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AP Sneak Peak Drawing for Toy Story Mania

Saturday, April 26th, 2008

It seems we were right! According to the Disneyland Annual Passholder website:
Enter the Toy Story Mania! Annual Passholder Sneak Peek opportunity drawing to be one of the very first Disney’s California Adventure® Park Guests to ride Toy Story Mania! Take advantage of this exciting chance to be a part of Disneyland® Resort history.
For more information [...]

Pixie Hollow Is Just a Meet ‘n’ Greet

Friday, April 25th, 2008

According to MiceAge:
Disneyland’s new Tinker Belle “attraction” you’ve heard about from Ed Grier is actually just a remodeling of the Ariel’s Grotto location near the Matterhorn. The new “Pixie Hollow” will be a photo meet ‘n’ greet for Tink and her new pixie pals with an attached merchandise cart, just in time for DVD sales [...]

Updated Tomorrowland Rumors

Friday, April 25th, 2008

From Screamscape:
Late 2009 or Early 2010 – Star Tours 2 – Rumor – (4/25/08) Screamscape sources tell us that we should finally expect to see Star Tours shut down by late 2008 or early 2009 in order to begin work on the massive overhaul it will receive for the Star Tours 2 concept rebirth. [...]

Dateline Disneyland Picture Update

Friday, April 25th, 2008

Let’s take a look at some various things going on through-out the Disneyland Resort from this week’s Dateline Disneyland on MiceAge:
Some construction work going on in the Timon lot in preparation for Cars Land

The Lilo & Stitch exhibit in Innoventions has closed down & is now just an area for kids coloring. The kiosks are [...]

A Brand New DL News Today!

Friday, April 25th, 2008

Ladies and Gentlemen, Boys and Girls, Disneyland News Today is proud to present a brand new redesign to our site. When we first opened the site, the original design never caught the attention of many users and for that brief moment we decided to redesign to our site to make it much more user friendly. [...]

Tinkerbelle Dark Ride?

Thursday, April 24th, 2008

The OC Register has an interview up with Ed Grier, the president of the Disneyland Resort. In this interview, Ed talks about some of the expansion plans for the resort as a whole. Most of it is stuff we’ve all heard before… But this isn’t:
A Tinker Bell attraction will open at Disneyland in October. This [...]

Monorail Red Opening Pushed Back

Thursday, April 24th, 2008

From the OC Register:
Just got word today that the new Monorail Red train will not open to the public this Friday.
Disney Spokesman John McClintock said the team working on the Monorail “has decided to take a few extra days for test and adjust so it will not open to guests on Friday.”
No date has been [...]

Blair Family Memories

Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008

We would like to speak from our point of view as Mary Blair’s nieces.
We have been impressed and deeply touched by the eloquence and outpouring from the hearts of so many people who want to keep ‘Small World’ as it is. And now the Artists! Amazing. A HUGE thanks to all of you!
Our thoughts are [...]

New Monorail Train Rolling in Friday

Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008

From the OC Register:
ANAHEIM – What’s red, white and blue and glides through the air?
It’s not some superhero. It’s the new monorail opening to the public Friday at Disneyland.
The first new monorail car in two decades – called the Monorail Red or Mark VII – is expected to open to the public Friday morning.
“I think [...]

Red: In Pictures!

Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008

As reported yesterday, the Mark VII Monorail Red did begin daytime cast member previews. But we only just got in pictures, & here are some, courtesy of David “Darkbeer” Michaels:

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