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Summer Nightastic Comes to a Close, Still With No Dragon

Friday, August 21st, 2009

According to the OC Register’s Around Disney blog:
The image of a giant glowing dragon spitting fire graces most promotional material — billboards, flags, fliers — for Disney’s Summer Nightastic events.
But the theme park’s official summer season will end this weekend without any appearance of the dragon in the water-and-light Fantasmic show because of technical difficulties.
Still, [...]

Perfect Photo Opportunity!

Wednesday, July 22nd, 2009

According to D23:
Disney’s PhotoPass cards for Summer Nightastic! are available now. Check out the back of the cards to find out how guests can receive a $10 discount on a Disney’s PhotoCD online or free shipping on the PhotoCD.

Video of Fantasmic!

Friday, July 3rd, 2009

Our own Conner Purzycki has sent in a video of the updated Fantasmic, featuring just the new Crocodile and Flotsam and Jetsam (no dragon unfortunately). Here’s his video, embedded through our wonderful WDWNTube Disney Parks Video Site:

Summer Nightastic Lights Up Disneyland

Friday, June 12th, 2009

D23 have put up 2 articles for the debut of Summer Nightastic today. The first covers last night’s media launch:
On Thursday, June 11, Disneyland was packed with summer guests, and D23 was invited for a peek at all the new happenings as Nightastic! takes over the park this summer.
First stop was the new TLT Dance [...]

Summer Nightastic is Here!

Friday, June 12th, 2009

Summer Nightastic begins tonight at the Disneyland Resort, and in honor of that, here’s a new Disney press video with footage from all three main offerings, as well as interviews with Carla Carlile (show director for Fantasmic), Denny Newell (senior show director for Disney’s Electrical Parade), and John Addis (senior show director for Magical):

The Electrical Parade Has a Dragon That Works…

Thursday, June 11th, 2009

Summer Nightastic launches tomorrow at the Disneyland Resort, and Disney has released a press release for Fantasmic, as well as more pictures of the updated version of Disney’s Electrical Parade:
More powerful projection technology and some awe-inspiring new creatures – including 37-foot-long eels Flotsam and Jetsam – make “Fantasmic!” an exciting part of Summer Nightastic! at [...]

Some Modern Pixie Dust Brings A Classic Up To Date

Thursday, June 11th, 2009

Disney has released a short video and fact sheet about the return of Disney’s Electrical Parade tomorrow night as part of the already flailing Summer Nightastic promotion. The updates to the parade were much needed and the parade appears sparkling and new thanks to LED light technology and a recreated soundtrack:

Tinker Bell leads the procession [...]

Pictures of the Tinker Bell Float in Disney’s Electrical Parade!

Wednesday, June 10th, 2009

According to the LA Times Travel Blog:

The Electrical Parade marks its return engagement at Disney’s California Adventure on Friday night with Tinker Bell taking over the lead float position from the Blue Fairy.
The new Tink float features a magic wand-wielding face-character waving from the basket of a hot-air balloon amid a sea of shimmering emerald [...]

This Summer Isn’t Looking So Nightastic…

Tuesday, June 9th, 2009

According to the LA Times Travel Blog:

While the OMG web rumors aren’t true, the new Maleficent dragon won’t make her scheduled debut this weekend at Disneyland in the upgraded Fantasmic show due to “technical issues.”
Disneyland officials say those “technical issues” do NOT include the latest Internet rumor du jour pinging around the Twittersphere — that [...]

An HD Dragon, 3D Dragon, and Marriage Proposal!

Monday, June 8th, 2009

Disney have put up a few new press videos in the past couple of days promoting Summer Nightastic which I wanted to share with everyone:

A magical moment happens on Main Street, U.S.A. when a young man proposes to his girlfriend on a Summer evening at Disneyland.

Make a 3D dragon roar to life, summon Tinker Bell, [...]

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