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Wednesday, Jan 27
Florida’s High Speed Rail to stop at Disney World
I don’t know if there is space, but if Disney World would be willing to relocate their Casting building across from Downtown Disney, that would deposit all those High Speed Rail passengers right into the Downtown Disney Shopping area (via a very short people mover line or moving walkways...
Tuesday, Jan 26
Disney places new VP at Animal Kingdom
It’s been less than a year, but Walt Disney World is shuffling VP spots at Disney’s Animal Kingdom again. Michael Colglazier will be the new vice president at Animal Kingdom. Colglazier previously held the position of VP of business development with ties to Disneyland Resort, Epcot and st...
Monday, Jan 18
Hong Kong Disneyland Reveals Loss, but closes gap
Disney’s second theme park in Asia, Hong Kong Disneyland, is still struggling to gain traction in its market. They’ve just revealed the latest negative numbers in a string of years of negative numbers. Disney News and Information -- by fans, for fans
Tuesday, Jan 12
Love the new Walt Disney World commercial
I’m loving the new Florida Resident special Walt Disney World Commercial. There’s also a Disneyland version with a similar script. Discuss this post, and anything else related to Disney, at the TownSquare Forums. The Disney Blog recommends Kelson Prime for web hosting and consulting. Lov...
Monday, Jan 11
Beautiful Frozen Scenes from Disneyland Paris
No matter what else you do today, make sure you get over to the Disney and More blog to see the strangely beautiful photos of Disneyland Paris with a heavy dusting of snow and some frozen waterways. Disney News and Information -- by fans, for fans
Wednesday, Jan 6
Give A Day, Get A Disney Day Muppet Promo
Beginning this Friday (Jan. 8), Kermit, Miss Piggy and Sweetums will be featured in a pre-parade celebration at Disney World’s Magic Kingdom and at Disneyland in California. Muppets characters and parade dancers will join to celebrate volunteerism and honorary VoluntEARS, in theory g...
Monday, Dec 28
Rose Bowl and BCS Disney T-shirts Announced
The Rose Bowl and BCS merchandise is the latest offering by CLC and Disney Consumer Products (DCP). DCP and CLC have collaborated to develop co-branded college infant and youth/toddler merchandise, which is available at Walmart stores, as well as other merchandise lines sold through D...
Monday, Dec 14
Time ranks “The Princess and the Frog” Best Movie of the Year
Time magazine is out with the year end top ten lists. For movies they have ranked Walt Disney Animation Studios return to hand-drawn animation “The Princess and the Frog” as the best film of the year. That’s even ahead of Pixar’s “Up”, which came in a respectable second. Wow.
Monday, Nov 30
Disneyland VoluntEARS help OC Food Bank
More than 150 Disney VoluntEARS from the Disneyland Resort came together at the Orange County Food Bank on National Family Volunteer Day, packing more than 23,000 food boxes. The boxes were distributed to senior citizens in need during Thanksgiving week. Yet another example of how Disne...
Wednesday, Nov 18
Union Dispute with Disneyland now putting Guests at Risk
In a ‘choose your own villain adventure’ the dispute between Disneyland and the unionized hotel and restaurant works of UNITE HERE has now stumbled into dangerous territory where the health of guests is at risk. It’s not that they’re operating dangerous equipment or attractions, but wi...
Wednesday, Nov 11
Buy 3-nights, get 2 free at Disneyland
The special offers are valid at the three Disneyland Resort hotels – Disney’s Paradise Pier Hotel, Disneyland Hotel and Disney’s Grand Californian Hotel &Spa. Whether it’s discovering whimsical Disney art at the Disneyland Hotel, stepping back in time to the golden days of Califo...
Monday, Oct 19
Review: The Hidden Mouse
One of the strengths of the book is how easy the structure makes it to reference any ride or location across the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim. The Hidden Mouse will guide you to the nearest Hidden Mickey at the Disneyland Resort Hotels, California Adventure, and Disneyland itself. Using it...
Friday, Oct 9
D23 Announces Winter Lineup of Events
December 6, 2009 D23’s Candlelight Spectacular at Disneyland December 10, 2009 D23’s Disney and Dickens Finally, check out this video of the D23 Expo just released from Disney Living, the Disney Consumer Products division’s web show. Disney News and Information -- by fans, for fans
Thursday, Oct 8
New Disneyland President coming from Paris
George Kalogridis is currently the Chief Operating Officer at Disneyland Resort Paris. He began his career with Disney as a member of the opening team of Walt Disney World Resort in Florida. Before joining the team in Paris in 2006 he was Vice President Travel Operations in Florida. He has al...
Sunday, Oct 4
Opinion: Disney Gallery returns to Disneyland
The Disney Gallery has returned to Disneyland. Reopening after a forced hiatus when the store evicted from its perch above New Orleans Square, Disneyland decided to re-incarnate the store in the old Bank of Main Street location in Town Square. That makes two Disney collectible stores on M...
Wednesday, Sep 30
How should Walt Disney World celebrate it’s 40th Anniversary?
Now that the 2010 promotion for Disneyland and Walt Disney World has been revealed with a bit of a huh? I think it’s time to look forward to 2011 and Walt Disney World’s 40th Anniversary. Disney News and Information -- by fans, for fans Disney News and Information -- by fans, for fans
Monday, Aug 24
Disneyland Half Marathon ready to run
The Disneyland Half Marathon Weekend builds off the successful 16-year history of the Walt Disney World Marathon Weekend held annually in January at Walt Disney World Resort. More than 225,000 runners, joggers and wheelchair athletes have successfully participated in the previous W...
Monday, May 25
The Who Knew? Podcast Review - The Original D Podcast
A: Everything’s smaller. Disneyland has several original attractions: Finding Nemo Submarine Voyage, Indiana Jones, Mr. Toad, Roger Rabbit, the Matterhorn, Pirate’s Lair, the Aladdin Musical, among others, that are not replicated in Walt Disney World. Some differences in replicate...
Monday, Apr 27
Zagat’s New Insider’s Disneyland Guide
Adult Appeal: 1. Twilight Zone Tower of Terror (DCA) 2. Space Mountain (Disneyland) 3. California Screamin’ (DCA) 4. Soarin’ Over California (DCA) 5. “Remember … Dreams Come True” (Disneyland) DL = Disneyland Park; DCA = Disney’s California Adventure Park; DD = Downtown Disney District
Friday, Apr 24
Disneyland Fan Made DVD - Two Great New Releases
The Secret Tour of Disneyland: An Independent Travel Documentary Disneyland in the Fifties Documentary (1955-1959) This DVD is 72 minutes of magical fun and shares the story of Disneyland and its attractions with original photos and video footages.
Monday, Mar 30
Jungle Cruise Skippers Pilot to Tokyo Disneyland
Earning distinction as two of the world’s best Jungle Cruise skippers, Walt Disney World Resort Cast Members Beth Schafer and Alex Williams were recently chosen to represent the resort at Tokyo Disney Resort’s 25th Anniversary Celebration. Last month two Cast Members from Disneyland...
Monday, Jan 26
Boy severely injured in 2000 on Roger Rabbit Cartoon Spin at Disneyland dies
Another innovation that came from this tragic accident was the widespread use of ‘Stop Mats’, which are weight sensitive mats placed along side the track of attractions with moving vehicles, at Disney’s theme parks. When the Stop Mats sense a certain amount of weight on them, the attract...
Saturday, Jan 3
Celebrating A Birthday at Disneyland
Ron is an Annual Passholder to Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, CA. His birthday was Friday the 2nd and he decided to spend it at Disneyland and take advantage of the special offer that’s part of the new “What Will You Celebrate?” promotion.
Monday, Dec 22
Disneyland Cast Members go extra mile to lend a hand this Holiday Season
photo courtesy Disney -:- Disneyland Resort Ambassador David Gill and a local firefighter help in collecting toys for Toys for Tots at the annual Disney Family Holiday Party.) Order Wall-E Today! and Disney DVDs to support The Disney Blog.
Thursday, Aug 21
Party with Miley on her Sweet Sixteen and help encourage Youth Volunteerism
For ongoing information about “Miley’s Sweet 16 - Share The Celebration” party at Disneyland Park in California, as well as details on how to obtain tickets, fans may go to www.disneyparks.com/miley for details. Originally posted on The Disney Blog.
Saturday, Aug 16
Disneyland Recession Proof? Or is something else going on here?
Donald Luskin of SmartMoney magazine writes about his recent experience at Disneyland, crowded and merchandise crazy as it was, being evidence that the US Economy is no where near being in recession. It’s a good article, but I’m not sure that I would use the crowded condition of Disneylan...
Thursday, Jul 17
Sleeping Beauty Castle - A Present for Disneyland on its Birthday
“It is fitting that we are announcing the return of a classic on the 53rd anniversary of Disneyland,” said Tony Baxter, Senior Vice President of Creative Development for Walt Disney Imagineering, who unveiled a model of the castle on July 17, the birthday of Disneyland park.
Sunday, Jun 1
Rose and Dubby, Disneyland Swing Dance couple, join Walt
I am very saddened by the news that Dubby and Rose Dublino both died recently. But I am comforted by the thought that they are dancing together at the great Disneyland in the sky where Walt is no doubt watching and applauding. Vincent “Dubby” (or Dubbie) Dublino passed away May 5th and I just le...
Friday, Apr 18
Disneyland Connects with its Community
The report also showcases the Resort’s recent efforts on environmental issues. In 2007, the Disneyland Railroad, a legendary Disneyland attraction, began using B98 biodiesel fuel which could reduce carbon dioxide emissions by up to 80 percent. The new Finding Nemo Submarine Voyage at...
Friday, Feb 8
Mickey Mouse dons Chinese Costume for "Year Of The Rat" Celebration at Disneyland.
It???s a celebration that has Mickey Mouse???s name written all over it ??? well, half of his name, anyway. The most famous Mouse of all is inviting families to celebrate the Lunar New Year and Year of the Rat Mouse at Disneyland Resort.
Tuesday, Dec 25
Hong Kong Disneyland in trouble?
DisneyGossip reports that the park in addition to rushing an 'It's A Small World" attraction to opening in the Spring of 2008, Hong Kong Disneyland will be porting over four successful attractions from the United States parks. Update: Variety has the same four attractions.
Tuesday, Nov 27
Two Disney Author Signings this December in Celebration
The following night, Saturday, December 8 at 7:30PM, Walt Disney Imagineer and Show Producer, Jason Surrell, will host a question and answer session about his newest book, The Disney Mountains. This title highlights the stories behind the 18 “mountain” attractions at Disney Theme Par...
Wednesday, Oct 17
Disneyland's Second Gate to Receive Massive Improvements
In what has been the worst kept secret among Disneyland fans, today the Walt Disney Company's Disneyland Resort will announce major plans to overhaul its under-performing and poorly conceived second Gate - California Adventure. Over the next 5-7 years, the...
Thursday, Oct 11
Roundup
Disneyland and SOAR just got its second ballot initiative approved for the next election with more than enough signatures. This initiative would take the power to change the Anaheim Resort area zoning out of the hands of the City Council...
Thursday, Jul 26
High School Musical 2 Premiere Event August 14th at Disneyland Downtown Disney
Disney's High School Musical 2 World Premiere Set For Downtown Disney at Disneyland Resort on Tuesday, August 14 The biggest splash of the summer, the world premiere of Disney Channel's highly-anticipated High School Musical 2, will be hosted at AMC Theatres in Downtown Disney at Disn...
