Interesting Boats with Interesting Views

Here are a couple of interesting updates from our friends over at Screamscape: I’ve been informed that the previously listed Pirates month long rehab of Pirates one scheduled for Mid October has been delayed until sometime in early 2009. On a fun note however, the next time you in pirates see if you can spot … Read more

Yey, Anniversary Pins!

John Rick of the Central Jersey Disney Pin Traders & The Disney Pincast attended the Pin Trading University event at Epcot in Walt Disney World this past weekend, & took a couple of pictures of some interesting upcoming pins at the Disneyland Resort. Let’s take a look at them: Pins for the 15th anniversary of … Read more

The Villas At Disney’s Contemporary Resort

Paperwork was filed by Disney that officially christens the new north wing of the Contemporary Resort as “The Bay Lake Tower”, and home to the Disney Vacation Club “Villas at Disney’s Contemporary Resort”. A formal announcement should be made within a month, and then sales should begin sometime shortly thereafter. Until that time, you can peruse the … Read more

Tuesday Got a Little Less Fun

Some sad news from the OC Register: Hundreds of Disney cast members are spending their first Tuesday at work without a beloved and perennial guest. Nicki Fotia, 26, of Anaheim, a former cast member at Disneyland, called Around Disney this afternoon to report that Timothy Storms, 48, of Huntington Beach – known around Disneyland as “Mr. … Read more

John Rick’s WDW Photo Update 9/5-9/7/08

WDWNT is back with another photo report from the Walt Disney World Resort. Let’s start this report at the Magic Kingdom: Some lovely pumpkin decorations next to the Mickey floral. A beautiful pumpkin Mickey floral. Mickey’s face is colored with actual pumpkins. The Minnie Mouse statue from the hub is missing. Donald in a Davy … Read more

Goodbye Golden Dreams! Good Riddance HSM2!

Let’s take a look at some of the lovely photos of David “Darkbeer” Michael from yesterday, that include the last showing of both Golden Dreams & High School Musical 2: School’s Out, among other things: The Hyperion Theater is now listed as closed on the DLR Information Board near at the security check-points (albeit being … Read more

WDWNT Live! Episode 3

This edition of WDWNT Live! is over, but don’t worry, because the episode will be available for download on not just Disneyland News Today, but also WDW News Today this Saturday. Episode 4 of WDWNT Live! will be held on November 2nd, with Episode 5: A WDWNT Christmas coming to you on December 21st.

Bye Bye HSM 2, Hello HSM 3

According to the OC Register: On Tuesday, Sept. 9, Disneyland will hold auditions for performers to be in a new street show titled High School Musical 3: Right Here! Right Now!. The show is based on the upcoming movie “High School Musical 3: Senior Year”, which is set to release in theaters on October 24. … Read more

DCA Preview Center Opening Pushed Back

According to MiceAge, the opening of the DCA Preview Center has been pushed back 1 month. There are a couple of factors as to why the date was pushed back. Firstly, Jay Rasulo should be announcing Magical Celebrations, the follow-up promotion to the Year of a Million Dreams on September 18th in New York. Secondly, … Read more

DisneyGeek DLR Update

Our good friends over at DisneyGeek have put up another Disneyland Resort Update. Let’s take a look at some of the latest happenings through-out the Resort: Construction on the new bakery facility for the Disneyland Resort restaurants, near the Mickey & Friends Parking Structure. Now this list of unavailable attractions seems more right than what … Read more

Dateline Disneyland Construction Update

The latest Dateline Disneyland article on MiceAge has a fine update on construction through-out the Disneyland Resort. Let’s take a look at some of the latest happenings: The King Triton & Ariel statues have been removed, as well as most of the current theming in Ariel’s Grotto. This is what has become of the turntable … Read more

09/04/08 WDW Photo Update by Jason Diffendal

Staff member Jason Diffendal of WDWCelebrations.com has provided us with some very interesting pictures from around WDW during his latest trip. Let’s take a look at a few newsworthy items: Starting at Disney’s Hollywood Studios, the new Night of Joy event logo has taken over the entrance billboard. I really like the new logo, something … Read more

What’s This? New Halloween Outfits

Here’s a quick look at the new costumes that Disney’s most famous couples will be sporting this halloween during Mickey’s Not So Scary Halloween Party: Mickey and Minnie Mouse Donald and Daisy Duck

DLR Photo Report – 9/2/08

I had a lovely day at the Disneyland Resort yesterday, & there is tons of stuff going on around the Resort. Let’s delve into this enormous photo report: All of the attractions closed. The Mark Twain wasn’t closed by the way! The lovely new DCA map cover. Not a lot of entertainment going on at … Read more

John Corigliano’s WDW Photo Update 8/31-9/1/08

WDWNT is back from the not-so-crowded Walt Disney World theme parks with another fantastic photo report. Let’s take a look at all the newsworthy happenings from around the world: Starting at Disney’s hollywood Studios, this special stage has been set up for the Night of Joy events Construction on the American Idol Experience They are … Read more

More End Dates

We once again have some updates to the attraction refurbishment list for you. First up, as previously reported, today is the last day for the Indiana Jones Summer of Hidden Mysteries, which includes the Secret of the Stone Tiger & Random Acts of Indy shows. Various reports have been saying that the Oasis theater (home … Read more