I’m back from one of my best trips ever to the Disneyland Resort, and of course have plenty of photos to share:
What parking level are we on again?
Two variations of the same pin on sale in the Emporium.
Ah… Isn’t it beautiful?
Monorail Red making its rounds. For now…
WDWNT Reporter Jose Eber has more pictures to share from his latest trip to Walt Disney World Resort, so let’s take a look at some more newsworthy photos: The Bay Lake Tower at Disney’s Contemporary Resort is nearly completed The bridge (featuring the horrible frosted windows) is nearing completion Some landscaping taking place behind the main building … Read more
WDWNT Reporter Jose Eber took a short trip to the Walt Disney World Resort this morning and has a few photos to share: The Characters in Flight balloon at Downtown Disney looks ready to take off any minute now The Virgin Megastore is almost gone, rumors suggest that this may become an AMC-Imax location Work … Read more
While this news isn’t really Disney news, I thought it would be interesting to note that the AMC Theatres in Downtown Disney has lost its permit to sell food, due to major plumbing issues: NAME: AMC Theatres Disney 12 ADDRESS: 1565 S. Disneyland Dr. CITY: Anaheim MAJOR VIOLATIONS: Plumbing In Disrepair PERMIT SUSPENDED: 3/26/2009 PERMIT … Read more
Myrna made a trip today to the El Capitan Theatre to see what’s going on over in Hollywoodland:
Hannah Montana: The Movie comes out April 10th.
Myrna’s reason to visit as always was for the Soda Fountain & Studio Store.
The shop wasn’t busy at all today.
According the OC Register’s Around Disney blog: Walt Disney Co. officials announced today that 1,900 salaried positions have been eliminated because of restructuring in part made necessary by the troubled economy. Disney announced in mid-February that it had begun laying off employees after a round of voluntary buyouts, but the company did not release a … Read more
From the OC Register’s Around Disney blog: “Toy Story” heroes Woody, Jesse and Bullseye are the stars at the Celebration Roundup & Barbecue, a new Disneyland outdoor restaurant located in the Frontierland area. The stage hosts constant entertainment featuring country music acts and seven different skits starring Disney-Pixar characters. The restaurant serves food family style, … Read more
The Disneyland Resort will be appreciating its annual passholders with special food and merchandise discounts at Downtown Disney from April 19th through the 25th (you can click on either of the images to be taken to a bigger pdf file):
WDWNT Reporter Jose Eber made a visit the Magic Kingdom earlier today and was able to take a few pictures featuring the continuing construction of the stage and dance floor for Stitch’s Supersonic Celebration in Tomorrowland:
The main stage structure is now being painted (or decorated with very large stickers) in purples, whites, and blues
WDWNT Reporter Jose Eber has provided us with the following video featuring the on-going construction of the “Paradiso 37” restaurant on a rather empty Pleasure Island, currently scheduled to open Spring 2009 (The video is available in high definition by clicking the HD button on the bottom of the video window):
WDWNT Reporter Jose Eber has provided us with the following video featuring the Characters in Flight balloon still in its testing phase on Downtown Disney’s West Side (The video is available in high definition by clicking the HD button on the bottom of the video window):
Disney has released more information on Celebration Round-up and Barbecue at Big Thunder Ranch, which is scheduled to open tomorrow: “Hey, howdy, hey y’all!” On April 2, as part of “What will you celebrate?” Big Thunder Ranch will transform into Celebration Roundup and Barbecue. Serving up family-style barbecue dishes, live entertainment and Disney characters, Guests … Read more
Some of our sources have reported that Mickey’s Fun Wheel is a couple weeks behind schedule, and is now scheduled to open on May 8th, as opposed to the originally scheduled April 24th date. We’re not exactly sure on the reason of the delay, but it’s most likely due to the Mickey face, as it … Read more
WDWNT Reporter Jose Eber spent the early part of April Fool’s Day 2009 at the Downtown Disney District to provide us with an update on some of the area’s latest offerings. Here is the joke free report:
The “Characters in Flight” balloon operated by Aerophile will now open around April 10th
Don’t be fooled, a third theme park is NOT coming to Anaheim: Everyone can calm down. There’s no third Disney theme park on the way to Anaheim. The Orange County Metblog published a report today saying Disney officially announced it was building a water park patterned after the one in Japan. The water park would … Read more
UP, UP AND AWAY — Guests will get a bird’s-eye view of Walt Disney World Resort as they soar to new heights in a whimsical attraction that recently opened at Downtown Disney. Characters in Flight, operated by Aerophile, is a giant tethered balloon that ascends some 300 feet into the sky every 10 minutes (depending … Read more