Disneyland Paris Opens World of Frozen Featuring Interactive Olaf and New Ride
The Arendelle-themed area features a new boat ride, interactive Olaf with voice, and a live show, fulfilling fan expectations since work began in 2018.
- On Sunday, March 29, 2026, Walt Disney Studios Park officially became Disney Adventure World, with the "World of Frozen" opening as the centerpiece of a 2 billion euro expansion reshaping Europe's most-visited theme park.
- The transformation addresses long-standing criticism that the original 2002 park lacked immersive scale and suffered from sparse design. More than 90% of the second park has now been redesigned to meet guest expectations.
- Walt Disney Imagineering creative director Michel den Dulk led development of the "World of Frozen," featuring a 118-foot North Mountain crowned by Elsa's Ice Palace and a hyper-realistic Olaf animatronic developed through collaborative robotics research between Zurich and Glendale facilities.
- During a Friday visit, French President Emmanuel Macron called the resort "the leading tourist destination in Europe" and said the expansion will create 1,000 direct jobs, alongside 15 new dining locations and a new "Tangled" attraction.
- This investment represents one piece of a roughly $60 billion global expansion of Disney's parks and experiences business, which generated 57% of the company's segment operating income in fiscal 2025, underscoring the strategic importance of theme park growth.
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The Kingdom of Arendelle of Disney’s film “Frozen” now has a permanent address east of Paris, with its lagoon, a wooden Nordic village and a robotic snowman talking to children. Read more...
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CHESSY, France—A 118-foot mountain of ice rose over the suburban Paris countryside this weekend as Disney opened its Arendelle kingdom to the world — Elsa’s palace glowing at the summit, a “Frozen” Nordic fishing village below, and the company’s new CEO standing before a crowd of celebrities. World of Frozen, an immersive land themed to the blockbuster animated franchise, opened Sunday as a centerpiece of a 2 billion euro ($2.18 billion) transfo…
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Today, for the first time in forever, Disneyland Paris has officially opened up the gates to not only its renamed Disney Adventure World park, but also to a World of Frozen land that brings to life the Kingdom of Arendelle in a way never done before. To understand why and how Frozen has taken over the world, we had the chance to speak to Michel den Dulk, Walt Disney Imagineering Portfolio Executive Director for Disneyland Paris and Roger Gould,…
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