This review of Avengers Campus Paris is based on our visit during the Annual passholder preview day on July 16th 2022 One of the crazes of the 1990s was the magic eye picture, a collection of dots in a seemingly organized pattern that if you stared at in the right way would give you a … Continue reading Avengers Campus Review
Attraction Review: RC Racer
A huge pile of bricks and a giant bucket would add to the authenticity Christmas day living rooms are often taken over by orange garlands, snaking from window ledges or fireplaces these day glow ribbons are the Hot Wheels tracks enabling all manner of cars to perform high speed stunts, loop the loops and jumps. … Continue reading Attraction Review: RC Racer
Attraction Review – Toy Soldiers Parachute Drop
The Toy Soldiers Parachute Drop always filled me with fear and I only recently went on it for the first time. Despite being afraid of heights it wasn’t that or dropping sensation, its because a staple of my childhood was seeing these parachuting soldiers caught in overhead wires. UK public safety films had made me … Continue reading Attraction Review – Toy Soldiers Parachute Drop
Hotel Review: Magic Circus Disneyland Paris
Magician, Ringmaster or Scooby Doo Villain? you decide, Video Tour of the hotel at the bottom of the page The perception of circuses enjoyed a much needed adrenaline shot in the arm with the release of the smash hit movie The Greatest Showman. The success of this film no doubt influenced the nature of the … Continue reading Hotel Review: Magic Circus Disneyland Paris
Marvel Hotel Review
Disney's Hotel New York: The Art of Marvel Review At park closure you are swept down Main Street USA carried along by a current of wired children, Goofy cosplayers and heavy hearted last day people. Guests staying at a resort hotel are swept through the the Disney Village as hungry Elsas and thirsty Mickeys drift … Continue reading Marvel Hotel Review
The Birthday Cake
On 26th February 2020 I received a phone call from Mickey and Minnie Mouse. As well as wishing me happy birthday, they sang happy birthday to me and they told me how excited they were to see me later that day at Disneyland Paris. I was incredibly excited and within minutes of receiving the call … Continue reading The Birthday Cake
Attraction Review: Big Thunder Mountain
One ride that is consistent across all Disney Theme Parks is Big Thunder Mountain, a rollercoaster that takes guests around the titular Thunder Mesa mountain in a runaway mine train. The ride is the focal point of Frontierland and in the Paris park is part of a narrative that runs includes the paddle steamer the Molly Brown and the Phantom Manor (the Haunted Mansion across the pond). The ride is a runaway mine train that tours Big Thunder Mountain, its mines and infrastructure at break neck speed.
Blog: Thoughts on Avengers Campus Paris
For weeks now I’ve spent my evenings watching live streams and reviews from Avengers Campus in Disney California Adventure, The opening of Disney’s Hotel New York: The Art of Marvel yesterday really brought it home that Paris is getting its own Avengers Campus, and its just around the corner. See below the concept art photograph … Continue reading Blog: Thoughts on Avengers Campus Paris
Attraction Review: Hyperspace Mountain
At the heart of Discoveryland sits the formiddable and eyecatching Hyperspace Mountain. Formerly Space Mountain Mission 2 this ride is an update on the classic Walt Disney World and Disneyland Ride Space Mountain. Where Space Mountain has 0 inversions, Hyperspace Mountain boasts 3 inversions a sidewinder, cutback and a corkscrew. The exterior of the mountain … Continue reading Attraction Review: Hyperspace Mountain
Hooked Line and Sinker
If you are anything like me a Disney trip is the successful culmination of a series of lists. Ranging from the restaurant list and ride list to the must have merch list, there is even a list list to govern all the other lists, a bit like the one ring in Lord of the Rings. … Continue reading Hooked Line and Sinker