Celebrate! Only If You Have The Money…

The latest addition to Disneyland’s rather small list of table service restaurants is Celebration Round-up and Barbecue at Big Thunder Ranch. Lunch and dinner at this new restaurant will cost $28.99 for adults and $18.99 for children. The meal consists of my favorite kind of food, meat, and lots of it. Basically traditional barbeque fare, … Read more

Roll-Up Early!

Contrary to rumors that the Games of the Boardwalk are behind schedule, we have now received word that they are in fact ahead of schedule, and they will now open about 3 weeks earlier than originally planned on April 7th, 2009. For information on the new games themselves, check this post from back in October … Read more

Meet the Chef at Chefs De France

Robert Ashburn of Figmentsmedia.net has provided us with a video (embedded courtesy of the WDWNTube video site) of the Remy “living character” that is now appearing at Chefs De France in Epcot:

Jose Eber’s 3/21/09 Downtown Disney Report

WDWNT Reporter Jose Eber has us a few photos from the West Side of Downtown Disney  featuring construction of the latest attraction coming to the Walt Disney World Resort, a tethered balloon ride:

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The attraction is operated by Aerophile, but is still called “Characters in Flight

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The short flight aboard the balloon will cost $16.00 for an adult, and $10.00 for children

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Jose Eber’s 3/20/09 Contemporary Resort Report

WDWNT Reporter Jose Eber visited Disney’s Contemporary Resort on Friday and has plenty of photos to share featuring the final preparations for the Bay Lake Tower addition this August. Let’s take a look at some of his photos:

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The exterior of Bay Lake Tower is almost complete. The bridge is receiving some final touches, including frosted glass.

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Shawn Hutchinson’s 3/20/09 Photo Report

It’s once again time for a photo report from our very own Shawn Hutchinson:

Celebrate on Daisy’s Parking Level!

A sign has been put up at the Opera House advertising the soon to open Disneyland Story Featuring Great Moments With Mr. Lincoln.

Disneyland: The First 50 Magical Years closed last Sunday.

The facade for the Round-up and Barbecue at Big Thunder Ranch has been revealed, and it looks great!

I don’t remember the Cheshire Cat being on the Storybook Land boats.

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Celebrate! A New Logo

The logo for the upcoming Celebrate! A Street Party, which debuts this Friday, has been revealed: Beginning March 27th, the heart of Disneyland Park rocks to the beat of some of the best party tunes of all time during Celebrate! A Street Party. Ballons and streamers fill the air on Main Street USA, while crazy … Read more

Man Police Nabbed at Disneyland Found Guilty

According to the OC Register’s Around Disney blog: A Monrovia man arrested last year in Disneyland’s parking lot after a day at the theme park was convicted today of 33 felonies for crimes he committed elsewhere. Anthony Hislar, 27, faces life in prison for crimes including home-invasion robberies, carjackings and a shooting in the fall. … Read more

Jose Eber’s 3/19/09 Downtown Disney Report

WDWNT Reporter Jose Eber visited the Downtown Disney Marketplace last night and has plenty of great photos to share from his trip. Let’s take a look: The new stage area at the Marketplace has proven quite popular with guests I saw this show when I visited in January, it has proven to be extremely popular … Read more

Myrna Litt’s 3/19/09 El Capitan Photo Report

Myrna popped over to the El Capitan Theatre today to pick up what else, but pins! She also grabbed a few shots of the latest happenings at the theatre for us: The current featured film at the El Capitan is Race to Witch Mountain (which was an excellent movie by the way). You can get … Read more

Jose Eber’s 3/19/09 WDW Mini-Report

WDWNT reporter Jose Eber has sent us another short report featuring some of his newsworthy findings from around the Walt Disney World Resort. Let’s take a look: At Disney’s Contemporary Resort, a sign for the Concourse Steakhouse remains. Notice the new signs above the Outer Rim bar, Chef Mickey’s, and the Contempo Cafe This computer-printing … Read more

Ed Grier Appears at 3am This Morning for Third-Shift Appreciation

According to the OC Register’s Around Disney blog: Disneyland Resort President Ed Grier and Cast Member Genie Levert, of the Disney’s California Adventure night custodial team, play a game of Nintendo Wii Bowling during a sports-themed breakfast in honor of third shift cast members. According to Disney Spokeswoman Betsy Sanchez, the park hosts the breakfast … Read more

D23 News Round-up

D23’s website has so far proven to be a great source for news and information for the Disneyland Resort, posting some tidbits we haven’t even heard mentioned elsewhere. Here’s a round-up news from the last 2 days: 03.18.09 — Golden Farewell Golden Dreams, one of the original attractions at Disney’s California Adventure, is closing to … Read more

Following the “Tren-Ds”

Dewayne Bevil of the Orlando Sentinel’s Theme Park Rangers blog was able to get an exclusive look inside the soon-to-open Tren-D store in the Downtown Disney Marketplace area. His report and pictures can be seen at this link. As shown in the concept art we provided a few days ago, the store has a very … Read more

The Cat’s Out of the Bag (and Spoodles Out of the Boardwalk)

Famous chef Cat Cora (who some of you may know from the few mini-shows she has been a part of for the Disney Travel On-Demand Network) is bringing a new restaurant to Walt Disney World and the popular “Spoodles” restaurant at the Boardwalk will be leaving to make room for it: LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. … Read more