Disney Plans To Use Visitors Photos In New Show
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Disneyland plans to project images of visitors on the "it's a small world" ride facade and use vacationers' personal videos for national commercials as part of its new promotion based on guests' memories.
Disney announced Thursday its promotion for 2011, which is called "Let the Memories Begin."
As part of the campaign, Disney is build on the new way tourists capture memories of their vacations: ...
Disney Powerful Marketing Force Social Media Moms
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Wendy Wright is a home-schooling mother of two, a prolific blogger and a self-described "Disney Nut." Her cats are named Mickey and Minnie, and her blog is filled with advice for visiting Disneyland, tips for holding Disney-themed parties and reviews of Disney movies.
Wright's enthusiasm for all things Disney eventually drew the attention of the Walt Disney Co , which invited her to join a carefully ...
Disney Prepping Adventure Movie Based On Matterhorn Ride
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Disney is developing an adventure movie project inspired by the Matterhorn ride and has set Jason Dean Hall to pen the script. Justin Springer (Tron Legacy, Prom) is producing the project, which has a working title of The Hill.
The Matterhorn, also known as the Matterhorn Bobsleds, is part of Disneyland's Fantasyland section. Opened June 1959, the elaborate ride was inspired by Walt Disney's desire ...
Disney Promises Grins Over Gore
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The Disneyland Resort on Thursday unveiled specifics of its "HalloweenTime" seasonal event, billed as the "biggest and best Halloween event ever celebrated" at the resort in its 51 years.
The event, which starts Sept. 29 and runs through Oct. 31, is part of Disneyland's attempt to bolster attendance in the period between its peak summer and Christmas seasons. It aims to attract Southern California ...
Disney Pushes Jungle Cruise Back To 2020
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Disney's Jungle Cruise will now open on July 24, 2020. The Disneyland ride based movie was originally set to release on October 10, 2019. No other films currently set for that weekend would've served as real competition to Jungle Cruise so it's likely this move is based mostly on the post-production process. Disney has stayed suspiciously tight-lipped on upcoming Marvel release dates so it's unknown if ...
Disney Raises Ticket Prices For US Theme Parks
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Visiting the Happiest Place on Earth just got more expensive.
With record attendance at its theme parks, Disney said starting Sunday it would raise ticket prices across the board for the Disneyland Resort here and at Walt Disney World in Florida.
An adult one-day ticket to Disneyland or Disney California Adventure will rise from $96 to $99. A one-day park hopper add-on will increase from $54 to ...
Disney Raising Theme Park Ticket Prices
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As if rising gas and food prices weren't enough, a ticket to the Magic Kingdom will soon cost a few bucks more.
Walt Disney Co. said Friday that it would raise one-day ticket prices at its domestic parks starting Sunday.
One-day tickets for those 10 and older to Disneyland in Anaheim will rise from $66 to $69; for children ages 3 to 9, the price will increase from $56 to $59.
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Disney Readies Ride To Reopen
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The Big Thunder Mountain ride at Disneyland is expected to reopen in March, six months after an accident on the train killed a man and injured 10 others.
The state Division of Occupational Safety and Health is scheduled to inspect the Big Thunder Mountain ride March 8 and 9, state officials said. If Disney has completed all the mandated changes and DOSH recertifies the attraction, it could reopen in ...
Disney Really Wants You To Stop Using Selfie Sticks On Its Rides
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Disney is cracking down on the use of selfie sticks on rides at the company's theme parks, with reports of new signs being put into place at certain attractions in both the Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World in Florida and Disneyland in Anaheim.
While selfie sticks are allowed in the parks, their use on rides has become an issue in recent years. Social media is awash in both images of people using ...
Disney Recalls The Small World War And The Challenges Of Changing Classic Rides
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Walt Disney Imagineering faces an never-ending challenge: Should Disney 's creative team change a classic Disneyland ride or preserve the beloved attraction for nostalgia 's sake?
The fifth episode of “The Imagineering Story” on the new Disney+ streaming service delves into the dilemma of updating cherished Disneyland attractions and the inevitable uproar from diehard fans that accompanies any ...
Disney Receives Award For Saving Water
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The Disneyland Resort will receive an award for reducing storm-water runoff during a ceremony Tuesday (today).
The California Stormwater Quality Association plans to honor Disney during its sixth-annual awards luncheon in Rancho Mirage. Disney is among five recipients of the award and the only one from Orange County.
The resort created a program to cut down on the amount of water dumped into ...
Disney Reinvents The Future
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For the third time in its history, Disneyland has opened a revamped Tomorrowland. Gone are the impersonal chrome and steel of the old structures,
along with the Mission to Mars ride, the PeopleMover and the Circle-Vision
theater. In their place, Disney has built a kinder, gentler tomorrow with
buildings decorated in lush jewel tones and gardens filled with fruit trees
and edible plants. Tomorrowland ...
Disney Releases Official Details On New Star Wars Experience
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Disney Parks has officially released details on the new "Star Wars" experience at Disneyland Park in Southern California and Disney's Hollywood Studios in Florida.
The Season of the Force will begin Monday, Nov. 16 at California's Disneyland Park. Guests will meet some of their favorite "Star Wars" characters and enjoy new rides inspired by the films.
On opening day, five attractions are set to ...
Disney Removes Broken Dragon From Show For Now
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The troublesome, robotic dragon in Disneyland's Fantasmic! was removed from the show indefinitely after breaking down Saturday on stage.
The 45-foot, animatronic dragon collapsed during Saturday's first performance of Fantasmic! on Disneyland's Rivers of America. The dragon, modeled after the Maleficent character from "Sleeping Beauty," was left out of Sunday night's shows.
Disney officials are ...
Disney Reportedly Replacing Castle Fireworks Spectacular
Among the things that define all Disney Parks are castles, Mickey Mouse, and, of course, fireworks. Disney has become known for incredible nighttime spectaculars that delight Guests of all ages.
From time to time, Disney changes it 's fireworks shows to bring Guests even more magic - there are holiday specials, for example, including special spectaculars for the Christmas season and the ...
Disney Reveals How Millennium Falcon Smugglers Run Works
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Walt Disney Imagineering revealed the magic behind the Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run at Star Wars: Galaxy 's Edge during a new Disney+ show that was offered unprecedented behind-the-scenes access inside the new Disneyland attraction.
The sixth episode of “The Imagineering Story” docuseries on Disney+ debuting Friday, Dec. 13 shows the three-dimensional Swiss watch mechanism that allows ...
Disney Reveals New Images For Star Wars Galaxy's Edge
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Star Wars fans gathered at Disney's Hollywood Studios on Saturday and were rewarded with a few new images of the upcoming Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge land coming in 2019.
Disney creative executive Scott Trowbridge shared the images on the Disney Parks Blog, and detailed the event he attended alongside Imagineers Robin Reardon and Chris Beatty as well as Lucasfilm designer Doug Chiang.
"We talked a ...
Disney Reveals New Star Tours Destinations
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Disney unveiled some of the new destinations featured in the revamped Star Tours ride that is set to open this summer at Disneyland.
Crews are now transforming the 1987 ride into a 3D journey through space based on the "Star Wars" movies the original trilogy and the three prequels. The ride is scheduled to debut June 3.
The new sites, announced on the Disney Parks blog, are:
The planet ...
Disney Reveals New Star Wars Characters Coming To Galaxys Edge
Bounty hunter Boba Fett and the mercenary Fennec Shand will join the cast of characters walking around Star Wars: Galaxy 's Edge at Disneyland on Saturday, May 28, Disney officials announced at Star Wars Celebration 2022 in Anaheim on Friday.
And that 's not all: Later this year, Din Djarin, also known as the Mandalorian, and Grogu, also known as “the child” - or, let 's be real, Baby Yoda - ...
Disney Reveals Planet Name In Star Wars Galaxy Edge
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While Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge won't arrive to Disney's Hollywood Studios or Disneyland until 2019, but the creative team behind the new panet they're building now has a name.
Be prepared to visit Batuu, a planet on the edge of the Star Wars galaxy.
The detail was revealed to visitors to Star Tours - The Adventures Continue at both the Orlando and California parks on Friday morning, according to ...
Disney Reveals Rides That Never Happened
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A moon-walking, animatronic Michael Jackson. A uranium exhibit. A crocodile aquarium inside the mouth of a big crocodile model.
All were attractions that Disney creators dreamed up. But they never made it into Disneyland.
Disney presented rare pictures and concepts of Disneyland rides that never came true during a presentation at a Disney fan club event Saturday.
D23, the official Disney fan ...
Disney Ride Game, Digital Crew Chiefs, Mobile MMO TV Show
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A new PC mini-game available at the Disneyland website allows those playing from their home computers to team up with parkgoers on the Buzz Lightyear Astro Blasters ride at Disneyland's Tomorrowland area. The home players can use the online game to light up special targets in the real-world park, which their teammate can shoot for extra points. Team scores are saved and ranked on a leaderboard, which is ...
Disney Ride Reopens After Safety Fix
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The Alice in Wonderland ride at Disneyland reopened Friday after a month-long closure to fix a potential safety hazard, park officials said.
The ride, in the Fantasyland area of the park, was shut starting July 15 so that crews could install a barrier along the outside, elevated track where the rides carriages travel. The barrier is intended to help prevent maintenance workers from falling off the ...
Disney Rolls Out Autonomous Robots
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Context-aware, personality-driven robot aliens are Disney's secret weapon at warming your heart
Disney is no stranger to innovation and so it should come as no surprise that it's finally rolled out autonomous, personality-driven robots into its resorts.
Robots aren't anything particularly new to Disney World or Disneyland - you see them adorning the side of rides and footpaths all over the park. ...
Disney Rolls Out Their Fun And Not So Scary Mickey Halloween Party
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Spooky projections played on Main Street, U.S.A. and Disney's most famous villains came out at Mickey's Halloween Party at Disneyland.
Disneyland kicked off its not-so-scary Halloween celebration on Friday, the first of a 17-night special ticketed affair that runs on select nights through Oct. 31.
But instead of gore and bloody decorations or costumed monsters roaming in the shadows looking for a ...
Disney Says Disneyland Facebook Instagram Accounts Hacked
Disneyland Resort's Facebook and Instagram accounts were hacked earlier on Thursday with a series of inappropriate posts that were subsequently taken down, Walt Disney Co said.
"We worked quickly to remove the reprehensible content, secure our accounts, and our security teams are conducting an investigation," the entertainment giant said in a statement.
Screenshots of the ...
Disney Says New Showplace Fit For Princess Or 10
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Alessandra Douglas of Las Vegas was getting a princess makeover at Disneyland a yellow Belle dress, glittered hairstyle and pink sash for her third birthday.
She was tapped with a surprise invitation: Want to meet a princess?
Alessandra lucked out and was among visitors allowed into the new Fantasy Faire, where the public can meet princesses, as the theme park showed off the attraction to ...
Disney Scares Up A Hearty Good Time
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Spooky times -- G rated, of course -- ahead at Disneyland and it all starts this weekend when villains and goblins come out for a special night of fun in celebration of Friday the 13th.
I'm so there.
In honor of the day, Disneyland is staying open until 1 a.m. and invites all to "Party Like a Villain."
Town Square will be transformed for the party where guests should be on the lookout for ...
Disney Scraps New Attraction Citing An Unsolvable Problem With Guests
In recent months, Guests who frequent their favorite Disney Park-especially the Walt Disney World Resort and Disneyland Resort-have been extremely vocal about their frustrations related to massive crowds and “insanely” long lines for attractions, dining venues, rides, and shows. The introduction of Genie+ and Lightning Lane hasn 't really helped to diffuse long lines in the queues, in the opinion of many ...
Disney Sets Closing Date For The Magic The Memories, And You Show
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On Aug. 22, Disney Parks Blog announced the ending date for "The Magic, The Memories, and You." The nighttime projection show will have its last performances at Walt Disney World and Disneyland on Labor Day, Sept. 3.
"The Magic, The Memories, and You" debuted in early 2011. It features music, lights and an innovative display of park images including those of guests enjoying their vacations ...
Disney Sets Opening Date For Guardians Of The Galaxy Attraction At California Adventure
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Are you ready to dance with superheroes? If so, plan on a trip to Anaheim. Disney has set the opening date for the new "Guardians of the Galaxy"-inspired attraction and the company is going all out to commemorate the occasion, with new character interactions and even a dance party.
Guardians of the Galaxy - Mission: Breakout will open May 27 at Disney California Adventure, but the attraction is just ...
