Adventureland, in Paris is unique. Its inspiration doesn’t just come from the jungle environement commonly used in Kingdoms. This one takes a lot from a real continent : Africa. This store and its design is a real Disney jewel, but what many people don’t notice passing by this sandy outpost is the star itself : The Curious Giraffe.
She’s quietly ruminating right avove your head, while peeking inside this human store. The chewing effect still works perfectly !
It is located just left after you entered Adventureland. If you keep walking on the left you’ll get into the african side of the french Adventureland. The building has therefor also been put here to serve as a beacon of where you’re heading.
The stores sells plushes and clothes all themed around the desert and the jungle. The sign shown above reads “Everything for safaris”.
Oh, and now you know how the french spell giraffe.
How many snacks, fast food, and fine dining every Kingdom holds ? This many.
Disneyland :
- Table Service & Buffet : 4
- Counter Service : 11
- Stands & Snacks : 6
Magic Kingdom
- Table Service & Buffet : 5
- Counter Service : 9
- Stands & Snacks : 14
Tokyo Disneyland
- Table Service & Buffet : 10
- Counter Service: 13
- Stands & Snacks : 13
Disneyland Paris
- Table Service & Buffet : 6
- Counter Service : 12
- Stands & Snacks : 12
Hong Kong Disneyland
- Table Service & Buffet : 2
- Counter Service : 6
- Stands & Snacks : 4
Undeniably, for its incredible amount of table service locations, Tokyo wins and Hong Kong well, bring some oreos, just in case.
At its opening Disneyland Paris bare many more table service restaurants. It was even marketed as a fine food heaven. But as the park grew more in debt, fine restaurants, one by one, slowly turned into cheaper quickest dining experiences, letting “Le Royaume” catch up its US and Asian brothers on the counter service figure.
As for the quality and themeing of all those places… That’s for many other articles…
Note : Stands & Snacks numbers vary regularly, I tried not to include the very small stands rarely mentioned and constantly poping up in different places.
This humble presention is a funky video montage I made of my 2007 visit to Disneyland. Share it if you like it 
Intrigued or annoyed, cheerful or disapointed, worried or hungry those are the states of mind guests are in steping in the 4 City Halls of the 5 Magic Kingdoms.
In every Magic Kingdoms, you find them on your left entering the park. In the oldest and youngest Kingdoms the City Halls are quiet the same. As many already know Hong Kong Disneyland Main Street replicates the design of the Motherpark and only differs by the texture and color used to garnish the buildings. Buildings are therefor the very same shape. The city hall is not even different in color, only the roof tiles differ from the original.
Now as for Walt Disney World’s, it is like its Main Street, more New England inspired but poor in colors. Quiet richer and bigger than Disneyland’s as well.
In Paris, the look is more a more general approach of American architecture : red bricks and slate shingle rooves. The one simiral to the American Pavillon in Epcot. The golden elements add some kind of refinement unique to this park along with the 4 sided clock bell tower. Orlando is the only other City Hall to give time to guests.
In Tokyo they don’t really have a City Hall, they have an information point called Main Street House. It is not a singled out building but mainly a store on the front side of the World Bazaar structure. I didn’t think it was relevant to this article.
Disney’s City Hall always fascinated me because they include in the Kingdom theme the idea of an administration that supervise the magic. They stand out on your left like the information and help anchor of your Kingdom.
Only in Disneyland and Walt Disney World can you have your picture taken with the mayor though, I’ve never seen that big belly in Paris.
Credits : Magic Kingdom Park’s City Hall picture is from Flickr user Still Burning
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One major thing to remember when visiting Tokyo Disneyland is that those popcorn stands clearly defining any Magic Kingdom offer a different kind of corn depending on their location.
In Tokyo Disneyland only can you find :
- Black-Pepper popcorn
- Curry popcorn
- Honey popcorn (right by Pooh’s Hunny Hunt entrance)
- Soda popcorn
- Caramel popcorn
I heard about Coconut Popcorn by the Tiki Room but was not able to confirm that.
Note that Tokyo Disney Sea also proposes this treat, with even more flavors… But this is for you to find, I’ll just say there is capuccino and coconut for sure 
I love Tokyo.
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