Only in Disneyland Paris can you seat by the March Hare house and watch the everspinning Mad Hatter’s Tea Cups, rythmed by the very few apparitions of the Tea Pot dipping Dormouse.
This Alice themed area has been built with the park and openned in 1992 along with Alice Curious Labyrinth and Mad Hatter Tea Cups. It seats right in between the t-2 Alice attractions of this Kingdom making it the center of quiet a miniland inside Paris’ Fantasyland.
March Hare Refreshment serves sweets and beverages all year long and propose an outdoor seating area right by the cups. It is a unique recreation of the March Hare House exterior and shall not be missed by any guests stopping by the parisian Kingdom.
Concept Art by Dave Minichiello
March Hare Refreshment will be featured in an upcoming article that will try and showcase the different ways each Kingdom conveys the colorful universe of Alice in Wonderland.
Come back for the launch of this whole new section “Where in the Kingoms ? – Alice”
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Concept art picture is from Disneyland Paris From Sketch to Reality. by Alain Littaye
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When designing the blueprints of Euro Disneyland, Imagineers thought wise to add covered passage on each side of Main Street. It echoed the famous parisian passages and offered a warm shelter along side Main Street for the rainy/cold winter times of Saint Denis plane. In any weather you could still confortably walk up Main Street or have a quick bite in the many restaurants whose seating space reached inside the arcades.
Above : Liberty Arcade
Two arcades were thought up as hommages. One for the Satue of Liberty inside which you can scroll pass different mock up and early stage plans of the famous statue. The other one is a tribute to the future envisioned by XIXth century contemporate. Its walls are covered with great renderings of what cities like New Orleans, Boston or New York could have looked like if everything had spanned out accrding to their futuristic mind. This is the same “retrofuture” themed thouroughly explored in Disneyland Paris’ Discoveryland.
Above : Discovery Arcade
Both arcades layout are similar exept for Liberty Arcade center piece called Liberty Court, here you’ll find a magnificent red curtain behind which every guest have once poked their head. What lays there is for no one to spoil.
Above : Liberty Court
The arcade are not only convenient during rainy day but also during parades where Main Street is particulary clogged up here in Paris.
Below : Retrofuture Art
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.
Nothing dies forever in Disney parks, sometime you just have to check out another Kingdom.
This beauty has been added to the Le Parc Disneyland in november 2006 and little did I know it was an exclusive. Until I stumbled on Daveland blog’s
recent post. After Dave kindly told me Carnation wagon was Yesterland for long, I felt I had to share this jewel.
Sometime sponsoring does some good !
For all who miss Disneyland’s Carnation wagon, enjoy the pics. Oh and by the way, even though it appears like a still refreshment stand, I swear it runs and change location.
Honk ! Honk !
Thank you Dave !
