Potential sites in Europe – Frankfurt, Germany Paris, France London, England and Milan, Italy – were proposed.īut with so much time, manpower and money invested in The Florida Project in the late 1960s/early 1970s, plans for a European expansion were put on hold for nearly two decades. Plans for a Disney theme park in Europe actually began percolating in the mid-1960s following the success of Disneyland in California and well before Walt Disney World in Florida opened. What Disney got was a not-so-polite thanks, but no thanks from many people in France. From the left are Steve Lwelling, director of operations Robert Fitzpatrick, manager and Jim Gerant, co-manager. The directors of the Euro Disneyland project show a working model of the park in 1991. In the 1980s, when the Walt Disney Company decided to build a theme park in France, they expected to receive the kind of reception Allied troops were afforded in 1945 when they liberated the country at the end of World War II. The Evolution Of Disneyland Paris: 30 Years of Twists, Turns And Unlimited Potential
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