmmm!)
Lava Lagoon was set to be built over the road and between Sequoia Lodge and Newport Bay, with lake connections to allow for boat access too:
The water park was set to have both an indoor and outdoor area - which of course makes sense given the climate - with the outdoor area including a large sandy beach and pool, and the indoor area covered by a large dome and including a large volcano style mountain ('The Big Kahuna') with water slides and raft rides.
They have also put together a video outlining a few more of the details of the water park on YouTube -
From: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oXa1bSpKwPM
It, of course, is a shame that it was never built, as I can't help but feel that the resort would benefit from it massively right now. I don't think we'd see this concept taken any further either given that it would appear to be too close to Volcano Bay in concept now.
TheMainStreetNews also seem to suggest in the video that Les Villages Nature (which I believe is owned 50% by TWDC... although can't find the detail about it) also butchers some of the concept and demand for a water park with its Aqualagon offering.
However, I do wonder if they have been watching the success of Rulantica at Europa-Park and hopefully proven to Disney that the concept, success and demand of a water park in mainland Europe (especially with the climate in mind) would still work well - and maybe we might one day see a dedicated water park built at Disneyland Paris...?
Completely agree.
TBH, the Star Wars lands already in existent weren't that popular to begin as they focused more on the polarising sequel trilogy instead of a land for all eras of SW which limited its appeal.
The whole runt of the Disney parks thing with Paris can all be linked to the fact that it was built in France instead of either Spain or Italy and the fact that it opened during a recession in Europe at the time which all sadly made it looked as though it was doomed to fail no matter how good a park it was which is a shame as the Disneyland park itself is actually my favourite of the parks in terms of theming and unique takes on certain rides like Space Mountain, Phantom Manor etc.
