Two Disneyland rides will temporarily close for part of this month as crews undertake projects. Disney traditionally schedules few rehabilitation projects during the busy summer season, when crowds are heavy. Meanwhile, the Jungle Cruise is scheduled to reopen Thursday after a weeklong closure. Crews are shrinking the gap between the dock and the boats to make it easier for visitors to get on ...

On Aug. 2, Disney Parks Blog announced that Disneyland park will close its Princess Fantasyland Faire at the Fantasyland Theatre on Aug. 12. Princess Fantasy Faire, a Disney Princess meet-and-greet, will be closed for an extended period of time. When it re-opens in summer 2013, Princess Fantasy Faire will add a "live entertainment experience" to the meet-and-greet in which Disney's focused on ...

A new theatrical production that incorporates Mickey Mouse and other Disney characters will debut this summer at Disneyland. "Mickey and the Magical Map" will appear in the Fantasyland Theater near It's a Small World. The theater closed in August so crews could start preparing for a new play, but Disney did not reveal the concept until recently. In the new show, Mickey Mouse "stumbles into ...

Those snow people from Frozen have taken out one of my favorite little moments at Disneyland: the charming little windmill scene from Walt Disney's 1937 film The Old Mill. The miniature has been a part of the Storybook Land Canal Boats ride for decades. It is being replaced this week with a model of the town of Arendelle from Frozen. In 2012, a princess meet-and-greet replaced the sweet Carnation Plaza ...