Hi all,
I have some news form Disneyland Paris today regarding the
new Magical Moments Festival.
They have been out in full force installing the new
photolocations, and so far include Aladdin, Lion King/Jungle Book, Rapunzel and
Alice in Wonderland. I found these pictures posted to a blog, and I have to say
that the Aladdin one looks neat, the Alice one is ok, but the Rapunzel one
looks simply awful (you can click the images to see them larger). The Rapunzel
one is just stuck right in the middle of the walkway and is completely out of
touch with its surroundings. I really think it is a bad set up.
The Jungle one is not featured on that page, but I have seen
photos elsewhere earlier in the week and it is rather basic and not very
intrusive on the surroundings, unlike a certain Rapunzel one…
The new stage for the Following the Leader Peter Pan
happening has been up for a couple of weeks now, but today I saw a photo from a
contact on Facebook (which means I cannot repost here) with four pirates and Mr
Smee (“face” Mr Smee at that!) on the stage! I do not currently know if this
was part of a preview of the full version, or if they were just there for some
other reason, or even if was during park hours (though it looks like it was),
but as it stands, the pirate outfits look very much like the Once Upon a Dream
Parade ones, and the Mr Smee outfit resembles (but still different to) the
Dream Along version from the Magic Kingdom.
Finally for Paris, I have it on very good authority from a
reliable source that Angel is now in Paris permanently. How she will be used
going forward is yet to be seen, but it has been suggested that she was such a
success at Paris that they now have her there ready to star in future events,
and hopefully (but by no means confirmed), meeting Guests.
Jumping over to the Magic Kingdom, I just want to point out
that yesterday there was some confusion regarding the Fairies and the
Princesses. Stitch Kingdom later updated their article to better reflect what
they understand to be the case. Please read their update here. My original post
regarding this can be found here, with amendments made in the discussion topic on
the forum.
While I am on the subject of corrections and things from
other sources, after a number of interesting conversations with people this
week, I want to just point out that anything I post on the blog is always
subject to change, alteration and/or cancellation. Some of it is even just
purely rumour and what we hear from our contacts – and sometimes just
speculation on our part. I do always try to make it clear that something is
rumour or speculation. I do not want to confuse people, just inform, and so
please just bear this in mind in the future before commenting on any inaccuracy
on this blog or the forum pages. We do always try to use the most reliable
sources we can, and double check our facts before posting. If anyone knows any
information they are always welcome to post it to the forum, or email us
privately (email address at the bottom of the page).
Finally, please remember to cast your vote for the next
Character of the Week. Details at the end of last weeks post here.
Ok, that’s all for now,
Dan.