St David's Fireworks 2013 - Disneyland Paris

[Carrie_Cat]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=AHMt7rlS6jk

The display from the 9th of March

 

[cherrymarzipan]

Thanks for that, did it run after Dreams? Apart from St David's Day, 14th July and New year's Eve are there any other special days that DLP celebrates each year? And why St David's especially? Wales and/or St David don't have any special significance for Disney or the French do they?

 

[Carrie_Cat]

St Patricks, Halloween. They used to celebrate 12th night for the Spanish (don't know if it was done this year though )and have heard rumeurs about Orthodox Christmas to attract Russian tourists.

There are no special connections with France. These events just bring in a certain group of visiteurs every year and make DLP a bit of money

 

[Carrie_Cat]

Re time - afaik it was before as it was planned at 21.50 and the park closed at 22.00

I didn't go this year as I'm still not great after been laid low last week with flu

 

[cherrymarzipan]

Hmm.. what about St Andrew and St George then, or do we come in sufficient numbers anyway?

Sorry to hear you are not great, hope you pick up soon.

 

[jillrobinson]

Can't help wondering why they celebrated St David's on the 9th March though as we were all celebrating here in Wales on the 1st.

 

[Carrie_Cat]

Can't help wondering why they celebrated St David's on the 9th March though as we were all celebrating here in Wales on the 1st.

To tie in with the (Welsh) school holidays ? Does seem a bit daft I agree

 

[jillrobinson]

To tie in with the (Welsh) school holidays ? Does seem a bit daft I agree

Nope no school hols here and the 1st was a Friday, so ideal for the weekend

Actually just thought of something, did you see this ?

Maybe the Welsh festival was organised by the same person

 

[Jonjo]

It was a lovely Pre-show before Dreams! I just expected some fireworks and music beforehand, but the special castle projections were fantastic.

After Dreams! finished the park closed to a selection of Tom Jones classics.

 

[Jonjo]

It was a week later to enable more families to attend. Lots of schools run special events on St David's Day and children dress up to go to school. Which a lot a families wish to attend.

It also allows the National Eisteddfod winners to attend as their choirs are very busy on St David's Day it's self.

 

[Jonjo]

I had lunch with two DLP Events CMs today, there has been a huge increase in the number of Russian guests to the park over the last few years and so the special Christmas events in January 2014 is help encourage more Russian visitors,

The Spanish events and promotions have been cancelled due to the poor state of the Spanish economy. Spanish families can't afford DLP at the moment and their attendance levels are at an all time low.

 

[Jonjo]

The Welsh Festival is a joint project between DLP and The National Eisteddfod Of Wales. The winners get a trip to DLP as part of the prize.

You should have seen how many Welsh coaches were at the Santa Fe car park on Friday afternoon.

It resembled Wood Street (Cardiff bus station) on an International Ruby match day.

 

[cherrymarzipan]

After Dreams! finished the park closed to a selection of Tom Jones classics.

Spooky, I've just put the radio on in the background to listen to the schools closures and as I read your post Tom Jones started playing!

Really interesting to hear your explanations for this celebration. I'd never have guessed it would have such a draw. The projections looked great and a lot of work for one day. Having been for July 14th many years running we have decided not to go then this year for a variety of reasons - no shows, high crowds and a feeling that the special fireworks/music is always much the same each year but maybe this year they will put some special effort into the projections for that too.

 

[jillrobinson]

The Welsh Festival is a joint project between DLP and The National Eisteddfod Of Wales. The winners get a trip to DLP as part of the prize.

You should have seen how many Welsh coaches were at the Santa Fe car park on Friday afternoon.

It resembled Wood Street (Cardiff bus station) on an International Ruby match day.

Aah that explains it, I have known several children that have been with choirs and dance groups from the locality for the event, that makes sense now.