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The Princess and The Parks

Friday, August 7th, 2009

Tony Award winner Anika Noni Rose (left), who provides the voice of Disney’s newest princess, Tiana, in the upcoming Walt Disney Pictures animated feature film “The Princess and the Frog,” poses with the new Princess Tiana character (right) as she will soon appear at the Disneyland Resort in California and Walt Disney World Resort in [...]

Chuck Canzoneri’s 5/6/09 Photo Report

Friday, May 8th, 2009

It’s once again for a photo report from our very own Chuck Canzoneri:

The walls came down at Pixie Hollow on Wednesday

This is the new fountain with octopus shaped lighting

While it is very obvious that the lighting is there, it still does look quite nice

A Cast Member at Pixie Hollow said the lights won’t be active [...]

Humbug Made Official

Tuesday, December 30th, 2008

Disneyland has now officially announced the entertainment cutbacks for 2009:
As The Year of a Million Dreams celebration comes to a close and the Disneyland® Resort heads into 2009, entertainment offerings and show times are being updated for the kick-off of “What will you celebrate?” 
Disneyland Park 

A Christmas Fantasy Parade and “Believe In Holiday Magic” Fireworks Spectacular [...]

News & Rumor Round-up

Saturday, December 20th, 2008

I have been informed of some very interesting news & rumors of what could be happening (or is going to happen) at the Disneyland Resort in the very near future:

Construction should be beginning on World of Color sometime during the upcoming week, weather permitting of course. The first signs of work will be near the California [...]

Walls, Walls, and More Walls…

Saturday, October 25th, 2008

We received some very interesting new refurbishment dates, & I want to take the time here to go through some of them. First up, the walls around the Plaza Pavilion are scheduled to come down on November 7th, so we’ll finally see something nice in that corner of Main Street. It’s a Small World will [...]

Old Enemies and New Friends

Thursday, October 23rd, 2008

Brady MacDonald over at the LA Times Travel Blog has posted exclusive sneak peeks at High School Musical 3: Right Here! Right Now! & Pixie Hollow, which are both scheduled to debut tomorrow:

The new “High School Musical 3″ parade debuting at Disney’s California Adventure on Friday features six new songs from the movie, including [...]

Monday in the Parks DLR Update

Monday, August 25th, 2008

Let’s take a look through some of the latest happenings through-out the Disneyland Resort, brought up in both pictures & words in this week’s Monday in the Parks on MiceAge:

A couple updates for you on the Miley Cyrus Sweet 16 event that is being held on October 5th. Turns out that regular Disneyland guests from [...]

Beluga Sevruga Indeed

Sunday, August 17th, 2008

Though unconfirmed, it is highly likely that today was the last day of operation for the Ariel’s Grotto meet ‘n greet. In honor of this closing, I’d like to link you over to a video tour of Ariel’s Grotto that I put up last week on WDWNTube.
Again, we’re not 100% certain that it closed today, [...]

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 [...]

Quinceanera Dreams Come True

Monday, April 21st, 2008

The Quinceanera Dream Come True event that is going to be held at Disneyland this week will have major impact on the parks this week. A stage will be put up in front of Sleeping Beauty’s Castle from Tuesday through Friday blocking access through the Castle. The Horse Drawn Streetcars wont be running Wednesday through [...]