runs social media accounts and a website dedicated to tips for visitors to Disneyland Paris<\/a>, has been campaigning for the ride to also feature the Irish language on its signage, given the prominence of Irish-themed dolls and Irish involvement with the park.<\/p>\n\u201cIn It\u2019s a Small World, when you go in first, you\u2019re greeted by lots of languages: \u2018bienvenue, wilkommen\u2019, all these European languages, world languages, and we don\u2019t have Irish,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Irish nation is represented by one of the first sets on the left as you go into It\u2019s a Small World.\u201d<\/p>\n
McHugh recorded his reaction as he entered the ride earlier this week after being informed that his campaign had paid off, and saw the two additional signs representing the Irish language.<\/p>\n
On entry, a sign proclaiming \u201cF\u00e1ilte\u201d has been added, as well as one at the exit saying \u201cSl\u00e1n go Foill\u201d.<\/p>\n
McHugh told The Journal that he\u2019s delighted the language has been added to the iconic ride, that opened with the park in 1992.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Irish language is a beautiful thing that\u2019s ours. To see it represented in a place that I love, where millions visit every year, is really important to me, and I\u2019d like to thank Disneyland Paris for making this update!\u201d<\/p>\n
He pointed to Irish hands\u2019 key role in constructing the park, where Irish teams with specific skills were recruited to make the runaway train ride Big Thunder Mountain \u201cas authentic as possible\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cTo this day, Irish influence at the resort is strong, with many talented performing, operational, and live entertainment cast members responsible for magic every day,\u201d McHugh said.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"AFTER TWO YEARS of campaigning, Disneyland Paris has introduced Irish language signs at its ride It\u2019s a Small…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":569008,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[9618,240087,4099,10869,61,60,34095,4573,43],"class_list":["post-569007","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ireland","tag-disney","tag-disneyland-paris","tag-good-news","tag-goodnews","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-irish-language","tag-it","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/569007","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=569007"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/569007\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/569008"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=569007"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=569007"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=569007"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}