General Information

Walt Disney Studios is the second theme park of Disneyland Paris. Opened on March 16, 2002, the park is organised as a working film studio where guests can experience rides, attractions, and shows themed to movies, production, and behind the scenes.

Additional Information

Walt Disney Studios Park is considered a sister park to Disney’s Hollywood Studios in the Walt Disney World Resort in Florida. Both parks feature a show business theme, and share numerous attractions. The Earffel Tower, Walt Disney Studios Park’s water-tower icon structure, is basically identical to Hollywood Studios’ Earful Tower, the Hollywood Studios’ former icon.

Features: Highlights

Walt Disney Studios Park consists of 4 main ‘studio lots’ representing different aspects of film production present at a Hollywood film studio.

Features: Explained

The Front Lot serves as the park’s main entrance and is home to most shops and services of the park. Being a tribute to the French inventors of cinema, the entrance courtyard, La Place des Frères Lumière, is designed in classic Spanish architecture which was common of the grand entrances that movie studios of the 1920s and 1930s had. Its central feature is a large Fantasia fountain.

The Toon Studio is inspired by classic Disney and Pixar animated characters. When the park originally opened in 2002, the land was known as Animation Courtyard but in 2007, as part of the park’s 5th Anniversary, the area received a very light placemaking with the addition of two new rides to redefine it as the place where toons come to shoot their films.
The Production Courtyard’s theme revolves around the production aspect of Hollywood films and Hollywood myths and legends. The land contains two distinct parts: Hollywood Boulevard, which features Hollywood-inspired street sets and two rides; and Place des Stars themed around the production facilities of film sets.

The Backlot is themed after actual movie backlots with an industrial theme and is very plain. It also features soundtracks from blockbusters such as “Mission: Impossible II”, “Planet of the Apes”, “Batman”, or “Independence Day”.