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Disney grows on Europeans: Movie-theme park added.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
MARNE LA VALLEE, France _ Those who long to eat quiche and sweet crepes between rides at a Jules Verne-inspired Discoveryland have one more reason to visit the European version of Disney: a new 62-acre theme park.
Just opened in this Paris suburb is Walt Disney Studios, a $600-million, movie-inspired park aimed more at adults and older, inquisitive children than the decade-old Disneyland Parc next door.
Think of it as Disney-MGM Studios with a decidedly European accent.
Like the Orlando park, this is a working production studio for TV and movies overlaid with an "LA Confidential" air and behind-the-scenes glimpses into production. After all, the first film was made in France _ by the Lumiere Brothers in 1895 _ and France still boasts the most movie screens of any country in Europe, according to Disney.
Some attractions here are virtually identical to those in Orlando, such as Rock `n' Roller Coaster, featuring music by Aerosmith, and the Aladdin-inspired Flying Carpets Over Agrabah ride for young children.
But others take special care to incorporate European celebrities and themes _ a deliberate effort, says imagineer Elisabete Erlandson, part of the park's design team. The Studios Tram Tour, a behind-the-scenes back lot much like the one in Orlando, is hosted by stars from six European countries. (The English-speaker is Jeremy Irons.) Cinemagique, a charming movie montage, begins with the sequence from Sergei Eisenstein's "Battleship Potemkin" and stars Martin Short _ popular with Europeans _ rather than one of the hot Hollywood icons. Displays at the Art of Disney Animation attraction _ a mirror of the one at Disney's Califiornia Adventure park _ pay tribute to the European history of animation: cave paintings in Lascaux, France; the Magic Lantern, a 17th century device for projecting images in a theatrical setting invented by Christian Huygens of the Netherlands and the Zoetrope, a 19th century rotating cylinder creating a semblance of animation that was invented by William George Horner of England.
Like Disneyland Parc, Walt Disney Studios solves the language problem by focusing on attractions that need few words.
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