Disney Characters Celebrate a Small Christmas

Disneyland will be releasing an It’s a Small World Holiday mystery pin set, featuring the recently added Disney characters with some holiday decorations as backdrops. This is the first glimpse we’ve seen at what they’ll be doing with the Disney characters during the It’s a Small World Holiday overlay this year. The mystery pin set … Read more

Brandon Struve’s 8/6/09 WDW Photo Report

WDWNT Reporter Brandon Struve took a short trip to the Walt Disney World Resort on Thursday afternoon and has taken a plethora of newsworthy photos to share, so let’s take a look:

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Work on the Hall of Champions facade on Main Street U.S.A. at the Magic Kingdom continues

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Matt Paul’s 7/3/09 Magic Kingdom Report

Matt Paul visited the Magic Kingdom on July 3rd to witness the new citizen naturalization ceremony, as well as to see the “Celebrate America” fireworks and he has some photos to share:

The castle forecourt stage was decked out

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Chris Lastrapes’ 6/19-20/09 WDW Report

WDWNT Podcaster Chris Lastrapes just spent two days at the Walt Disney World Resort and has a few photos to share with us, so let’s take a look:

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There’s still a load of construction walls up around the Magic Kingdom

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“it’s a small world” is still behind tarps as the facade is spruced up

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Matt Paul’s 6/12-13/09 WDW Photo Report

Matt Paul has just returned from two day’s of fun at the Walt Disney World Resort and has a plethora of photos to share with us from his journeys, so let’s take a look:

“Celebrate Today!” over and over and over again

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Walt Disney World Resort in New York? It Almost Happened

The Staten Island Notebook has put out a fantastic article by Chuck Schmidt explaining how the upcoming opening of the Doorway to Dreams Disney Vacation Club sales shop in the Roosevelt Field Mall on Long Island is not the first connection between the Empire State and the Disney Parks: Want to get a first-hand peak … Read more

New & Upcoming Attractions Transfer Into Awesome Pins!

There are a lot of very interesting upcoming pin releases at the Disneyland Resort, showcasing attractions opened in the past year, and attractions yet to open. Let’s take a look at some of these pins: This pin commemorating the grand opening of the Bibbidi Bobbidi Boutique will be released on March 29th and will retail … Read more

Jose Castillo’s 2/15/09 WDW Photo Report

After a few days of delay, Jose Castillo has finally provided us with pictures from the last day of his latest trip to the Walt Disney World Resort. Let’s take a look at some of his pics from Monday:

The balloon window-clings have now reached the Walt Disney World buses

“Follow that bus to the best kept Disney secret!!!”

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DLR Photo Report – 2/13/09 :: Featuring It’s a Small World Ride Video!

It was a dark, rainy day yesterday, but fun still ensues at the Disneyland Resort! Let’s get to my latest photo report:

It was quite an empty day yesterday, probably due to the rain.

New Celebrate Today! decorations on the security tents.

This side of the Emporium has been re-painted and looks as great as ever.

The re-paving of Main Street looks to be pretty much complete.

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Guest Favorite “it’s a small world” Reopens at Disneyland Park

It’s back! The Fantasyland favorite “it’s a small world” is reopening at Disneyland Park with more magic than ever before. Walt Disney Imagineers have reinvigorated the classic attraction by adding some familiar faces and an all-new scene. Peek behind the wizardry to see how Imagineers seamlessly wove in references to Disney and Disney Pixar Characters … Read more

It’s a Small World Opens to the Public

The OC Register’s Around Disney blog have put up a short 2 minute video taking a look at the major changes to It’s a Small World, as well as some guests opinions on those changes:

Small World America Scene Draws Inspiration From Mary Blair

Once again from the LA Times Travel Blog: With the debut today of the rehabbed It’s a Small World ride at Disneyland, the public gets its first look at the controversial new “Spirit of America” scene — the focus of much angst and anguish in chat rooms and blog posts. On one side of the … Read more

It’s a World of Laughter, a World of Tears

A beloved Disneyland attraction returns to Fantasyland on Friday, Feb. 6, when “it’s a small world” opens with some new storytelling magic. With the premiere of a new “Spirit of America” scene, new musical enhancements, and a new look for some of the attraction’s familiar child dolls, “it’s a small world” will once again take … Read more

It’s a Small, Small World

Our friends over at the OC Register’s Around Disney blog have an interesting interactive map up showing the layout of the ride, along with where the new characters are located with an accompanying picture. They also have a photo slideshow up. You can view both of which by clicking the photo links bellow: Again, stay … Read more

Small World Creates Big News

The LA Times have up a couple of interesting articles on the changes to It’s a Small World that I wanted to share here with everyone: As Walt Disney Co. set out to renovate It’s a Small World at Disneyland, the company’s Imagineers had one thing in mind: Don’t mess it up. Despite being one … Read more

It’s a Small World Videos

Our It’s a Small World coverage continues now with an Associated Press video looking at the changes to the attraction: BIG SPOILER ALERT! Our good friend MintCrocodile has up a video of the changes to the attraction from the Annual Passholder previews today: Stay tuned to Disneyland News Today for continuing coverage on It’s a … Read more