40 Years of The Haunted Mansion

Disneyland is going to be holding a big event for the 40th anniversary of The Haunted Mansion on 9/9/09. Here are some of the products being released, & some info on the events: Haunted Mansion 40th Anniversary Merchandise Event Date: 09-09-09 Location: Disneyland® Resort The Plot Thickens. . . After five husbands and five untimely deaths, the … Read more

Myrna Litt’s 11/19 Nighttime Shots

Here are a collection of some of Myrna’s favorite nighttime shots from around the Disneyland Resort from her trip on Wednesday:

It’s a Small World Holiday continues its holiday light-up tradition this year. Absolutely stunning!

The full castle lighting ceremony will debut tonight.

A look up Main Street towards Sleeping Beauty’s Winter Castle.

The LED lighting effects on the Main Street Christmas tree should also debut tonight too.

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Myrna Litt’s 11/19 It’s a Small World Holiday Photo Report

Myrna Litt was at the Disneyland Resort yesterday for the first day of soft openings for It’s a Small World Holiday & has sent us in some great pictures of the classic attraction which has finally re-opened at Disneyland:

The Holiday clock ceremony.

The new boats running through the attraction before guests were let on.

A bunch of Disney executives.

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Barack Obama is Going to WDW — And Maybe Disneyland Too

According our friends over at the LA Times Travel Blog: President-elect Barack Obama will soon take his place among the 43 previous commanders-in-chief at Walt Disney World and may join Abraham Lincoln and George Washington at Disneyland. (Story updated below.) Disney hopes to entice Obama to record an address for his animatronic likeness, which will be … Read more

Some Very Interesting Rumors…

The latest Disneyland Update on MiceAge as always provides a great look at what could possibly be coming to the Disneyland Resort in the near future. Let’s take a look through some of the more interesting details brought up in this update: Great Moments with Mr. Lincoln could very well be coming back in 2010, … Read more

Free Character Breakfast and Special Hotel Savings

Our lovely sponsors over at Magical Travel have sent us in this new discount available when booking your trip to the Disneyland Resort: Free Character Breakfast and Special Hotel Savings Book now to receive one free Disney Character Breakfast and special hotel savings when you buy a 3-night or longer Disneyland® Resort vacation package with … Read more

Celebrate New Adventures at the Disneyland Resort!

Disneyland’s latest official podcast is quite a treat. It features a look at all of the new & upcoming attractions to the Disneyland Resort in this last leg of 2008. Covered are the Blue Sky Cellar, High School Musical 3: Right Here! Right Now!, Pixie Hollow, the Sleeping Beauty Castle Walkthrough, & Holidays at the … Read more

Bye Bye Jack, Hello LED

I have 2 pieces of news for you that I wanted to bring out in one post. First off, as was expected (we just didn’t know when), the Main Street Christmas tree has been installed in the park. This year is the first year a fake tree is being used, due to the new LED … Read more

Build, Paint, & Wrap

To help everyone get through the transfer over to the new version of Disneyland News Today, here is a piece of concept art we just received of the new Toy Factory float coming to A Christmas Fantasy Parade this holiday season:

Video of the Bolt Pre-Parade

I’m back from an absolutely fantastic day at the Disneyland Resort, & I have a video for you guys of the new Bolt Pre-Parade to Walt Disney’s Parade of Dreams: We’ll have a complete photo report for you guys tomorrow, so stay tuned!

Bob Iger on Disneyland & The Economy

Here’s a very interesting quote from Bob Iger brought up on the OC Register Around Disney Blog about Disneyland & the state that the economy is currently in: I was at Disneyland and California Adventure on Sunday, in the middle of this tough economy on a day that started with rain in Southern California and … Read more

Imagineering Field Guide to Disneyland Now Available!

Here’s a look at the now available Imagineering Field Guide to Disneyland, from the LA Times Travel Blog: The new pocket-sized “Imagineering Field Guide to Disneyland” answers the question, “What would it be like to walk through Disneyland with Walt by your side?” The 128-page paperback takes readers land by land through the Anaheim theme park, offering anecdotes, … Read more

Myrna Litt’s 11/5 Photo Report

It’s once again time for a photo report from Mrs. Myrna Litt. She visited the Disneyland Resort yesterday as Christmas decorations have started to be put up:

Anyone know why there was a conductor in this restaurant’s train?

 Christmas decorations have started to be put up in Sunshine Plaza.

Scaff-holding is up around the Sun Wheel.

I absolutely love these construction walls at the bottom of the picture! An absolutely fantastic design choice.

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Geeks & Girls

There are 2 upcoming book signings at the Disneyland Resort, one that will make Disney fans happy, & one that will make screaming teenage girls happy. The first is for us Disney geeks, a book signing this Saturday with Don Hahn and Jeff Kurti: Book Signings with Don Hahn & Jeff Kurtti  Special Guests: Walt Disney … Read more

17 Days Until Holidays at the Disneyland Resort!

The official website for Holidays at the Disneyland Resort is now online. Featured on this website is of course a look at all of the holiday attractions, which this year include Believe… In Holiday Magic, A Christmas Fantasy Parade, Haunted Mansion Holiday, It’s a Small World Holiday, Santa’s Reindeer Roundup, Sleeping Beauty’s Winter Castle, Santa’s … Read more

Kenny Siegel’s DLR Photo Report

My good friend Kenny Siegel was at the Disneyland Resort last week & sent us in this photo report: A look around the Princess room that was attached to Kenny’s main hotel room at the Disneyland Hotel. Now a look around the main part of Kenny’s hotel room. What an awesome closet design! Gotta love … Read more