Disneyland Paris, originally
Euro Disney Resort, is an entertainment
resort in
Marne-la-Vallée, a
new town located east of the
centre of
Paris, and is the most visited theme park in all of France and Europe. It is owned and operated by
Euro Disney S.C.A., a
publicly traded company in which
The Walt Disney Company owns a majority stake. The resort covers and encompasses two
theme parks, several resort hotels, a shopping, dining, and entertainment complex, and a golf course, in addition to several additional recreational and entertainment venues.
Disneyland Park is the original theme park of the complex, opening with the resort on 12 April 1992. A second theme park,
Walt Disney Studios Park opened in 2002. The resort is the second
Disney park to open outside the United States, following the opening of the
Tokyo Disney Resort in 1983.