Happy to announce the winners of our recent contests here on The Disney Blog. For the Tangled DVD package say congratulations to Blaine C. of Orlando, FL and Cheryl G. of Woodland Hills, CA. The Great American Pie Festival Family Four Pack Winner is Carolyn… Read More »Contest Winners: Tangled Pie
If you haven’t yet seen it, start at part one of our exploration of Mickey’s new Town Square digs. We’ll going into more detail down below. For those who already saw it, welcome back and away we go.
Starting in the lobby, there is a great new ‘mosaic’ on the floor. The 1901 is a hidden reference to the year of Walt Disney’s birth. Thankfully Disney has resisted the urge to use every square foot of the lobby for selling things. The lobby, as it stands now, has a good balance between the waiting area for Tony’s restaurant, the photo shop, and the entrance to the meet and greet queues. The flow worked nicely.
If you look in the door of the queue to see how long the wait is, you’ll get a pretty good feel for the Mickey Mouse queue. As I mentioned, it never grew over 10 minutes the Saturday we were there. But if you look to the back and see no queue for the princesses, keep in mind that there is an extra hidden room that hides a wait of up to 35 minutes (depending on Fastpass volume). I know the princesses are only in this location temporarily, but this blue room is worse than soulless, it’s mind numbing. Can they at least bring in one or two monitors and some wall art like they had in the old location? Better yet, have a play area for the kids and a queue for the adults like at Pooh.
Once you get through this area, you may have an even longer wait in the single room for the Princesses. Which brings me to my other chief complaint about the Princess Meet and Greet. Because there is only one room for the Princesses (as far as I could tell), they only way to speed up the queue is to reduce the interaction time with each Princess. The day I went the queue was pretty small (never longer than 30 minutes) so the the Princesses were generous with their time. But I can see pressure turning this into a photo factory.
Alright follow me below the jump back to Mickey, where the magic is happening:
Read More »Mickey’s new Magic Kingdom Digs, plus more (part two)
Parlez Vous Francais? Non? Well even if you don’t speak French, you can still enjoy a sneak peak of the Soundtrack to the new Winnie The Pooh Movie. But hurry, it will only be available until April 11th. To get the preview you’ll have to… Read More »Preview Winnie The Pooh Soundtrack
So multiple sources are reporting that Disney has greenlit a script for a Tron: Legacy Sequel. This would be the 2nd or 3rd film in the series, depending on if you count the first film (and I think you should). Although I’m sure they are… Read More »TRON: Next
Back in the mid to late 90s when I practically lived at Disneyland, it was common for Disney fans to complain about how many light bulbs were burnt out on Main Street. We saw it as a sign that current park management wasn’t living up… Read More »Vintage Disneyland Photos and the Great Lights on Main Street Myth
We’ve had the pleasure of a short journey on the Disney Dream. It’s already revolutionizing the Disney Cruise Line fan base running its shorter trips. Next year will bring the Disney Fantasy to Florida to take on the longer adventures. That, of course, raises the… Read More »Disney Cruise Line 2012 Ports
This time I mean it. We really have reached the end of the first season of No Ordinary Family. Yes, they definitely set things up for a season two. However, if they don’t come back (and I’m not holding out much hope), they did wrap up several major plot threads and go out with a bang. They even killed off a character.
So let’s get to it, shall we?
The episode opens with George on a plane that is about to crash. As it goes toward the ground, we flash back to yesterday. Two things. First, I hate, hate, hate this storytelling devise. Really, the story is so boring you have to do something like that to peak our interest? Second, there’s no way this was just 24-36 hours. It really doesn’t make sense.
No really, I did like this episode.
The story really opens with JJ skateboarding. Read More »No Ordinary Family 1-20: No Ordinary Beginning
Last night, Kirstie and Maks tumbled to the floor … but will they be the ones to fall tonight? Unlikely, despite how many times that incident was mentioned. The scores were tight last night, but as we know – the ballroom shows no mercy. Hines… Read More »Dancing with the Stars: Week Three Results