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Happy 60th Birthday Clarice!
DisneyDan  Wednesday, March 21, 2012 12:34:09 PM
Today is the 60th anniversary of the release of the Chip and Dale cartoon, Two Chips and a Miss (1952).
It was the only animated short to ever feature Clarice, and has earned her almost a cult status amongst character fans; which means it is also Clarice's 60th birthday!
It is one of the very rare occasions also where Chip and Dale work against each other - to win the sole affection of the beautiful singer, Clarice. Both madly in love with her, they try a variety of things to get her attention. In the end Clarice gives them both a kiss, and they sing the night away all together, at the club where she works, the Acorn Club.
Today, Clarice can be found in the Disney Parks worldwide, most notably in Paris and Tokyo.
So let's take a look at some of our favourite pictures of Clarice from our time at the Parks, and let's wish her a very happy 60th birthday!

Having fun with the Characters at Stitch's Hawaiian Paradise Party

Pirate Clarice

Meeting Studios Clarice

A very special version of Disney's Stars 'n' Cars

Chef Chip and Dale with Clarice

Jubilation!

The Toon Train

Happy 60th birthday Clarice!

Dan.
Happy 45th Birthday Pirates of the Caribbean!
DisneyDan  Sunday, March 18, 2012 2:06:41 PM
Hi all,

Today marks the 45th anniversary of the opening of the original Pirates of the Caribbean attraction in Disneyland, California.

Of course we are a Character site, and Pirates of the Caribbean inspired the movie series. From that we were given probably one of the most popular characters in recent history, Jack Sparrow. As well as Captain Jack, we have also seen Angelica and Captain Barbossa appear in the Parks.

So, to celebrate here are some pictures of them at the Parks!

Meeting Jack Sparrow

Meeting Jack Sparrow

Mickey's Boo-to-You Halloween Parade

Angelica

Happy 45th anniversary Pirates of the Caribbean!

Dan.
Happy 10th Birthday Walt Disney Studios Park!
DisneyDan  Friday, March 16, 2012 10:00:18 AM
Hi all,

Today is the 10th anniversary of the opening of the Walt Disney Studios Park at Disneyland Paris! Let us take a look at it's colourful history now, complete with Character filled pictures as always!

Disney Bros Plaza
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Happy 62nd Anniversary Cinderella!
DisneyDan  Wednesday, February 15, 2012 8:58:26 AM
Today is the 62nd anniversary of the original release of Walt Disney's masterpiece, Cinderella.
On this day in 1950, the world would be introduced to the immortal words of 'So This is Love', and the now much (maybe over) used 'Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo'.

So, in true Character Central style, celebrate with us, and enjoy the following cavalcade of Cinderella themed character pictures from our fun at the Disney Parks.   [ Read More... ]
Happy 11th Birthday Disney California Adventure!
DisneyDan  Wednesday, February 8, 2012 7:16:25 AM
Eleven years ago today, the then named Disney's California Adventure Park opened at the newly branded Disneyland Resort in California, becoming Disney's 8th theme park around the world.
The park has seen many changes over the years, and this year is going to experience the grand opening it's most daring project yet!
So let's celebrate by taking a look back at our character adventures at Disney California Adventure, with many more to come!   [ Read More... ]
Happy 72nd Anniversary Pinocchio!
DisneyDan  Tuesday, February 7, 2012 8:30:10 AM
Today is the 72nd anniversary of Walt Disney's 1940 animated feature film, Pinocchio.
Premièring at the Central Theatre in New York City, it features probably the most famous of all Disney songs, When You Wish Upon a Star.
So, join us in celebrating Pinocchio and all his friend's birthdays in this character picture filled cavalcade!

Meeting Pinocchio

Pinocchio and Gepetto

One Man's Dream II - The Magic Lives On

Geppetto, Pinocchio and Jiminy Cricket

Jubilation!

Tokyo Disneyland Electrical Parade Dreamlights

One Man's Dream II - The Magic Lives On

Celebrate a Dream Come True Parade

A very special version of Disney's Once Upon a Dream Parade

Meeting Gideon

Meeting Gideon

Meeting Foulfellow

Meeting J. Worthington Foulfellow

Today is also the birthday of the late Wayne Allwine, who was the unmistakable voice of Mickey Mouse for over thirty years.
So in tribute to him, here is Mickey and Pinocchio together with Jiminy Cricket.

Joining Mickey and Friends to be Grand Marshals in the Parade!

Dan.
Happy Anniversary Peter Pan!
DisneyDan  Sunday, February 5, 2012 5:40:30 AM
Today is the 59th anniversary of Walt Disney's masterpiece, Peter Pan.
Peter Pan premièred at the Roxy Theatre in New York City on this day in 1953, and is an adaptation of Sir J M Barrie's 1904 play.

In true Character Central tradition, we are celebrating this occasion by showcasing some our favourite shots from the Parks and Resorts over the years. We have had some wonderful, magical memories with the Peter Pan gang and hope to have many, many more!

Ok everybody, here we go! Off to Neverland!

WDW Sept 2008 - Dream Along With Mickey

Disneyland Aug 2009 - Meeting Peter Pan

WDW April 2008

Disneyland Aug 2009 - Disney's Electrical Parade

DLP Feb 2009 - Disney's Once Upon a Dream Parade Peter Pan float

WDW April 2009 - Peter Pan's Flight

DLP Oct 2009 - The Jolly Roger and Skull Rock at night

WDW Sept 2008 - Dream Along with Mickey

DLP Feb 2009 - Riding Peter Pan's Flight

WDW Sept 2008 - Meeting Peter, Wendy, and the Lost Boys :D

Tokyo Aug 2010 - One Man's Dream II - The Magic Lives On

Disneyland Aug 2010 - Magical

DLP Feb 2011 - Make a Wish - Peter Pan to the Rescue

Tokyo Disneyland Electrical Parade Dreamlights

Disney's Maleficious Halloween Party

Meeting Peter Pan, Wendy and Captain Hook

Mr Smee tries to fly like Peter!

Peter Pan, Smee and Wendy

Wendy Darling, Peter Pan and John Darling

Happy Birthday to Peter Pan, the Lost Boys and all their friends - and foes! - in Neverland!

Dan.
54 Years of Walking Once Upon a Dream...
DisneyDan  Sunday, January 29, 2012 6:23:58 AM
Today is the 54th anniversary of the premier of Walt Disney's masterpiece, Sleeping Beauty.
Although it is thought the fairytale of Sleeping Beauty goes back even further, the first actual written account of the story was by French author Charles Perrault in the late 17th century.

Let us take a look now at the character filled magic of Sleeping Beauty at the Disney Parks and Resorts worldwide, and what better way to begin than with Charles Perrault himself (as featured at Disneyland Paris in 2011).  [ Read More... ]
Happy Birthday Elvis!
DisneyDan  Sunday, January 8, 2012 3:26:48 AM
You're probably wondering why I am celebrating Elvis Presley's Birthday here on the blog. Well, those of you who know me, will know I adore Stitch.
Of course, one of Stitch's and (his mentor and best friend) Lilo's biggest influence in life is Elvis Presley. Elvis's songs feature prominently through the movie series, and Stitch has been known to take on the Elvis persona himself on occasion!...
So to celebrate The King's birthday, here are some shots - and a video - of Elvis and Elvis Stitch performing together at Disneyland Paris last year.

Having fun with the Characters at Stitch's Hawaiian Paradise Party

Having fun with the Characters at Stitch's Hawaiian Paradise Party



Having fun with the Characters at Stitch's Hawaiian Paradise Party

Dan.
A New Year, and some brand new things on the way! All the latest news and information from Character Central
DisneyDan  Tuesday, January 3, 2012 7:16:49 AM

Hello everyone!

May I take this opportunity to formally wish everyone a Happy New Year. We were in Disneyland Paris (I mean, where else WOULD we be?!), and so we could only Tweet and Facebook our New Year's greeting to everyone, so this is the first chance I have had on the Blog.

We had an amazing time as always in DLP, and those of you who follow our Facebook page may have seen our various updates about all the cool things they were doing for New Year.

Our pictures will be coming in due course; in fact later tonight I might just upload a select few to begin with and make an additional blog post here so that you can all see a selection of some of the neat things we did this trip.

We are now back of course though, and counting down, as always, to our next crazy adventure, which will be to WDW and our first Disney Cruise next month! Following the WDW trip we are also seeing the Phineas and Ferb Disney Live show. February will be quite the amazing month!

Following a pretty quiet December, there are a few small bits of news for this new year, so let's take a quick look.

In WDW, we have heard whispers that Princess Merida and Sophia the First will make appearances once the new Disney/PIXAR film 'Brave' has been released.

To make way for the removal of the gargantuan Central Plaza Stage at Disneyland Paris, the final performance of this years main Hub show, Mickey's Magical Celebration, will be on January 9th.

Also ending earlier than the official Magical Moments end date, are the Green Army Men Meet 'n' Play and the Disney Dance Express. Both of these will also end on January 9th.

Also ending early, but not until March 4th will be the parade's show stops, the Following the Leader with Peter Pan show and Rapunzel's meet 'n' greet location in Fantasyland. It is expected that Rapunzel will simply move into the new Princess Pavilion on a rotational basis, just like the rest of the princesses.

Character locations that will be staying that were added in 2011 will be the Alice and Mad Hatter area in Fantasyland, the Jungle Rhythms gazebo in Adventureland, and Aladdin's Magic Lamp (also in Adventureland). As far as we know the characters will still appear at these locations.

Now as for the parade itself, the Dreams of Imagination float (Mickey and Friends) will be removed for it's magical transformation also on January 9th, while the Dreams of Romance 2 float will be taken out for it's refurb from January 16th. Both will return in their new forms in time for the 20th Anniversary launch, on 1st April 2012. As we already know from a while back, Mickey and Friends will be put on the finale float and fairies and Merlin will now appear at the beginning. The princes and princesses displaced by Mickey and Friends taking over their float will either move to the Dreams of Romance 1 or be in new horse drawn carriages. We have a thread going on our Forum here, and if you scroll down, user Dragy recently posted a piece of artwork showing the new changes.

Over in California, Loren tells us that this weekend Disneyland will be celebrating Three Kings Day by featuring some cool characters in the park! Check out his Forum post about it here.

Loren also tells me that Disneyland continued it's tradition this year of having a mass ensemble of characters appear at park closing at Main Street Station on Christmas Eve. Ones that he tells me appeared include Mickey, Minnie, Goofy, Max, Donald Duck, Pluto, and Chip n' Dale in their pyjamas and then there was Pooh, Tigger, Rabbit, Eeyore, Mulan, Mushu, Pocahontas, Meeko, Cinderella, Prince Charming, Suzy, Perla, Fairy Godmother, Rapunzel, Flynn Rider, Belle, Beast, Snow White, Dopey, Woody, Jessie, Buzz Lightyear, Jane, Terk, Lilo and Stitch (in a Santa costume!), Alice, the Tweedles and the Queen of Hearts.

Finally, Character Central celebrated it's second birthday on January 1st, but of course we were away in DLP, so we missed being able to make a post about it. We just want to thank every single one of the 120,769 unique people that visited last year on at least 222,000 occasions! We really appreciate all your support and feedback. In the next few months up until April we are going to be working to make some awesome new additions and changes to the site. So stay tuned for those!

So, Happy New Year everyone, and Happy 2nd Birthday Character Central!

Dan.

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