Disneyland Paris: General Discussion

[Llama]

It really is incredible how powerful the Disney Brand is. The last new ride at the main park was Buzz Lightyear in 2006 and before that the last new ride worth actually booking a holiday for was Space Mountain in 1995. 31 years without a new E-ticket and still consistently the most-visited park in Europe by several million guests. Number two in annual visitors is our beloved Europa Park and all but two of EP's big coasters opened after Space Mountain

 

[Benjsh]

It really is incredible how powerful the Disney Brand is. The last new ride at the main park was Buzz Lightyear in 2006 and before that the last new ride worth actually booking a holiday for was Space Mountain in 1995. 31 years without a new E-ticket and still consistently the most-visited park in Europe by several million guests. Number two in annual visitors is our beloved Europa Park and all but two of EP's big coasters opened after Space Mountain

Too powerful though you might argue. Its made them complacent and lazy.

They know that the magic of the brand / characters will bring people through the gates. The numbers Paris get is not a reflection on the quality of the rides compared to other European parks but more so the parades, shows, meet and greets and all the other stuff that comes with the Disney experience.

For me Europa Park wipes the floor with DLP but it will never get 12/13m visitors in a single year

 

[Bowser]

Too powerful though you might argue. Its made them complacent and lazy.

They know that the magic of the brand / characters will bring people through the gates. The numbers Paris get is not a reflection on the quality of the rides compared to other European parks but more so the parades, shows, meet and greets and all the other stuff that comes with the Disney experience.

For me Europa Park wipes the floor with DLP but it will never get 12/13m visitors in a single year

It does show that you don’t need to rely on frequently building new attractions if your theme park is that good in the first place.

 

[Benjsh]

It does show that you don’t need to rely on frequently building new attractions if your theme park is that good in the first place.

Europa Park is a far superior theme park in almost every single way to DLP. The difference is it doesnt have 80 years of magical family movies that everyone knows propping up its brand. Its a completely different beast essentially.

I wouldn't describe DLP as 'that good' myself. As a theme park only when you strip away all the shows and cast members etc its got a lot of very basic and also outdated attractions. The brand is the key not the rides.