Walt Disney Studios: Disney's Worst Theme Park
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- Опубліковано 19 лют 2023
- Walt Disney Studios opened at Disneyland Paris in 2002. The park was originally intended to be MGM Studios Europe, a sister park of what is now Hollywood Studios at Walt Disney World in Florida. However, the failure of Euro Disneyland the decade prior, saw numerous cut backs restrict what the park was originally intended to be and when Walt Disney Studios finally opened, it was nowhere near what many had hoped it would be. In this video I look at the original design for Walt Disney Studios park, what went wrong, and the exciting future plans to relinquish its reputation as Disney's Worst Theme Park ever.
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Even the Disney+ Imagineering series has them openly calling this a mess and "never build a park just to use up the land space deal."
This makes me want to watch the series!
@@joevictor53 its a good watch, especially because it tells the story behind the creation of the various parks… which more often than not was a complete nightmare.
Yeah… I remember visiting it some months after it opened and I remember being disappointed by how little stuff to do there was, especially since some of them were basically “experiences” that didn’t justify the long lines. When I came back years later some of the issues were finally fixed, but ironically this exposed many of the original attractions’ flaws, especially the special effects ride which was still a relict of early 2000s cinema
@@joevictor53 the imagineering story is amazing!! The sister book is a great read too
When Disney admits it’s a mess you know it’s a mess 😂
I love the idea that the sets shown in the tram tour were basically:
-a show that nobody watched
-a movie that nobody watched
-a bunch of misc movie props strewn about the woods
"Disney's Biggest Mistake"
Galactic Starcruiser: "hold my beer."
"That was his mistake-"
Me and a friend were traumatised by the Cars Tour - not because it was terrible, but because they kept the old set with the tanker being set on fire and the dam bursting. The cars are sentient, so you literally watch a character get set on fire and blow up, then fall off a cliff and die. Then the cars on the screen in your tram went 'Wow! That was amazing!'
The truck set on fire actually says in french ”A good old natural wash!” with enthousiasme. So it is not literally dying
@@noisypillow5860 it had a face and spoke then blew up so...
Like cars 2, I rewatched it recently and they literally murder 2 cars and you essentially see what could be considered their corpse on screen and I was flabbergasted thinking of how messed up it was and I never caught that when I watched it as a child 🤣 I still love the movie tho
@cybercube4436 you all are soft as hell nowdays.
Traumatized? Really?! 😂😂😂
I visited Disney Studios earlier this year. It's clearly small, and the attractions are seemingly scattered all over the place with no rhyme or reason, but it's still a lot of fun. It was also exciting to see the progress they've been making on the new Frozen land, and the mini-France section with the Ratatouille attraction was fun to walk through. It's obvious that the Imagineers in charge of the park are doing the best they can to make it as good as possible, even if it's just a little at a time.
Better than Epcot
@@JamesssssssssssssssNo
Nah. It’s a garbage park. There’s only like 2 carnival rides in Toy Story land with no midway mania, coaster, or restaurant. It took me like an hour to get through the whole park. It was embarrassing and a badge of shame in the Disney parks.
I been there this year and it’s not garbage there is the tower of terror, the ratatouille ride, crush coaster and the avengers roller coaster. (The rc car ride was closed so idk if it’s good) Epcot is way much better because
@@joesavag yeah if I ever go to Disneyland Paris, I'm going on Tower of Terror and maybe Crush' Coaster and then going right back over to Disneyland Park. Even if I was a local I couldn't imagine spending more than a few hours at this park
The classic problem with outdated stuff in theme parks: it either dies a villain or lives long enough to become nostalgic.
probably one of the best videos i’ve seen on Walt Disney Studios, so great job ! The park frustrates me so much, although its the sister park to arguably the most beautiful disney park on earth next door, there was still so much potential there that was unable to come to fruition because of the budget cuts. even now im not 100% on the changes being made to the park, but any change to this place will be good change im sure !
Not to me. Pas pour moi. It’s better than nothing 🇲🇫
I knew that Euro Disneyland was considered an initial failure, but I didn't know about the issues regarding employee retainment until this video. Can a story set in France REALLY be complete unless there's a legion of French proletariat standing up for their rights?
As someone in Canada, I really wish more workers in North America followed their (many) examples of refusing to put up with exploitation
I know the French are the butt of a lot of jokes, but they’re honestly such badasses at everything they do
Reign of Fire actually was a pretty memorable and definitely influential movie. The way Dragons are portrayed in those movie, the way they move, they way their wings are actually their front two limbs, all of this you can definitely see in Dragons across the next ten+ years. Think of Game of Thrones and Skyrim.
The second park also had to be opened because of the contract that Disney had signed with the French State. If this area were not developed, the land would belong back to France. For example, there is another area waiting for development: the so-called 3rd theme park. It is located near the golf course. There is still some time before the French State will reclaim this area, but there may be some action around it. Until now, nothing is known about the theme, offer, etc, as far as the 3rd park is concerned.
I myself was in the Walt Disney Studio Park a few months ago and I still think it's a park that you did in half a day. The Crush'n Coaster has far too little capacity, the rebranding of the Studio Tram Tour is really low-budget and the Avengers Assemble: Flight Force rollercoaster is mainly a dark hall with some flashes of light. A mockery of what you used to get. In addition, you still have the feeling that there is no cohesion in the whole. The themed areas seem to have nothing to do with each other. And oh yes; if you want to catch a show, you should queue at least more than an hour in advance in an area where you can't sit anywhere (except on the floor).
The ground dug up for the Studios lake is being used for a berm on the far side of the resort, where there's room for the third (and even fourth) park. That's been a very curious development to me. It doesn't mean they'll announce the third gate anytime soon, but it makes you wonder.
Also, I agree capacity is a huge problem at Disneyland Paris. They really need more rides. I was there in October, outside vacations and during the week and the parks were packed! The nighttime castle show was even very uncomfortable to me, with all those people packed together like sardines.
I never had to come more than 30 minutes in advance to see a show at Disneyland Paris. You must have come on a very busy day.
I just got back from the park and can say that you've overexaggerated the wait time for shows.
@@EspenSGXthey need to do something with Crush’s Coaster. I know it has been said many times, but it is such a popular ride but with such low capacity. I don’t know if they could make new carts with seats for 6 instead of 4 or something? I am disabled and even for me it was a bit of a wait (not complaining at all, just made me think how much of a wait it must have been for everyone else, plus it was the longest wait out of all the rides I went on).
@@charliefen The rumour is that the exterior will get a new look and lose the studio building look.
I think the biggest issue with Crush is the same as with Webslingers. They are popular because of the low number of rides at the park. Build more (spectacular) rides and the wait times should go down. I can't really see any other capacity improvements, apart from that they may improve operations?
I was at DLP last month and I had heard about the reputation of Disney Studios. After having gone there, I can say that you are absolutely right about it being a hybrid of the newer, higher-quality attractions and the original, low-budget ones. For example, there's the new show that they have at the theatre called Mickey and the Magician which is a must-see if you are ever going to go because the costumes and special effects are phenomenal! However, there's still Flying Carpets over Agrabah which is now randomly stuck in the middle of Pixar Pavillion; I think that they should move it to Adventureland. Two things that I think should be done as part of the expansion are build an actual, working Radiator Springs instead of the facades that are there now and in addition to improving Studio 1, give the park a version of the Great Movie Ride! It was my favorite ride at Hollywood Studios and I'm certain lots of fellow Disney fans miss it as much as I do! So, bringing back a defunct, beloved attraction would certainly give the park a lot of fanfare!
I know Euro Disneyland was initially a ton of money put in with comparably little returned, but I feel like too often they've swung too far the other way for too long and done damage to their parks brand. Rather than invest in their ideas, they cut the fudge out of their budgets - and then spent butt tons down the road to try and salvage them. California Adventure, Disney Studios, Galaxy's Edge, Avengers Campus - all originally much grander and more exciting in practice, all reduced heavily by budget cuts and in need of huge investments later on to redeem them. California Adventure seems to have turned things around. Disney Studio is trying. I just wish they would have matched their original visions out the gate and not needed scrambling to try and improve them.
This is by far the best WDS video I’ve seen! This park, while troubled and rushed from the start, has a lot of potential for growth. Hopefully, Frozen is done tastefully and brings some new life to the resort. Although the entire narrative of the park seems to become more and more confused as the years go on lol.
Little known fact:
The second generation ToT ride system was designed for WDS and to be themed to 'Who Framed Roger Rabbit'.
After the failure of Disney's California Adventure in 2001, it was quickly decided to make use of the ride system redesign, once again use 'The Twilight Zone' concept and open these in both parks. The WFRR drop ride was also to be sited roughly where Crush's Coaster stands today, rather than the Production Courtyard location.
The film's elevator scene: ua-cam.com/video/M5fkJVWh6P8/v-deo.html
Weirdly enough it was my favourite park when I was 11. Don't get me wrong, I love the other park but this one made me really interested in cinema and how it's done. The stunt show was amazing, I loved the Armageddon attraction where you had to be an extra and the one with truck on fire. It showed me a glimpse of behind the scene and I was hooked.
I went when it was still newish in 2004. Me and my brother had just gone to the California Disneyland in 2003 so we were comparing the two. The vibe between America and Paris was like night and day. We enjoyed the visit but the Studios just seemed odd that they were trying to pretend that they made movies there. The backlot tour didn't show any hustle and bustle of a movie in progress. You go past a costume department and you're left wondering 'why do they keep pretending they make movies here?' I remember the tour said 'you never know who'll you bump into at Disneyland Studios' and my brother said 'no one famous that's for sure.'
I consider myself a casual / part time coaster / theme park enthusiast, and I didn’t even realise until this video that Disneyland Paris had 2 gates. Great video 👍🏻
The Moteurs stunt arena isn't were the Star Wars land is supposed to go. You can still see the arena on the concept art and it is very clear it's not in the same area if you look at the top down plans.
There is however something curious going on with the stunt arena. When you are in Avengers Campus and stand on the Avengers "A" and look behind the Quinjet, you will see scaffolding covered with tarps that is supposed to look like a Campus building. I have the hope this is supposed to be the multiverse darkride show building that's already announced for California.
The Cars Tram Tour also has me theorising. Looking from above it's a maybe surprisingly big piece of land between Frozen and Ratatouille. I think they could fit a copy of California's Cars land here. It also makes sense, as it would be part of Worlds of Pixar and the mountain range could be Cars themed on one side and Frozen themed on the other.
Now some interesting stuff I heard through the grapevine. The rumour is that in or around April some big announcements are going to be made and that 2028 is going to be a big year for the resort. Apparently America Imagineers have been spotted as well as film crews. There's been a lot of talk what will be next after Frozen. Star Wars land has gone from announced to maybe cancelled to being about certain again. An Avatar land is said to also be considered. And there are persistent rumours about a land based on The Lion King. There's room for all of them. Furthermore, the Flying Carpets are heavily rumoured to be demolished, rethemed or moved to Adventureland next door. It's clear something has to happen with it, as it's in the middle of Worlds of Pixar and the Aladdin theme doesn't make sense anymore. Crush's Coaster next to it is said to be getting an exterior rethemed into something similar like the Finding Nemo simulator ride at Tokyo DisneySea. Some say the Carpets will move to make room for extra queueing.
Entrance area Studio 1 is said to be closing for a Mickey Mouse based refurbishment in the coming months. It'll be very interesting what will happen here. The Cast Members recently had a diner party in Studio 1, which had the distinct feeling of a going away party.
Whatever happens, I hope the Disneyland Park will finally get a whole new, additional ride. Because in 2025 it will be 30 years since Space Mountain! Meanwhile, dare we hope for that third gate by 2036?
Is the area where the Cars Tram Tour is now not supposed to be the lagoon? Looking at the concept art?
@@GeorgesSpace Oh no, it's on the right of it. Also, the new lake and the water ways that connect to it in the Frozen land are being/have been dug. Hard to run an attraction in the same place. 😉
I have to say, when you walk to Cars Road Trip and know that Frozen is behind that, you realise how far away Frozen is from the rest of the current park. It's quite a walk!
We came to Disneyland Paris in April 2002, a month after the new park opened. I was 10 at the time and thought it was great! You don’t notice the problems so much when your a kid
Disneyland Paris didn’t open in 2002
@@DylanScully-qp5lj it didn’t, but the new section of the park that’s being discussed in this video opened in 2002 😊
That makes more sense cause I thought you meant the park opened in 2002
Loved the video! Looking forward to more.
Galaxy’s edge apparently has been scrapped now and they’re “rethinking” the area! So who knows
Yeah in France there are lot of rumors about a Lion King land or (less) à Zootopia land. But apparently the Galaxy's Edge idea is always in think. We have to wait for more x)
Great video, but I wish you spent more time talking about Cinémagique : it truly was a wonderful experience (even winning Attraction of the Year at the TEA awards in 2003) and, to this day, one of the best shows I've seen in a Disney park
Thank you for mentionning it ! For how much I love the Ratatouille ride, Cinémagique is my favorite at Walt Disney Studios, and I wish it received more attention and love because it's a great show.
This is why I have such mixed feelings regarding Walt Disney Studios : on one hand there isn't much to do and the areas are a mess aside from the Paris one, but on the other hand you can find gems such as this show which make you want to go back even if you know you won't do much in this park and will very quickly leave to go to the main one.
Not gonna lie, I'd be pleasantly surprised to go to a theme park and see some Dinotopia love.
It may not have made waves, but it's actually a really good family miniseries and is a bit of a guilty pleasure for me.
I even read the Dinotopia books as a kid 30 years ago.
the homeward bound (1993) score is the last thing i ever expected to hear as the background music for a youtube video but oh boy was it a welcome and thrilling surprise
I like WDS, but it's still Disney's worst park. I had a long argument with some UA-camr (most likely sponsored by Disney), about deceiving viewers with unrealistic expectations.
The truth is: WDS is still kinda a half-day park. Visitors can have an amazing experience at WDS, but it's nowhere close to DCA, Disneyland Paris, Disney Sea, or basically any other Disney park.
22:47 I still think taking the already problematic old Maelstrom ride & flipping it to Frozen in a couple months was their greatest cop outs. It was broken & old before, add constant riders & it is constantly broken.
the main problem with disney land paris, is that its not french or american enough. its blend and needs a clear direction. its not even european enough for its former name.
I was super disappointed in this park when I went. It’s such a joke, it wasn’t even open for half the day that the main park was, so we ended up hopping back over there to finish the day off 😅
I prefer the studios to the main park
From what I’ve heard, they’ve already cancelled the Paris version of Galaxy’s Edge…so, yeah, things aren’t too promising
I don't think the beginning of the video is accurate. From what i heard - Disney was contractually obligated to build a 2nd gate in a 10 year time frame (was 5 years but got expanded to 10). So they HAD to build the studios - and that's why they build it so late - and as cheap as possible.
Oh - and BTW: i was there on opening day 😊
I agree that the best part of that park now is the Ratatouille area, I think that it is really well done, especially considering the location with it being based in Paris itself. It feels like they put the most effort into it to make the area itself attractive. I was there the other day for the first time (never been to any Disney park before) and am thankful I went there first before the main Disney park (we wanted to see the light show in the evening, so for us that made sense to do that first). The rides themselves I liked, just the outside areas felt a bit lacklustre. Crush’s Coaster, the Tower of Terror and Ratatouille were all great.
Now I am praying that they manage to sort out the Eurostar and Disneyland Paris. For those that don’t know, there used to be a direct train from England to Disneyland Paris but that has now been stopped. They blame Brexit, but since Eurostar has figured it out elsewhere, I am really hoping they sort it out for there.
18:05 Also the Tower of Terror was initially envisioned to have a completely different theme with the original to be built in Disneyland Paris’s Frontier Land.
I was obsessed with Disneyland Paris when I was younger and had zero clue Disney studios existed until like 3 years ago
They also need to change Crush's coaster.
It's a popular ride, but it's capacity is just far too low and doesn't make any sense in this type of park.
There was a Dinotopia section!. will say I absolutely loved Dinotopia, wish it had a better reception but I was a fan with the books before the show came out. Thanks for digging up this information.
This was my first introduction to the history of this park. Great video! I'm excited to see what else you make in the future!
Dinotopia was an adaptation of a more obscure series of books. There was a tv continuation of the mini series but it got cancelled pretty quickly do to bad ratings. There technically was an animated movie for dinotopia but it went direct to home video. It’s been so long since the one time I did watch it I don’t even remember the darn things title.
I sometimes wonder how the park would be like if they didn’t had to rush it
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I'm wondering what's to become of Studios Park now that it's no longer focusing on the theme of movie-making or Hollywood. Although the changes will no doubt be overall positive, I'm worried that the park will run into the "Epcot Problem" of deviating too strongly from its original theme by becoming progressively more focused on IPs which don't serve the park's original vision.
Disney has run into a theming problem more generally over the years, as park areas and hotels which previously styled themselves around well-executed broad concepts (such as "The Wild West") become overlaid with brand names and merchandisable characters (such as Woody from Toy Story). These changes seem to have been met negatively by guests who find such overtly-branded theming tacky and immersion-breaking, and who miss the classic escapism and nostalgia of the original aesthetic.
I'm not sure quite how to end this ramble, but i hope anyone reading got something out of it. Either way, I'm eager to go back to Disneyland Paris for the first time in over a decade, so i very much invested in the changes being made to the entire campus. :)
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France calling America imperialist is quite the appropriate use of the term,
Pot calling Kettle black.
3:10 "alleged poor working conditions"? The whole point was that they had similar conditions to American employees and that the French were not going to work under these conditions.
Amazing video, you are so underrated! Love the editing. You have my respect, so so so well done
Thank you so much!
@@GeorgesSpaceAs French. I grew up with Walt Disney Studio for over the last 22 years. It’s not the Worse and a failure Disney Park. There’s no such thing lame park. 🇲🇫😠
At least we got a second park
'Reign of Fire' was rad as hell and I won't hear a word otherwise!
Seriously!! It was one of the first “grown-up” movies that I remember watching, so on top of being freaking awesome, it has a lot of sentimental value for me. And since it was the first thing that I saw Christian Bale and Matthew McConaughey in, it was an epic first impression of McConaughey. 🔥
I was there two weeks ago. I totally agreed with your thoughts about the studio one walkway. I feel that you are supposed to have a bit of interests atound you, maybe stop for a food place. But in reality you just have a type of automatic tunnelvision moving through the entire area. They really need to do somethingwith it...
It may be a controversial opinion, but I actually LOVE Studio 1 and it's faux Hollywood facades. The first time I went, I didn't know that's what was inside, and I was amazed. I actually love facades and things that are "fake" and meant to be fake. When you walk behind the facades, you see the plywood they are made from, and that's completely on purpose. I really enjoy that. The biggest issue with Hollywood Studios (Orlando) and even DCA's Hollywood area, is if you are getting rid of the studio aspect and making things more "real" and immersive, then the areas that are obviously "fake on purpose" are now out of place.
if you want to see a real movie studio in europe... there is the Bavaria Filmstadt in Germany... it is not that big, but it has real movie set pieces and it belongs to the Bavaria Studios.
There are also famous set pieces, for example: "The NeverEnding Story" and "Das Boot"
It's nothing as glorious as a full blown disney amusement park, but it's still interesting to take a tour.
If you are more on the themepark track, there are also many themeparks, for example:
"Gardaland"-Italy, "Alton Towers"-UK, "Phantasialand"-Germany, "Movie Park"-Germany, "Tivoli Gardens"-Denmark, "Europa-Park"-Germany, "Efteling"-Netherlands, "PortAventura"-Spain, "Tibidabo Amusement Park"-Spain, "LEGOLAND"-UK and many more...
Oh wow this is so interesting! I've only been to Disneyland once when i was 3, so around 2007, and as a result have VERY few memories of it.
But what i do remember was the "cul de sac" that you mentioned, thought i wrongly remembered the flying carpet ride as being dumbo instead. I remember thinking that the park looked pretty boring and not trying any ride, wrongly assuming that the studio was just a cinema. My parents and i assumed that it was pretty new and still in construction, learning that it's been like that since the 90s was really shocking lol
Learning that tower of terror, one of the attraction that i would really like to do one day, was added just a bit after we went is a bit frustrating thought
I hope i can go back one day and see all those additions in person
Great documentary! Very well done, sir. Thank you much.
The lessons to be learned here:
- Never build anything in France because they hate everything not french.
- If you don't produce any good movies then don't build a movie studio park.
The backlot tour still would have been better as a smaller walkthrough rather than a ride.
The original Disneyland opened with budget rides. But they were still charmingly themed and managed to stretch their budget.
Disney forgot how to imagineer on a budget by this time, and instead built budget parks with budget theming.
I've been to Disneyland Paris three times (2001, 2003 and 2005) and stopped twice at the Walt Disney Studios park. I would have to agree with the sentiment about it being the worst Disney park in the world. The Disneyland Paris park I found to be beautiful and charming. I loved the castle, Phantom Manor, Big Thunder, Pirates, all of Fantasyland, Space Mountain and Main Street. At the Studio during the times I was there it wasn't even worth a half a day. I enjoyed Cinemagic and perhaps Rockin' Rollercoaster, but nothing else was worth the time. I always told everyone who said they wanted to stop at Disneyland Paris, not to bother with the Studio park, it wasn't worth the time or money. I would like to visit though again after Arendale is done and see the changes.
The only thing I would argue against that the rides itself are fun, it is just the environments that are a bit boring. The Tower of Terror and Crush’s Coaster are fun, plus the Ratatouille area (the ride and the restaurant) is interesting. It feels like the Ratatouille area had the most put into it, if I’m honest. I’m not sure if it is because they had to due to it being based in Paris and so they had to make it look fairly authentic or what.
Fantastic video George, well done. I hope the views grow.
I grew up in Orlando + worked a bit for the parks, and now I live in Paris and whew... it is certainly something different. The last time I was there was to go to the Marne-La-Vallée Chessy train station (not doing that again, the advantage of train stations are that they're IN the city, but this felt like going to an airport with the long commute). I'm still not entirely sure who the park's even for... If you're a tourist with only x days in Paris - a city with a million things to do - do you really want to spend an entire day going to a theme park? If it's just for the roller coasters, then many visitors from countries like the U.K., U.S., and Germany already come from places with good theme parks that are much closer. And for the locals, I can maybe see it, but it kinda just feels tacky. If it's for the locals, then the Ratatouille pavilion's success is funny since its theming is essentially a mockup of the city you're in.
Why pay a bunch to walk through a fake version of Paris and spend 30 euros per meal at a fake nice restaurant when you can... do that in real life? Unless you live in the east close to an RER A station, it is almost always faster to just to go to the city center than to Disney
Haha I’ve always said why did they have to make a Paris mock up when the real one is 30 mins on the RER although not as clean
Yea... That "backlot" tour looks so disappointing. I mean that's just wasted space. If they rip that out they could make a whole new land! Disney just signed a contract with Dr Who.... They don't own it but maybe license the IP for a all new Euro beloved theme section.
Good video. The MGM studios tour in Florida did originally include the water attack part, and the theme of it changed over the years. At one point, they played videos of Crimson Tide while you were waiting for it. It was always there, though.
This is a brilliant video, was a fan of how in-depth it was
Also, subscribed! With content like this, you're about to go mainstream, dude. Your 1k followers is gonna be six figures in no time. Keep it up!
Aw man, I hope so! Thanks so much!
I think Cinémagique was the most interesting attraction in the park, not moteurs action. Cinémagique was so unique and well made, and it fitted the theme perfectly. I don't get why they removed it (esp to not really reolace it with anything) it could have just been updated with newer movies.) The best ride is definitly ToT, which has now several different storylines. The main issue the park has right now is the theming...we have marvel, frozen, pixar, it doesn't really make any sense. And there's barely any element of storyteling. And if you don't wait 2h at crush, you can still visit the park in like 4 hours.
Maybe you are surprised, no one else in Europe was. Why did Disney opened it in Paris, worse possible place to be?
Seeing this made me happily your 600th sub! Glad this appeared in my recommendations after your Alien Encounter video! Not gonna lie, the avengers Campus re do of rock n roller coaster is EXTREMELY disappointing. Sure the ride was never amazing as rock n roller coaster but it was visually interesting, the new one is just some screens in pitch black darkness... also I will ALWAYS miss Moteurs Action/Lights Motors Action. Favorite stunt show ever, it even tops the waterworld one in my opinion
Huge mistake by Disney to not place their Euro parks in Spain.
Apparently they couldn’t afford it and France had cheaper land
Yeah
The premise behind a Disney-branded movie studio theme park has always been inherently flawed.
They built their original theme parks around the idea of “making magic real” … in other words, of wrapping clever illusions in such great storytelling that participants willingly suspend their disbelief. The same premise as matinée moviemaking, basically.
So how does a movie studio theme park *premised around exposing the reality behind storytelling and illusion* fit into their other parks’ overarching idea of suspending our disbelief?
This history of Disney’s studio theme park in France is excellent! The company’s post’-70s focus on maximizing profits and pleasing shareholders, even when that means betraying their original mission, is what will finally undo them.
But I’d go further and say that, when it comes to studio-themed parks, regardless of how poorly the bean-counters executed the idea, it was the half-baked idea itself which doomed the French park - AND its Florida predecessor - to failure.
If only we could turn back time to fix what happened…
This reminds me a lot of early California Adventure, but somehow even cheaper and worse.
@15:43 "When are we going to get to the park?" "You're in the park"
Is the theme park equivalent of "Are you in yet?"
The problem with this park and even with the expansions coming up is that it doesn't have many unique, only can find in this park, attractions. With those expansions they are getting a version of Smuggler's Run (instead of the better ride in Rise of the Resistance) and a Frozen ride that is going to be a copy of Epcot's version of the ride. Honestly they should have created a brand new ride for the Frozen themed area along the lines of the new Beauty and the Beast attraction that was added in Japan.
According to the plans, galaxy edge should only include rise of resistance and not smuggler's run. However, according to the latest rumors, it seems that the construction of this expansion is canceled (and potentially replaced by something else)
As French I highly doubt that. It won’t be your Frozen Epcot. It will be a true a real Arendelle land
It's the closest Disney park for hundreds of millions of Europeans. If it's a "problem" that other Disney parks have stuff I dunno what to say to you.
Went to WDS a few months ago, only arrived at night to catch the avengers ride and it was mid as all hell
Pretty much peaks in the entry building, after that it just struggles to come up woth any central theme
The biggest mistake from Disney Co was building the Disney Parks in Paris. The ideal location should have been Southern Spain which has the same climate as Southern California, with the Costa Del Sol adjacent and Cities like Seville, Cordoba and Malaga with is airports and high speed trains connecting Madrid and Barcelona.
Yep. Universal made that call and opened Port Aventura there. I went when I was 4 in 1997, it was great.
@667neighborofdabeast and how many times has Port Aventura been sold on?
Me: Mom I want to go to Disneyland
Mom: We have Disneyland at home
Disneyland at home:
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Gonna get a lot worse for them when universal opens in london
the honey i shrunk the kids attraction just resurfaced a DEEP memory omfg. that truly felt like a dream
That was a great video and so accurate. I've been to Disneyland Paris 3 times but only went to Walt Disney Studios once in 2015. I was so disappointed and confused. It just felt so outdated and abandoned. Like you said the rides and attractions just seemed like the cheapest laziest stuff thrown together. There was no real theming for the most part. A ride based on Armageddon over a decade after that film came out. It wasn't even like Universal's Waterworld show because at least that was interesting and fun so you forget that it's based on a film mot people don't remember. And things like Reign of Fire and Dinotopia being the main attractions on the tram tour just meant I had a couple of things to google when I got off the ride.
There were a few good things like Animagique and Cinemagique. I'm sad that those 2 are gone now. But I was so happy to hear the Disney took over a big percentage of the park's ownership and announced they'd be investing that much money into it. I want to go back to see how it is but I also want to wait until all the new things have been added in like Frozen and Star Wars.
Star wars ? ... this land was not canceled ?
@@sanapadsense1999 oh I had no idea. Just googled it and you might be right. That sucks but if they put something else cool there then I'm fine with it. Like an Avatar land or Indiana Jones land or Zootropolis or something
I don’t like the ratatouille ride, the 3D effect is out of focus from overused and scratched glasses. It made me feel dizzy.
That’s an Epcot ride.
@@thesean3194 it’s the same ride. We French came up with Ratatouille ride to begin withnin 2015
@@christophermichaelclarence6003 ok did not know you were referring to the ride in France.
Really disliked the Ratatouille ride. Meanwhile, Crush’s Coaster was fun (although prob not worth the crazy long wait)
Disney Channel UK shot a promo for Walt Disney Studios and visited the “Reign of Fire” set but only talked about how accurate as a London replica it looked not bring an actual set.
Interesting.😂 I just went there again yesterday after 5 years. Pity I’m not as interested in Marvel films as I was 5 years ago, not to mention the roller coaster being VERY boring. What disappointed me the most was that they removed the Star Wars performance stage to make way for the Marvel section.
Such a grumpy pants 😭😭😭
The French main street set is awful. It looks cheap. They could have at least finished the ceiling with the sky and stars. The tour of props literally looks like a tag sale. This park would bore me to death. Worse, I would be angry for having wasted the time and money on it
Euro Disney opened in April 1992. I visited the park in June. It was an amazing experience.
I like the interior of studio 1. You can see that it's a sounstage. A sort of meta version of itself. The rest of the park is disappointing. Happy they're expanding it now. And Mickey and the magician is one of disneys best shows globally.
i remember going to Studios shortly after it opened (late 2003) on my birthday and it being such a massive disappointment i didn't even want to go back to DLP for my entire teenage years and would only return as an adult, and only because i was already in Paris for something else lol.
still, i must say, this is actually kind of a nice walk down memory lane, even if they're not fond memories
at least the park is nice now. twenty years later.
I went back after about 20 years last month and almost nothing has remained:
- the coaster simulator (where you made your own track) -> gone
- tram tour -> gone
- armageddon -> gone
- car stunt show -> gone
The park really needs a family coaster. The main park has Big Thunder Mountain, but Crush coaster isn't a family coaster and has far too low capacity anyway. And Rock 'n Rollercoaster/Flight of the Avengers is a bit too forcefull to be a family coaster.
Built in the wrong place..
Should have been further south, possibly in Spain where there’s more chance of better weather..
4:14 It actually was not the rebranding.
I remember as a European going to Disney World as a kid and being completely disappointed. I expected more exciting rides and more stuff to do - after all it was the biggest park in the world. However when I compared it to my local park in Europe the main difference was just more use of space, much more food and more shops. The whole concept of Disney in America - the houses from the European fairytales, the parades, the shops, simply did not sell well in Europe as Europeans liked the more ride focussed and more compact parks. Also the bad European weather usually only allows seasonal parks - with the excpetion of maybe Spain and Italy. Europeans are also far less accepting of wait times at attractions.
Disneyland Paris began to turn around exactly after trying to approach this concept. More rides, more adapted theming and generally less food and shop centric. More indoor rides (bad weather). They did that after visiting successful parks in Europe like Europapark, Efteling, Tivoli, etc. It's insane that they did not do this before. Even the decision for Paris was weird as very few tourists that go to Paris want to stay in hotels in Disneyland basically an hour away from Paris when you have such an interesting city nearby. I know they also considered England and the Ruhr-Valley in Germany. Both would have likely been better choices, not least of all because it was forseeable that the Parisians would dislike the park.
You should do a deep dive into Disney Tokyo Sea. That park looks amazing 😍
very well made video!
Funny how California Adventure (Anaheim) is similar to Walt Disney Studios.
Although California Adventure has changed up a few times since opening day, it did & continues to do well.
It wasn’t the first Disney park i visited, I had been to Disney World twice by then. But it was the first time not going with rollercoaster fearing family members (or family at all) and that was the first rocking rollercoaster I went on.
Am I wrong for feeling a bit of catharsis hearing of a time when Disney was financially unstable? With the company literally owning 80% of the entertainment industry, it's hard to believe that the company ever struggled financially, or ever will face struggles like that again. It's weirdly comforting to remember a time when Disney had to try to make money.
Went not long after it opened, when they were still building Tower of Terror and it wasn’t great. Went again at Christmas last year and it was a lot better, though I’d say it is still a ‘Half day park.’
I've been there in 2019 and again in 2023. It's definitely better, but still a half day park. I figured the Avengers roller coaster would be yet another terrible IP overlay, but have to say, it's quite good. At this point I think it's better than the quite horrible overlay to Space Mountain next door. Space Mountain would be so much better w/o that out-of-place Star Wars overlay, so probably part of the reason I think the Avengers ride is better. It's genuinely good and well themed. It doesn't feel cheap and feels like it was built that way all along. Crush's coaster breaks often so two visits I couldn't experience it. The park has become better, but still not more than a half day experience. At some points of the year, it's open from 10-4 which is quite telling of the attendance.
We went to Eurodisney in 1995. I gotta tell you; we were not under any impression that it was lackluster or tiny or anything. It was actually quite a pleasant and grand experience. Oh, and; while Reign of Fire did bomb at the BO, I think many people regard it as cult classic nowadays, and the movie has garnered a lot more popularity overall.
Eurodisney and Walt Disney Studios are two different things, though. WDS opened in 2002, so you cannot have visited the park in 1995. You went to Disneyland Paris (then Eurodisney), which is the main gate.
100% agree. that is by far the worst Disney park.
I mean, yes. Maybe it is not the most beautiful Disney park.
But the diehard people who have come there since day 1 appreciates the park in the way it is.
I love Walt Disney Studios, even before all the expansion things happend. I actually miss some attractions that are now removed like Rock ‘n Rollercoaster avec Aerosmith and Armageddon. They were such unique attractions in it’s own kind.
If people don’t like the park, they just didn’t visit it as often. Ofcourse there is huge room for improvement, but it doesn’t mean that it’s a failure. I do appreciate everyone opinion on it though, it really gives a look at the park from another POV.
Amazing video quality though! ✨
really good video!
I should expect a EuroDisneyland chain of resorts with multiple EuroDisneyland resorts throughout Europe including Spain, France, Germany, Italy, and other countries!
When you realize Epic Mickey's version of Main Street is both better constructed and better designed than Euro-Disney's
I remember and own and Love Reign of Fire.
Lots of people love it because it's still out there and people can get a copy anytime they want.
When I went to Walt Disney Studios in 2019, even when I did all of the attractions, it still was a half-day park :/
I was there the year it opened and it was indeed not that impressive (although the Rock 'N Roller coaster was fun). Was there again this year with 4 adults and 2 kids and we all enjoyed the rides in this park more than the ones in the original park; The revised Avengers coaster, Crush's coaster, Ratatouille Adventure, Tower of Terror, even the RC Racer. All good stuff!
It's safer to watch Loony Toons then to watch Disney cartoons these days. Walt Disney didn't plan that for the Epcot of the future.