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drive from Paris' Charles De
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Following a rocky start a few years
ago, Disneyland Paris appears to be
experiencing the same booming crowds
as the other Disney amusement parks.
With parades, music and, of course,
the big mouse himself, Disneyland Paris
made good on their promise of fun and
magic.
The admission price is about 200
French Francs?close to what a visitor
would pay in the United States. After
making it through a disorderly admission
line, guests are greeted with Main street,
USA, which looks exactly like it does in
Disney World, and includes music... in
English ... from many Disney feature
films.
The usual Disney paraphernalia is
available in the many shops on Main
Street. Casey's Comer offers a good old
American meal of hot dogs, Coca Cola,
and potato chips. Paraphernalia such
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in another Main Street gift shop.
The park consists of four sections:
Frontierland, Adventureland, Fantasyland
and Discoveryland. These lands" house
such attratractions as the Mad Hatter's
Tea Cups, Thunder Mountain, Swiss
Family Robinson Treehouse, Ifsa Small
World and The Haunted Mansion, among
others.
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Shows are also part of the everyday
program for those who appreciate a less
active vacation. "Beauty and the Beast"
is a popular film and was part of the
daily program during May. The Beauty
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award winning songs from the film.
Although the show was in French, it was
just as entertaining.
Although Disneyland Paris
concentrations a great deal on American
tradition, the creators of the park did a
good job adding in French favorites into
the character of the park. From French
favorites like crepes to barets, most guests
should find something of interest.
Although Disney provided their usual
array of entertaining music, cartoon-like
buildings, friendly service and first-rate
: costumes, they do face a few minor
problems.
crowd control: perhaps this
particular visit was on a beyond-capacity
weekend, but traffic jams entering
Frontierland makes for unhappy guests.
But once the crowd moved into
Frontierland towards one of the most
popular rides, The Haunted Mansion,
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there was plenty of room for the crowd,
right? Wrong. But that would have been
a good idea. However, Frontierland deadended
leaving the crowd to turn around
and lace another to-close-lor-comrort
walk.
The lines ranged from 45 minutes to
3 1/2 hours long (even for a bite to eat).
Although this might be an average wait
at most amusement parks, one might
ask "how long does it take to make a hot
dog?" Certainly it should take less than
an hour.
Like other Disney parks, Disneyland
Paris is working to create a resort with
nightlife, hotels, and plenty of relaxation.
The Disney corporation has begun
establishing the Paris resort around one
general idea?the Old American Frontier.
Normally Disney developes several ideas
to appeal to different tastes and interests.
However, European Disney guests are
getting exposure to only one "American
tradition." I sure hope that this doesn't
present the wrong impression of the US
today.
All-in-all, Disney is introducing Paris
to their usual magic. The positives far
outweigh the negatives and, judging
from the crowd, Disney has another
success to add to their list.
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Mildly disappointing. There is no better way to describe
Disney's newest release, an animated film based on Victor
Hugo's Notre Dame de Paris. Quite simply, the movie has
more violence and sexual innuendo than any previous Disney
movie. The innocence of The Lion King, Beauty and the
Beast, and similar films has been cast to the wayside as
Disney seeks to bring darker elements into its current film.
Perhaps beguiled by the success of the traditionally violent
summer blockbusters?Arnold Schwarzeneggar's relentlessly
action-packed movies come to mind?Disney seems to be
catering to a more adult audience than ever before.
The story line of The Hunchback of Notre Dame focuses
on a deformed young man named Quasimodo, which means
half-formed. Stolen during infancy from his Gypsy mother,
Quasimodo has been reared by the nefarious Frollo, who
rules over Paris and who has told the boy that his mother
abandoned him because of his ugliness. Cautioned against
leaving the cathedral of Notre Dame, where Frollo keeps
him hidden away, Quasimodo longs to go outdoors and get
to know the peasants and shopkeepers he has only observed
from the heights of the bell tower. When he sneaks out,
Frollo becomes enraged and lets the peasants pummel him
with vegetables and tie him up with ropes. Esmerelda, a
beautiful Gypsy dancer, saves him from the crowd, and the
two become friends. Frollo, however, vows both to punish
Quasimodo for leaving the cathedral and to arrest Esmerelda
for interfering with the crowd's actions.
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inspiring. The violence and sexual innuendo are
unexpected and very misplaced, and the dark tone of
the film is a far cry from the uplifting, innocent Disney
movies of just a few years ago. While the final scenes
are touching, they fail to make up for the movie's
numerous flaws. The children leaving the theater
when I saw the film looked confused, and their parents
unenthused. Very telling, that.
her for a few minutes, he buries his face in her hair and
asks her why she "clouds [his] mind with unholy thoughts"
An entire song is devoted to Frollo's lust for Esmerelda, and
he repeatedly refers to "this fire in my skin." Hardly oriented
to children.
Another section ot the-him that is less than child-tnendly
comes closer to the end of the movie when Quasimodo and
his three gargoyle friends are fighting to repel Frollo's forces
from the cathedral. Quasimodo dumps boiling oil onto the
soldiers and peasants in the courtyard, and one of the
gargoyles chews up a stone block and spits it out machinegun
style. Though Disney kindly refrained from showing
blood spurting from wounds, the violence is reminiscent of
video games, where killing is a matter-of-fact undertaking
that is necessary for survival.
Overall, The Hunchback of Notre Dame is less than
inspiring. The violence and sexual innuendo are unexpected
and very misplaced, and the dark tone of the film is a far
cry from the uplifting, innocent Disney movies of just a few
years ago. While the final scenes are touching, they fail to
make up for the movie's numerous flaws. The children
leaving the theater when I saw the film looked confused,
and their parents unenthused. Very telling, that.
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