Here we go, the new Frozen attraction has opened its doors at Disneyland Paris on March 29th. But to discover it, visitors were unpleasantly surprised to have to wait a long time, very long.
As you can see in the video at the top of the article, at 11 am, the queue peaked at 240 minutes according to Le Parisien, which is 4 hours of waiting, before dropping to “only” 150 minutes after a temporary closure.
The attraction takes visitors into the icy world of Anna and Elsa, a boat and music journey, with river descents and encounters with the main characters of the classic. It is part of the new expansion of the park called “Disney Adventure World”. The 2 billion euro project aims to boost park attendance, which is already the top private tourist destination in Europe.
A Lion King Attraction
Emmanuel Macron visited the park on March 27th and highlighted that the American group has invested a total of 13 billion euros since deciding to establish itself in Seine-et-Marne in 1987, leading to the opening of the park in the early 1990s. “1,000 additional direct jobs” will be created by the latest extension, he said.
After its transformation, this park will have “almost doubled in size,” said Natacha Rafalski, president of Disneyland Paris last fall.
Disneyland Paris, with around 19,000 employees, remains very discreet about its attendance figures or revenues. But its new attractions are expected to attract more customers, and also keep them a little longer, with more overnight stays in the region.
The expansion also offers access to other Disney universes like the movie Tangled, but not all work is complete. An attraction themed around the Lion King is set to be unveiled.
