When the Walt Disney Company were searching for a spot for their ‘Euro Disney’ they narrowed a potential 1,200 sites down to just one: a large rural area outside of Paris – a city chosen for being one of the romantic and exciting capitals in the world, as well as being a central point in Europe for Disney fans to flock to. On the 12th April, 1992, ‘Euro Disney’, later Disneyland Paris, opened to crowds of an estimated 25,000 people for the very first time. At the time, the Disneyland Paris Resort had just one park, Disneyland Park, which is based on the California Disneyland and Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World Orlando, as well as 7 hotels and a shopping area named ‘Festival Disney’.
