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Witness History: Disney Goes to Europe

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07/02/2019 GMT

Disney Goes to Europe

BBC World Service - Witness History, Disney Goes to Europe

The first Disney theme park in Europe took years of negotiations to get off the ground.

After years of delicate negotiations and diplomacy the Walt Disney Company opened a theme park near Paris.

In 1992 Disney opened its first theme park in Europe. But it had taken years of delicate negotiations and diplomacy get it off the ground. In 2013 Rebecca Kesby spoke to Robert Fitzpatrick who had the job of bringing the magic of Mickey Mouse to France.

Photo: Celebrations during the 25th anniversary of Disneyland Paris at the park in Marne-la-Vallee in April 2017.(Credit: REUTERS/Benoit Tessier)

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