Adventureland Bazaar is the main entrance to Adventureland in

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, themed to the '' One Thousand and One Arabian Nights'' and

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's ''Aladdin'' franchise.

History

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. In 1992, at the opening of the land, the building originally featured a covered maze-like street network and many shops, including: Les Trésors de Schéhérazade ''(Schaharazade's Treasures),'' L'Echoppe d'Aladin ''(Aladin's Shop),'' La Reine des Serpents ''(The Snake Queen),'' Le Chant des Tam-Tams ''(The Tam-Tams' Song),'' and La Girafe Curieuse ''(The Curious Giraffe).'' In 1993, one year after the release of the Disney film ''

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'', a walkthrough attraction opened in the Bazaar, named ''

Le Passage Enchanté d'Aladdin Le Passage Enchanté d'Aladdin (French for ''Aladdin's Enchanted Passage'') is a walkthrough attraction that opened in 1993 inside the Adventureland Bazaar building in Disneyland Paris' Adventureland area. The attraction features a series of sh ...

'' (''Aladdin's Enchanted Passage''). In 1999, most of the building was turned into the mediterranean table service restaurant ''Agrabah Café'', with the exception of ''Le Passage Enchanté d'Aladdin, Les Trésors de Schéhérazade,'' and ''La Girafe Curieuse''. All of the shops and streets were merged to make this restaurant, with their detailing unchanged (except for the shop ''Le Chant des Tam-Tams'' which was fully modified). Originally, the building featured a proper oriental soundtrack. Since the Disney film ''

'' was released in 1992, this soundtrack was soon replaced with the movie's one. However, the original soundtrack was brought back shortly after the park's 15th anniversary.

Related areas

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in Anaheim, California, Adventureland Bazzar is a shop within the park's Adventureland area. At

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, the Adventureland Bazzar shop in its Adventureland area is themed to the 1967 Disney film ''

The Jungle Book ''The Jungle Book'' is an 1894 collection of stories by the English author Rudyard Kipling. Most of the characters are animals such as Shere Khan the tiger and Baloo the bear, though a principal character is the boy or "man-cub" Mowgli, who ...

''.

References

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