Thursday 26 November 2009

Enter The World

I have spoken about the plaque at Parc Disneyland, Paris before as I adore these little touches that help to set the scene before we go 'On Stage' at the Park. This is the plaque for those of you who would like a reminder:
What I specifically like about this, is that the plaque is in French and English. Although we all appreciate - and maybe take advantage - of the English throughout the park, it is important to remember that we are in a country where French is their national language. It is France after all!

But looking at this plaque I thought it would be interesting to do a slight comparison between the original plaque in Disneyland, California, and Magic Kingdom in Florida.

The major difference is that the Magic Kingdom (at the bottom) is a direct ode to the original quote from Disneyland. Both have the same words, while the Paris plaque has a little bit of a difference with entering the worlds of 'history, discovery and ageless fantasy'. This reflects the fact that Paris has a very old-style Frontierland area and their Main Street U.S.A. includes a great deal of history. Of course, Paris has Discoveryland rather than Tomorrowland, which explains 'discovery'. And 'ageless fantasy' highlights that Fantasyland is more classic than its counterparts in Florida and California.

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