{"id":226,"date":"2026-03-30T06:17:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-30T06:17:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/226\/"},"modified":"2026-03-30T06:17:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T06:17:07","slug":"frozen-ever-after-disneyland-paris-opens-snow-queen-world-after-e2-billion-expansion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/226\/","title":{"rendered":"Frozen Ever After: Disneyland Paris opens ‘Snow Queen World’ after \u20ac2 billion expansion"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n By&nbspSerge Duch\u00eane&nbspwith&nbspAP, AFP\n<\/p>\n

\n Published on
\n 30\/03\/2026 – 7:43 GMT+2\n <\/p>\n

The kingdom of Arendelle, from the Disney film The Snow Queen, now has a permanent address east of Paris, with its lagoon, wooden Nordic village and robotic snowman that talks to children.<\/p>\n

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Walt Disney Studios Park officially became Disney Adventure World on Sunday with the opening of “World of Frozen”, the flagship attraction in a \u20ac2 billion expansion project that is transforming Europe’s most visited theme park.<\/p>\n

This enchanted world at Disneyland Paris promises Frozen Ever After and encounters with Anna and Elsa. The park is offering to take visitors on a “fascinating musical cruise” through the heart of The Snow Queen adventure.<\/p>\n

“Get ready to sing along with Elsa, Anna and their friends as you sail from The North Mountain to Elsa’s Ice Palace on a thrilling family adventure,” states the dedicated website<\/a>.<\/p>\n

This major renovation adds a vast central lake, a ‘Rapunzel’ attraction, 15 new restaurants and a spectacular night-time show using what Disney claims to be the world’s first system of aquatic and aerial drones.<\/p>\n

More than 90% of the second park will have been redesigned since it opened in 2002.<\/p>\n

It’s no coincidence that “The Snow Queen” and “Rapunzel” are the flagship attractions at Europe’s only Disney complex.<\/p>\n

Both films have their roots in European folklore: “The Snow Queen” is loosely based on the fairytale “The Snow Queen” by Hans Christian Andersen, and “Rapunzel” on the fairytale by the Brothers Grimm<\/a>. Disney is building on this heritage.<\/p>\n

“The Snow Queen is deeply rooted in European oral tradition,” explains Michel den Dulk, Vice President and Creative Director of Walt Disney Imagineering. “So it was only natural to incorporate a charming little wooden village from Northern Europe into Disneyland Paris.”<\/p>\n

The park opened in 1992 under the name Euro Disney, to much criticism. Some French intellectuals at the time described it as a “cultural Chernobyl”.<\/p>\n

Today, Disney has announced that the complex has welcomed 445 million visitors and generated 70,000 jobs.<\/p>\n

The Paris investment is part of an approximately \u20ac58 billion global expansion plan for Disney Parks and Experiences, which generated 57% of the segment’s operating income in fiscal 2025.<\/p>\n

French President Emmanuel Macron called the resort “Europe’s top tourist destination” during his visit to the park on Friday and said the expansion would create 1,000 direct jobs.<\/p>\n

Disney profits boosted by theme parks<\/p>\n

Last Monday, the Walt Disney Company published its quarterly results, showing strong growth in its streaming services and record revenues from its theme parks. However, the company warned of a possible slowdown in the United States.<\/p>\n

Net profit was \u20ac2.15 billion, down 6% year-on-year, according to a statement. The Experiences division, which includes Disney’s parks and resorts, posted record quarterly sales of \u20ac8.69 billion.<\/p>\n

The US parks, including Disney World, reported 8% growth in operating income for the three months to 31 December, with attendance up 1% and spending per visitor up 4%.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"By&nbspSerge Duch\u00eane&nbspwith&nbspAP, AFP Published on 30\/03\/2026 – 7:43 GMT+2 The kingdom of Arendelle, from the Disney film The…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":227,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[275,34,30,277,276],"class_list":["post-226","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-paris","tag-amusement-park","tag-disney","tag-paris","tag-theme-park","tag-walt-disney"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/226","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=226"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/226\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/227"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=226"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=226"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=226"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}