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Disney Adventure World: Worlds of Pixar

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  The largest area of the park is a world paying tribute to Pixar stories. In three different areas, guests are invited to experience the worlds they love like never before, whether it's playing with the Toy Story gang, riding the wave with Nemo and Friends, or feasting their eyes on a rat's eye view of Paris, there's a lot to see here. When coming into the area from World Premiere Plaza, guests see a studio area recreating "sets" of Pixar films. To the right is the indoor spinning coaster, Crush's Coaster, while on the left is Cars Quatre Roues Rallye (Cars Four-Wheel Rally), where they move around in cars. Also here is an elaborate facade featuring many Pixar characters, where certain characters will meet. Soon, guests will come across a fork in the road. If they choose to go right, they will enter a Parisian area inspired by Ratatouille. This area features a gift shop, Chez Marianne (Souvenirs de Paris.) However, they key attraction of this area is  Ratatou...

Disney Adventure World: World of Frozen

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 For the first time in forever, guests are invited to the Kingdom of Arendelle. Here, they can meet the stars of Frozen, feast on Nordic fare, and even enjoy the Snowflower Festival, a new holiday celebrating the day that Anna saved Elsa and reversed the eternal winter on Arendelle. When coming in from the right side of Adventure Way, guests will pass by the fjord. Looking down, they might see the fire salamander from Frozen II. Continuing on, they see a lighthouse before entering the village itself, where an icy fountain is frozen in place. Here, they can eat at the Nordic Crowns Tavern. Across the square is the Fjord View Shop. However, the key attraction is at the end of the land. Nested beneath the North Mountain, where Elsa's ice castle shimmers, is a clock tower, serving as the entrance to Frozen Ever After. This extended version of the Epcot ride sends guests on a journey through Arendelle as they take part in the Snowflower Festival. The ride exits into Arendelle Boutique. ...

Disney Adventure World: Avengers Campus

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 Avengers Assemble! Here in Paris is the newest facility for Earth's Mightiest Heroes. Here, guests can come in and team up with Marvel superheroes as they protect the universe from the forces of evil. Note that this doesn't take place in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, but a separate theme park universe where things like the Blip didn't happen and characters like Black Widow and Iron Man are still alive. When coming into the campus, guests will go between two buildings. On the left is PYM Kitchen, an Ant-Man inspired restaurant where guests eat shrunken and enlarged food. On the right is the 3D shooter ride WEB-Slingers: a Spider-Man Adventure, which is quite similar to an attraction found in Disney's California Adventure. The ride exits into Mission Supply. If they keep going, guests will approach the main plaza of the campus, where the Italian restaurant Stark Factory is found on the left. Up ahead is the campus's headliner attraction, Avengers Assemble: Flight Fo...

Disney Adventure World: Adventure Way

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 Going beyond World Premiere Plaza is a walkway that connects the themed lands together. It is a Victorian-style street known as Adventure Way, home to family attractions and elegant gardens. It's a celebration of Disney stories and an invitation to go on an adventure, as well as a place that makes for a scenic stroll. As they make their way down the road, guests will see two gardens. To their right is the Toy Story Garden, which transitions into the Worlds of Pixar, while on the left is the English Garden, where musical shows will play. As they go further down, they will enter the Adventure Garden on the left, home to the upcoming swing ride Wilderness Explorers Sky Swings, while on the right is the Tangled Garden, home to Raiponce Tangled Spin, a Teacups ride inspired by the lantern lagoon scene in Tangled. At the end of the street is a large lagoon, Adventure Bay, where nighttime shows play. To the left is Cafe Luminosity, a quick service restaurant. To the right is the Regal Vi...

Disney Adventure World: World Premiere Plaza

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This is where guests enter the park. They enter a Hollywood theater district where shows, attractions, and other things can be found. It is a callback to the film industry that created these worlds that guests are about to explore. When first entering the park, guests come into the Place des Freres Lumieres (Brothers Lumiere Place), which is named after the inventors of the film industry who played black and white videos for a live audience in the late 1800s. In the center is a statue of sorcerer Mickey with the living brooms, as seen in Fantasia. On the right is a stroller rental area alongside the Studio Photo, while on the right is the Studio Store. From there, guests enter a large soundstage, where they are immersed in 1930s Hollywood. This walkway is the World Premiere. On the right is the Hollywood Jewel Box and the Hollywood Gardens Restaurant while the Searchlight restaurant and the Mickeys of Hollywood Boutique are found on the left. The indoor area ends at a place where guest...

Disney Adventure World: An Introduction

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  The second gate of Disneyland Paris, Disney Adventure World, is a cinematic park about adventure. Here, guests are invited to be immersed in the worlds of their favorite movies, from Marvel superheroes to Pixar classics, to animated favorites. Areas in this Park: World Premiere Plaza Adventure Way Avengers Campus World of Frozen Worlds of Pixar Future: Pride Lands (It is not built yet) Disney Adventure World is a newer addition to the resort. Originally opened as Walt Disney Studios in 2002, it was more a park about movie making and behind-the-scenes stuff. However, the park was largely unpopular for its lack of attractions, small size, weak theming, and so on, causing many to stereotype it as Disney's worst theme park. Luckily, over decades of redevelopment and expansion, it has since become a different park, one that is visually and thematically more pleasing, possibly worthy of the Disney name now.

Disneyland Park: Discoveryland

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In this world, guests enter a future as it was imagined by the visionaries of the past. Here, the imagination of creative thinkers throughout time, from Leonardo da Vinci to Jules Verne, and even people like Walt Disney and George Lucas, is brought to life in a retro-futuristic world where we get a glimpse of yesterday's tomorrow. When entering the land through Central Plaza, guests enter the land through volcano craters and a big sign. This will take them into a Steampunk-style plaza, where most of the attractions can be found. This includes the spinner ride Orbitron, which is fashioned after da Vinci's planetary model. To the right is Autopia, where guests can ride vintage cars, Cool Station, a snack stand, and Les Mysteries du Nautilus (Mysteries of the Nautilus),   a walkthrough attractions where guests explore Captain Nemo's iconic ship from 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea. To the left, guests will find the entrance to the shooter ride, Buzz Lightyear's Laser Blast, w...