Chuck Canzoneri is here with his latest photo report (and as will usually be the case with Chuck, he provides his own captions):
Celebrate Today! merchandise in the Emporium.
I’m not sure if this popcorn bucket is new or not?
New Celebrate Today! popcorn containers.
Took this at the Carnation Cafe where if you were celebrating a special event, the Cast member would put this on your table as a special centerpiece.
Celebrate Today! merchandise banner.
While the Walt Disney Company continues to deny it has agreed to build a park in Shanghai, reports are surfacing that the official state-run Shanghai Securities News has announced that the talks have been completed and the project will be announced soon. Stay tuned to WDWNewsToday as more information on this new development in the … Read more
Peter H. Dominick Jr., the genius behind Disney’s Wilderness Lodge, Animal Kingdom Lodge, and Grand Californian Hotel, passed away last Thursday. The Denver-based architect always said a turning point in his illustrious career came in the early 1990s, when he presented his design for the Wilderness Lodge to Michael Eisner, then chairman of Disney: “During … Read more
Here’s a round-up of some of the latest rumors that our sources here at Disneyland News Today have been hearing: Due to construction on the World of Color Amphitheater, which is right by where the second High School Musical 3: Right Here! Right Now! show stop is, only one show stop will be made per show, … Read more
It’s once again time for a photo report from our very own Myrna Litt. Let’s take a look around the Disneyland Resort as the Christmas decorations start to come down:
The Year of a Million Dreams themed Mickey floral is being removed for a new What Will You Celebrate? themed floral.
Here you can see what looks to be a party hat.
Mickey & the rest of the Fab 5 are finally back out on Main Street in their original costumes.
Disney Design a Tee Presented by Hanes Only in the Downtown Disney® Marketplace Event: Disney Design a Tee Presented by Hanes Grand Opening Grand Opening Date: Friday, January 9 Grand Opening Time: 11:30am The first 100 guests at the Grand Opening of Disney Design A Tee presented by Hanes will receive: A Complimentary Lanyard, … Read more
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. / ANAHEIM, Calif. (Jan. 5, 2009) — As Disney Parks ask “What Will You Celebrate?” and invite guests to turn their personal milestones into magical family vacations in 2009, America’s military personnel will have one more reason to celebrate: Free multi-day admission to Disney’s U.S. theme parks. With the “Disney’s Armed … Read more
The staff here at WDW News Today will be keeping you up to date on the latest news through-out the Walt Disney World Resort while Tom Corless is down at the resort for one of his many, many trips. This update is to let everyone know that it has been made official that Space Mountain … Read more
Both Haunted Mansion Holiday & It’s a Small World Holiday close tomorrow to have their respective holiday overlays removed. In honor of this, I felt it right to post this little bit of interesting Haunted Mansion Holiday related news: Quirky filmmaker Tim Burton gets a first glimpse of Disneyland’s Haunted Mansion Holiday attraction, which is based on … Read more
WDWNT Photographer Jose Eber has some interesting updates from outside the parks to share with us today, so let’s take a look: Some work going on at the Monorail platform of the Transportation and Ticket Center A closer look The Bay Lake Tower addition to Disney’s Contemporary Resort continues to take shape A close-up shot later in … Read more
2 new, small additions are coming to Disneyland Park this April. Firstly, Big Thunder Ranch will close for removal of Santa’s Reindeer Round-up this Monday, & will be closed all the way through April, when on the 2nd it will re-open as the Celebration Round-up and Barbecue at Big Thunder Ranch. The good news about … Read more
WDWNT cast member Jose Eber has provided us with construction photos of the upcoming Characters in Flight balloon at Downtown Disney, which will take guest high above the ground for a small price beginning in the Spring: Signs showing what the area will look like upon completion. As you an see, the balloon will be decorated with … Read more
*** WE HAVE 3 NEW PHOTO REPORTS FOR YOU TODAY. SCROLL DOWN FOR CHUCK’S & MYRNA’S PHOTO REPORTS FROM NEW YEARS EVE. ***
And here is our last photo report for the day, mine from yesterday, New Years Day:
New banners for What Will You Celebrate? along the Mickey & Friends Tram Route.
There are still traces left of the Year of a Million Dreams through-out the Resort.
And now for our second photo report, also from New Years Eve, from Chuck Canzoneri. For this photo report, I’ll leave the captions to Chuck:
The park hours sign at Mickey & Friends. We got there at 8AM.
8:34am & the tickets windows are as full as I’ve ever seen them.
A look through the New Years Eve guide-map.
Happy New Year everyone! The first of today’s three photo reports is from Myrna Litt on New Years Eve:
New Years Eve guide-map.
And a New Year 2009 button that Cast Members wore.
For Myrna, the day started out very early. At 7:30am in fact!
Waiting for the rope to drop.
The rope dropped, & we can see some What Will You Celebrate? lighting towers for the New Years Eve festivities that night.
Matt Paul has provided us with some photos (which are the first to make use of our larger site width) and a video of the ongoing stage construction for “Stitch’s Supersonic Celebration” taken yesterday at the Magic Kingdom in Tomorrowland: This construction is taking place directly in front of the old Skyway building in Tomorrowland … Read more