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In front of the pirates boat, Disneyland Park Paris, Seine-et-Marne, Ile-de-France (Nickname: Christophe) |
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Disneyland Park is a theme park which is a part of Disneyland Resort Paris. Owned by Euro Disney S.C.A., it is one of two theme parks in the complex just outside of Paris, in Marne-la-Vallée, France.
The park is based on a formula pioneered by Disneyland in California and further employed at the Magic Kingdom in Florida and Tokyo Disneyland in Japan. Occupying 650,000 m² (140 acres), it is the largest Disney park based on the original in California. The park opened as Euro Disneyland on 1992.
For the fourth park to be based on the original in Anaheim, California, modifications were made to the concepts and designs of the park. Amongst these changes was a shift from Tomorrowland to 'Discoveryland', giving the area a retrofuturistic theme rather than futuristic. Other elements that were altered include the Haunted Mansion, which was redesigned as Phantom Manor, and Space Mountain. The park's location in Europe brought forth its own challenges. For instance, the castle is said by its designers to have been necessarily reevaluated for a continent on which authentic castles stand.
The park, as well as its surrounding complex, initially failed to meet financial expectations. This resulted in an image change in which the word 'Euro' was phased out of several names, including Euro Disneyland.
In 2007, the park map lists 48 attractions in five areas known as 'lands'.
The Disneyland Railroad runs along the perimeter of the park and stops in Main Street, U.S.A., Frontierland, Fantasyland and Discoveryland.
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