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The new Goofy’s Paint ‘n’ Play House at Tokyo Disneyland looks like a cross between Toy Story Midway Mania and Goofy’s Bounce House. Guests are stationed at “paint”-shooting device called a Toontone Splat Master. They then can use different actions to redecorate Goofy’s room. Cooperation… Read More »Goofy’s Paint ‘n’ Play House Now Open at Tokyo Disneyland
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I feel just a little possessive of Festival Of The Lion King, after all they’re using our floats. Yes, those floats from the greatest Disneyland Parade, The Lion King Celebration, are the stages the puppets sit on in FotLK. I can still remember the final day of the parade at Disneyland and am happy that I can now visit those floats at Disney’s Animal Kingdom whenever I want. But there’s a new rumor going around saying that circumstances could change.
The Festival Of The Lion King show has been the subject of relocation rumors practically since it opened in Camp Minnie Mickey instead of Africa, where it would seem to make more thematic sense. Elevation balloons were recently spotted over that section of the park. And while no ground has been broken, it was confirmed those balloons were some early planning for Avatar-land. With Avatar-land inching closer to reality, it looks like Camp Minnie Mickey is the likely candidate for Avatar.
I’m hearing from multiple sources that FotLK will soon be closing to prepare that land for the expansion. It has been assumed that the show would be moved to a location in Africa when that happened. However, no structure is currently being constructed. There could be a number of reasons for this. Disney could be planning to completely retool the show, they could plan to relocate the existing structure, or it could just be dancing away forever.
Disney has not yet announced the next refurb for FotLK, but my sources say it’s coming soon. I hope they’re wrong and that Disney would be building a new home for FotLK before closing it down to be moved. Since FotLK is the highest rated show at DAK, you would think they would do everything they could to keep some version of it running even during construction.
Just for old times sake, there’s a full video of the show below the jump:
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A terrific interview with Alex Hirsch, the creator of Disney Channel’s new cartoon – Gravity Falls, over on BoingBoing. The show features stories built around the sort of eclectic mix of the odd and weird that make up the central mystery of each show. I… Read More »Meet Creator of Gravity Falls, Disney Channel’s new Cartoon
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