As the Disney Wonder enjoys its first tours of Alaska, guests are reporting back that the views are spectacular. However, since it can get cold and rainy the usual sunbathing activity is a bit diminished. To compensate for the ship’s busier interior, Disney is holding… Read More »Mickey and Minnie dressed up for Alaskan Weather aboard Disney Wonder
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)
The new Mickey Mouse shaped soap dispenser from Method is fun looking and sure to be a perfect addition to any Disney fan’s home. We’re users of Method here and will definitely be ordering a couple of these for ourselves. Available online at Amazon.com. Couple… Read More »Mickey Mouse Shaped Soap Dispenser
As you may have heard Mickey and Minnie are moving to a new meet and greet location in Town Square at the recently renamed, but not yet open, Town Square Theater. We posted recently about how this will be the first character meet and greet to feature a Fastpass option. There is still quite a bit of construction going on around the area, but rumors of exactly how the Fastpass system will work are beginning to circulate.
A big rumor and some thoughts below the jump:
Read More »Will Mickey and Minnie Photo-Op say ‘No’ to Late Guests?
A new DVD and remote package featuring the Mickey Mouse Clubhouse: Minnie’s Masquerade collection of episodes from the popular MIckey Mouse Clubhouse cartoon will debut on February 8th, 2011 just in time for Valentine’s Day. The DVD features preschool level lessons about themes of friendship, teamwork, sharing, problem solving, and dressing-up. The DVD is now available for pre-order on Amazon.
Read More »Mickey Mouse Clubhouse: Minnie’s Masquerade on DVD with bonus
If you’re looking for a way to help support the Walt Disney Family Museum and share your love of Mickey and Minnie Mouse, you can now purchase a pair of Mickey and Minnie dolls, available only through the museum’s website or at the museum store.… Read More »Mickey and Minnie Dolls Help the Walt Disney Family Museum
The contestants for the 2011 Miss America pageant were in Orlando to observe the Miss Teen American competition, so what better to do than visit Walt Disney World’s Magic Kingdom. While there, they ran into Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse, and a couple of Princesses – Belle and Cinderella. I think Mickey is enjoying the attention just a little too much. He’s a cheeky fella, don’t tell Minnie.
The Miss America Pageant is returning to ABC for its 90th anniversary. The competition will broadcast live from Las Vegas on Saturday, January 15 at 8 P.M. ET
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Read More »Miss America 2011 Contestants Visit Mickey, Minnie and Pals
A few days back I was in NYC and remarked how odd it would be to have a Disney Store right next to a Forever 21 location in Times Square. Well, the jokes on me. Disney and Forever 21 have a closer relationship than just… Read More »Forever 21 to offer Minnie Mouse Apparel and Accessories for Holidays