History of Disney Village, Paris
The beautiful Disneyland Village was designed by the famous architect Frank Gehry. The aim of the facility was to focus on entertainment, and act as a free transitional space for visitors of the park who wished to take the trains to return to their resort hotels after their visit. This grand city of magic filled with shops, bars, clubs, was opened to the whole world in 1992.
The original plan for Dinsey Village was conceived as large, open space lit from all sides using low-intensity bulbs with the starry night sky topping off the sight. However, many found the plan to be too cold and industrial, probably because it relied on using the remnants of an old power station that had been left standing after the site had been converted. Metal frames placed on many of the pylons were replaced with statues and food counters.
In 1996, four years after opening, Festival Disney was renamed Disney Village. Many other changes came about over the years; some notable ones being the opening of Planet Hollywood and Rainforest Cafe, the inclusion of the 570-seat IMAX cinema to the original eight-screen Gaumont multiplex cinema complex and the opening of PanoraMagique, one of the largest tethered balloons in the world.