Disneyland's new musical parade will feature floats and performers from films ranging from "Mary Poppins" to "Tangled" when it debuts next month. Disney unveiled details Friday about the upcoming Mickey's Soundsational Parade during a State of the Resort presentation for about 400 invited guests. George Kalogridis, the Disneyland Resort spokesman, spoke at the event, as well as other Disney ...

Although Disneyland isn't calling it a parade, the new "interactive street party" debuting March 27 will travel along the parade route, replace the outgoing parade and essentially serve as the daily parade. In typical punctuation-challenged Disney fashion, Celebrate! A Street Party will feature seven floats and 90 performers in a "celebratory song and dance party." Banners and ribbons will ...

I was up well before dawn this morning to watch a dress rehearsal of "Celebrate! A Street Party," the new interactive "street show" debuting at Disneyland on Friday. The Anaheim theme park's Main Street USA was surreally alive at 3 a.m. - with overnight "third-shift" crews watering flowers, trimming trees and planting perennials. A backhoe stood sentinel before Sleeping Beauty Castle as a ...

So you've just flown across the country, and arrived in California. You're excited to start your vacation, but wonder, is it worth heading right to the park? Maybe you're tired from a long flight. Maybe it's already after noon, and you're thinking how much can you really see? Maybe you're flying in for work, you only have a half day, and you're considering going to the parks. Is it worth the admission ...

Disneyland guests are dancing down Main Street, U.S.A., with Mickey Mouse and the gang in a high-energy show that celebrates spring at the Disneyland Resort. The party rocks with a new street show, revs up with a new dining experience and swings for six full weeks with Disney's California Food and Wine Festival. Valuable ticket offers and vacation packages add a big bonus to the new entertainment, making ...

Summer Nightastic! The Good The best part of last Friday's media day at the Disneyland Resort had to be the news from a talk show-style presentation put on by the resort's marketing department called What's New, What's Next. Summer Nightastic! is the name of the Disneyland Resort's summer 2009 marketing campaign. It covers everything from dance parties to new lighting effects, enhancements to ...

This summer Disneyland Park revealed a new parade for their guests entitled Celebrate! A Street Party. New to the Resort line up and a different type of parade than what is normally found at Disneyland, guests will like the freshness of this catchy celebration. Packed with some hip music and ready to get the guests to come out and dance, the parade brings home the idea of Disneyland for family time. ...

With the holiday season ending Sunday, the Disneyland Resort is closing attractions and switching shows for the slower season starting this week. Today, Disneyland plans to begin draining the Rivers of America for the first time since 2003 for refurbishment. All river attractions will be closed until May: Mark Twain Riverboat, Pirate's Lair on Tom Sawyer Island, Sailing Ship Columbia and Davy ...

Miss Piggy and Kermit the Frog, two staples of the Muppets franchise, will make their first appearance inside Disneyland tonight. Actors Teri Hatcher and James Denton with Kermit the Frog and Miss Piggy The Muppets have been recruited to help promote Disney's "Give a Day, Get a Disney Day," volunteer effort and will ride on a parade float down Main Street U.S.A. just ahead of the "Celebrate! A Street ...

In the past, guests who needed sign language interpreters at Disneyland and Disney's California Adventure Park had to call in advance to arrange for the service. Beginning this week, the theme parks will offer the service on a regular basis. No calls needed. Every Monday and Saturday as many as eight interpreters will be available at Disneyland. At California Adventure, the interpreters will be ...

Disneyland Resort parks will bring in a new parade and at least one new street show in the coming months. A new parade, Mickey's Soundsational Parade, is set to debut next year at Disneyland, Disney announced on the Disney Parks blog. A specific date has yet to be released. Disney released concept art for the upcoming Mickey's Soundsational Parade, which is set to begin next year at Disneyland. ...

Ten Disney park attractions are slated to be closed for at least part of January, usually for routine rehab projects, as the parks enter a slower season. Disney traditionally shuts down some rides for longer maintenance and upgrade projects starting in January, when crowds diminish after the holiday rush. Disneyland's Splash Mountain will be out of commission for about four months. Also, ...

Disneyland's Main Street U.S.A. became a bit of a maze for visitors starting last week when workers began construction on the main thoroughfare into the theme park. Crews are working on the concrete along Main Street U.S.A., mostly at night, for almost two months, said David Gill, a Disneyland Resort spokesman. On Friday, visitors could see construction walls starting at Town Square near the park's ...

Disneyland"s new parade may debut later than expected. The company announced last week that Mickey's Soundsational Parade would be part of Disneyland's summer lineup in a press release mostly about Walt Disney World's season. The release says that the parade would debut this summer, but no date is listed. But John McClintock, a Disneyland Resort spokesman, said the parade debut is still planned ...

Walt Disney famously said that Disneyland would never be complete as long as there was imagination left in the world and that adage held true during the past decade as a host of attractions departed for Yesterland. Let 's take a chronological look at 18 Disneyland attractions, parades and fireworks shows that closed in the 2010s to make way for new or updated experiences. 2010 - ...