Disney has released a press video featuring the friendly wager between the Walt Disney World and Disneyland presidents over the NBA Finals between the Lakers and the Magic:
According to the LA Times Travel Blog: When Disneyland decided to incorporate Ursula’s evil eels Flotsam and Jetsam from “Little Mermaid” into the updated Fantasmic show, master puppeteer Michael Curry drew inspiration from a novelty shop wooden wiggle snake. “I wanted a sense of swimming, of serpentine motion and menace,” said Curry, a long-time Disney … Read more
According to the OC Register’s Around Disney blog: Just a year after Disneyland opened in 1955, Walt Disney saw some fireworks being tested in the parking lot when he thought, “Let’s give it a try.” In 1956, the first fireworks show was created by hand, with employees touching off the fuses with a flare. A … Read more
As an Orlando Magic fan, I can’t wait to see Ed Grier walking right down the middle of Main Street U.S.A. at Disneyland park in shame: ANAHEIM, Calif./LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (June 3, 2009) – Walt Disney World President Meg Crofton and Disneyland President Ed Grier are squaring off – all in fun – as … Read more
Look’s like we may actually see Ed Grier in the parks after the Orlando Magic win the NBA Finals: ANAHEIM, Calif./LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (June 3, 2009) – Walt Disney World President Meg Crofton and Disneyland President Ed Grier are squaring off – all in fun – as their local teams, the Orlando Magic and … Read more
According to the OC Register’s Around Disney blog: Guests at Disneyland on Thursday night will likely get a sneak peek at Disneyland’s new summer fireworks spectacular “Magical.” The new fireworks show officially begins nightly on June 12, but Disney officials plan to test it out in a rehearsal around 9:30 p.m. Wednesday – depending upon … Read more
According to the OC Register’s Around Disney blog: In other Downtown Disney news, another shop is coming soon. Called Kitson Kids, it will open in the location of the recently closed Starabillas, next to the AMC Theaters and across from Rainforest Cafe. Kitson Kids is a division of Kitson Boutique on Los Angeles’s Robertson Boulevard … Read more
Disney put up a new website today promoting “Summer Nightastic!”. This new website offers an overview of the new entertainment experiences coming this summer (the new fireworks show Magical, changes to Disney’s Electrical Parade and Fantasmic, nighttime lighting of Pixie Hollow, and the TLT Dance Club at the Tomorrowland Terrace), 2 commercials (one an overview … Read more
With the scheduled late-September opening of The Villas at Disney’s Grand Californian Resort & Spa, Disneyland Resort guests will be able to kick back in home-like surrounds in the middle of the magic, with windows of some units framing views of Disney vacation fun. The opening of the 50 two-bedroom equivalent vacation villas marks Disney … Read more
It’s once again time for a Disneyland Park photo report from our very own Myrna Litt:
A beautiful spring morning on Main Street USA
Disneyland is getting ready for Memorial Day Weekend
Astro Orbitor is getting a new, much nicer color scheme, which I personally like very much!
Sleeping Beauty Castle looking very pretty
A few scenery shots from around Critter Country
While there has been no confirmation from the Walt Disney Company as of yet, a number of credible sources have reported that the voice of Mickey Mouse for over 25 years, Wayne Allwine, passed away over the weekend. Allwine was only 62 years old and has been the voice of the world’s most famous animated … Read more
Whether you’re in Orlando, Anaheim, Burbank, Las Vegas, New York, or Chicago, D23 members have some very special events coming their way this summer. Here is a press release about the events, as well as an upcoming D23 contest: DISNEY’S D23 FAN COMMUNITY ANNOUNCES SUMMER 2009 SPECIAL EVENTS CALENDAR Unique Experiences Created Exclusively for Charter … Read more
We here at Disneyland News Today would like to welcome Stephen Thomas as our newest staff photographer! While Stephen won’t be visiting the Resort as much as some of our other photographers, his amazing pictures and video will indeed make up for that. Let’s now get to Stephen’s first photo report:
The state of the Astro Orbitor as of yesterday. They started putting some of the pieces back up today
Mickey’s Fun Wheel re-opened last week
The sunburst on California Screamin’
The fountains being installed for World of Color
Corn Dog Castle closes June 1st to be re-themed
Disney has made my job a little easier by putting up a pdf file of the free Annual Passholder newsletter, Backstage Pass, online. To view the summer edition of the newsletter, please click HERE.
It’s once again for a photo report from our very own Chuck Canzoneri:
The walls came down at Pixie Hollow on Wednesday
This is the new fountain with octopus shaped lighting
While it is very obvious that the lighting is there, it still does look quite nice
A Cast Member at Pixie Hollow said the lights won’t be active until they finish installing the ones in the trees
According to D23: For one crisp spring morning, Main Street, U.S.A. transformed into Memory Lane as the tiny township welcomed its newest residents — Don Edgren and Rolly Crump — to the neighborhood. Before the park officially opened its gates for the day on April 29, family, friends and fans of the two Disney Legends … Read more
