I’m back from a wonderful 4 day trip to the Disneyland Resort, which included checking out the Indiana Jones Summer of Hidden Mysteries, & of course Toy Story Midway Mania. Let’s start this pictorial off with my pictures from Monday: Sign for Toy Story “Midway” Mania in the Esplanade The Adventure Roadmap was handed out … Read more
Besides loving the Disney Parks, most of the staff here at WDW News Today are big fans of all the Disney and Pixar animated films. As most of you know, Disney and Pixar’s newest film, Wall-E, opens in theaters everywhere June 27. In honor of this release, we have assembled a number of videos to watch … Read more
From disneypins.com, some news on the release of the long-awaited Toy Story Mania opening day pin: Walt Disney World® Resort released their Opening Day 2008 pin today at Disney’s Hollywood Studios™. Alex Maher also created the artwork for this pin. Below is an image of the new merchandise location near the attraction which opened this past … Read more
Our good friend EpcotServo has finally returned with a new photo update featuring some of the new happenings around Epcot and Disney’s Hollywood Studios. When you head over to his update, be sure to take a look at the now completed Pixar Place meet-and-greet, the Journey Into Narnia: Prince Caspian exhibit, and the new quick service food … Read more
After speculation on the net arose stating that Aladdin: A Musical Spectacular would not be returning after the 3 month Hyperion refurb starting in Sept, I found auditions for the show on the Disney Auditions website. There are 3 listed. One for singers, actors and puppeteers on July 21, 2008 at 10am at the Screenland … Read more
On Saturday, June 21, 2008, the newest Disney*Pixar Animation Studios movie premiered, WALL-E. Courtesy of a Special Update on MiceChat, we provide for you a lovely video of WALL-E making his Grance Entrance debut. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5im0hqsuIRo[/youtube]
The Journey Into Narnia: Prince Caspian exhibit at Disney’s Hollywood Studios has finally opened for some previews before it opens officially this Friday. Studios Central picked up some great photos of what can now be considered the park’s newest attraction, and you can see them all HERE.
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Studios Central has some great pictures of a finally wall-less Pixar Place area of Disney’s Hollywood Studios. The small shop and Hey-Howdy-Hey Take Away locations are now both open, even though the store hasn’t received all the new Toy Story Mania merchandise yet (still missing some planned merchandise, should be for sale by this fall). … Read more
Our good friend Jim Hill over at jimhilllmedia.com has put up a great article today giving away some of the details on how the new American Idol Experience attraction will run once it opens officially at Disney’s Hollywood Studios in January 2009. Jim goes through most of he details for this attraction in the article, … Read more
Join me, Tom Corless, and a cast including Jason Diffendal, John Corigliano, Justin Heyman, Denise Hafto, Kelly Russo and Luke Manning for a show that Bridges the Gaps Between You and the World. Sit back, relax, and enjoy all of the Walt Disney World information and fun we have to offer on this edition of … Read more
I’m going to be at the lovely Disneyland Resort from Monday to Thursday this week, so I’ll obviously be unavailable to post. Hopefully Tom Corless & SparkyLD will step up & post a few things while I’m gone. Don’t worry though, because I’ll be back on Friday with the usual DLR Pictorial, at least 3 … Read more
It seems that the Single Rider line for Toy Story Midway Mania has been set up earlier than we original thought. We’re not sure if it’s being used yet, but it’s definitely there. Picture by BCC
Let’s take a look at some various things going on through-out the Disneyland Resort from the latest DLR Update on DisneyGeek: A sign for the Adventure Roadmaps Some Downtown Disney coupon thing The popularity of Toy Story Midway Mania is rubbing off on the rest of the Pier A pin trading cart for the upcoming … Read more
We have a couple of pieces of news from the 2 newest DCA Pixar attractions to go over. First off, the Pixar Play Parade has returned to its (almost) original form. The entire a Bug’s Life float is now completely back. However, the order of the floats has changed slightly. The Ratatouille & a Bug’s … Read more
New York City Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg poses with Mickey Mouse at Disney’s Contemporary Resort in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. June 20, 2008. Bloomberg was at Walt Disney World Resort taking part in the first annual “Excellence in Action” education reform summit, presented by The Foundation for Excellence in Education. The foundation was launched in … Read more