Hi all,
This weekend saw the St David’s Welsh Festival hit
Disneyland Paris. This annual event usually comprises of Mickey and Minnie in
their traditional finest, a small pre-parade, fireworks and other entertainment
throughout the park. Our friends at Characters Photos Blog were there, and
their photos will soon be on their Facebook page. They have already uploaded
this video to their YouTube, so check it out!
Over on the Character Central Forum, resident Disneyland correspondent
Loren posted some more pictures of the new Mickey meet ‘n’ greet area that I discussed
yesterday. Much to my surprise, Captain Mickey has started making appearances
there! This is a neat touch, and (I know I’m flogging a dead horse here) something
that definitely is needed in the character-lacking Resort. We look forward to
seeing him in October.
In the Magic Kingdom in Florida, following on from the
recent (this week) testing of the meet ‘n’ greet talking Mickey in California,
Talking Mickey has started appearing in the Magic Kingdom Opening Ceremony. The
talking heads seem to gradually infiltrating more and more areas of the parks –
where will they show up next? Maybe even a parade? Anyone think Soundsational
may be a candidate for this? We’ll see…
The Animal Kingdom held a special passholder event for the 5th
anniversary of Expedition Everest this weekend, and Mickey and Goofy were there
in very special expedition outfits. Again with the flogging a dead horse – I do
wonder why these outfits are not used for meet ‘n’ greets near the attraction,
it is really annoying!
Finally, this week Disneyland Paris held their Shareholder
meeting, and there was a sneak peak of things to come. There were characters
there, including Merlin, who will be starring in the new hub show from next
month, and Lightning McQueen, who makes his Resort debut in the existing Motors
Action Stunt Show. I guess we’ll have to go see that now, when he is in it! We
usually avoid that show, but he is technically a character! Along with the new
hub show, Princesses and Pirates Parties, the two new Adventureland mini-shows
(“happenings”) which includes the return of one of the rarest characters – John
Darling! - and the return of the Tarzan show, this year is set to be an amazing
year at the Resort! We look forward to being back in June and August to check
it all out.
Ok, that’s all for now,
Dan.