Toy Story “Wii-mote” Mania Opens This Fall

Anyone who owns a Nintendo Wii video game console and loves the Toy Story Midway Mania attraction at Disney’s Hollywood Studios or at Disney’s California Adventure park is sure to be excited by this news today: BURBANK, Calif. – (March 24, 2009) – Disney Interactive Studios today announced Toy Story Mania!, inspired by the Disney/Pixar … 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

Walls Under the Sea

Well, we’ve know about this refurbishment for a while, but now we finally have solid dates. King Triton’s Carousel will be closed from March 9th to May 20th. While there are no official details on what will be done to this attraction, models in the Blue Sky Cellar show that a covered structure will be … Read more

The Yanks Score Big at ESPN the Weekend

BATTER UP!: New York Yankees pitchers C.C. Sabathia (left) and Joba Chamberlain (right) experience the “Toy Story Mania!” 3-D attraction March 1, 2009 at Disney’s Hollywood Studios in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. The two hurlers were at Walt Disney World Resort for “ESPN The Weekend,” a special event in the theme park. The Yankees conduct … Read more

Major Announcement: Four Parks, “One-Disney”

If you weren’t a fan of “Disney Parks” combined branding, then you’re not going to like the next major step that was taken today. Here’s the press release from Disney: BURBANK, Calif. – February 18, 2009 – Jay Rasulo, chairman of Walt Disney Parks and Resorts, today announced organization changes to deliver a “one-Disney” experience by … Read more

Chris Lastrapes’ 2/14/09 Photo Report

WDWNT’s very own Chris Lastrapes was at the Disneyland Resort celebrating his birthday this past Thursday, and shares with us a few photos of the latest happenings around the Resort: Workers were working outside the gates of The Haunted Mansion up to it’s soft re-opening Thursday afternoon. The attraction was closed early in the day. … Read more

Matt Paul’s 1/10/09 Photo Report

Along with Tom Corless and Jose Castillo, Matt Paul is also down at the Walt Disney World Resort at the moment and has some interesting photos for us:

We’ll start off this photo report just for the heck of it with a few shots from Block Party Bash.

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Jose Castillo’s 1/7/09 Hollywood Studios Photo Report

Our technical director Jose Castillo is currently at the Walt Disney World Resort and has provided us with these photos from his first day at the Resort yesterday, which took him to Disney’s Hollywood Studios:

It was a very wet day yesterday.

More photos including American Idol Experience and Toy Story Midway Mania after the jump…

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It’s Getting Cold Outside

As we head in to this holiday week, here are a few interesting happenings going on around the Disneyland Resort: The Sleeping Beauty Castle Walk-through is currently planned to open this Wednesday, November 26th. While this date could definitely change at any time, this is the most concrete date we’ve seen thus far. Air conditioning … Read more

Midway Mania Olympics

Days before heading to Bejing for the Olympic Games, members of the USA volleyball team tested their competitive skills at Toy Story Mania! — a new attraction at Disney’s California Adventure, in Anaheim. Teammates Ryan Millar, a BYU graduate from Palmdale, CA., and Scott Touzinsky, from Long Beach State and St. Louis, Mo., rode the … Read more

Cut-Outs or Virtual?

Last night I was watching Toy Story 2, & during the Woody’s Roundup TV show part of the movie, I noticed something I had seen before in Toy Story Midway Mania: In case you didn’t realize, those are the virtual prizes that you can win in Toy Story Midway Mania Just an interesting tidbit I … Read more

Play Midway Mania at Home!

If you head on over to the official Toy Story Mania website, you’ll now find four games you can play that are very similar to the games in the real Toy Story Midway Mania. While the four games feature different themes from the games in the attractions, they feature secret targets and ammunition multipliers, giving … Read more

TSMM Single Rider Line

It seems that the Single Rider line for Toy Story Midway Mania has been set up earlier than we original thought. We’re not sure if it’s being used yet, but it’s definitely there. Picture by BCC

DCA News

We have a couple of pieces of news from the 2 newest DCA Pixar attractions to go over. First off, the Pixar Play Parade has returned to its (almost) original form. The entire a Bug’s Life float is now completely back. However, the order of the floats has changed slightly. The Ratatouille & a Bug’s … Read more