Category: Parks
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Aunty’s Beach House Reopening at Aulani Resort
Aunty’s Beach House will soon be open again at Aulani Resort. This week it was announced that it will be reopening on May 25th. This location will be reopening for the kids during the day and the whole family in the evenings. The Disney Parks Blog shared about its reopening. Designed as a typical hale or house…
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Celebrate Soulfully Continues as Tale of the Lion King Opens at Disneyland Resort on May 28
Today the Disneyland Resort announced that Tale of the Lion King will be opening at the Fantasyland Theatre on May 28th. This show’s opening will come as Disneyland Resort continues to “celebrate soulfully” throughout the summer. Along with this show, Disneyland Resort will continue to Celebrate Soulfully in June with a focus on Black Music Month.…
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Original Disney KiteTales Final Shows to Be Scheduled For May 26th at Disney’s Animal Kingdom
Disney KiteTales, the surprise hit for Disney’s Animal Disney and Walt Disney World Resort’s 50th Anniversary celebration is ending its first fun in its original form. The Walt Disney World website has its final scheduled show on May 26th. The show will be adapted and returned after. The new form, which has been announced by…
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Check Out These Fun Facts About Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind
Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind opens at EPCOT on May 27th. Ahead of its opening, Disney has shared some fun facts about this new attraction that is coming to the Wanders of Xandar Pavilion at EPCOT. Check them out below! The First ‘Other-World’ Showcase Pavilion Star-Lord visited EPCOT as a child and loved the…
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America Chavez and Scarlet Witch Arrive at Avengers Campus at Disney California Adventure
On the release date for Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, Scarlet Witch and America Chavez joined Doctor Strange in Avengers Campus. The duo appeared at different times during the day. Scarlet Witch made appearances throughout the morning and America Chavez in the afternoon. America Chavez first appeared in Doctor Strange: Mysteries of the…
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Frederick Douglass Added to Great Moments with Mr. Lincoln at Disneyland
A bust and portrait of Frederick Douglass now can be found in the lobby of the Opera House next to the bust and portrait of President Abraham Lincoln. This addition rightfully recognizes Douglass among other inspirational American heroes. Disney shared that the “new installation celebrates the relationship between the two distinguished patriots.” There is also…
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New Details Revealed About EPCOT’s Hub as Transformation Continues
Anyone visiting EPCOT in the last couple of years have seen first hand just how much the park has been transformed. This transformation continues and today, more details were released about a central part of the park. World Celebration is the heart of EPCOT and also will be where a new Hub will be. Guests…
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Treasures of Xandar Shop Offers Awesome and Nostalgic Merchandise at EPCOT’s Newest Pavilion
When Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind opens on May 27th, guests will be blasting off through the galaxy on a quest to save it. One other thing they will be able to do is shop. At the Wonders of Xandar Pavilion, the Treasures of Xandar shop will offer Guardians of the Galaxy-themed merchandise. This…
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Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge on Star Wars Nite – The Way it Always Should Be
Throughout the month of may there are three Disneyland After Dark: Star Wars Nite events happening at Disneyland. During these special events, the entire park turns into a big celebration of Star Wars. This is appropriate with Star Wars Celebration arriving at the nearby Anaheim Convention Center later this month. One of the highlights of…
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Alaska Airlines Unveils Star Wars-Themed Plane on Star Wars Day
Continuing a long-standing partnership between Alaska Airlines and Disneyland Resort, a new plane was revealed by the airline for Star Wars Day. Drawing inspiration from Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge, the plane is painted black and has the Millennium Falcon on it as it is being chased by TIE fighters. The plane is now in service…
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The Force is Strong as Disneyland After Dark: Star Wars Nite Kicks off Month of Star Wars Celebrations at Disneyland Resort
On Tuesday, May 3, 2022, the first Disneyland After Dark: Star Wars Nite was hosted at Disneyland. This after-hours hard-ticket event gives Star Wars fans four hours in the park to celebrate Star Wars. Many of the tickets for the event had been sold two years ago when it originally was supposed to happen. The…
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Disney Wish to Be Featured on the Cover of Disney Twenty-Three
EXPLORE DISNEY CRUISE LINE’S NEWEST SHIP FROM BOW TO STERN THROUGH STUNNING IMAGES AND IN-DEPTH INTERVIEWS PLUS, EXCLUSIVE CONVERSATIONS WITH DISNEY’S BIGGEST STARS, INCLUDING CHRIS EVANS FOR LIGHTYEAR; CHRIS HEMSWORTH, NATALIE PORTMAN, TAIKA WAITITI, AND TESSA THOMPSON ON THOR: LOVE AND THUNDER; EWAN MCGREGOR OF OBI-WAN KENOBI; AND STARS OF HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL: THE MUSICAL: THE SERIES BURBANK, Calif.…
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Disneyland Resort Offering Limited-Time Experiences in Celebration of Star Wars
May is always a special month for Star Wars fans with May the 4th, George Lucas’s birthday, the original release date of Star Wars: A New Hope, and this year’s Star Wars Celebration. The Disneyland Resort is offering some limited-time experiences to help Star Wars fans celebrate the month. This is added to the offerings…
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Adventures by Disney Headed to Sicily and the British Isles
Adventures by Disney has announced two new itineraries for 2023. Starting in May 2023, guests will be able to go with Adventures by Disney to Sicily and also the British Isles. This will join 11 other Private Adventure vacations that will be returning at the same time. This will allow guests in a party of…
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Disneyland Paris Announced the Return of Halloween and Christmas Seasons
Disneyland Paris has announced that both the Halloween and Christmas seasons will be returning this year. This marks another return to normalcy for the French Disney parks. For Halloween, Disneyland Paris will be celebrating the Disney Halloween Festival from October 1, 2022, to November 6, 2022. While Disneyland Paris promises more details about the festival…
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Disneyland Band is Dancing in the Street as Choreography Returns
The Disneyland Band is once again dancing in the street, Main Street in particular. The iconic band is again performing with choreography as it performs some favorite Disney music during the day at Disneyland. Since returning in June 2021, the band has performed mostly in place and distanced from those who were watching. This often…
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Check Out the Star Wars-Inspired Foods Coming to Disney Parks for May the 4th and Beyond
May the 4th is almost upon us. With it comes a month of celebration of Star Wars. This month will see the Disneyland Resort hosting Disneyland After Dark: Star Wars Nite and also the arrival of Star Wars Celebration in Anaheim. It also will see Star Wars fans making the trek to Star Wars: Galaxy’s…
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A Tour of Disney’s Paradise Pier Hotel Before Pixar Makeover
The Disneyland Resort recently announced that Disney’s Paradise Pier Hotel will be receiving a Pixar makeover. When it does, the art and inspiration of Pixar will be found throughout the third hotel at the Disneyland Resort. Ahead of this makeover, the DAPS MAGIC team stopped by Paradise Pier to document what it looked like right…
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Looking Back at the Reopening of Disneyland One Year and Thousands of Memories Later
One year ago today Disneyland and Disney California Adventure reopened their gates and guests could once again experience the magic of the parks after an extended closure. This closure lasted 412 days. It was expected to last just a few short weeks. However, things didn’t go as planned. For over a year, fans waited to…
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Star Wars: Tales from the Galaxy’s Edge Meta Quest Virtual Reality Experience Coming to Disney Springs
A new Star Wars experience is coming to Disney Springs. A limited-time offering of the Meta Quest 2 preview of Star Wars: Tales from the Galaxy’s Edge will be offered at Disney Springs West Side from May 2 through July 21, 2022. This new experience comes from a collaboration between Meta Quest and ILMxLAB. This…
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Hyperspace Mountain Returns to Disneyland
Ahead of May the 4th, Hyperspace Mountain has again returned to Tomorrowland at the Disneyland Resort. This Star Wars overlay first arrived at Disneyland in 2015 as a part of the Season of the Force. The version of the attraction puts guests in the middle of the Battle of Jakku, complete with the iconic music…
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Tangled & Beauty and the Beast Return to Disneyland’s Royal Theatre
Since the reopening of Disneyland nearly a year ago, the Royal Theatre has been used as a semi-outdoor location where guests could meet their favorite princesses. With the return of traditional meet and greet for the princesses, this location was no longer needed in that capacity. On April 29th, the Royal Theatre in Fantasy Faire…
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Disney Junior Fun Fest Kicks off With Party Parade at Disney California Adventure
Disney California Adventure is celebrating Disney Junior today with the Disney Junior Fun Fest. The celebration kicked off this morning at 10:00 AM with a Party Parade. Throughout the rest of the day, there will be panels and entertainment being offered at the Palisades Stage, photo ops, and also the animation academy will be teaching…
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Beauty and the Beast— Live – 30 Years Ago at Disneyland
It is both hard to express as well as to underestimate the importance of this month’s subject to Disneyland, Disney theme parks, and the Walt Disney Company. The Videopolis/Fantasyland Theater production of Beauty and the Beast— Live is largely forgotten today. But its impact still reverberates. Part of the problem in recalling this delightful production…