Disneyland Paris

Disneyland Paris, originally known as Euro Disney, is a leisure park of the Disneyland family built in Marne-la-Vallée near Paris. Construction of the theme park complex began in 1988 and officially opened in April 1992 to lukewarm interest and even protest by many Frenchmen, who thought having a Disney park in France would hurt French culture.

In October 1994, the former Euro Disney changed its name to the current Disneyland Paris, since the term "euro-" is disliked in mainland Europe as it has political and bureaucratic connotations. By 1995, Disneyland Paris started to attract more attendees and what started out as a near failure for the Walt Disney Company has turned into a more successful venture.

Disneyland Paris is sort of in-between the original Disneyland and the larger Walt Disney World in terms of its size and layout. Disneyland Paris consists of five major sections: its version of the Disneyland theme park (Magic Kingdom, essentially); the Walt Disney Studios Park, a theme park similar to Walt Disney World's Disney/MGM Studios; its version of the Disney Village; the Disney Hotels area; and Golf Disneyland.