Captain EO Not For Little Ones
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When I took my son to Disneyland last week, an employee stopped me at the "Captain EO" theater gate with a warning: 3-D glasses are not recommended for children under 3. What he should have told me is that the movie itself isn't for toddlers. I was surprised because no one warned me about the glasses for "It's Tough to Be a Bug" 3-D movie in Disney's California Adventure when I brought my son, ...
Captain EO Returns To Disneyland
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"Captain EO," the 3D film starring the late "King of Pop" Michael Jackson, is returning to Disneyland for a limited time starting in February, Disney announced today. It's the first time Disney has confirmed rumors of the film's return - rumors that have been flying since shortly after Jackson died in June. The 17-minute film will return to its original home at the theater inside Tomorrowland, ...
Captain Jack Sparrow To Join The Pirates At Disneyland
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Funny thing, synergy. It seemed like Disney would have a lot more to work with in constructing a film version of its beloved Haunted Mansion ride than its similarly revered Pirates of the Caribbean attraction. Both elaborate "ride-thrus" strewn with "audio-animatronic" figures doing their things, the romp through Gracey Mansion seemed to offer more cinematic fruit related to the ride's spooky, witty ...
Captain Marvel Star Brie Larson Narrates Candlelight Processional
The secret identity of the Disney celebrity that is typically kept under wraps until the last possible moment as a surprise for VIP visitors invited to the annual Candlelight Processional at Disneyland has been revealed for this holiday season. “Captain Marvel” and “The Marvels” star Brie Larson will narrate the 2023 Candlelight Processional at Disneyland on Saturday, Dec. 2 and Sunday, Dec. 3 ...
Captain Takes You Inside The Wheelhouse Of The Mark Twain Riverboat At Disneyland
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Ever wonder what it's like to steer the Mark Twain Riverboat through the Rivers of America at Disneyland? Or how the Radiator Springs Raceway cars get their power? "Every Role a Starring Role" is one of my favorite Disneyland blogs that takes you behind the scenes with various cast members who describe their jobs. Jen Holst, a Mark Twain Riverboat captain, describes herself as "the eyes and ears" ...
Captain's EO's Michael Jackson Singer, Actor Film Has Sprung Back To Life!
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After Michael Jackson's death, memorials, funeral and wake, his past musical and acting projects are beginning to resurface and take on a life of their very own. One such is that of the short film Captain EO. Captain EO (1986) is a 3-D film starring The King of Pop and directed by Francis Ford Coppola that was shown at Disney theme parks in the 1980s and 1990s, and again in Disneyland Park in ...
Car Finder Helps Remember Where You Parked
A new smartphone app will help forgetful Disneyland visitors remember where they parked their car after a long day at the Anaheim theme park resort - as long as they don 't forget to use the app when they first arrive at the parks. Disney 's new car locator feature will debut later this year on the Disneyland app. The car finder feature launches later this summer at Walt Disney World in ...
Caring For Plants At Disneyland Requires Dedication
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How do they keep the plants at Disneyland looking so well cared for and perfectly groomed? You never see a working gardener at the park planting, trimming or fertilizing. I was astonished when the head horticulturist told me the secret: The gardeners work all night. That's right. They come on duty at 2 a.m. and work until 10 a.m. Armed with head, tower, and balloon lights, the gardeners ...
Cars Land Drives Up Attendance At Disney's California Adventure
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Cars Land has put the pedal to the metal on attendance numbers at Disney's California Adventure Park. The once-struggling theme park adjacent to Disneyland in Anaheim drew 7.8 million visitors in 2012, a 22.6% increase over the previous year, according to an attendance estimate released Tuesday by the engineering and consulting firm Aecom and Burbank-based Themed Entertainment Assn., a trade group for ...
Cartoon Connection
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It's D-Day for Daniel Fallon as he fulfils a lifelong dream, his three children in tow. Disneyland. This single word can evoke so many images. As a child I would dream about Mickey Mouse clowning about with his famous cartoon friends behind the walls of Sleeping Beauty's castle, as fireworks exploded above and visitors enjoyed fabulous rides. Now, as a father of three, Disneyland evokes ...
Cast Member Canoe Races Are A Disneyland Classic
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The temporary closure of Disneyland Park's historic Rivers of America, which began near the beginning of 2016, signified a few major things at the famous destination. Principally, construction was beginning in earnest on the cosmic land known as Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge, which meant that a few attractions in the water's immediate area, which sits adjacent to the Star Wars land, would shutter over an ...
Cast Members Testing Davy Crocketts Explorer Canoes
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Over the last few weeks, Disney fans have been excited to see progress at the Disneyland Resort. Recently, we shared that Disneyland is prepping many restaurants to reopen very soon in Disneyland and Disney California Adventure Parks, and Avengers Campus is allowing Guests to fully enjoy their own Marvel experience with super hero interactions happening in every corner. With Disneyland ...
Castle Heraldry Shoppe Closing At Disneyland
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The shop where visitors could look up their family crest or purchase a coat of arms at Disneyland is closing. Disneyland officials confirmed that the Castle Heraldry Shoppe will close Jan. 12. The shop first opened inside a space within the castle in 1994. It moved to its present location in 2008, when the park re-opened the Sleeping Beauty Castle Walkthrough. Inside the shop, visitors could ...
Castle Is Getting A New Roof
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Disneyland will start work next week on a new roof for Sleeping Beauty Castle. The castle's roof apparently was damaged by some of the decorations that Disney installed for its 60th anniversary Diamond Celebration back in 2015. Disney has made some temporary repairs to keep the icon open, but - as any homeowner knows - there comes a time when patches just won't do anymore, and it is time for a ...
Celebrate Halloween Time At Disneyland Resort With Family Fun
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Highlights include Disney's Happiest Haunt Tour, Haunted Mansion Holiday and Mickey's Trick or Treat Party Halloween Time at Disneyland Resort will fill Disneyland and Disney's California Adventure parks with not-so-scary spook-tacular entertainment beginning Friday, Sept. 26 and continuing through Sunday, November 2. The season of tricks and treats will be celebrated at Disneyland Resort with the ...
Celebrate Mardi Gras With Tiana, Snacks
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Just because Southern California is nowhere near New Orleans doesn't mean you can't celebrate Mardi Gras in style. And Disneyland in Anaheim is pulling out all the stops to make this a Mardi Gras to remember. On select dates through March 11, the park is celebrating with the New Orleans Bayou Bash. Park visitors can experience tasty treats along with mini-parades and live music. With New Orleans ...
Celebrate The Holidays At The Disneyland Resort With Festive Food Offerings
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The Holidays are here at The Disneyland Resort, check-out these seasonal food classics that's sure to please every palette. Chef Moses from the Blue Bayou, teaches Josiah how to make a fruit Brown Skewer. This easy to make dessert is sure to be a great crowd pleasure at your next holiday gathering or just at home with your kids. During the holidays at the resort, you an enjoy a cornucopia of seasonal ...
Celebrate! A Street Party: Disneyland's New Parade
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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. ...
Celebrating 70 Years Of KTTV Opening Day At Disneyland
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It was July 17, 1955 in Southern California. The greatest Imagineer to ever live unveiled his personal dream come true. KTTV cameras were there, Opening Day at the "happiest place on Earth." Everyone wanted to be first to see what iconic showman Walt Disney spent decades dreaming about. The ceremony was full of pomp and pageantry, hosted by TV legend Art Linkletter and watched by a television ...
Celebrating a Disneyland Milestone
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On paper, the new 45 Years of Magic procession at Disneyland might look like just another gala parade. The real thing, however, is closer to kinetic art. That, at least, is the vision of Jean-Luc Choplin, the creator of an extravaganza opening on February 18 as part of the park's yearlong forty-fifth birthday celebration. An old hand on the parade route (he was responsible for Disneyland's Mulan entry), ...
Celebrating Chinese Lunar New Year At Disneyland California
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Even when told the waiting time will be 1 to 1.5 hours, the Zhu family stand without hesitation at the end of the long line to take a picture with Mickey and Minnie dressing in red Chinese New Year costume at the Disney California Adventure Park Saturday. "There is only one time in a year that you can take a picture with Mickey and Minnie in Chinese costume," said Tjoe, a family member who were ...
Celebrating The Return Of Holiday Magic With A Cast Preview Of A Christmas Fantasy Parade
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Spiced cake, snow and Santa were the perfect ingredients for a magical evening when cast members gathered to be among the first to see the return of a Disneyland park holiday favorite, “A Christmas Fantasy” Parade - the first daytime parade to return since the parks reopened. Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse were dressed for the festivities as they joined with special friends, including Buzz ...
Celebration Disney Dollars Now In Circulation
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Beginning Jan. 26, 2009 the newly designed Disney Dollars were released with a new design to coincide with this year's theme, "What will you celebrate?" The party theme currency is a great addition to any collection or makes the perfect gift for any celebration, including birthdays, anniversaries, graduations and weddings. If you can think of a reason to celebrate, Disney has the resources this year to ...
Celebrities At Disneyland Debut July 17
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Some 15,000 special guests will attend a preview of Disneyland Sunday afternoon, July 17. The multi-million-dollar play area at Winston Rd. and Harbor Blvd, in Anaheim, will open to the public at 10 a.m. the next day. Gov. Goodwin J. Knight will assist Walt Disney in the opening ceremonies by operating the Santa Fe and Disneyland miniature train on its inaugural trip. A parade of famous Disney ...
Celebrities Decorate Disneyland Ornaments For Hurricane Victims
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Some of Hollywood's stars of past and present are using their creativity to help young hurricane victims and children across the nation. Leonardo DiCaprio, Christina Aguilera, Susan Sarandon, Teri Hatcher, Eva Longoria, Donald Trump, William Shatner, Courtney Cox and David Arquette -- and many more famous faces from Hollywood -- personally decorated and signed gold Mickey Mouse bulbs. The entire set of ...
Celebrities Officials Join Walt Disney To Dedicate New Era In Entertainment
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More than 50,000 visitors were attracted to Disneyland on Monday, July 18, when the Park officially opened its gates to the general public. Reactions were mixed but highly enthusiastic, ranging from exclamations of "fantastic" to "unbelievable" and "too terrific for words to describe. Governor Goodwin J.. Knight of the State of California assisted Walt Disney and some 25,000 invited guests at the official ...
Celebrity-led Disney Event Restricts Viewing
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Celebrities ranging from actor James Earl Jones to Dick Van Dyke have led a holiday ceremony in the middle of Disneyland for five decades. But without an invitation, visitors must look for limited spots to see the event. This weekend, the annual Candlelight Ceremony returns to Disneyland's plaza in front of the Main Street train station. Actor Gary Sinise, best known for playing Lt. Dan Taylor ...
Centralized Fastpass Kiosk For 3 Tomorrowland Rides In Pilot Program
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Disneyland plans to unveil a new centralized FastPass kiosk for three Tomorrowland rides as part of a pilot program that will let visitors obtain paperless attraction reservations tied to the Anaheim theme park 's mobile app. A new centralized Tomorrowland kiosk will distribute FastPasses for the Space Mountain, Star Tours and Buzz Lightyear Astro Blasters attractions, according to Disneyland ...
Changes And Closures At The Disneyland Resort
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The Disneyland Resort is undergoing a few changes, some temporary, others permanent. It's A Small World is closed as its holiday overlay is removed, while the Haunted Mansion is open after its holiday overlay has already been removed. Scrims have been erected around the Hungry Bear Restaurant at Disneyland to block views of the Rivers of America while construction proceeds for "Star Wars" Land. ...
Changes Coming Soon To Disneyland Park
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There are two nightly opportunities to view the "Paint the Night" electrical parade: once as it slowly winds its way through Disneyland Park to where it concludes shortly beyond Disneyland City Hall, and then again as it returns after "Disneyland Forever." A great way to be in a good position to see and take photos of both the parade and the fireworks show begins by making your way to Main Street, ...
Changes Coming To Disneyland Fireworks Shows
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Visitors will get a last chance this weekend to watch Disneyland's summer fireworks show, which will be followed by two other shows in the coming weeks. The show, called "Magical," won't be back until at least next summer, said Michele Himmelberg, a Disneyland Resort spokeswoman. However, no announcements have been made about entertainment for the 2011 summer season. "Magical" is schedule for ...