I didn’t make it to Disney’s Hollywood Studios until late in the season. That was a shame because the park had some great holiday fare this year. The chief of which was the annual mega-christmas light show in the Streets of America. For 2011, the… Read More »Osborne Family Spectacle of Dancing Lights at Disney’s Hollywood Studios
Denise and Jeff from MouseSteps just posted some of the least scintillating video to ever get me excited about my next trip to the Magic Kingdom. The new Dumbo spinner entered the earliest phases of testing today (they only have four elephants mounted). The speeds… Read More »New Dumbo Spinner Testing in Storybook Circus
Normally, I don’t like to wish ill will on any artistic endeavor, especially a Broadway production. Getting one of those off the ground is difficult for even the best productions and sometimes they fail just under the weight of bad economic times having nothing to… Read More »Jeremy Jordan heading back to Newsies?
The saying goes that the magic of Disneyland is in the details. If so, there is no book more Disneyland than the Disneyland Almanac assembled by the team of Jason Schultz and Kevin Yee. Jason’s Disneyland Almanac: Complete Park Information 1955-2010 includes a near comprehensive… Read More »Jason’s Disneyland Almanac – An Astounding Compendium of Park Information
Major kudos go to Sam Wilson of the “Theme Park Concepts” blog for deciphering what the park layout and attraction mix of Shanghai Disneyland is most likely to be. Wilson examined public presentations, models, and visual clues to come up with the following map: As… Read More »Shanghai Disneyland – Deciphering the Park Layout
Are you a dapper sort? Someone who longs for the day when a suit and tie was appropriate garb for visiting a Disney theme park? Well, your fellow fashion friends are assembling for a swinging good time at every Magic Kingdom around the globe. The… Read More »Dapper Day Spring 2012 – Fashionable Fandom on Feb 5th at Magic Kingdoms around the Globe
There are plenty of Disneyland events that longtime Disney theme parks fans remember fondly (no, the Light Magic ‘premier’ isn’t one of them). One of the most talked about events, even today, is the 60-hour event for the 1987 opening of Star Tours at Disneyland.… Read More »Leap Year Brings Return of Fan Favorite 24-hour Day to Disneyland and Magic Kingdom
Former Disneyland and Disney Cruise Line President Matt Ouimet has been President of Cedar Fair amusement parks for half a year now. This week he gets the title of CEO as well. The Associated Press has checked in with Ouimet to see how things are… Read More »Former Disneyland President plans new competition for Disney’s Parks