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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…