At the end of March, more than seven years of construction, speculation, and excitement around Disney‘s newest expansion came to a ceremonial end when the new “World of Frozen Land” at Disneyland Paris opened to regular visitors.

Fans of the 2013 and 2019 “Frozen” movies will know that the new section of the park is designed to immerse parkgoers in the Kingdom of Arendelle — a Norway-inspired fictional land in which characters Elsa and Anna brave eternal winter to save the kingdom.

The new land, mirroring the one that opened at Disneyland Hong Kong in 2023, lets visitors experience a bit of wintery magic as they walk down the main walkway in the reimagined Disney Adventure World and see the snow-capped peaks of North Mountain emerge in the distance.

Since I was already in Paris at the start of April, I took a day to go down to Marne-la-Vallée and was one of the first without special access to experience the new land.

“World of Frozen” built around Adventure Lake, “Frozen Ever After” boat ride

The mountain where Elsa exiles and constructs an ice palace serves as the focal point of “World of Frozen.” Its base is the entry to the new “Frozen Ever After” musical boat ride that, unsurprisingly, had the longest lines in the park on the day I visited.

I was able to go through the shorter line for single riders in less than 30 minutes twice in one day. The slow-moving dark ride experience features multiple animations from the films — I particularly liked the “Stone Village” scene of young trolls being taught the story of the kingdom.

It also takes visitors backward for several moments before coming forward to Elsa singing “Let It Go” and a small drop through waterfalls that may leave those sitting on the front or sides of the car a little wet.

Disneyland Paris’ “World of Frozen” is built around Adventure Lake.
“A Celebration of Arendelle” takes place on Adventure Lake at different points in the day.

Veronika Bondarenko Veronika Bondarenko Other features of the land include a row of Hanseatic-inspired houses that visitors can enter to buy Disney merchandise (I was in a particularly troll-y mood and bought a baby Mossie keychain instead of the larger animated toy that went viral online but will set you back €70).

The Nordic Crowns Tavern features loosely Norwegian dishes such as salmon steak (€20) and turkey meatballs with sides and desserts like the Arendelle Swirl Ice Cream for €18. There is also the very cutely named “Little Trolls Menu” for the young ones.

“World of Frozen” is also built around Adventure Lake, which hosts the 15-minute “A Celebration in Arendelle” water show taking place several times throughout the day.

Be warned that securing a spot with an unobstructed view will require coming down to the lake edge at least 20 minutes before the start time. As I was wandering around exploring new street foods sold in the Christmas market-style stalls leading up to the main mountain area, I had to stand on my tiptoes to sneak peeks of Viking ships carrying Anna, Elsa, Olaf, and Kristoff.

Animatronics like the ones above greet boat riders on “Frozen Ever After.”
It would not be a “Frozen” ride without Sven the reindeer.

Other things to know about “World of Frozen Land” at Disneyland Paris

Veronika Bondarenko Veronika Bondarenko Combining French and English lines from the films that complement each other rather than being direct translations, the show ends with a snowy flourish particularly befitting of the themed land.

Walking around the park, I had a permanent smile on my face over the level of detail, such as a poster about the banning of notorious scoundrel Duke of Weselton, or the stork’s nest that particularly observant visitors will spot above the village rooftops alongside countless other such Easter eggs.

There are other new additions to the Disney Adventure Park that, prior to this expansion that rebranded it from Walt Disney Studios, many visitors would deem as significantly inferior to the larger main park featuring Sleeping Beauty’s Castle.

The new “Raiponce Tangled Spin” spinning boat ride also opened at Disneyland Paris this spring.

Veronika Bondarenko The “Raiponce [Rapunzel in French] Tangled Spin” teacup-style ride is the other new attraction that opened in the second park. Another section of the park is cordoned off with fences featuring “Lion King” scenes heralding the other new themed land that will be built over the next half-decade.

Construction for the land that will be built around a 37-meter (120-foot) tall Pride Rock from which Rafiki famously dangles Simba in the cult movie classic began in September 2025.

At the moment, all you can see poking out from the high fences are a few bright red construction cranes.

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