According to the LA Times Travel Blog: Although Disneyland isn’t calling it a parade, the new “interactive street party” debuting March 27 will travel along the parade route, replace the outgoing parade and essentially serve as the daily parade. In typical punctuation-challenged Disney fashion, Celebrate! A Street Party will feature seven floats and 90 performers in a “celebratory song … Read more
Disney has posted pictures of a majority of the merchandise being released for The Haunted Mansion 40th Anniversary event this summer, most of which will only be released at the event. Here are a few of the more interesting ones (you can find the rest HERE): A figurine of the griffin statues that adorn the … Read more
Join us for a special preview of the newly enhanced “it’s a small world” before the official reopening! Dubbed “the happiest cruise that ever sailed the world” at the New York World’s Fair 45 years ago, “it’s a small world” takes you on a joyful boat ride as memorable as the delightful song that serenades … Read more
Pin releases aren’t usually something I like to talk about here on DLNT, but I thought these upcoming releases at Disneyland were appropriate to talk about: On January 25th, Disney will be releasing a 6 pin set (plus 2 completer pins) featuring various Disney characters that will be featured in It’s a Small World come … Read more
Here’s a round-up of some of the latest rumors that our sources here at Disneyland News Today have been hearing: Due to construction on the World of Color Amphitheater, which is right by where the second High School Musical 3: Right Here! Right Now! show stop is, only one show stop will be made per show, … Read more
Both Haunted Mansion Holiday & It’s a Small World Holiday close tomorrow to have their respective holiday overlays removed. In honor of this, I felt it right to post this little bit of interesting Haunted Mansion Holiday related news: Quirky filmmaker Tim Burton gets a first glimpse of Disneyland’s Haunted Mansion Holiday attraction, which is based on … Read more
2 new, small additions are coming to Disneyland Park this April. Firstly, Big Thunder Ranch will close for removal of Santa’s Reindeer Round-up this Monday, & will be closed all the way through April, when on the 2nd it will re-open as the Celebration Round-up and Barbecue at Big Thunder Ranch. The good news about … Read more
Happy New Year everyone! The first of today’s three photo reports is from Myrna Litt on New Years Eve:
New Years Eve guide-map.
And a New Year 2009 button that Cast Members wore.
For Myrna, the day started out very early. At 7:30am in fact!
Waiting for the rope to drop.
The rope dropped, & we can see some What Will You Celebrate? lighting towers for the New Years Eve festivities that night.
I’m back from England! Upon arriving home from my flight, I finally got the chance to sit down & watch the Walt Disney World Christmas Day, & I managed to grab a few screen shots of the Disneyland side of the parade:
Ryan Seacrest, the host from Disneyland, went over some of the latest additions at & coming to the resort. Among the additions mentioned were the Sleeping Beauty Castle Walkthrough.
Celebration Roundup at Big Thunder Ranch.
Pixie Hollow.
And the thing I was most looking forward to seeing, concept art of the new Tinker Bell float in Disney’s Electrical Parade!
There was a recap of the kick-off for What Will You Celebrate?- Miley Cyrus’ Sweet 16 birthday bash.
Disneyland has now officially announced the entertainment cutbacks for 2009: As The Year of a Million Dreams celebration comes to a close and the Disneyland® Resort heads into 2009, entertainment offerings and show times are being updated for the kick-off of “What will you celebrate?” Disneyland Park A Christmas Fantasy Parade and “Believe In Holiday … Read more
I have been informed of some very interesting news & rumors of what could be happening (or is going to happen) at the Disneyland Resort in the very near future: Construction should be beginning on World of Color sometime during the upcoming week, weather permitting of course. The first signs of work will be near the … Read more
I just wanted to take the time to go through a few interesting posts that have been put up on the OC Register’s Around Disney blog in the past few days, as it really is a slow time for news. The first article deals with the interactive Muppet scavenger hunt at Disney’s California Adventure: Disney recently launched an … Read more
From the OC Register’s Around Disney blog: No job is all fun, even when you work at a place called the “Candy Palace.” When you’re in the business of making candy canes at Disneyland, you’d better be prepared for 100-degree heat, exacting craftsmanship and the scrutiny of crowds. “I’ve been making candy canes at Christmas … Read more
A lot more of SHAG’s art pieces for the Haunted Mansion 40th anniversary next year have been unveiled. Here are a few of my personal favorites: You can find many more of SHAG’s upcoming Haunted Mansion pieces by following this link.
I’d like to welcome back Chuck Canzoneri to Disneyland News Today, now in a new role of site photographer! Let’s get to his first photo report for us from Thanksgiving Day:
Pictures of the pardoned turkey parade.
From the OC Register: ANAHEIM – The awe on children’s faces was apparent as they lined Main Street, Disneyland, to watch the first day of the Disneyland Christmas parade, which runs everyday until early January. That’s when Denny Newell, the park’s senior show director, will start planning for next year. With 17 custom-crafted floats and 120 … Read more
