World’s first Disney Music Festival to launch at its Paris theme park – with live singers performing classic hits
DISNEYLAND Paris will host the first-ever Disney Music Festival next year - here's everything we know so far.
Set to launch in spring 2025, Disney Music Festival will feature Disney’s greatest hits.
Visitors to the French theme park will watch live singers perform beloved classics and contemporary hits from Disney Animation and Pixar animated films.
A wide range of songs will be performed from "a pop/rock concert featuring Disney’s greatest hits to Minnie Mouse’s parade with her marching band, and the sunny melodies of Moana".
The new music festival will take place "all across the park" - with exact locations yet to be announced.
Disney Music Festival is set to launch on April 19, 2025 and will run until September 7, 2025, with further details to follow.
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Theme park fans won't have to wait until next spring for a new attraction though, with another new offering launching in January.
Disney Tales of Magic has been described as a "new innovative and immersive nighttime spectacular".
Debuting on January 10, 2025, the 20-minute show will immerse guests in a unique sensory journey through some of Disney Animation and Pixar's most beloved stories.
Famous Disney characters and scenes will be projected onto Main Street USA and the Disney Castle or the first time ever.
Cutting-edge technology, including drones, projections, laser technology, pyrotechnics and fountain displays, have been used to create the new nighttime show.
A new soundscape has been recorded for Disney Tales of Magic.
Natacha Rafalski, President of Disneyland Paris, commented: "At Disneyland Paris, we’ve always strived to push the boundaries of what’s possible in nighttime entertainment, and Disney Tales of Magic takes that vision even further.
"Our teams have crafted something truly magical, an experience that will captivate and inspire guests for years to come.
"Building on our legacy of innovation, creativity, and storytelling, we’re excited for this show to become a lasting part of the story of Disneyland Park."
Earlier this year, Disneyland Paris revealed a brand-new named for its second park - as well as a new ride and an immersive world.
The new additions are part of a multi-billion-pound investment at the theme park that will see Walt Disney Studio Parks being renamed Disney Adventure World.
Part of the rebranding includes a transformed new entrance area, with an "open-air movie studio" where guests will be taken to a "a glamorous film premiere in the heart of Hollywood on a starry night".
The new entrance, named World Premier, will open spring 2025 and will let guests enter the World Premiere Plaza,
Also new will be Adventure Way, a garden inspired promenade with The Regal View Restaurant and Lounge.
Last year, an English-themed pub opened at Disneyland Paris, called The Royal Pub.
Other Disney parks are getting new attractions too, with a new €2billion land set to open at Disneyland in California.
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THE Sun's Head of Travel Lisa Minot was one of the first to visit the new Disneyland Paris resort.
"When the hotel closed in April 2021, the fairy-tale building that spans the entrance to Disneyland Paris was taken back to bare concrete and rebuilt from the bottom up.
"The result is the only 5-star hotel in the world dedicated to Disney royalty.
"It’s a palatial celebration of all Disney Princesses - and their Princes - from Frozen’s Queen Elsa to Sleeping Beauty, Cinderella, Beauty and the Beast and more.
"The ultimate treat for all wannabe Disney Princesses and Princes is the My Royal Dream makeover, where little ones can become their heroines or heroes.
"And the 487 rooms and suites are all designed to immerse you in the classic Disney characters.
"There’s even a Disneyland Hotel Cuvée champagne, produced especially for the hotel by the Maison Pierre Mignon."
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