Originally Posted By davewasbaloo UKFAN is correct, Alpha and Beta are in Videopolis. the Arcade in Star Tours was called Star Course. Of course these are different than the Arcade de Visionaires that was where the AP office now is.
Originally Posted By dagobert I didn'T know that there are arcades inside Videopolis. Where are they located in the building? Then I don't want to see a Star Wars Meet & Greet there.
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo Rather than go through the main entrance with the Hyperion airship, or through the restroom exit near Star Tours, but in between the two (where you used to enter for the Lion King Show) there is an arcade either side, underneath the restaurant seating.
Originally Posted By Bolna Ok, since Dave was able to finally tell us which space we are talking about (I was still thinking of the original arcade which is now the AP office), I wonder really what they can do with this space. Wasn't it some kind of exhibition originally? However, the arcade which needs to disappear asap, is the one at the exit of Star Tours!! I totally forgot about this, wasn't it some interesting post show with games - similar to what Mission Space has? The state of that room now is a pure embarrassment! Any news on whether DLP will get ST II like the American parks? I hope that would mean a new post-show as well!
Originally Posted By dagobert >>>Any news on whether DLP will get ST II like the American parks? I hope that would mean a new post-show as well!<<< Philippe Gas, CEO of ED SCA, mentioned in a roundtable discussion with webmasters of several European Disney fan sites, that ST II will not come to Paris in the near future.
Originally Posted By dagobert Finaly Disney is fixing the Fantasyland/Adventureland entrance: <a href="http://twitpic.com/6oalzm" target="_blank">http://twitpic.com/6oalzm</a>
Originally Posted By tonyanton there was actually a restaurant originally where the AP office is now, before it was an arcade...had a delicious panini there in 1995.
Originally Posted By dagobert I didn't know there was a cafe? Where was the AP office before it moved there?
Originally Posted By dagobert Here's an overview what's currently refurbed and built at DLRP: <a href="http://www.disneygazette.fr/enseigne-princesses-disney-invitation-royale-gazette-septembre-2011-news-528.html" target="_blank">http://www.disneygazette.fr/en...528.html</a>
Originally Posted By dagobert Thunder Mesa mine update: <a href="http://twitpic.com/6omgd4" target="_blank">http://twitpic.com/6omgd4</a> Work on Central Plaza: <a href="http://twitpic.com/6omh5r" target="_blank">http://twitpic.com/6omh5r</a> <a href="http://twitpic.com/6omi0z" target="_blank">http://twitpic.com/6omi0z</a>
Originally Posted By u k fan On my very first trip to DLP in 92 I bought lunch at that cafe where the AP office is and then sat and watched the old Storybook Show (the name escapes me). Good Times! I think there may have been exhibition stuff in at least one of those arcades, but my memory is patchy. On my first DLP trip I spent pretty much the whole morning in Discoveryland and this was pre Space Mountain and Nautilus and I didn't ride Autopia (can't remember if it was even there - though I think it was!) I can't imagine doing that these days!!!
Originally Posted By Bolna I checked my old 92 Euro Disney guide books and the description of the Café des Visionaires is quite interesting... The food was supposed to be couscous, paella and salads. It is actually very funny to read those... At that time it was much less common to use English words as titles, advertising etc. and one book even translated "Frontierland" into "Grenzland"!!! So about the Café des Visionnaires: Marco Polo writes: "Dieser Speisesaal auf dem Wasser ist zeitgenössisch eingerichtet. Ein Paradies für Freunde von Couscous und üppiger Paella. Das Café des Visionnaires hält für jene, die regelmäßig ihr Gewicht kontrollieren, große Salate mit Krabben und Hühnchen bereit." A rough translation: "This dining room over the water is decorated in a contemporary style. A paradise for friends of couscous and opulent paella. The Café des Visionnaires keeps large salads with shrimps and chicken availabe for those who regularly control their weight." Another guide books calls the salads "diet salads"! I just wonder what the marketing material was that they copied there and translated into really bad German... But checking those old guide books, I also figured out what used to be in what is now Arcade A and B: an exhibition sponsored by Philips about the "ingenious inventions of modern technology" - I think it must have been the DLP version of Innoventions. Another fun fact: The Captain EO film attraction had the name "CinéMagique". And did anyone experience that Videopolis turned into a dance club in the evenings? According to my guide books that was the case...
Originally Posted By Bolna <<Here's an overview what's currently refurbed and built at DLRP:>> Interesting overview... But the two pictures of the Sports Bar in the Disney Village once again reminded me of that ugly place... I really hope they will one day figure out how to improve that space. Those rugby world cup decorations don't help!!
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo Yep, I remember seeing a DVD player for the first time in DLP there. As for dancing in videopolis, I had fun doing that opening week, it was awesome. My wife and I danced together there at the Halloween party when it was advertised as DISCOveryland 10 years ago. It was fab (so much more for adults back then, DLP is really poor in comparison now.). BTW, the AP office was the salon Donald, across from the entrance to the DLH. And I really miss the diversity of food (adventureland was pretty amazing), shopping (rugs, hats, vintage cars, fine China, silhouettes), and entertainment (dapper days, piano player at Casey's corner, Cancan dancers, Dixieland jazz on the mark twain, shoot outs, sword fights, juggle, Rock shock, star wars walk arounds as well as the Disney rubberhead fair). DLP is a shadow of it's former self.
Originally Posted By dagobert That Cafe sounds wonderful. It's really sad that it's gone. I would have loved it. Does someone have pictures of it? Was it a big Cafe?
Originally Posted By dagobert >>>Interesting overview... But the two pictures of the Sports Bar in the Disney Village once again reminded me of that ugly place... I really hope they will one day figure out how to improve that space. Those rugby world cup decorations don't help!!<<< I don't know what can be done about Disney Village. The whole area doesn't look good. Disney should get rid of the balloons and redisgn all buildings. I know that's not going to happen.
Originally Posted By dagobert Here's another update of the refurbs: <a href="http://www.pixiedust.be/news19sept2011.html" target="_blank">http://www.pixiedust.be/news19...011.html</a>
Originally Posted By dagobert VERY GOOD news: From InsideDLParis: >>did you know the Central Plaza Stage will be removed in January 2012.. Forcing Mickey's Magical Celebration to finish 7 January 2012!<< Finally that ugly stage will be removed! <a href="http://twitter.com/" target="_blank">http://twitter.com/</a>#!/InsideDLParis
