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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. [ Read More... ] |
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Hi all,
The Disney Parks Blog the other day made a post about the
opening of the new Mickey meet ‘n’ greet in Town Square. In the post they mentioned magician Mickey, to which I, and the rest of the Disney community
took as meaning he will have an actual magician’s outfit. But it has now come
to light that this is not the case, and it will be just regular Mickey. The “magician”
part simply implied, well, that Mickey can do magic I suppose. The post doesn’t
make it too clear and caused quite a lot of confusion, but sadly regular Mickey
will be greeting Guests. We will be there in just over two weeks to check this
out for ourselves. The new area does look neat, and today Stitch Kingdom shared
two (albeit blurry) images taken by someone on the inside! [ Read More... ] |
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Hi all,
Friday night saw a special preview event at Disneyland Paris
for the new Magical Moments Festival, due to start in less than weeks at the
Resort. The event consisted of special previews of the brand new hub show, and
the Disney Dance Express (the latest incarnation of the Character Express/Casey
Jr). [ Read More... ] |
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Hi all,
Today has seen a few more things come up on the character
news front, after a somewhat quiet week.
The Disney Parks Blog posted that from this weekend there is
a special Pirates of the Caribbean – On Stranger Tides area set up in the
Festival Arena area at the back of Frontierland in California. As well as
merchandise, special drinks and exclusive 3D previews of the movie, Jack
Sparrow himself is said to be making appearances from time to time too. Jack
Sparrow does not get out much these days in the US parks, preferring to spend
most of his time in Tokyo and Paris! [ Read More... ] |
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| DisneyDan
Thursday, March 24, 2011 1:28:04 PM |
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Hi all, The Disney Parks Blog today announced that when the brand new, near-completed Expo Hall meet 'n' greet location opens, Mickey will be greeting his fans in a magicians outfit! I have to say we are quite excited about this, and hope that the new area is completed for our trip in three weeks time! The princesses will also be moving into Expo Hall until the new Fantasyland is at a stage where they can go back up there. What will become of the extra queue area once they move out of Expo Hall is also unknown. Hopefully WDI have something up their sleeves so that it does not become yet another redundant area of the park! (Especially since the Mickey meet will be permanent and so cool looking, we don't want disused areas making the place look untidy!) As the comment replies from Staff explain, there is currently no idea of how the FastPass system for the meets will work. Sadly there isn't anything else character related to report this week, but I'll keep you posted as always. Dan. |
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Hi all, Last week saw the opening of a new Cars meet ‘n’ greet location in California Adventure. McQueen and Mater have relocated near the ever-progressing Cars Land, and have brand new backdrops. Some pictures were posted on Twitter here and here. The eagle eyed among you might notice some slight bodywork changes too, something that I mentioned earlier last week was due to happen in Florida, too. [ Read More... ] |
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| DisneyDan
Friday, March 18, 2011 11:41:06 AM |
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Hi all,
Today marks the 44th anniversary of the original Pirates of the Caribbean attraction in Disneyland Park at the Disneyland Resort in California.
A lot has happened over the last four decades, and the attraction has inspired an entire movie franchise, brand new characters, and multiple sister attractions around the globe. The success of the attraction and its offspring is phenomenal, and will undoubtedly continue to grow over the years.
Let’s take a photographic tour of what the attraction has given us over the years… [ Read More... ] |
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Hi all,
This week has seen a bit more character news than recently,
but still nothing major, but here we go anyway! [ Read More... ] |
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