Today, like every year for the past 11 years, Disneyland® Paris hosted the Lieutenant General Hervé Charpentier, military governor of Paris, and reaffirmed its longstanding partnership with the French public security forces and its commitment in this regard.
The Lieutenant General Hervé Charpentier visited today the Walt Disney Studios Park accompanied by a delegation of 40 military personnel, where he met the operational management team of Disneyland Paris as well as Daniel Delcourt, Vice President of Operations at Euro Disney. He was able to discover the latest developments of the park, like Toy Story Playland and the new Place de Rémy which houses an attraction inspired by Ratatouille. The visit also presented an opportunity for Europe’s leading tourist destination to reaffirm its commitment to all its public partners (military personnel, firefighters and law enforcement officers) and its support for their work.
The governor recalled the commitment of the military personnel in securing the immediate surroundings of the park on a day-to-day basis. He believes that, “the partnership with such an icon of the leisure industry in Europe is a sign of recognition and support for our soldiers, engaged over time in complex and demanding operations at the service of their fellow citizens. They are particularly sensitive to it”.
“I take this opportunity to express once again our deep appreciation for the work done. I wish to reiterate the full support of our company in the French military, which is manifested through concrete commitments. “, stated Daniel Delcourt.
For more than 20 years, Disneyland Paris has been indeed implementing a series of actions in support of the national security services.
Consequently, military service personnel can take advantage of exclusive commercial offers to discover the destination during their free time. They can benefit from a 50% discount on two- and three day tickets, and are able to obtain the best available price for one-day tickets. Thousands of soldiers and their families benefit each year.
On the employment front, agreements have been signed to help service personnel retrain upon the termination of their military career, particularly via the Défense Mobilité (Defense Mobility) program with which the Euro Disney group has been participating since 2011*. Within the context of this program, the group communicates its recruitment needs to the Ministry of Defense and offers both permanent and seasonal positions within the resort to military personnel and their spouses.
Finally, Disneyland Paris’ citizen action service regularly conducts activities in solidarity with firefighters and the police. Such activities include the Soif de Vivre days organized in 2011 with the teams from RAID, a special operations unit of the French National Police and GSPR, the security group for the French President, and the day in support of the fire brigade and Chessy police station, organized in January 2015.
“It’s a real honor to receive today the Military Governor of Paris to celebrate the strong and enduring ties that have always united Disneyland Paris and the Ministry of Defence. Our warm and cordial discussions confirmed the excellent quality – and I stress the excellence of relations between our services, linked by close cooperation for over eleven years.” concluded Daniel Delcourt after the meeting.
*previously Marine Mobilité (Marine Mobility) with whom Euro Disney had already signed an agreement in 2004
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