Disneyland Paris - Frontierland

Frontierland is supposed to feel like you are in the old west during the time of the gold rush. There is a river running through frontierland on which are two 'Old Orleans' type paddle steamers that you can go for little trips on. In the Middle of the river/lake is a section of the areas main attraction - Big Thunder Mountain - this island is reached by hurtling through underground tunnels which eventually come up on this island surrounded by water. The ghostly phantom manor attraction is in this area, it is basically a very sophisticated and upmarket ghost train, it tends to scare the heebie-jeebies out of little ones though so be careful! If you happen to visit in ...

The rides I would say not to miss here are Big Thunder Mountain which you can get a fast pass for and if it is really busy you will probally have at least one hour before you need to go back, which is what happened with us. In that time we stayed in Frontierland and went firstly to the Phantom Manor and we also had time to do the riverboat, aboard the Molly Brown. The riverboat cruise around the river which fills the centre of Frontierland was very relaxing, we were lucky enough to get a seat on the back of the boat! They have wonderful detail around the lake to keep an eye out for; a little house with a dog, rats swinging on a tree... wont spoil it all for ...

Disneyland Paris is made up of 5 lands and Frontier land can be found next to Main Street USA which is where you first enter the park. Frontier land is set in the American West with a huge river that circles Big Thunder Mountain where dreams of gold become a reality. As you arrive into Frontier land you will see signs for Thunder Mesa and that is the name of this fictional town and we enter it at the height of the gold rush. As you enter the park you walk through an exhibit of Western life and it really is like going back in time and the smell, I don't think that it could be any more western as the distinct smell of horses is in the ...