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It's a side discussion, but McDonalds France is v different to McDonalds USA:
What Makes McDonald's France So Different From McDonald's America - Mashed
You may have heard the old saying: "if you've been to one, you've been to them all." That same concept can apply to McDonald's — at least, in America.www.mashed.com
I don't know about that, the reaction to Disneyland Paris when it was announced certainly doesn't support the view .
But yea I see your point. I think in the context of Europe, the UK was the best option if all things were equal, certainly from a catchment area, cultural association and in hindsight the welcoming aspect.
If only Disneyland Paris was culturally different from the other Disney parks when it first opened, it wouldn't have gotten that bad rep in its beginning and would've been successful, making many of the scrapped Disney Decade projects (except Long Beach's Port Disney) happen, even if Frank Wells suddenly died in 1994 and Michael Eisner went through that bypass surgery that same year.Sure, DLP got a bad press when if first opened, but that was more than 30 years ago. Now it gets 15million+ visitors per year, the majority French, making it the largest single tourist attraction in Europe, massively ahead of everything else. I spend two or three months in France each year and to be honest it doesn’t feel much different to being at home in the UK.
I’ve never been to Singapore or China, but I’ve spent a bit of time in Japan and it’s make-your-head-spin different to the UK or the USA. Despite that massive cultural difference Tokyo Disneyland is wildly popular, so much so that Oriental Land Co has paid for the best Disney park anywhere in the world. As I said, some things are universal…