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Disneyland Paris Resort Disneyland Paris celebrated the new millennium with a spectacular two-day celebration that included the premiere of Disney's ImagiNations parade and an unforgettable fireworks display. The extravaganza came on the heels of the September 1999 announcement that Disneyland Paris, already the number-one tourist destination in Europe, would add Disney Studios Paris, a second theme park adjacent to the existing park, scheduled to open in 2002. Last spring, Disneyland Paris introduced a new twist on a spectacular roller coaster with Indiana Jones and the Temple of Peril, Backwards!, as well as the Tarzan™, The Encounter show. In addition, a Middle Eastern restaurant, Agrabah Cafe, and a children's playground, Pirates' Beach, debuted. And, as in other Disney theme parks around the world, Disneyland Paris began offering Disney's FASTPASS. As new developments and attractions were completed in 2000, the occupancy rate of the Disneyland Paris Resort hotels reached a record high. With the continuing expansion of the Disney Village, including more shops and restaurants, as well as the second theme park and exciting new attractions slated for the original park, Disneyland Paris Resort continues to build upon its strength as Europe's premier destination resort. Tokyo Disneyland Disney on Parade: 100 Years of Magic debuted in April, bringing together more than 260 beloved characters and 20 spectacular floats to celebrate a century of Disney magic. This dazzling new parade highlights each Disney decade, beginning with the Plane Crazy animated short and the early days of the Disney Studios, and continuing to current hits such as A Bug's Life and Toy Story. Pooh's Hunny Hunt opened in September, enabling Tokyo Disneyland guests to step right into the pages of their favorite Winnie the Pooh classic stories. This whimsical new attraction features fanciful "hunny pots" that transport guests, along with Winnie the Pooh, in a search for his favorite food: honey. Disney Ambassador Hotel, the first Disney-branded hotel in Japan, opened its doors in July. The hotel, adjacent to the Tokyo Disneyland Park, reflects the glamour and art deco style of America during the 1930s. Imagineers are currently creating Theatre Orleans, a charming venue for live entertainment, designed to reflect the energy of Mardi Gras with French Quarter flourishes. The curtain will rise in March 2001. For more than 20 years, Disney theme park guests have been awed and delighted by nighttime parades like the Main Street Electrical Parade, Fantillusion! and SpectroMagic. Tokyo Disneyland will be offering the next generation of spectacular nighttime parades, to debut in spring 2001. Beginning in fall 2001, guests to the Tokyo Disney Resort will be able to leave their cars behind when the "Disney Resort Line" monorail system begins service. This "highway in the sky" will connect Tokyo Disneyland and the new Tokyo DisneySea to other key locations such as the Maihama JR Keiyo train line and the Tokyo Disney Resort Official Hotels.
Disney Regional Entertainment ESPN Zone In 2000, new ESPN Zone sites opened in Atlanta and Washington, D.C., joining ESPN Zones in Baltimore's Inner Harbor, New York City's Times Square and downtown Chicago as the ultimate dining and entertainment experience for sports lovers of all ages. ESPN Zone has three distinct components: The Studio Grill recreates the electric atmosphere of the ESPN studios and features replicas of ESPN studio sets, where patrons are treated to great American grill food. The Screening Room has 12-foot-high monitors and dozens of 36-inch-wide video monitors with tiered seating, as well as individual Skyboxes and custom "Zone-Throne" viewing stations, where guests can enjoy an array of sporting events from around the world. The Sports Arena challenges fans with a variety of interactive and competitive games, including several proprietary attractions developed exclusively for ESPN Zone. ESPN Zones continue to host several television and radio broadcasts, such as ESPN's Sports Reporters and RPM 2Nite, and Monday Night Football. The next ESPN Zone will open in Downtown Disney at the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim in January 2001. DisneyQuest DisneyQuest is an indoor interactive theme park that combines cutting-edge entertainment technologies such as virtual reality and 3-D with Disney stories, adventures and characters. These virtual theme parks are located at Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando and in downtown Chicago. DisneyQuest unveiled two new attractions this year, both created by Walt Disney Imagineers. Inspired by one of the most popular and beloved Disney theme park attractions of all time, Pirates of the Caribbean: Battle for Buccaneer Gold allows guests to enter a 3-D pirate world and work together as captain and cannoneers to defend the pirate gold. At SongMaker, guests enter a sound booth and combine lyrics and music styles to create one-of-a-kind songs that they can download to a personalized CD. Another favorite is Buzz Lightyear's AstroBlasters, which enables guests to collect and fire "asteroids" in an attempt to hit targets on other space-roving vehicles. Guests can rescue colonists stranded on a distant planet in Invasion! DisneyQuest's Cyberspace Mountain offers guests a chance to design the roller coaster of their dreams and then ride it in a 360-degree pitch-and-roll flight simulator. Animation Academy allows guests to draw their favorite Disney characters on a digital sketch pad and take home a copy of their creation.
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