The Strange Sensation of Disneyland Paris
The Strange Sensation of Disneyland Paris
The Strange Sensation of Disneyland ParisWhile this name played on America's romance of A telling sign of its lack of European-ness is its misjudged first inception as 'Euro Disney'. The park is best viewed as notedly removed from France and Europe. Though there will still be some grumbling amongst intellectuals. Now with the millions of visitors it brings in to France, it seems their complaints may be undermined by the tourism revenues.
While Disneylands have nestled comfortably in to Orlando, Anaheim and Tokyo, Europe have been less welcoming to these cartoon settlements. At first there was fierce resistance to the resort. The theme park seems to be simultaneously a worm hole in to the Cartoons and in to America's pop-consciousness. Somehow this isn't the case, it delivers that 'Disney experience' without a hint of sarcasm, in fact there is a gung-ho American sincerity. Also easy to imagine is the Parisian staff making children cry with that stereotypical rudeness so commonly applied the French.
It certainly seems strange how joyous this holiday resort is, you could easily imagine a maudlin Mickey Mouse with an omnipresent Galouise in his mouth, as he recites Baudelaire in that helium voice of his. Yet since 1992 this peculiar irony has been not only been surviving but prospering for nearly 20 years becoming Europe's most popular tourist destination attracting over 15,400,000 in 2009. Disneyland Paris sounds to me like a practical joke, a contradiction in terms; the combination of all American Disney with The all French Paris. Somehow I can't imagine it, it doesn't seem possible, yet some how it is.
While Disneylands have nestled comfortably in to Orlando, Anaheim and Tokyo, Europe have been less welcoming to these cartoon settlements. At first there was fierce resistance to the resort. The theme park seems to be simultaneously a worm hole in to the Cartoons and in to America's pop-consciousness. Somehow this isn't the case, it delivers that 'Disney experience' without a hint of sarcasm, in fact there is a gung-ho American sincerity. Also easy to imagine is the Parisian staff making children cry with that stereotypical rudeness so commonly applied the French.
It certainly seems strange how joyous this holiday resort is, you could easily imagine a maudlin Mickey Mouse with an omnipresent Galouise in his mouth, as he recites Baudelaire in that helium voice of his. Yet since 1992 this peculiar irony has been not only been surviving but prospering for nearly 20 years becoming Europe's most popular tourist destination attracting over 15,400,000 in 2009. Disneyland Paris sounds to me like a practical joke, a contradiction in terms; the combination of all American Disney with The all French Paris. Somehow I can't imagine it, it doesn't seem possible, yet some how it is.
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