According to the OC Register’s Around Disney blog: A Disney restaurant became the resort’s only seafood house when it recently revamped its menu. Hook’s Pointe, inside the Disneyland Hotel, re-branded itself last month with new seafood selections because its generic offerings were failing to draw enough customers. “It didn’t really have an identity, really,” Chef … Read more
After coming back from the Disneyland Resort on Friday, Myrna Litt returned Saturday morning to spend the weekend there so she could participate in the CHOC Walk in the Park today. Here’s her photo report from the CHOC Walk, as well as other happenings around the Disneyland Resort:
An old-fashioned Disney Vacation Club car stationed outside the entrance to the Grand Californian Hotel
On Saturday, I attended the grand opening of Disney’s Doorway to Dreams store operated by the Disney Vacation Club inside the Roosevelt Field Mall in Long Island, New York. This is just the second Doorway to Dreams Disney Vacation Club sales location to open (the first is located in Chicago) and the grand opening events … Read more
On Saturday, Tom Corless attended the grand opening of Disney’s Doorway to Dreams store operated by the Disney Vacation Club inside the Roosevelt Field Mall in Long Island, New York. This is just the second Doorway to Dreams Disney Vacation Club sales location to open (the first is located in Chicago) and the grand opening … Read more
The lovely Myrna Litt made a visit to the Disneyland Resort yesterday, and she shares these photos with us:
The Halloween displays along the Mickey and Friends Tram route are originally from Tokyo Disneyland
Tiana’s Showboat Jubilee, a new show to promote the upcoming Disney animated movie “The Princess and the Frog”, debuts November 6th, 2009 at Disneyland Park. As previously reported, the show will start out in New Orleans Square, and then make its way on to the Mark Twain Riverboat, where pre-selected guests will be chosen to … Read more
Somem members of my family recently visited the Walt Disney World Resort and have taken some newsworthy photos to share with WDWNT, so let’s take a look at some new offerings from around the world:
Some major changes are taking place in the world of character meet and greets, starting with Disney’s Animal Kingdom
According to the Disney Parks Blog: If you’ve visited Disney’s California Adventure Park recently, you know the lagoon has been dry for many months as Walt Disney Imagineers install and test the newest and coolest water fountains at any Disney Park. You can now see that the floor of Paradise Bay is a superstructure that’s … Read more
From the Orlando Sentinel: Walt Disney World has built a new monorail train using the undamaged remains of two trains that collided in a deadly accident over the summer. The new train is expected to go into service later this fall. It will be painted with a teal stripe to distinguish it from the resort’s … Read more
WDWNT Reporter Brandon Struve took a special trip to Epcot this morning to check out “The Sum of All Thrills”, a new Innoventions exhibit sponsored by Raytheon that we first told you about earlier this year:
“The Sum of All Thrills” opened inside of Innoventions East/Blue earlier today
DLNT Reporter Stephen Thomas visited the Disneyland Resort yesterday for his birthday, and he sent in these photos:
The Halloween Time banners at the Mickey and Friends Tram Station
WDWNT Reporter Jose Eber provides us with his first update in quite a while, taking a look at the progress on the new marble floor being installed in the main building of Disney’s Grand Floridian Resort & Spa:
The Disney Parks Blog has put up a video interview with incoming Disneyland Resort President, George Kalogridis:
I visited the Disneyland Resort yesterday afternoon for my brother’s birthday, and managed to take a few newsworthy photos to share with everyone:
A “Princess and the Frog” billboard on one of the Hollywood Pictures Backlot buildings
According to the OC Register’s Around Disney blog: George Kalogridis, who previously oversaw Anaheim theme parks’ operations, today took over as the new president of the Disneyland Resort — the largest private employer in Orange County, Disney announced today. Kalogridis, 55, is replacing Ed Grier, who announced his retirement last week and had his last … Read more
WDWNT’s Chris Lastrapes was at the Disneyland Resort briefly on Friday, and he was kind enough to share some of his photos with us:
This promotion allows you to get a free child ticket to see “The Princess and the Frog” when an adult presents their paid admission ticket or Annual Pass at a select merchandise location. The child ticket will be valid only when an adult purchases an adult ticket to see the movie from December 11th through December 31st
