Monorail Orange Is Definitely at the Resort!

We now have confirmation that Monorail Orange did arrive at the Pongo parking lot yesterday, thanks to a couple of pictures from David “Darkbeer” Michael (plenty more of which are available on his SmugMug page):

New Pavement, No New Music

Earlier this week we had reported that the planned repaving of Main Street that is to be done this winter was shortened from a 2 month job, to just a 2 week job. Well it now seems that it will last 4 weeks, which gives them time to fix up the areas in dire need … Read more

A Deceiving Orange

Various reports have said that Monorail Orange arrived in the Pongo lot approximately an hour ago. Now we’re not sure if it really did arrive or not, however our new on the spot reporter Chris Lastrapes will be at the Resort tomorrow, & he’ll try find out the latest on the Monorails & the rest … Read more

You Could Be Tinker Bell!

The Disney Auditions website is listing an audition for the 5 Disney Fairies characters, to be held this Sunday (August 17th), which ironically is the same day that Ariel’s Grotto is supposed to close. Seeking females with engaging personalities to portray Disney Fairies, the newest members of our character family. Face Character Look-alikes perform before … Read more

Monorail Orange Arriving This Week?

According to our friends over at Screamscape, Mark VII Monorail Orange should be arriving at the Pongo parking lot sometime between Wednesday & Thursday this week. From there it will be moved via a crane into the Monorail Roundhouse early Friday morning. However, various other reports have said that Monorail Orange won’t be arriving at … Read more

Soarin & Star Tours 2.0 Almost Announced

Various sources around the internet, including Laughing Place, have said that new versions of Star Tours & Soarin’ Over California have been given the go-ahead internally by Disney, but of course not yet officially announced. The movie for Star Tours 2.0 should be about complete, seeing as it has been said that the attraction should … Read more

Refurb Season Is Coming!

UPDATED @ 11:00AM We have a few more updates for you to the attractions refurbishment list. First up, over in Entertainment, for the week of August 25th, both Disney’s Electrical Parade & Fantasmic! will not be offered on the Monday through Thursday, due to a lot of kids being back at school. The following week, … Read more

New Music, No New Pavement

Various reports are stating the planned repaving of Main Street USA this winter will now last only 2 weeks, as opposed to the originally planned 2 months. Instead of repaving the whole of the street, only areas in dire need of work will be fixed up. Also, Walt Disney’s Parade of Dreams may be getting … Read more

Fun Wheel, Silly Swings, & Pixie Hollow All Official!

Disney officials have confirmed 3 new “attractions” for the Disneyland Resort, according to the OC Register. Mickey’s Fun Wheel (the re-theme of the Sun Wheel), Silly Symphony Swings (the re-theme of the Orange Stinger), & Pixie Hollow (replacing the Ariel’s Grotto meet ‘n greet) are all now officially coming to the Resort! MICKEY’S FUN WHEEL: … Read more

Pinocchio’s New Neighbors

The latest Dateline Disneyland article on MiceAge reveals that work has begun to move the old crystal shop from Sleeping Beauty Castle into the old Geppetto’s Holiday Workshop store:

Electric Screams of Color: The Musical, This Christmas

Screamscape have posted a few interesting rumors from through-out the Resort, some of which we have already reported, but they give extra backing to what we have already said: Some improvements are slated to be made to the Electrical Parade for Summer 2009. First off it seems that the California parade will import a couple … Read more

Refurbishment Updates

We have a couple more updates to the attractions refurbishments list. First up, it looks like the Harbor Galley, Conostoga Wagon, & Burger Invasion refurbishments wont last as long as we originally thought. The refurbishments will start on September 2nd & end on September 26th. It looks like they’ll all just get new menus, & … Read more

Monday in the Parks Picture Update

Let’s take a look at some of the various things going on through-out the Disneyland Resort from this week’s Monday in the Parks column on MiceAge: The new ticket prices went into effect yesterday In addition to the water playground in the Bountiful Valley Farm that we reported was closed last Friday (and it still … Read more

DisneyGeek DLR Update

Let’s take a look at some of the various things going on through-out the Disneyland Resort from the latest DLR Update on DisneyGeek: The sign, minus the logo, is out from behind tarps, which brings me to something interesting… On the left is the sign as it was before the refurb, on the right the … Read more

Honey, I Shuttered the Magic Eye Theater

Rumors are floating around saying that Honey, I Shrunk the Audience could possibly be closing after Labor Day, & there are 2 possible reasons as to why: Disneyland is seriously looking at cutting down on the money spent, by closing shows during the slow season, & this seems to be stretching to Honey now, as … Read more

Gepetto’s 3 Fairies

For those of you who are fans of the Three Fairies Crystal Shop in Sleeping Beauty Castle, that closed this past Saturday for conversion into the disabled room for the Sleeping Beauty Castle Walk-through, don’t dread. For the store will be moving in some form or another to the shuttered Gepetto Holiday Shop next to … Read more