Disneyland Park
Isn’t it comforting that some things never change? Here you are in France, and yet there is Frontierland, Adventureland, and Fantasyland, just the way you remember them back home. Okay, not exactly. For one thing, everyone’s speaking French. And Bulgarian, Hindi, and Farsi, and the fries are called “frites.” The success of this resort is its international appeal.
When you enter the park, you’ll step right into Main Street USA, that utopian rendition of early-20th-century America, complete with horse and buggies and barbershop quartets. Here you’ll find the information center as well as a train that leaves from Main Street Station. The train, which does a circuit around the park, will whisk you off to Frontierland, where you’ll find a paddlewheel steamboat, Big Thunder Mountain (pictured above) and the Lucky Nugget saloon, among other things. Next is a chug through Adventureland, with old favorites like the Swiss Family Robinson treehouse and the Pirates of the Caribbea. Onward toward Fantasyland, with Sleeping Beauty’s Castle (Le Château de Belle au Bois Dormant), whizzing teacups, flying Dumbos, and “It’s a Small World.” Last stop: Discoveryland home of the Star Wars Hyperspace Mountain and Star Tours: The Adventure Continues. Main Street has parades virtually every afternoon, and around closing time there’s a light and fountain show.
Isn’t it comforting that some things never change? Here you are in France, and yet there is Frontierland, Adventureland, and Fantasyland, just the way you remember them back home. Okay, not exactly. For one thing, everyone’s speaking French. And Bulgarian, Hindi, and Farsi, and the fries are called “frites.” The success of this resort is its international appeal.
When you enter the park, you’ll step right into Main Street USA, that utopian rendition of early-20th-century America, complete with horse and buggies and barbershop quartets. Here you’ll find the information center as well as a train that leaves from Main Street Station. The train, which does a circuit around the park, will whisk you off to Frontierland, where you’ll find a paddlewheel steamboat, Big Thunder Mountain (pictured above) and the Lucky Nugget saloon, among other things. Next is a chug through Adventureland, with old favorites like the Swiss Family Robinson treehouse and the Pirates of the Caribbea. Onward toward Fantasyland, with Sleeping Beauty’s Castle (Le Château de Belle au Bois Dormant), whizzing teacups, flying Dumbos, and “It’s a Small World.” Last stop: Discoveryland home of the Star Wars Hyperspace Mountain and Star Tours: The Adventure Continues. Main Street has parades virtually every afternoon, and around closing time there’s a light and fountain show.
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