| Adventureland Bazaar | |||
| Adventureland Bazaar Entrance | |||
| Disneyland Park (Paris) | |||
| Land | Adventureland | ||
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| Designer | Walt Disney Imagineering | ||
| Theme | One Thousand and One Arabian Nights / Aladdin | ||
| Opening date | 1992 | ||
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Adventureland Bazaar is the main entrance to Adventureland in Disneyland Paris, themed to the 1001 Arabian Nights.
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When designing Adventureland for Disneyland Paris, Imagineers intended to keep the original idea of blending exotic environments from Africa, Asia and the Caribbean. Yet, since the One Thousand and One Arabian Nights are part of the European vision of exotism, they decided to add a middle-eastern pavilion at the entrance of the land. Named Adventureland Bazaar, this small recreation of an oriental city also acts as a shopping and eating place.
In 1992, at the opening of the land, the building featured a covered maze-like street network and many shops:
In 1993, one year after the release of the Disney movie Aladdin, a walkthrough attraction opened in the Bazaar, named Le Passage Enchanté d'Aladdin.
In 1999, most of the building was turned into Agrabah Café, although the name Adventureland Bazaar is still used as well. All shops and streets were merged to make one whole complex, although the details of the place are left unchanged (except for the shop Le Chant des Tam-Tams which was fully modified). Les Trésors de Schéhérazade and La Giraffe Curieuse (located outside) are the only remaining shops. As such, this place now offers a table service for guests. The restaurant specializes in a wide range of mediterranean meals.
The Bazaar features many references to tales from Arabian Nights:
Originally, the building also featured a proper oriental loop, basically composed of gamalan and flute musics (for example Tep Menoram Dance). Since the Disney film Aladdin was released in 1992, this soundtrack was soon replaced with this movie's one. However, the original soundtrack was brought back shortly after the park's 15th anniversary.
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