Myrna Litt’s 8/26/09 Photo Report

Our very own Myrna Litt is back with a new photo report from the Disneyland Resort:

The Orange Stinger swinging structure is completely gone

Doors have been put on to some of the World of Color lighting tower structures

Trees are starting to go up in Paradise Park

Looks like they are going for gray colored rocks by California Screamin’ and brown colored rocks by the Golden Zephyr

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Disneyland News Today Exclusive: First Picture of New Fantasmic Dragon!

Disneyland News Today has acquired the very first picture of the new dragon set to debut in Fantasmic!: Keep an eye out on Fantasmic! this weekend, as “Murphy” is strongly rumored to debut. Stay tuned to Disneyland News Today for the latest on this story.

Imagineering Video Hints at the Future of the Disney Parks

With the huge D23 Expo just a few days away, could this video be peppered with tidbits teasing some announcements for the future of the Disney Parks, or are some of these things a little further off?: Some interesting notes with the times in the video they appear: -At 0:19, there are fountains set on … Read more

Imagineering Video Hints at the Future of the Disney Parks

From WDW News Today: With the huge D23 Expo just a few days away, could this video be peppered with tidbits teasing some announcements for the future of the Disney Parks, or are some of these things a little further off?: Some interesting notes with the times in the video they appear: -At 0:19, there … Read more

Stephen Thomas’ 8/25/09 Photo Report

Stephen Thomas returns after a couple of months off with a new Disneyland Resort photo report:

You have to get to Mickey and Friends really early to see the Pinocchio parking lot like this

As Summer Nightastic is now over, the Toy Story Midway Mania billboards have returned once again

No line at the new Annual Passport Processing Center

Some painting and cleaning of Space Mountain taking place

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Bank On It!

The Disney Gallery set to open this Fall in the former Bank of Main Street Building! Like most, you’ve probably missed visiting The Disney Gallery on your recent trips to Disneyland® park. Well, good news! the hotspot for viewing original and one-of-a-kind Disney artwork and artifacts is ready to re-open in the fall at its … Read more

Little Chef Looks to Stay at “Les Chefs De France”

While many have reported that the special dining program featuring the “living character” of Remy from Disney-Pixar’s Ratatouille meeting and greeting guests at the Les Chefs De France restaurant in the France pavilion at Epcot would be coming to an end this fall, a recent listing on the Disney Auditions website says otherwise: Disney Auditions … Read more

Mitchel Musso CD Signing & Appearance at Studio Disney 365!

Mitchel Musso CD Signing & Appearance Date: Thursday, September 3, 2009 Time: 1 PM to 2 PM Location: Studio Disney 365, Downtown Disney® District Join us as we welcome Actor & Singer Mitchel Musso from the hit Disney Channel series “Hannah Montana”.  Mitchel will be on hand for a special appearance and signing of his … Read more

Brandon Struve’s 8/21/09 Epcot Photo Report

WDWNT Reporter Brandon Struve made a short visit to Epcot on Friday and has a few interesting photos to share with us of his trip:

Work on the Innoventions East breezeway is wrapping up

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Osborne Lights Dance Early in ’09

The Walt Disney World website has just been updated with new dates for the Osborne Family Spectacle of Dancing Lights, now running from November 10, 2009, until January 4, 2010. The site originally had the Disney’s Hollywood Studios nighttime holiday event slated to debut at the end of November (as it surprisingly did in 2008), … Read more

Matt Paul’s 8/21/09 WDW Photo Report

Matt Paul took a trip to the Magic Kingdom and Disney’s Hollywood Studios on Friday and has a plethora of newsworthy photos to share with us, so let’s take a look at his report:

Starting at the Magic Kingdom, work on the Emporium’s Arcade facade continues

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Summer Nightastic Comes to a Close, Still With No Dragon

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 … Read more

A Closer Look at Centralized Fastpass Distribution

Since July 20th, Walt Disney World has been testing the concept of centralized Fastpass distribution in the parks at Disney’s Animal Kingdom. The test has now been running for a month and seems to be working quite well. WDWNT Reporter Brandon Struve has tested the system and has some photos and insight to share: All … Read more

Luke Manning’s 8/17/09 Photo Report

Hey everyone, Luke Manning here. I visited the Disneyland Resort yesterday on what easily was the busiest day I have ever seen at the parks. But anyway, let’s get to my photo report:

The line at the Downtown Disney Monorail station was 3 switch-backs long, which meant a wait of over half an hour. Only Monorail Blue was running

Here you can see work on the permanent home for LittleMissMatched, which will be right next to its current home

All guests, even Annual Passholders, were required to get their hand stamped

Some of the merchandise from the recent SHAG Haunted Mansion 40th anniversary event is still available in the Disneyana Store

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Cast Member Tragedy at Indiana Jones Stunt Spectacular

Yet another unfortunate story from the Orlando Sentinel: A Walt Disney World cast member is dead after an accident this evening at Hollywood Studios. The accident took place during a rehearsal for the ” Indiana Jones Epic Stunt Spectacular.” The stunt performer was doing a tumbling roll after 7 p.m. when he was hurt. He … Read more

Brandon Struve’s 8/16/09 WDW Photo Report

WDWNT Reporter Brandon Struve took a quick trip to Walt Disney World yesterday and has quite a few newsworthy photos to share with us, so let’s take a look:

Cinderella Castle is already being covered with the winter Dreamlights

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