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A video showing a Disneyland Paris theme park marriage proposal being interrupted is drawing online condemnation for ruining a couple’s special moment. Newsweek reports that the video, initially posted to Reddit and now gone viral, has been upvoted 85,000 times. The man proposing marriage to his girlfriend reportedly…

Walt Disney chief financial officer Christine McCarthy said Wednesday that the company could record a $350 million squeeze on operating income in the current quarter – its fiscal third — from its Hong Kong and Shanghai theme parks, tempering a bit the parks division's upbeat narrative. Hong Kong Disneyland has…

Disneyland Paris has confirmed it will reopen its doors to visitors on June 17. The theme park has been closed since October 30. It previously shut its doors March 13 – July 15 last year during the first wave of Covid lockdowns. Plans for reopening have taken a couple of setbacks due to sustained levels of infections…

UPDATE: Disneyland Paris has indefinitely delayed its planned April 2 opening given the Covid-19 situation, which has deteriorated in France and across much of Europe. The park said it’s optimistic on a speedy reopening and will keep its site updated. Meanwhile, patrons with tickets can change the date or ask for a…

Disneyland Paris has set a phased re-opening of the resort beginning on July 15. Returning to operations will be the Disneyland Park, Walt Disney Studios Park, Disney's Newport Bay Club Hotel and Disney Village, all in line with guidance from French government and health authorities. The news comes as coronavirus…

A day after he spoke at the Morgan Stanley Technology, Media & Telecom Conference to elaborate on Disney's ambitious OTT plans, Bob Iger was in France, meeting with President Emmanuel Macron and touting a "transformative" expansion for Disneyland Paris. The Disney chief today announced a 2B euro ($2.45B) multi-year…

Marty Sklar, the man who supervised the design and construction of Tokyo Disneyland, the Disney-MGM Studios, Disneyland Paris and other theme park attractions, has died at his home, Disney said tonight. He was 83 and had made an appearance at Disney’s D23 two weeks ago. Having started as an intern for Walt Disney…

After his surprise visit to the Pirates of the Caribbean attraction at Disneyland in California last month, Johnny Depp gave Disneyland Paris a jolt on Sunday as he disembarked in front of a galleon moored at the park’s Castle. Disney’s Pirates Of The Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales (or Salazar’s Revenge as it’s…

Just a little over a year since 130 people died in the November Paris Attacks, it has emerged that a suspected terror cell researched such landmarks as Disneyland Paris, the annual Christmas Market on the Champs-Elysées and the headquarters of the Police Judiciare at 36 Quai des Orfèvres as it plotted a series of…

A worker at Disneyland Paris has been found dead in the theme park’s haunted house. French police tell media outlets the man is believed to have been electrocuted while trying to fix the lighting in the Phantom Manor attraction on Saturday morning. Disneyland union rep Patrick Maldidier told French newspaper Le Parisie…

UPDATED with statement from Disney: French police have arrested a man attempting to enter the New York Hotel at Disneyland Paris carrying a suitcase reportedly holding two automatic guns, ammunition cartridges and a copy of the Quran. Details have been scarce as local news channels scramble for more information, but…

Shares in Euro Disney were down a little less than 15% at noon Paris time following the announcement of a proposal for a 1B euro ($1.25B) recapitalization plan backed by its largest shareholder, The Walt Disney Company. The resort group, which operates Disneyland Paris, has been strained under challenging economic…