EDL #2 Euro Disney - First Year Disneyana


Item Number: 107

Time Left: CLOSED

Value: $125

Online Close: Oct 14, 2016 12:00 PM EDT

Bid History: 1 bid - Item Sold!

Description

This package contains the following items: (please also see 'Special Instructions/Notes' below for additional details)
 
1.    Bumper Sticker Foil - Ouvertureen 1992  [light damage]   with price tag.
2.    Bumper Sticker Foil [Square] - Ouvertureen 1992  with price tag.
3.    Pin - Opening Crew 1992  (Mickey in Hardhat)  with price tag.
4.    Two (2)  Black Plastic Watches - Euro Disneyland with Castle   [Needs New Battery]
5.   White Baseball Cap - Euro Disney  1 Avril '92   with price tag.
6.   White Ceramic Mug - Euro Disney 1 Avril '92    (Tinkerbell & Castle)
7.   Crystal Bell - Euro Disney 1992 with Tinkerbell      [Glass bell has been damaged and repaired.]
8.   Small White Short Sleeve T-Shirt - L'esprit Euro Disney En Avant  (w/ Mickey Mouse)
9.   XL White Short Sleeve T-Shirt - Avril '92 Euro Disney  (w/ Castle and Tinkerbell)

Special Instructions

Postage:  the winning bidder will be charged for Priority mail shipping costs, including additional insurance if needed.  Other shipping arrangements may be available on request, if mutually convenient and agreed on for both the auction organizer and winning bidder.

Questions: the donor is willing to respond to requests for additional information about the items; please contact the auction organizer.
 
Euro Disneyland First Year
This little bit of Disney (140 acres) in the heart of France was a revolutionary concept. Perhaps a bit of CocaColonization, bringing Americanization directly past the ramparts of Gallic pride, but bringing joy to millions of Europeans over the years. 
During its creation and for the first two years, it was called Euro Disneyland.  But the park, as well as its surrounding complex, initially failed to meet financial expectations and the restructuring of ownership brought name changes along with it.  First it changed to Euro Disneyland Paris for 5 months in 1994 and then Disneyland Paris until 2002.  It is currently called Disneyland Park (or Parc Disneyland in French).
As Michael Eisner noted, "As Americans, the word 'Euro'; is believed to mean glamorous or exciting. For Europeans it turned out to be a term they associated with business, currency, and commerce. Renaming the park 'Disneyland Paris' was a way of identifying it with one of the most romantic and exciting cities in the world." [Wikipedia]
Thus anything with 'Euro Disney' or 'Euro Disneyland' would only come from first three years of the parks life.
This package includes items that guests could acquire on their sortie into EDL or that EDL cast members could purchase from the Company Store during the first year of opening.
 
(The donor had the privilege of attending a Disney Vacation tour for Disney employees of France, Paris and Euro Disney in October 1992 (6 months after Opening Day) with his mother (who could afford to spring for it) to experience the resort first hand. These were things that he collected from that trip, either as a guest or attending the EDL Company Store as an employee.)
 
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Additional comments about items
One     Harper Collins Guide to Euro Disneyland 1992                                         used
Commercially available in bookstores to help in your adventure to the recently opened EDL. So new was the park (this was printed before the park opened) that half the book is about Day trips into countryside and into Paris.
 
One     Certificate       (EDL Main Street) Harmony Barber Shop                         used
You could get a real shave and a scissor haircut at this Barber Shop on Main Street. There was a time when you could get one at the Original Disneyland, but state laws started restricting barbering techniques and they had to drop this service.
This was given to public who ask for it. The donor knew that this services was available and let his stubble grow for a few days. He had never had a straightedge shave before, having only seen it done in countless movies and it was an interesting experience of foam and scrape and hot towel at the end. The Frenchman who was his barber did it with all the panache of a showman. A great experience.
 
One     Map     Euro Disney Resort Hotels with map of
Hotel Cheyenne xeroxed on back.
Given to guests who needed to get around the resort and specifically stayed at Hotel Cheyenne. The donor said the theme was so fun. At the time (The donor doesn’t know if it is still the case) the streets were of crushed granite dirt, so it felt like you were on a studio set.
 
One     Guest Card     Buffalo Bills Wild West Show   EDL 10/16/92       used
This was the ticket to get you into Buffalo Bills show. The donor says ‘What a great show and very similar to Medieval Times in style.’ Outstanding entertainment now and if you consider that a version of this show was presented to European royalty and knaves at the turn of the 20th century, you have your history too.