What an Adventureland!

Let's conclude (by now, of course) our exploration of Adventureland Bazaar, by taking a look at some of it stunning details. This time, I'll show how in a circle of about 10 meters, Imagineeris managed to put (at least) three different lamps, in order to smooth the blending between North and Central African architecture. Here we are in Northern Africa...
...there we are in Central Africa (i.e. Mauritania), facing a South American ruined temple (of course!)Turning back before leaving the Bazaar, what a lovely sight! a Mauritanian building, golden domes and the turreting spikes of Le Chateau De La Belle Au Bois Dormant.

Adventure Thru Inner Adventureland

Let's continue our tour of Disneyland Paris' Adventureland Bazaar!
The area was designed as a visual welcome to guests entering the land and as a strong visual statement to set the right mood as soon as possible. Boy, did the imagineers deliver it!
The delicate and charming visual broidery of Main Steet U.S.A. suddenly jump-cut to a forest of turrets, minarets, onion-shaped domes while colors pattern turn from mild pastels to brave reds, turquoises and oranges.

By the way, I'm not one of those who with a consistency-or-bust attitude. I mean, consistency if fundamental when designing a land or an attraction but I love to have those tiny inconsistent details peeking behind a wall, like a shimmering gold gothic turret among minarets and turrets (see below): it's like a teaser on a grander scale, a huge reminder that even though I'm stunned and lost in the land I'm in at the moment, there's a whole world out there, even more stunning just waiting for me. That's magic!

Well Hidden Tresures

As allo of you disney theme park lovers know, Disneylands are full of hidden secrets we're proud to point out when touring the park with our friends. Some areas of the park, while right there in the middle of the flow, just seem forgotten by the large crowds, as if they were kindly reserved to the brave who dares to step out of the flashing mobs of people and enjoying a secluded spot, a nice little place to look at all the others rushing to have some fun before others have...
Disneyland Paris has many of these spots but the most enchanting of all, maybe because I discovered it in 2005, 13 years after my first visit, is a small garden right next to the (former) Adventureland Bazaar.
Here's the secret place in all its glory: a nice bridge, a narrow stream of water, large though friendly rocks, turrets in the background and, above all, nobody to share this place with!


And when does the slow strem of water come from? But from this nice little gem fountain, well hidden right on the opposite side of the garden, at the entrance of the bazaar. Ah, nice little touches...

I have to stop writing now... I'm starting to feel a little homesick (sigh)